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Canadian painter, illustrator and author Illingworth Holey Kerr was born in Lumsden, Saskatchewan, in 1905. He won awards from his works at the Regina Exhibition in 1919 leading to his studies at the Central Technical School and Ontario College of Art (1924-1927). He later studied at the Westminster School of Art in London, England where he met his wife, Mary Spice.
The Kerrs later moved back to Saskatchewan, and then to British Columbia were Kerr taught at the VancouverSchool of Art from 1945-1947. Upon moving to Alberta, Kerr became the Director of the Art Department at the Provincial Institute of Technology (later the Alberta University of the Arts). Kerr was president of the Alberta Society of Artists from 1952-1953, and became a member of the Canadian Authors Association.
Kerr retired from teaching in 1967 and received an honourary doctorate from the University of Calgary in 1973. He died in Calgary, Alberta, on January 6, 1989.