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Banff Road, West of Calgary.

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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
1963
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.25
Description
General colour: blue, brown. Lower third is brown fields with a few vague structures here and there. Upper two thirds are blue mountain range and clouded sky.
Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Banff Road, West of Calgary.
Date
1963
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
20.3 x 25.3 cm
Description
General colour: blue, brown. Lower third is brown fields with a few vague structures here and there. Upper two thirds are blue mountain range and clouded sky.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.25
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Before the White Man Came

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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Date
1969
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.30
Description
The painting is dominated by a large bison midcentre left grazing in a herd in the foothills. The mountains are behind under a dark blue and yellow sky.
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Title
Before the White Man Came
Date
1969
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
11.3 x 16.3 cm
Description
The painting is dominated by a large bison midcentre left grazing in a herd in the foothills. The mountains are behind under a dark blue and yellow sky.
Subject
animal, buffalo
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
foothills
Credit
Gift of Unknown, 1978
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.30
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
1930
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.17
Description
General colour: teal green lake, purple tan mountains, grey clouds. Lower right corner there is a group of scraggly trees on rock. The lake fills the lower third. Two bars of sand and grass come in from either side. The mountains sweep up to bluestery clouds which come down over the peeks.
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Bow Lake
Date
1930
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
33.9 x 44.1 cm
Description
General colour: teal green lake, purple tan mountains, grey clouds. Lower right corner there is a group of scraggly trees on rock. The lake fills the lower third. Two bars of sand and grass come in from either side. The mountains sweep up to bluestery clouds which come down over the peeks.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.17
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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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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Date
1962
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.59
Description
Blue sky with large cloud at left, mountains in background across image with Bow Lake below them. Green grassy area with trees in foreground of image. Title and “Canadian Rockies” written on mat.
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Title
Bow Lake, 1962
Date
1962
Medium
watercolour on paper
Description
Blue sky with large cloud at left, mountains in background across image with Bow Lake below them. Green grassy area with trees in foreground of image. Title and “Canadian Rockies” written on mat.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Bow Lake
Credit
Gift of James (Jr.) Simpson, Rocky Mountain House, 2000
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.59
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Bow Lake, Looking North, 1969

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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Date
1969
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.62
Description
Bow Lake is seen in foreground of image, mountains can be seen in the distance in the upper left corner and are reflected in the lake. Trees form a line along the lake’s shore from the centre of the image out to the far right centre. They are also reflected in the lake. The sky is quite yellow o…
Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Title
Bow Lake, Looking North, 1969
Date
1969
Medium
watercolour on paper
Description
Bow Lake is seen in foreground of image, mountains can be seen in the distance in the upper left corner and are reflected in the lake. Trees form a line along the lake’s shore from the centre of the image out to the far right centre. They are also reflected in the lake. The sky is quite yellow on the right but changes to blue on the left of the sky.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Bow Lake
Credit
Gift of James (Jr.) Simpson, Rocky Mountain House, 2000
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.62
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Date
1966
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.34
Description
Merry Xmas & Happy New Year from Mr. & Mrs. J. Simpson Sr. 1966-7.
Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Title
Canadian Rockies
Date
1966
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
17.5 x 11.0 cm
Description
Merry Xmas & Happy New Year from Mr. & Mrs. J. Simpson Sr. 1966-7.
Subject
landscape
mountain
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.34
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Canadian Rockies, 1965

