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Kadey, PH - [source: christiancomicsinternational] Percy H. Kadey was born on the 19th of November, 1887 in Caradoc, Ontario, Canada. He began his career doing "crayon sketching on the public platform" for teachers' conventions, high schools and other groups. Kadey longed to work in the field of art full-time, but by the time an offer arrived from a prominent company, Christ had come into Kadey's life. Kadey wrote later, "The knowledge of my Lord led to the recognition of a call to full-time service for Him. As the result there came an extended struGovernor General award winner le between the flesh and the Spirit. But the long-suffering Saviour gradually moulded my stubbornness into a yielded will. I gave my little 'all' to Him, crayons included. My lack of genius demanded plenty of perspiration, but I praise God that He has seen fit to sanctify my humble efforts to the praise of His Name." Rev. Kadey and his wife Amelia had six children, and resided in Port Huron, Michigan in the 1910s 20s. The September, 1917 issue of The Christian Workers Magazine, published by the Moody Bible Institute of Chicago, featured this notice: "The P. H. Kadey party held a campaign in North Port Huron, Mich., June 17 to July 22, three churches uniting. More than 450 went forward to the altar. The pastors and people are enthusiastic over the results of the work." Many similar notices of his evangelistic work in Michigan and the surrounding states appeared in later issues of this magazine, retitled Moody Monthly, throughout the 1920s. In 1925 Kadey provided several political cartoon illustrations for Dr. B. H. Shadduck's anti-evolution booklets Puddle to Paradise and The Toadstool Among the Tombs, as well as for When Snakes Began to Nurse Their Young (1926) and the anti-Modernist Gee-Haw of the Modern Jehu (1928). By the 1930s Rev. Kadey was residing in Flint, Michigan, and continued with his evangelistic chalk talks over the next few decades, often singing hymns whilst he drew. A sixty page book, Pen Sketch and Poetry, was published by Carl J. Bihl in 1965, the year of Kadey's death. The material therein was derived from his chalk talks.
Kalinine, Guennadi
Listed as “Graphic Designer” on CHIN
Kamienski, Jan - born 1923;
Listed as “Graphic Designer” on CHIN
Kane, Elise
Also known as Elise Cachia.
Listed as “Graphic Designer” on CHIN
Kane, Paul – 19th century traveler/ethnographic and landscape watercolours
Kansky, Daniel
Listed as “Graphic Designer” on CHIN; Oil and Acrylic Painter; samples of work can be found by searching Google or Bing for "Daniel Kansky".
Kare, Zito
Listed as “Graphic Designer” on CHIN
Karelse, Laura
Listed as “Graphic Designer” on CHIN
Kasman, Ron
Listed as “Graphic Designer” on CHIN
Kassian, Olena
Listed as “Graphic Designer” on CHIN
Kaufmanis, Rusins - born 1925;
Listed as “Graphic Designer” on CHIN
Kaufmann, George Young - born 1870, d. 1940
CP poster, impressionist artist, illustrator for Irving Bacheller, illustrator of syndicated version of Stephen Crane's Red Badge of Courage, 1894
Kaufmann, Wilhelm - born 1901;
Listed as “Graphic Designer” on CHIN
Kauppi, Pekka
Listed as “Graphic Designer” on CHIN
Kay, Louis 1919- murals
Kazina, Leanne
Listed as “Graphic Designer” on CHIN
Kazmierczak, Helena Griffiths - born 1958;
Listed as “Graphic Designer” on CHIN
Kearns, Cliff
Listed as “Graphic Designer” on CHIN
Keating, Frank 1892-1970 murals, ill/design
Kearns, Cliff (1943- )
Cliff Kearns supplied the London Regional Art Gallery an architectural rendering of their new building for publication as a postcard in 1980.
Keay, Jack - born 1907
Numerous 1930s Chatelaine covers and fiction illo. Said by editor of Chatelaine to be "of Toronto", June 1932, p. 2.
