Ivan Kenneth Eyre | |
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Born |
15 April 1935 (age 81) Tullymet, Saskatchewan |
Nationality | Canadian |
Known for | painting |
Ivan Kenneth Eyre, CM OM (born 15 April 1935 at Tullymet, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian painter.
Eyre attended the Saskatoon Technical Collegiate where he studied under Ernest Lindner. He studied at the University of Saskatchewan under Eli Bornstein in 1952. He attended the University of Manitoba School of Art, graduating in 1957 with a BA in fine arts, Eyre went on to the University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, in 1958-59, where he both studied and taught. He was a pupil of the artists Wynona Mulcaster and George Swinton. Eyre held a professorship at the University of Manitoba School of Art from 1959-1992. Ivan Eyre's work is featured in many galleries in Canada.