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Alberta: Snow and Tar Sands

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Artist: Stephen Andrews (1922 – 1995, Canadian)

Date: 1977

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: AnS.02.01

Description: Alberta flag emblem and rolling foothills and wheat fields. Opaque white paint drips close to bottom edge of painting.

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Artist: Stephen Andrews (1922 – 1995, Canadian)

Title: Alberta: Snow and Tar Sands

Date: 1977

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 121.5 x 123.0 cm

Description: Alberta flag emblem and rolling foothills and wheat fields. Opaque white paint drips close to bottom edge of painting.

Subject: landscape; Alberta; symbol; Alberta provincial emblem

Credit: Gift of Stephen Andrews, Banff, 1977

Catalogue Number: AnS.02.01

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Beaver Pond, Banff Area

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Artist: Edward William Godwin (1933 – 2013, Canadian)

Date: 1978

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: GoT.02.01

Description: The painting of the water and foliage covers the picture from frame to frame.

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Artist: Edward William Godwin (1933 – 2013, Canadian)

Title: Beaver Pond, Banff Area

Date: 1978

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 43.7 x 59.5 cm

Description: The painting of the water and foliage covers the picture from frame to frame.

Subject: landscape; lake

Credit: Purchased from Canadian Art Gallery, Canmore, 1978

Catalogue Number: GoT.02.01

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By The Lake

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Artist: Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)

Date: 1971

Medium: oil on canvas board

Catalogue Number: WiS.02.09

Description: Painting of blue lake with trees on shore in middle of a green meadow. Rocks in foreground. Rolling hills and grey mountains in background. Gradient blue sky with white clouds. “SITTING WIND” lower right corner. On back: “By the Lake. F. Kaquitts (Sitting Wind) Indian name” Sept. 1971.”

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Artist: Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)

Title: By The Lake

Date: 1971

Medium: oil on canvas board

Dimensions: 30.5 x 40.5 cm

Description: Painting of blue lake with trees on shore in middle of a green meadow. Rocks in foreground. Rolling hills and grey mountains in background. Gradient blue sky with white clouds. “SITTING WIND” lower right corner. On back: “By the Lake. F. Kaquitts (Sitting Wind) Indian name” Sept. 1971.”

Subject: lake; mountains; landscape

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

Catalogue Number: WiS.02.09

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Crowsnest Pass

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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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Custer's Last Stand

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Artist: David Muskego

Date: 1972

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: MuD.02.01

Description: Dominant yellow/rust/blue on white ground symbolic painting; initialled brc DM/72 and written on back brace Custer's Last Stand (symbolic) by David Muskego, LeGoff Reserve, Alta. in Catharine's handwriting; also 109 Frank Kaquitts.

Artist: David Muskego

Title: Custer's Last Stand

Date: 1972

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 20.6 x 45.8 cm

Description: Dominant yellow/rust/blue on white ground symbolic painting; initialled brc DM/72 and written on back brace Custer's Last Stand (symbolic) by David Muskego, LeGoff Reserve, Alta. in Catharine's handwriting; also 109 Frank Kaquitts.

Subject: symbolism; mythological

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

Catalogue Number: MuD.02.01

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Deep in the Woods

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Artist: Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)

Date: 1971

Medium: oil on canvas board

Catalogue Number: WiS.02.06

Description: Close up painting of conifer trees in varying shades of green. Green slope under trees at left and sliver of grey mountains seen in background through trees. Fluffy white clouds in blue sky above. “SITTING WIND” at lower right corner. On back “Deep in the Woods. Fr. Kaquitts (Sitting Wind) Indian N…

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Artist: Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)

Title: Deep in the Woods

Date: 1971

Medium: oil on canvas board

Dimensions: 40.5 x 30.5 cm

Description: Close up painting of conifer trees in varying shades of green. Green slope under trees at left and sliver of grey mountains seen in background through trees. Fluffy white clouds in blue sky above. “SITTING WIND” at lower right corner. On back “Deep in the Woods. Fr. Kaquitts (Sitting Wind) Indian Name. Sept 1971.”

Subject: trees; nature; landscape; mountains

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

Catalogue Number: WiS.02.06

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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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His Haunt

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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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How the Beaver got His Tail

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Artist: Wayne Matchatis

Date: 1972

Medium: oil on canvas on cardboard

Catalogue Number: MtW.02.01

Description: Symbolic s-curve drawing of the evolution of how the beaver got his tail, black on white, some of the forms are filled in solid.

Artist: Wayne Matchatis

Title: How the Beaver got His Tail

Date: 1972

Medium: oil on canvas on cardboard

Dimensions: 30 x 40.5 cm

Description: Symbolic s-curve drawing of the evolution of how the beaver got his tail, black on white, some of the forms are filled in solid.

Subject: mythological

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

Catalogue Number: MtW.02.01

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In The Winter Night

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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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Indian Village, Hagwilget

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Date: 1973

Medium: oil on paper

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.203

Description: A banked road in the foreground leads up to a small village. The town consists of a white church, yellow school house and several other smaller houses ranging in colour from red and green. The steeple of the church rises far above the roof line of the other houses at the back of the community. It …

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Title: Indian Village, Hagwilget

Date: 1973

Medium: oil on paper

Dimensions: 22.8 x 30.3 cm

Description: A banked road in the foreground leads up to a small village. The town consists of a white church, yellow school house and several other smaller houses ranging in colour from red and green. The steeple of the church rises far above the roof line of the other houses at the back of the community. It is surrounded by trees with green grass in front. The mountains lie off in the distance to the right against a blue sky.

