Background
LOCHHEAD, Kenneth was born on May 22, 1926 in Ottawa, Out. Son of Allan Grant and Helen Louise (Van Wart) Lochhead.
painter and university professor
LOCHHEAD, Kenneth was born on May 22, 1926 in Ottawa, Out. Son of Allan Grant and Helen Louise (Van Wart) Lochhead.
Born in Ottawa, Ontario, he attended the Summer Art School at Queen"s University in 1944. From 1945 to 1948, he attended the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia. From 1946 to 1948, he studied at the Barnes Foundation near Philadelphia.
major art galleries in Canada; international exhibitions include Post-Painterly Abstraction Exhibition, Los Angeles Company Museum 1964. Edinburgh Institute Festival Exhibition; works in many public and private collections in Canada; communications include: murals Regina Bridge, Royal Canadian Legion, Gander Institute Airport Terminal, York University, Canadian Chanceiy Building. Warsaw, Bank of Montreal. Winnipeg, Department, of External Affairs Headquarters Building, Ottawa; banner designs include: Winters Collection, York University, Pan-Am Swimming Pool, Winnipeg, Confederation Centre, Prince Edward Island, Centennial Concert Hall. Winnipeg, School of Architecture, University of Manager; designed 1970 Manager Centennial Stamp; illustrated Millwood Road Poems 1970.He was the brother of poet Douglas Lochhead. From 1950 to 1964, he was the Director of the School of Art at the University of Saskatchewan - Regina Campus. From 1964 to 1973, he was an Associate Professor in the School of Fine Arts at the University of Manitoba.
From 1973 to 1975, he was a Professor in the Department of Visual Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts at York University.
From 1975 to 1989, he was a Professor in the Department of Visual Arts at the University of Ottawa. In 1961, he exhibited his paintings as part of the Regina Five at the National Gallery of Canada with Art McKay, Ron Bloore, Ted Godwin, and Doug Morton.
In 2006, he was awarded the Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts. He died of colorectal cancer in Ottawa in 2006.
Royal Canadian Academy of Arts]
He was made a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.
Married 1st Patricia Poole in 1951, two son one daughter. Married 2nd Joanne Bryers in 1973, three daughter.