Bank of Valletta's ninth edition in its series of retrospective exhibitions will feature works by the distinguished abstract painter Harry Alden.

The exhibition, at the bank's head office foyer in Sliema, will be inaugurated on May 30 by President Guido de Marco, and will be open to the public between May 31 and July 4.

Harry Alden, who was born in 1929, has primarily distinguished himself through the introduction into Maltese art of the hard-edge technique. Following several years of study (1953-1962) at the School of Art where he was tutored by Vincent Apap (1909-2003), Emvin Cremona (1919-1987), Antoine Camilleri (b. 1922) and Esprit Barthet (1919-1999), he received a four-year scholarship to further his training at Croydon College of Arts in England, obtaining the national diploma in design.

His art focuses mainly on Maltese scenes and abstractions.

Since his first one-man exhibition in 1968, his works have consistently used the hard-edge technique which he continued to develop in later years.

Commissions for Alden have included the paintings at the Carmelite church in Balluta, and murals for the British Council in Valletta, and for the Gian Frangisk Abela Junior College in Msida.

As a designer, Alden won several competitions for postage stamp sets. He also boasts a highly satisfying career in the teaching sector.