This biography from the Archives of AskART:
|  A reportorial artist, illustrator, painter, writer and creator of heraldic designs, Edwin Adney was especially known for his field artist work for the "London Chronicle" in the Klondike during the Gold Rush in 1897 and 1898, and for "Collier's Weekly" at Cape Nome, Alaska in 1900. He later published a book of these experiences. Other books that he wrote and illustrated were the "Outdoor Book for Boys" and "Birds of North America".
Edwin Adney was born in Athens, Ohio. His father was a military officer and professor who apparently stirred his son's interest in military subjects. Later in his life Edwin Adney, having served as a lieutenant in the Canadian Engineers in World War I, devoted himself to creating heraldic designs for flags including one for French Canada, emblems and shields used in libraries, colleges, and railways in Canada. Another special interest was making bark canoes, and he made about 90 of them.
He studied at the Art Students League in New York City for three years, and at the University of North Carolina, where he did a lot of outdoor sketching, especially birds. In 1917, he became a British citizen and lived in Woodstock, New Brunswick, Canada from that time until his death in 1950.
Sources include:
Harold and Peggy Samuels, "The Encyclopedia of Artists of the American West"
Peter Falk, "Who Was Who in American Art" |
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