Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

HOUSE WARMING

Date

1977

Materials

WOOD, CANVAS

No. Pieces

1

Length

102

Width

61

Description

FRAMED OIL ON CANVAS. DEPICTS OPEN ROOM FULL OF PERSONS DANCING, PLAYING INSTRUMENTS OR SITTING AROUND TABLE. SIGNED, TITLED AND DATED.

Subjects

ART

Historical Association

FINE ARTS

History

PAINTING IS PART OF MCCAUGHERTY'S "ROMANCE OF THE LAND" COLLECTION. ARTIST, IRENE ELEANOR MCCAUGHERTY (NEE WHEELER), BORN IN HARDIEVILLE AB. NOV. 27 1914. ATTENDED SCHOOL IN LETHBRIDGE AT FLEETWOOD, CENTRAL, LETHBRIDGE COLLEGIATE & GARBUTT BUSINESS COLLEGE. AFTER MARRIAGE, MOVED TO FORT MACLEOD AREA RANCH BUT POOR HEALTH FORBADE AN ACTIVE PART IN RANCH ACTIVITIES. SHE DEVELOPED AN INTEREST IN ART & HISTORY THROUGH PAINTING & WRITING. THE LONG, WIDE FORMAT COMES FROM A LIFETIME OF LOOKING AT SCENES THROUGH A TRUCK WINDSHIELD. HER WORK IS CHARACTERIZED AS HERITAGE ART. MCCAUGHERTY DIED IN 1996. 23 PCE. "ROMANCE OF LAND" COLLECTION WAS DONATED AFTER MCCAUGHERTY'S PASSING. SEE ALSO P19850030001-GA AND P19820003001-GA FOR ADDITIONAL HISTORY. *UPDATE* IN 2014 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF ART OBJECTS. SHE FOUND FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE ARTIST IN THE PERMANENT FILE - SEE RECORD P20060016036.

Catalogue Number

P19990054003

Acquisition Date

1999-10

Collection

Museum

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