I am still a bit confused about lithography but this is the first Commercial Artist I have found in the family.
Karl J Cameron was born in Charlotteown, PEI to John E Cameron & Bertha 'Blanche' Riggs and attended the School of Practical Art in Boston .
Along the way, he met and married another islander by the name of Helen Douglas. It is possible they met via a common love of art as she was the manager of the Art Department at the Eastern Photo Engravers in Halifax.
Here are 2 lithographs done by Karl of Charlottetown - 1941 & 1961
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| courtesy of Lynn Ellis (Billion Graves) |
Sadly, in 1946, they lost their 3 year old daughter in a drowning accident
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| courtesy of Lynn Ellis (Billion Graves) |
Karl outlived his wife and died in 1989
The Guardian, 4 Aug 1978
D. At Halifax, N.S. , Aug. 3, 1978, Mrs. Karl J Cameron, formerly of Charlottetown and Georgetown, P.E.I. She was Helen Douglas, the daughter of Lou and Tillie Douglas of Georgetown. Surviving are her husband and four daughters: Janet (Mrs. Malcolm MacDonald ), Winnipeg; Carol (Mrs. Derek Liddell ), Montreal; Paula (Mrs. Lawrence Montgomery ), Bridgetown, N.S. ; Anne, Toronto. Also a sister Beth (Mrs. Edgar Lannon ) Needham, Mass; and two brothers: Ralph of P.E.I , and Gordon, Vancouver and Georgetown. Funeral in Charlottetown. Interment in People's Cemetery.
D. At Halifax, N.S. , Aug. 3, 1978, Mrs. Karl J Cameron, formerly of Charlottetown and Georgetown, P.E.I. She was Helen Douglas, the daughter of Lou and Tillie Douglas of Georgetown. Surviving are her husband and four daughters: Janet (Mrs. Malcolm MacDonald ), Winnipeg; Carol (Mrs. Derek Liddell ), Montreal; Paula (Mrs. Lawrence Montgomery ), Bridgetown, N.S. ; Anne, Toronto. Also a sister Beth (Mrs. Edgar Lannon ) Needham, Mass; and two brothers: Ralph of P.E.I , and Gordon, Vancouver and Georgetown. Funeral in Charlottetown. Interment in People's Cemetery.
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