Ralph Wallace Burton
Canadian painter
Ralph Wallace Burton was born in Newington, Ontario in 1905. He studied in Ottawa and Paris. He will interrupt his studies to serve in the Canadian Army during the Second World War. Upon his return home, he enrolled in the Banff School of Fine Arts and was taught by Alexander Y. Jackson of the Group of Seven.
He later became a friend and painting companion to A.Y. Jackson, who greatly influenced his work. Over a period spanning more than 20 years, they travelled the lengths of Eastern Ontario and Quebec, as well as Alberta, Alaska and the Yukon territory together.
Burton was also widely regarded in the Ottawa region as a skilled art teacher, with one student remarking on Burton's "love of colour," "assured draughtsmanship" and "powerful observation" evident in his works. Another student and art historian observes that Burton's works are "very rhythmical...straight lines were rare, things are always flowing and moving through his brush strokes and the variation in colours.
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