Ivan Eyre

Ivan Kenneth Eyre, CM OM (born 15 April 1935 at Tullymet, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian painter.

Eyre attended the Saskatoon Technical Collegiate where he studied under Ernest Lindner. He studied at the University of Saskatchewan under Eli Bornstein in 1952. He attended the University of Manitoba School of Art, graduating in 1957 with a BA in fine arts, Eyre went on to the University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, in 1958-59, where he both studied and taught. He was a pupil of the artists Wynona Mulcaster and George Swinton. Eyre held a professorship at the University of Manitoba School of Art from 1959-1992.

Ivan Eyre's work is featured in many galleries in Canada.

• 1974: Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, elected member
• 1977: Queen's Silver Jubilee medal
• 1982: University of Manitoba Alumni Jubilee award [1] [2]
• 2007: Order of Manitoba [3]
• 2015: Order of Canada with the grade of member

• "Members since 1880". Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. Retrieved 11 September 2013. 
• "Order of Canada Appointments". The Governor General of Canada His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston. Governor General of Canada. Retrieved 31 December 2015.