Moved to US? - Exhib Pennsylvania Academy [source - AskArt]
"Jack [John] (Edwin) Keay (1907-1999). Artist who contributed a variety of illustrations and covers to Look and Learn. Whe he signed his work, it was usually as “Jack Keay”. Jack Keay was born in King’s Norton, Worcestershire, on 10 May 1907. Little is known about Keay’s career, but he was a popular book cover artist who worked for Pan, Panther, Hutchinson, Fontana and Four Square in the 1957-62 period. Keay illustrated a number of books in the 1970s and 1980s, including The Change of Life by Muriel E. Landau (1971), Gunfighters of the Wild West by Eric Inglefield (1978), American Civil War by Philip Clark (1988), American War of Independence by Philip Clark (1988) and Viking Explorers by Rupert Matthews (1989). He died in Hounslow, London, in 1999, aged 92. Jack Keay is not to be mistaken for John R. Keay (qv) who also contributed to Look and Learn." [source - http://www.lookandlearn.com/history/illustrators.php]
Keelor, Arthur
Ill'd for Canadian Home Journal fiction, 1928 [source - Jaleen Grove]
Victory Bonds war posters
Keene, Louis - born 1888; died 1970
Keene, Violet
Comic strip artist in 1920 for Farmers’ Magazine, “Canada’s National Farm Magazine.”
source - BK Munn in https://sequentialpulp.ca/2017/10/13/violet-keene-the-complete-comic-strips-so-far/
Keillor, Arthur - war posters
note - possibly mispelling of Keelor
Keiss, Ed - born 1910;
Listed as “Graphic Designer” on CHIN
Keller, Mike
Listed as “Graphic Designer” on CHIN
Kelly, Fred
Comics artist employed at Bell Features and then Educational Projects in 1940s [source - John Bell, Collections Canada]
Kelly, John David,1862-1958
- Toronto Lith Co; Toronto Art Students League; official war artist of the North-West Rebellion of 1885 ; the most popular historical illustraor of Edwardian period.
Kelsey, Charles William - born 1877; died 1975
Listed as “Graphic Designer” on CHIN
murals, ill/design
Kemp, James Alexander - born 1914; died 1983
Listed as “Graphic Designer” on CHIN
Kennedy, Howard Angus
Illustrated The New World Fairy Book, Dent, 1904.
Kennedy, Roderick Stuart, 1889-
NOTE: Kennedy was editor of the newspaper, and may not be the actual artist - weakness in Library listings.
Drew "Laughtones : being a series of humorous and inaccurate biographical sketches of certain leading Canadian advertising managers as they appeared to an observer with insufficient opportunity to become acquainted with his subjects and of too mean an intellect to do them justice, the whole embellished with twenty-six portraits done from the life by the same hand in a manner altogether new and disconcerting in the
Family herald and Weekly star (Montréal, Québec)" — ran in "Marketing" section fortnightly, during 1936. [source - Library and Archives]
Kerr, Estelle Muriel - Born Toronto, Ontario, 1897; Died 1971
Estelle Kerr studied in Toronto with Mary Ella Dignam and Laura Muntz Lyall, and also at the Art Students League in New York for two years, and at the Académie de la Grande Chaumiere for two years. She sketched in Italy, Switzerland, France, Belgium and Holland during the summers and she published a children's book titled "Little Sam in Volendam." During the First World War she worked as an ambulance driver, and she published the book "The Town Crier of Gevrey" based on her experiences. She contributed many illustrated stories and poems to a number of Canadian and American publications and she illustrated a number of children's books. She did many portraits of children as well as landscapes and figure studies. [source: Canadian Women Artists: History Initiative]
Did illustrations for The Golden Dog by William Kirby, Musson, n.d. End papers illustrated by C.W. Jefferys.
Kerr, Illingworth Holey 1905-1989 midcentury kidsbooks
Kersley, Derek
Listed as “Graphic Designer” on CHIN
Kettlewell, Charles William - born 1914;
Listed as “Graphic Designer” on CHIN
Khalsa, Dayal Kaur.
– children’s books -
Khan, Harvey
Kiakshuk, Lukta Keatshuk
Kilvert, Cory - born Hamilton Ont circa 1879
Came from a prominent family; his father was an MP. Became known as an illustrator of children in a comic style. Did Sunday Comics such as Kilvert's Kids; wrote and illustrated at least one kid's book. Was cousin of renowned children's book illustrator Fanny Cory.
