Ron Spickett
Calgary artist Ron (Gyo-Zo) Spickett died April 28 at the age of 92. Our condolences to his friends and family.
The Glenbow Museum holds more than 350 of Ron Spickett’s works, as well as his personal archive of letters, documents and photographs. Spickett was considered one of the most avant-garde painters of his generation, and had an enormous impact on Calgary's art community. His fascinating life included starting out as an editorial cartoonist, serving in the Royal Canadian Navy in the Second World War. He went on to teach at the Alberta College of Art and Design and the University of Calgary. He studied art in Mexico and Japan, and temporarily give up art for 20 years to devote his life to the practice of Zen Buddhism, taking on the name Gyo-Zo.
Source: Glenbow Museum
