PAINTING

Description: GLD FRAMED OIL PAINTING DEPICTS A HORSEBACK RIDER ABOUT TO ROPE A CALF. COWBOY IS FEATURED WEARING A RED SCARF AROUND HIS NECK HOLDING A ROPE. THE GREY HORSE IS DISPLAYED KICKING HIS FRONT LEGS IN THE AIR WITH A BRANDING MARK ON HIS FRONT THIGH. A CALF IS DEPICTED FLEEING THE COWBOY WHILE THE COW IS CHARGING TOWARDS THE COWBOY. WORK IS SIGNED BUT NOT DATED. THE WOODEN FRAME IS PAINTED GLD WITH WORN GLD METAL ATTACHED TO EACH CORNER. BACK OF WORK HAS LABEL THAT READS THE ARTIST, TITLE, DATE, MEDIUM, SIZE AND CATALOGUE NUMBER “56.31.15.”. A BLK INK STAIN IS ALSO FEATURED IN THE LOWER CORNER ALONG WITH BLK MARKS THAT READ “GF G12” THAT ARE CROSSED OUT.

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.