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Banff Springs Hotel, Rocky Mountains 1887

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Artist
C. Firth
Date
1887
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
FiC.05.01
Description
Scene showing Banff springs hotel at right perched on a hillside. In the background the Bow River winds through a valley between Tunnel Mountain and Mt. Roundly. More mountains in distance. Trees in foreground. My. Roundly is hazy, almost unfinished in appearance.
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Artist
C. Firth
Title
Banff Springs Hotel, Rocky Mountains 1887
Date
1887
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
12.0 x 16.0 cm
Description
Scene showing Banff springs hotel at right perched on a hillside. In the background the Bow River winds through a valley between Tunnel Mountain and Mt. Roundly. More mountains in distance. Trees in foreground. My. Roundly is hazy, almost unfinished in appearance.
Subject
mountains
Banff
Bow River
Alberta
Banff Springs Hotel
Credit
Gift of Dorothy and Jim McLeod, Calgary, 2021
Catalogue Number
FiC.05.01
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
1963
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.03.06
Description
General colour: pencil on white. Two points of land come in from left and right respectively with water in between and behind. The far shore starts quarter way up and becomes a mountain left of enter and right banks up each side. Sketchy clouds appear to be raining left and right.
Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Bow Lake
Date
1963
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
32.3 x 40.1 cm
Description
General colour: pencil on white. Two points of land come in from left and right respectively with water in between and behind. The far shore starts quarter way up and becomes a mountain left of enter and right banks up each side. Sketchy clouds appear to be raining left and right.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountains
lake
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
Catalogue Number
LaC.03.06
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Artist
Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)
Date
1969
Medium
oil on canvas board
Catalogue Number
WiS.02.07
Description
Blue green lake along lower edge. Large brown-grey mountains with strip of trees at lakeshore in background. Glacier at centre left with waterfall. Fluffy clouds in blue sky above. “SITTING WIND” in lower right corner. On back “Bow Lake. $25.00. July, 1969. Frank Kaquitts Morley Alberta. Indian nam…
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Artist
Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)
Title
Bow Lake
Date
1969
Medium
oil on canvas board
Dimensions
30.5 x 40.5 cm
Description
Blue green lake along lower edge. Large brown-grey mountains with strip of trees at lakeshore in background. Glacier at centre left with waterfall. Fluffy clouds in blue sky above. “SITTING WIND” in lower right corner. On back “Bow Lake. $25.00. July, 1969. Frank Kaquitts Morley Alberta. Indian name Sitting Wind.”
Subject
Bow Lake
lake
mountains
glacier
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WiS.02.07
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Artist
C. Firth
Date
1887
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
FiC.05.02
Description
Large river [The Bow River] with snow-capped mountains at back and stands of conifers on the banks. River winds from left foreground into right background. Stand of trees at right foreground.
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Artist
C. Firth
Title
Bow River NWT, 1887
Date
1887
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
12.0 x 16.0 cm
Description
Large river [The Bow River] with snow-capped mountains at back and stands of conifers on the banks. River winds from left foreground into right background. Stand of trees at right foreground.
Subject
mountains
Banff
Bow River
Alberta
Credit
Gift of Dorothy and Jim McLeod, Calgary, 2021
Catalogue Number
FiC.05.02
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Artist
Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)
Date
1969
Medium
oil on canvas board
Catalogue Number
WiS.02.05
Description
Oil painting of large lake with cliffs at right side and lake with trees and rocks by shore at right side. Low hills in background at far shore of lake. Swirled clouds in sky above. “SITTING WIND” in lower right corner. On back: “Indian Name Sitting Wind Stoney Reserve Morley Alberta.”
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Artist
Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)
Title
By The Lake
Date
1969
Medium
oil on canvas board
Dimensions
30.5 x 40.5 cm
Description
Oil painting of large lake with cliffs at right side and lake with trees and rocks by shore at right side. Low hills in background at far shore of lake. Swirled clouds in sky above. “SITTING WIND” in lower right corner. On back: “Indian Name Sitting Wind Stoney Reserve Morley Alberta.”
Subject
lake
nature
landscape
mountains
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WiS.02.05
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The Canadian Pacific Railway

