ABOUT THE ARTIST
Halfred
Tygesen was born in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1890 and moved to Canada in 1926. He
had attended art school in Denmark and became a member of the Danish
Royal Academy. In Canada, Tygesen introduced a technique for pastel
"painting". He travelled across the country painting scenes from
Stanley Park in Vancouver to the Ontario countryside. He also painted
Danish landscapes and seascapes based on drawings he had done before he
moved to Canada. While he was quite prolific and sold through a wide
variety of channels, including the Eaton College store, his paintings
are becoming increasingly harder to come by.