National heroes of jamaica biography of albert

Jamaican painter

Albert Huie (31 December 1920 – 31 January 2010) was a Jamaican painter.

Early life and education

Born in Falmouth, Trelawny Parish, Jamaica, Huie moved to Kingston when he was 16 years old;^[1] in the 1930s he became part of the "Institute Group" at the Institute of Jamaica, where he received his first formal training with Armenian artist Koren der Harootian.^[2][3] In the early 1940s he worked as an assistant to Edna Manley while she taught at Kingston's Junior Centre.

A British Council scholarship was awarded to Huie in 1947.^[4] Further study followed, in London at the Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts and in Canada at the Ontario College of Art, before his return to Jamaica.^[1]

Career

In 1950 he was one of the founding tutors of the Jamaica School of Art and Crafts.^[2][5] He exhibited around the United States and Jamaica, and later in his career settled in the January 2010 - National Gallery of Jamaica KAV