- Kenneth Lochhead
Kenneth Campbell Lochhead (
May 22 1926 –July 15 2006 ) was a Canadian Professor and painter.Born in
Ottawa, Ontario , he attended the Summer Art School atQueen's University in 1944. From 1945 to 1948, he attended thePennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts inPhiladelphia . From 1946 to 1948, he studied at theBarnes Foundation near Philadelphia.From 1950 to 1964, he was the Director of the School of Art at the
University of Saskatchewan . From 1964 to 1973, he was an Associate Professor in the School of Fine Arts at theUniversity of Manitoba . From 1973 to 1975, he was a Professor in the Department of Visual Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts atYork University . From 1975 to 1989, he was a Professor in the Department of Visual Arts at theUniversity of Ottawa .In 1961, he exhibited his paintings as part of the "
Regina Five " at theNational Gallery of Canada withArt McKay ,Ron Bloore ,Ted Godwin , andDoug Morton .In 1970, he was made an Officer of the
Order of Canada "for his contribution to the development of painting, especially in Western Canada, as an artist and teacher". [ [http://www.gg.ca/honours/search-recherche/honours-desc.asp?lang=e&TypeID=orc&id=1023 Order of Canada Website] RetrievedAugust 2 ,2006 ] In 2006, he was awarded the Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts.He died of
colorectal cancer in Ottawa in 2006.References
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