*THOMAS ANTHONY LUZNY (1924-1997) 'Veryan, Cornwall'

Tom Luzny was a Canadian painter and muralist. Born and educated in Manitoba, Luzny served with the Canadian infantry in Italy and Normandy during WWII, before, late in the war, becoming a cartoonist for the Canadian Army newspaper 'The Maple Leaf'. It was in the February 1946 issue of that paper that Luzny, a "wild-eyed young man of 22" announced he was planning to take up a "promising career as a muralist" in England after his discharge. He studied under Frank Brangwyn and, after his training, spent two years on a series of nine murals entitled 'War and Peace' which were unveiled in the London offices of the Canadian Department of Veterans Affairs in 1953, before being transferred first to the Canadian War Museum and latterly to the Canadian Museum of Civilisation. In 1957 Luzny  undertook a commission to paint large murals for the Cunard Liner 'Sylvania'.