Artist John Kenneth Esler
Title To Climb a Mountain [Tac Board I] #82/100
Media colour etching on paper
Dated
1978
Size 20.5 x 14 in. / 52.1 x 35.6 cm.
Sold $22
Estimate $100 - $150
Notes
signed, titled, dated and numbered along bottom; unframed
Reference
from the portfolio Twentieth Anniversary 1959-1979.; published by Gallery Moos Limited, 1979
Provenance
private 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; Founders of the A.C.A., by V.Greenfield, pg.80 and Printmaking in Alberta 1945-1985, by B.Cochran, pg.66-69 as well as 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; see 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