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Chic Scott, the Lyells

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Artist: John Hartman (1950 – , Canadian)

Date: 2015

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: HaO.05.17

Description: Watercolour, three-quarter, bust portrait of Chic Scott. Mountainous scenery behind him with other figures.

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Artist: John Hartman (1950 – , Canadian)

Title: Chic Scott, the Lyells

Date: 2015

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 57.15 x 62.23 cm

Description: Watercolour, three-quarter, bust portrait of Chic Scott. Mountainous scenery behind him with other figures.

Subject: mountain; watercolour; hartman; scott; portrait

Credit: Gift of John Hartman, Tiny, 2017

Catalogue Number: HaO.05.17

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CNTR VRTN (Centre Variation)

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Date: 1980

Medium: watercolor on arches paper

Catalogue Number: SiR.05.16

Description: Dark sky in blues and beiges. Mountain in centre is flanked by two triangles of white. Road leading up to mountain, and mountain has small section of snow on right.

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Title: CNTR VRTN (Centre Variation)

Date: 1980

Medium: watercolor on arches paper

Dimensions: 45.6 x 60.7 cm

Description: Dark sky in blues and beiges. Mountain in centre is flanked by two triangles of white. Road leading up to mountain, and mountain has small section of snow on right.

Subject: landscape; mountains; road; snow

Credit: Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2010

Catalogue Number: SiR.05.16

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Columbia Lake

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Artist: John Hartman (1950 – , Canadian)

Date: 2012

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: HaO.05.01

Description: Watercolour of Columbia Lake.

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Artist: John Hartman (1950 – , Canadian)

Title: Columbia Lake

Date: 2012

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 28.5 x 35.5 cm

Description: Watercolour of Columbia Lake.

Subject: landscape, Columbia Lake,

Credit: Gift of John Hartman, Tiny, 2014

Catalogue Number: HaO.05.01

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Couple By Seashore

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

Date: c. 1900

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.05.59

Description: Two figures walk closely together on a path which leads to the ocean in the upper right side of the image. On both sides the couple is centred by grass and hill landscape.

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

Title: Couple By Seashore

Date: c. 1900

Medium: watercolour on paper

Description: Two figures walk closely together on a path which leads to the ocean in the upper right side of the image. On both sides the couple is centred by grass and hill landscape.

Subject: landscape; couple; figure; ocean; grass

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997

Catalogue Number: CoJ.05.59

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Crowfoot Glacier, Bow Lake

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Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Date: 1943

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.02

Description: Colour: blue, green. The land across the lower quarter is very coloured. One evergreen stands on the waters edge left of center. A little stream of water comes into the lake from the lower right. The far shore rises half way up to mountains and glacier. Blue sky goes across the top.

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Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Title: Crowfoot Glacier, Bow Lake

Date: 1943

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 24.4 x 34.6 cm

Description: Colour: blue, green. The land across the lower quarter is very coloured. One evergreen stands on the waters edge left of center. A little stream of water comes into the lake from the lower right. The far shore rises half way up to mountains and glacier. Blue sky goes across the top.

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

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.02

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Deer in the Woods, 1949

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Artist: Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)

Date: 1949

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: PhW.05.01

Description: Colour: white, brown. Lower half is snow. In the upper half are four tree trunks left of center behind which are two deer - one facing right and the other behind her and left, facing right but looking out. Along the upper edge of the picture are the lower sections of the trunks.

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Artist: Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)

Title: Deer in the Woods, 1949

Date: 1949

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 26.4 x 37.2 cm

Description: Colour: white, brown. Lower half is snow. In the upper half are four tree trunks left of center behind which are two deer - one facing right and the other behind her and left, facing right but looking out. Along the upper edge of the picture are the lower sections of the trunks.

Subject: landscape; forest; winter; animal; deer

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1969

Catalogue Number: PhW.05.01

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Deer on Banff Avenue

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Artist: Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)

Date: 1947

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: PhW.05.02

Description: Colour: grey, brown, blue, green, yellow. A deer right of center crosses the road which fills the lower half. Across the middle going into the distance at the left are a row of store front with cars parked in front - one car appears to be travelling to the left. Behind the buildings are mountains a…

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Artist: Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)

Title: Deer on Banff Avenue

Date: 1947

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 36.8 x 37.9 cm

Description: Colour: grey, brown, blue, green, yellow. A deer right of center crosses the road which fills the lower half. Across the middle going into the distance at the left are a row of store front with cars parked in front - one car appears to be travelling to the left. Behind the buildings are mountains and sky.

