Lawrence Arthur Colley Panton was a painter, illustrator, commercial artist and educator who was born in Egremont, England. He emigrated to Toronto, Canada in 1911 and lived there for the rest of his life. His mediums were oil, watercolour, tempera, chalk, charcoal, gouache, graphite, ink, mixed mediums and linocuts. His subjects were landscapes, cityscapes, seascapes and figures. His styles were realist, representational, impressionist, semi abstract and figurative. His mature style could be termed modernist, as it was more concerned with conveying the feeling, mood and drama of the subject, rather than an accurate depiction of its outward appearance.



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