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Bull Walrus

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Artist: Daniel

Date: c. 1965

Catalogue Number: DaN.06.01

Description: Grey stone, rotund, wrinkled, tusked bull walrus. Whisker and face details. Left flipper forward and right flipper at side. Unsupported and carved from flat piece.

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Artist: Daniel

Title: Bull Walrus

Date: c. 1965

Dimensions: 7.0 x 7.2 x 10.2 cm

Description: Grey stone, rotund, wrinkled, tusked bull walrus. Whisker and face details. Left flipper forward and right flipper at side. Unsupported and carved from flat piece.

Subject: animal; walrus

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

Catalogue Number: DaN.06.01

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By The Lake

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Artist: Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)

Date: 1969

Medium: oil on canvas board

Catalogue Number: WiS.02.05

Description: Oil painting of large lake with cliffs at right side and lake with trees and rocks by shore at right side. Low hills in background at far shore of lake. Swirled clouds in sky above. “SITTING WIND” in lower right corner. On back: “Indian Name Sitting Wind Stoney Reserve Morley Alberta.”

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Artist: Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)

Title: By The Lake

Date: 1969

Medium: oil on canvas board

Dimensions: 30.5 x 40.5 cm

Description: Oil painting of large lake with cliffs at right side and lake with trees and rocks by shore at right side. Low hills in background at far shore of lake. Swirled clouds in sky above. “SITTING WIND” in lower right corner. On back: “Indian Name Sitting Wind Stoney Reserve Morley Alberta.”

Subject: lake; nature; landscape; mountains

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

Catalogue Number: WiS.02.05

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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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C Level Lake, Bankhead, Cascade Mountain

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Artist: Dorothy V. Whyte

Date: 1967

Medium: oil on canvas board

Catalogue Number: WhD.02.01

Description: Colour: green, blue, purple. Purple bushes run along tthe lower edge. In he center banked on either side by green bushes is blue green water. The upper third is the far shore of trees and mountains in the distance. There is grey sky along the top.

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Artist: Dorothy V. Whyte

Title: C Level Lake, Bankhead, Cascade Mountain

Date: 1967

Medium: oil on canvas board

Dimensions: 12.7 x 17.7 cm

Description: Colour: green, blue, purple. Purple bushes run along tthe lower edge. In he center banked on either side by green bushes is blue green water. The upper third is the far shore of trees and mountains in the distance. There is grey sky along the top.

Subject: landscape, lake; mountain; Canadian Rockies

Credit: Gift of Dorothy V. Whyte, West Vancouver, 1970

Catalogue Number: WhD.02.01

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Caribou Cowboy

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Artist: Charles A. Beil (1894 – 1976, Canadian)

Date: 1978

Catalogue Number: BeC.06.15

Description: A realistic rendering of a mounted cowboy in full riding dress on a fully equipped western horse. Cast in solid bronze from the lost wax process. Part of the display Charlie Beil - Man of Versatility which was one part of four of the display Charlie Beil - A Western Sculptor.

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Artist: Charles A. Beil (1894 – 1976, Canadian)

Title: Caribou Cowboy

Date: 1978

Dimensions: 41.0 x 13.0 x 40.0 cm

Description: A realistic rendering of a mounted cowboy in full riding dress on a fully equipped western horse. Cast in solid bronze from the lost wax process. Part of the display Charlie Beil - Man of Versatility which was one part of four of the display Charlie Beil - A Western Sculptor.

Subject: figure, male; cowboy; animal, horse

Credit: Gift of Devonian Group of Charitable Foundations, 1979

Catalogue Number: BeC.06.15

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Cascade Mountain 1908

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Artist: John Donaldson Curren (1852 – 1940, Canadian)

Date: 1908

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: CuJ.02.01

Description: General colour: green. Across the bottom is grass and then a lake with two boats on it; one in the center and one to the left in the distance. The far shore is one third up and gives way to a mountain. The peak is in the middle near the top. Sky is on both sides.

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Artist: John Donaldson Curren (1852 – 1940, Canadian)

Title: Cascade Mountain 1908

Date: 1908

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 35.3 x 43.2 cm

Description: General colour: green. Across the bottom is grass and then a lake with two boats on it; one in the center and one to the left in the distance. The far shore is one third up and gives way to a mountain. The peak is in the middle near the top. Sky is on both sides.

Subject: landscape

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1974

Catalogue Number: CuJ.02.01

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Cathedral Mountain

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

Date: 1968 – 1970

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.073

Description: Lake O’Hara in foreground, Cathedral Mountain beyond.

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

Title: Cathedral Mountain

Date: 1968 – 1970

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 25.4 x 30.3 cm

Description: Lake O’Hara in foreground, Cathedral Mountain beyond.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; Lake O’Hara; Cathedral Mountain

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.073

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Cathedral Mountain

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

Date: 1968

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.159

Description: Cathedral Mountain shouded in clouds, across Lake O’Hara.

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

Title: Cathedral Mountain

Date: 1968

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 28.0 x 35.5 cm

Description: Cathedral Mountain shouded in clouds, across Lake O’Hara.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; Cathedral Mountain; Lake O’Hara

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.159

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Cathedral Mountain in Wapta Muck

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

Date: 1968

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.231

Description: Cathedral rises through the whisps of circling cloud covering. The green blue, splashes of paint at the base of the mountain gives the impression of a thick forest. Beige strokes of paint stretch up to the purplish mass of rock beyond the treeline. Catharine is encompassed by a grey sky.

