DRAWING

Description: DRAWING DEPICTS A MAN SITTING ON HIS HORSE IN THE DARK. TWO ROCKS ARE FEATURED IN THE FOREGROUND WITH THE MAN ON HIS HORSE IN THE MIDDLE. BEHIND THE MAN CATTLE ARE DISPLAYED SITTING ON THE GROUND. THE BLK SKY IS DEPICTED WITH A MOON. THE WORK IS SIGNED, NOT DATED AND MATTED. BACK OF WORK HAS TEXT THAT READS “CLOUDY IN THE WEST AND IT LOOKS LIKE RAIN, DAY NABBED HERDS GONNA RUN AGAIN HEROS ARE MADE NOT BORN”. “GF. HE.60.30.4”. LABEL IS DISPLAYED WITH TEXT THAT READS “GLENBOW 01182 FOUNDATION CALGARY, CANADA.” LABEL ALSO INCLUDES ARTIST, SOURCE, PRICE, MEDIUM, DATE RECORDED AND THE SIZE.

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.