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KERR, Estelle Muriel

Born
Toronto, Ontario, 1879
Died
Toronto, Ontario, 1971
Biography synopsis
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.
Media used
Graphic design
Painting
Sculpture
Education
Private study (under Mary Ella Dignam; Laura Muntz)
Art Students' League, New York
Académie de la Grande Chaumière, Paris
File & Archive locations
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
BIBLIOGRAPHY

Writings about
"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

Writings by
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

Full text pdfs of exhibition reviews
Women's Art Association of Canada (Tor) - 8th Annual Spring Exhibition: (Robert's Art Galleries, ) "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  .  p.8.   Full-text pdf
Women's Art Association of Canada (Tor) - Thirteenth Annual Exhibition: (Confederation Life Bldng, ) "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)  .  p.12.   Full-text pdf
Ontario Society of Artists Annual Exhibition: (Toronto, ) "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)  .  p.7.   Full-text pdf
Ontario Society of Artists Annual Exhibition: (Toronto, ) 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  .  p.10.   Full-text pdf
Royal Canadian Academy Annual Exhibtion: (Toronto, ) 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  .  p.11.   Full-text pdf
Ontario Society of Artists Annual Exhibition: (Toronto, ) "Ontario Society of Artists."  The Globe (Toronto)  .  p.10.   Full-text pdf
Ontario Society of Artists Annual Exhibition: (Toronto, ) "Strong and Varied Pictures at the O.S.A. Exhibition."  The Globe (Toronto)  .  p.10.   Full-text pdf
Ontario Society of Artists Annual Exhibition: (Toronto, ) Hector Charlesworth.  "Ontario Society of Artists Annual Exhibition."  Toronto Saturday Night  .  p.5.   Full-text pdf
Royal Canadian Academy Annual Exhibition: (Toronto, ) "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)  .  p.15.   Full-text pdf
Royal Canadian Academy Annual Exhibition: (Toronto, ) "Art and Artists."  Globe (Toronto)  .  p.7.   Full-text pdf
Ontario Society of Artists Annual Exhibition: (Toronto, ) "Color and Originality at the O.S.A. Exhibition."  The Globe (Toronto)  .  p.10.   Full-text pdf
Ontario Society of Artists Annual Exhibition: (Toronto, ) Irene B. Wrenshall.  "Toronto."  American Art News  .  13.24: p.6.   Full-text pdf
Ontario Society of Artists Annual Exhibition: (Toronto, ) Hector Charlesworth.  "O.S.A.'s Exhibition 1915."  Toronto Saturday Night  .  p.4.   Full-text pdf
Royal Canadian Academy Annual Exhibition: (Montreal, ) "Royal Canadian Academy of Arts Open Galleries. 288 Fine Pictures on Exhibition at 37th Annual Exhibition."  Montreal Herald  .  p.5.   Full-text pdf
Royal Canadian Academy Annual Exhibition: (Montreal, ) 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  .  p.2.   Full-text pdf
Ontario Society of Artists Annual Exhibition: (Toronto, ) "Extremes Meet at O.S.A. Show."  The Globe (Toronto)  .  p.8.   Full-text pdf
Ontario Society of Artists Annual Exhibition: (Toronto, ) M.L.A.F..  "Some Pictures at the Art Gallery."  Toronto Star  .  p.5.   Full-text pdf
Ontario Society of Artists Annual Exhibition: (Toronto, ) Hector Charlesworth.  "Pictures That Can be Heard. A Survey of the Ontario Society of Artists Exhibition."  Toronto Saturday Night  .  p.5.   Full-text pdf
Royal Canadian Academy Annual Exhibition: (Montreal, ) "Art Works on View Set High Standard."  Gazette (Montreal)  .  p.7.   Full-text pdf
Royal Canadian Academy Annual Exhibition: (Montreal, ) "Royal Academy Has Many Fine Works on View."  Montreal Daily Mail  .  p.5.   Full-text pdf
