Waiting for the Sitter Original Pen and Ink by A. E. (Ted) Ingram

This pen and Ink was done circa 1960's when the TV was first introduced into this home. This is an original illustration for a magazine showing the 'comedy' of the situation...the 'wife' completely voluptuous and ready to go out for a nights entertainment, while the youngster watches the TV and is about to throw his balsa wood airplane model, and, of course 'dad' sitting and waiting and watching TV, while waiting for the baby sitter

Pen and Ink done on Bristol Board 13" x 17.5"



ABOUT THE ARTIST:


A.E.Ingram (1921-1986)
-Arthur (Ted) Ingram, a child prodigy, a World War II veteran, an OCA (Ontario College of Art; Toronto, Ontario, Canada) graduate, illustrator, artist, sculptor, visionary, husband and father. Arthur Edward (Ted) Ingram was all of these and more.
-During his 65 years, Ted Ingram exhibited an insatiable appetite for all things creative. His artistic talent was recognized by the local media and area organizations (he won a scholarship at an early age from the IODE) in Saint John, New Brunswick (Canada), where he was born and raised. During his formative years he lived in England with relatives where his talent was nurtured and encouraged.
-Ingram joined the Royal Canadian Air Force where he served as an air gunner (409 Squadron), before being honourably discharged in 1942 after suffering post-war trauma.
-His later works reflected his hatred of war and the resulting aftermath: rape, destruction, inhuman suffering, violence and despair.
-Winning a federal government competition later led him to a fine arts position at the National Museum of Canada in Ottawa where he spent more than 20 years focused on North American Indian and Inuit art.
-His work has appeared in publications by anthropologists; Diamond Jenness, Marius Barbeau, Larry Oschinsky and Tom Lee, well-respected American Native Indian authorities in their respective fields.
-Among his many dioramas was a well-known one exhibited at Ste Marie among the Hurons in Midland Ontario.
-In the early sixties Ted Ingram visited Povungnituk in northern Québec with anthropologist Eugene Arima to record the life of the Inuit at that time. He remarked then that the white man was destroying the Inuit way of life and one-ness with Nature.
****Ted was considered by many as a "sleeper", with a talent many compared to the 'masters' of the Italian Renaissance Period, with his sculptors and dioramas and to the Vargas' and Nieman's for his illustrations and voluptuous women. ALL artwork is original.****


***You are having an opportunity to purchase one of a kind artwork, by an artist, whose pieces have rivalled and exceeded many of the masters of yesteryear, and have certainly stood the test of time.