Herbert Gallie, Hillsborough River, watercolor, 10 by 7.5 inches. Signed lower right.
Herbert Gallie, a Scotsman who studied at the Royal Academy in London, was one of Tampa’s foremost artists in the 1920’s. A World War I veteran of the British Army, Gallie was discharged from the army for health reasons and told he had 6 months to live unless he went to Florida.
In Tampa Gallie was a frequent guest lecturer at the Students’ Art Club and on the executive staff of the Tampa Community Players, where he was responsible for scenery and costumes. He taught mechanical and architectural drawing for Tampa’s Knights of Columbus night school.
When the board of governors of the Tampa Art Institute met in July of 1926 with plans for a membership drive and organization of a sketch club, Gallie met with the board outlining plans for an art gallery and museum to be built one unit at a time, when the institute was financially able to do so.
When Alfred Bowman opened the Bowman School of Advertising Art at 3007 Granada St. in 1929, Gallie taught a special class for advanced students. St. Paul’s Church in Daytona commissioned him for a painting, The Conversion of St. Paul.
Gallie eventually moved to Eustis where he was president of the Mount Dora Art League.
Herbert Gallie, Lake Dora Canal, Eustis, Fla., oil on Masonite, 18 by 12 inches. Signed lower left and titled verso.
Education: Windsor Place Academy; Collegiate School of St. James at Edinburgh; Royal College of Art, South Kensington, London. Membership: Florida Federation Art, chairman education committee, 1940; Mt. Dora Art league, president, 1938-1939-1940; Royal Academy of Fine Arts. Exhibits: Students’ Art Club Exhibit, Tampa Public Library 1922, Interior Sacred Heart Church; First Art Salon, Yowell-Drew Department Store, Beach Street, Daytona Beach, February 9-16, 1932. Directory: Listed in the Tampa City Directory, 1922 as an artist with a studio at 1712 Florida Avenue.
