UNIVERSITY OF REGINA ARCHIVES AND SPECIAL COLLECTIONS THE DR JOHN ARCHER LIBRARY 86-29 KEN LOCHHEAD SHELLEY SWEENEY JULY 31, 1986 REVISED JANUARY 2004 BY ELIZABETH SEITZ 86-29 KEN LOCHHEAD 2 / 24 Biographical Sketch Ken Lochhead was born in Ottawa in 1926. His major art training came from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia (1945-1949). At the same time Lochhead studied at the Barnes Foundation in Merlon, Philadelphia from 1946 to 1948. Several scholarships allowed him to study in England, Holland, Belgium, France, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, and western Canada. After several short assignments, Lochhead was hired by the University of Saskatchewan, Regina College in 1950 to direct the School of Art. He was also charged by Dean William Riddell to develop what became the Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery. Under Lochhead's guidance, both the School and the Gallery flourished, attracting vibrant personalities and generating excitement. At this time Lochhead developed a distinctive style, producing such notable works as "The Kite" (1952). "The Dignitary" and "The Bonspiel" (1954). As well, he began to win major commissions, completing an enormous wall mural at Gander Airport in Newfoundland in 1957-1958. It was Lochhead's creation of the Emma Lake Artists' Workshops, however, that attracted the most attention to the prairie region. With the summer series led by such New York artists as Herman Cherry, Barnett Newman, Kenneth Noland, and Jules Olitski, international attention was suddenly focused to the north. The results were tremendous: a veritable burst of excited experimentation and innovation. Lochhead himself produced such abstract works as "Blue Extension" and "Dark Green Centre" (1963). With Art McKay, Ron Bloore, Ted Godwin, and Doug Morton, Lochhead displayed his paintings at the National Gallery of Canada in 1961 in the show "Five Painters from Regina". In 1964, however, he was the first to leave Regina, accepting a teaching position with the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg. He did not stay there, but went to York University in Toronto and finally to the University of Ottawa where he remains today. 86-29 KEN LOCHHEAD 3 / 24 Scope and Content This fonds consists of 4 metres of textual material, photographs, slides and oversize items. The records in this fonds range in date from 1926 to 1985 and document Ken Lochhead’s activities as an artists. Predominant portions of the records relate to art exhibitions, his finances from 1953 to 1979, commissions and projects, and correspondence with other members of the “Regina Five”. Few records in this collection relate to his directorship of the School of Art at Regina Campus. There are no access restrictions on the records in this fonds. Related material may be found in 87-98, 98-1,99-42 and 2000-18. Arrangement This collection was first organized and a finding aid prepared by University Archivist Shelly Sweeney in 1986. Significant revisions to the finding aid, including the addition of file numbers, were made by Archives Clerk Elizabeth Seitz in 2000. 86-29 KEN LOCHHEAD 4 / 24 Table of Contents Series Title Box Number Art Works 1 Biographical / Personal Information 1 Catalogues, Exhibition brochures, Publications featuring art works 1 - 8 (For more detailed listing consult 86-29 Appendix 1) Financial Records 8, 9 General Files Art Work - Commissions, Exhibitions, Rentals, Reproduction and Speaking Engagements 9 - 11 Art Work - Individual Projects and Exhibitions 11 - 12 Correspondence 13 Education 13 Employment 13, 14 Newspaper and Magazine Clippings 14 Professional Organizations 14 Residence and Studio 14 Service on Boards, Committees 14, 15 Photographs and Negatives 15 - 17, 20 - 24 (For more detailed listing of photographs consult 86-29 Appendix 2) Scrapbooks 17, oversize Sketchbooks 17 - 220 Slides cabinet Reel-to-Reel Audio Sound Recording and Film cabinet Oversize 86-29 KEN LOCHHEAD 5 / 24 Box 1 ART WORKS 1. Lochhead, Douglas. "Millwood Road Poems" Toronto: 1970 Roger Ascham Press, 1970. Illustrations by Kenneth Lochhead. (Numbered 70/125, signed by author and artist) 2. Millwood Road Poems 1971 3. Manitoba Centennial Stamp (framed first issue, 27 January 1970 numbered 21/100, signed by artist) (oversize) 4. "North American Time Zone Photo - VSI Simultaneity", 18 October 1970 N.E. Thing Co. Ltd. (oversize Box 1) 5. Perehudoff, Dorothy; Lindner, Ernest; Hone, MacGregor 1954 BIOGRAPHICAL / PERSONAL INFORMATION 6. Biographical Information 1926 – 1975 CATALOGUES, EXHIBITION BROCHURES, PUBLICATIONS FEATURING ART WORKS (Note: See Appendix 1 for a detailed listing) 7. 1949 – 1953 includes 3 items in oversize Box 2 8. 1954 – 1955 9. 1956 – 1957 includes 3 items in oversize Box 2 10. 1958 – 1959 11. 1959 – 1961 Box 2 12. 1961 13. 1961 – 1962 14. 1962 – 1963 15. 1963 – 1964 includes 2 items in oversize Box 2 16. 1964 17. 1964 – 1966 includes 1 item in oversize Box 2 Box 3 18. 1967 – 1968 includes 1 item in oversize Box 2 19. 1968 includes 1 item in oversize Box 2 20. 1968 – 1969 includes 1 item in oversize Box 2 21. 1969 – 1970 22. 1970 – 1971 23. 