Henry George Glyde

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Henry George Glyde
Born(1906-06-18)June 18, 1906
Luton, Bedfordshire, England, U.K.
DiedMarch 31, 1998(1998-03-31) (aged 91)
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
NationalityEnglish-born Canadian
EducationRoyal College of Art (1926-1930)
Occupation(s)Painter and art educator

Henry George Glyde RCA (June 18, 1906 – March 31, 1998) was an English-born Canadian painter, draftsperson and art educator.[1]

Teaching career

Born in

A.Y. Jackson and, in 1943, the two artists went north, with a commission from the National Gallery to create studies of the Alaska Highway.[3]

In 1937, he began teaching community art classes with the Department of Extension, University of Alberta, where he went on to establish the Department of Fine Art. He taught there between 1946 and 1966.

Art career

Glyde was known as a master draftsperson.[2] His oils and murals might be called social realism.[1] His murals are classical in mood and content. The emphasis on structure is evident in his interpretation of the Alberta landscape and the British Columbia coast.[1] His painting Imperial Wildcat No. 3, Excelsior Field, near Edmonton appeared on a $1 stamp in a set of issued by Canada in 1967 to coincide with that year's celebration of the nation's Centennial. A major retrospective exhibition was produced by the Glenbow Museum in 1987.[1] He was a member of the Canadian Society of Graphic Art, the Alberta Society of Artists (president in 1945), the Federation of Canadian Artists,[2] and was made a full member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts in 1949.[4][5]

He died on March 31, 1998, in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e Laverty, Kathleen. "Henry George Glyde". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
  2. ^ a b c MacDonald, Colin S. (1979). A Dictionary of Canadian Artists, vol. 2 (Thirdt ed.). Ottawa: Canadian Paperbacks Publishing. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
  3. ^ a b "Auction results". www.gallerieswest.ca. Galleries West Magazine, spring 2021. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  4. ^ "Members since 1880". Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. Archived from the original on 26 May 2011. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
  5. ^ McMann, Evelyn (1981). Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. Retrieved 2021-07-08.

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