Artist

Brother Thomas Bezanson

Canadian, born Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada 1929-died Erie, Pennsylvania 2007
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Also known as
  • Charles Bezanson
  • Brother Thomas
Born
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died
Erie, Pennsylvania, United States
Nationalities
  • Canadian
Biography

Brother Thomas Bezanson was born in Halifax in 1929, and graduated in 1950 from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. He began working as a potter in 1953 and six years later entered the Benedictine Monastery in Weston, Vermont. He lived and worked in the monastery for twenty-five years but, feeling that his artistic freedom was limited, he left to become artist-in-residence in the community of Benedictine Sisters in Erie, Pennsylvania. Brother Thomas's simple forms are complemented by a vivid array of glazes, which he creates himself from natural materials.