Author: Robert Popple. Published by RTP Publications, Haliburton, ON., 2003, 1st Edition. Dedicated, Signed and Dated by Author. Printed in Canada by Metrolitho. A Like New Condition SOFTCOVER Book. Size: 9 x 6 inch, 255 pages including Index.
An avid collector of Canadian art, writer Robert Popple, with extensive research and vivid imagery, brings the pioneering history of Haliburton to life, leading up to the arrival of Ethel’s family onto the village scene in 1906.
NORTHERN BELLE, The Life Story of Haliburton's ETHEL CURRY, shows she had exhibited artistic talent even as a teenager, and headed off to the Ontario College of Art in 1924. There she met the likes of J.E.H. MacDonald and Arthur Lismer, then on the college faculty and like most students of the day, began to emulate their artistic style. She graciously hosted several college faculty and students at her parents’ home in the 1930’s and 1940’s, thereby contributing immeasurably to placing Haliburton on the Canadian art map, painting herself extensively locally and in the Gaspe.
ABOUT THE SUBJECT: Ethel Luella Curry AOCA (1902 - 2000) A Canadian painter, printmaker, potter and educator, Ethel Curry was born in Irondale, Haliburton County, Ontario (about 125 miles north of Toronto); studied and worked in Toronto, Ontario (c. 1924 - 1965), and died in Haliburton, Ontario, where she had lived since 1965.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Mr. Popple has had a longtime interest in writing and in 2003, published his first book, Northern Belle: The Life story of Haliburton’s Ethel Curry - through RTP Publications. He is also an avid collector of early Canadian art and follows its major auction proceedings closely. Mr. Popple and his wife Heather live on Vancouver Island. They have three grown children, Catherine, Beth and Steven and five grandchildren, Cameron, Leo, Adelaide, Bridget and Courtney.
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