PAINTING

Description: FRAMED WATERCOLOR ON PAPER. "LETHBRIDGE LAUNDRY 1908-196 VAN HOME ICE CO. OFF 6 AVENUE AND 4 STREET 1922 - 1949". SIGNED

History: ARTIST, IRENE ELEANOR MCCAUGHERTY (NEE WHEELER), BORN IN HARDIEVILLE AB. NOV. 27 1914, ATTENDED SCHOOL IN LETHBRIDGE AT FLEETWOOD, CENTRAL, LETHBRIDGE COLLEGIATE & GARBUTT BUSINES COLLEGE. AFTER MARRIAGE, MOVED TO FORT MACLEOD AREA RANCH BUT POOR HEALTH FORBADE AN ACTIVE PART IN RANCH ACTIVITIES. SHE DEVELOPED INTEREST IN ART & HISTORY THROUGH PAINTING & WRITING. THE LONG WIDE FORMAT COMES FROM A LIFETIME OF LOOKING AT SCENES THROUGH A TRUCK WINDSHIELD. HER WORK IS CHARACTERIZED AS HERITAGE ART. THIS COLLECTION OF 30 PCES DONATED BY ARTIST AS THE LETHBRIDGE HERITAGE CENTENNIAL COLLECTION AS A CONTRIBUTION TO THE 1985 CENTENNIAL OF LETHBRIDGE CITY. SEE ALSO P19820003001-GA FOR ADDITIONAL HISTORY. P19820003001-4-GA FOR ADDITIONAL WORKS IN PERMANENT COLLECTION. *UPDATE* IN 2014 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF ART OBJECTS. SHE FOUND FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE ARTIST IN THE PERMANENT FILE - SEE RECORD P20060016036.