Curator's note | John Ramsey McGregor (Mac) Hone was born in 1920 in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. He was a participant in the early Emma Lake Art Schools, and studied with Gus Kenderdine, Ernest Lindner, Jack Shadbolt, and Will Barnett. He received a BA (1941) from the University of Saskatchewan, and from 1958-1959 studied at the Central School of Arts and Crafts in London, England. He taught school in Saskatchewan and British Columbia from 1947-1979; during the 1950s he also taught art class in Moose Jaw for the University of Saskatchewan (Regina Campus). His artworks included serigraph, woodcut, wood engraving, watercolour, oil, acrylic, photography, and sculpture. Mac died in 2007. |
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Title | Untitled-Study for Plucking Chickens |
Date | 1952 |
Physical extent | 1 painting : colour ; 50 x 62 cm |
Scope and content | Painting showing three women plucking chickens that hang from a conveyor in a commercial slaughterhouse. |
Repository | University of Saskatchewan Archives |
Fonds/collection | Mac and Beth Hone fonds | Credits | Hone, Mac (illustrator) |
Retrieval information | MG183, Series 8.6 Art - Other |
Occupation(s) |
Agricultural processing Abattoirs Food industry |
Theme(s) |
Agriculture & Food Industry |
Database ID | 36652 |