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KERR, Estelle Muriel

Naissance
Toronto, Ontario, 1879
Décès
Toronto, Ontario, 1971
Notice biographique
Estelle Kerr studied in Toronto with Mary Ella Dignam and Laura Muntz Lyall, at the Art Students League in New York for two years, and at the Académie de la Grande Chaumiere, Paris, for two years. She sketched in Italy, Switzerland, France, Belgium and Holland during the summers and she published a children's book titled "Little Sam in Volendam." During the First World War she worked as an ambulance driver, and she published the book "The Town Crier of Gevrey" based on her experiences. She contributed many illustrated stories and poems to a number of Canadian and American publications and she illustrated a number of children's books. She did many portraits of children as well as landscapes and figure studies.
Médias
Graphic design
Painting
Sculpture
Etudes
Private study (Sous la direction de Mary Ella Dignam; Laura Muntz)
Art Students' League, New York
Académie de la Grande Chaumière, Paris
Lieux de conservation des dossiers et archives
Art Gallery of Ontario - Edward P. Taylor Research Library and Archives
London Public Library, ON
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts / Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal, QC
National Gallery of Canada, ON - Library and Archives
University of British Columbia - Fine Arts Library
Library and Archives Canada / Bibliothèque et Archives Canada, ON
BIBLIOGRAPHIE

Documents sur l'artiste
"Art of Canadians Well Represented." Gazette (Montreal) 19 Nov. 1920: 1.
"Art Works On View Set High Standard: Thirty-Eighth Annual Exhibition of Royal Canadian Academy Is Opened." Gazette (Montreal) 17 Nov. 1916.
"Basque Country Painter Paradise Says Miss E. Kerr." Daily Star (Toronto) Toronto: 6 July 1926.
"Classic, by Estelle M. Kerr." Toronto Saturday Night (22 Apr. 1944).
"Close-Ups of Toronto's Women Artists, No. 4 Miss Estelle Kerr." Sunday World (?) 15 Jun. 1924.
"Dazzling Mexican Sunshine Influences Art Ideologies." Toronto Telegram 18 Sept. 1948.
"Etudes sur quelques toiles." La Presse (Montreal) 25 Nov. 1922.
"Fine Work Marks R.C.A. Exhibition." Gazette (Montreal) 20 Nov. 1925.
"Miss Estelle Kerr." Toronto Star 7 July 1926.
"Montreal Artists Well Represented: High Standard Set at Spring Exhibition of Art Association." Gazette (Montreal) 16 Mar. 1923: 6.
"Mrs. Alan Phillips by Estelle M. Kerr." Toronto Star Weekly 2 Apr. 1927.
"Much Good Work at R.C.A. Exhibition: Thirty-Fifth Annual Show Comprises Interesting Pictures by Local Artists." Gazette (Montreal) 21 Nov. 1913: 5.
"Orange Boy." Mayfair Magazine (Oct. 1948).
"Royal Canadian Academy Exhibition has Work by Artists Now at Front." Gazette (Montreal) 19 Nov. 1915.
"The Art Student's Frolic." Sunday World 9 Apr. 1922.
"The Little Bridge." Daily Star (Windsor) 22 Dec. 1951.
Art Gallery of the Toronto Public Reference Library. Catalogue of the 2nd Annual Exhibition of Little Pictures by Canadian Artists Toronto: Art Gallery of the Toronto Public Reference Library, 1914.
Brewster, Muriel. "Parents Can't Picture Children." The Toronto Star Weekly (6 Feb. 1926).
Burgoyne, St. George. "Some Canadian Illustrators." Canadian Bookman (Jan-Apr. 1919): 21-25, 27-30.
Carr, Angela, ed. Raven Papers: Remembering Natalie Luckyj (1945-2002) Newcastle, ON: Penumbra Press, 2010.
Dyas, A.E. "Women's Work at the Exhibition." Toronto Saturday Night 7 Sept. 1912: 29, 36.
Heller, Jules and Nancy. North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century New York: Garland, 1995.
Hughes, Margaret E. "A Guide to Canadian Painters." Ontario Library Review 24.3 (May-Aug. 1940).
