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The Bending Columbia

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on board

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.401

Description: Landscapes where the focal point is in between the artist / viewer and the hill or mountain in the background of each drawing .

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Title: The Bending Columbia

Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on board

Dimensions: 28.0 x 35.5 cm

Description: Landscapes where the focal point is in between the artist / viewer and the hill or mountain in the background of each drawing .

Subject: landscape

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.401

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Bennalt Portage

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Date: prior to 1931

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.031

Description: Scene with mountains in the background and a bridge leading across a river below this to the below right of center there is a building at the right end of the bridge just behind.

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Title: Bennalt Portage

Date: prior to 1931

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 20.5 x 26 cm

Description: Scene with mountains in the background and a bridge leading across a river below this to the below right of center there is a building at the right end of the bridge just behind.

Subject: landscape

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1984

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.031

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Berry Head

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Date: prior to 1931

Medium: graphite on paper board

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.029

Description: Appears to be a coastal scene with cliffs in the forground looking out over the water, there is a few small tree here. - out on the water is a upcropping of lone rock.“A coast scene sketched from a bluff, this is in an earlier coarser style of Collings.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalo…

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Title: Berry Head

Date: prior to 1931

Medium: graphite on paper board

Dimensions: 19 x 25.5 cm

Description: Appears to be a coastal scene with cliffs in the forground looking out over the water, there is a few small tree here. - out on the water is a upcropping of lone rock.“A coast scene sketched from a bluff, this is in an earlier coarser style of Collings.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda Heath

Subject: landscape

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1984

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.029

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Big Horn Sheep

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Artist: Unknown

Date: 1910

Catalogue Number: UnK.06.40

Description: A large wooden sculpture of a bighorn sheep.

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Artist: Unknown

Title: Big Horn Sheep

Date: 1910

Dimensions: 24.5 x 29.0 cm

Description: A large wooden sculpture of a bighorn sheep.

Subject: animal; mountain sheep

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: UnK.06.40

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Bird bath and stone building

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.484

Description: Pencil drawing of a garden scene with a bird bath or stone basin in the foreground, a body of water in the middle, leading back to a stome building in background. Trees and bushes frame the drawing.

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Title: Bird bath and stone building

Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 26.0 x 21.0 cm

Description: Pencil drawing of a garden scene with a bird bath or stone basin in the foreground, a body of water in the middle, leading back to a stome building in background. Trees and bushes frame the drawing.

Subject: landscape; building; basin; bird bath

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.484

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Bow Glacier Falls, 1902/2019

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Artist: Kelsey Stephenson

Date: 2019

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: StK.04.05

Description: A colour photograph of a waterfall (Bow Glacier Falls) tumbling over a rocky ridge. Overlaid is a screenprinted drawing of previous reaches of the glacier. The bottom half of the image is cyanotype detail of the glacier from archival photographs.

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Artist: Kelsey Stephenson

Title: Bow Glacier Falls, 1902/2019

Date: 2019

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 35.5 x 28.8 cm

Description: A colour photograph of a waterfall (Bow Glacier Falls) tumbling over a rocky ridge. Overlaid is a screenprinted drawing of previous reaches of the glacier. The bottom half of the image is cyanotype detail of the glacier from archival photographs.

Subject: Bow Glacier; Bow Glacier Falls; Bow Falls

Credit: Gift of Kelsey Stephenson, Edmonton, 2023

Catalogue Number: StK.04.05

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Bow Lake

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Artist: John Hartman (1950 – , Canadian)

Date: 2014

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: HaO.05.12

Description: Watercolour of Bow Lake. Light blue boarder

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Artist: John Hartman (1950 – , Canadian)

Title: Bow Lake

Date: 2014

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 22.86 x 28.58 cm

Description: Watercolour of Bow Lake. Light blue boarder

Subject: mountain; bow lake; watercolour; hartman; landscape;

Credit: Gift of John Hartman, Tiny, 2017

Catalogue Number: HaO.05.12

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Bow Lake and the Crowfoot Glacier

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Artist: John Hartman (1950 – , Canadian)

Date: 2014

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: HaO.05.13

Description: Watercolour or Bow Lake and Crowfoot Glacier. Blue boarder

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Artist: John Hartman (1950 – , Canadian)

Title: Bow Lake and the Crowfoot Glacier

Date: 2014

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 22.86 x 28.58 cm

Description: Watercolour or Bow Lake and Crowfoot Glacier. Blue boarder

Subject: mountain; bow lake; watercolour; hartman; landscape

Credit: Gift of John Hartman, Tiny, 2017

Catalogue Number: HaO.05.13

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Bow Lake Boler

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Artist: Colin Smith (1963 – , Canadian)