Subject: landscape; architecture; rural

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.203

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Indian Village, Hagwilget

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Date: 1973

Medium: oil on paper

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.204

Description: The roadway passes in front of the village on the bottom left hand corner. The village comprises of several houses in a diagonal line and a white church in behind. Several other homes are located at either end of the sketch. Several large trees surround the church. Behind the church the background …

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Title: Indian Village, Hagwilget

Date: 1973

Medium: oil on paper

Dimensions: 22.8 x 30.3 cm

Description: The roadway passes in front of the village on the bottom left hand corner. The village comprises of several houses in a diagonal line and a white church in behind. Several other homes are located at either end of the sketch. Several large trees surround the church. Behind the church the background is bluish green possibly denoting a thick forest.

Subject: landscape; mountain; architecture; religious

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.204

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Kispiox

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Date: 1973

Medium: oil on paper

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.068

Description: Two totems poles with mountain behind.

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Title: Kispiox

Date: 1973

Medium: oil on paper

Dimensions: 30.3 x 22.8 cm

Description: Two totems poles with mountain behind.

Subject: religious; totem pole; landscape; mountain

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.068

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Lake Minnewanka and Mount Inglismaldie

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Artist: Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, R. C. A. (1846 – 1923, Canadian)

Date: 1890

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: BeS.02.01

Description: Colour: blue, green. The lower half is a lake with two people in a canoe right of center. A piece of land with evergreens comes out at the right side. The upper half is a mountain range. At the left side in the distance is another range. Above is clear blue sky.This painting was lent to the Winnipe…

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Artist: Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, R. C. A. (1846 – 1923, Canadian)

Title: Lake Minnewanka and Mount Inglismaldie

Date: 1890

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 34.0 x 57.0 cm

Description: Colour: blue, green. The lower half is a lake with two people in a canoe right of center. A piece of land with evergreens comes out at the right side. The upper half is a mountain range. At the left side in the distance is another range. Above is clear blue sky.This painting was lent to the Winnipeg Art Gallery in 1975 to be included in the exhibition The Railway: A Patron of the Arts in Canada. The exhibition was circulated accross the country for two years.

Subject: landscape; lake, mountain; Lake Minnewanka; Mount Inglismaldie; figure, male

Credit: Purchased from Red River Books, 1968

Catalogue Number: BeS.02.01

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LIfe Cycle

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Artist: Brian Joseph Grandbois

Date: 1973

Medium: acrylic on paper

Catalogue Number: GrB.12.01

Description: General colour: red, yellow, blue, black on white - equal portions. A single figure showing a force looking right, above that a fish looking left and above that a bird, wings spread, and legs coming down, looking right. Symbolic meanings - mother and child on her back, fish with eggs and an eagle -…

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Artist: Brian Joseph Grandbois

Title: LIfe Cycle

Date: 1973

Medium: acrylic on paper

Dimensions: 152 x 30.5 cm

Description: General colour: red, yellow, blue, black on white - equal portions. A single figure showing a force looking right, above that a fish looking left and above that a bird, wings spread, and legs coming down, looking right. Symbolic meanings - mother and child on her back, fish with eggs and an eagle - all powerful symbols.

Subject: mythological

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1977

Catalogue Number: GrB.12.01

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Looking South from Inukshuk Hill, near Rankin

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Date: 1970

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.279

Description: The foreground contains exposed rock, coloured violet-grey, with areas of ground (composed of touches of brown, red-brown and green). In the middleground, thin lines of exposed rock lie in light grey-blue water. The horizon is a line of violet-grey. The upper two-thirds of the composition contains …

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Title: Looking South from Inukshuk Hill, near Rankin

Date: 1970

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 25.4 x 30.3 cm

Description: The foreground contains exposed rock, coloured violet-grey, with areas of ground (composed of touches of brown, red-brown and green). In the middleground, thin lines of exposed rock lie in light grey-blue water. The horizon is a line of violet-grey. The upper two-thirds of the composition contains a mass of grey and blue-grey clouds. This mass is partially divided in two by a horizontal edge of higher blue-grey cloud meeting some lower light grey clouds.

Subject: landscape; lake

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.279

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Mahuk

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Artist: George Clutesi (1905 – 1988, Canadian)

Date: 1970

Medium: ink; watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: ClG.03.02

Description: General colour: black on white. A whale going to the left. A long feather shape comes down from behind the tail.

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Artist: George Clutesi (1905 – 1988, Canadian)

Title: Mahuk

Date: 1970

Medium: ink; watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 30.5 x 45.5 cm

Description: General colour: black on white. A whale going to the left. A long feather shape comes down from behind the tail.

Subject: mythological

Credit: Purchased from Unknown, 1969

Catalogue Number: ClG.03.02

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The Messengers

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Artist: David Muskego

Date: 1972

Medium: oil on board

Catalogue Number: MuD.02.02

Description: Label removed from back said The Messengers - The Great Eagle Spirit talks to the Medicine man at the centre. He then speaks to the messengers at his left and right who guide him to carry the message and power of the Great Spirit to the people. David Muskego Age: 18, LeGoff Reserve signed brc 72' D…

Artist: David Muskego

Title: The Messengers

Date: 1972

Medium: oil on board

Dimensions: 40.5 x 50.7 cm

Description: Label removed from back said The Messengers - The Great Eagle Spirit talks to the Medicine man at the centre. He then speaks to the messengers at his left and right who guide him to carry the message and power of the Great Spirit to the people. David Muskego Age: 18, LeGoff Reserve signed brc 72' D. Muskego.