Johnston, E. F. B. "Painting and Sculpture in Canada." Canada and Its Provinces Toronto: Glasgow, Brook and Co, 1914.
Kerr, Estelle Muriel. "Cover Art." The Canadian Courier 11 Apr. 1908.
MacBeth, Madge. "Canadian Women in the Arts." Maclean's 27.12 (Oct. 1914): 23-25, 105-108.
MacDonald, Colin S. The Dictionary of Canadian Artists. (Volumes 1-8 by Colin S. MacDonald, and volume 9 by Anne Newlands and Judith Parker) Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada, 2009.
MacTavish, Newton. Ars Longa Toronto: The Ontario Publishing Co., 1925.
MacTavish, Newton. The Fine Arts in Canada Toronto: Macmillan, 1925.
Morgan-Powell, S. "Spring Exhibition At Art Gallery Is Along Normal Lines." Star 21 Mar. 1923.
Murray, Joan. Ontario Society of Artists: 100 Years Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 1972.
Ontario Society of Artists. Catalogue of the Fiftieth Annual Exhibition of the Ontario Society of Artists, 1922 Toronto: 1922.
Ontario Society of Artists. Catalogue of the Fifty-First Annual Exhibition of the Ontario Society of Artists, 1923 1923.
Ontario Society of Artists. Catalogue of the Fifty-Fourth Annual Exhibition of the Ontario Society of Artists, 1926 1926.
Ontario Society of Artists. Catalogue of the Fifty-Ninth Annual Exhibition of the Ontario Society of Artists, 1931 1931.
Ontario Society of Artists. Catalogue of the Fifty-Second Annual Exhibition of the Ontario Society of Artists, 1924 Toronto: Ontario Society of Artists, 1924.
Ontario Society of Artists. Catalogue of the Fifty-Third Annual Exhibition of the Ontario Society of Artists, 1925 1925.
Ontario Society of Artists. Catalogue of the Forty-Ninth Annual Exhibition of the Ontario Society of Artists, 1921 Toronto: Ontario Society of Artists, 1921.
Ontario Society of Artists. Catalogue of the Sixtieth Annual Exhibition of the Ontario Society of Artists, 1932 Toronto: 1932.
Ontario Society of Artists. Catalogue of the Sixty-Fourth Annual Exhibition of the Ontario Society of Artists, 1936 Toronto: 1936.
Ontario Society of Artists. Catalogue of the Sixty-Seventh Annual Exhibition of the Ontario Society of Artists, 1939 1939.
Ontario Society of Artists. Catalogue of the Sixty-Sixth Annual Exhibition of the Ontario Society of Artists, 1938. Toronto: 1938.
Ontario Society of Artists. Catalogue of the Sixty-Third Annual Exhibition of the Ontario Society of Artists, 1935 1935.
Ontario Society of Artists. Catalogue of the Thirtieth Annual Exhibition of the Ontario Society of Artists, 1902 1902.
Ontario Society of Artists. Catalogue of the Thirty-Fifth Annual Exhibition of the Ontario Society of Artists, 1907 1907.
Ontario Society of Artists. President's Annual Report, 1923 Toronto: 1923.
Robert Simpson Company Galleries. Small Picture Exhibition by Members of the O.S.A. Toronto: 1924.
Robson, Albert Henry. Canadian Landscape Painters Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1932.
Tippett, Maria. By a Lady Toronto: Viking, 1992.

Documents rédigés par l'artiste
Kerr, Estelle. "Concerning Canadian Art." Courier (7 Oct. 1916?).
Kerr, Estelle. "Do You Speak Spanish?" Toronto Star Weekly (21 Aug. 1926): 21.
Kerr, Estelle. "How Henri Won His Maple Leaf." Canadian Magazine 54.3 (Jan. 1920): 220-22.
Kerr, Estelle. "I Seek Lodgings in Paris." Toronto Star Weekly (14 May 1927).
Kerr, Estelle. "In the Vineyards of Burgundy." Canadian Magazine 52.2 (Dec. 1918): 631-35.
