IHRIG o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2005-12-03 published
IHRIG,
Robert
E. "
Bob"
Passed away peacefully at Stratford General Hospital on Sunday
evening, November 27, 2005. Bob will be remembered for his many
artistic talents and deep generosity. Predeceased by his parents,
Emmamae Ewart
IHRIG, who worked for the Stratford Festival from
1958-1973 and Henry
IHRIG. He leaves behind a sister, Agnes
McCABE
of Lansing, Michigan, brother, Fredrick
IHRIG of Golden, Colorado,
his niece Karen
McCABE of San Francisco and Stratford and nieces
and nephews Suzanne
McCABE,
Katherine
McCABE, Daniels
McCABE,
Rita McCABE, Kevin
McCABE, Judith
McCABE, Terry
McCABE, Debbie
NAGY,
Melissa
KALAF, Julie
IHRIG and Camella
IHRIG. Long-time
resident of Stratford, Bob was born in Lansing, Michigan. He
and his family lived in Germany from 1936-1939. He served in
the U.S. Army from 1951-1953 and then obtained a Masters of Art
from Michigan State University before moving to Stratford in
1957. He had a career with the Stratford Festival that spanned
four decades -- as a dresser (1957), a prop-maker (1958-1960),
Supervisor of Exhibits (1961-1968) and Exhibits Coordinator (1990-98)
and Exhibits Archivist (1998-2004). During his time at the Festival,
he supervised such major exhibitions as Faces of Canada (1964),
100 Years of Theatre in Canada (1967) and the Tanya Moïseiwitsch
Exhibition (1992). He was the Founding Director of the Rothman
Gallery (1967) and Director of the Kitchener-Waterloo Gallery
from 1972-1980. He was a member of Stratford's Gallery 96 from
the early 1960s until the present, curated numerous exhibits
at the Art Gallery of London, and served as President of the
Canadian Arts Association. He was an instructor at Michigan State
University, taught and did photography for the Stratford Chefs
School and was a founding member of Performing Arts Lodge Stratford.
Bob was an accomplished artist, painter and photographer with
his works collected throughout North America, as well as an avid
art collector. A memorial celebrating Bob's life will be held
in the spring of 2006. The family would like to thank the Palliative
Care unit of Stratford General Hospital for their kind care of
Bob during his last months. In lieu of cards and flowers donations
can be made in Bob's name to Gallery 96 or Stratford Performing
Arts Lodge, and sent to W.G. Young Funeral Home, 430 Huron St.
Stratford, Ontario. N5A 5T7.
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