Cleeve Horne

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Arthur Edward Cleeve Horne, O.C., O.Ont., R.C.A., O.S.A., S.S.C., HON. C.P.A. (1912 – July 5, 1998) was a Canadian painter and sculptor.

Born in Jamaica, British West Indies, he painted over 400 portraits in his career (1928 - 1991); Alexander Graham Bell, Claude Bissell, Bora Laskin, Pauline Mills McGibbon and John Diefenbaker.

Attended the Ontario College of Art and Design in Toronto, Canada from 1931 - 1934. Studied with Dorothy Dick (British sculptor) in 1927 as well as with John Russell from 1934 - 1935.

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 and the Sculptor’s Society of Canada.

Awards:
- 1997 made an Officer of the Order of Canada, Canada's highest civilian honor, as "one of Canada's finest portrait painters and sculptors". ^[1]
- 1987 awarded the Order of Ontario
- 1984 made a Fellow of the Ontario College of Art & Design
- He was awarded the Canadian Centennial Medal, Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal, and the 125th Anniversary of the Confederation of Canada Medal.
- 1982 awarded the Ontario Society of Arts Award
- 1965 the Royal Canadian Academy of the Arts Medal
- 1963 awarded the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada's Allied Arts Medal
- 1934 the Lieutenant Govenor's Medal for Painting at the Ontario College of Art (first recipient)