Provenance

Masters Gallery, Calgary, c.1980

Private collection, Calgary

H.G. Glyde was an influential painter and teacher who played a key role in the development of art education in Western Canada. Born in England, he immigrated to Canada in 1935 and taught at both the Provincial Institute of Technology in Calgary and later at the University of Alberta. While much of his work focused on the Prairies, Glyde loved the west coast of British Columbia and eventually moved to Pender Island, where the dramatic coastal setting inspired a series of paintings capturing the quiet beauty of island life. The best of these works depict residents going about their daily activities, rendered with Glyde’s characteristic structural clarity and warm palette, reflecting his deep connection to the rhythms and activity of West Coast life.