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The Hump, Bow Glacier and Bow Lake

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Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Date: prior to 1965

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.14

Description: General colour: brown, blue. As the land across the bottom reaches the lake there are a few short trees mostly on the left. The far shore, one quarter way up has trees in the center and dry rock banks on either side rising up to mountains and glacier left and right of the center peak. The blue sky …

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Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Title: The Hump, Bow Glacier and Bow Lake

Date: prior to 1965

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 27.9 x 38.0 cm

Description: General colour: brown, blue. As the land across the bottom reaches the lake there are a few short trees mostly on the left. The far shore, one quarter way up has trees in the center and dry rock banks on either side rising up to mountains and glacier left and right of the center peak. The blue sky fills the upper half.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies

Credit: Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.14

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Inlet at Tofino

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Date: 1943 – 1944

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.409

Description: An unfinished painting, the shoreline is green covered mountins extending from centre right to almost the left edge. Light blue foreground of the ocean.

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Title: Inlet at Tofino

Date: 1943 – 1944

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 13.0 x 34.7 cm

Description: An unfinished painting, the shoreline is green covered mountins extending from centre right to almost the left edge. Light blue foreground of the ocean.

Subject: landscape; seascape; Pacific; ocean

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.409

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King of the Rockies

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Artist: Maureen Enns (1949 – , Canadian)

Date: 1993

Medium: oil; acrylic on canvas

Catalogue Number: EnM.12.01

Description: The center of the painting is a bear turned so it is looking to the left and out of the image frame. Behind the bear is a mountain range with some snow and ice throughout. In the bottom left corner there is a skull from a bighorn sheep. The lower right hand corner has bear foot prints in black with…

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Artist: Maureen Enns (1949 – , Canadian)

Title: King of the Rockies

Date: 1993

Medium: oil; acrylic on canvas

Dimensions: 213.3 x 152.4 cm

Description: The center of the painting is a bear turned so it is looking to the left and out of the image frame. Behind the bear is a mountain range with some snow and ice throughout. In the bottom left corner there is a skull from a bighorn sheep. The lower right hand corner has bear foot prints in black with red around them. The bear has a brown colour fur and the ground that it is standing on is blue green. The sky is also a green colour while the mountains have green shadows and white highlights. Located directly behind the bear are two black lines that crisscross as they get higher to the top of the painting.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; animal; bear

Credit: Gift of Maureen Enns, Cochrane, 1996

Catalogue Number: EnM.12.01

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Lake

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Artist: Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)

Date: 1944 – 1962

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: DaK.02.06

Description: Bottom half is the blue lake with relflection of mountains above. Lakeshore with trees extends to the left. Mountain glacier white and grey meets water in the centre of the painting. Evergreens to the lakeshore edge on the right.

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Artist: Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)

Title: Lake

Date: 1944 – 1962

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 38.2 x 45.7 cm

Description: Bottom half is the blue lake with relflection of mountains above. Lakeshore with trees extends to the left. Mountain glacier white and grey meets water in the centre of the painting. Evergreens to the lakeshore edge on the right.

Subject: Canadian Rockies; mountains; lake

Credit: Gift of Moore Gallery Ltd, Hamilton, 1995

Catalogue Number: DaK.02.06

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Leaving for the Hunt

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Artist: Clarence Ingwall Tillenius (1913 – 2012, Canadian)

Date: 1995

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: TiC.02.17

Description: On the side of a mountain a cougar leaves her cubs to go off hunting. In the distance on the left side of the image you can see the baby cubs high up in the mountain in an opening of rock. The mother cougar has come down from the cubs and is located in the bottom left corner facing and heading towa…

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Artist: Clarence Ingwall Tillenius (1913 – 2012, Canadian)

Title: Leaving for the Hunt

Date: 1995

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 122.0 x 182.8 cm

Description: On the side of a mountain a cougar leaves her cubs to go off hunting. In the distance on the left side of the image you can see the baby cubs high up in the mountain in an opening of rock. The mother cougar has come down from the cubs and is located in the bottom left corner facing and heading toward the brc. In the brc what appears to be two bighorn sheep are feeding. Between the cougar and the other animals a large gorge between the two sections of the mountain exists. Around the cougar and the other animals light green grass is growing. In the background are more mountains blue in colour. The sky above is a light blue with some white clouds.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; animal; cougar