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Artist
William Notman (1826 – 1891)
Date
1886
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
NoW.04.02
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Artist
William Notman (1826 – 1891)
Title
The Canadian Pacific Railway
Date
1886
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
40 x 28.2 cm
Subject
landscape
mountains
CPR
Credit
Purchased from Prints Old and Rare, San Francisco, USA, 1979
Catalogue Number
NoW.04.02
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Artist
Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)
Date
1969
Medium
graphite; coloured graphite on curfew paper
Catalogue Number
SiR.03.03
Description
Small sketch of a road with foothills rolling off on either side of the road. The road leads to a mountain range; blue coloured pencil is used to accent the mountain peaks as well as blue spot rain/snow drops centre under image. Artist signature: centre under image Sinclair ‘69.
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Artist
Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)
Title
Chilcotin Road
Date
1969
Medium
graphite; coloured graphite on curfew paper
Dimensions
26.5 x 31.6 cm
Description
Small sketch of a road with foothills rolling off on either side of the road. The road leads to a mountain range; blue coloured pencil is used to accent the mountain peaks as well as blue spot rain/snow drops centre under image. Artist signature: centre under image Sinclair ‘69.
Subject
landscape
mountains
road
blue
Credit
Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2010
Catalogue Number
SiR.03.03
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Confluence of Liard and Toad River, B.C.

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Artist
Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)
Date
1960
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaE.05.30
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Artist
Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)
Title
Confluence of Liard and Toad River, B.C.
Date
1960
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
27.7 x 37.7 cm
Subject
landscape
mountains
rivers Liard, Toad
Ernest Lamarque
Credit
Gift of Ernest Lamarque (Estate), 1971
Catalogue Number
LaE.05.30
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Artist
Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)
Date
1968
Medium
charcoal; Aquatec acrylic stain on raw canvas
Catalogue Number
SiR.12.09
Description
A road runs from the bottom left to the centre of the piece. The road alternates between brown with a white stripe, to white with a yellow stripe. The upper centre of the work is composed of several coloured shapes, from left, peach, white, purple and grey.
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Artist
Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)
Title
Fred’s Rockies
Date
1968
Medium
charcoal; Aquatec acrylic stain on raw canvas
Dimensions
76 x 60.7 cm
Description
A road runs from the bottom left to the centre of the piece. The road alternates between brown with a white stripe, to white with a yellow stripe. The upper centre of the work is composed of several coloured shapes, from left, peach, white, purple and grey.
Subject
landscape
sky
mountains
Credit
Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2010
Catalogue Number
SiR.12.09
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Hector Lake, Kicking Horse Pass, BC

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Artist
Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, R. C. A. (1846 – 1923, Canadian)
Date
1887
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
BeS.05.07
Description
Mountain landscape with large glassy lake in centre of painting. Abstract foliage and stand of dead trees in foreground at right. Brown treed slopes on opposite shore with large snow-capped mountains in distance. Small white and red buildings on far shore of lake. Title written in bottom left corne…
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Artist
Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, R. C. A. (1846 – 1923, Canadian)
Title
Hector Lake, Kicking Horse Pass, BC
Date
1887
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
32.8 x 48.0 cm
Description
Mountain landscape with large glassy lake in centre of painting. Abstract foliage and stand of dead trees in foreground at right. Brown treed slopes on opposite shore with large snow-capped mountains in distance. Small white and red buildings on far shore of lake. Title written in bottom left corner. “F.M. Bell-Smith 1887” at bottom right.
Subject
mountains
lake
CPR
Credit
Gift of Mark Cullen, 2021
Catalogue Number
BeS.05.07
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Artist
Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)
Date
1966
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WiS.02.19
Description
Two figures in loincloths and two saddles horses (one brown, one black) in grassy meadow on the shore of a blue lake., Figure at left is standing next to black horse while brown horse is grazing on grass in centre next to seated figure at right. Rocky mountains and grassy slopes rise from far shore…
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Artist
Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)
Title
The Hunter
Date
1966
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
59.0 x 74.5 cm
Description
Two figures in loincloths and two saddles horses (one brown, one black) in grassy meadow on the shore of a blue lake., Figure at left is standing next to black horse while brown horse is grazing on grass in centre next to seated figure at right. Rocky mountains and grassy slopes rise from far shore of lake. Thin clouds in blue sky above. “SITTING WIND” lower right corner. On back: “THE HUNTER Frank Kaquitts Aug 1966” Stamped on back of canvas supports is “ARTISTS MATERIALS GRUMBACHER NEW YORK”
Subject
landscape
indigenous
horses
lake
mountains
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WiS.02.19
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Indian Cabin on the ? Ford

