Artist

Esler, John K.

Title

Virgo Waiting #4

Technique

etching

Date

1975

Dimensions

43.2cm height x 37.2cm width

Type

print

Accession Number

1980.10

Owner

City of Burnaby

Collection

Permanent Collection

John K. Esler lived much of his life in Calgary. He was born at Pilot Mound, Manitoba in 1933, and studied at the School of Art at the University of Manitoba, graduating in 1960. Subsequently, he studied at that University’s Faculty of Education, and after traveling abroad, took a teaching post at the Alberta College of Art and Design in Calgary in 1964. He continued as an artist-teacher at the University of Calgary, where he taught printmaking. About his work, he said: "I approach printmaking objectively and most often allow the technique to lead the way." He won numerous awards including the C.W. Jefferys' Award from the Canadian Society of Graphic Arts and the G.A. Reid Memorial Award from the Canadian Painter-Etchers and Engravers. He exhibited widely in Canada and abroad and his works are represented in permanent collections in Canada, the U.S., England and France.