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Abraham Lake/East

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Artist: Les Graff (1936 – , Canadian)

Date: 2001 – 2001

Medium: oil on masonite board

Catalogue Number: GrL.01.17

Description: An oil sketch of a mountain landscape. The primary colours used are blue, orange, red and brown. The image is composed of a mountain range in the background, with a body of water and a segment of land in the foreground. The artist’s signature is in the brhc in grey paint. Au verso, written in black…

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Artist: Les Graff (1936 – , Canadian)

Title: Abraham Lake/East

Date: 2001 – 2001

Medium: oil on masonite board

Dimensions: 40 x 40.5 cm

Description: An oil sketch of a mountain landscape. The primary colours used are blue, orange, red and brown. The image is composed of a mountain range in the background, with a body of water and a segment of land in the foreground. The artist’s signature is in the brhc in grey paint. Au verso, written in black ink in the trhc, “45/W”.

Subject: landscape; mountain; lake

Credit: Gift of Les Graff, Bashaw, 2006

Catalogue Number: GrL.01.17

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Acrylic; Mixed Media Painting

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Artist: Lynne Huras

Date: 2009

Medium: mixed media, mainly acrylic on paper

Catalogue Number: HsL.12.01

Description: In the centre of the square painting a walking black bear looks down at the ground. Behind the bear is a slope of green trees with a blue mountain beyond, viewer’s right. The sky above is grey and the whole scene is bordered in brown. In the top corner, viewer’s right, is a paw print on a taupe-col…

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Artist: Lynne Huras

Title: Acrylic; Mixed Media Painting

Date: 2009

Medium: mixed media, mainly acrylic on paper

Dimensions: 22 x 22 cm

Description: In the centre of the square painting a walking black bear looks down at the ground. Behind the bear is a slope of green trees with a blue mountain beyond, viewer’s right. The sky above is grey and the whole scene is bordered in brown. In the top corner, viewer’s right, is a paw print on a taupe-coloured background, surrounded by a black square. Printed on the top back of the painting “BLACK BEAR - STUDY/SKETCH (2009)” underneath in script “Lynne Huras”, and underneath this “ACRYLIC, ACRYLIC MEDIUM, DRY PASTEL ON PAPER”.

Subject: landscape; mountain; animal, bear

Credit: Purchased from Lynne Huras, Banff, 2010

Catalogue Number: HsL.12.01

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Acrylic; Mixed Media Painting

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Artist: Lynne Huras

Date: 2009

Medium: acrylic; mixed media on paper

Catalogue Number: HsL.12.02

Description: In the centre of the square painting a walking brown and black grizzly bear looks toward viewer’s right. Behind him are blue/grey rocks, grey sky and a blue and grey blue mountain beyond, viewer’s right. The scene is bordered in dark brown and in the top corner, viewer’s left, is a grizzly paw pri…

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Artist: Lynne Huras

Title: Acrylic; Mixed Media Painting

Date: 2009

Medium: acrylic; mixed media on paper

Dimensions: 22 x 22 cm

Description: In the centre of the square painting a walking brown and black grizzly bear looks toward viewer’s right. Behind him are blue/grey rocks, grey sky and a blue and grey blue mountain beyond, viewer’s right. The scene is bordered in dark brown and in the top corner, viewer’s left, is a grizzly paw print on a taupe-coloured background, bordered with black. Printed on the top back of the painting “GRIZZLY - STUDY/SKETCH (2009)” underneath in script “Lynne Huras”, and underneath this “ACRYLIC, ACRYLIC MEDIUM, DRY PASTEL ON PAPER”.

Subject: landscape; mountain; animal, grizzly bear

Credit: Purchased from Lynne Huras, Banff, 2010

Catalogue Number: HsL.12.02

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Andromeda

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Artist: Peter von Tiesenhausen (1959 – , Canadian)

Date: 1993 – 1994

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: VtP.02.01

Description: An ice floe fans out from top right, across centre, to left foreground. The mountain is in various colours with yellow dominant. Cloudy sky tlc and top.

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Artist: Peter von Tiesenhausen (1959 – , Canadian)

Title: Andromeda

Date: 1993 – 1994

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 142.2 x 218.4 cm

Description: An ice floe fans out from top right, across centre, to left foreground. The mountain is in various colours with yellow dominant. Cloudy sky tlc and top.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; glacier

Credit: Purchased from Peter von Tiesenhausen, Demmitt, 1994

Catalogue Number: VtP.02.01

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Approaching Rain - West Kootenay Plains #1

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Artist: Les Graff (1936 – , Canadian)

Date: 2005 – 2005

Medium: oil on masonite board

Catalogue Number: GrL.01.39

Description: An oil sketch of a mountain landscape. The primary colours are grey, brown, and blue. From the left side of the image raises a dark grey mountain lined in blue. The lower part of this mountain extends to the right side of the canvas. The sky is grey with modeling that suggests the presence of cloud…

