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Autumn Evening, 1958

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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Date
1958
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.60
Description
Cloudy, moonlit scene, mountains in background stretch across image, Bow Lake at the foot of the mountains in the foreground. In the immediate foreground at the bottom of the image is the shore of the lake, a few trees on it. At the centre left of the image, a line of trees on the bank extends i…
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Title
Autumn Evening, 1958
Date
1958
Medium
watercolour on paper
Description
Cloudy, moonlit scene, mountains in background stretch across image, Bow Lake at the foot of the mountains in the foreground. In the immediate foreground at the bottom of the image is the shore of the lake, a few trees on it. At the centre left of the image, a line of trees on the bank extends in towards the middle of the image.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Bow Lake
Credit
Gift of James (Jr.) Simpson, Rocky Mountain House, 2000
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.60
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Artist
Fitzpatrick
Date
1920 – 1930
Medium
ink on heavy paper
Catalogue Number
FiP.03.06
Description
A view of Bow lake, a teepee with a man in front of it, off right centre. Taken from a Byron Harmon photograph.
Artist
Fitzpatrick
Title
Bow Lake
Date
1920 – 1930
Medium
ink on heavy paper
Dimensions
27.8 x 41.7 cm
Description
A view of Bow lake, a teepee with a man in front of it, off right centre. Taken from a Byron Harmon photograph.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
lake
Credit
Gift of Don Harmon, Banff, 1978
Catalogue Number
FiP.03.06
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Fairholme Range, Bow River

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Artist
Fitzpatrick
Date
1920 – 1930
Medium
ink on heavy paper
Catalogue Number
FiP.03.02
Description
A view of the Bow River between Mount Rundle and Tunnel Mountain, Fairholme Range in background - from a photograph by Byron Harmon.
Artist
Fitzpatrick
Title
Fairholme Range, Bow River
Date
1920 – 1930
Medium
ink on heavy paper
Dimensions
27.8 x 41.7 cm
Description
A view of the Bow River between Mount Rundle and Tunnel Mountain, Fairholme Range in background - from a photograph by Byron Harmon.
Subject
landscape
mountains
Canadian Rockies
Bow River
Credit
Gift of Don Harmon, Banff, 1978
Catalogue Number
FiP.03.02
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Artist
Fitzpatrick
Date
1920 – 1930
Medium
ink on heavy paper
Catalogue Number
FiP.03.03
Description
A view of Lake Louise taken from a Byron Harmon photograph.
Artist
Fitzpatrick
Title
Lake Louise
Date
1920 – 1930
Medium
ink on heavy paper
Dimensions
26.6 x 42 cm
Description
A view of Lake Louise taken from a Byron Harmon photograph.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
lake
Credit
Gift of Don Harmon, Banff, 1978
Catalogue Number
FiP.03.03
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Lake Louise, Mount Lefroy

