Cleeve Horne
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Arthur Edward Cleeve Horne, O.C., O.Ont., R.C.A., O.S.A., S.S.C. (1912 – July 5, 1998) was a Canadian painter and sculptor.
Born in Jamaica, British West Indies, he painted portraits of Alexander Graham Bell, Claude Bissell, Bora Laskin, Pauline Mills McGibbon and John Diefenbaker.
He was a member of the Ontario Society of Artists and was its president from 1949 to 1951. He was also a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.
In 1996, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada, Canada's highest civilian honor, as "one of Canada's finest portrait painters and sculptors". [1] In 1984, he was made a Fellow of the Ontario College of Art & Design. In 1987, he was awarded the Order of Ontario. He was awarded the Canadian Centennial Medal, Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal, and the 125th Anniversary of the Confederation of Canada Medal. In 1963, he was awarded the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada's Allied Arts Medal.
[edit] References
- Canadian Who's Who 1997 entry. University of Toronto Press. Retrieved on June 1, 2006.
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