PAINTING

Description: WATERCOLOUR. DEPICTS: SUNSET AND TREE. SEMI-ABSTRACT. COLOURS: YELLOW, PINK, GREY, BLACK, PURPLE AND MAROON. "A. DAVIS 1958" BOTTOM LEFT CORNER IN INK.

History: *UPDATE* IN 2015 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF ART OBJECTS. GIVEN THIS PAINTING'S DATE, SIGNATURE, AND THE RECORD OF THE DONOR'S ADDRESS AS "COALDALE GENERAL DELIVERY", IT IS POSSIBLE THAT IT WAS PAINTED BY ANNE DAVIS, ONETIME REEVE OF COALDALE. ACCORDING TO HER LETHBRIDGE HERALD OBITUARY, ANNE DAVIS WAS BORN IN HALIFAX IN 1894, AND MOVED TO DIAMOND CITY WITH HER PARENTS AT THE AGE OF 16. IN 1916 SHE MARRIED A LOCAL RANCHER, SCOTT DAVIS, AND THEY MOVED TO THE COALDALE AREA IN 1922. THE COUPLE OPERATED THE COALDALE SERVICE STATION, AND ANNE ALSO RAN A WOMEN AND CHILDREN'S CLOTHING STORE. IN THE YEARS BEFORE COALDALE WAS A TOWN, ANNE SERVED AS THE VILLAGE REEVE, AND LATER BOTH HER HUSBAND AND THEIR SON RUSSELL SERVED AS MAYORS OF COALDALE. SHE WAS AN ORGANIST AND PIANIST, AND LIKED TO PAINT IN HER SPARE TIME. ANNE DAVIS DIED IN NOVEMBER 1992. SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR HARDCOPY OF OBITUARY.