Credit: Gift of Clarence Ingwall Tillenius, Winnipeg, 1996

Catalogue Number: TiC.02.17

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Light on the Left Eagle

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Artist: Alice Saltiel (1948 – , Canadian)

Date: 1991

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: SmA.05.01

Description: A single mountain dominates, foreground is green trees, snow covered mountain towers to top third, between trees and peak is a bowl, cloudy sky top third

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Artist: Alice Saltiel (1948 – , Canadian)

Title: Light on the Left Eagle

Date: 1991

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 39.0 x 25.3 cm

Description: A single mountain dominates, foreground is green trees, snow covered mountain towers to top third, between trees and peak is a bowl, cloudy sky top third

Subject: landscape; mountain; winter

Credit: Purchased from Sunshine Village, Banff, 1991

Catalogue Number: SmA.05.01

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Low Clouds, Bow Lake

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1945 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.453

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Low Clouds, Bow Lake

Date: 1945 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.6 x 35.2 cm

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; lake

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.453

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Maligne Canyon

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Artist: Margaret Dorothy Shelton (1915 – 1984, Canadian)

Date: 1946

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: ShM.05.04

Description: A blue river with white highlights runs from the centre to the bottom right of the picture, purple cliffs to the right centre and a rocky bank to the left centre. Trees on both sides of river, a high bank with trees is in background with a blue sky.

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Artist: Margaret Dorothy Shelton (1915 – 1984, Canadian)

Title: Maligne Canyon

Date: 1946

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 25.5 x 35.5 cm

Description: A blue river with white highlights runs from the centre to the bottom right of the picture, purple cliffs to the right centre and a rocky bank to the left centre. Trees on both sides of river, a high bank with trees is in background with a blue sky.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountains; river

Credit: Gift of Masters Gallery ltd., Calgary, 1983

Catalogue Number: ShM.05.04

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Mary MacDonald

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1940 – 1945

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.068

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Mary MacDonald

Date: 1940 – 1945

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 64.0 x 53.0 cm

Subject: portrait; female

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.068

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A Merry Christmas to Mother Robb from Peter

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1948

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.707

Description: Sketch of the Whyte’s home during winter with a loosely drawn version of Cascade mountain behind it. Various animals walking up to and from the house. Under BLC of the border it says “A MERRY CHRISTMAS TO MOTHER ROBB FROM PETER”, and in BRC the the suggested dimensions of “6 1/2 x 8”

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: A Merry Christmas to Mother Robb from Peter

Date: 1948

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 21.6 x 27.4 cm

Description: Sketch of the Whyte’s home during winter with a loosely drawn version of Cascade mountain behind it. Various animals walking up to and from the house. Under BLC of the border it says “A MERRY CHRISTMAS TO MOTHER ROBB FROM PETER”, and in BRC the the suggested dimensions of “6 1/2 x 8”

Subject: cabin; winter; Christmas card; Cascade mountain; trees; squirrel; birds; deer; moose; bear

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.707

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Mine Operation, Vancouver Island

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1943 – 1944

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.505

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Mine Operation, Vancouver Island

Date: 1943 – 1944

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.6 x 35.1 cm

Subject: landscape; island; water; building; mine

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.505

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Moraine Lake, Valley of the Ten Peaks

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Date: 1945 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.261

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Title: Moraine Lake, Valley of the Ten Peaks

Date: 1945 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 25.1 x 30.1 cm

Subject: landscape; mountain; Canadian Rockies; lake

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.261

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Mount Athabasca

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1940 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.525

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Mount Athabasca

Date: 1940 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.6 x 35.3 cm

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; glacier

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.525

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Mount Bourgeau

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Date: 1940 – 1950

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.427

Description: The blue coloured mountain is in the centre of the picture, light greens and yellows in front of it towards the foreground. A river is in the foreground. Large dark green spruce trees flank each side of the picture. The blue sky is cloudy.

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Title: Mount Bourgeau

Date: 1940 – 1950

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 12.4 x 17.7 cm

Description: The blue coloured mountain is in the centre of the picture, light greens and yellows in front of it towards the foreground. A river is in the foreground. Large dark green spruce trees flank each side of the picture. The blue sky is cloudy.