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.