Kenneth Campbell Lochhead - Artist Info

About Kenneth Campbell Lochhead

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    Kenneth Campbell Lochhead OC, LLD, RCA (1926 - 2006)

    Kenneth Campbell Lochhead was a painter, educator and muralist who was born in Ottawa. He taught in Regina, Winnipeg and Toronto before returning to Ottawa in 1975 where he lived, taught and painted for the rest of his life. His mediums were oil, acrylic, enamel, egg tempera and watercolour. His subjects were landscapes, figures and pure abstract. His styles were expressionist, surrealist, colour-field and post-painterly abstraction. Among those who influenced his work were Barnett Newman, Kenneth Noland, Jules Olitski and the critic Clement Greenberg. All of whom were teachers and associates.

    He studied art at Queen's Universi...

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