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Artist
Fitzpatrick
Date
1920 – 1930
Medium
ink on heavy paper
Catalogue Number
FiP.03.04
Description
A view of Lake Louise with Mount Lefroy prominant in background, taken from a Byron Harmon photograph.
Artist
Fitzpatrick
Title
Lake Louise, Mount Lefroy
Date
1920 – 1930
Medium
ink on heavy paper
Dimensions
41.8 x 27.9 cm
Description
A view of Lake Louise with Mount Lefroy prominant in background, taken from a Byron Harmon photograph.
Subject
landscape
lake
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Don Harmon, Banff, 1978
Catalogue Number
FiP.03.04
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Artist
Fitzpatrick
Date
1920 – 1930
Medium
ink on heavy paper
Catalogue Number
FiP.03.05
Description
A view of Moraine Lake taken from a Byron Harmon photograph.
Artist
Fitzpatrick
Title
Moraine Lake
Date
1920 – 1930
Medium
ink on heavy paper
Dimensions
27.8 x 42 cm
Description
A view of Moraine Lake taken from a Byron Harmon photograph.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
lake
mountains
Credit
Gift of Don Harmon, Banff, 1978
Catalogue Number
FiP.03.05
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Artist
Edward Goodall (1909 – 1982, Canadian)
Date
1954
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
GoE.03.03
Description
Realistic sketch of Moraine Lake and the Valley of the Ten Peaks.
Artist
Edward Goodall (1909 – 1982, Canadian)
Title
Moraine Lake
Date
1954
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
17.5 x 23.5 cm
Description
Realistic sketch of Moraine Lake and the Valley of the Ten Peaks.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Moraine Lake
Valley of the Ten Peaks
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
GoE.03.03
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Date
1929
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.47
Description
Gold, red and green bank with evergreens to the left foreground. Green and blue lake with moonlight shining on it mid foreground reaching back to the treed shoreline. On the right is the dark flank of Sulphur Mountain and midcentre and left are dominated by moonlit Mount Rundle. The sky is bright w…
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Title
Mount Rundle
Date
1929
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
18.6 x 22.6 cm
Description
Gold, red and green bank with evergreens to the left foreground. Green and blue lake with moonlight shining on it mid foreground reaching back to the treed shoreline. On the right is the dark flank of Sulphur Mountain and midcentre and left are dominated by moonlit Mount Rundle. The sky is bright with a full moon.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
lake
mountain
Credit
Gift of Audrey Campbell, Banff, 1991
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.47
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Artist
Arthur Lismer (1885 – 1969, Canadian)
Date
1928
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
LiA.03.01
Description
This drawing is a stylistically loose portrayal of a mountain scene. This scene is comprised only of mountains and rock - no trees or such other landscape. There is a peak in TLC and the mountain slopes downward to another smaller peak in the TRC. The foreground of the piece is comprised of many…
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Artist
Arthur Lismer (1885 – 1969, Canadian)
Title
Mt. Biddle
Date
1928
Medium
graphite on paper
Description
This drawing is a stylistically loose portrayal of a mountain scene. This scene is comprised only of mountains and rock - no trees or such other landscape. There is a peak in TLC and the mountain slopes downward to another smaller peak in the TRC. The foreground of the piece is comprised of many loose rocks that are piled on top of one another and recede into the background. The line quality of the drawing in the foreground is much heavier and more detailed than the background. Shading in the piece is done mostly with cross-hatching.
Subject
Landscape
Canadian Rockies
Mountains
Credit
Gift of Donald Grace, Saanichton, 1997
Catalogue Number
LiA.03.01
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Range Approaching Castle Mountain from Banff

