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Laurier Park, by C. D. Cook
CA EDM RG-200-12-3 · Item · [197-]
Part of City of Edmonton Archives Collection

Born in Wales, C. Denys Cook emigrated to Canada with his wife and children in 1957. Cook worked for the Alberta Government until 1974, when he began to pursue art full time. A self-taught artist, Cook did lapidary work, silver work, wood carving, and pottery.

While living in Edmonton Denys Cook was involved in the local arts scene. He joined the Edmonton Art Club in 1972 and was one of the founders of the Arts and Crafts Society of Alberta and the Canadian National Craft Council. His work was included in Edmonton Art Club exhibitions between 1973 and 1976, and he became an important figure in the Canadian wildlife art scene in the 1970s and 1980s. He left Edmonton for Victoria in 1980.

CA EDM RG-200-12-4 · Item · 1936
Part of City of Edmonton Archives Collection

Born in 1913, M. Kathleen Kaufman joined the Edmonton Art Club in 1934, and participated in club exhibitions between 1935 and 1953. She submitted a work titled “A Winter Trail” in 1936 which could be this piece. Kaufman married Keith Cardiff in April, 1943, changing her name to M. Kathleen Cardiff. She would go on to become a member of the Alberta Society of Artists, and serve as the Treasurer of the Edmonton Art Club. She began studying printmaking in the 1950s, learning silk screening and serigraphy under George Weber at the Edmonton Art Gallery, as well as taking courses at the University of Alberta’s Department of Extension. She moved to Toronto in 1959, later settling in Ontario.