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#4 Wildfires

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Artist: Robert Guest (1938 – 2017, Canadian)

Date: 2011

Medium: oil on wood

Catalogue Number: GuR.02.01

Description: A landscape oil painting, on board, of forest on fire. The painting is dominated by one central tree. Fallen tree on fire diagonally across painting in foreground. Background is thick forest on fire and some blue sky with orange smoke. Primarily red, green, blue and yellow color palette. Au verso s…

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Artist: Robert Guest (1938 – 2017, Canadian)

Title: #4 Wildfires

Date: 2011

Medium: oil on wood

Dimensions: 19.2 x 24.3 cm

Description: A landscape oil painting, on board, of forest on fire. The painting is dominated by one central tree. Fallen tree on fire diagonally across painting in foreground. Background is thick forest on fire and some blue sky with orange smoke. Primarily red, green, blue and yellow color palette. Au verso several stickers. At top white with black printing “THIS PAINTING HAS BEEN DONATED TO THE PERMANENT COLLECTION OF THE WHYTE MUSEUM OF THE CANADIAN ROCKIES AT BANFF. IT IS A GIFT FROM THE ARTIST, ROBERT GUEST OF GRANDE CACHE. 2012.” Sticker middle right is yellow with black print, “ CAUTION! HELP AVOID FADING: Display original artwork out of direct sunlight or other strong light, and away from heat or moist conditions!” Bottom left label, white with black printing, “#4. Wildfires./2011” NEW OILPAINT SERIES - 8X10 “ PANELS AT GRANDE CACHE, BY R. GUEST.” Bottom left sticker, blue with black print, see artist bio.

Subject: landscape; forest fire; Robert Guest

Credit: Purchased from Robert Guest, Grande Cache, 2012

Catalogue Number: GuR.02.01

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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 River Valley

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Artist: Duncan Crockford (1920 – 1992)

Date: 1981

Medium: painting on canvas

Catalogue Number: CrD.02.02

Description: A landscape oil painting. In the background is a blue sky with big fluffy white clouds and a mountain range with rolling hills in front. After the hills is a line of forest and in the foreground are two small ponds separated by a thin strip of land with tall grass and the ponds are surrounded by a …

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Artist: Duncan Crockford (1920 – 1992)

Title: Bow River Valley

Date: 1981

Medium: painting on canvas

Dimensions: 46.0 x 61.0 cm

Description: A landscape oil painting. In the background is a blue sky with big fluffy white clouds and a mountain range with rolling hills in front. After the hills is a line of forest and in the foreground are two small ponds separated by a thin strip of land with tall grass and the ponds are surrounded by a lone, green pine tree on the left and three golden-leaved poplar trees on the right. The artist signature is painted in the bottom rhc in red, “DUNCAN /81”. Au verso, on the top edge of the canvas in black pen is written, “EARLY AUTUMN, MORLEY, ALBERTA”. On the top left corner of the canvas is written, “2500.00”. In the centre at the bottom of the frame is a white label with blue ink, “Gainsborough Galleries (1974) Ltd. FINE ART DEALERS & FRAME MAKERS 805 611-8th AVENUE S.W. CALGARY - ALBERTA T2P 1H1 “EARLY AUTUMN, MORLEY, ALBERTA” An Original Oil Painting By DUNCAN CROCKFORD XD/167”.

Subject: landscape; lake; Duncan Crockford

Credit: Gift of William Randall (Estate), Halifax, 2011

Catalogue Number: CrD.02.02

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Dear Jon

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Artist: Dennis Burton (1933 – 2013, Canadian)

Date: 1981

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: BuD.03.16

Description: Letter to Jon in black india ink. “454 EAST 8TH AVE APT 204VANCOUVER BCV5T 1S7, 4:20PM, APRIL 5/81DEAR JON:YOUR EPIC POEM HAS BEEN OF GREAT, GREAT INSPIRATION. I HAD DONE NO WORK OF MY OWN SINCE LAST SUMMER, WHEN I DID THE ONE HUNDRED DRAWINGS OF VANCOUVER GIRLS, CEASING ABOUT AUGUST 9TH. BUT WHEN …

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Artist: Dennis Burton (1933 – 2013, Canadian)

