Ken Danby's 1972 painting At the Crease, portraying a masked hockey goalie defending his net, is widely recognized and reproduced in Canada.
14 Facts About Ken Danby
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Ken Danby enrolled at the Ontario College of Art in 1958.
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Ken Danby won the "Best of Exhibition" prize with an untitled abstract, currently in the collection of the artist.
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Ken Danby later focused on realism in most of his work, and developed his skill with watercolour.
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In 1975, Ken Danby was elected a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.
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Ken Danby designed four coins for the 1976 Montreal Olympics.
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Ken Danby received the Jessie Dow Prize, the 125th Anniversary Commemorative Medal of Canada, the City of Sault Ste.
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Ken Danby has served on the governing board of the Canada Council and as a member of the Board of Trustees of the National Gallery of Canada.
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In 1997, Ken Danby received an Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts from Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario.
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Ken Danby was inducted into the Sault's Walk of Fame in 2006.
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In 2016, the Art Gallery of Hamilton organized a retrospective of Ken Danby's work, entitled Beyond the Crease.
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From November 2016 to January 2017, the Guelph Civic Museum exhibited examples of Ken Danby's work including his Wayne Gretzky portrait, The Great Farewell.
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On 23 September 2007, Ken Danby collapsed while on a canoe trip in Algonquin Park near North Tea Lake with his wife Gillian Ken Danby and friends.
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Ken Danby is the second famous Canadian artist to die in Algonquin Park.