Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

HONEYMOON BLOSSOMS PRINT

Date Range From

1920

Date Range To

1970

Materials

WOOD, PAPER

No. Pieces

1

Height

1.4

Length

24.6

Width

23.6

Description

PRINT IS OF A GARDEN SCENE IN FRONT OF A HOUSE. THERE IS A LARGE TREE WITH A LOT OF PINK FLOWERS ON IT. A PATH LEADS TO THE HOUSE. THE FRAME IS MADE OUT OF WOOD, AND HAS BEEN PAINTED GOLD. THE MATTE AROUND THE PICTURE IS LIGHT YELLOW WITH A DARK BROWN SECTION IMMEDIATELY AROUND THE PICTURE. THERE ARE THE WORDS "HONEYMOON BLOSSOMS" AT THE BOTTOM LEFT PORTION OF THE PICTURE.

Subjects

ART

Historical Association

DECORATIVE ARTS

History

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE DONOR, THE LATE MS. HAZEL MCNABB, PLEASE SEE P20010057001-GA AND THIS DONATION'S PERMANENT FILE. INCLUDED IN THE FILE, IS A 50 MIN INTERVIEW WITH MCNABB'S CLOSE FRIEND MARY OORDT FROM 20 MAY 2014. *UPDATE* IN 2014 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF ART OBJECTS. THE FOLLOWING BRIEF HISTORY OF THE MCNABB FAMILY AND THE DONOR, HAZEL MCNABB, WAS DEVELOPED WITH INFORMATION FROM THE GALT ARCHIVES, MCNABB'S LETHBRIDGE HERALD OBITUARY, AND THE ORAL HISTORY CONDUCTED BY COLLECTIONS TECH KEVIN MACLEAN WITH MARY OORDT. HAZEL RUTH MCNABB WAS BORN IN 1912 AND RAISED ON THE MCNABB FAMILY RANCH SOUTH OF FORT MACLEOD. HER PARENTS WERE JOE AND MAY (NEE OAKEN) MCNABB, AND HER SIBLINGS WERE FRANK AND FLORENCE. DURING HER TEENS SHE PLAYED THE PIANO IN LOCAL BANDS THAT TOURED THE RURAL COMMUNITIES OF SOUTHERN ALBERTA. IN HER ADULT LIFE SHE WORKED FOR THE ALBERTA GOVERNMENT TELEPHONE COMPANY, ADVANCE LUMBER COMPANY AND TD BANK IN LETHBRIDGE. SHE AND HER LIFE-LONG COMPANION ALBERTA MCDOUGALL LIVED AND TRAVELLED TOGETHER, AND MCNABB WAS AN AVID CAMPER, HUNTER, AND OUTDOORSWOMAN. WHEN MCNABB MOVED FROM HER HOME INTO THE EDITH CAVELL CARE CENTRE IN 2002, SOME OF THE CONTENTS OF HER HOME, BELONGINGS OF HERS AND SOME FROM THE FAMILY RANCH, WERE DONATED TO THE GALT MUSEUM. HAZEL MCNABB DIED IN LETHBRIDGE ON MARCH 10, 2008. SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR HARDCOPIES OF SOURCE MATERIAL AND TRANSCRIPT OF INTERVIEW WITH MARY OORDT. THE FOLLOWING BIOGRAPHY OF THE ARTIST OF THIS PRINT, WALLACE NUTTING, WAS DEVELOPED WITH INFORMATION FROM THE WALLACE NUTTING GALLERY WEBSITE. WALLACE NUTTING WAS BORN IN ROCKBOTTOM, MASSACHUSETTS IN 1861, AND GRADUATED FROM HARVARD IN 1887. IN 1899 HE BEGAN HIS PHOTOGRAPHY PRACTICE AND FIVE YEARS LATER OPENED THE WALLACE NUTTING ART PRINTS STUDIO IN NEW YORK, SHORTLY AFTER MOVING THE BUSINESS TO A FARM IN SOUTHBURY, CONNECTICUT. HIS HAND-COLOURED PHOTOGRAPHS AND LIMITED EDITION PRINTS WERE EXCEEDINGLY POPULAR, AND BY HIS OWN ACCOUNT HE SOLD 10,000,000 PRINTS. NUTTING IS KNOWN FOR PASTORAL LANDSCAPE SCENES, AND ALSO AUTHORED MORE THAN 20 BOOKS IN HIS LIFETIME ON LANDSCAPE SCENERY AND EARLY AMERICAN ANTIQUES. WALLACE NUTTING DIED IN 1941 AND IS BURIED IN MAINE.

Catalogue Number

P20010057003

Acquisition Date

2002-03

Collection

Museum

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