(1906 - 1998 )
H.G. Glyde was born in Luton England in 1906 and trained in art at the Brassey Institute of Arts and Sciences, Hastings, The Royal College of Art, and in Italy, France & Belgium, devoted his studies to 15th Century composition. He later instructed at the Croydon School of Arts and Crafts; The Borough Polytechnic; and the High Wycome School of Art. Glyde came to Calgary in 1935 as Director of the Art Department at the Institute of Technology and Art in Calgary. Later he became head of Fine Arts at the University of Alberta where he remained until his retirement in 1966. He was Head of the Painting Division at the Banff School of Fine Arts. In 1943, Glyde and A.Y. Jackson were commissioned by the National Gallery of Canada to paint the construction of the Alaska Highway. H.G Glyde was a member of the Canadian Society of Graphic Arts, the Alberta Society of Artists (President 1945), The Federation of Canadian Artists (National President 1954), and the Canadian Art Council. In 1949 he was elected to the Royal Canadian Academy