Artist Information
Artist
Edward J. Cherry, FRSA (1886-1960)Role
PhotographerArtist
EDWARD J. CHERRY VANCOUVER, B.C. AND LONDONRole
PublisherDate made
n.d.Time Period
20th CenturyNotes
ARTIST BIOGRAPHY
Born in St. Albans, England, Edward J. Cherry was an English Canadian artist. He and one of his brothers, Arthur, trained at their father’s photographic and framing business, and both would become well-known etchers and painters. Cherry immigrated to Canada in 1907, and worked as a picture framer in Vancouver. He was living in Victoria when he enlisted in the WWI Canadian Over-Seas Expeditionary Force (CEF) embarking for England in July 2016. After exposure to poison gas, Cherry spent two years recuperating in a French military hospital, sketching as part of his convalescence. Discharged from the army in 1920, it appears that he may have been living and working on both sides of the Atlantic.
In 1928, Edward was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. From 1931 to 1935, Cherry was living and working in Vancouver as an artist. During this time, he also worked for Boyles Brothers Drilling Company, and then later for Pumps and Power. In 1948, he retired. He exhibited work at the Vancouver Art Gallery in the 1st Annual B.C. Artists exhibition and the Vancouver Exhibition in 1932. He reportedly retired as a self-employed artist in 1952. His death certificate noted that he had been in Vancouver for 53 years.