PAINTING

Description: WOOD FRAMED OIL PAINTING DEPICTS A NATIVE MAN ON HORSEBACK. NATIVE MAN IS FEATURED HOLDING A HIDE POSSIBLY THROWING IT OVER HIS BACK. THE MAN’S HORSE HAS DESIGNS PAINTED AROUND HIS EYE, FRONT AND BACK LEGS. THE NATIVE MAN ON HORSEBACK IS STANDING IN THE OPEN PRAIRIE. 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 CALALOGUE NUMBER “HE.56.31.13.”

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.