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Buffalo preliminary sketches

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Artist
Clarence Ingwall Tillenius (1913 – 2012, Canadian)
Date
prior to 1996
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
TiC.03.02
Description
Drawn lightly are two bison running toward each other ready to bang heads. Under foot you can see the suggestion of ground represented by a few lines. One bison is running from the upper left corner and the other is running from the center right.
Artist
Clarence Ingwall Tillenius (1913 – 2012, Canadian)
Title
Buffalo preliminary sketches
Date
prior to 1996
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
20.4 x 20.4 cm
Description
Drawn lightly are two bison running toward each other ready to bang heads. Under foot you can see the suggestion of ground represented by a few lines. One bison is running from the upper left corner and the other is running from the center right.
Subject
animal
buffalo
Credit
Gift of Clarence Ingwall Tillenius, Winnipeg, 1996
Catalogue Number
TiC.03.02
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Date
1971
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.46
Description
Vivid colours depicting a lake in the foreground, green growth to the front and right of water, dark trees and mountain slope. Multi coloured bank, growth trees to the left. Varied coloured mountains in the background, yellow and blue sky.
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Title
Consolation Lake
Date
1971
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
21.0 x 27.1 cm
Description
Vivid colours depicting a lake in the foreground, green growth to the front and right of water, dark trees and mountain slope. Multi coloured bank, growth trees to the left. Varied coloured mountains in the background, yellow and blue sky.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
lake
mountain
Credit
Gift of Audrey Campbell, Banff, 1991
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.46
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Artist
George James Angliss (1921 – 1991, Canadian )
Date
c. 1984
Medium
oil on linen
Catalogue Number
AgG.02.01
Description
Off in the distance is wall of blue mountains. Darker blue areas on the mountains represent the tree line. In the middle and foreground are rolling areas of yellow land separated by rows and lines of dark green trees. The sky is covered in white clouds with bits of blue showing through.
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Artist
George James Angliss (1921 – 1991, Canadian )
Title
Crowsnest Pass
Date
c. 1984
Medium
oil on linen
Dimensions
46.0 x 61.0 cm
Description
Off in the distance is wall of blue mountains. Darker blue areas on the mountains represent the tree line. In the middle and foreground are rolling areas of yellow land separated by rows and lines of dark green trees. The sky is covered in white clouds with bits of blue showing through.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Crowsnest Pass
Credit
Gift of Kay Angliss, Penticton, 1998
Catalogue Number
AgG.02.01
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Eagles Over Mt. Rundle

