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Alpine Flower (Epilobium palustre or Epilobium ciliatum?)

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Artist: Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)

Date: 1903

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: ScM.05.26

Description: A single plant fills most of the paper; a thin stem from which emanates many smaller stems with leaves; small pink flowers and buds top the stems.

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Artist: Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)

Title: Alpine Flower (Epilobium palustre or Epilobium ciliatum?)

Date: 1903

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 25.5 x 18.0 cm

Description: A single plant fills most of the paper; a thin stem from which emanates many smaller stems with leaves; small pink flowers and buds top the stems.

Subject: botanical; flower

Credit: Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986

Catalogue Number: ScM.05.26

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Anemone parviflora (Alpine Anenome)

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Artist: Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)

Date: 1885 – 1905

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: ScM.05.24

Description: Two plants with brown roots; large leaves; a white flower with yellow bud.

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Artist: Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)

Title: Anemone parviflora (Alpine Anenome)

Date: 1885 – 1905

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 25.0 x 15.0 cm

Description: Two plants with brown roots; large leaves; a white flower with yellow bud.

Subject: botanical; flower; anenome

Credit: Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986

Catalogue Number: ScM.05.24

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Anemone patens (Prairie Crocus)

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Artist: Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)

Date: 1906

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: ScM.05.22

Description: A single plant and 2 cuttings, light purple flowers in various stages.

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Artist: Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)

Title: Anemone patens (Prairie Crocus)

Date: 1906

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 25.5 x 17.5 cm

Description: A single plant and 2 cuttings, light purple flowers in various stages.

Subject: botanical; flower

Credit: Gift of Leonard Leacock, 1968

Catalogue Number: ScM.05.22

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Answering The Challenge

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

Date: 1996

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: TiC.02.07

Description: At the bl a male elk is challenging another male elk. The second elk is higher up on the side of a mountain in a grass area. Further off in the distance six female elk watch. The grass that the elk are standing on is a yellow green color and the rock in the background behind the elk is a red brown…

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

Title: Answering The Challenge

Date: 1996

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 122.0 x 182.8 cm

Description: At the bl a male elk is challenging another male elk. The second elk is higher up on the side of a mountain in a grass area. Further off in the distance six female elk watch. The grass that the elk are standing on is a yellow green color and the rock in the background behind the elk is a red brown hue. The two male elk are facing each other and both have a full set of horns. The mountains in the far distance are a grey blue color.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; animal; elk

Credit: Gift of Clarence Ingwall Tillenius, Winnipeg, 1996

Catalogue Number: TiC.02.07

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Arab Dhow

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Artist: D. H. Pinder

Date: c. 1930

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: PiD.05.01

Description: An unframed watercolour showing a small boat with two sails on water at sunset. In the background are palm trees and stone columns. A person and a red net are in the boat.

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Artist: D. H. Pinder

Title: Arab Dhow

Date: c. 1930

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 10.8 x 19.0 cm

Description: An unframed watercolour showing a small boat with two sails on water at sunset. In the background are palm trees and stone columns. A person and a red net are in the boat.

Subject: seascape; Atlantic; boat; sailing

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: PiD.05.01

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Arctostaphylos uva-ursi [Bear Berry]

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Artist: Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)

Date: 1904

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: ScM.05.35

Description: A stem with spoon-shaped green leaves, two bunches of round red berries, and small bunches of urn shaped white flowers with pink tips. Date and artist monogram are in the BRC. Written on verso in pencil is [alpina?] from Field. Flowers last of May. Fruit July or August + beautiful red leaves.” at t…

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Artist: Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)

Title: Arctostaphylos uva-ursi [Bear Berry]

Date: 1904

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 25.0 x 16.5 cm

Description: A stem with spoon-shaped green leaves, two bunches of round red berries, and small bunches of urn shaped white flowers with pink tips. Date and artist monogram are in the BRC. Written on verso in pencil is [alpina?] from Field. Flowers last of May. Fruit July or August + beautiful red leaves.” at the top and “arctostaphylos uva-urs: at bottom.