Title: Dear Jon

Date: 1981

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 58.45 x 43.2 cm

Description: Letter to Jon in black india ink. “454 EAST 8TH AVE APT 204VANCOUVER BCV5T 1S7, 4:20PM, APRIL 5/81DEAR JON:YOUR EPIC POEM HAS BEEN OF GREAT, GREAT INSPIRATION. I HAD DONE NO WORK OF MY OWN SINCE LAST SUMMER, WHEN I DID THE ONE HUNDRED DRAWINGS OF VANCOUVER GIRLS, CEASING ABOUT AUGUST 9TH. BUT WHEN I HEARD YOUR KELSEY UNCALCIFIED, I FRIED! THE HEAT OF THE POWER OF THE IMAGERY PROMPTED SERIES 1 & 11, THE BEST OF WHICH ARE ENCLOSED HEREWITH. THIS IS PERHAPS NOT WHAT YOU EXPECTED, NOT WHAT YOU FORESAW, BUT IT IS MY IMMEDIATE TWO-WEEK RESPONSE TO THE WORK. I RECALLED MY DRIVE WEST THIS LAST TIME_SEPT. 1RST TO 5TH ‘79 PLUS THE RECALLS OF THE TRIPS WEST WARD AND EASTWARD = 1950 (4) 1951 (4) 1952 (4) 1953 (4) 1955 (2) 1956 (0) 1957 (4) 1958 (2) 1959 (0) 1960 (0) 1961 (2) 1962 (0) 1963 (3) 1964 (0) 1965 (0) 1966 (2) 1967 (2) 1968 (2) 1969 (2) 1970 (0) 1971 (2) 1971 (2) 1972 (2) 1973 (2) 1974 (2) 1975 (2) 1976 (2) 1977 (0) 1978 (2) 1979 (4). BY AIR * BY TRAIN * ALL THE REST BY AUTOMOBILE, VIA U.S.A, VIA CANADA, 1980 * (2) TOTAL 59 TIMES!SO SERIES 1 : 17 OF 25 AND SERIES 11: 8 OF 26. I DECIDED TO DISREGARD THE LIMITATIONS OF NUMBERS OF COLOURS.THESE WERE EXECUTED IN CHIN-CHIN AND PELIKAN INDIA INK IN PR. PH MARTINS CONCENTRATED TRANSPARENT WATER COLOUR (INKS) ON CARTRIDGE PAPER 18” X 24”LOVE, WRITE SOON HENRY HNRKELSEY KLES BOOK OF : DENNIS BURTON”

Subject: Henry Kelsey; Jon Whyte; Hommage

Credit: Gift of Katherine Govier, Toronto, 2020

Catalogue Number: BuD.03.16

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Dorothy Carleton

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Artist: Bev Tosh (1948 – , Canadian)

Date: 2014

Medium: oil on plywood

Catalogue Number: TsB.02.01 a,b

Description: (a) portrait of Dorothy Carleton facing the viewer, her face in the top 1/3 and shoulders fade into the prominent wood grain, the bottom 2/3 is lightly painted white dress on wood grain. There is ar rainbow in top left corner to represent Dorothy’s statement of “living at the end of the rainbow”, t…

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Artist: Bev Tosh (1948 – , Canadian)

Title: Dorothy Carleton

Date: 2014

Medium: oil on plywood

Dimensions: 121.92 x 31.43 cm

Description: (a) portrait of Dorothy Carleton facing the viewer, her face in the top 1/3 and shoulders fade into the prominent wood grain, the bottom 2/3 is lightly painted white dress on wood grain. There is ar rainbow in top left corner to represent Dorothy’s statement of “living at the end of the rainbow”, the street she lived on in Banff with her family according to painter Tosh.(b) 142 x 30 cm white silk panel with black typed inscription

Subject: war bride; Carleton; Tosh; portrait; bride; war

Credit: Gift of Dorothy Carleton, Banff, 2016

Catalogue Number: TsB.02.01 a,b

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Finding The Truants

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

Date: 1982

Medium: oil on panel

Catalogue Number: TiC.02.06

Description: The first half of the painting starting from the bottom includes a stream with rocks off to the right with trees and shrubs all around full in fall orange and yellow colours. Standing to the right of the stream in the orange grass area are three horses, two are dark brown and the other is a lighter…

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

Title: Finding The Truants

Date: 1982

Medium: oil on panel

Dimensions: 25.4 x 35.5 cm

Description: The first half of the painting starting from the bottom includes a stream with rocks off to the right with trees and shrubs all around full in fall orange and yellow colours. Standing to the right of the stream in the orange grass area are three horses, two are dark brown and the other is a lighter brown. Just behind the orange trees are many green trees off in the distance and behind them are mountains covered in snow and blue in colour. The sky is a cool even blue.

Subject: animals; horses; landscape; Canadian

Credit: Gift of Clarence Ingwall Tillenius, Winnipeg, 1996

Catalogue Number: TiC.02.06

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HK series I / 2

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Artist: Dennis Burton (1933 – 2013, Canadian)

Date: 1981

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: BuD.03.03

Description: Abstract. Top background is blue. Two large white shapes, one outlined with yellow and black the other outlined with orange. In the middle two large red objects.

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Artist: Dennis Burton (1933 – 2013, Canadian)

Title: HK series I / 2

Date: 1981

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 58.45 x 43.2 cm

Description: Abstract. Top background is blue. Two large white shapes, one outlined with yellow and black the other outlined with orange. In the middle two large red objects.

