BARN JUST EAST OF EDMONTON

oil on canvas

18 x 24 in. (45.7 x 61 cm)

Price Realized:

7605.00 CAD.

INCLUDES BUYER’S PREMIUM

Notes:

signed lower left; signed & titled on the stretcher verso

Note: Glyde moved to Edmonton in 1946 to teach and help develop a fine art department at the University of Alberta. It was very important to Glyde that the province have a university level art program. The school also provided him with an office/studio which allowed him more flexibility to work on his own art. During this period, Glyde developed a greater focus and interest in Alberta’s heritage; he incorporated the theme into his teaching and undertook a couple of large murals. Glyde’s depictions of rural Alberta, painted on travels throughout the province, are an important body of work, preserving in and of themselves a part of our Alberta heritage. Glyde “depicts an idyllic semi-agrarian life with frolicking maidens and lads. He celebrates the countryside and lifestyle of rural Alberta”. (“A Lifelong Journey: The Art and Teaching of H. G. Glyde”; Patricia Ainslie; Glenbow Museum; 1987). These paintings of casual, everyday scenes, are characterized by their rhythm, serenity, and a considered interplay between figure and landscape.