PAINTING
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- WOMENS' ACTIVITIES
- Materials
- CANVAS, WOOD
- Catalogue Number
- P19990054001
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- WOMENS' ACTIVITIES
- Date
- 1977
- Materials
- CANVAS, WOOD
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Length
- 102
- Width
- 61
- Description
- FRAMED OIL ON CANVAS. DEPICTS TEN WOMEN IN A SINGLE ROOM ENGAGED IN DIFFERENT WOMENS' ACTIVITIES. SIGNED, TITLED AND DATED.
- Subjects
- ART
- Historical Association
- FINE ARTS
- History
- 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
- P19990054001
- Acquisition Date
- 1999-10
- Collection
- Museum
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