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Ashcroft Country, B.C.

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Artist: Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)

Date: 1948

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaE.05.57

Description: See photo blhc: brhc: “E Lamarque”

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Artist: Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)

Title: Ashcroft Country, B.C.

Date: 1948

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 22.8 x 30.3 cm

Description: See photo blhc: brhc: “E Lamarque”

Subject: landscape; mountains; water; urban, buildings; Ernest Lamarque

Credit: Gift of Ernest Lamarque (Estate), 1971

Catalogue Number: LaE.05.57

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At Lake Minnewanka

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Artist: Doris Cormie

Date: 1938

Medium: painting on paper

Catalogue Number: CmD.05.05

Description: A watercolour landscape painting of mountains and a lake. There are three grey mountains in the background and behind them is a cloudless blue sky. In the foreground is a blue-green lake. On the bottom right, part of the shore with three large rocks, is visible. In the centre at the bottom, a few b…

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Artist: Doris Cormie

Title: At Lake Minnewanka

Date: 1938

Medium: painting on paper

Dimensions: 26.0 x 37.0 cm

Description: A watercolour landscape painting of mountains and a lake. There are three grey mountains in the background and behind them is a cloudless blue sky. In the foreground is a blue-green lake. On the bottom right, part of the shore with three large rocks, is visible. In the centre at the bottom, a few branches and two logs are breaking through the water. On the left side a large boulder sits in the water. In the middle ground there is forest along the lake shore. The forest starts out of frame on the right and extends just over halfway across the painting. Behind the forest on the left are two green hills. Greys, blues, greens and brown are the primary colours used. The artist signature is in the bottom rhc. Au verso, written in pencil along the bottom edge is, “At Lake Minnewanka aug 28/38 Doris Cormie” and also in pencil in the centre of the paper is “27” with a circle around it. Just right of centre near the top is written, “5334”.

Subject: landscape; lake; mountains; Doris Cormie

Credit: Gift of Barry Hunter Gillis, Richmond, 2006

Catalogue Number: CmD.05.05

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At the Lake O'Hara Camp

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1936

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.234

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: At the Lake O'Hara Camp

Date: 1936

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.7 x 35.3 cm

Subject: landscape; mountains; winter; architecture, camp

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.234

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Athabasca Glacier, Columbia Icefields

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Artist: Andreas Roth

Date: 1941

Medium: oil paint on board

Catalogue Number: RtA.02.01

Description: Mountain landscape with mountains topped with glaciers in background. Glacial tongue with river leading away from it in the centre of the painting. Wildflowers and trees in foreground. Bottom left corner is “Andreas Roth. 1941”

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Artist: Andreas Roth

Title: Athabasca Glacier, Columbia Icefields

Date: 1941

Medium: oil paint on board

Dimensions: 43.5 x 62.0 cm

Description: Mountain landscape with mountains topped with glaciers in background. Glacial tongue with river leading away from it in the centre of the painting. Wildflowers and trees in foreground. Bottom left corner is “Andreas Roth. 1941”

Subject: mountains; columbia icefield; athabasca; Banff National Park

Credit: Gift of Robert Crosby Family, Banff, 1998

Catalogue Number: RtA.02.01

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Banff Indian Days Camp

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1930 – 1940

Medium: oil and mixed media on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.040

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Banff Indian Days Camp

Date: 1930 – 1940

Medium: oil and mixed media on canvas

Dimensions: 53.4 x 63.7 cm

Subject: landscape; mountains; camp; teepees; figure; group

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.040

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Big Bar, Muskwa River

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Artist: Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)

Date: 1936

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaE.05.46

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Artist: Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)

Title: Big Bar, Muskwa River

Date: 1936

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 22.3 x 30.3 cm

Subject: landscape; mountains; river, Finlay; Ernest Lamarque

Credit: Gift of Ernest Lamarque (Estate), 1971

Catalogue Number: LaE.05.46

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Bow Lake and Crowfoot Glacier

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

Date: prior to 1965

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.28

Description: In the foreground on the left is a small group of trees and rocky ground leading down to a waters edge. In the mid-ground on the right is another group of trees and ground that meets the water. Just behind the trees is Bow Lake and in the background are snow capped mountains and Crowfoot Glacier. T…

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

Title: Bow Lake and Crowfoot Glacier

Date: prior to 1965

Medium: watercolour on paper

Description: In the foreground on the left is a small group of trees and rocky ground leading down to a waters edge. In the mid-ground on the right is another group of trees and ground that meets the water. Just behind the trees is Bow Lake and in the background are snow capped mountains and Crowfoot Glacier. The sky has many gray clouds with small areas of blue sky showing through.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountains; lake; Bow lake; glacier; Crowfoot Glacier

Credit: Gift of James (Jr.) Simpson, Rocky Mountain House, 1997

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.28

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Camp 50 Miles N. E. of Fort Ware B.C.

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Artist: Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)

Date: 1934

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaE.05.23

Description: “Camp 50 Miles N. E. of Ft Ware B.C. Chesterfield Creek” lhc

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Artist: Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)

Title: Camp 50 Miles N. E. of Fort Ware B.C.

Date: 1934

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 30.3 x 45.4 cm

Description: “Camp 50 Miles N. E. of Ft Ware B.C. Chesterfield Creek” lhc

Subject: landscape; mountains; camp; Ernest Lamarque

Credit: Gift of Ernest Lamarque (Estate), 1971

Catalogue Number: LaE.05.23

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Camp in Sifton Pass, B.C.

