1965.1 - Early Snow
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Object Typepainting
ArtistJackson, A. Y.
Date Made1948
Item Details
Object Typepainting
ArtistJackson, A. Y.
Date Made1948
Accession Number
1965.1
Title
Early Snow
Object Type
painting
Artist
Jackson, A. Y.
Date Made
1948
Culture/Nationality
Canadian
Materials
oil on canvas
Measurements
frame: 43.18 x 52.705 cm
Description
Early Snow was purchased directly from Jackson in 1949 at the recommendation of Glyde, who had moved to Edmonton in 1946 to head the Division of Fine Art at the University of Alberta. “For Jackson, part of the…
Early Snow was purchased directly from Jackson in 1949 at the recommendation of Glyde, who had moved to Edmonton in 1946 to head the Division of Fine Art at the University of Alberta. “For Jackson, part of the appeal of Southern Alberta was new subject matter. The vast landscape with its geographical peculiarities excited him. He was fascinated by the endless stretches of patterned fields that dropped abruptly into coulees. The sky seemed infinite with the horizon marked only by grain elevators.”¹
¹ Joan Stebbins, A. Y. Jackson In Southern Alberta (Lethbridge: Alberta, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Ronalds, Lethbridge, 1981), unpaginated.
Credit Line
Purchased from the artist by the Department of Art
Citation
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"1965.1 - Early Snow, University of Alberta Museums Art Collection." University of Alberta Museums Search Site, https://search.museums.ualberta.ca/11-3122. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
