About Joan Kerry

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    Joan Kerry was born in London, July 27, 1929 and died October 5, 1996. She grew up in the Seattle area, attended Washington State University, and graduated from the Museum School at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts in 1958. Kerry also studied in Tuscany and Sicily.

    She lived in the Gloucester, Massachusetts area with her companion and artist colleague, Giovanni Aceto. Kerry was an expert in the ancient medium of egg tempera, and developed innovative techniques for oil pastels which were described by Gloucester artist Charles Movalli in a July, 1984 article in American Artist.

    In Gloucester "her garden delighted passers-by, who would stop and chat, and inspired many artists to paint its lili...

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