Subject: landscape; mountain; architecture; urban; animal; deer

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1969

Catalogue Number: PhW.05.02

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The Development of Society: A Collection of Towers

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Artist: Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)

Date: 1982

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: ArP.05.08

Description: Multi-coloured towers and animal chesspieces rising to the left on green hills against a white background.

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Artist: Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)

Title: The Development of Society: A Collection of Towers

Date: 1982

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 54.0 x 74.0 cm

Description: Multi-coloured towers and animal chesspieces rising to the left on green hills against a white background.

Subject: whimsey; architecture; animal; chesspieces; Pat Askren

Credit: Gift of Jon Whyte, Banff, 1992

Catalogue Number: ArP.05.08

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Don Gardner

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Artist: John Hartman (1950 – , Canadian)

Date: 2014

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: HaO.05.18

Description: Watercolour, full face, bust portrait of Don Gardner.

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Artist: John Hartman (1950 – , Canadian)

Title: Don Gardner

Date: 2014

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 31.1 x 43.18 cm

Description: Watercolour, full face, bust portrait of Don Gardner.

Subject: watercolour; portrait; gardner; hartman

Credit: Gift of John Hartman, Tiny, 2017

Catalogue Number: HaO.05.18

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Don Gardner, the Hooker Icefield

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Artist: John Hartman (1950 – , Canadian)

Date: 2015

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: HaO.05.19

Description: Watercolour, three-quarter view, bust portrait of Don Gardner with the mountainous view of the hooker Icefield behind him.

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Artist: John Hartman (1950 – , Canadian)

Title: Don Gardner, the Hooker Icefield

Date: 2015

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 57.15 x 62.23 cm

Description: Watercolour, three-quarter view, bust portrait of Don Gardner with the mountainous view of the hooker Icefield behind him.

Subject: mountain; hartman; gardner; watercolour; portrait

Credit: Gift of John Hartman, Tiny, 2017

Catalogue Number: HaO.05.19

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Driving East to Fernie on Hwy 3

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Artist: John Hartman (1950 – , Canadian)

Date: 2012

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: HaO.05.06

Description: Watercolour of landscape driving to Fernie on Hwy 3.

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Artist: John Hartman (1950 – , Canadian)

Title: Driving East to Fernie on Hwy 3

Date: 2012

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 28.5 x 35.5 cm

Description: Watercolour of landscape driving to Fernie on Hwy 3.

Subject: landscape, Fernie, Hwy 3

Credit: Gift of John Hartman, Tiny, 2014

Catalogue Number: HaO.05.06

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East of Revelstoke

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Artist: Catherine Perehudoff Fowler (1958 – , Canadian)

Date: 1989

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: PeC.05.03

Description: watercolour of river, evergreens in mountains with blue sky and clouds

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Artist: Catherine Perehudoff Fowler (1958 – , Canadian)

Title: East of Revelstoke

Date: 1989

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 76.2 x 55.9 cm

Description: watercolour of river, evergreens in mountains with blue sky and clouds

Subject: Revelstoke; mountains; evergreen; river

Credit: Gift of Catherine Perehudoff Fowler, Saskatoon, 2017

Catalogue Number: PeC.05.03

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The Elk River at Fernie, B.C.

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Artist: John Hartman (1950 – , Canadian)

Date: 2011

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: HaO.05.09

Description: Watercolour of Elk River at Fernie, B.C., river in bottom right corner, blue mountain at top left, mauve mountains in back right

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Artist: John Hartman (1950 – , Canadian)

Title: The Elk River at Fernie, B.C.

Date: 2011

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 28.5 x 35.5 cm

Description: Watercolour of Elk River at Fernie, B.C., river in bottom right corner, blue mountain at top left, mauve mountains in back right

Subject: landscape, mountains, Fernie, B.C., Elk River

Credit: Gift of John Hartman, Tiny, 2014

Catalogue Number: HaO.05.09

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Fairholme Range

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Artist: Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)

Date: prior to 1963

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: PhW.05.12

Description: The Bourgeau Range covers the bottom half of the picture, in front of which are green trees and some yellow trees; one stand of yellow trees covers the picture vertically left side; a road, brown, is in the immediate foreground; 5 deers are across the road. Credit The Banff Centre and Mrs. J. I. Br…

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Artist: Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)

Title: Fairholme Range

Date: prior to 1963

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 35.4 x 53.2 cm

Description: The Bourgeau Range covers the bottom half of the picture, in front of which are green trees and some yellow trees; one stand of yellow trees covers the picture vertically left side; a road, brown, is in the immediate foreground; 5 deers are across the road. Credit The Banff Centre and Mrs. J. I. Brewster in any exhibition or publication of the collection, either in whole or in part. Banff Centre catalogue numbers: 81 0311 A: 20664.