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Artist: Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)

Date: 1935

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaE.05.06

Description: General colour: green. At the left side pitched in the grass is a lean to with two figures by a campfire. Smoke goes left and up into trees which rise on the left side becoming smaller as they go right across the picture into the distance. Two mountains can be seen on the right side in the distance…

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Artist: Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)

Title: Camp in Sifton Pass, B.C.

Date: 1935

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 18.4 x 26.3 cm

Description: General colour: green. At the left side pitched in the grass is a lean to with two figures by a campfire. Smoke goes left and up into trees which rise on the left side becoming smaller as they go right across the picture into the distance. Two mountains can be seen on the right side in the distance. Sky fills the upper half.

Subject: landscape; mountains; camping; people; Ernest Lamarque

Credit: Gift of Ernest Lamarque (Estate), 1971

Catalogue Number: LaE.05.06

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Camp Midway Between Ft. Ware and Dease Lake B.C.

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Artist: Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)

Date: 1934

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaE.05.24

Description: lhc: E. L. 1934 Camp midway between Ft. Ware BC and Dease Lake BC

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Artist: Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)

Title: Camp Midway Between Ft. Ware and Dease Lake B.C.

Date: 1934

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 30.3 x 45.4 cm

Description: lhc: E. L. 1934 Camp midway between Ft. Ware BC and Dease Lake BC

Subject: landscape; mountains; camp; Ernest Lamarque

Credit: Gift of Ernest Lamarque (Estate), 1971

Catalogue Number: LaE.05.24

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Canadian Highlanders Are With You

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1939 – 1945

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.757

Description: Two images of what appears to be sketches for propaganda posters for World War II. The top image is a Canadian Highlander standing on a hill in a poised stance holding a lee enfield. In the background there is a mountain range, and below his feet is says “CANADIAN HIGHLANDERS ARE WITH YOU.” In the …

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Canadian Highlanders Are With You

Date: 1939 – 1945

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 25.3 x 16.2 cm

Description: Two images of what appears to be sketches for propaganda posters for World War II. The top image is a Canadian Highlander standing on a hill in a poised stance holding a lee enfield. In the background there is a mountain range, and below his feet is says “CANADIAN HIGHLANDERS ARE WITH YOU.” In the second image it is the Highlander again looking out to the mountain range with his back to the viewer.

Subject: World War II; Highlander; gun; lee enfield; mountains; reserves; army; propaganda

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.757

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Canmore Mining Town

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Artist: Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)

Date: 1944

Medium: graphite; charcoal on paper

Catalogue Number: DaK.03.10

Description: General colour: black on white. Looking down at the mine. Coal carts run up from the bottom to the buildings center. Mountains and trees can be seen in the upper quarter.

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Artist: Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)

Title: Canmore Mining Town

Date: 1944

Medium: graphite; charcoal on paper

Dimensions: 29.0 x 37.0 cm

Description: General colour: black on white. Looking down at the mine. Coal carts run up from the bottom to the buildings center. Mountains and trees can be seen in the upper quarter.

Subject: landscape; urban; mountains; industry; coal mining

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

Catalogue Number: DaK.03.10

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Cannery at Kimsquit, Mouth of Dean River, B.C.

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Artist: Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)

Date: 1942

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaE.05.59

Description: A watercolour on soft board; blue water, brown dock and white and brown buildings in the foreground; a shore with green trees behind. A massive mountain looms behind. There are vestiges of snow on top and water coming down a canyon viewer’s left. The sky is a dull blue colour.

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Artist: Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)

Title: Cannery at Kimsquit, Mouth of Dean River, B.C.

Date: 1942

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 50.6 x 35.5 cm

Description: A watercolour on soft board; blue water, brown dock and white and brown buildings in the foreground; a shore with green trees behind. A massive mountain looms behind. There are vestiges of snow on top and water coming down a canyon viewer’s left. The sky is a dull blue colour.

Subject: landscape; mountains; Pacific; architecture, urban; Ernest Lamarque

Credit: Gift of Ernest Lamarque (Estate), 1971

Catalogue Number: LaE.05.59

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Caribou Highway

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Artist: Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)

Date: prior to 1958

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaE.05.07

Description: General colour: green, yellow, blue. A road and railrway tracks come in and out on the left side. Trees grow near the river which appears at the bottom right corner and goes up into the center. The right bank starts as rocks, becomes trees, becomes slope, becomes mountain peak. Sky at the top.

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Artist: Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)

Title: Caribou Highway

Date: prior to 1958

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 43.2 x 28.2 cm

Description: General colour: green, yellow, blue. A road and railrway tracks come in and out on the left side. Trees grow near the river which appears at the bottom right corner and goes up into the center. The right bank starts as rocks, becomes trees, becomes slope, becomes mountain peak. Sky at the top.

Subject: landscape; river; mountains; Ernest Lamarque

Credit: Gift of Ernest Lamarque (Estate), 1971

Catalogue Number: LaE.05.07

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Caribou Highway & Merritt

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Artist: Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)

Date: 1938

Catalogue Number: LaE.09.12

Description: a small note/sketchbook with no front cover “Caribou Highway & Merritt 1938” printed in black watercolour.photos only up to # 8 see sketchbook for subsequent drawings

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Artist: Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)

Title: Caribou Highway & Merritt

Date: 1938

Dimensions: 11.5 x 9.0 cm

Description: a small note/sketchbook with no front cover “Caribou Highway & Merritt 1938” printed in black watercolour.photos only up to # 8 see sketchbook for subsequent drawings