Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

OLD ORIGINAL BREWERY

Date Range From

1935

Date Range To

1937

Materials

WOOD, PAPER

No. Pieces

1

Length

51.3

Width

42.3

Description

FRAMED PASTEL OF BREWERY FROM N.W. ELEVATION. SIGNED LL "RUBY V. RANNARD." IN PENCIL. PRINTED ON MAT IN PENCIL "ORIGINAL PASTEL OF THE BREWERY, 1937" FOREGROUND SHOWS COULEE, DIRT ROAD & TREES LOOKING UP AT BREWERY. REVERSE, 2 LABELS INDICATE ARTIST NAME & ADDRESS, TITLE OF PIECE & "LETHBRIDGE SKETCH CLUB" ALSO HANDWRITTEN NOTE FROM ARTIST DATED "24TH APRIL, 1967." (SEE BELOW)

Subjects

ART

Historical Association

FINE ARTS

History

PAINTING ORIGINALLY DONE IN 1930'S & THEN SUBMITTED TO BREWERY SPONSORED EXHIBIT COMMEMORATING CANADA'S CENTENNIAL. HANDWRITTEN NOTE FROM ARTIST ON REVERSE: "OLD ORIGINAL SKETCH. THE LETHBRIDGE BREWERY. DRAWN IN 1935-1937 WHICH I THOUGHT WOULD BE OF INTEREST FOR THE CENTENNIAL YEAR, DURING THIS TIME, EMIL SICK WAS HEAD OF THE BREWERY WHO WAS A NEIGHBOUR ON 15TH ST. ALSO OTHER FAITHFUL WORKERS SUCH AS BOB. CHISWICK, GEORGE CHISWICK, TOMMY BESTWICK & OTHERS WHO HAVE NOW PASSED ON. RUBY V. RANNARD LETHBRIDGE SKETCH CLUB SINCE 1932" SEE RECORD P19900020001 FOR HISTORY OF THE LETHBRIDGE BREWERY. *UPDATE* IN 2014 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF ART OBJECTS, INCLUDING THOSE RELATED TO THE LETHBRIDGE SKETCH CLUB. 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.” THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ABOUT THE ARTIST, RUBY RANNARD, WAS FOUND IN LETHBRIDGE HERALD ARTICLES AND GALT ARCHIVES RECORD 19831058000. RUBY RANNARD WAS BORN IN ENGLAND IN 1896, AND SERVED IN WORLD WAR I AS AN AGRICULTURIST WITH THE BRITISH LAND ARMY. SHE MOVED TO CANADA AND MARRIED FREDERICK RANNARD, AND DURING WORLD WAR II SERVED WITH THE CANADIAN AUXILLARY TERRITORIAL SERVICE. RANNARD WAS AN EARLY MEMBER OF THE LETHBRIDGE SKETCH CLUB. SHE DIED IN SPRING 1996, THREE MONTHS SHY OF HER 100TH BIRTHDAY. SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR HARDCOPIES OF SOURCE ARTICLES.

Catalogue Number

P19900020092

Acquisition Date

1991-01

Collection

Museum

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