Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

MACHINES AND THINGS

Date

1967

Materials

WOOD, MASONITE

No. Pieces

1

Length

87

Width

71.7

Description

FRAMED OIL TITLED "MACHINES AND THINGS" SCENE PAINTED OF BREWERY MACHINERY, THE MASH TUN FOR PREPARING THE BARLEY PRIOR TO FERMENTATION. LABEL REVERSE: "THE LETHBRIDGE SKETCH CLUB" WITH INFO ON ARTIST, TITLE, DATE & EXHIBIT THEME. OIL ON MASONITE.

Subjects

ART

Historical Association

FINE ARTS

History

DISPLAYED IN BREWERY OFFICES ADJACENT TO BREWMASTER'S OFFICE & LAB. LABEL INDICATES THE PAINTING PLACED FIRST IN AN EXHIBIT TITLED: "THE ARTIST SEES THE BREWERY" ARTIST CONNIE INGOLDSBY, PAINTING EXECUTED IN 1967 & VALUED AT $50.00 BREWERY SPONSORED THE COMPETITION, CELEBRATING CANADA'S CENTENNIAL AND PURCHASED THE WINNING PAINTING. A BANQUET WAS ALSO SPONSORED BY THE BREWERY FOLLOWING THE EXHIBIT. SEE P19900020001-GA FOR LETHBRIDGE BREWERY HISTORY. *UPDATE* IN 2014 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF ART OBJECTS, AND CORRELATED THIS OBJECT'S HISTORY TO INFORMATION PROVIDED BY GUNTER HORN, FORMER LETHBRIDGE BREWERY BREWMASTER, IN AN INTERVIEW WITH COLLECTIONS TECH KEVIN MACLEAN IN 2010. SEE RECORDS P20100013001 THROUGH P20100013007 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION AND A TRANSCRIPT OF THE INTERVIEW. THE FOLLOWING BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE PAINTING'S ARTIST, CONNIE INGOLDSBY, WAS DEVELOPED WITH INFORMATION FROM HER LETHBRIDGE HERALD OBITUARY. CONSTANCE LORRAINE INGOLDSBY NEE PARKER WAS BORN ON OCTOBER 30, 1917 IN WINNIPEG, MANITOBA. HER PARENTS AND FAMILY MOVED TO LETHBRIDGE WHERE SHE ATTENDED SCHOOL AND EVENTUALLY MARRIED WARD DOUGLAS INGOLDSBY. THEY HAD ONE DAUGHTER, BONNIE. CONSTANCE WORKED IN LADIES WEAR SHOPS AND WAS ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN MUSICAL THEATRE, SEVERAL DANCING GROUPS, AND THE LETHBRIDGE SKETCH CLUB. ACCORDING TO AN ARTICLE FROM THE MAY 20, 1967 ISSUE OF THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD, INGOLDSBY WON THE FIRST PRIZE FOR THIS PAINTING, 'MACHINES AND THINGS' DURING AN ARTISTS' DAYS CONTEST HOSTED BY THE SICK'S BREWERY THAT YEAR. CONNIE INGOLDSBY PASSED AWAY ON DECEMBER 17, 2006. SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR HARDCOPIES OF INGOLDSBY'S OBITUARY AND THE ARTICLE ABOUT THIS PAINTING'S AWARD. THE LETHBRIDGE SKETCH CLUB HELD THEIR FIRST MEETING AT THE HOME OF MISS ANNA MACKENZIE ON OCTOBER 7, 1936. EDITH FANNY KIRK WAS THE FIRST ART TEACHER IN LETHBRIDGE. SHE CAME FROM BRITAIN WITH CLASSICAL TRAINING AND IT WAS KIRK WHO SET THE STAGE FOR THE SKETCH CLUB TO COME INTO BEING. THE BANFF SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS ALSO PLAYED A ROLE IN THE FORMATION BY PROVIDING RECOGNITION OF ARTISTIC MERIT THROUGH DISTRICT SCHOLARSHIPS. ANNA MACKENZIE AND P.J. COLLINS CONCEIVED OF THE CLUB AFTER THEIR EXPERIENCE IN BANFF. THE GROUP WAS FORMED OUT OF AN ENTHUSIASTIC INTEREST IN ART AND SOON AFTER THE GROUP BEGAN MEETING, THERE WERE REGULAR EXHIBITIONS. THE GROUP WAS PRIVY TO THE ATTENTION OF GROUP OF SEVEN ARTIST A.Y.JACKSON WHEN HE MADE HIS FREQUENT SKETCHING TRIPS TO SOUTHERN ALBERTA. HE REGULARLY ACCOMPANIED THE SKETCH CLUB AND HIS INFLUENCE CAN BE SEEN IN MUCH OF THEIR WORK. ANOTHER GUEST OF THE GROUP WAS ANNORA BROWN WHO WAS AN ARTIST WHO HAD TRAINED IN TORONTO, BUT RESIDED IN FORT MACLEOD AND BEGAN SPENDING TIME WITH THE GROUP IN 1939. HER INTEREST IN FLOWER STUDIES IS SUSPECTED TO HAVE INSPIRED MANY OF THE WORKS BY CLUB MEMBERS. DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS, THE GROUP ORGANIZED SUMMER CLASSES TAUGHT BY OUT OF TOWN ARTISTS SUCH AS: H.G.GLYDE, WALTER J. PHILIPS AND A.C. LEIGHTON. ACCORDING TO A HISTORY OF THE LETHBRIDGE SKETCH CLUB WRITTEN BY JOAN STEBBINS IN JUNE, 1985, “THE PAINTINGS OF THE LETHBRIDGE SKETCH CLUB PORTRAY FAVOURITE SKETCHING AREAS IN THE REGION – THE COULEES PROVIDED ENDLESS MATERIAL, THE RIVERBOTTOM, THE OLD R.C.M.P. BARRACKS, THE WHITNEY FARM, HENDERSON LAKE, THE FELGER HUTTERITE COLONY, THE FOOTHILLS AND WATERTON LAKE WERE OFTEN REPEATED SUBJECTS.”

Catalogue Number

P19900020026

Acquisition Date

1990-05

Collection

Museum

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