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Artist
Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)
Date
1966
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaE.05.45
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Artist
Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)
Title
Indian Cabin on the ? Ford
Date
1966
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
22.7 x 30.3 cm
Subject
landscape
mountains
building, cabin
Ernest Lamarque
Credit
Gift of Ernest Lamarque (Estate), 1971
Catalogue Number
LaE.05.45
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Kicking Horse Lake Looking East, Hector on the Canadian Pacific Railway

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Artist
William Notman (1826 – 1891)
Date
1887
Medium
photographic print on paper
Catalogue Number
NoW.18.01
Description
Mountain landscape with large lake dominating the centre. A small white building and storage tank [possibly a refueling station] can be seen on the far side of the lake. Train tracks run the width of foreground and seated figure [known to be Fredrick M. Bell-Smith] at easel in bottom right corner. …
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Artist
William Notman (1826 – 1891)
Title
Kicking Horse Lake Looking East, Hector on the Canadian Pacific Railway
Date
1887
Medium
photographic print on paper
Dimensions
22.6 x 27.8 cm
Description
Mountain landscape with large lake dominating the centre. A small white building and storage tank [possibly a refueling station] can be seen on the far side of the lake. Train tracks run the width of foreground and seated figure [known to be Fredrick M. Bell-Smith] at easel in bottom right corner. Title typed in bottom left corner. Manufacturer’s mark “WM. NOTMAN & SON, MONTREAL” typed in bottom right.
Subject
mountains
lake
CPR
Fredrick Bell-Smith
Credit
Gift of Mark Cullen, 2021
Catalogue Number
NoW.18.01
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Artist
Mignon Fox Linck
Date
c. 1966
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LiM.05.01
Description
The mountain dominates the entire picture from side to side with a little dark blue sky at the top and the lake in the immediate foreground. Written in pen on the back of the dust jacket in pen and ink: With love to Lillian you Glacier Peak affectionally Mignon.
Artist
Mignon Fox Linck
Title
Lake O'Hara
Date
c. 1966
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
14.9 x 22.5 cm
Description
The mountain dominates the entire picture from side to side with a little dark blue sky at the top and the lake in the immediate foreground. Written in pen on the back of the dust jacket in pen and ink: With love to Lillian you Glacier Peak affectionally Mignon.
Subject
landscape
mountains
lake
Credit
Gift of Lillian Gest, Philadelphia, USA, 1986
Catalogue Number
LiM.05.01
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Landscape (Rocky Mountains)

