Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

CALLIGRAPHIC PAINTING

Date

2000

Materials

PAPER, GLASS, ALUMINUM

No. Pieces

1

Height

2.7

Length

38.3

Width

31.2

Description

FRAMED CALLIGRAPHIC WATERCOLOUR. PAINTING IS A PHRASE DONE IN REVERSE STENCILING. THE LETTERS ARE WHITE, AND ARE OUTLINED BY WATERCOLOUR. IT READS "THE JOY YOU FEEL IS LIFE! CETTE JOIE C'EST LA VIE!". THE LINES OF THE PHRASE ARE DONE IN ALTERNATING COLOURS (RED/ORANGE AND RED/PURPLE). THE PAINTING IS SIGNED "LINDLEY MCDOUGALL 2000". THE PAINTING IS SLIGHTLY INSET FROM THE MATTE, WHICH IS BURGUNDY IN COLOR. THE ENTIRE PAINTING IS FRAMED IN AN ALUMINUM FRAME WITH A MULTI-COLOURED SPONGED EFFECT ON IT. FRAME INCLUDES GLASS IN FRONT. ON BACK IS A WIRE FOR HANGING AND A STICKER GIVING THE ARTIST'S NAME AND ADDRESS AS WELL AS A SHORT HISTORY OF THE OBJECT.

Subjects

ART

Historical Association

FINE ARTS

History

IN 1999 THE GALT MUSEUM HOSTED THE ALPHAMARK EXHIBIT, CONSISTING OF ARTWORKS DONE BY THE MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE CALLIGRAPHIC ARTS (A.C.A.). AFTER THE EXHIBIT LEFT THE MUSEUM AND STARTED ON TOUR THE A.C.A. WANTED TO GIVE THE MUSEUM AND ITS STAFF AN APPROPRIATE GIFT FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THEY PUT INTO THE EXHIBIT. SO THEY ASKED AN ARTIST FROM ALBERTA, WHOSE WORK WAS DISPLAYED IN ALPHAMARK, TO CREATE A PIECE OF CALLIGRAPHIC ARTWORK AS A GIFT TO THE MUSEUM. THE ARTIST WAS LINDLEY MACDOUGALL FROM CALGARY, WHO CREATED THIS ORIGINAL PIECE, WHICH WAS TO BE A REMINDER OF THE FRIENDSHIPS MADE DURING THE ALPHAMARK OPENING EXHIBIT. THE PIECE WAS COMPLETED IN APRIL OF 2000. *UPDATE* IN 2014 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF ART OBJECTS. SHE FOUND THE FOLLOWING DESCRIPTION OF THE 'ALPHAMARK' EXHIBITION ON THE CONSERVATION-US.ORG ONLINE ARCHIVE: "ALPHAMARK: AN INTERNATIONAL JURIED CALLIGRAPHY EXHIBITION... THE EXHIBIT SHOWCASES 72 PIECES OF FINE ART THAT INCORPORATE WRITTEN LETTER FORMS - WORDS, LETTER STROKES, CHARACTERS - TO BRING A VERBAL MESSAGE TO A VISUAL WORLD. THE PIECES INCLUDE BOOK FORMS, CERAMICS AND BROADSIDES, AND PRESENT A VARIETY OF VISUAL INTERPRETATIONS OF THE CALLIGRAPHER'S MARK, WHICH BECOMES LETTER, ALPHABET, WORD AND TEXT. THE EXHIBIT WAS CREATED BY THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE CALLIGRAPHIC ARTS [STOW, MASSACHUSETTS], WHOSE MISSION IS TO PROMOTE AWARENESS AND APPRECIATION FOR THE CALLIGRAPHIC AND LETTERING ARTS THROUGH EDUCATION AND EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION AND IDEAS." THE ARTIST, LINDLEY MACDOUGALL, WAS FOUND TO HAVE AUTHORED A BOOK TITLED 'ABC CANADA: THE FIRST CANADIAN COLLECTION OF CONTEMPORARY CALLIGRAPHY' IN 1996; NO FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE ARTIST WAS FOUND.

Catalogue Number

P20000021000

Acquisition Date

2000-08

Collection

Museum

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