The daughter of Creemore teachers Isaac and Janet (Caswell) Day, Katherine (Kate) was born in
Orillia,
Ontario, and received a
BA from
Queen's University in 1912. She then became a social worker. During
World War I, Day was a volunteer nursing assistant in
England. She returned to Canada in 1920. From 1922 to 1923, she studied painting with
Franz Johnston at the
Winnipeg School of Art and then attended the
Ontario College of Art from 1929 to 1930. Returning overseas in 1933, she continued her studies at the
Central School of Arts and Crafts in
London and then studied with
Nicolas Eekman and Henri Jannot in
Paris. After her return to Canada in 1936, she made her living as a school teacher and social worker, pursued her art, and became a member of the
Canadian Society of Graphic Artists and of the
Society of Canadian Painter-Etchers and Engravers; Day participated in exhibitions with both of these groups. One of her woodcut prints is included in the collection of the
National Gallery of Canada. == References ==