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Herbert Odd

Herbert Odd

Male 1905 - 1999  (94 years)

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  • Name Herbert Odd 
    Born 16 Mar 1905  , Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Art Alaska II 
    Alaska II
    Alaska II
    https://web.wlu.ca/artgallery/visual_search_results.php?cat=1 2015
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-170021 
    Died 27 Jul 1999  Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I170021  Generations
    Last Modified 26 Feb 2024 

    Family Mary Ann,   d. 1992 
    Last Modified 2 Mar 2024 
    Family ID F49426  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Herbert Odd (1902-1999) was a toolmaker, engineer and artist in the Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario area.

      He was born in Scotland and attended elementary school there until 1916. He then completed an apprenticeship, qualified for a responsible trade practice, and extended his studies at Glasgow Royal Technical College until 1928, working in the field of tool and manufacturing engineering.

      He came to Canada from Scotland in 1928, and moved to Kitchener in 1929. He met members of the K-W Art Society in the early 1930s, moved to Montreal briefly, returned to Kitchener in 1944, and from 1946 onward made trips across Canada, the United States, Scotland, and Continental Europe, filling many sketchbooks on his journeys.

      He was the owner of H&O Centerless Grinding of Waterloo, Ontario and was a supporter of the K-W Symphony Orchestra, the K-W Art Gallery, and the K-W Chamber Music Society. He was a member of the K-W Art Society, the American Society for Metals, and the American Society of Tool & Manufacturing Engineers. Herbert Odd built a studio in 1964, and when he retired from the engineering industry in 1968 he spent an increasing amount of time on his artwork.

      In 1977 there was a solo exhibition of 26 of Herbert Odd's watercolours and line drawings at the Galt Library Gallery, and in 1995 the Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery housed an exhibition of about 40 of his sketchbooks.

      His paintings reside in many private collections across Ontario, Montreal, Vancouver, Scotland, West Germany, Australia, and the United States. Herbert Odd died in Cambridge in 1999, at the age of 97.

      https://uwaterloo.ca/library/special-collections-archives/collections/odd-herbert-fonds 2015

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    Link to Google MapsBorn - 16 Mar 1905 - , Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 27 Jul 1999 - Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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