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Artist: Les Graff (1936 – , Canadian)

Title: Approaching Rain - West Kootenay Plains #1

Date: 2005 – 2005

Medium: oil on masonite board

Dimensions: 40.5 x 40.5 cm

Description: An oil sketch of a mountain landscape. The primary colours are grey, brown, and blue. From the left side of the image raises a dark grey mountain lined in blue. The lower part of this mountain extends to the right side of the canvas. The sky is grey with modeling that suggests the presence of clouds, or a storm. The bottom of the piece has a small strip of blue, above which there are a series of vertical forms in green, blue and grey which could represent trees. The artist’s signature is in the brhc in orange paint. Au verso, written in black ink in the tlhc, “49/W”.

Subject: landscape; mountain

Credit: Gift of Les Graff, Bashaw, 2008

Catalogue Number: GrL.01.39

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Approaching Rain - West Kootenay Plains #3

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Artist: Les Graff (1936 – , Canadian)

Date: 2005 – 2005

Medium: oil on masonite board

Catalogue Number: GrL.01.41

Description: An oil sketch of a mountain landscape. The primary colours used are grey, purple, green and beige. From the left side of the image raises a grey mountain in light and dark grey sections. The lower part of this mountain extends to the right side of the canvas. The sky is grey with modeling that sugg…

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Artist: Les Graff (1936 – , Canadian)

Title: Approaching Rain - West Kootenay Plains #3

Date: 2005 – 2005

Medium: oil on masonite board

Dimensions: 35.6 x 45.7 cm

Description: An oil sketch of a mountain landscape. The primary colours used are grey, purple, green and beige. From the left side of the image raises a grey mountain in light and dark grey sections. The lower part of this mountain extends to the right side of the canvas. The sky is grey with modeling that suggests the presence of clouds, or a storm. The bottom of the piece has a small strip of grey-blue, above which there is a line of green. The artist’s signature is in the brhc in grey paint. Au verso, written in black ink in the tlhc, “49/Y”.

Subject: landscape; mountain

Credit: Gift of Les Graff, Bashaw, 2008

Catalogue Number: GrL.01.41

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Athabasca Glacier

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Artist: Catherine Perehudoff Fowler (1958 – , Canadian)

Date: 1993

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: PeC.05.01

Description: The glacier is centred top, flowing down to the foreground, flanked on both sides by the mountain in colours of brown, yellow, grey, green. The light blue sky is cloudy.

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Artist: Catherine Perehudoff Fowler (1958 – , Canadian)

Title: Athabasca Glacier

Date: 1993

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 56.0 x 76.0 cm

Description: The glacier is centred top, flowing down to the foreground, flanked on both sides by the mountain in colours of brown, yellow, grey, green. The light blue sky is cloudy.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; glacier; Athabasca

Credit: Purchased from Catherine Perehudoff Fowler, Saskatoon, 1994

Catalogue Number: PeC.05.01

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The Athabasca Glacier

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Artist: John Hartman (1950 – , Canadian)

Date: 2014

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: HaO.05.29

Description: Watercolour of the Athabasca Glacier. Light blue boarders and soft colours.

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Artist: John Hartman (1950 – , Canadian)

Title: The Athabasca Glacier

Date: 2014

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 22.86 x 28.58 cm

Description: Watercolour of the Athabasca Glacier. Light blue boarders and soft colours.

Subject: mountain; hartman; watercolour; landscape;

Credit: Gift of John Hartman, Tiny, 2017

Catalogue Number: HaO.05.29

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Banff Morning

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Artist: Lynn Malin

Date: 2012

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: MaY.02.01

Description: au verso “Wintered Banff Morning” oil/canvas

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Artist: Lynn Malin

Title: Banff Morning

Date: 2012

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 102.0 x 130.5 cm

Description: au verso “Wintered Banff Morning” oil/canvas

Subject: landscape; mountain; town, Banff; winter, morning

Credit: Gift of Lynn Malin, 2013

Catalogue Number: MaY.02.01

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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 Study #1

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Artist: Les Graff (1936 – , Canadian)

Date: 2001 – 2001

Medium: oil on masonite board

Catalogue Number: GrL.01.20

Description: An oil sketch of a mountain landscape. The primary colours used are green, blue, yellow and purple. The top section of the image represents the mountains, rendered with intersecting horizontal and vertical lines. The bottom third of the image represents the water, which is also intersected with ver…

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Artist: Les Graff (1936 – , Canadian)

Title: Bow Lake Study #1

Date: 2001 – 2001

Medium: oil on masonite board

Dimensions: 40.5 x 40.5 cm

Description: An oil sketch of a mountain landscape. The primary colours used are green, blue, yellow and purple. The top section of the image represents the mountains, rendered with intersecting horizontal and vertical lines. The bottom third of the image represents the water, which is also intersected with vertical lines on the right of the piece. The artist’s signature is in the brhc in red paint. Au verso, written in black ink in the tlhc, “45/P”.

