 william edward degarthe (1907&ndash;1983) was a canadian painter and sculptor who lived in peggys cove, nova scotia. ==biography== degarthe (1907&ndash;1983) was born in kaskinen, a coastal village in northwest finland.askart artists bluebook: http://www.askart.com/askart/d/william_edward_de_garthe/william_edward_de_garthe.aspx after studying in helsinki, he emigrated to canada in 1926, where he continued his formal art studies in montreal at the museum of fine art under edmond dyonnet. he moved to nova scotia in 1945 and began to study oil painting under stanley royle at mount allison university in sackville, new brunswick. degarthe later studied marine painting in rockport, massachusetts under stanley woodward, followed by emile gruppe in east gloucester, massachusetts and george groz at the art students league in new york. he also spent many winters studying in europe at the academie de la grand chaumiere in paris, france as well as acadÃ©mie julian in paris and the accademie di belle arti in rome, italy. thumb|right|200px|degarthe created harvesting the sea for a nova scotia light and power cover in 1966. (detail) degarthe was art director of an advertising firm in halifax, nova scotia, canada for 15 years and ran his own company, degarthe advertising art, in halifax for 10 years. he exhibited 138 works at the halifax memorial library in 1958, which was sponsored by the nova scotia museum of fine arts. in 1959 over 100 of his paintings were exhibited at the queen elizabeth hotel in montreal. his painting "approaching storm" was voted most popular at the 1959 maritime art exhibition at the beaverbrook art gallery in fredericton, new brunswick, canada. in 1948 degarthe and his wife agnes bought a summer home in peggy's cove, nova scotia and in 1955 degarthe gave up his career in the city and moved to peggy's cove permanently. living in peggy's cove his artistic work was devoted to marine subjects. in the late 1970s, degarthe began a ten-year project to sculpt a "lasting monument to nova scotia fishermen on a 30&nbsp;m (100&nbsp;ft) granite outcropping behind his peggy's cove home. the project was about 50-per cent complete when the artist died in 1983.nova scotia archives: http://novascotia.ca/archives/virtual/degarthe/default.asp?language=english the work depicts thirty-two fishermen and their wives and children enveloped by the wings of the guardian angel st. elmo. it also features the image of peggy, a legendary late-18th century shipwreck survivor degarthe believed gave her name to the village. degarthe bequeathed the sculpture to the province of nova scotia and it can be viewed in a park located behind his former home.nova scotia tourism agency: http://www.novascotia.com/see-do/attracti
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