Object Record
Images
Metadata
Accession # |
AC1992.8.1.02 |
Item Name |
Frame, Picture Oil Painting Portrait |
Description |
Oil painting on panel (.01) entitled, "It's Hockey Night in Canada" by Canadian artist Katie May Liscumb (1884-1962), painted in 1950; it depicts the artist's husband, Dr. George Austin Liscumb (1883-1963) of Drayton, Ontario, sitting with legs crossed in a pink easy chair; he is wearing black patent leather shoes with blue socks, blue pants, a blue vest, white shirt, brown tie, and blue smoking jacket; he is balding with grey hair, and wears glasses; to his left is a wooden floor model radio, presumably broadcasting the CBC's Hockey Night In Canada; to his right is a set of wooden nesting tables with table lamp, in front of a sheer curtain; a winter landscape painting hangs on the grey wall above him, and his foot rests on a persian carpet; a pink leather chair is partially visible at right; a blue vase and knick nacks sit atop the radio; signed bottom left, "K.M.Liscumb"; mounted in a deep, wooden frame (.02) painted eggshell / beige, with cream-coloured inner edge. G543 |
Date |
1950 |
Provenance |
Katie May Wilson (1884-1962) was born on 18 Aug. 1884 in Maryborough Township to farmers George Wilson and wife Catherine Ann Johnson; she grew up in Maryborough Township, and in 1913 married Dr. George Austin Liscumb. He was the son of Louis Liscumb and Abbie Hill and had grown up in Northumberland County. Together, the couple lived on Main Street in Drayton, Ontario, and had two children, Brock Foster Liscumb (1916-2000) and Elizabeth Strathopolous (1924-2005). Dr. Liscumb graduated from the University of Toronto in 1912 and practiced dentistry in Drayton from 1913 to 1940. The Liscumbs retired to London, Ontario, where Katie May Liscumb passed away on 30 June 1962, followed by her husband George the next year. |
Person \ Organization |
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Dentist Hill, Abbie Johnson, Catherine Liscumb, Brock Liscumb, George Austin (Dr.) Liscumb, Katie Liscumb, Louis Strathopolous, Elizabeth University of Toronto Wilson, George Wilson, Katie |
Place |
Canada Drayton London Main Street Maryborough Twp. Northumberland County Ontario Toronto |
Year Range from |
1950 |
Year Range to |
1950 |
Art number |
Art 461 |
Creator \ Maker |
Liscumb, Katie May |
Subjects |
Furniture Interiors Landscape Portrait Sports |
Title (art only) |
It's Hockey Night in Canada |
Art Image size |
Approx. 45 (h) x 37(w) cm. |
Art Frame size |
56.8 (h) x 49 (w) x 6 (d) cm. |