Subject: bearberry

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1969

Catalogue Number: ScM.05.35

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Aster bigelovii (Purple Tansy Aster)

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Artist: Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)

Date: 1903

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: ScM.05.04

Description: A single, thick brown stem with long green bracted leaves, is topped with a cluster of purple flowers with yellow centres.

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Artist: Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)

Title: Aster bigelovii (Purple Tansy Aster)

Date: 1903

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 25.5 x 17.5 cm

Description: A single, thick brown stem with long green bracted leaves, is topped with a cluster of purple flowers with yellow centres.

Subject: botanical; flower

Credit: Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986

Catalogue Number: ScM.05.04

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Aster foliaceus (Leafy Aster)

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Artist: Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)

Date: 1903

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: ScM.05.18

Description: A thick green stem comes from the centre bottom of painting spreading out near the top with smaller stems which have delicate yellow and pink flowers; 6 yellow centers with pink fringes; others are pink buds.

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Artist: Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)

Title: Aster foliaceus (Leafy Aster)

Date: 1903

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 25.5 x 17.5 cm

Description: A thick green stem comes from the centre bottom of painting spreading out near the top with smaller stems which have delicate yellow and pink flowers; 6 yellow centers with pink fringes; others are pink buds.

Subject: botanical; flower

Credit: Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986

Catalogue Number: ScM.05.18

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Bear Street Alley, Sulphur Mountain

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1922 – 1933

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.534

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Bear Street Alley, Sulphur Mountain

Date: 1922 – 1933

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 30.2 x 40.4 cm

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; winter; town, Banff

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.534

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Blondie and Friend Icefields Parkway 1991

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Artist: Maureen Enns (1949 – , Canadian)

Date: 1991

Medium: acrylic; charcoal on canvas

Catalogue Number: EnM.12.05

Description: Two bears done in charcoal and outlined in red paint walk in front of mountains that are in the background. The mountain range is outlined in white paint.

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Artist: Maureen Enns (1949 – , Canadian)

Title: Blondie and Friend Icefields Parkway 1991

Date: 1991

Medium: acrylic; charcoal on canvas

Dimensions: 43.0 x 73.0 cm

Description: Two bears done in charcoal and outlined in red paint walk in front of mountains that are in the background. The mountain range is outlined in white paint.

Subject: mountains; animal, bears; Maureen Enns

Credit: Gift of Maureen Enns, Cochrane, 2010

Catalogue Number: EnM.12.05

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Bow Lake

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1928 – 1933

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.509

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Bow Lake

Date: 1928 – 1933

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 35.2 x 35.3 cm

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; lake

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.509

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Bow Valley Series

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Artist: Dorothy Elsie Knowles Perehudoff (1927 – 2023, Canadian)

Date: 1991

Medium: oil on linen

Catalogue Number: KnD.02.01

Description: In the foreground are trees of green with a large group of mountains in the center back area. A large tree is on the left side of this painting and there are red and pink flowers in the foreground. The mountain is a grey brown colour and the majority of the trees and shrubs are different colours of…

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Artist: Dorothy Elsie Knowles Perehudoff (1927 – 2023, Canadian)

Title: Bow Valley Series

Date: 1991

Medium: oil on linen

Dimensions: 81.2 x 101.6 cm

Description: In the foreground are trees of green with a large group of mountains in the center back area. A large tree is on the left side of this painting and there are red and pink flowers in the foreground. The mountain is a grey brown colour and the majority of the trees and shrubs are different colours of green. The sky in the background is blue with some white cloud.

Subject: landscape; Canadian; Yamnuska; Dorothy Knowles

Credit: Gift of Dorothy Elsie Knowles Perehudoff, Saskatoon, 1996

Catalogue Number: KnD.02.01

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Buddhist Icon

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Artist: Unknown

Date: 1900 – 1925

Medium: watercolour; gouache on paper

Catalogue Number: UnK.05.04

Description: Blue god or demon surrounded in flames, over nude figure; flames and border rust coloured; 5/ on back. CRW purchased it in Katmandu, Nepal in Autumn of 1970, approx. a month long trip which included Langtang Valley trek.

