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5 Mile Point, West of Banff

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Artist: Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian)

Date: 1957

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: GyH.03.04

Description: Large jagged rocks encompass the centre of this work, with grass and foliage surrounding. A large tree rises on the right.

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Artist: Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian)

Title: 5 Mile Point, West of Banff

Date: 1957

Medium: graphite on paper

Description: Large jagged rocks encompass the centre of this work, with grass and foliage surrounding. A large tree rises on the right.

Subject: landscape; Canadian; mountain

Credit: Gift of Henry George Glyde, Victoria, 1997

Catalogue Number: GyH.03.04

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1908 Railway Tunnel (Continental Divide on back)

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Date: c. 1911

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.322

Description: Front: the entrance to a railway tunnel is on the left, and muontain and trees surround it. Above the entrance is written “1908” and then his writing for a colour scheme in the brc.Back: mountains and trees surround a valley running through the picture. Writing in the brc: “VICTORIA RIDGE OVER 10…

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Title: 1908 Railway Tunnel (Continental Divide on back)

Date: c. 1911

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 28.0 x 35.5 cm

Description: Front: the entrance to a railway tunnel is on the left, and muontain and trees surround it. Above the entrance is written “1908” and then his writing for a colour scheme in the brc.Back: mountains and trees surround a valley running through the picture. Writing in the brc: “VICTORIA RIDGE OVER 10,000feet, 33 BELOW zero, CONTINENTAL DIVIDE FEB 23”

Subject: landscape

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.322

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Abbot Pass from Upper Victoria Glacier

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Artist: Bruno Engler (1915 – 2001, Canadian)

Date: 1956

Medium: silver gelatin on paper

Catalogue Number: EnB.18.04

Description: A black and white photographic positive, a mountain pass , snow and ice covered, meanders from the bottom left of the picture to centre top, the mountains rise steeply from both sides of the pass and fill the picture almost to the top, a hut is at the top of the pass, the sky is cloudy

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Artist: Bruno Engler (1915 – 2001, Canadian)

Title: Abbot Pass from Upper Victoria Glacier

Date: 1956

Medium: silver gelatin on paper

Dimensions: 49.5 x 39.1 cm

Description: A black and white photographic positive, a mountain pass , snow and ice covered, meanders from the bottom left of the picture to centre top, the mountains rise steeply from both sides of the pass and fill the picture almost to the top, a hut is at the top of the pass, the sky is cloudy

Subject: landscape; mountain; Abbot Pass

Credit: Purchased from Bruno Engler, Harvie Heights, 1985

Catalogue Number: EnB.18.04

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Above Bow Falls

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Artist: Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian)

Date: 1952

Medium: oil on board

Catalogue Number: GyH.02.15

Description: A low and wide, white and blue waterfall between gray rocks with evergreen trees mountains in the background.

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Artist: Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian)

Title: Above Bow Falls

Date: 1952

Medium: oil on board

Dimensions: 31.0 x 39.0 cm

Description: A low and wide, white and blue waterfall between gray rocks with evergreen trees mountains in the background.

Subject: Banff; Bow Falls; Rocky Mountains; water; waterfall

Credit: Gift of Fred Burghardt, Edmonton, 2018

Catalogue Number: GyH.02.15

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Airdrie, Alberta

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

Date: 1957

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.24

Description: General colour: blue grey, brown, pink. Two elevators stand at the right side on the horizon. A train chugs past on the left. The foreround is brown fields - a fence appears from the left. The sky fills the upper two thirds and is spotted with clouds.

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

Title: Airdrie, Alberta

Date: 1957

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 22.8 x 27.8 cm

Description: General colour: blue grey, brown, pink. Two elevators stand at the right side on the horizon. A train chugs past on the left. The foreround is brown fields - a fence appears from the left. The sky fills the upper two thirds and is spotted with clouds.

Subject: architecture, rural; landscape, prairie

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

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.24

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Aklavik, N.W.T.

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Artist: William Bonnetplume (1946 – 2001, Canadian)

Date: prior to 1977

Medium: oil on canvas board

Catalogue Number: BpW.02.02

Description: General colour: blue with green, yellow, brown. A figure, sled and team of four dogs fills lower right quarter of picture. A broad crack in the frozen lake runs up from the center at the bottom and disappears into the horizon of trees. The far shore and mountains beyond start two thirds up the pict…

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Artist: William Bonnetplume (1946 – 2001, Canadian)

Title: Aklavik, N.W.T.

Date: prior to 1977

Medium: oil on canvas board

Dimensions: 35.6 x 45.6 cm

Description: General colour: blue with green, yellow, brown. A figure, sled and team of four dogs fills lower right quarter of picture. A broad crack in the frozen lake runs up from the center at the bottom and disappears into the horizon of trees. The far shore and mountains beyond start two thirds up the picture.

Subject: animal, dogteam; figure, man; man, Inuit; landscape, winter

Credit: Purchased from William Bonnetplume, 1978

Catalogue Number: BpW.02.02

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Alleuvial Fan, Bow Lake

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1945 – 1960

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.245

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Alleuvial Fan, Bow Lake

Date: 1945 – 1960

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.6 x 35.1 cm

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

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.245

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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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Alpine Flowers

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Artist: Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)

Date: c. 1912

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: ScM.11.01

Description: Illustration from Alpine Flora of the Canadian Rocky Mountains.

