Ken Danby

Ken Danby
Born
Kenneth Edison Danby

(1940-03-06)6 March 1940
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
Died23 September 2007(2007-09-23) (aged 67)
Algonquin Park, Ontario
NationalityCanadian
Known forPainter
Notable workAt the Crease; Lacing up; Pancho
MovementRealism
AwardsOrder of Canada
Order of Ontario

Ken Danby, CM OOnt RCA D.F.A. (6 March 1940 – 23 September 2007) was a Canadian painter who created highly realistic paintings that study everyday life. His 1972 painting At the Crease, portraying a masked hockey goalie defending his net, is widely recognized and reproduced in Canada.[1][2]

  1. ^ Sault Ste. Marie: Extraordinary, Not Ordinary Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, Hometown Hockey
  2. ^ John Robert Colombo (27 May 2011). Fascinating Canada: A Book of Questions and Answers. Dundurn. pp. 97–. ISBN 978-1-4597-0028-4.