Henry George Glyde

Henry George Glyde was born in Luton England in 1906 and trained in art at the Brassey Institute of Arts and Sciences, Hastings, the Royal College of Art, and in Italy, France and Belgium, where he devoted his studies to 15th Century composition. He later instructed at the Croydon School of Arts and Crafts; The Borough Polytechnic; and the High Wycome School of Art.

He arrived in Canada in 1935 to teach at the Provincial Institute of Technology and Art in Calgary (now the Alberta College of Art and Design). In 1946 he began the Art Department at the University of Alberta (UofA) in Edmonton. Until his retirement in 1966, his career was closely tied to the development of art and the growth of art organizations in Alberta. He also taught for many years through the Extension Dept. of the UofA, which enabled him to teach in a variety of places across Alberta, such as Medicine Hat, Vegreville and Peace River. He was Head of the Painting Division at the Banff School of Fine Arts.

In 1943, Glyde and A.Y. Jackson were commissioned by the National Gallery of Canada to paint the construction of the Alaska Highway. H.G Glyde was a member of the Canadian Society of Graphic Arts, the Alberta Society of Artists (President 1945), The Federation of Canadian Artists (National President 1954), and the Canadian Art Council. In 1949 he was elected to the Royal Canadian Academy.

He continued to paint and find inspiration from the landscape in Victoria, British Columbia, his retirement home. H.G. Glyde died in 1998.

Banff Hwy - 1986
watercolour and charcoal on paper, 11 in x 15 in
SOLD