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Illingworth Kerr was born on 20 August, 1905 in Lumsden, Saskatchewan, Canada, is a Canadian painter, illustrator and writer. Discover Illingworth Kerr's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 84 years old?

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Occupation Painter, teacher
Age 84 years old
Zodiac Sign Leo
Born 20 August 1905
Birthday 20 August
Birthplace Lumsden, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date of death 1989
Died Place Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Nationality Canada

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1905

Illingworth "Buck" Kerr (20 August 1905 – 6 January 1989) was a Canadian painter, illustrator and writer.

He is best known for his landscape paintings of the Saskatchewan and Alberta prairies and foothills.

Illingworth Holey Kerr was born on 20 August 1905 in Lumsden, Saskatchewan, 31 km northwest of the city of Regina.

His parents were William Hugh and Florence (Nurse) Kerr.

He was one of four children.

His mother, who painted in watercolor, encouraged him to draw and paint when he was young.

He often depicted animals.

1919

In 1919 he entered fourteen of his works in the Regina Exhibition, all of which won awards.

1923

His artistic talent was evident, and in 1923 relatives in eastern Canada paid for him to study in Toronto.

1924

Kerr studied at the Central Technical School in 1924, and at the Ontario College of Art (OCA) from 1924 to 1927.

His teachers at the OCA were Arthur Lismer, J. E. H. MacDonald, Frederick Varley and John William Beatty.

1927

In 1927 he spent time in the Georgian Bay region of Ontario.

Kerr then returned to Lumsden where he found work on harvest and railway crews.

He painted signs and trapped, and was a writer and illustrator.

He painted when he had time in a tiny studio above the town's pool hall.

1936

In 1936 Kerr traveled to England and studied at the Westminster School of Art in London.

While there he met Mary Spice of Yorkton, Saskatchewan.

1938

They married in 1938, spent their honeymoon in Paris and the south of France, then returned to Montreal in 1938 on a Cunard ship.

1939

The Kerr's lived in Montreal for a period, where Illingworth Kerr collaborated on illustrations of Canada for the 1939 New York World's Fair.

The Kerrs were back in Saskatchewan in the winter of 1939–40.

There he undertook commissions for the Lumsden restaurant owner Charlie Wong, and exhibited his work at the Regina Art College.

The Kerr’s moved to British Columbia and lived in turn in White Rock, Cultus Lake and Vancouver.

1945

Kerr taught at the Vancouver School of Art from 1945 to 1947.

He often exhibited his paintings at this time.

He became a member of the British Columbia Society of Artists and the Federation of Canadian Artists, then headed by Lawren Harris.

1947

Kerr was appointed director of the art department of the Provincial Institute of Technology and Arts (now Alberta University of the Arts) in Calgary in 1947.

Soon after arriving Kerr was made a director of the Calgary Zoological Society and an associate director of the Calgary Stampede.

Kerr was given commissions to paint portraits of prominent Albertans such as Grant MacEwan, Harry Strom and John C. Bowen.

1952

Kerr was president of the Alberta Society of Artists from 1952 to 1953.

He also wrote short stories, illustrated many publications, and was a member of the Canadian Authors Association.

1954

In 1954 he studied with Hans Hofmann in Provincetown, Massachusetts.

1955

He attended Emma Lake Artist's Workshops in 1955 and 1957.

1960

Kerr received a Canada Council Award in 1960 and traveled in England and France in 1960–61.

1967

Kerr retired from teaching in 1967 and entered a period of great artistic productivity, painting landscapes and also making drawings and prints of animals.

1973

He received an honorary doctorate from the University of Calgary in 1973.

The Kerrs began to spend their winters in the warmth of St. Lucia, Arizona, Maui, Barbados, Jamaica and Mazatlan.

1982

Mary Spice Kerr died in 1982.

1983

In 1983 Illingworth Kerr was named to the Order of Canada.

1989

He died in Calgary tragically by suicide having gone blind on 6 January 1989 at the age of 83.

1990

The Alberta University of the Arts Gallery was renamed the Illingworth Kerr Gallery in September 1990.