Alfred Whitehead (1887-1974)
The Tidnish River at N.B. Border, 1950
Oil on Board
10" x 12"
Signed on front, lower left.
The artists sat at the end of the old iron bridge across the Tidnish River to paint this.
Purchased at auction at Amherst, N.S. from the Estate of Alfred Whitehead on August 7, 1967 by Fred W. Black of Amherst, N.S.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
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.