Kim Hee Ja
www.miro-art.net
Kimber Murray - Governor General award winner
Kimber, William Arthur - born 1945;
Listed as “Graphic Designer” on CHIN
King, Celia - born 1959;
Listed as “Graphic Designer” on CHIN
Kinnes, Peter - born 1944;
Listed as “Graphic Designer” on CHIN
Kish, Brad
Listed as “Graphic Designer” on CHIN
Klassen, Tanner
Listed as “Graphic Designer” on CHIN
Kluckner, Michael
Listed as “Graphic Designer” on CHIN
Klunder Barbara - - born 1949;
Vancouver
Knight, Charles
Listed as “Graphic Designer” on CHIN
Koci, Franz 1926- murals
Kodras, Frank - born 1950;
Listed as “Graphic Designer” on CHIN
Kodric, Sonja
Listed as “Graphic Designer” on CHIN
Kohler, Pierre
Listed as “Graphic Designer” on CHIN
Koken, HP
Unverified as Canadian
Ill'd article on child psychology in Canadian Home Journal Feb 1931
Kolacz, Jerzy - born 1938; died 2009
Listed as “Graphic Designer” on CHIN
Kolesova Juliana
www.julianakolesova.com
Kolias, George
Listed as “Graphic Designer” on CHIN
Kolodka, Mykola - born 1947;
Listed as “Graphic Designer” on CHIN
Kontski, Stefan 1898- murals
Korten, Jo Anne
Listed as “Graphic Designer” on CHIN
Kotoff Sally - textbooks
Kovacs, George B.
Listed as “Graphic Designer” on CHIN
Kovalski, Maryann
– children’s books -
Kricfalusi , John, - creator of Ren and Stimpy - animator
Kroll , Leanne, - a freelance Technical Illustrator currently working in the Greater Toronto Area. In 2008 she completed her Bachelor’s Degree of Applied Arts in Illustration (Honours) from Sheridan College. She has illustration experience with various subject matters including architecture, material rendering, product illustration, package design, point of purchase displays, conceptual sketches, game package design, 3D modeling and detailed rendering. Her technical illustration experience with isometrics, obliques, perspectives, plan rotation, exploded views, cutaways, phantom views and the ability to render materials (ie. brick, wood, etc.) Select client list includes National Geographic School Publishers, Toronto Transit Commission, Venture Publishing, HOLMES Magazine. Website: www.leannekroll.com Her blog can be read here.
Krykorka, Vladyana Langer – children’s books -
Kuch, Peter - born 1917; died 1980
Listed as “Graphic Designer” on CHIN
Kucharsky, Norman - born 1914; died 1999
Listed as “Graphic Designer” on CHIN
Kulbach, Andre
Started Hillborough Studios and produced Triumph-Adventure Comics in 1940s with brother Rene Kulbach and Adrian Dingle [source - John Bell, Collections Canada]
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Kulbach, Rene 1909-1960
Murals; Started Hillborough Studios and produced Triumph-Adventure Comics in 1940s with brother Andre Kulbach and Adrian Dingle [source - John Bell, Collections Canada]
Kunz, Anita
www.anitakunz.com
Kunz, Robert. Born in former Yugoslavia; d. 1969, Toronto
Trained in Europe; settled in Toronto area. Illustrated textbooks: Fair Domain, One Dominion, They went Exploring. Worked with education reformer Lloyd Dennis and they did a regular column for the Telegram called Children's Corner. Also did filmstrips and illustrated many other books including The Story of Bees, and 101 Toys Children can make. Also an environmentalist and did fine art, architectural friezes, stained glass. Uncle of Anita Kunz. [source - Anita Kunz]
Kurelek, William (1927-1977)
"was the son of Ukrainian parents, who settled on the Canadian prairies. Kurelek studied painting in Winnipeg, Toronto and England, and became a highly successful artist internationally known for his paintings depicting his prairie upbringing. He was the author of a number of books, illustrated by his paintings, which have become Canadian classics. Kurelek converted to Catholicism as a young man and many of his works reflect his Christian beliefs." [source - National Library and Archives]
Kutyan, Simon
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Kuypers, Jan - born 1925;
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Kveta
www.kveta.ca
Kyle, James Fergus - born 1876; died 1941
Listed as “Graphic Designer” on CHIN
