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Byllee Lang
Evelyn Fay "Byllee" Lang (4 December 1908 – 3 December 1966) was a Canadian sculptor who spent the last twenty years of her life in Bermuda. Early years Evelyn Fay "Byllee" Lang was born near Didsbury, Alberta, on 4 December 1908. Her father was a rancher, and she grew up at ease handling a rifle and riding a horse. She studied at the Winnipeg School of Art (WSA) from 1926 to 1930, and paid her way by painting people's pets. She became interested in sculpture, which was not taught at the WSA at that time. She therefore moved to the Ontario College of Art in Toronto and studied under Emanuel Hahn (1881–1957). She gained commissions to make sculptures of the pet dogs of wealthy women in Toronto, and used her savings to travel to Europe. Europe Lang studied for two years in Munich, Germany, and visited other European cities. When Adolf Hitler took power she was living in Berlin, where she was greatly upset by the anti-Semitic activities of the Nazis. In Paris she met Alpho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Didsbury, Alberta
Didsbury is a town in central Alberta, Canada at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. It is located next to Alberta Highway 2A, near the Queen Elizabeth II Highway. Didsbury is within the Calgary-Edmonton corridor. Didsbury is approximately the half-way point between the cities of Calgary and Red Deer. Didsbury is surrounded by Mountain View County, which has its municipal office located to the north of the town. The nearest neighbouring communities are the towns of Olds to the north and Carstairs to the south. History The town is named after the township of Didsbury, which is now a suburban area of Manchester, England. The first settlers were German Mennonites who left their homes in Pennsylvania following the American Revolution and emigrated to Waterloo County in Ontario. They were granted the area around Didsbury in 1894 by the government of Sir John A. Macdonald. Original settlement in the area was sparse, and this in part explains the initial slow development of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |