PAINTING

Description: WOOD FRAMED OIL PAINTING DISPLAYS A MAN ON HORSEBACK RIDING UP A STEEP HILL. MAN IS HOLDING A GUN AND IS LOOKING TOWARDS THE VALLEY. THE VALLEY FEATURES THREE MEN ON HORSEBACK STANDING NEAR A RIVER. A BLK LABEL WITH GLD EMBOSSED LETTERS IS ATTACHED TO THE WOOD FRAME. THE LABEL READS “NIGHT FALL’S DEMANDS ARE EASY BUT MORNING SITS A PRICE” “OIL ON CANVAS”…”COLLECTION OF THE GLENBOW MUSEUM”. WORK IS SIGNED BUT NOT DATED. BACK OF WORK HAS LABEL THAT READS “GLENBOW”, “FOUNDATION CALGARY CANADA”. LABEL ALSO DISPLAYS THE TITLE, ARTIST, DATE, SIZE, MEDIUM AND THE GLENBOW CATALOGUE NUMBER “HE.56.31.10”.

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.