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

Title: Cathedral Mountain in Wapta Muck

Date: 1968

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 25.4 x 30.3 cm

Description: Cathedral rises through the whisps of circling cloud covering. The green blue, splashes of paint at the base of the mountain gives the impression of a thick forest. Beige strokes of paint stretch up to the purplish mass of rock beyond the treeline. Catharine is encompassed by a grey sky.

Subject: landscape; mountain; Canadian Rockies; lake

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.231

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ceramic bowl

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Artist: Emily Carr (1871 – 1945, Canadian)

Date: c. 1913

Catalogue Number: CaE.06.01

Description: A primitive, low fired clay bowl, reddish clay. Center of bowl has a dark coloured circle around which a simplified fish is curled. It has been of a light colour, most of which is now worn off.

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Artist: Emily Carr (1871 – 1945, Canadian)

Title: ceramic bowl

Date: c. 1913

Dimensions: 2.5 x 8.0 cm

Description: A primitive, low fired clay bowl, reddish clay. Center of bowl has a dark coloured circle around which a simplified fish is curled. It has been of a light colour, most of which is now worn off.

Subject: abstract

Credit: Gift of Dorothy Oldrich, Banff, 1967

Catalogue Number: CaE.06.01

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Charlie Beil

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Artist: Leonid Mol (1915 – 0200, Canadian)

Date: 1974

Catalogue Number: MoL.06.01

Description: A life-like representation of C.A. Beil at 80 years of age. The texture of the bronze is quite rough, indicating the characteristics of the plasticine mould.

Artist: Leonid Mol (1915 – 0200, Canadian)

Title: Charlie Beil

Date: 1974

Dimensions: 43.0 x 20.0 x 24.0 cm

Description: A life-like representation of C.A. Beil at 80 years of age. The texture of the bronze is quite rough, indicating the characteristics of the plasticine mould.

Subject: Charlie Beil; portrait, male

Credit: Gift of Unknown, 1968

Catalogue Number: MoL.06.01

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Chief Sitting Bull

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Artist: Earl F. Spencer

Date: 1962

Medium: oil on canvas on board

Catalogue Number: SpE.02.03

Description: Study of an man sitting on a rock, he holds a pipe across his knees, his hair is braided and he wears one feather in it.

Artist: Earl F. Spencer

Title: Chief Sitting Bull

Date: 1962

Medium: oil on canvas on board

Dimensions: 40.5 x 30.5 cm

Description: Study of an man sitting on a rock, he holds a pipe across his knees, his hair is braided and he wears one feather in it.

Subject: figure, male; Indigenous

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

Catalogue Number: SpE.02.03

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Chilcotin Road

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Date: 1969

Medium: graphite; coloured graphite on curfew paper

Catalogue Number: SiR.03.03

Description: Small sketch of a road with foothills rolling off on either side of the road. The road leads to a mountain range; blue coloured pencil is used to accent the mountain peaks as well as blue spot rain/snow drops centre under image. Artist signature: centre under image Sinclair ‘69.

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Title: Chilcotin Road

Date: 1969

Medium: graphite; coloured graphite on curfew paper

Dimensions: 26.5 x 31.6 cm

Description: Small sketch of a road with foothills rolling off on either side of the road. The road leads to a mountain range; blue coloured pencil is used to accent the mountain peaks as well as blue spot rain/snow drops centre under image. Artist signature: centre under image Sinclair ‘69.

Subject: landscape; mountains; road; blue

Credit: Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2010

Catalogue Number: SiR.03.03

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Churchyard, Sandwich Kent

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

Date: c. 1909

Medium: graphite on paper board

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.083

Description: Scene with a stone wall to the left and some trees to the right and a church in the middle background.“This sketch probably dates from 1909 when the Collings family lived in Sandwich in the year prior to their emigration to Canada.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda …

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

Title: Churchyard, Sandwich Kent

Date: c. 1909

Medium: graphite on paper board

Dimensions: 28.5 x 38 cm

Description: Scene with a stone wall to the left and some trees to the right and a church in the middle background.“This sketch probably dates from 1909 when the Collings family lived in Sandwich in the year prior to their emigration to Canada.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda HeathOn the back is a sketch of the port side of a ship with a life boat of pulleys.

Subject: landscape

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1982

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.083

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Clouded Road

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Date: 1969

Medium: graphite; crayon on curfew paper

Catalogue Number: SiR.03.08

Description: A road runs through the centre of the piece. Above the road is a cloud coloured in crayon in shades of purple and pink.

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Title: Clouded Road

Date: 1969

Medium: graphite; crayon on curfew paper

Dimensions: 26.1 x 31.5 cm

Description: A road runs through the centre of the piece. Above the road is a cloud coloured in crayon in shades of purple and pink.

Subject: landscape; road; mountain; pink; purple

Credit: Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2010

Catalogue Number: SiR.03.08

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Corporal Windsor 1941

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1962 – 1966

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.354

Description: Pencil drawing on paper of a soldier’s head. One is more complete, with pillbox hat, decorative collar, and the beginnings of facial features. The other is more lightly drawn and detached from the collar. Underneath these drawings are the words: Corporal Windsor 1941.all of this appears in the uppe…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Corporal Windsor 1941

Date: 1962 – 1966

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 21.4 x 27.5 cm

Description: Pencil drawing on paper of a soldier’s head. One is more complete, with pillbox hat, decorative collar, and the beginnings of facial features. The other is more lightly drawn and detached from the collar. Underneath these drawings are the words: Corporal Windsor 1941.all of this appears in the upper left corner. The paper is embossed with the words HOWARD SMITH VICTORY WAR BONDS CANADA.