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Artist
Clarence Ingwall Tillenius (1913 – 2012, Canadian)
Date
1979
Medium
oil on canvas board
Catalogue Number
TiC.02.15
Description
In the distance a mountain begins at a low area at the right of the image. This mountain gets larger as it proceeds to the left side of the image. In the top left corner the mountain peak is covered with snow. The foreground and the area between that and the mountain is solid trees of green, yellow…
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Artist
Clarence Ingwall Tillenius (1913 – 2012, Canadian)
Title
Eagles Over Mt. Rundle
Date
1979
Medium
oil on canvas board
Dimensions
25.4 x 51.0 cm
Description
In the distance a mountain begins at a low area at the right of the image. This mountain gets larger as it proceeds to the left side of the image. In the top left corner the mountain peak is covered with snow. The foreground and the area between that and the mountain is solid trees of green, yellow and orange. Two eagles soar over the tops of the trees, one from the left and one from the right. The sky in the background has a bit of blue with several white and grey clouds.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
Mt. Rundle
animal
eagles
Credit
Gift of Clarence Ingwall Tillenius, Winnipeg, 1996
Catalogue Number
TiC.02.15
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Date
1893
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
CoJ.02.03
Description
Scene in a forest with a stream. Overall green value of the painting, - there is a herring standing in the steam just below center at the narrowest part where the stream seems to drop to a lower level. - dark green shadows across the top of the trees where they appear to canopy the scene. - dark br…
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Title
His Haunt
Date
1893
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
45.5 x 30.5 cm
Description
Scene in a forest with a stream. Overall green value of the painting, - there is a herring standing in the steam just below center at the narrowest part where the stream seems to drop to a lower level. - dark green shadows across the top of the trees where they appear to canopy the scene. - dark brown bank to the left of the steam, and a dark green/yellow to the right of the stream.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
heron
stream
Credit
Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1982
Catalogue Number
CoJ.02.03
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Artist
Clarence Ingwall Tillenius (1913 – 2012, Canadian)
Date
1976
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
TiC.02.01
Description
In the upper left corner of this painting there is an owl swooping down to the lower right to catch a rabbit. The white rabbit is in mid jump and is running toward the lower right corner. The scene takes place in the winter, therefore the ground is snow covered and the trees and shrubs that are on …
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Artist
Clarence Ingwall Tillenius (1913 – 2012, Canadian)
Title
In The Winter Night
Date
1976
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
71.1 x 101.6 cm
Description
In the upper left corner of this painting there is an owl swooping down to the lower right to catch a rabbit. The white rabbit is in mid jump and is running toward the lower right corner. The scene takes place in the winter, therefore the ground is snow covered and the trees and shrubs that are on both sides of the animals have snow on thier branches. The overall colour of this painting is blue with some yellow in the owl's wing colour.
Subject
animal
owl
rabbit
landscape
Canadian
Credit
Gift of Clarence Ingwall Tillenius, Winnipeg, 1996
Catalogue Number
TiC.02.01
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Artist
Clarence Ingwall Tillenius (1913 – 2012, Canadian)
Date
prior to 1990
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
TiC.03.03
Description
A mink is sitting by a waters edge. The water is not drawn but suggested by the grass and the ground that has been drawn in around the mink. The mink is the darkest image within the drawing.
Artist
Clarence Ingwall Tillenius (1913 – 2012, Canadian)
Title
Mink By Water
Date
prior to 1990
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
21.7 x 30.6 cm
Description
A mink is sitting by a waters edge. The water is not drawn but suggested by the grass and the ground that has been drawn in around the mink. The mink is the darkest image within the drawing.
Subject
animal
mink
Credit
Gift of Clarence Ingwall Tillenius, Winnipeg, 1996
Catalogue Number
TiC.03.03
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Artist
Clarence Ingwall Tillenius (1913 – 2012, Canadian)
Date
prior to 1990
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
TiC.03.04
Description
Standing facing the viewer this moose stands with its legs strong and spaced wide. The moose looks as if it was just frightened and is ready to take off in a different direction.
Artist
Clarence Ingwall Tillenius (1913 – 2012, Canadian)
Title
Moose
Date
prior to 1990
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
12.8 x 23.0 cm
Description
Standing facing the viewer this moose stands with its legs strong and spaced wide. The moose looks as if it was just frightened and is ready to take off in a different direction.
Subject
animal
moose
Credit
Gift of Clarence Ingwall Tillenius, Winnipeg, 1996
Catalogue Number
TiC.03.04
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Artist
Clarence Ingwall Tillenius (1913 – 2012, Canadian)
Date
prior to 1990
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
TiC.03.05
Description
Standing with its back to the viewer this calf looks to the left toward it's mother that is in the upper left corner of the image. Around the feet of the calf some grass is drawn in. Around the feet and body of the older moose in the distance there is grass and the suggestion of some trees and grou…
Artist
Clarence Ingwall Tillenius (1913 – 2012, Canadian)
Title
Moose Cow and Calf
Date
prior to 1990
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
23.0 x 33.2 cm
Description
Standing with its back to the viewer this calf looks to the left toward it's mother that is in the upper left corner of the image. Around the feet of the calf some grass is drawn in. Around the feet and body of the older moose in the distance there is grass and the suggestion of some trees and ground.
Subject
animal
moose
Credit
Gift of Clarence Ingwall Tillenius, Winnipeg, 1996
Catalogue Number
TiC.03.05
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Mount Temple, Canadian Rockies

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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Date
1972
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.09
Description
Colour: blue, green, brown. Lower half is water on the left and a brown shore in the lower right corner. Yellow grass grows at the left side of the far shore. Two trees go up the left side. Three go up on the right. The upper half is a mountain at center. Blue sky above.
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Title
Mount Temple, Canadian Rockies
Date
1972
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
20.4 x 23.8 cm
Description
Colour: blue, green, brown. Lower half is water on the left and a brown shore in the lower right corner. Yellow grass grows at the left side of the far shore. Two trees go up the left side. Three go up on the right. The upper half is a mountain at center. Blue sky above.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
water
Credit
Gift of Gus (Mrs.) Baracos, Banff, 1978
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.09
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New Moon-Southern Alberta

