Kerr Eby

Kerr Eby (19 October 1889 – 18 November 1946) was a Canadian illustrator best known for his renderings of soldiers in combat in the First and Second World Wars.

He is held in a similar regard to Harvey Dunn and the other famous illustrators dispatched by the government to cover the First World War.

In the 1920s and 1930s, Eby continued to occasionally generate pieces related to his experience, and worked many of his early sketches into completed lithographs.

Notable images in this collection include a haunting drawing of marines retreating across the countryside beneath a menacing black cloud.

These drawings, prints, and paintings serve as both historical record and primary documentation of the American experience of war in the 20th century.