Kerr, Estelle. "Monsieur Le Fou: The Tale of a Misunderstanding - Reggie Is Locked Up But Makes His Escape." Toronto Saturday Night (16 Jul. 1927).
Kerr, Estelle. "Recommended Hotels." Toronto Star Weekly (11 Dec. 1926).
Kerr, Estelle. "The Artist." Toronto Saturday Night 26: 35 (7 Jun. 1913): 29.
Kerr, Estelle. "The Etcher's Point of View." Canadian Magazine 48 (Dec. 1916): 152-59.
Kerr, Estelle. "Uncle Norman's Portrait." Canadian Magazine 50.6 (Apr. 1918): 489-495.
Kerr, Estelle. "Women Sculptors in Toronto." Women's Saturday Night (20 Jun. 1914).
Kerr, Estelle M. "Royal Castles in France." Canadian Magazine 64.4 (Feb. 1916): 282-94.

Texte intégral de compte rendu (pdf).
Women's Art Association of Canada (Tor) - 8th Annual Spring Exhibition: (Robert's Art Galleries, avril 04, 1896) "Women And Art. Annual Exhibition of the Woman's Art Association. Purely Canadian Exhibits. Great Discretion Exercised in the Selection of Paintings. Lieutenant-Governor Kirkpatrick and Party Present at the Opening-The Exhibit Open Till the 17."  Globe and Mail  avril 07, 1896.  p.8.   Comptes rendus intégraux
Women's Art Association of Canada (Tor) - Thirteenth Annual Exhibition: (Confederation Life Bldng, mars 26, 1901) "Work of Lady Artists. Exhibition of the Woman's Art Association. Choice and Attractive Studies of Life and Scenery - "Private View Day" a Great Success."  Globe and Mail (Toronto)  mars 27, 1901.  p.12.   Comptes rendus intégraux
Ontario Society of Artists Annual Exhibition: (Toronto, février 28, 1902) "O. S. A. Exhibition. More Pictures and of Better Quality Than Last Year. A Very Pleasing Collection-A List of the Less Distinguished- The Public Opening Will Take Place This Evening."  Globe (Toronto)  février 28, 1902.  p.7.   Comptes rendus intégraux
Ontario Society of Artists Annual Exhibition: (Toronto, mars 31, 1911) M.L.A.F..  "Women Artists Are Fast Increasing in Numbers. They Total Over a Third of the Exhibitors at the Present Show - Descriptions of Some of the More Notable Canvasses."  Toronto Star  avril 07, 1911.  p.10.   Comptes rendus intégraux
Royal Canadian Academy Annual Exhibtion: (Toronto, novembre 23, 1911) M.L.A.F..  "200 Paintings at the R.C.A Exhibition. Oils, Water Colors, and Architectural Drawings Fill Art Museum Galleries. Local Sculptors Absent."  Toronto Star  décembre 02, 1911.  p.11.   Comptes rendus intégraux
Ontario Society of Artists Annual Exhibition: (Toronto, avril 05, 1913) "Ontario Society of Artists."  The Globe (Toronto)  avril 05, 1913.  p.10.   Comptes rendus intégraux
Ontario Society of Artists Annual Exhibition: (Toronto, mars 1914) "Strong and Varied Pictures at the O.S.A. Exhibition."  The Globe (Toronto)  mars 14, 1914.  p.10.   Comptes rendus intégraux
Ontario Society of Artists Annual Exhibition: (Toronto, mars 1914) Hector Charlesworth.  "Ontario Society of Artists Annual Exhibition."  Toronto Saturday Night  mars 21, 1914.  p.5.   Comptes rendus intégraux
Royal Canadian Academy Annual Exhibition: (Toronto, novembre 19, 1914) "Vivid Display of Color at R.C.A. Exhibition. Princess Patricia Again Among the Exhibitors-Striking Landscape Effects and Scene of Canadian Life."  Evening Telegram (Toronto)  novembre 19, 1914.  p.15.   Comptes rendus intégraux
Royal Canadian Academy Annual Exhibition: (Toronto, novembre 19, 1914) "Art and Artists."  Globe (Toronto)  novembre 28, 1914.  p.7.   Comptes rendus intégraux