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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Date
1965
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.67
Description
A mountain range runs horizontally across the painting in the upper centre. The mountains are painted in yellows, blues and purples. A snow covered area which looks like a glacier or lake is cropped at the left in the foreground. A few rocky outcrops stick up out of this area. A green slope ris…
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Title
Canadian Rockies, 1965
Date
1965
Medium
watercolour on paper
Description
A mountain range runs horizontally across the painting in the upper centre. The mountains are painted in yellows, blues and purples. A snow covered area which looks like a glacier or lake is cropped at the left in the foreground. A few rocky outcrops stick up out of this area. A green slope rises up on the right and is cut off.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of James (Jr.) Simpson, Rocky Mountain House, 2000
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.67
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
1934
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.22
Description
General colour: brown, blue. Lower two thirds is filled with the dry rock slopes of a mountain which peaks in the upper enter. Blue sky comes down from both upper corners. One large cloud sits upper center.
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Deception Pass
Date
1934
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
27.2 x 36.8 cm
Description
General colour: brown, blue. Lower two thirds is filled with the dry rock slopes of a mountain which peaks in the upper enter. Blue sky comes down from both upper corners. One large cloud sits upper center.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.22
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
1937
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.11
Description
General colour: grey, blue, beige, white. There is a lake in the lower left foreground; a cloudy sky in the upper right corner; a glacier rises from the lake left of center; the peaks run off the picture at the left but appear in the distance down towards the right of the picture.
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Goodsir Plateau
Date
1937
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
27.5 x 38.0 cm
Description
General colour: grey, blue, beige, white. There is a lake in the lower left foreground; a cloudy sky in the upper right corner; a glacier rises from the lake left of center; the peaks run off the picture at the left but appear in the distance down towards the right of the picture.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.11
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
1964
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.05
Description
General colour: brown, blue. Lower half is fields, farm buildings left, center and right. Two horses stand lower left. Upper half is distant blue mountains and clouded sky.
Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
The Homestead
Date
1964
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
15.2 x 22.8 cm
Description
General colour: brown, blue. Lower half is fields, farm buildings left, center and right. Two horses stand lower left. Upper half is distant blue mountains and clouded sky.
Subject
landscape
foothills
architecture, rural
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.05
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Indian Village Of Koksilah

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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
1935
Catalogue Number
LaC.03.04
Description
General colour: brown ink on white. A pencil grid of three quarter inch squares has been laid over a birds eye view of an indian village. Left of center is a church. A road goes up and right from it. There are buildings here and there. Tree branches in the lower left corner and trees spaced across …
Title
Indian Village Of Koksilah
Date
1935
Dimensions
26.6 x 28.5 cm
Description
General colour: brown ink on white. A pencil grid of three quarter inch squares has been laid over a birds eye view of an indian village. Left of center is a church. A road goes up and right from it. There are buildings here and there. Tree branches in the lower left corner and trees spaced across the upper area.
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
Catalogue Number
LaC.03.04
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
1965
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.13
Description
General colour: blue, brown. Near shore is brown and fills lower area. Two posts sunk in the sand at the left side. The water reaches the far shore (one third up) of blue hills. The sky is full of rain clouds. On the left side a dark cloud appears to be loosing rain on the lake.
Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Kananaskis Lake
Date
1965
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
29.1 x 38.7 cm
Description
General colour: blue, brown. Near shore is brown and fills lower area. Two posts sunk in the sand at the left side. The water reaches the far shore (one third up) of blue hills. The sky is full of rain clouds. On the left side a dark cloud appears to be loosing rain on the lake.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.13
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Mt. Bonney, British Columbia

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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Date
1962
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.68
Description
Blue and green hills or mountains on either side of the image form a valley in the centre of it. A flat area with trees on it makes up the foreground and a snowcapped mountain in the centre background is framed by either side of the valley.
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Title
Mt. Bonney, British Columbia
Date
1962
Medium
watercolour on paper
Description
Blue and green hills or mountains on either side of the image form a valley in the centre of it. A flat area with trees on it makes up the foreground and a snowcapped mountain in the centre background is framed by either side of the valley.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Mt. Bonney
British Columbia
Credit
Gift of James (Jr.) Simpson, Rocky Mountain House, 2000
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.68
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Date
1930
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.01
Description
Two tents are pitched lower left, trees to right, yellow/green foreground, blue mountain in background, yellowish, light blue sky.
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Title
On the Trail
Date
1930
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
17.0 x 22.1 cm
Description
Two tents are pitched lower left, trees to right, yellow/green foreground, blue mountain in background, yellowish, light blue sky.
Subject
landscape
Candian Rockies
mountain
architecture
building
teepee
tent
Credit
Gift of Lillian Gest, Philadelphia, USA, 1986
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.01
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South from Palliser Pass

