Albert Huie
Albert Huie | |
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| Born | 31 December 1920 Falmouth, Colony of Jamaica, British Empire |
| Died | 31 January 2010 (aged 89) Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
| Education | Institute of Jamaica Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts Ontario College of Art |
| Occupation | Painter |
Albert Huie (31 December 1920 – 31 January 2010) was a Jamaican painter.
Early life and education
[edit]Born in Falmouth, Trelawny Parish, Jamaica, Huie moved to Kingston when he was 16 years old;[1] in the 1930s, he became part of the "Institute Group" at the Institute of Jamaica, where he received his first formal training with Armenian artist Koren der Harootian.[2][3] In the early 1940s, Huie worked as an assistant to Edna Manley while she taught at Kingston's Junior Centre.
A British Council scholarship was awarded to Huie in 1947.[4] Further study followed, in London at the Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts and in Canada at the Ontario College of Art, before his return to Jamaica.[1]
Career
[edit]In 1950, he was one of the founding tutors of the Jamaica School of Art and Crafts.[2][5] He exhibited around the United States and Jamaica, and later in his career settled in the US.[1] On National Heroes Day in 2009 he was honored by the Jamaican Embassy for his contributions to the Jamaican community in and around Washington, D.C.[1][6][7]
As a painter, Huie was best known for his landscape and genre work, though he often painted portraits as well.[2][8] Some of his pieces expressed sociopolitical and nationalist themes, and many of his early paintings related in some way to manual labor.[9] His painting Miss Mahoghany caused controversy twice in his lifetime: first when it was unveiled in 1960 and again in 2000 when it was featured in Air Jamaica's Skywritings magazine, which resulted in its removal.[10] His later paintings showed the influence of post-Impressionism, along with elements of art deco and Mexican mural painting.[11][2][9] He usually used oils, but sometimes used acrylics.[2] His paintings hang in the National Gallery of Jamaica, among other collections.[2][9]
Awards
[edit]In 1958, Huie was granted the Institute of Jamaica's Musgrave Silver Medal and in 1974 he was awarded the Musgrave Gold Medal for his work by the Institute of Jamaica.[12][4] In 1959, he was awarded the international award for painting at the Spanish Bi-Annual exhibition in Havana, Cuba. Huie received the Jamaican Government Award for the Best Painting in the annual National Exhibition in 1962.[4]
Personal life
[edit]Huie's granddaughter is artist Lehna Huie.[13] He died on 31 January 2010 in Baltimore, Maryland, aged 89.[14]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 "Jamaicans in the US Mourn Passing of Albert Huie", Jamaican Information Service, 4 February 2010. Archived 22 August 2010 at the Wayback Machine.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Albert Huie profile at Art Encyclopedia, accessed via Answers.com
- ↑ Hidalgo, Juan (15 March 2018). "Pioneering artist Dorothy Henriques-Wells has died". Jamaica Observer. Archived from the original on 16 March 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
- 1 2 3 "Albert Huie (1920 – 2010)". The National Library of Jamaica. 9 April 2017. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
- ↑ "EDITORIAL - We owe a debt of gratitude to Albert Huie". jamaica-gleaner.com. 5 February 2010. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
- ↑ McLeod, Sheri-Kae (2 March 2020). "Young Jamaican Artist, Lawrence L. Deacon Aims to be One of the Best in his Field". Caribbean News. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
- ↑ "Jamaica Observer Limited". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
- ↑ Lucie-Smith, Edward (2001). Albert Huie: Father of Jamaican Painting. Ian Randle Publishers. ISBN 9766370001.
- 1 2 3 Veerle Poupeye. Caribbean Art. London; Thames and Hudson; 1998
- ↑ "Albert Huie | Jamaican artist". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
- ↑ Gómez, Edward M. (21 September 2019). "A Memoir of Art, Love, and Jamaica". Hyperallergic. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
- ↑ "Musgrave Awardees". Institute of Jamaica. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ "Out of many, one people: The story of Jamaica illustrated - e3.1000-books.ru". e3.1000-books.ru. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
- ↑ "Remembering Albert Huie: The 'Master Painter'". jamaica-gleaner.com. 14 February 2010. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
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