1971 Box 4 24. 1971 – 1972 25. 1972 – 1973 26. 1973 – 1974 27. 1974 Box 5 28. 1974 29. 1975 30. 1975 – 1976 includes 1 item in oversize Box 2 31. 1976 – 1977 32. 1978 33. 1978 Box 6 34. 1979 86-29 KEN LOCHHEAD 6 / 24 35. 1979 – 1981 36. 1981 – 1982 37. 1983 38. 1983 – 1985 39. 1983 Box 7 40. 1983 41. 1985 42. 1961 43. 1965 44. 1966 45. 1966 46. 1972 Box 8 47. 1972 48. 1980 49. 1982 50. 1972 FINANCIAL RECORDS 51. Income Tax Returns 1950 – 1959, 1965 – (1957 return missing) 1965 52. Income Tax Returns 1966-79 (1967 and 1972 returns missing) 53. Income Tax - Miscellaneous Items 1953, 1955 54. Income Tax - Working Papers and Documentation 1958 55. Income Tax - Working Papers and Documentation 1961 56. Income Tax - Working Papers and Documentation 1962 Box 9 57. Income Tax - Working Papers and Documentation 1963 58. Income Tax - Working Papers and Documentation 1964 59. Income Tax - Working Papers and Documentation 1965 60. Income Tax - Working Papers and Documentation 1966 61. Income Tax - Working Papers and Documentation 1967 62. Income Tax - Working Papers and Documentation 1968 63. Income Tax - Working Papers and Documentation 1969 64. Income Tax - Working Papers and Documentation 1970 65. Income Tax - Working Papers and Documentation 1971 66. Income Tax - Working Papers and Documentation 1972 Indenture, 28 February 1973, re: future termination of maintenance (photocopy). Decree Nisi (photocopy) 67. Income Tax - Working Papers and Documentation 1973 68. Income Tax - Working Papers and Documentation 1974 69. Income Tax - Working Papers and Documentation: 1975 Last Will and Testament (photocopy) 70. Income Tax - Working Papers and Documentation 1976 71. Income Tax - Working Papers and Documentation 1977 Correspondence and draft re: settlement of separation and maintenance support (carbon copy). Correspondence re: Decree Nisi, Separation Agreement, and correspondence re: Release of Interest of Beneficiary (signed original). Notice of and Petition for Divorce (signed carbon copy) 72. Income Tax - Working Papers and Documentation 1978 73. Income Tax - Working Papers and Documentation 1979 GENERAL FILES: ART WORK - COMMISSIONS, EXHIBITIONS, RENTALS, REPRODUCTION AND SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS 86-29 KEN LOCHHEAD 7 / 24 74. O'Keefe's Art Awards 1950 75. General 1956 – 1960 76. General 1961 – 1962 77. General 1963 – 1964 78. General 1965 – 1966 Box 10 79. General 1967 – 1968 80. General 1969 – 1985 81. Art Gallery of Windsor 1972 – 1978 82. David Mirvish Gallery 1964 – 1966 83. Dunkelman Gallery 1969 – 1972 84. G. Blair Laing Ltd. 1966 – 1969 85. Galerie Agnes Lefort/Mira Godard 1962 – 1965, 1969 – 1972 86. Kinlow Gallery Ltd. 1971-73, 1982 87. Marlborough Godard 1972 – 1975 88. Mira Godard Gallery 1974 – 1983 89. National Gallery of Canada 1961 – 1965 90. Yellow Door Gallery 1965 – 1967 91. Canada Council 1957 – 1981 Box 11 92. Ontario Heritage Foundation 1975 ART WORK - INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS AND EXHIBITIONS 93. Proposals for: Regina Legion Mural, Federal Government Post 1954 – 1956 Office at Regina, Lakeview United Church at Regina, Saskatoon Bus Depot at Saskatoon 94. Gander Mural 1957 – 1958 95. Win Hedore Exhibition 1961 – 1980 96. Isaacs Gallery Exhibition 1962 – 1963 97. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, "Post Painterly 1963 – 1964 Abstraction" 98. The Montreal Museum of the Arts Exhibition 1963, 1964 99. Department of Agriculture Mural Submission 1965 100. University of Western Ontario, Exhibition 1965 – 1966 101. University of Saskatchewan Mural Submission 1966 – 1967 102. Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery Exhibition 1966 – 1967 103. Centennial Concert Hall, Banner Commission 1966 104. Centennial Concert Hall, Banner Commission 1966 Box 12 105. Centennial Concert Hall, Banner Commission 1966 – 1968 106. York University, Mural and Banners 1967 – 1968 107. Department of External Affairs 1969 – 1973 108. Centennial Concert Hall, Light Exhibition 1970 109. Department of External Affairs, Canadian Chancery, Warsaw 1970 – 1971 110. University of Lethbridge Exhibition 1970 111. Winnipeg Art Gallery, One Man Show 1970 112. Bank of Montreal, Winnipeg, Murals 1970 113. Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Lithography Workshop 1971 – 1972 114. Artists - Athletes Olympic Poster Project 1976 – 1976 115. Mira Godard Gallery, Exhibition 1980 116. Purple Hills Arts and Heritage Society, Creemore, Exhibition 1980 – 1981 117. Rideau Club Commission 1984 CORRESPONDENCE Box 13 118. Personal 1945 – 1977 119. Jack Bush 1963 – 1968 120. Ted Godwin, Art McKay 1974 – 1985 121. Clement Greenberg 1962 – 1966 86-29 KEN LOCHHEAD 8 / 24 122. Andrew Hudson 1965 – 1966 123. Doug Morton 1965, 1975 124. Kenneth Noland, Jules Olitski 1964, 1967 125. Otto Rogers 1962 126. Morris C. Shumiatcher 1958 – 1978 EDUCATION 127. Barnes Foundation 1946 – 1970 128. The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts 1945-49, 1958 EMPLOYMENT 129. General 1945 – 1951, 1974 130. Carleton College 1949 – 1950 131. University of Saskatchewan, Regina College, Regina Campus 1950 – 1964 132.