Arthur John Tracy Born 1910

Arthur John Tracy was born February 20, 1910, in South Mimms, Middlesex, England. He moved to Canada June 13, 1924. Upon arrival in Canada he worked on a farm near Port Hope, in Ontario. Prior to any formal training,

Tracy began modeling, and after ten months of work, sculpted two portrait medallions that were accepted by the 1928 Exhibition of the Royal Canadian Academy. Tracy attended The Ontario College of Art during the winter of 1929-30. He studied under Emanuel Hahn, the co-founder and first president of the Sculptors' Society of Canada.

In 1931 Tracy worked as an assistant instructor in sculpture at the Ontario College of Art. He has exhibited with The National Gallery of Canada and the Ontario Society of Artist.