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Artist
Rick Nicholas de Grandmaison (1932 – 1985, Canadian)
Date
1976
Medium
oil on board
Catalogue Number
DgO.02.05
Description
This painting is mainly sky. Two riders on horses are seen in the left half of the painting. In front of them there is a brush area of green and brown. It looks as if they are riding in foothill / prairie area. Mountains are visible in the background. The sky is pink, yellow and blue. A crescent mo…
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Artist
Rick Nicholas de Grandmaison (1932 – 1985, Canadian)
Title
New Moon-Southern Alberta
Date
1976
Medium
oil on board
Dimensions
54.3 x 75.0 cm
Description
This painting is mainly sky. Two riders on horses are seen in the left half of the painting. In front of them there is a brush area of green and brown. It looks as if they are riding in foothill / prairie area. Mountains are visible in the background. The sky is pink, yellow and blue. A crescent moon is in the sky.
Subject
landscape
foothills
prairie
Southern Alberta
animal
horse
figure
O. N. de Grandmaison
Credit
Gift of Evelyn Carol Barrington, Invermere, 1999
Catalogue Number
DgO.02.05
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Rockies in Moonlight

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Artist
George Horne Russell, RCA (1861 – 1933, Canadian)
Date
1898
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
RuG.02.01
Description
Moonlit scene of the Canadian Rockies. The snowy peaks of a mountain are lit up by a crescent shaped moon in the top right corner. A wall of blue and grey mountain makes up most of the painting. The impression of trees is visible at the base of the mountain. The sky is a dark blue.
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Artist
George Horne Russell, RCA (1861 – 1933, Canadian)
Title
Rockies in Moonlight
Date
1898
Medium
oil on canvas
Description
Moonlit scene of the Canadian Rockies. The snowy peaks of a mountain are lit up by a crescent shaped moon in the top right corner. A wall of blue and grey mountain makes up most of the painting. The impression of trees is visible at the base of the mountain. The sky is a dark blue.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
night
moonlight
Credit
Purchased from The Collector’s Gallery, Calgary, 2004
Catalogue Number
RuG.02.01
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Artist
John Harold Thomas Snow (1911 – 2004, Canadian)
Date
1978
Medium
oil on wood panel
Catalogue Number
SnJ.02.01
Description
Blue sky is visible at the top of the painting.Snow-capped mountains are quite angular and stretch across the painting in the upper part of it. Green hills give way to a flatter area in the foreground. A river appears to flow through this flat area. Brown and wheat-coloured areas are visible at…
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Artist
John Harold Thomas Snow (1911 – 2004, Canadian)
Title
Rocky Mountains
Date
1978
Medium
oil on wood panel
Dimensions
30.0 x 40.3 cm
Description
Blue sky is visible at the top of the painting.Snow-capped mountains are quite angular and stretch across the painting in the upper part of it. Green hills give way to a flatter area in the foreground. A river appears to flow through this flat area. Brown and wheat-coloured areas are visible at the bottom of the painting. Leaveless trees stand in the flat area. The entire scene appears as if it is early spring-time.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
season
spring
Credit
Purchased from Canadian Art Gallery, Canmore, 2003
Catalogue Number
SnJ.02.01
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Artist
William Cassels
Date
1899 – 1949
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
CsW.05.01
Description
A branch with greens leaves and orange/yellow berries. blc: Sopeberry (Buffalo berry). Shepherdia Canadensis. Banff by W. Cassels 231 - 3rd Avenue N.W. Calgary. tlc: Paper too rough for this work WC. Taken from an album compiled by Norman B. Sanson, Banff naturalist (PD2(2)-1).
Artist
William Cassels
Title
Sopeberry
Date
1899 – 1949
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
34.7 x 25.2 cm
Description
A branch with greens leaves and orange/yellow berries. blc: Sopeberry (Buffalo berry). Shepherdia Canadensis. Banff by W. Cassels 231 - 3rd Avenue N.W. Calgary. tlc: Paper too rough for this work WC. Taken from an album compiled by Norman B. Sanson, Banff naturalist (PD2(2)-1).
Subject
botanical
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Tabuteau, Banff, 1966
Catalogue Number
CsW.05.01
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Trestles at the Loop

