Albert Clare Bice (January 24, 1909 – May 18, 1976) was a

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artist,

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, and

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author/

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Biography

Born in

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, and raised in

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, he received a

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degree in History and English from the

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in 1928. From 1930 to 1932, he studied at the

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and

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in New York. He worked included landscape painting, portrait painting, and figure painting. From 1940 to 1972, he was the curator of the Williams Memorial Art Gallery and Museum (it was renamed the London Regional Art and Historical Museums and now is called the

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). He died on May 18, 1976, while on a sketching trip in Newfoundland.

Recognition and awards

He was a member of the

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, Canada's oldest continuously operating art society. From 1967 to 1970, he was the president of the

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. In 1973, he was made a Member of the

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"for his contribution to the fine arts as painter, author-illustrator and gallery director".

Works

He was the author and illustrator of five children books: ''Jory's Cove'' (1941), ''Across Canada: Stories of Canadian Children'' (1949), ''The Great Island'' (1954), ''A Dog for Davie's Hill'' (1956), and ''Hurricane Treasure'' (1965). He also illustrated six books by Canadian writer

Catherine Anthony Clark Catherine Anthony Clark (5 May 189224 February 1977), was a British-born Canadian children's author. Biography Clark was born Catherine Anthony Smith in London in 1892 as one of eight children. She moved with her family to Grey Creek, British ...

(1892–1977): ''The Golden Pine Cone'' (1950), ''The Sun Horse'' (1951), ''The One-Wing Dragon'' (1955), ''The Silver Man'' (1958), ''The Diamond Feather'' (1962), and ''The Hunter and the Medicine Man'' (1966).

References

External links

Clare Bice at Museum London
* Archives of Clare Bic
(Clare Bice fonds, R11705)
are held at

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bice, Clare 1909 births 1976 deaths Artists from London, Ontario Canadian children's writers Canadian art curators Canadian illustrators Members of the Order of Canada People from Grey County Writers from London, Ontario University of Western Ontario alumni Members of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts 20th-century Canadian painters