Who Is Christopher Pratt?
Christopher Pratt was a Canadian painter and printmaker. Christopher Pratt is a firm believer in the power of everyday life. He revels in every day, the mundane, and the unremarkable. Pratt’s work relies heavily on the use of light.
When he first viewed Edward Hopper’s Early Sunday Morning in the 1970s, he began to ponder the differences between natural and artificial light.
Why Is Christopher Pratt Popular?
Although Pratt’s work isn’t widely seen as political, political themes are prevalent in many of his paintings.
Many of his paintings can be seen as a chronicle of how Newfoundland and Labrador’s traditional ways of life are changing as he is a contemporary witness to these changes.
In the Gallery’s collection, Deer Lake: Junction Brook Memorial, 1999 is a good example. As a tribute to the Junction Brook River, which was drowned out by the construction of the Deer Lake powerhouse dam, this painting was created.
In 1952, Christopher Pratt began painting using watercolors. Mount Allison University in Sackville, New Brunswick, where he studied pre-medicine in 1953, is named after him.
He rapidly developed a passion for the arts at Mount Allison, particularly painting. Lawrence P. Harris and Alex Colville encouraged him to paint. Mary (West) Pratt, Pratt’s ex-wife, was also a Mount Allison University graduate. Pratt attended Scotland’s Glasgow School of Art from 1957 to 1959.
