biography of Thomas DeVany FORRESTALL (1936)

Birth place: Middleton, NS

Addresses: Fredericton, NB

Profession: Sculptor, painter

Studied: Mt. Allison Univ., 1954-58; Canadian Council grant to travel & study in Europe, 1958-59, sculpture grant, 1967.

Exhibited: Exhib. Canadian Sculpture, Nat. Gallery Canada, Ottawa, 1964 & Artists of Atlantic Canada, 1966; 26 paintings exhibited at Dartmouth College, 1966; 54 paintings organized by Beaverbrook Art Gallery for travel across Canada, 1971-72; Canada Visits Boston, 31 paintings exhibited at City Hall Art Gallery, Boston, MA, 1972; Centre Culturel, Paris, France, 1972; Roberts Gallery Ltd., Toronto 5, Ontario, 1970s. Awards: citation of art merit; Secy State, Commonwealth Mass., 1972.

Member: Assoc. Royal Canadian Acad. Arts.

Work: Canadian Council; Winnipeg Art Gallery; Art Gallery Windsor; Confederation Mem. Gallery; New Brunswick Mus. Commissions: Kennedy & Churchill Mem., Prov. NB, 1964; steel sculpture, Atlantic Pavilion, Expo 1967; welded relief mural, Centennial Bldg. Fredericton, 1968; two large welded steel sculptures, Canadian Govt., Fed.Bldg., Antigonish, NS, 1970; mural abstract for playhouse, Beaverbrook Canadian Foundation, Fredericton, 1972.

Comments: Preferred media: tempera, steel, iron, bronze. Positions: asst. curator, Beaverbrook Art Gallery, 1959-60. Publications: co-author, Shapes, 1972.

Sources: WW73; Alex Mogelon, Art Profile," Montrealer (1968); D. S. Richardson, Tom Forrestall Exhibition (Beaverbrook Art Gallery, 1971); Berry Lord, Shaped by This Land.