Bart Pragnell
Bartly Robilliard Pragnell was born 1907 in Caron, Saskatchewan and died in
1966 in Edmonton, Alberta. Pragnell studied at the Winnipeg School of Art (1932)
under L. L. FitzGerald; the Chicago Art Institute (1934); Banff School of Fine
Art (1937); School of Art & Design, Art Association of Montreal (1947) under
Arthur Lismer and Goodridge Roberts; and at Red Door Studio in New York with Hans
Hoffman. He lived and worked in Moose Jaw during the 1930s, but remained closely
attached to painters in Saskatoon. After service in the RCAF during W.W.II Pragnell
taught and worked in Winnipeg, Vermont, and California and in 1959 he returned
to Canada, living first in Lethbridge and then in Edmonton, where he taught at
the University of Alberta.
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