Kenneth Campbell Lochhead, (May 22, 1926 – July 15, 2006) was a Canadian professor and painter. He was the brother of poet

Douglas Lochhead Douglas Grant Lochhead (pronounced ''Lock''-heed) FRSC (March 25, 1922 – March 15, 2011) was a Canadian poet, academic librarian, bibliographer and university professor who published more than 30 collections of poetry over five decades, from 1 ...

Career

Born in

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, Lochhead attended the Summer Art School at Queen's University in 1944. From 1945 to 1948, he attended the

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. From 1946 to 1948, he studied at the

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near Philadelphia. From 1950 to 1964, he was the director of the School of Art at the

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– Regina Campus. Among his pupils there was Joan Rankin. From 1964 to 1973, he was an associate professor in the School of Fine Arts at the

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. From 1975 to 1989, he was a professor in the Department of Visual Arts at the

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. In 1961, he exhibited his paintings as part of the ''

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'' at the

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with Art McKay, Ron Bloore,

Ted Godwin Edward W. (Ted) Godwin, D.F.A. (August 13, 1933 – January 3, 2013) was the youngest member of the Regina Five, a group of five artists ( Ken Lochhead, Art McKay, Ron Bloore and Douglas Morton) all based in Regina, Saskatchewan in 1961 when ...

, and Doug Morton. Along with McKay, ne was included in

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's 1964 ''

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'' exhibition. In 1970, he was made an Officer of the

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"for his contribution to the development of painting, especially in Western Canada, as an artist and teacher".Order of Canada Website
Retrieved August 2, 2006 In 2006, he was awarded the

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. He was made a member of the

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He died of

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in Ottawa in 2006.

Books illustrated

*''Looking into Trees'' (Sackville NB: Sybertooth, 2009)

References

External links

*
Kenneth Lochhead's official website
* University of Regina Archives and Special Collections. Ken Lochhead Fonds. https://www.uregina.ca/library/services/archives/collections/art-architecture/lockhhead.html {{DEFAULTSORT:Lochhead, Kenneth 1926 births 2006 deaths Deaths from colorectal cancer 20th-century Canadian painters Canadian male painters 21st-century Canadian painters Officers of the Order of Canada Artists from Ottawa University of Manitoba faculty University of Ottawa faculty University of Saskatchewan faculty York University faculty Deaths from cancer in Ontario Artists from Saskatchewan Members of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts winners 20th-century Canadian male artists 21st-century Canadian male artists Canadian abstract artists