PAINTING
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- VISION SEEKERS PURIFYING
- Materials
- CANVAS, WOOD
- Catalogue Number
- P19860110000
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- VISION SEEKERS PURIFYING
- Date
- 1986
- Materials
- CANVAS, WOOD
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Length
- 60.8
- Width
- 50.5
- Description
- "VISION SEEKERS PURIFYING". DEPICTS MEN PREPARING TO PURIFY IN SWEATLODGE AFTER VISION QUEST ON CHIEF MOUNTAIN. PAINTING IS SIGNED, TITLED & DATED ON REVERSE. OIL (ACYRLIC)
- Subjects
- ART
- Historical Association
- FINE ARTS
- History
- ARTIST IS A MEMBER OF BLOOD BAND. *UPDATE* IN 2015 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF ART OBJECTS. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ABOUT THE ARTIST, MIKE DAY CHIEF, WAS FOUND IN A PROFILE ARTICLE FROM THE JUNE 21, 1986 ISSUE OF THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD. DAY CHIEF WAS BORN IN 1957 AND HAS LIVED MOST OF HIS LIFE ON THE BLOOD RESERVE. HE BEGAN PAINTING AS A TEENAGER, AND RECEIVED SOME TRAINING AT MEDICINE HAT COLLEGE. DAY CHIEF ALSO WORKS IN BRONZE, INSPIRED BY THE SCULPTURES OF WESTERN ARTIST CHARLIE RUSSELL. DAY CHIEF OFTEN CONDUCTS HISTORIAL RESEARCH ON THE TOPICS OF HIS ARTWORKS TO ACHIEVE ACCURACY IN DEPICTING TRADITIONAL FIRST NATIONS SUBJECTS. SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR HARDCOPY OF ARTICLE.
- Catalogue Number
- P19860110000
- Acquisition Date
- 1986-07
- Collection
- Museum
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