Artist: Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)

Title: Alpine Flowers

Date: c. 1912

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 15.4 x 23.0 cm

Description: Illustration from Alpine Flora of the Canadian Rocky Mountains.

Subject: botanical; Canadian Rockies

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: ScM.11.01

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Alpine Ibex

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Artist: J. Monroe Thorington (1894 – 1989, American)

Date: 1940

Medium: charcoal on paper

Catalogue Number: ThM.03.04

Description: A charcoal drawing from the chest up of an alpine ibex. The ibex is facing to his right, long horns curve gracefully back.

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Artist: J. Monroe Thorington (1894 – 1989, American)

Title: Alpine Ibex

Date: 1940

Medium: charcoal on paper

Dimensions: 25.0 x 20.5 cm

Description: A charcoal drawing from the chest up of an alpine ibex. The ibex is facing to his right, long horns curve gracefully back.

Subject: animal; alpine ibex

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: ThM.03.04

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Alpine Valley near Manson Creek, B.C.

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Artist: Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)

Date: 1959

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaE.05.53

Description: see photobrhc E.L. 1959”

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Artist: Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)

Title: Alpine Valley near Manson Creek, B.C.

Date: 1959

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 13.9 x 18.0 cm

Description: see photobrhc E.L. 1959”

Subject: landscape; mountains; valley; Ernest Lamarque

Credit: Gift of Ernest Lamarque (Estate), 1971

Catalogue Number: LaE.05.53

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Alta Scene

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Artist: Clifford Foard Robinson (1916 – 1992, Canadian)

Date: 1942

Medium: ink on rice paper

Catalogue Number: RbC.04.08

Description: a multi layered scene of rolling hills. In the foreground at the bottom of the image are 5 Canada geese standing in a field. Behind them are 3 cows and 3 horses among rows of crops. The mid ground has simple wooden buildings and a church at right. Larger buildings are in the row behind. A large blo…

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Artist: Clifford Foard Robinson (1916 – 1992, Canadian)

Title: Alta Scene

Date: 1942

Medium: ink on rice paper

Dimensions: 58.0 x 46.0 cm

Description: a multi layered scene of rolling hills. In the foreground at the bottom of the image are 5 Canada geese standing in a field. Behind them are 3 cows and 3 horses among rows of crops. The mid ground has simple wooden buildings and a church at right. Larger buildings are in the row behind. A large blocky industrial building is at back right and a small group of tipis are at left. Pointed mountains make up the background under a sky with flowing lines.

Subject: Alberta, Bow Valley, Morley, Mini thni, geese, cows, horses

Credit: Gift of Ron Robinson, Nelson, 2023

Catalogue Number: RbC.04.08

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Andre and A.Y. at Sunshine

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

Date: 1947

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: DaK.03.04

Description: General colour: pencil on white. Two men in suits sitting at a table. The one in front faces right and is writing. The one behind faces more out and is reading. He wears glasses. Behind them in the upper left corner are book shelves. In the upper right corner is a lamp.

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

Title: Andre and A.Y. at Sunshine

Date: 1947

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 29.0 x 36.5 cm

Description: General colour: pencil on white. Two men in suits sitting at a table. The one in front faces right and is writing. The one behind faces more out and is reading. He wears glasses. Behind them in the upper left corner are book shelves. In the upper right corner is a lamp.

Subject: figure; male

Credit: Purchased from Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper, 1970

Catalogue Number: DaK.03.04

Notes: Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018

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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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Anenomes

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Artist: Joseph Francis Plaskett (1918 – 2014, Canadian)

Date: 1953

Medium: ink; wax crayon on paper

Catalogue Number: PlJ.03.05

Description: On back: Anenomes. Ink and Wax Crayon J. Plaskett 53. Eight white flowers in overall pattern on varigated background, mostly browns and blues.

Artist: Joseph Francis Plaskett (1918 – 2014, Canadian)

Title: Anenomes

Date: 1953

Medium: ink; wax crayon on paper

Dimensions: 27.1 x 19.7 cm

Description: On back: Anenomes. Ink and Wax Crayon J. Plaskett 53. Eight white flowers in overall pattern on varigated background, mostly browns and blues.

Subject: botanical

Credit: Gift of Elizabeth Rummel, Banff, 1981

Catalogue Number: PlJ.03.05

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Animal Sculpture

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Artist: Abba

Date: c. 1952

Catalogue Number: AbA.06.01

Description: A walrus is laying on its left side, head up. Incised flippers and facial features. “ABBA E7 416” is engraved on the base. There is also a white label with “395” attached to the base.

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Artist: Abba

Title: Animal Sculpture

Date: c. 1952

Dimensions: 7.5 x 4.5 x 8.5 cm

Description: A walrus is laying on its left side, head up. Incised flippers and facial features. “ABBA E7 416” is engraved on the base. There is also a white label with “395” attached to the base.