Royal Canadian Academy Annual Exhibition: (Montreal, ) "London, Ont., Artist Wins Scholarship. Royal Canadian Academy Has Many Interesting Pictures."  Globe and Mail (Toronto)  .  p. 5.   Full-text pdf
Ontario Society of Artists Annual Exhibition: (Toronto, ) "Many Fine Paintings at O.S.A. Exhibition."  The Globe (Toronto)  .  p.21.   Full-text pdf
Ontario Society of Artists Annual Exhibition: (Toronto, ) Hector Charlesworth.  "Good Pictures at O.S.A. Exhibition."  Toronto Saturday Night  .  p.2.   Full-text pdf
Ontario Society of Artists Annual Exhibition: (Toronto, ) "They Do Not Merely Pose As Painters. Canadian Women Artists Have Done Distinguishing Work."  Toronto Star  .  p.14.   Full-text pdf
Ontario Society of Artists Annual Exhibition: (Toronto, ) "Toronto"  American Art News  .  15.25: p.6.   Full-text pdf
The Joint Annual Exhibition of the RCA and the OSA: (Toronto, ) "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  .  p.17.   Full-text pdf
The Joint Annual Exhibition of the RCA and the OSA: (Toronto; Montreal (Fall), ) "Academy Opens in New Gallery. With O.S.A., Holds Notable Exhibition of Pictures and Sculpture."  Globe (Toronto)  .  p.14.   Full-text pdf
Royal Canadian Academy Annual Exhibition: (Montreal, ) "Art of Canadians Well Represented."  Gazette (Montreal)  .  p.9.   Full-text pdf
Ontario Society of Artists Annual Exhibition: (Toronto, ) M.L.F..  "Some Surprises In The Art Exhibition. Number of New Painters Come to the Front and Others take New Twist."  Toronto Star  .  p.3.   Full-text pdf
Royal Canadian Academy Annual Exhibition: (Montreal, ) "Au salon de nos artistes. Etudes sur quelques toiles."  La Presse  .  p.2.   Full-text pdf
Art Association of Montreal Annual Spring Exhibition: (Montreal, ) "Montreal Artists Well Represented. High Standard Set at Spring Exhibition of Art Association."  Gazette (Montreal)  .  p.6.   Full-text pdf
Art Association of Montreal Annual Spring Exhibition: (Montreal, ) S. Morgan-Powell.  "Spring Exhibition at Art Gallery is Along Normal Lines."  Montreal Star  .  p.6.   Full-text pdf
Royal Canadian Academy Annual Exhibition: (Toronto, ) A. S. Wrenshall.  "Toronto"  American Art News  .  22.8: p.9.   Full-text pdf
Ontario Society of Artists Annual Exhibition: (Toronto, ) 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  .  p.3.   Full-text pdf
Royal Canadian Academy Annual Exhibition: (Ottawa, ) "Royal Arts Academy. Forty-sixth Exhibition of Royal Canadian Academy of Arts In the National Gallery of Canada."  Ottawa Evening Journal  .  p.2.   Full-text pdf
Royal Canadian Academy Annual Exhibition: (Montreal, ) "Fine Work Marks R.C.A. Exhibition. New Schools Offer Contrast to Solidly-Based Qualities of Older and Established Painters."  Gazette (Montreal)  .  p.10.   Full-text pdf
Ontario Society of Artists Annual Exhibition: (Toronto, ) Hector Charlesworth.  "Ontario Society of Artists Present Year's Exhibition of Higher Average Quality Than for Several Years."  Toronto Saturday Night  .  p.5.   Full-text pdf
Ontario Society of Artists Annual Exhibition: (Toronto, ) Lucy Van Gogh.  "World of Art."  Toronto Saturday Night  .  p.15.   Full-text pdf
Royal Canadian Academy Annual Exhibition.: (Montreal, ) "The Fifty-Sixth Exhibition of the Canadian Academy."  Montreal Star  .  p.13.   Full-text pdf
Royal Canadian Academy Annual Exhibition.: (Montreal, ) "Art Gallery Scene of R.C.A. Exhibition. Paintings and Other Works from Various Canadian Points Total 444. Much Good Portraiture."  Gazette (Montreal)  .  p.19.   Full-text pdf

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