PAINTING

Description: .1 WATERCOLOR. 50.5 CM. WTH. X 74.5 CM. LTH. CARDBOARD BASE, PAPER. WATERCOLOR MOUNTED ON WOOD BASE. PAINTING SHAPED AS THE PROVINCE OF ALBERTA. PAINTED BY KEVIN ADLER. DEPICTS 11 SCENES: RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVE, AN AGRICULTURAL PLOW, A COMBINE, NIKKA YUKO BUILDING, FORT WHOOP-UP, UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE, IRRIGATION SPRINKLER, A R.C.M.P. MOUNTED ON HORSEBACK, CHARLES A. MAGRATH, HIGH LEVEL BRIDGE AND #3 COAL MINE. .2 PLAQUE. 1.8 CM TH. X 17.8 CM WTH. X 25.4 CM LTH. WOOD BASE, PAPER PRINT. 2 PIECES. IDENTICAL TO .1. LOGO AT BOTTOM CENTRE OF PLAQUE READS: "LETHBRIDGE SEVENTY-FIVE, 1906-1981".

History: COMMEMORATES ALBERTA'S SEVENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY. PAINTING IS ORIGINAL ART COMMISSIONED BY THE CITY. *UPDATE* IN 2015 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF ART OBJECTS. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ABOUT THE ARTIST, KEVIN ADLER, WAS FOUND IN A LETHBRIDGE HERALD PROFILE FROM JULY 24, 1999. KEVIN ADLER WAS BORN IN FORT MACLEOD, AND AS A TEENAGER EARNED A DIPLOMA FROM THE FAMOUS ARTISTS SCHOOL IN WESTPORT, CONNECTICUT. HE WENT ON TO STUDY AT THE ALBERTA COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN IN CALGARY BEFORE RETURNING TO SOUTHERN ALBERTA WHERE HE WORKS AT COMMERCIAL GRAPHIC DESIGN AND ARTISTIC COMMISSIONS. SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR HARDCOPY OF ARTICLE.