Material Type

Artifact

Date Range From

1940

Date Range To

1960

Materials

WOOD, COTTON, PAPER

No. Pieces

1

Height

3.4

Length

46.2

Width

37.1

Description

OIL PAINTING OF COULEE LANDSCAPE SCENE, SIGNED IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER "T.E. BROWN". TWO-TONED BROWN WOOD FRAME, AND BACK COVERED WITH BROWN PAPER THAT IS MARKED " 14". HAS WATER STAINS AND TINY HOLES OVER THE BACK SURFACE.

Subjects

ART

Historical Association

FINE ARTS

History

PAINTED BY DR. TIM BROWN. BORN IN 1899, DR. BROWN MOVED TO LETHBRIDGE IN 1936 WHERE HE BECAME WELL KNOWN AS A PHYSICIAN WITH THE CAMPBELL CLINIC. HE SERVED AS CHIEF OF OBSTETRICS AT ST. MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL FOR MANY YEARS, WHERE HE WAS SAID TO HAVE DELIVERED OVER 4,000 BABIES. DR. BROWN WAS A MEMBER OF THE SKETCH CLUB IN THE LATE FORTIES, AND A FORMER STUDENT OF MISS EDITH KIRK, WHICH IS WHY HE PAINTED MOSTLY WATERCOLORS. DR. BROWN DIED IN 1971. *UPDATE* IN 2014 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF ART OBJECTS, INCLUDING THOSE ASSOCIATED WITH 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 BRIEF BIOGRAPHY OF THE ARTIST, DR. TIMOTHY E. BROWN, WAS DEVELOPED WITH INFORMATION FROM GALT ARCHIVES AND A REMEMBRANCE OF HIS DAUGHTER SHIREEN THAT WAS PUBLISHED IN 1999 IN A LETHBRIDGE HERALD FEATURE ON ST. MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL. DR. TIM BROWN GRADUATED FROM QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL IN 1933, SPECIALIZING IN OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY. HE JOINED THE CAMPBELL CLINIC IN LETHBRIDGE IN 1936, WAS IN CHARGE OF MEDICAL SERVICES AT POW CAMP 133 DURING WORLD WAR II, AND THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER MADE REGULAR ROUNDS AT LETHBRIDGE'S THREE HOSPITAL FACILITIES, THE GALT HOSPITAL, ISOLATION HOSPITAL, AND ST. MICHAELS. DR. BROWN WAS A MEMBER OF THE LETHBRIDGE SKETCH CLUB IN HIS SPARE TIME. ILL HEALTH FORCED HIM INTO RETIREMENT IN 1968, AND HE PASSED AWAY IN 1971. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, PLEASE SEE OTHER KIRK DONATIONS, INCLUDING: P19820004000, P19960095000, P20090016*, P20140012*, P20140020*, P20140021000, P20150008000, P20150019000, P20150024000, P20150029000, AND P20150030000. SEE ALSO, "A LEGACY OF ADVENTURE AND ART: THE LIFE OF MISS EDITH FANNY KIRCK" BY WENDY AITKENS. ALSO SEE PERMANENT FILE.

Catalogue Number

P19960095000

Acquisition Date

1996-11

Collection

Museum

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