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Artist
Frederick Horsman Varley (1881 – 1969, Canadian)
Date
1924
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
VaF.03.01
Description
A stylistically loose line drawing of a mountain scene. The drawing is done on a paper that is brownish in tone. The top 1/3 of the piece is blank - a clear sky. A mountain range takes up the next 1/3 of the piece, and the tallest portion is centered on the page. In the foreground of the piece …
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Artist
Frederick Horsman Varley (1881 – 1969, Canadian)
Title
Range Approaching Castle Mountain from Banff
Date
1924
Medium
graphite on paper
Description
A stylistically loose line drawing of a mountain scene. The drawing is done on a paper that is brownish in tone. The top 1/3 of the piece is blank - a clear sky. A mountain range takes up the next 1/3 of the piece, and the tallest portion is centered on the page. In the foreground of the piece is a small valley with low lying hills on either side. The hills and mountains are cropped at either side of the piece. The valley created by the hills exits the drawing in the BLC.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountains
Frederick Horsman Varley
Credit
Gift of Donald Grace, Saanichton, 1997
Catalogue Number
VaF.03.01
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
1929
Medium
pastel on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.03.02
Description
General colour: blue. A foreground rock cliff goes up right side from the lower corner. Center mountain face has a jagged ridge. Clouds come down to the peak at the upper right of center, edge. In the lower left corner is a distant mountain. Blue sky with one cloud fills the upper left area. There …
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1929
Medium
pastel on paper
Dimensions
55.0 x 43.5 cm
Description
General colour: blue. A foreground rock cliff goes up right side from the lower corner. Center mountain face has a jagged ridge. Clouds come down to the peak at the upper right of center, edge. In the lower left corner is a distant mountain. Blue sky with one cloud fills the upper left area. There is also a patch of blue in the upper right corner.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountains
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
Catalogue Number
LaC.03.02
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Date
1958
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.14
Description
This watercolour is painted on the left half of an envelope complete with a cancelled two cent stamp and addressee underneath. Small brush strokes of purple and blue paint denote undergrowth with some pine trees to the left skirting the bottom of an incline. There is a blue lake in the middle and b…
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1958
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
9.0 x 12.0 cm
Description
This watercolour is painted on the left half of an envelope complete with a cancelled two cent stamp and addressee underneath. Small brush strokes of purple and blue paint denote undergrowth with some pine trees to the left skirting the bottom of an incline. There is a blue lake in the middle and blue and white mountains in the background. A yellow sky with blue overhanging clouds.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
valley
water
stamp
envelope
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.14
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Artist
Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)
Date
1957
Medium
crayon on paper
Catalogue Number
DaK.03.34
Description
Mountains dominate top two thirds of picture. Running along base of mountains are a line of trees, a lake is indicated in bottom third foreground.
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Artist
Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1957
Medium
crayon on paper
Dimensions
29.4 x 37.0 cm
Description
Mountains dominate top two thirds of picture. Running along base of mountains are a line of trees, a lake is indicated in bottom third foreground.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Purchased from Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper, 1989
Catalogue Number
DaK.03.34
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Date
1954 – 1954
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.51
Description
A small lake or stream is in the foreground at the centre right. Bushes surround it in both of the lower corners. A line of trees stretches across the centre of the image. They appear to form an arc. The trees appear to be closer on either side of the image and further away in the middle. A mo…
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Title
Untitled [Bow Lake]
Date
1954 – 1954
Medium
watercolour on paper
Description
A small lake or stream is in the foreground at the centre right. Bushes surround it in both of the lower corners. A line of trees stretches across the centre of the image. They appear to form an arc. The trees appear to be closer on either side of the image and further away in the middle. A mountain capped in snow is in the background. The sky is blue and has clouds in it.
Subject
Landscape
Mountains
Canadian Rockies
Lake
Bow Lake
Credit
Gift of Harry I. Van Rensselaer, 1997
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.51
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Untitled [Canadian Rockies]

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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Date
1959 – 1959
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.55
Description
The sky takes up the top half of the piece, and is painted with a light blue wash. There is some fluffy white cloud activity. The foreground is a close up view of a mountain or large foothill. Nothing is growing on this portion of the piece but a small coniferous tree on the right side. A patch…
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Title
Untitled [Canadian Rockies]
Date
1959 – 1959
Medium
watercolour on paper
Description
The sky takes up the top half of the piece, and is painted with a light blue wash. There is some fluffy white cloud activity. The foreground is a close up view of a mountain or large foothill. Nothing is growing on this portion of the piece but a small coniferous tree on the right side. A patch of yellow grass grows around this tree. This mountain or foothill has a since of being of a high elevation, through which another mountain range can be seen in the close distance as the foreground dips in the center. These two portions take up the other half of the piece.
Subject
Landscape
Mountains
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Harry I. Van Rensselaer, 1997
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.55
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Untitled [Canadian Rockies]

