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Kerr Eby

Kerr Eby (1889 - 1946) was active/lived in Connecticut, Ontario / Canada, Japan.  Kerr Eby is known for Etching, illustration-sea-landscape, camouflage artist.

Kerr Eby (1890-1946)

He was born in Japan in 1890, the son of Canadian Methodist Missionaries.  After their return, the family lived in several Canadian towns before 15 year-old Kerr, having worked as a printer's apprentice at a local newspaper, moved to New York City to become an artist.  He took art classes at Pratt Institute while working for a lithographic firm to help cover his tuition and living expenses.  These expenses soon overwhelmed him and he returned to Canada and took a job surveying in northern Ontario.  His time in the wilderness reinvigorated him and with his earnings he returned to NYC where he worked at a lithographic firm in the day and took evening classes at the Art Student League.  After a few more summers surveying in Ontario, he became a full time illustrator.  From 1913 to 1917, Eby rented a summer studio and rooms in a rundown waterfront warehouse just up the Mianus River from the Holley House, the boarding house that was   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 4287 characters.]  Artist bio

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