Date: 2013

Medium: camera obscura on acid-free fibre paper

Catalogue Number: SmC.18.02

Description: Coloured image of boler interior. browns, greens and blues colour the walls with a projected image of the exterior surroundings. Two windows appear to show the exterior landscape. Landscape is a mountainous terrain with large body of water and some ever green trees. Interior furniture includes two …

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Artist: Colin Smith (1963 – , Canadian)

Title: Bow Lake Boler

Date: 2013

Medium: camera obscura on acid-free fibre paper

Dimensions: 121.92 x 152.4 cm

Description: Coloured image of boler interior. browns, greens and blues colour the walls with a projected image of the exterior surroundings. Two windows appear to show the exterior landscape. Landscape is a mountainous terrain with large body of water and some ever green trees. Interior furniture includes two benches, fold down table and box in bottom right corner. The table holds an unfolded map, some books and a mug. The reflected image on the walls is projected upside down because it is done using a camera obscura technique. This print belongs to the 76 Boler series. “Nearly true stories of a wandering 76 Boler”

Subject: mountains; Bow Lake; camera obscura; boler

Credit: Gift of Colin Smith , Calgary , 2018

Catalogue Number: SmC.18.02

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Box and hill

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.378

Description: A hill dominates image. Some fencing runs up the hill on the right. The foreground is mostly grass. There is a small box-like structure in the foreground.

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Title: Box and hill

Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 19.5 x 24.0 cm

Description: A hill dominates image. Some fencing runs up the hill on the right. The foreground is mostly grass. There is a small box-like structure in the foreground.

Subject: landscape

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.378

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Branches

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.504

Description: Two sidedThe naked upper branches of a tree on front sideVerso: a tree trunk with shrubs at its base gets cut off at top of page

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Title: Branches

Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 22.3 x 17.5 cm

Description: Two sidedThe naked upper branches of a tree on front sideVerso: a tree trunk with shrubs at its base gets cut off at top of page

Subject: tree; landscape

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.504

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Bright Green Between Slopes

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on board

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.435

Description: Rough drawing of mountain scape with grass in foreground. Other writing denotes colour scheme and other details.

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Title: Bright Green Between Slopes

Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on board

Dimensions: 23.0 x 27.0 cm

Description: Rough drawing of mountain scape with grass in foreground. Other writing denotes colour scheme and other details.

Subject: landscape

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.435

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Brush and water

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.393

Description: A rough sketch of brush and water.

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Title: Brush and water

Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 14.0 x 19.5 cm

Description: A rough sketch of brush and water.

Subject: landscape

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.393

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Buffalo

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Artist: Unknown

Date: 1910

Catalogue Number: UnK.06.37

Description: A wooden scultpure of a bison.

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Artist: Unknown

Title: Buffalo

Date: 1910

Dimensions: 19.5 x 25.5 cm

Description: A wooden scultpure of a bison.

Subject: animal; buffalo

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: UnK.06.37

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Burnt trees

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.457

Description: Pencil sketch of remains of trees with charred bark and trees appear to have been cut or burnt down. Light drawing of rocky horizon in background.Writing denotes details and colour scheme.

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Title: Burnt trees

Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 18.5 x 25.0 cm

Description: Pencil sketch of remains of trees with charred bark and trees appear to have been cut or burnt down. Light drawing of rocky horizon in background.Writing denotes details and colour scheme.

Subject: landscape

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.457

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Cabin in Old Burn at Seymour Arm

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.157

Description: Landscape containing a central house, flaged by trees, four tree stumps fill right side, suggestions of four or more trees to the left of the house, hills in the distance make up the horizon line, references to colour fill the sky.

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Title: Cabin in Old Burn at Seymour Arm

Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 18.5 x 25 cm

Description: Landscape containing a central house, flaged by trees, four tree stumps fill right side, suggestions of four or more trees to the left of the house, hills in the distance make up the horizon line, references to colour fill the sky.

Subject: landscape

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1985

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.157

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Canadian Rockies

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Artist: Homer Ransford Watson (1855 – 1936, Canadian)

Date: c. 1921

Medium: oil on board

Catalogue Number: WaH.02.01

Description: This painting is of a mountain scene. There is a row of mountains which make up 2/3 of the painting and are cropped at either side of the piece. These mountains are painted with mostly greys and greenish blues. Above the row of mountains is a small portion of blue-grey sky. At the base of the m…

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Artist: Homer Ransford Watson (1855 – 1936, Canadian)

Title: Canadian Rockies

Date: c. 1921

Medium: oil on board

Description: This painting is of a mountain scene. There is a row of mountains which make up 2/3 of the painting and are cropped at either side of the piece. These mountains are painted with mostly greys and greenish blues. Above the row of mountains is a small portion of blue-grey sky. At the base of the mountains a lake and foreground make up the other 1/3 of the piece with the foreground being twice the size of the portion of visible lake. On the brc and blc are shrubby looking trees painted in a dark colour. The foreground is very rocky and painted with browns, greens and a terra-cotta colour.