Subject: landscape; mountain

Credit: Gift of Banff Centre Brewster Donation, Banff, 1986

Catalogue Number: PhW.05.12

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Fog Run (Reno, USA)

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Date: 1987

Medium: watercolour and graphite on arches paper

Catalogue Number: SiR.05.61

Description: Mountain cliffs on left and right at bottom, with green grass on either side of road running through. Top left and right of work has small segments of mountain or cliff suggested.

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Title: Fog Run (Reno, USA)

Date: 1987

Medium: watercolour and graphite on arches paper

Dimensions: 151.9 x 51.2 cm

Description: Mountain cliffs on left and right at bottom, with green grass on either side of road running through. Top left and right of work has small segments of mountain or cliff suggested.

Subject: landscape; sky; mountains

Credit: Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2010

Catalogue Number: SiR.05.61

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Forced Entry

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Date: 1983

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: SiR.05.02

Description: Big sky scene with road through badlands; top 3/4 is sky, very delicately coloured, slight reddish tint at horizon off into yellow and a very slight blue tinge at the top; a brown road with a white stripe down the centre undulates through green topped badlands; blc is white with pencil lines indica…

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Title: Forced Entry

Date: 1983

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 60.4 x 45.5 cm

Description: Big sky scene with road through badlands; top 3/4 is sky, very delicately coloured, slight reddish tint at horizon off into yellow and a very slight blue tinge at the top; a brown road with a white stripe down the centre undulates through green topped badlands; blc is white with pencil lines indicating side of mesa; the picture is outlined with pencil;

Subject: landscape; prairie

Credit: Purchased from Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, 1990

Catalogue Number: SiR.05.02

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The Fraser River at Yale BC

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Artist: Charles Jones Way (1835 – 1919, British)

Date: c. 1900

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: WaC.05.01

Description: River winding through rocky mountains. River is calm in foreground and rougher in background. 4 figures on beach with two canoes at center right. Another figure with white pack horse on rocky outcrop above. Mountains primarily brown and grey with one snowcapped peak in distance. Trees and other shr…

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Artist: Charles Jones Way (1835 – 1919, British)

Title: The Fraser River at Yale BC

Date: c. 1900

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 52.0 x 75.5 cm

Description: River winding through rocky mountains. River is calm in foreground and rougher in background. 4 figures on beach with two canoes at center right. Another figure with white pack horse on rocky outcrop above. Mountains primarily brown and grey with one snowcapped peak in distance. Trees and other shrubbery on rocky outcrop at right and on slopes at left and center distance. “CJ (overlapping) Way YALE BC” in red at lower right. In ornately carved gold painted wood frame with glass. White tag from Masters Gallery Ltd. on back.

Subject: mountains; Fraser River; British Columbia; landscape; canoeing; horses

Credit: Gift of Robyn L Fulton, 2021

Catalogue Number: WaC.05.01

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Glacier Lake from the Saskatchewan River Crossing

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Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Date: 1940

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.44

Description: Lake with reflections centre and lower right; an island protrudes from the centre right edge; yellow/brown hill bottom left with evergreens, 2 dead standing trees; mountains and green hills in background; pale blue sky. Handwritten on separate backing (in artist's hand): Jim Looking onto Glacier La…

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Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Title: Glacier Lake from the Saskatchewan River Crossing

Date: 1940

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 26.0 x 35.1 cm

Description: Lake with reflections centre and lower right; an island protrudes from the centre right edge; yellow/brown hill bottom left with evergreens, 2 dead standing trees; mountains and green hills in background; pale blue sky. Handwritten on separate backing (in artist's hand): Jim Looking onto Glacier Lake from the Saskatchewan River Crossing where you and Shane Graham camped. Credit both The Banff Centre and Mrs. J. I. Brewster in any exhibition or publication of the collection, either in whole or in part. Banff Centre catalogue numbers: 81 0309 A; 20662