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1926 - 2018. Known for: Painting.
Ronald John (Gyo-Zo) Spickett was born in 1926. He initially trained with Gus Kenderdine, in his native Regina, before going to Calgary to study at the Provincial Institute of Technology and Art (now... Read full biography
Ronald John (Gyo-Zo) Spickett was born in 1926. He initially trained with Gus Kenderdine, in his native Regina, before going to Calgary to study at the Provincial Institute of Technology and Art (now SAIT/ACAD), which he attended from 1946-49. Following his studies, Spickett worked long hours at a... Read full biography
Ronald John (Gyo-Zo) Spickett was born in 1926. He initially trained with Gus Kenderdine, in his native Regina, before going to Calgary to study at the Provincial Institute of Technology and Art (now SAIT/ACAD), which he attended from 1946-49. Following his studies, Spickett worked long hours at a number of commercial jobs, including as a window display artist for the Hudson Bay Co., painting and exhibiting when he could. Then, in 1955, Spickett won a full scholarship to attend the Instituto... Read full biography
Ronald John (Gyo-Zo) Spickett was born in 1926. He initially trained with Gus Kenderdine, in his native Regina, before going to Calgary to study at the Provincial Institute of Technology and Art (now SAIT/ACAD), which he attended from 1946-49. Following his studies, Spickett worked long hours at a number of commercial jobs, including as a window display artist for the Hudson Bay Co., painting and exhibiting when he could. Then, in 1955, Spickett won a full scholarship to attend the Instituto Allende, in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. Mexico was at the forefront of the Post WWII wave of interest in mural painting, led by internationally acclaimed artists such as Jose Clemente Orozco, David Alfaro Siqueiros, and Diego Rivera. Spickett had... Read full biography
Ronald John (Gyo-Zo) Spickett was born in 1926. He initially trained with Gus Kenderdine, in his native Regina, before going to Calgary to study at the Provincial Institute of Technology and Art (now SAIT/ACAD), which he attended from 1946-49. Following his studies, Spickett worked long hours at a number of commercial jobs, including as a window display artist for the Hudson Bay Co., painting and exhibiting when he could. Then, in 1955, Spickett won a full scholarship to attend the Instituto Allende, in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. Mexico was at the forefront of the Post WWII wave of interest in mural painting, led by internationally acclaimed artists such as Jose Clemente Orozco, David Alfaro Siqueiros, and Diego Rivera. Spickett had himself produced a mural for the Provincial Institute in 1949, while studying under Buck Kerr, and soon after that developed a series on the Human... Read full biography
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Notable Commercial Gallery Representation, Pre 21s
- •Canadian Art Galleries
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •Three Hundred Years of Canadian Art, National Gallery