John Kinnear B.C.D. , S.C.A.

John Kinnear was born in Bedford, England, on the fifteenth day of August, 1922, the son of an industrialist. He was educated at Bedford Private Schools, and studied in England. His progress was interrupted by the Second World War, serving with H.M. Coldstream Guards.

Kinnear studied under Charles Bell at the Northampton Technical School, England (1937) ; also with Frank Law, R.A., England. His personal experiences in combat, as a prisoner of war, a campaigner in Africa and Europe, and later, a widely travelled Canadian are the basis of his art.

Public and private collections of his paintings are numerous and currently hang in Canada, U.S.A., England and many other countries including Ireland, Australia and Japan.

Kinnear is now noted for watercolours and the 15th century medium of silver point.

excerpt from:

A Dictionary of Canadian Artists

compiled by Colin S. MacDonald

Collections of Interest:

His Royal Highness, The Prince of Wales

The Past Prime Minister of Canada - Pierre Trudeau

The Past Premier of Ontario - William Davis

The Late President of Egypt - Anwar El Sadat

The London Regional Art Gallery

Art Gallery of Edmonton

Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

University of Windsor

University of Guelph

Air Canada, Toronto

The Sifton Collection, London, Ontario

Artisan's Alley, London, Ontario

Friends of the Earth

Exhibitions; Public and Private

Royal Canadian Academy of Art