Ken Danby
Canadian · 1940–2007 · Painter, Printmaker
Ken Danby, DFA (Hon.) was a Canadian painter known for highly realistic paintings that study everyday life. Danby encouraged Canadians to identify with their natural and… (Wikipedia)
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Ken Danby, DFA (Hon.) was a Canadian painter known for highly realistic paintings that study everyday life. Danby encouraged Canadians to identify with their natural and cultural heritage. His portraits, and realistic interpretations of farm and rural life, and sport, had a strong and positive effect on Canadian art and he is recognized as Canada’s finest painter in watercolour.
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In the collections of
Museum of Modern ArtNational Gallery of CanadaNational Portrait GalleryArt Institute of Chicago
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realism
Also known as Kenneth Edison Danby
Artist record compiled from: Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By), Art Institute of Chicago API (CC0), MoMA collection data (CC0). See data sources & attribution.