Mary Pratt
Birth name	Mary Frances West
Born	March 15, 1935 (1935-03-15) (age 74) Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
Nationality	Canadian
Field	Painting
Training	Mount Allison University

Mary Frances Pratt, CC (née West) (born 15 March 1935 in Fredericton, New Brunswick) is a Canadian painter specializing in still life paintings.

She is the daughter of attorney William J. West, who served as the Minister of Justice of New Brunswick from 1952 to 1958. Mary West attended Mount Allison University, graduating in 1961. She met her future husband, the artist Christopher Pratt, at Mount Allison. After the marriage, she moved with him to Newfoundland.^[1]

Her first solo exhibition was held at the Memorial University Art Gallery in St. John's in 1967. In 1996, she was named Companion of the Order of Canada. In 1997, she was awarded the Canadian Molson Prize from the Canada Council for $50 000.^[2]

In 2007, Canada Post issued stamps in its "Art Canada" series in honour of Mary Pratt.^[3] The $0.52 (domestic rate) stamp featured her Jelly Shelf (1999). The souvenir sheet included the $0.52 stamp, as well as a $1.55 (international rate) stamp with her Iceberg in the North Atlantic (1991).

Mary Pratt's works include:

• The Back Porch (1966)
• Caplin (1969)
• Eviscerated Chickens (1971)
• Red Currant Jelly (1972)
• Amaryllis (1975)

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[edit] External links

• Pratt's work at the National Gallery of Canada
• Pratt's work at the Art Gallery of Newfoundland & Labrador
• Mary Pratt at The Canadian Encyclopedia
• Mary Pratt at Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto.
• Mary Pratt on Trinty Galleries