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Artist: Unknown

Title: Buddhist Icon

Date: 1900 – 1925

Medium: watercolour; gouache on paper

Dimensions: 8.4 x 6.6 cm

Description: Blue god or demon surrounded in flames, over nude figure; flames and border rust coloured; 5/ on back. CRW purchased it in Katmandu, Nepal in Autumn of 1970, approx. a month long trip which included Langtang Valley trek.

Subject: figure, male; mythological

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

Catalogue Number: UnK.05.04

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Building The Dam - Busy Beavers

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

Date: 1993

Medium: oil on canvas board

Catalogue Number: TiC.02.12

Description: A body of water starts from the cl and makes its way down into the foreground and ends up at the blc and the brc. A piece of land and rocks jet out between the blc and the brc. Standing on this piece of land a beaver is carring a piece of wood or tree section and is heading towards the dam that he …

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

Title: Building The Dam - Busy Beavers

Date: 1993

Medium: oil on canvas board

Dimensions: 30.6 x 40.7 cm

Description: A body of water starts from the cl and makes its way down into the foreground and ends up at the blc and the brc. A piece of land and rocks jet out between the blc and the brc. Standing on this piece of land a beaver is carring a piece of wood or tree section and is heading towards the dam that he is building. All along the left side of the water there are green and orange trees. The sky above the trees is a medium blue colour. On the other side of the dam two other beavers are also working on the dam.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; animal; beaver

Credit: Gift of Clarence Ingwall Tillenius, Winnipeg, 1996

Catalogue Number: TiC.02.12

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Campanula rotundifolia (Harebells)

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Artist: Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)

Date: 1903

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: ScM.05.17

Description: Six purple flowers hang from tops of long green stems; buds and small leaves on stems; brown root and a cluster of green leaves at stem end.

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Artist: Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)

Title: Campanula rotundifolia (Harebells)

Date: 1903

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 25.5 x 17.5 cm

Description: Six purple flowers hang from tops of long green stems; buds and small leaves on stems; brown root and a cluster of green leaves at stem end.

Subject: botanical; flower

Credit: Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986

Catalogue Number: ScM.05.17

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Castleguard Meadows

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1929

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.594

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Castleguard Meadows

Date: 1929

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.7 x 27.8 cm

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; camp; tent; figure; male

Credit: Gift of James (Sr.) Simpson, 1968

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.594

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Coming Together

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

Date: 1990

Medium: oil on canvas board

Catalogue Number: TiC.02.13

Description: A group of bison gather in a wooded area. The woods seem very thick therefore the tone is very dark. The wooded area is a brown, purple colour and the open area in the foreground is a light brown and yellow colour. Out in the foreground a bison is standing with his back facing the left edge of the …

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

Title: Coming Together

Date: 1990

Medium: oil on canvas board

Dimensions: 20.4 x 25.4 cm

Description: A group of bison gather in a wooded area. The woods seem very thick therefore the tone is very dark. The wooded area is a brown, purple colour and the open area in the foreground is a light brown and yellow colour. Out in the foreground a bison is standing with his back facing the left edge of the image and appears to be walking toward the others in the woods.

Subject: animal; Bison

Credit: Gift of Clarence Ingwall Tillenius, Winnipeg, 1996

Catalogue Number: TiC.02.13

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Cultus Creek

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Artist: Charles Morrise Brousson ( – 1941)

Date: 1920

Medium: oil on wood

Catalogue Number: BrC.02.01

Description: A primitive painting on a piece of wood. The foreground is beige and brown bank with a white and brown tepee on the left. Beyond this the creek, blue and white extends to mid centre. The top half of the painting is a slope covered with trees to left and a mountain, blue, white and green, to the ri…

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Artist: Charles Morrise Brousson ( – 1941)

Title: Cultus Creek

Date: 1920

Medium: oil on wood

Dimensions: 10.5 x 15.1 cm

Description: A primitive painting on a piece of wood. The foreground is beige and brown bank with a white and brown tepee on the left. Beyond this the creek, blue and white extends to mid centre. The top half of the painting is a slope covered with trees to left and a mountain, blue, white and green, to the right. A cloudy grey sky.