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Artist
John Arthur Fraser (1838 – 1898, English)
Date
1886
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
FsJ.05.01
Description
Flat body of water in foreground surrounded by plants. Large rounded snow-covered peak in background with smaller peaks behind.
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Artist
John Arthur Fraser (1838 – 1898, English)
Title
Landscape (Rocky Mountains)
Date
1886
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
23.5 x 33.7 cm
Description
Flat body of water in foreground surrounded by plants. Large rounded snow-covered peak in background with smaller peaks behind.
Subject
mountains
Mount Baker?
Credit
Gift of Robyn L Fulton, 2023
Catalogue Number
FsJ.05.01
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Artist
Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)
Date
1969
Medium
oil on canvas board
Catalogue Number
WiS.02.10
Description
Painting of a blue lake across width of canvas. Foreground has sandy shore with driftwood log at left and grasses and single tree at right. Two green mountains in background, separated from lake by strip of brush and trees. Fluffy white clouds with small patches of blue sky above. “SITTING WIND” at…
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Artist
Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)
Title
Lonely Place
Date
1969
Medium
oil on canvas board
Dimensions
30.5 x 40.5 cm
Description
Painting of a blue lake across width of canvas. Foreground has sandy shore with driftwood log at left and grasses and single tree at right. Two green mountains in background, separated from lake by strip of brush and trees. Fluffy white clouds with small patches of blue sky above. “SITTING WIND” at owner right corner. On back: “Frank Kaquitts Morley Alberta, Indian Res. Morley. Indian Name Sitting Wind” “Lonely place, July 1969”
Subject
lake
mountains
landscape
nature
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WiS.02.10
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Artist
Wilfred Lambert
Date
1965
Medium
woodcut on paper
Catalogue Number
LaW.04.04
Description
Brown mountain peaks dominate the lower half of the picture. The rest is light blue texture with a mountain range faintly evident across the picture near top.
Artist
Wilfred Lambert
Title
Morning
Date
1965
Medium
woodcut on paper
Dimensions
44.6 x 46.3 cm
Description
Brown mountain peaks dominate the lower half of the picture. The rest is light blue texture with a mountain range faintly evident across the picture near top.
Subject
landscape
mountains
Credit
Gift of Michael Laub, Banff, 1990
Catalogue Number
LaW.04.04
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Artist
Mignon Fox Linck
Date
1968
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
LiM.03.01
Description
A pen and ink drawing of Mount Assiniboine. This drawing was used as a vignette in the publication 'American Alpine Journal' 1968 page 59.
Artist
Mignon Fox Linck
Title
Mount Assiniboine
Date
1968
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
16.5; 28 x 24; 35.3 cm
Description
A pen and ink drawing of Mount Assiniboine. This drawing was used as a vignette in the publication 'American Alpine Journal' 1968 page 59.
Subject
landscape
mountains
animal, horse
packtrain
Credit
Gift of Lillian Gest, Philadelphia, USA, 1973
Catalogue Number
LiM.03.01
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Mount Sir Donald Station

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Artist
William Notman (1826 – 1891)
Date
1889
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
NoW.04.01
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Artist
William Notman (1826 – 1891)
Title
Mount Sir Donald Station
Date
1889
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
33.5 x 22.6 cm
Subject
landscape
mountains
CPR
Credit
Purchased from Prints Old and Rare, San Francisco, USA, 1979
Catalogue Number
NoW.04.01
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Mount Wilson From Graveyard

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Artist
Margaret Dorothy Shelton (1915 – 1984, Canadian)
Date
1968
Medium
oil on masonite
Catalogue Number
ShM.02.01
Description
The bottom third of the painting features a lake or body of water surrounded on both sides by trees. Rocks and pieces of stumps and wood are situated across the foreground. The background shows a very large mountain range green, blue and light blue grey in colour. The sky around the mountains and t…
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Artist
Margaret Dorothy Shelton (1915 – 1984, Canadian)
Title
Mount Wilson From Graveyard
Date
1968
Medium
oil on masonite
Dimensions
40.6 x 50.8 cm
Description
The bottom third of the painting features a lake or body of water surrounded on both sides by trees. Rocks and pieces of stumps and wood are situated across the foreground. The background shows a very large mountain range green, blue and light blue grey in colour. The sky around the mountains and trees is sky blue with some clouds.
Subject
landscape
Canadian
mountains
Credit
Gift of Wilf Johnson, Calgary, 1996
Catalogue Number
ShM.02.01
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