Artist John Kenneth Esler
Title The Flame [Melodrama V] #32/50
Media colour etching on paper
Dated
1979
Size 23.5 x 17.25 in. / 59.7 x 43.8 cm.
Frame Size 32 x 25.25 x 0.75 in.
Estimate $200 - $300
Notes
signed, titled, dated and numbered along bottom; framed with archival mat
Provenance
corporate collection, Calgary
Biographical Information
John Kenneth Esler ~ [1933-2001] Canadian ASA, CSGA, CPE, MSA, RCA
Born in Pilot Mound, Manitoba. He attended the School of Art at the University of Manitoba where he received his Bachelor of Art [1960] and Bachelor of Education [1962]. He became an instruct at the Alberta College of Art in print making, drawing and design from 1964-68. He taught print making and drawing at the University of Calgary until his retirement [1968-80]. Esler also established Trojan Press with artist Ken webb for local printmakers.
see 35 Years and 15 Minutes, prints by John Kenneth Esler, by S.Ford, Nickle Arts Museum, 1994;
biography and other examples in
Founders of the A.C.A., by V.Greenfield, pg.80;
Printmaking in Alberta 1945-1985, by B.Cochran, pg.66-69;
N.G.C. Vol.1, A-F, ed.C.Hill, pg.300; Dict. of Canadian Artists, by C.MacDonald, Vol.1 pg.192;
Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.1, pg. 106, Westbridge Pub., 1999;
Manitoba Society of Artists by J.Stoppler, pg.158, the Manitoba Society of Artists, 2003;
Allgemeines Kunstler-Lexikon, Band 35, pg. 65, K.G. Saur Verlag Munchen-Leipzig, 1983-2009
listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website