Ontario Society of Artists Annual Exhibition: (Toronto, mars 03, 1915) "Color and Originality at the O.S.A. Exhibition."  The Globe (Toronto)  mars 13, 1915.  p.10.   Comptes rendus intégraux
Ontario Society of Artists Annual Exhibition: (Toronto, mars 03, 1915) Irene B. Wrenshall.  "Toronto."  American Art News  mars 20, 1915.  13.24: p.6.   Comptes rendus intégraux
Ontario Society of Artists Annual Exhibition: (Toronto, mars 03, 1915) Hector Charlesworth.  "O.S.A.'s Exhibition 1915."  Toronto Saturday Night  mars 20, 1915.  p.4.   Comptes rendus intégraux
Royal Canadian Academy Annual Exhibition: (Montreal, novembre 18, 1915) "Royal Canadian Academy of Arts Open Galleries. 288 Fine Pictures on Exhibition at 37th Annual Exhibition."  Montreal Herald  novembre 19, 1915.  p.5.   Comptes rendus intégraux
Royal Canadian Academy Annual Exhibition: (Montreal, novembre 18, 1915) S. Morgan-Powell.  "Exhibition is Here for Month. Some Attractive Works Along Interesting Lines are Hung. Frames Show an Improvement. Several Artists Manifest Determination to Break from Tradition."  Montreal Star  novembre 22, 1915.  p.2.   Comptes rendus intégraux
Ontario Society of Artists Annual Exhibition: (Toronto, mars 11, 1916) "Extremes Meet at O.S.A. Show."  The Globe (Toronto)  mars 11, 1916.  p.8.   Comptes rendus intégraux
Ontario Society of Artists Annual Exhibition: (Toronto, mars 11, 1916) M.L.A.F..  "Some Pictures at the Art Gallery."  Toronto Star  mars 11, 1916.  p.5.   Comptes rendus intégraux
Ontario Society of Artists Annual Exhibition: (Toronto, mars 11, 1916) Hector Charlesworth.  "Pictures That Can be Heard. A Survey of the Ontario Society of Artists Exhibition."  Toronto Saturday Night  mars 18, 1916.  p.5.   Comptes rendus intégraux
Royal Canadian Academy Annual Exhibition: (Montreal, novembre 16, 1916) "Art Works on View Set High Standard."  Gazette (Montreal)  novembre 17, 1916.  p.7.   Comptes rendus intégraux
Royal Canadian Academy Annual Exhibition: (Montreal, novembre 16, 1916) "Royal Academy Has Many Fine Works on View."  Montreal Daily Mail  novembre 17, 1916.  p.5.   Comptes rendus intégraux
Royal Canadian Academy Annual Exhibition: (Montreal, novembre 16, 1916) "London, Ont., Artist Wins Scholarship. Royal Canadian Academy Has Many Interesting Pictures."  Globe and Mail (Toronto)  novembre 21, 1916.  p. 5.   Comptes rendus intégraux
Ontario Society of Artists Annual Exhibition: (Toronto, mars 01, 1917) "Many Fine Paintings at O.S.A. Exhibition."  The Globe (Toronto)  mars 10, 1917.  p.21.   Comptes rendus intégraux
Ontario Society of Artists Annual Exhibition: (Toronto, mars 01, 1917) Hector Charlesworth.  "Good Pictures at O.S.A. Exhibition."  Toronto Saturday Night  mars 24, 1917.  p.2.   Comptes rendus intégraux
Ontario Society of Artists Annual Exhibition: (Toronto, mars 01, 1917) "They Do Not Merely Pose As Painters. Canadian Women Artists Have Done Distinguishing Work."  Toronto Star  mars 24, 1917.  p.14.   Comptes rendus intégraux
Ontario Society of Artists Annual Exhibition: (Toronto, mars 01, 1917) "Toronto"  American Art News  mars 31, 1917.  15.25: p.6.   Comptes rendus intégraux
The Joint Annual Exhibition of the RCA and the OSA: (Toronto, avril 05, 1918) "Local Art World Gathers for Opening at the "Grange." Art Galleries and Combined Exhibition of Royal Canadian Academy and Ontario Society of Artists Attract Many."  Toronto Star  avril 04, 1918.  p.17.   Comptes rendus intégraux
