PAINTING

Description: FRAMED OIL PAINTING DEPICTS TWO MEN ROUNDING UP THEIR CATTLE IN A SNOW STORM. MAN IN THE FOREGROUND IS WEARING A BLK HAT DISPLAYED SITTING ON A BRWN HORSE. BEHIND HIM CATTLE ARE FEATURED HUDDLED TOGETHER WITH A MAN STANDING BEHIND THE HERD. A BL CLEARING IS FEATURED IN THE DARK STORMY CLOUDS. THE WORK IS SIGNED BUT NOT DATED. FRAME IS WOOD WITH GLD WASH. FRAME LOOKS ORNATE BUT IS WORN. A METAL LABEL IS DISPLAYED ON THE BOTTOM THAT HAS TEXT THAT READS “BRINGING IN THE THIN ONES”. BACK OF WORK HAS LABEL THAT READS “GLENBOW MUSEUM”. LABEL ALSO HAS TEXT THAT INDICATES ARTIST, TITLE, DATE, MEDIUM, SIZE AND CATALOGUE NUMBER “56.31.1”. BLK INK TEXT ON TOP READS “BRINGING IN THE TINE ONES” AND “GF 98”. BOTTOM IS MARKED IN BLK INK THAT DISPLAYS THAT CATALOGUE NUMBER. THE SIDE HAS “4” MARKED IN RD INK.

History: GLENBOW MUSEUM DONATED THE ART COLLECTION AS PART OF A DEACCESSION PROJECT IN 2006. EDWARD FREDRIC "TEDDY" HAGELL WAS BORN JUNE 20, 1895 IN COALDALE, ALBERTA. HE BECAME A WELL KNOW LOCAL (LETHBRIDGE) ARTIST. DURING HIS CAREER AS AN ARTIST, HAGELL PAINTED AND DREW ABOUT 1500 WORKS. FOR DOCUMENTATION RELATED TO THE GLENBOW'S ACQUISITION AND MANAGEMENT OF THIS COLLECTION, PLEASE SEE LIBRARY BINDER. *UPDATE* IN 2014 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF ART OBJECTS, INCLUDING THE VARIOUS DONATIONS PERTAINING TO EDWARD FREDERICK HAGELL. SEE RECORD P19960053001 FOR AN EXTENDED BIOGRAPHY OF THE ARTIST; SEE PERMANENT FILES P19960053001, P20040009001, P20060027001, P20070008001, AND P20070012001 FOR NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS, DETAILS ON PAST GALT DIRECTOR/CURATOR WILMA WOOD'S BOOK ON THE ARTIST, AND CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE HAGELL FAMILY.