Henry George Glyde

Henry George Glyde (June 18, 1906 – March 31, 1998) was an English-born Canadian painter, draftsperson and art educator.

Teaching career Born in Luton, England, Glyde attended the Royal College of Art in London, England (1926–1930) was a student instructor at the school (1929–1930), then was an art instructor at other schools. He came to Canada in 1935 to teach drawing in Calgary at the Provincial Institute of Technology and Art and in 1936 became head of the art department. From then on, he explored western Canada as a painting subject. He was also head of the painting division of the Banff School of Fine Arts (1937–1966) where he met A.Y. Jackson and, in 1943, the two artists went north, with a commission from the National Gallery to create studies of the Alaska Highway. His RCA diploma piece, Prairie Town (1949) shows a small regional community, his inspiration.

He died on March 31, 1998, in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.