Subject: Henry Kelsey; Jon Whyte; Hommage; abstract; nonrepresentational

Credit: Gift of Katherine Govier, Toronto, 2020

Catalogue Number: BuD.03.03

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HK series I / 9

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Artist: Dennis Burton (1933 – 2013, Canadian)

Date: 1981

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: BuD.03.04

Description: Abstract. Image spilt into two. Top half is black, bottom is dark green and brown with 2 yellow triangles and 1 red square.

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Artist: Dennis Burton (1933 – 2013, Canadian)

Title: HK series I / 9

Date: 1981

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 58.45 x 43.2 cm

Description: Abstract. Image spilt into two. Top half is black, bottom is dark green and brown with 2 yellow triangles and 1 red square.

Subject: Henry Kelsey; Jon Whyte; Hommage; abstract; nonrepresentational

Credit: Gift of Katherine Govier, Toronto, 2020

Catalogue Number: BuD.03.04

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HK series I / 19

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Artist: Dennis Burton (1933 – 2013, Canadian)

Date: 1981

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: BuD.03.05

Description: Abstract. Image spilt into 2. Top half is various shades of blue. Bottom half is red and black.

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Artist: Dennis Burton (1933 – 2013, Canadian)

Title: HK series I / 19

Date: 1981

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 58.45 x 43.2 cm

Description: Abstract. Image spilt into 2. Top half is various shades of blue. Bottom half is red and black.

Subject: Henry Kelsey; Jon Whyte; Hommage; abstract; nonrepresentational

Credit: Gift of Katherine Govier, Toronto, 2020

Catalogue Number: BuD.03.05

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HK series I / 20

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Artist: Dennis Burton (1933 – 2013, Canadian)

Date: 1981

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: BuD.03.06

Description: Abstract. Top quarter is dark blue. Bottom is brown, black and pink.

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Artist: Dennis Burton (1933 – 2013, Canadian)

Title: HK series I / 20

Date: 1981

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 58.45 x 43.2 cm

Description: Abstract. Top quarter is dark blue. Bottom is brown, black and pink.

Subject: Henry Kelsey; Jon Whyte; Hommage; abstract

Credit: Gift of Katherine Govier, Toronto, 2020

Catalogue Number: BuD.03.06

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HK series I / 21

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Artist: Dennis Burton (1933 – 2013, Canadian)

Date: 1981

Medium: india ink on paper

Catalogue Number: BuD.03.08

Description: Image split into two. Dark blue with white clouds on top. Bottom half is gray, brown and green.

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Artist: Dennis Burton (1933 – 2013, Canadian)

Title: HK series I / 21

Date: 1981

Medium: india ink on paper

Dimensions: 58.45 x 43.2 cm

Description: Image split into two. Dark blue with white clouds on top. Bottom half is gray, brown and green.

Subject: Henry Kelsey; Jon Whyte; Hommage; abstract; nonrepresentational

Credit: Gift of Katherine Govier, Toronto, 2020

Catalogue Number: BuD.03.08

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HK series I / 25

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Artist: Dennis Burton (1933 – 2013, Canadian)

Date: 1981

Medium: ink; watercolour on board

Catalogue Number: BuD.03.07

Description: Border of image squared in black. Hot pink drip lots and lines.

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Artist: Dennis Burton (1933 – 2013, Canadian)

Title: HK series I / 25

Date: 1981

Medium: ink; watercolour on board

Dimensions: 58.45 x 43.2 cm

Description: Border of image squared in black. Hot pink drip lots and lines.

Subject: Henry Kelsey; Jon Whyte; Hommage; abstract; nonrepresentational

Credit: Gift of Katherine Govier, Toronto, 2020

Catalogue Number: BuD.03.07

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HK series I / I

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Artist: Dennis Burton (1933 – 2013, Canadian)

Date: 1981

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: BuD.03.02

Description: Abstract. Image split in half, top is reddish/orange. Bottom is predominately black and blue with orange pink and green lines.

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Artist: Dennis Burton (1933 – 2013, Canadian)

Title: HK series I / I

Date: 1981

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 58.45 x 43.2 cm

Description: Abstract. Image split in half, top is reddish/orange. Bottom is predominately black and blue with orange pink and green lines.

Subject: Henry Kelsey; Jon Whyte; Hommage; abstract; nonrepresentational

Credit: Gift of Katherine Govier, Toronto, 2020

Catalogue Number: BuD.03.02

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HK Series I/12

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Artist: Dennis Burton (1933 – 2013, Canadian)

Date: 1981

Medium: coloured inks on paper

Catalogue Number: BuD.03.01

Description: Each of the five layers that are in this image exhibit qualities of texture and tonality. Each layer is placed on top of another layer; looks very much like the layers of the earth.

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Artist: Dennis Burton (1933 – 2013, Canadian)

Title: HK Series I/12

Date: 1981

Medium: coloured inks on paper

Dimensions: 60.0 x 45.0 cm

Description: Each of the five layers that are in this image exhibit qualities of texture and tonality. Each layer is placed on top of another layer; looks very much like the layers of the earth.