Illingworth kerr biography of donald
The life and art of Illingworth Kerr, born in Lumsden, Saskatchewan on August 20, , imitated the geography of his birthplace..
He was a frequent exhibitor in Regina art shows of the s, both the WAA and LCW Arts & Letters Committee annual Saskatchewan artists.
Kerr, Illingworth (1905-89)
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Illingworth Kerr, “Ravenscrag, Ross's Ranch,” 1930, oil on canvas, 76.8 x 92.1 cm, MacKenzie Art Gallery, University of Regina Collection, gift of Mr. Norman MacKenzie.
MacKenzie Art Gallery 1934-001
The life and art of Illingworth Kerr, born in Lumsden, Saskatchewan on August 20, 1905, imitated the geography of his birthplace.
Angular fields, rolling skies, and the simple structures of the prairie town dominated his early work and infused his later abstract experiments with the distinct spaces of the prairie. Trained in the landscape tradition of the “Group of Seven” at the Ontario College of Art, Kerr returned to the Prairies to struggle with the subject matter of his birthplace.
He vividly described his life in his autobiog