Alfred Ernest Whitehead was born on July 10th, 1887 in Peterborough, England. As a profession, Mr. Whitehead was a very successful and prolific composer (organist) with more than 300 published musical works. After a distinguished career at Mount Allison University as the Dean of Music and Director of the Conservatory of Music, as well as organist at Christ Church Cathedral in Montreal, he would retire in Amherst, Nova Scotia.
While he was an esteemed musician, he spent over forty years practicing painting and art as his secondary avocation - in the later years of his life, he was more involved in his painting than music. Mr. Whitehead had the honour of having not just one, but two of his paintings accepted by the Royal Academy in London.
His artistry has been widely shown and celebrated all over the Maritimes as well as Montreal. You can find his work in many private collections such as this one.
