Ivan Eyre
Encyclopedia
Ivan Kenneth Eyre, OM
(born 15 April 1935 at Tullymet
, Saskatchewan
) is a Canadian
painter.
School of Art and the University of North Dakota
, Grand Forks. He studied under artists Eli Bornstein, Wynona Mulcaster, Ernest Lindner, and George Swinton. Eyre held a professorship at the University of Manitoba
School of Art from 1959-1992.
Ivan Eyre's work is featured in many galleries in Canada. http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0002696
Order of Manitoba
The Order of Manitoba is a civilian honour for merit in the Canadian province of Manitoba. Instituted in 1999 when Lieutenant Governor Peter M...
(born 15 April 1935 at Tullymet
Division No. 6, Saskatchewan
Division No. 6, Saskatchewan, Canada, is one of the eighteen census divisions within the province, as defined by Statistics Canada. It is located in the south-central part of the province. The most populous community in this division is Regina, the provincial capital.According to the 2006 census,...
, Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....
) is a Canadian
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
painter.
Life
Eyre attended the University of ManitobaUniversity of Manitoba
The University of Manitoba , in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, is the largest university in the province of Manitoba. It is Manitoba's most comprehensive and only research-intensive post-secondary educational institution. It was founded in 1877, making it Western Canada’s first university. It placed...
School of Art and the University of North Dakota
University of North Dakota
The University of North Dakota is a public university in Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA. Established by the Dakota Territorial Assembly in 1883, six years before the establishment of the state of North Dakota, UND is the oldest and largest university in the state and enrolls over 14,000 students. ...
, Grand Forks. He studied under artists Eli Bornstein, Wynona Mulcaster, Ernest Lindner, and George Swinton. Eyre held a professorship at the University of Manitoba
University of Manitoba
The University of Manitoba , in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, is the largest university in the province of Manitoba. It is Manitoba's most comprehensive and only research-intensive post-secondary educational institution. It was founded in 1877, making it Western Canada’s first university. It placed...
School of Art from 1959-1992.
Ivan Eyre's work is featured in many galleries in Canada. http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0002696
Awards
- 1974: Royal Canadian Academy, elected member
- 1977: Queen's Silver Jubilee medal
- 1982: University of Manitoba Alumni Jubilee award http://www.lochgallery.com/component/option,com_art/action,artist/id,56/Itemid,30/ http://www.mayberryfineart.com/artist/ivan_eyre.html
- 2007: Order of ManitobaOrder of ManitobaThe Order of Manitoba is a civilian honour for merit in the Canadian province of Manitoba. Instituted in 1999 when Lieutenant Governor Peter M...
http://lg.gov.mb.ca/activities/news/2007/ordermb07.html