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Maple Creek, Border of Alberta

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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Date
c. 1875
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
CoJ.05.43
Description
Scene of grassy field leading to the distance with the red roof of some houses seen.“This very yellow landscape appears to have been an early experiment, lacking Collings’ finesse and resulting in ‘rubbed’ paper in the left portion of the sky.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Rai…
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Title
Maple Creek, Border of Alberta
Date
c. 1875
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
13.5 x 19 cm
Description
Scene of grassy field leading to the distance with the red roof of some houses seen.“This very yellow landscape appears to have been an early experiment, lacking Collings’ finesse and resulting in ‘rubbed’ paper in the left portion of the sky.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda Heath
Subject
landscape
yellow
Credit
Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1986
Catalogue Number
CoJ.05.43
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Date
1880
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
CoJ.05.45
Description
Scene of a valley with outcroppings of dark rust/red rocks to the right and forground right, trees to the left middle, and mountains in the distance.
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Title
Marble Halls
Date
1880
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
13.5 x 14 cm
Description
Scene of a valley with outcroppings of dark rust/red rocks to the right and forground right, trees to the left middle, and mountains in the distance.
Subject
landscape
Credit
Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1986
Catalogue Number
CoJ.05.45
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Date
c. 1890
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.097
Description
Profile portrait of the bust of a woman with her head gazing downwards.“The woman’s head is bowed as though she is preoccupied with something in front of her; perhaps it is the artist’s wife, Mellora, playing the piano. The woman’s eyes and mouth, and tendrils of hair at the nape are treated sensit…
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Title
Melora
Date
c. 1890
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
25 x 18 cm
Description
Profile portrait of the bust of a woman with her head gazing downwards.“The woman’s head is bowed as though she is preoccupied with something in front of her; perhaps it is the artist’s wife, Mellora, playing the piano. The woman’s eyes and mouth, and tendrils of hair at the nape are treated sensitively while flowers in the background underscore her femininity.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda Heath
Subject
portrait
Mellora Collings
Credit
Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1984
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.097
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Date
c. 1880
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
CoJ.05.02
Description
Scene of houses and dwellings, grey brown with brown roof. - pale blue sky, with a pale brown/yellow sun in the center.“The houses in this (probably English) town extend onto a stone bridge but there is some confusion in architectural structure and progression. A rather static figure, centre left, …
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Title
Old Town
Date
c. 1880
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
16.5 x 18.5 cm
Description
Scene of houses and dwellings, grey brown with brown roof. - pale blue sky, with a pale brown/yellow sun in the center.“The houses in this (probably English) town extend onto a stone bridge but there is some confusion in architectural structure and progression. A rather static figure, centre left, is further evidence of an early date for this painting.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda Heath
Subject
landscape
Credit
Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1982
Catalogue Number
CoJ.05.02
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On the Columbia between Revelstoke and Arrow Lakes

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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Date
c. 1925
Medium
graphite on oil paper
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.106
Description
Scene with a lake in the forground center moving back over sloping forests to the mountain in the background.“It is not surprising that this soft, moody sketch shows some wear as Collings seems to have been travelling by canoe. The artist would have been well into his seventies on this trip.” -- …
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Title
On the Columbia between Revelstoke and Arrow Lakes
Date
c. 1925
Medium
graphite on oil paper
Dimensions
26 x 20 cm
Description
Scene with a lake in the forground center moving back over sloping forests to the mountain in the background.“It is not surprising that this soft, moody sketch shows some wear as Collings seems to have been travelling by canoe. The artist would have been well into his seventies on this trip.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda Heath
Subject
landscape
lake
stream
Credit
Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1985
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.106
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Overhead View of Men Turning Press

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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Date
c. 1890
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.301
Description
A series of ten drawings, two of which join together to form one large. All drawings relate together in that they are all on the same place and action of men at work. Originally they were in a folded piece of cardboard entitled Cider Pound.
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Title
Overhead View of Men Turning Press
Date
c. 1890
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
25 x 11.5 cm
Description
A series of ten drawings, two of which join together to form one large. All drawings relate together in that they are all on the same place and action of men at work. Originally they were in a folded piece of cardboard entitled Cider Pound.
Subject
men
Credit
Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.301
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Date
c. 1925
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.112
Description
Scene of a river with swiftly moveing water and with trees to its rear bank.“Collings focused increasingly on the centre of his pictures in his late work, leaving the edges ‘open’ as in this example.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda Heath
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Title
Pine Portage
Date
c. 1925
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
21.5 x 27.5 cm
Description
Scene of a river with swiftly moveing water and with trees to its rear bank.“Collings focused increasingly on the centre of his pictures in his late work, leaving the edges ‘open’ as in this example.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda Heath
Subject
landscape
Credit
Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1985
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.112
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Press, Block and Screw

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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Date
c. 1890
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.298
Description
A series of ten drawings, two of which join together to form one large. All drawings relate together in that they are all on the same place and action of men at work. Originally they were in a folded piece of cardboard entitled Cider Pound.
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Title
Press, Block and Screw
Date
c. 1890
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
19.5 x 17 cm
Description
A series of ten drawings, two of which join together to form one large. All drawings relate together in that they are all on the same place and action of men at work. Originally they were in a folded piece of cardboard entitled Cider Pound.
Subject
men
Credit
Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.298
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Prince Rupert Mid Day

