Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

BACK ALLEYS OF LETHBRIDGE

Date

1981

Materials

PAPER

No. Pieces

1

Length

56.9

Width

19

Description

WATERCOLOR & INK ON PAPER, UNFRAMED. DEPICTS MERCHANTS SELLING IN THE BACK ALLEYS OF LETHBRIDGE, 1923. SIGNED BL & DATED. MATTED 1992.

Subjects

ART

Historical Association

FINE ARTS

History

ARTIST, IRENE MCCAUGHERTY (NEE WHEELER) PAINTED SCENES OF THIS SERIES IN 1981. SCENES ARE FROM MEMORY OF HER YOUTH. ARTIST IS SELF TAUGHT, BORN & RAISED IN HARDIEVILLE. HER FATHER WAS A TEAMSTER AT GALT #6 MINE. SHE ATTENDED SCHOOL IN LETHBRIDGE. IN 1934 MARRIED D.J. MCCAUGHERTY MOVING TO A RANCH IN FORT MACLEOD AREA. HER INTEREST IN HISTORY WAS REALIZED WITH ARTICLES SHE WROTE FOR FARM PAPERS & MAGAZINES FROM INTERVIEWS WITH AREA FARMERS. TURNED TO PEN & INK & WATERCOLORS BECAUSE OF AN ALLERGY TO OIL PAINTS. NUMEROUS GALLERYS & INDIVIDUALS COLLECT HER LOCAL HISTORY BASED ART WORK. SUBJECT OF THIS PAINTING OCCURRED MANY TIMES IN HER CHILDHOOD NEIGHBOURHOOD BETWEEN 2 AND 2 AVENUES SOUTH IN LETHBRIDGE. *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.

Catalogue Number

P19820003001

Acquisition Date

1981-01

Collection

Museum

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