Edith Fanny Kirk was born in England, and took art training at South Kensingtion and in Europe. She emigrated to Canada in 1905 and went straight to Vancouver. She exhibited with the Vancouver Exhibition in 1912 (at least), noting later that she had won an award there. She traveled extensively, including Atlin, Vancouver Island, and the Cariboo in B.C., Alberta, the United States, and England and Europe, before finally settling down in Lethbridge AB, where she died in 1953. A LEGACY OF ADVENTUR AND ART, published by the Galt Museum and Archives in 2015, is an excellent source of information on the artist.
