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Bow Lake

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Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Date: 1963

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: LaC.03.06

Description: General colour: pencil on white. Two points of land come in from left and right respectively with water in between and behind. The far shore starts quarter way up and becomes a mountain left of enter and right banks up each side. Sketchy clouds appear to be raining left and right.

Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Title: Bow Lake

Date: 1963

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 32.3 x 40.1 cm

Description: General colour: pencil on white. Two points of land come in from left and right respectively with water in between and behind. The far shore starts quarter way up and becomes a mountain left of enter and right banks up each side. Sketchy clouds appear to be raining left and right.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountains; lake

Credit: Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973

Catalogue Number: LaC.03.06

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Bow Lake

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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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Burnt Wood

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Artist: Alexander Young Jackson (1882 – 1974, Canadian)

Date: 1924

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: JaA.03.06

Description: Pencil sketch of foothills with mountain range in background. A river indicated in foreground flows from left bottom corner to right, brc is river bank. Light and heavy pencil lines with shading, indicating trees and hills. Colour notes throughout. Drawing made on light sketchbook paper, serra…

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Artist: Alexander Young Jackson (1882 – 1974, Canadian)

Title: Burnt Wood

Date: 1924

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 20.7 x 27.8 cm

Description: Pencil sketch of foothills with mountain range in background. A river indicated in foreground flows from left bottom corner to right, brc is river bank. Light and heavy pencil lines with shading, indicating trees and hills. Colour notes throughout. Drawing made on light sketchbook paper, serrated top edge, rounded corners bl and br.

Subject: landscape; foothills; forest

Credit: Gift of Naomi Jackson Groves, Ottawa, 1989

Catalogue Number: JaA.03.06

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Cathedral Mountain In Yoho

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Artist: Herbert C. Hahn (1907 – , American)

Date: 1928

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: HaH.03.02

Description: General colour: black on white. In the foreground is a lake and ten trees on the opposite shore. Beyond is a treed slope up to rocky peaks. Behind is cloudy sky.

Artist: Herbert C. Hahn (1907 – , American)

Title: Cathedral Mountain In Yoho

Date: 1928

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 20.3 x 25.4 cm

Description: General colour: black on white. In the foreground is a lake and ten trees on the opposite shore. Beyond is a treed slope up to rocky peaks. Behind is cloudy sky.

Subject: landscape; mountains; Cathedral mOuntain

Credit: Gift of Iva (Mrs. Len) Smith, 1976

Catalogue Number: HaH.03.02

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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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Foot of Three Sisters

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Artist: Joseph Francis Plaskett (1918 – 2014, Canadian)

Date: 1968

Medium: pastel on paper

Catalogue Number: PlJ.03.01

Description: General colour: black, blue, brown on grey paper. Mountains go into the distance from right to left diagonally upper to lower area. Sky is dark blue with flames of yellow on grey.

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Artist: Joseph Francis Plaskett (1918 – 2014, Canadian)

Title: Foot of Three Sisters

Date: 1968

Medium: pastel on paper

Dimensions: 49.7 x 65.9 cm

Description: General colour: black, blue, brown on grey paper. Mountains go into the distance from right to left diagonally upper to lower area. Sky is dark blue with flames of yellow on grey.

Subject: landscape; mountain

Credit: Purchased from Joseph Francis Plaskett, 1972

Catalogue Number: PlJ.03.01

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Fred’s Rockies

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Date: 1968

Medium: charcoal; Aquatec acrylic stain on raw canvas

Catalogue Number: SiR.12.09

Description: A road runs from the bottom left to the centre of the piece. The road alternates between brown with a white stripe, to white with a yellow stripe. The upper centre of the work is composed of several coloured shapes, from left, peach, white, purple and grey.

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Title: Fred’s Rockies

Date: 1968

Medium: charcoal; Aquatec acrylic stain on raw canvas

Dimensions: 76 x 60.7 cm

Description: A road runs from the bottom left to the centre of the piece. The road alternates between brown with a white stripe, to white with a yellow stripe. The upper centre of the work is composed of several coloured shapes, from left, peach, white, purple and grey.

Subject: landscape; sky; mountains

Credit: Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2010

Catalogue Number: SiR.12.09

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Lake Louise

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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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Lake O’Hara, Rocky Mountains

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Artist: Herbert Raine (1875 – 1951, Canadian/British)

Date: c. 1932

Medium: etching on drypoint

Catalogue Number: RaH.04.01

Description: Black and white drypoint etching of Lake O’Hara. O’Hara is visible at the bottom of the print. Coniferous trees surround it. The edge of Opabin Plateau is visible above the lake. The view may be from Sargent’s Point. Mts. Lefroy and Victoria are seen above the lake.

