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Harvest of the spirit : Illingworth Kerr retrospective
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20026
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1985
- Author
- catalogue essay and exhibition production, Maggie Callahan
- Publisher
- Edmonton : Edmonton Art Gallery
- Call Number
- 06.1 C13h
- Publisher
- Edmonton : Edmonton Art Gallery
- Published Date
- 1985
- Physical Description
- 62 p. : ill., port. ; 22 x 26 cm
- Subjects
- Art
- Biography
- Exhibition catalogue
- Subjects
- Painting
- Abstract
- Pertains to the work of Illingworth Kerr, a Canadian western landscape painter. The exhibition and catalogue was intended to celebrate the extensive art career, and 80th birthday of Illingworth Kerr. In an effort to showcase the variety of Kerr’s artistic expression, the exhibition organizer’s divided Kerr’s work into the following categories; landscapes, animal studies, portraits, townscapes, abstracts and automatic paintings. The exhibition organizer, Maggie Callahan, shares a comprehsneive anlalysis of Kerr’s life as an artist and his work over his impressive 60 year career.
- Contents
- Forword (pg. 2)
- Curators' notes (pg. 3)
- Acknowledgements (pg. 4)
- Essay -
- Kerr's youth (pg. 6)
- Ontario College of Art (1924-27) (pg. 7)
- Back to the prairies (1927-36) (pg. 16)
- A decade of wandering (1936-46) (pg. 28)
- Alberta College of Arts (1947-67) (pg. 32)
- Kerr today (pg. 42)
- List of works (pg. 55)
- Selected bibliography (pg. 59)
- Chronology (pg. 60)
- Itinerary (pg. 62)
- Notes
- Exhibition held at the Edmonton Art Gallery, Mar. 2-Apr. 14, 1985 and other places.
- ISBN
- 088950041X
- Accession Number
- 2019.61
- Call Number
- 06.1 C13h
- Collection
- Archives Library
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A Native Heritage
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54799
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one large booklet/portfolio containing biographical information, illustrations, and 10 copies of painted colour portraits all pertaining to Indigenous chiefs. Individuals depicted are: Crowfoot [Southern Blackfoot], Old Sun [Northern Blackfoot], Red Crow [Southern Blood tribe], Bul…
- Date Range
- [1970-1980]
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / F1 / 55
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Published record
- Drawing
- Painting
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / II / F : Collected material
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds
- Sub-Series
- LUX / II / F1 : Textual
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / F1 / 55
- Responsibility
- Art produced by Mort Graham
- Date Range
- [1970-1980]
- Physical Description
- 0.5 cm of textual records (1 volume ; 38 x 48 cm)
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one large booklet/portfolio containing biographical information, illustrations, and 10 copies of painted colour portraits all pertaining to Indigenous chiefs. Individuals depicted are: Crowfoot [Southern Blackfoot], Old Sun [Northern Blackfoot], Red Crow [Southern Blood tribe], Bull Head [Sarcee], Eagle Tail [North Piegans], Poundmaker [Cree], Medicine Calf [Southern Blood tribe], Big Bear [Cree], Big Plume [Sarcee], and Pakan [Wood Cree]. Collection also includes historical information pertaining to Indigenous history in Western Canada written by Dr. James G. MacGregor, and a map depicting Indigenous treaty boundaries in and around the Rocky Mountains.
- Notes
- Date range provided is estimate by Processing Archivist
- Name Access
- Graham, Mort
- MacGregor, James
- Subject Access
- Indigenous Peoples
- History
- Art
- Artist
- Portrait
- Biography
- Geography
- Government
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- United States of America
- Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Rocky Mountains
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Copyright restrictions may apply
- Language
- English
- Category
- Arts
- First nations
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Paint and circumstance
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue4544
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1987
- Author
- Kerr, Illingworth
- Publisher
- Calgary : Jules and Maureen Poscente [et al.]
- Call Number
- 06.1 K46p
1 website
- Author
- Kerr, Illingworth
- Responsibility
- Illingworth Kerr
- Publisher
- Calgary : Jules and Maureen Poscente [et al.]
- Published Date
- 1987
- Physical Description
- 53 pages, [25] leaves of plates : illustrations (some color)
- Abstract
- Pertains to artist Illingsworth Kerr - includes reminisces and illustrations
- ISBN
- 0-9693218-1-3
- Accession Number
- 6705
- Call Number
- 06.1 K46p
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Ilingsworth Kerr gallery website
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