Cleeve Horne
Cleeve Horne | |
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Ontario College of Art | |
| Known for | Painting, sculpture |
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Jean Mildred Harris (m. 1939) |
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Arthur Edward Cleeve Horne, OC OOnt RCA, (January 9, 1912 – July 5, 1998) was a Canadian portrait painter and sculptor.
Career
Born in
In Horne's early career, he wanted to become a portrait sculptor and studied under Dorothy Dick, a British sculptor (1927-1928).
Horne was primarily a society painter. He is thought to have painted over 400 portraits during his career ca.(1928–1991). His most notable subjects include Alexander Graham Bell, Claude Bissell, Bora Laskin, Pauline Mills McGibbon, Jeanne Sauvé, Colonel R. Samuel McLaughlin and John Diefenbaker among many others.[3] He held his first exhibition in 1935, his second in 1937, and served as a camouflage officer in the army in the Second World War and retired with the rank of Captain.[1][2] Cleeve Horne died at Toronto, Ontario, Canada of a respiratory-related illness in 1998.
Commissions
- Alexander Graham Bell, Brantford, Ont., 1948;[2]
- Wm Shakespeare, Stratford, Ont., 1950;[2]
- War Memorial, Law Society Upper Canada, Osgoode Hall, Toronto, 1951;[2]
- bas-relief on Bank of Canada Building (Toronto), 1958.[2]
Awards and honours
- 1934 Awarded the Lieutenant Governor's Medal for Painting at the Ontario College of Art (first recipient)[1]
- 1963 Awarded the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada's Allied Arts Medal[2]
- 1965 Awarded the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts Medal[2]
- 1967 Awarded the Canadian Centennial Medal[2]
- 1977 Awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal[2]
- 1982 Awarded the Ontario Society of Artists Award[2]
- 1992 Awarded the 125th Anniversary of the Confederation of Canada Medal[2]
- 1984 Appointment as "fellow", Ontario College of Art & Design[1]
- 1987 Appointment to the Order of Ontario[2]
- 1996 Appointment as officer of the Order of Canada[4]
- 1999 Named "One of the Top 100 Portrait Artists of the 20th Century" by the Canadian Portrait Academy
Professional affiliations
Horne was a member of the
Works
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Cleeve Horne's sculpture of Alexander Graham Bell in front of the Brantford Bell Telephone Building -
Cleeve Horne's sculpture of Alexander Graham Bell in front of the Brantford Bell Telephone Building
Personal life
Horne lived the majority of his life in Toronto. At the
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g h A Dictionary of Canadian Artists, volumes 1-8 by Colin S. MacDonald, and volume 9 (online only), by Anne Newlands and Judith Parker National Gallery of Canada / Musée des beaux-arts du Canada
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Cleeve Horne". Who's Who in Canada. (Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 1997).
- ^ a b "Cleeve Horne fonds". ao.minisisinc.com. Ontario Ministry of Government and Consumer Services. Retrieved 2021-10-17.
- ^ "Cleeve Horne". www.gg.ca. Governor General of Canada. Retrieved 2021-10-16.
- ^ "Members since 1880". Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. Archived from the original on 26 May 2011. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
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