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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Date
c. 1925
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.044
Description
Scene of buildings situated on top of a hill, with some more below these upon appendage-like stilts. - there is one building in the immediate forground right.“A full range of tones evenly dapple this sketch moving the viewer’s eye easily about it. Collings sketched the town from the base of a hall …
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Title
Prince Rupert Mid Day
Date
c. 1925
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
20.5 x 26 cm
Description
Scene of buildings situated on top of a hill, with some more below these upon appendage-like stilts. - there is one building in the immediate forground right.“A full range of tones evenly dapple this sketch moving the viewer’s eye easily about it. Collings sketched the town from the base of a hall looking up; the result is fresh and spontaneous but clearly exhibits Collings’ superb control and concise line at this late stage of his career.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda Heath
Subject
landscape
Credit
Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1984
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.044
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Profile of a Young Girl

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Artist
Unknown
Date
c. 1890
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
UnK.03.02
Description
A graphite sketch of a young girl, sitting in profile. The sketch is in a black and gold frame with a hook at the top for hanging.
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Artist
Unknown
Title
Profile of a Young Girl
Date
c. 1890
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
6.0 x 7.0 cm
Description
A graphite sketch of a young girl, sitting in profile. The sketch is in a black and gold frame with a hook at the top for hanging.
Subject
portrait
child
girl
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
UnK.03.02
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Date
c. 1890
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.297
Description
A series of ten drawings, two of which join together to form one large. All drawings relate together in that they are all on the same place and action of men at work. Originally they were in a folded piece of cardboard entitled Cider Pound.
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Title
Roof and Hoists
Date
c. 1890
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
20 x 26 cm
Description
A series of ten drawings, two of which join together to form one large. All drawings relate together in that they are all on the same place and action of men at work. Originally they were in a folded piece of cardboard entitled Cider Pound.
Subject
men
Credit
Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.297
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Date
c. 1890
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
CoJ.05.62
Description
A tree sits on the left side, and is circled by a road. A bridge sits on the right side, with trees and a town visible in the centre background.
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Title
Rural English Scene
Date
c. 1890
Medium
watercolour on paper
Description
A tree sits on the left side, and is circled by a road. A bridge sits on the right side, with trees and a town visible in the centre background.
Subject
landscape
trees
town
bridge
houses
Credit
Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
Catalogue Number
CoJ.05.62
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Date
c. 1885
Medium
graphite on paper board
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.071
Description
Drawing of a farming disc, the first few discs are show as the disappear into the piece, and the seat sits high up on the piece.“An unlikely combination of practical entrepreneur and preoccupied artist, Collings was involved with farm machinery sales between 1882 and 1888 in England. A writer who i…
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Title
Rusty Disk
Date
c. 1885
Medium
graphite on paper board
Dimensions
25 x 30 cm
Description
Drawing of a farming disc, the first few discs are show as the disappear into the piece, and the seat sits high up on the piece.“An unlikely combination of practical entrepreneur and preoccupied artist, Collings was involved with farm machinery sales between 1882 and 1888 in England. A writer who interviewed the artist in 1924 had the impression that Collings envisaged farm equipment as means for creating an enormous painting-like but three-dimensional “landscape.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda Heath
Subject
landscape
machinery
machine
green
rims
circulars
Credit
Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1982
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.071
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Date
c. 1885
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.286
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Title
Sailboat on River
Date
c. 1885
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
16 x 20 cm
Subject
landscape
Credit
Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.286
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Date
c. 1885
Medium
graphite on board
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.291
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Title
Sailing Barge
Date
c. 1885
Medium
graphite on board
Dimensions
19 x 28 cm
Subject
landscape
Credit
Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.291
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Sailing Ships from Dartmouth

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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Date
c. 1890
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.273
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Title
Sailing Ships from Dartmouth
Date
c. 1890
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
26 x 20 cm
Subject
landscape
Credit
Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.273
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Artist
Unknown
Date
1920 – 1922
Catalogue Number
UnK.06.34 a-c
Description
Three seals made out of ivory, smallest 1.5 cm, largest 4.2 cm. There is a small hole through each indicating that they were once strung.
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Artist
Unknown
Title
Seals
Date
1920 – 1922
Description
Three seals made out of ivory, smallest 1.5 cm, largest 4.2 cm. There is a small hole through each indicating that they were once strung.
Subject
animal
seal
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
UnK.06.34 a-c
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Date
c. 1890
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.303
Description
A beach scene with horizon in distance and waves breaking on the right.
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Title
Seashore
Date
c. 1890
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
19 x 25 cm
Description
A beach scene with horizon in distance and waves breaking on the right.
Subject
coast
landscape
Credit
Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.303
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Seymour Arm from Plateau

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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Date
c. 1925
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.224
Description
Three trees set in foreground right, to left of is a valley with winding path/water. Hills in distance set in centre.“This is a fine example of Collings’ late work. Sweeping curvilinear lines imbue it with a poetic serenity, while the upright lines of a tree on the extreme right serve to stabilize …
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Title
Seymour Arm from Plateau
Date
c. 1925
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
20 x 25.5 cm
Description
Three trees set in foreground right, to left of is a valley with winding path/water. Hills in distance set in centre.“This is a fine example of Collings’ late work. Sweeping curvilinear lines imbue it with a poetic serenity, while the upright lines of a tree on the extreme right serve to stabilize the whole. The artist increasingly restricted his darkest tones in his mature work, opening up his pictures and enhancing the impression of vastness so characteristic of his Rocky Mountain scenes.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda Heath
Subject
landscape
Credit
Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1983
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.224
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Sketch from Hall Window

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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Date
1921
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.008
Description
Scene of an avenue or street with potted plants and trees in the forground, also there is one lampost behind the three potted plants. - buildings in the background.
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Title
Sketch from Hall Window
Date
1921
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
19.5 x 14 cm
Description
Scene of an avenue or street with potted plants and trees in the forground, also there is one lampost behind the three potted plants. - buildings in the background.
Subject
landscape
Credit
Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1982
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.008
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