This portrait depicts Lucy Maud Montgomery during her residence at Leaskdale, Ontario, (1911-1926), where she wrote eleven books. \u00a0The background of the painting represents significant moments from Maud’s life and career. \u00a0The painting was unveiled at the Uxbridge Music Hall on July 14, 1974, by Dr. Stuart Macdonald, youngest son of Lucy Maud Montgomery Macdonald. \u00a0The portrait was commissioned by the Uxbridge-Scott Historical Society to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birthday of Lucy Maud Montgomery, who was born November 30, 1874.<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n The right side<\/strong> of the painting illustrates the north sea coast of Prince Edward Island and the\u00a0Macneill farmhouse at Cavendish,<\/strong> where Maud was raised by her grandparents. \u00a0Most of Maud’s early life, 1874-1911, was passed in this setting.<\/p>\n The top left side<\/strong> of the painting illustrates the Marco Polo, a sailing ship whose grounding during a storm at Cavendish, witnessed by Maud as a child, formed the basis of her early narrative\u00a0“The Wreck of the Marco Polo, published 1891.<\/strong><\/p>\n The middle left side <\/strong>of the painting illustrates the fictional character “Anne”, created by Maud in her first novel,\u00a0Anne of Green Gables<\/strong><\/em>, published in 1908. \u00a0The episode of the dyed hair is represented from chapter 27, “Vanity and Vexation of Spirit”.<\/p>\n The lower left side <\/strong>of the painting illustrates the church and countryside at\u00a0Leaskdale, Ontario <\/strong>where Maud lived with her minister husband Rev. Ewan Macdonald and their two sons. \u00a0The\u00a0airplane<\/strong> symbolizes\u00a0World War I <\/strong>experience which influenced Maud so deeply and which provided the inspiration for her novel, Rilla of Ingleside<\/em>, published 1921.<\/p>\n Arnold Hodgkins was born in 1911 in Silverdale, Ontario. \u00a0Encouraged from a young age to draw and paint, Arnold continued to explore his talents.<\/em><\/p>\n He married in 1933 and joined the war effort in 1940 in the ambulance corps. \u00a0After serving, he enrolled in the Ontario College of Art. \u00a0A graduate in 1948, his shows and commissions in the 50\u2032s & 60\u2032s were very successful and included portraits of Lady Eaton and shows with the likes of David Milne, Duncan MacPherson and Franklin Arbuckle. \u00a0He developed Deerfoot Pioneer Art Settlement in Leaskdale and ran a summer art school here from the mid-60\u2032s to the mid-70\u2032s. \u00a0In the 60\u2032s he expanded his search for beauty to the Madawaska Valley. \u00a0Deerfoot Gallery was officially opened in 1965 by A. J. Casson and attended by Frederick Varley. \u00a0His work was now greatly inspired by the Group of Seven. \u00a0He excelled in every medium\u2026his paintings draw you in.<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Artifacts and Collections A MOMENT WITH LUCY MAUD MONTGOMERY by Arnold Hodgkins This portrait depicts Lucy Maud Montgomery during her residence at Leaskdale, Ontario, (1911-1926), where she wrote eleven books. \u00a0The background of the painting represents significant moments from Maud’s life and career. \u00a0The painting was unveiled at the Uxbridge Music Hall on July 14, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":20,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-449","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lucymaudmontgomery.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lucymaudmontgomery.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lucymaudmontgomery.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lucymaudmontgomery.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lucymaudmontgomery.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=449"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/lucymaudmontgomery.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/449\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3640,"href":"https:\/\/lucymaudmontgomery.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/449\/revisions\/3640"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lucymaudmontgomery.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lucymaudmontgomery.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/lucymaudmontgomery.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/portrait1-168x300.jpg\" "\\"portrait1\\"")
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