Subject: landscape; mountain; Bow Lake

Credit: Gift of Les Graff, Bashaw, 2006

Catalogue Number: GrL.01.20

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Bow Lake Study #4

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Artist: Les Graff (1936 – , Canadian)

Date: 2001 – 2001

Medium: oil on masonite

Catalogue Number: GrL.01.19

Description: An oil sketch of a mountain landscape. The primary colours are blue, green, purple, orange and brown. The piece is dominated by one mountain, painted in a variety of colours. The bottom third of the image is blue. The artist’s signature is in the brhc in green paint. Au verso, written in black ink …

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Artist: Les Graff (1936 – , Canadian)

Title: Bow Lake Study #4

Date: 2001 – 2001

Medium: oil on masonite

Dimensions: 40.5 x 40.5 cm

Description: An oil sketch of a mountain landscape. The primary colours are blue, green, purple, orange and brown. The piece is dominated by one mountain, painted in a variety of colours. The bottom third of the image is blue. The artist’s signature is in the brhc in green paint. Au verso, written in black ink in the tlhc, “45/S”.

Subject: landscape; mountain; Bow Lake

Credit: Gift of Les Graff, Bashaw, 2006

Catalogue Number: GrL.01.19

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Bow Lake Study #5

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Artist: Les Graff (1936 – , Canadian)

Date: 2001 – 2001

Medium: oil on masonite board

Catalogue Number: GrL.01.18

Description: An oil sketch of a mountain landscape. The primary colours are white, blue, purple and green. The top of the image is blue, with grey clouds. The mountains are represented in the centre of the image in tones of purple, white and blue. The bottom third of the image is a mixture of purple and green. …

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Artist: Les Graff (1936 – , Canadian)

Title: Bow Lake Study #5

Date: 2001 – 2001

Medium: oil on masonite board

Dimensions: 35.6 x 45.7 cm

Description: An oil sketch of a mountain landscape. The primary colours are white, blue, purple and green. The top of the image is blue, with grey clouds. The mountains are represented in the centre of the image in tones of purple, white and blue. The bottom third of the image is a mixture of purple and green. The artist’s signature is in the brhc in grey paint. Au verso, written in black ink in the tlhc, “45/T”.

Subject: landscape; mountain; forest; Bow Lake

Credit: Gift of Les Graff, Bashaw, 2006

Catalogue Number: GrL.01.18

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Breaking Camp on Mount Logan, Yukon

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Artist: Ted Raftery

Date: 1991

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: RaT.02.01

Description: Foreground from near top left to near bottom right is a snow covered mountain slope, 3 climbers with rope are on the slope, background is snow covered mountains protruding through cloud cover, top quarter is clear blue sky

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Artist: Ted Raftery

Title: Breaking Camp on Mount Logan, Yukon

Date: 1991

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 40.5 x 50.7 cm

Description: Foreground from near top left to near bottom right is a snow covered mountain slope, 3 climbers with rope are on the slope, background is snow covered mountains protruding through cloud cover, top quarter is clear blue sky

Subject: landscape; mountain; people; Mount Logan; activity; climbing

Credit: Gift of Ted Raftery, Calgary, 1992

Catalogue Number: RaT.02.01

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Cascade Mountain

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Artist: Alice Saltiel (1948 – , Canadian)

Date: 1991

Medium: serigraph on paper

Catalogue Number: SmA.04.10

Description: A clear blue sky is the backdrop for Cascade Mountain which is centred in the picture, in brown, blue and white, sunlight is hitting the peaks on the left, coniferous and deciduous trees are silhouetted along centre, foreground is shadowed snow

Artist: Alice Saltiel (1948 – , Canadian)

Title: Cascade Mountain

Date: 1991

Medium: serigraph on paper

Dimensions: 28.7 x 38.2 cm

Description: A clear blue sky is the backdrop for Cascade Mountain which is centred in the picture, in brown, blue and white, sunlight is hitting the peaks on the left, coniferous and deciduous trees are silhouetted along centre, foreground is shadowed snow

Subject: landscape; mountain; Cascade Mountain

Credit: Gift of Alice Saltiel, Canmore, 1992

Catalogue Number: SmA.04.10

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Charlie Locke, the Balfour Glacier

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Artist: John Hartman (1950 – , Canadian)

Date: 2014

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: HaO.05.15

Description: Watercolour, three-quarter view, bust portrait of Charlie Locke. Mountainous scenery in the back ground with three other objects over top.

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Artist: John Hartman (1950 – , Canadian)

Title: Charlie Locke, the Balfour Glacier

Date: 2014

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 57.15 x 62.23 cm

Description: Watercolour, three-quarter view, bust portrait of Charlie Locke. Mountainous scenery in the back ground with three other objects over top.