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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Date
1959 – 1959
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.56
Description
This is a fall mountain and river scene. In the foreground, the grass around the river has turned yellow. The river exits at the bottom of the piece in a portion that spans from the LLC to the LRC. There are small islands covered with yellow grass in the river. Trees surround the river and grass…
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Title
Untitled [Canadian Rockies]
Date
1959 – 1959
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
31.5 x 37.1 cm
Description
This is a fall mountain and river scene. In the foreground, the grass around the river has turned yellow. The river exits at the bottom of the piece in a portion that spans from the LLC to the LRC. There are small islands covered with yellow grass in the river. Trees surround the river and grassy area creating a line as they visually connect when the river bends to the left. In the background, above the trees, is a mountain which takes up half of the piece. The right side of the mountain is in shadow. The sky is painted with a light blue wash, and is occupied with light clouds. Where the sky meets the mat at the top of the piece, a small piece of sky pokes through the clouds and is cropped by the mat.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Harry I. Van Rensselaer, 1997
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.56
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untitled [Canadian Rockies]

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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Date
1959 – 1959
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.54
Description
This mountain scene has a lake in the foreground with yellowing grass surrounding it. The Mountain range in the background is cropped on both left and right sides leaving one visible peak on the left side. A glacier sits on the mountain. A full moon is visible in the background just above the mo…
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Title
untitled [Canadian Rockies]
Date
1959 – 1959
Medium
watercolour on paper
Description
This mountain scene has a lake in the foreground with yellowing grass surrounding it. The Mountain range in the background is cropped on both left and right sides leaving one visible peak on the left side. A glacier sits on the mountain. A full moon is visible in the background just above the mountain peak on the left side. The main colours in this piece are blues, greens and yellows which make it feel like a fall scene.
Subject
landscape
mountains
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Harry I. Van Rensselaer, 1997
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.54
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Untitled [Canadian Rockies]

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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Date
1958 – 1958
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.52
Description
Mountain scene with dominant foreground. The bottom 1/3 of the piece is a rocky ground with pine trees starting at the right side and following the rocky ground to the mountain range in the background. These trees reach the TLC and get smaller until they meet the mountains. The Mountains are not…
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Title
Untitled [Canadian Rockies]
Date
1958 – 1958
Medium
watercolour on paper
Description
Mountain scene with dominant foreground. The bottom 1/3 of the piece is a rocky ground with pine trees starting at the right side and following the rocky ground to the mountain range in the background. These trees reach the TLC and get smaller until they meet the mountains. The Mountains are not visible on the TL of the piece for the trees, but take up 2/3 of the piece on the right side. The colours in this piece are mainly yellows, browns, greens, and a little blue. The sky is yellow in colour.
Subject
landscape
mountains
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Harry I. Van Rensselaer, 1997
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.52
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untitled [Canadian Rockies]

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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Date
1954 – 1954
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.50
Description
This piece is comprised of a portion of a snow covered mountain range at a high altitude. The mountains are cropped at both the left and right side and at the bottom of the work. The piece is divided into thirds; The bottom third of the work is devoid of most snow, and dark brown in colour. The …
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Title
untitled [Canadian Rockies]
Date
1954 – 1954
Medium
watercolour on paper
Description
This piece is comprised of a portion of a snow covered mountain range at a high altitude. The mountains are cropped at both the left and right side and at the bottom of the work. The piece is divided into thirds; The bottom third of the work is devoid of most snow, and dark brown in colour. The middle third is snow covered and rocky, the top third is an intense blue sky with cloud formation around a peak near the TR.
Subject
Landscape
Mountains
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Harry I. Van Rensselaer, 1997
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.50
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Untitled [Christmas Card]

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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Date
1954
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.64
Description
A blue sky with yellow clouds above a snow-capped mountain which takes up the left centre of the painting. In front of the mountain is a yellowish-green grassy area with trees running horizontally across the centre of the painting. The trees create a border between the slope of the mountain and t…
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Title
Untitled [Christmas Card]
Date
1954
Medium
watercolour on paper
Description
A blue sky with yellow clouds above a snow-capped mountain which takes up the left centre of the painting. In front of the mountain is a yellowish-green grassy area with trees running horizontally across the centre of the painting. The trees create a border between the slope of the mountain and the grassy area.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Christmas card
Credit
Gift of James (Jr.) Simpson, Rocky Mountain House, 2000
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.64
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