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Artist: Herbert Raine (1875 – 1951, Canadian/British)

Title: Lake O’Hara, Rocky Mountains

Date: c. 1932

Medium: etching on drypoint

Description: Black and white drypoint etching of Lake O’Hara. O’Hara is visible at the bottom of the print. Coniferous trees surround it. The edge of Opabin Plateau is visible above the lake. The view may be from Sargent’s Point. Mts. Lefroy and Victoria are seen above the lake.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; Lake O’Hara; Opabin Plateau; Sargent’s Point; Mt. Lefroy; Mt. Victoria

Credit: Purchased from Canadian Art Gallery, Canmore, 2003

Catalogue Number: RaH.04.01

Notes: Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018

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Monarch of the Past

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

Date: 1928

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: BeC.04.31

Description: A large bull bison stands center left, facing to the right, looking at a skull and rib bones of a buffalo. A long line of bison are sketched going over the hill and into the distance. The bottom half of the picture is a grassy knoll. A faint line of mountain in the background.

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

Title: Monarch of the Past

Date: 1928

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 12.5 x 17.6 cm

Description: A large bull bison stands center left, facing to the right, looking at a skull and rib bones of a buffalo. A long line of bison are sketched going over the hill and into the distance. The bottom half of the picture is a grassy knoll. A faint line of mountain in the background.

Subject: landscape; mountain; animal; buffalo

Credit: Gift of Les Peters, Great Falls, USA, 1983

Catalogue Number: BeC.04.31

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Moraine Lake

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Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Date: 1927

Medium: pastel on paper

Catalogue Number: LaC.03.09

Description: The mountains dominate the picture, of blue/purple tones. Left foreground is a small lake with reflections of the mountains, immediate right foreground has yellow/brown tones, treed shoreline. Little sky showing, cloudy. Credit both The Banff Centre and Mrs. J. I. Brewster in any exhibition publica…

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Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Title: Moraine Lake

Date: 1927

Medium: pastel on paper

Dimensions: 42.2 x 57.0 cm

Description: The mountains dominate the picture, of blue/purple tones. Left foreground is a small lake with reflections of the mountains, immediate right foreground has yellow/brown tones, treed shoreline. Little sky showing, cloudy. Credit both The Banff Centre and Mrs. J. I. Brewster in any exhibition publication of the collection, either in whole or in part. Banff Centre catalogue numbers: 81 0334 A; 20687.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountains; lake

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

Catalogue Number: LaC.03.09

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Moraine Lake

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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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Mount Rundle

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Artist: Fitzpatrick

Date: 1920 – 1930

Medium: ink on heavy paper

Catalogue Number: FiP.03.01

Description: Taken from a Byron Harmon photograph, Mount Rundle from Vermilion Lakes road.

Artist: Fitzpatrick

Title: Mount Rundle

Date: 1920 – 1930

Medium: ink on heavy paper

Dimensions: 27.9 x 42.8 cm

Description: Taken from a Byron Harmon photograph, Mount Rundle from Vermilion Lakes road.

Subject: landscape; Mount Rundle

Credit: Gift of Don Harmon, Banff, 1978

Catalogue Number: FiP.03.01

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Rocky Mountains

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Artist: Lionel Lemoine FitzGerald (1890 – 1956, Canadian)

Date: 1925

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: FiL.03.01

Description: General colour: pencil on white. Line drawing of nuts. Some lines in the lower half are jagged to indicate trees. In the lower right are larger marks to indicate trees. In the upper left corner, the underside of clouds are outlined.

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Artist: Lionel Lemoine FitzGerald (1890 – 1956, Canadian)

Title: Rocky Mountains

Date: 1925

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 20.2 x 25.1 cm

Description: General colour: pencil on white. Line drawing of nuts. Some lines in the lower half are jagged to indicate trees. In the lower right are larger marks to indicate trees. In the upper left corner, the underside of clouds are outlined.

Subject: landscape; mountains

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

Catalogue Number: FiL.03.01

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Sketch of Hoodoos

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Artist: James McLaren Nicoll (1892 – 1986, Canadian)

Date: prior to 1986

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: NiJ.03.09

Artist: James McLaren Nicoll (1892 – 1986, Canadian)

Title: Sketch of Hoodoos

Date: prior to 1986

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 28.3 x 26.0 cm

Subject: landscape; hoodoos

Credit: Purchased from Masters Gallery ltd., Calgary, 1979

Catalogue Number: NiJ.03.09

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Three Mountain Split

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Date: 1969

Medium: magna acrylic stain; graphite on raw cotton

Catalogue Number: SiR.12.01

Description: A rectangle is outlined in the centre in graphite. On the upper left there is a triangle of colours of mixed brown and light yellow. The upper right has a small elongated section of orange, and a triangle of green which is topped with light blue.

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Title: Three Mountain Split

Date: 1969

Medium: magna acrylic stain; graphite on raw cotton

Dimensions: 70.4 x 70.6 cm

Description: A rectangle is outlined in the centre in graphite. On the upper left there is a triangle of colours of mixed brown and light yellow. The upper right has a small elongated section of orange, and a triangle of green which is topped with light blue.

Subject: landscape; sky; mountains

Credit: Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2010

Catalogue Number: SiR.12.01

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Untitled

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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.