James lorimer keirstead biography

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James Lorimer KEIRSTEAD is an artist born in Canada in and deceased in The artist's works have gone up for sale at public auction times.

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James Lorimer Keirstead is a Canadian Postwar & Contemporary painter who was born in James Lorimer Keirstead's work has been offered at auction.

James Lorimer Keirstead has been a fixture on the Kingston art scene for quite some time — pretty much since he started painting full time.

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James Keirstead is one of Canada’s foremost landscape and heritage artists. Painting with knives and oils, he has a distinctive, boldly textured, impressionistic style.

His nostalgic heritage subjects and peaceful landscapes bring quiet enjoyment that have universal appeal.

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The angular Keirstead signature conjures up romantic images.

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The family grew up in Ontario, residing in Toronto and Whitby, finally moving in 1949 to Sharbot Lake.

A few months later at age seventeen, when their house burned, Jim joined the Canadian Armed Forces, serving in Korea during the war from 1952-53. From 1954 to 1965 he served as a Constable with the Ontario Provincial Police, stationed in Kingston.

It was during his police years that he started taking art courses, haunting art galleries and libraries, taking advantage of every opportunity