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Artist
Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, R. C. A. (1846 – 1923, Canadian)
Date
1890
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
BeS.05.04
Description
Kicking Horse Pass. Train trestle bridges wind around bases of mountains in valley.Ross Peak in background.
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Artist
Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, R. C. A. (1846 – 1923, Canadian)
Title
Trestles at the Loop
Date
1890
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
31.0 x 47.7 cm
Description
Kicking Horse Pass. Train trestle bridges wind around bases of mountains in valley.Ross Peak in background.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Kicking Horse Pass, transportation
train
CPR
Credit
Purchased from Masters Gallery ltd., Calgary, 2004
Catalogue Number
BeS.05.04
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Artist
Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)
Date
1977
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
ArP.05.01
Description
General colour: blue, grey on white. A striped stuffed bedspread, on which a bubbling river pours out of and over the left end. Three green fish can be seen moving up the falls.
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Artist
Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)
Title
Trout Stream Quilt
Date
1977
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
49.3 x 49.3 cm
Description
General colour: blue, grey on white. A striped stuffed bedspread, on which a bubbling river pours out of and over the left end. Three green fish can be seen moving up the falls.
Subject
animal
mythological
craft
quilt
Credit
Purchased from Dundurn Press, 1977
Catalogue Number
ArP.05.01
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Date
1970
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.26
Description
Two thirds of the painting is dominated by a herd of bison grazing in the foothills. There is one large bull on the left. The mountains are in the background under a cloudy sky.
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1970
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
23.0 x 30.7 cm
Description
Two thirds of the painting is dominated by a herd of bison grazing in the foothills. There is one large bull on the left. The mountains are in the background under a cloudy sky.
Subject
animal
buffalo
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
foothills
Credit
Purchased from James (Jr.) Simpson, Rocky Mountain House, 1975
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.26
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Untitled (Mount Temple)

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Artist
Thomas Mower Martin, R. C. A. (1838 – 1934, Canadian)
Date
c. 1903
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
MrT.05.03
Description
A horizontal picture.The painting features a large mountain which is located in the centre and right side of picture in the background. This mountain takes up 2/3 of the picture. The mountain is lightly covered with snow, and light brown rock shows underneath. The sky is filled with grey clouds…
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Artist
Thomas Mower Martin, R. C. A. (1838 – 1934, Canadian)
Title
Untitled (Mount Temple)
Date
c. 1903
Medium
watercolour on paper
Description
A horizontal picture.The painting features a large mountain which is located in the centre and right side of picture in the background. This mountain takes up 2/3 of the picture. The mountain is lightly covered with snow, and light brown rock shows underneath. The sky is filled with grey clouds and near the mountain portions of blue sky show through these clouds. On the left side of the work, still in the background, a smaller mountain stretches to the right and turns into a valley with a small pool of water at its base near the centre of the painting. The forground contains the rocks and sparse trees of a mountain, and looks into the base of the valley.
Subject
landscape
mountains
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Molly Vaux, New York, USA, 1999
Catalogue Number
MrT.05.03
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Untitled [Rocks and Trees]

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Artist
Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian)
Date
c. 1980
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
GyH.05.06
Description
Rocks in shades of grey and yellow form a pile in the foreground. On top of the rock pile are a stand of trees which may be larches. The trees are painted quite softly and loosely. Mountain peaks in dark blue are visible behind the trees. The sky is a cloudy grey colour.
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Artist
Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian)
Title
Untitled [Rocks and Trees]
Date
c. 1980
Medium
watercolour on paper
Description
Rocks in shades of grey and yellow form a pile in the foreground. On top of the rock pile are a stand of trees which may be larches. The trees are painted quite softly and loosely. Mountain peaks in dark blue are visible behind the trees. The sky is a cloudy grey colour.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
trees
larches
rocks
Credit
Gift of Henry George Glyde, Victoria, 1997
Catalogue Number
GyH.05.06
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Wolf (thrown sideways on trail)

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Artist
Clarence Ingwall Tillenius (1913 – 2012, Canadian)
Date
prior to 1990
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
TiC.03.09
Description
On the far left side of the image a wolf has been thrown to his side. This wolf looks as if it was travelling along side a path or roadway. In the background you can see a tree covered in snow. Some areas of ground and rock have been drawn in around and behind the animal.
Artist
Clarence Ingwall Tillenius (1913 – 2012, Canadian)
Title
Wolf (thrown sideways on trail)
Date
prior to 1990
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
17.8 x 25.4 cm
Description
On the far left side of the image a wolf has been thrown to his side. This wolf looks as if it was travelling along side a path or roadway. In the background you can see a tree covered in snow. Some areas of ground and rock have been drawn in around and behind the animal.
Subject
animal
wolf
Credit
Gift of Clarence Ingwall Tillenius, Winnipeg, 1996
Catalogue Number
TiC.03.09
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