Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

MACQUETTE (SET)

Date

1985

Materials

CANVAS, WOOD

No. Pieces

3

Description

CANVAS STRETCHED OVER WOOD FRAMES. VARIOUS COLORS. 3 PANELS FORM A LARGE MURAL. .1 76.5 CM WTH X 101.5 CM LGTH. DEPICTS THE LAST INDIAN BATTLE, THE RIVER BOTTOM, INDIGENOUS TREE BURIAL, JERRY POTTS, THE WHISKEY TRADE. .2 76.5 CM WTH X 101.5 CM LGTH. DEPICTS THE RIVER BOTTOM, FORT WHOOP-UP, THE R.N.W.M.P., PHOTOGRAPHERS, COAL MINING. .3 76.5 WTH X 102 CM LGTH. DEPICTS HIGH-LEVEL BRIDGE, BUILDINGS, CARS, PEOPLE IN FOREGROUND: PRIEST, SOLDIER, DOCTOR & NURSES, RAILWAY PERSONNEL.

Subjects

ART

Historical Association

FINE ARTS

History

PAINTED BY LOCAL ARTIST, ALFRED YOUNGMAN. THIS MURAL AND PROPOSAL WAS ONE OF FIVE SUBMITTED IN COMPETITION FOR THE MUSEUM'S VIEWING GALLERY. *UPDATE* IN 2014 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF ART OBJECTS. THE FOLLOWING BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION ON THE ARTIST, ALFRED YOUNG MAN, WAS DEVELOPED WITH INFORMATION FROM HIS FACULTY PROFILE ON THE FIRST NATIONS UNIVERSITY WEBSITE, AND HIS CV AS POSTED ON WIKIPEDIA. ALFRED YOUNG MAN (KIYUGIMAH - EAGLE CHIEF) WAS BORN IN 1948 ON THE BLACKFEET RESERVATION IN BROWNING, MONTANA TO JOSEPH YOUNG MAN WHITE HORSE AND LILLIAN KATHERINE BOUSHIE, WHO WERE BOTH CREE. YOUNG MAN GREW UP IN EAST GLACIER PARK MONTANA AND SPOKE CREE UNTIL AGE SIX, WHEN HE AND HIS SIBLINGS WERE TAKEN AWAY AND SENT TO THE CUTBANK BOARDING SCHOOL, A BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS GOVERNMENT SCHOOL. YOUNG MAN WAS MOVED THROUGH VARIOUS GOVERNMENT BOARDING SCHOOLS UNTIL AGE 20, WHEN HE WENT TO THE SLADE SCHOOL OF ART IN LONDON, ENGLAND IN 1968. HE STUDIED PAINTING, FILM HISTORY, AND PHOTOGRAPHY. IN 1974 HE EARNED A MASTERS' DEGREE IN AMERICAN INDIAN ART FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA, AND IN 1997, A PHD IN ANTHROPOLOGY FROM RUTGERS UNIVERSITY. SINCE 1977 YOUNG MAN HAS PERIODICALLY TAUGHT ART AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE, WHERE HE SERVED AS CHAIR OF THE NATIVE AMERICAN STUDIES DEPARTMENT FROM 1999-2010. HE ALSO SERVED AS THE DEPARTMENT HEAD OF INDIAN FINE ART AT THE FIRST NATIONS UNIVERSITY OF CANADA PRIOR TO BUDGETARY CUTS IN 2010. YOUNG MAN HAS WRITTEN MANY SCHOLARLY BOOKS AND ARTICLES ON FIRST NATIONS ART AND PERSPECTIVES, AND SAT ON THE BOARD OF THE SOCIETY OF CANADIAN ARTISTS OF NATIVE ANCESTRY, WHICH WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN LOBBYING THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF CANADA TO INCLUDE FIRST NATIONS ART AND ARTISTS INTO ITS COLLECTION.

Catalogue Number

P19860056000

Acquisition Date

1985

Collection

Museum

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