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. 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 sketch : colour ; 50 x 35 cm |
Scope and content | Painting showing a woman plucking a chicken that hangs from a conveyor in a 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) |
Abattoirs Agricultural processing |
Theme(s) |
Agriculture & Food Industry |
Database ID | 36653 |