Tom De Vany Forrestall - Artist Info

About Tom De Vany Forrestall

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Thomas De Vany Forrestall, Thomas De Vany Forrestall
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    Thomas De Vany Forrestall CM, ONS, RCA, BFA, DCL, DFA (1936)

    An important and influential Canadian painter, draftsman, muralist and sculptor, Thomas De Vany Forrestall (aka: Tom Forrestall) was born in the Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia and raised in Middleton (town in the Annapolis Valley) and Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. He lived in Fredericton, New Brunswick for several years (c.1959 - 1972) and returned to Dartmouth, his current home, in 1972.

    Forrestall's biography has been included in the Canadian Whos Who books since 1981 and the Canadian Encyclopedia since 1985. He is discussed in most of the recent comprehensive Canadian art history books, his paintings and drawings have been the subject of several coast to coast trav...

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