California. 1914 - 2016
Pottery-ceramic abstraction
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1912 Canada - 1978 Fullerton, California. Known for: Painter, ceramic artist.
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Born in Canada on March 10, 1912. Purkiss moved to southern California in 1924 and studied at USC and the Chouinard Art School in Los Angeles. During WWII he built scale maps for the allied forces in... Read full biography
Born in Canada on March 10, 1912. Purkiss moved to southern California in 1924 and studied at USC and the Chouinard Art School in Los Angeles. During WWII he built scale maps for the allied forces in England. After the war he returned to Fullerton, CA and was a landscape architect until his death... Read full biography
Born in Canada on March 10, 1912. Purkiss moved to southern California in 1924 and studied at USC and the Chouinard Art School in Los Angeles. During WWII he built scale maps for the allied forces in England. After the war he returned to Fullerton, CA and was a landscape architect until his death on Sept. 15, 1978. Exh: San Diego FA Gallery, 1934, 1937; Univ. of Redlands, 1948; Hatfield Gallery (LA), 1952; Muckenthaler Center (Fullerton), 1977 (solo). Source: Edan Hughes, "Artists in
Born in Canada on March 10, 1912. Purkiss moved to southern California in 1924 and studied at USC and the Chouinard Art School in Los Angeles. During WWII he built scale maps for the allied forces in England. After the war he returned to Fullerton, CA and was a landscape architect until his death on Sept. 15, 1978. Exh: San Diego FA Gallery, 1934, 1937; Univ. of Redlands, 1948; Hatfield Gallery (LA), 1952; Muckenthaler Center (Fullerton), 1977 (solo). Source: Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940". Death record. Nearly 20,000 biographies can be found in Artists in California 1786-1940 by Edan Hughes and is available for sale ($150). For a full book description and order information please click here.
Born in Canada on March 10, 1912. Purkiss moved to southern California in 1924 and studied at USC and the Chouinard Art School in Los Angeles. During WWII he built scale maps for the allied forces in England. After the war he returned to Fullerton, CA and was a landscape architect until his death on Sept. 15, 1978. Exh: San Diego FA Gallery, 1934, 1937; Univ. of Redlands, 1948; Hatfield Gallery (LA), 1952; Muckenthaler Center (Fullerton), 1977 (solo). Source: Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940". Death record. Nearly 20,000 biographies can be found in Artists in California 1786-1940 by Edan Hughes and is available for sale ($150). For a full book description and order information please click here.
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Shallow bowl,1950s
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Small wall-hanging charger, California
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