The Joint Annual Exhibition of the RCA and the OSA: (Toronto; Montreal (Fall), avril 05, 1918) "Academy Opens in New Gallery. With O.S.A., Holds Notable Exhibition of Pictures and Sculpture."  Globe (Toronto)  avril 06, 1918.  p.14.   Comptes rendus intégraux
Royal Canadian Academy Annual Exhibition: (Montreal, novembre 18, 1920) "Art of Canadians Well Represented."  Gazette (Montreal)  novembre 19, 1920.  p.9.   Comptes rendus intégraux
Ontario Society of Artists Annual Exhibition: (Toronto, mars 18, 1922) M.L.F..  "Some Surprises In The Art Exhibition. Number of New Painters Come to the Front and Others take New Twist."  Toronto Star  mars 18, 1922.  p.3.   Comptes rendus intégraux
Royal Canadian Academy Annual Exhibition: (Montreal, novembre 16, 1922) "Au salon de nos artistes. Etudes sur quelques toiles."  La Presse  novembre 25, 1922.  p.2.   Comptes rendus intégraux
Art Association of Montreal Annual Spring Exhibition: (Montreal, mars 16, 1923) "Montreal Artists Well Represented. High Standard Set at Spring Exhibition of Art Association."  Gazette (Montreal)  mars 16, 1923.  p.6.   Comptes rendus intégraux
Art Association of Montreal Annual Spring Exhibition: (Montreal, mars 16, 1923) S. Morgan-Powell.  "Spring Exhibition at Art Gallery is Along Normal Lines."  Montreal Star  mars 21, 1923.  p.6.   Comptes rendus intégraux
Royal Canadian Academy Annual Exhibition: (Toronto, novembre 22, 1923) A. S. Wrenshall.  "Toronto"  American Art News  décembre 01, 1923.  22.8: p.9.   Comptes rendus intégraux
Ontario Society of Artists Annual Exhibition: (Toronto, mars 08, 1924) M.L.F..  "All Paintings So Good Hard to Know the Best. Fine Pictures Chosen for Exhibition of Ontario Society of Artists-Canadian Scenes-Human element Introduced-Every-Day Subject."  Toronto Star  mars 08, 1924.  p.3.   Comptes rendus intégraux
Royal Canadian Academy Annual Exhibition: (Ottawa, novembre 20, 1924) "Royal Arts Academy. Forty-sixth Exhibition of Royal Canadian Academy of Arts In the National Gallery of Canada."  Ottawa Evening Journal  novembre 20, 1924.  p.2.   Comptes rendus intégraux
Royal Canadian Academy Annual Exhibition: (Montreal, novembre 19, 1925) "Fine Work Marks R.C.A. Exhibition. New Schools Offer Contrast to Solidly-Based Qualities of Older and Established Painters."  Gazette (Montreal)  novembre 20, 1925.  p.10.   Comptes rendus intégraux
Ontario Society of Artists Annual Exhibition: (Toronto, mars 06, 1926) Hector Charlesworth.  "Ontario Society of Artists Present Year's Exhibition of Higher Average Quality Than for Several Years."  Toronto Saturday Night  avril 03, 1926.  p.5.   Comptes rendus intégraux
Ontario Society of Artists Annual Exhibition: (Toronto, mars 1935) Lucy Van Gogh.  "World of Art."  Toronto Saturday Night  mars 09, 1935.  p.15.   Comptes rendus intégraux
Royal Canadian Academy Annual Exhibition.: (Montreal, novembre 21, 1935) "The Fifty-Sixth Exhibition of the Canadian Academy."  Montreal Star  novembre 22, 1935.  p.13.   Comptes rendus intégraux
Royal Canadian Academy Annual Exhibition.: (Montreal, novembre 21, 1935) "Art Gallery Scene of R.C.A. Exhibition. Paintings and Other Works from Various Canadian Points Total 444. Much Good Portraiture."  Gazette (Montreal)  novembre 23, 1935.  p.19.   Comptes rendus intégraux

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