Henry Lande

Sculptor. Crow Tribal Member. NAVY veteran. CIA Operative. These diverse labels still don't contain the person who was Henry Clayton Lande. Henry died at the age of 79 after a lengthy and valiant battle with cancer on January 10, 2018 which concluded at Beartooth Manor in Columbus, MT. Henry Clayton Lande was born in Butte, MT on December 28, 1938 to Sarah Pierce Lande and Henry Dewey Lande. He was the only child of their union and the last of their combined 13 children. Henry graduated in 1957 from Lincoln High School in Portland, Oregon where he ran track, acted in school plays and climbed Mount Hood in the summers. After high school, he entered the Navy and eventually the Central Intelligence Agency operating as an agent in Europe. After his honorable discharge, he returned to Oregon and attended the University of Oregon (UO) where he graduated in 1969 with dual degrees in social psychology and fine and applied arts. In 1971, he married Ann Coval, a fellow artist, whom he met in an art class at the university. Although the couple later divorced, early on in their relationship they chose the artistic nomadic life which led them to art hubs in the country where they actively created their art and simultaneously built a family of four. Henry cast incredible abstract sculptures in copper, bronze, aluminum, stainless steel as well as stone, marble, concrete and wood. Among others, he would go on to exhibit pieces at the Minnesota Museum of Art, St. Paul, Ankrum Gallery, Los Angeles and the Heard Museum, Phoenix. He also won a first award and gold medal for copper cast sculpture at the Heard Museum Sculpture Show in 1973. Henry's crowning achievement, a geometric stainless steel bright orange abstract sculpture made of triangles, called “24 Elements,” which stands over three stories high, was first installed at the Honeywell Headquarters and sculpture park in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The sculpture was later gifted to Augsburg College in Minneapolis where it continues to stand and inspire future generations. Later in life, Henry returned to his roots in Montana to be close to the mountains that have always meant so much to him. Here in Billings, he connected with the Crow Tribe and became a lifetime member of the Disabled Veterans of America where he made many friends. Henry spent the last 20+ years of his life enjoying the majesty of the mountains and Big Sky country. Henry had a fierce love of family and is remembered as being loyal and loving by his closest friends. Henry is survived by his son Henri Lande of Billings, Montana; daughter Niko Lande (Matt) Nicely; grandsons Dashael Nicely and Beckett Nicely, of Portland, Oregon; as well as sister Joan Beroud and brothers Jack Lande and Charles Lande. Henry is preceded in death by his parents, his brothers Frances Lee Bertoglio, Lloyd Bertoglio, Dewey Jr Lande, Harvey Lande, Paul Lande, and sisters Martha Mauzy, Varia Wilkinson, Mamie Frances Lande Printz and Lila Lande. Although his uniquely bold and creative spirit will be missed, along with his goofy sense of humor and his sensitive soul, the family is comforted to know he is no longer in pain and is now at rest with the Great Spirit, the Higher Power or God. All descriptions that he often used for the possibilities and Energy in the Great Beyond.