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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Date
1961
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.06
Description
Colour: green, blue. Foreground is shrubs and trees sloping down to the center. A bank of trees rises up on the right and further in the distance to the left as well. The valley leads to mountains up center. The sky across the top is yellow at the left and blue at the right.
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Title
South from Palliser Pass
Date
1961
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
19.1 x 24.2 cm
Description
Colour: green, blue. Foreground is shrubs and trees sloping down to the center. A bank of trees rises up on the right and further in the distance to the left as well. The valley leads to mountains up center. The sky across the top is yellow at the left and blue at the right.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
pass
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1967
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.06
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Storm In the Foothills

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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
1963
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
LaC.02.02
Description
General colour: purple, green. The lower half of the picture is green hills in front with bushes. One clump noticably right of center. Purple hills behind with mist in the hollows. The upper half is snow capped mauve mountains, green, pink and purple arched sky, above which on the left side is rain…
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Storm In the Foothills
Date
1963
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
59.6 x 74.9 cm
Description
General colour: purple, green. The lower half of the picture is green hills in front with bushes. One clump noticably right of center. Purple hills behind with mist in the hollows. The upper half is snow capped mauve mountains, green, pink and purple arched sky, above which on the left side is raining on the hills below.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
Catalogue Number
LaC.02.02
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Stream Coming from Peyto Lake

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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Date
1962
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.40
Description
A blue/green stream is centre bottom and dissappears in centre of picture; autumn colours on both banks; evergreen trees also both banks; mountains in background centre of picture; cloudy sky; brc inked markings appears to have been signed and dated then inked out; inscription on brc of mat: Happy …
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Title
Stream Coming from Peyto Lake
Date
1962
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
14.0 x 18.0 cm
Description
A blue/green stream is centre bottom and dissappears in centre of picture; autumn colours on both banks; evergreen trees also both banks; mountains in background centre of picture; cloudy sky; brc inked markings appears to have been signed and dated then inked out; inscription on brc of mat: Happy Xmas & Happy New Year from Simpson clan 1962-63. Credit both The Banff Centre and Mrs.J. I. Brewster in any exhibition of publication of the collection, either in whole or in part. Banff Centre catalogue numbers: 81 0308 A; 20661.
Subject
landscape
mountain
river
Credit
Gift of Banff Centre Brewster Donation, Banff, 1986
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.40
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
1937
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.16
Description
General colour: blue, brown. Central image is a man standing in a cart drawn by two horses. Behind this are two elevators. To the left is a fence and in the background another elevator. To the right is a tower and a train steaming by to the right. The sky is blue with a few clouds.
Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Tinder Den
Date
1937
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
27.0 x 38.0 cm
Description
General colour: blue, brown. Central image is a man standing in a cart drawn by two horses. Behind this are two elevators. To the left is a fence and in the background another elevator. To the right is a tower and a train steaming by to the right. The sky is blue with a few clouds.
Subject
landscape
rural
animal, horse
figure, male
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.16
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
1963
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.07
Description
General colour: grey, brown, blue. A road winds from the lower edge right to center and disappears into a grey hill with bushes on it and two trees left of center. Fence posts can be seen crossing the picture at the bottom of the hill. In the background to the left are distant mountains. The upper …
Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
The Top of the Hill
Date
1963
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
19.0 x 24.7 cm
Description
General colour: grey, brown, blue. A road winds from the lower edge right to center and disappears into a grey hill with bushes on it and two trees left of center. Fence posts can be seen crossing the picture at the bottom of the hill. In the background to the left are distant mountains. The upper part is clouds and sits of blue sky.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.07
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