Background
Albert Haie was born on December 31, 1920, in Falmouth, Trelawny, Jamaica into a poor family. The only member of his family who encouraged his ambition to be an artist was his grandmother Sarah.
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Albert Huie studied at OCAD University.
London, United Kingdom
Albert Huie studied at Camberwell College of Arts.
Kingston, Jamaica
Albert Huie worked as a tutor at the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts.
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Albert Huie studied at OCAD University.
London, United Kingdom
Albert Huie studied at Camberwell College of Arts.
Kingston, Jamaica
Albert Huie worked as a tutor at the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts.
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Albert Haie was born on December 31, 1920, in Falmouth, Trelawny, Jamaica into a poor family. The only member of his family who encouraged his ambition to be an artist was his grandmother Sarah.
Albert Huie moved to Kingston, aged 16, and became a china painter, although his family wanted him to become a teacher. After winning a scholarship, he studied at the Ontario College of Art and Design (now, OCAD University) in Toronto. He studied with Armenian artist Koren der Harootian. In 1947 he was awarded a British Council scholarship and then studied at the Camberwell College of Art in London, England. Here he studied under Victor Pasmore and Claude Rogers, founder members of the Euston Road school, which emphasised the close observation of nature.
Albert Huie was selected for shows of world art at the New York World's Fair (where he was a prizewinner) and the San Francisco Golden Gate exhibition, both in 1939.
Huie joined the circle of the sculptor Edna Manley and, from 1940 to 1944, served as a teaching assistant at the art classes she organised. In 1943 he exhibited his work at the Institute of Jamaica in Kingston, his first major solo exhibition and the first solo show given there to any living Jamaican artist. In 1950 he was one of the founding tutors of the Jamaica School of Art and Crafts (Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts).
Albert Huie was a central figure in the formation and development of a national Jamaican artistic identity, overcoming the hurdles of a colonial-based system of race and class distinctions to become the first native-born Jamaican artist to attain international renown and respect. Working primarily in the areas of landscape, portraiture, and figurative art, he established a multiple award-winning career that lasted seven decades and earned him the title of "the Father of Jamaican Painting."
Huie was presented with an international award for painting at the Spanish Bi-Annual exhibition in Havana, Cuba in 1959. In 1962, he received the Jamaica Government award for the best painting in the annual National Exhibition of painting. He has also been the recipient of the Badge of Honour for his contribution to art (1968). Also in that year he participated in a group exhibition presented by the Caribbean Committee for cultural advancement in Canada.
Albert Huie was much loved for his genial personality.
Albert Huie was married to Phyllis. They had three daughters: Evelyn, Christine and Alicia and three grandchildren.
