For over 30 years Mayberry Fine Art has quietly brokered sales for countless Canadian and International works of art from private collections.

We provide complete services to confidentially assist you with the sale of complete collections or single works of art.

What to expect when selling or consigning your artwork with Mayberry Fine Art

• Use our Appraisal and Valuation form to send us details on the work(s) of art you may wish to sell. Some of the details we will need include.
  • Artist Name
  • Size (measurements)
  • Date
  • Signature
  • When and where aquired
  • Condition
  • Good quality photograph
• After a fair market value has been agreed upon, we may need to examine the artwork for condition and authentication.
• In the case of larger works or collections which may be awkward to transport, we will visit your location to view the works.
• Crating and shipping is available when needed.
• Purchase options include outright purchase or consignment sale.
• Commission with regard to consignment sales is an agreed-upon percentage between Mayberry Fine Art and the seller. It is based on the value of the artwork. Commission on higher valued works can be as low as 5%.
• Unless specifically expressed otherwise all values and prices discussed or published are in Canadian funds.

Click here to complete the valuation form.

Illingworth Kerr

1905 - 1989
 
Illingworth "Buck" Kerr was born in Lumsden, Saskatchewan in 1905. He studied at the Central Technical School in Toronto in 1924. From 1924 to 1927 Kerr studied under Arthur Lismer, J.E.H. MacDonald, Frederick Varley, and J.W. Beatty at the Ontario College of Arts. Kerr also studied at the Westminster School of Art in London in 1936, as well as with Hans Hoffman in Provincetown, Massachusetts in 1954. In 1955 and 1957 he attended Emma Lake Workshops. Kerr traveled the Georgian Bay area, Ontario in 1927, and England and France from 1960 to 1961. He taught at the Vancouver School of Art from 1945 to 1946 and was head of the Alberta College of Art from 1947 to 1967. He was a great influence and friend to many artists of that era. As well, from 1952 to 1953, he was president of the Alberta Society of Artists. Kerr was also a member of the Canadian Authors Association; he wrote many short stories and illustrated many publications including his autobiography, Gay Dogs and Dark Horses, in 1946. He received a Canada Council Award in 1960. He painted portraits, the life of Indigenous peoples, urban views, wildlife, and the Prairie and Ontario landscape. He used the media of oil, acrylic, watercolour, charcoal, and ink, as well as woodblock, linoblock, monotype and silkscreen prints.