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Alberta: Snow and Tar Sands

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Artist: Stephen Andrews (1922 – 1995, Canadian)

Date: 1977

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: AnS.02.01

Description: Alberta flag emblem and rolling foothills and wheat fields. Opaque white paint drips close to bottom edge of painting.

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Artist: Stephen Andrews (1922 – 1995, Canadian)

Title: Alberta: Snow and Tar Sands

Date: 1977

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 121.5 x 123.0 cm

Description: Alberta flag emblem and rolling foothills and wheat fields. Opaque white paint drips close to bottom edge of painting.

Subject: landscape; Alberta; symbol; Alberta provincial emblem

Credit: Gift of Stephen Andrews, Banff, 1977

Catalogue Number: AnS.02.01

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Bear Dancer I

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Artist: Colleen Campbell (1945 – , Canadian )

Date: 1979

Medium: graphite; watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: CmC.03.01

Description: Located in the center and filling most of the image area is an Inuit dancer. He stands with his back toward the viewer. His tunic is a yellow colour and he holds a drum stick in his right hand. He has medium length straight hair depicted in graphite and a colourful belt tied around his waist. His t…

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Artist: Colleen Campbell (1945 – , Canadian )

Title: Bear Dancer I

Date: 1979

Medium: graphite; watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 105.0 x 75.5 cm

Description: Located in the center and filling most of the image area is an Inuit dancer. He stands with his back toward the viewer. His tunic is a yellow colour and he holds a drum stick in his right hand. He has medium length straight hair depicted in graphite and a colourful belt tied around his waist. His tunic has fringes at the sides and bottom and he has a decorative strip around the top of his mukluk.

Subject: figure; male; Inuit

Credit: Gift of Dora Helen Mackie, Calgary, 1998

Catalogue Number: CmC.03.01

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Beaver Pond, Banff Area

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Artist: Edward William Godwin (1933 – 2013, Canadian)

Date: 1978

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: GoT.02.01

Description: The painting of the water and foliage covers the picture from frame to frame.

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Artist: Edward William Godwin (1933 – 2013, Canadian)

Title: Beaver Pond, Banff Area

Date: 1978

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 43.7 x 59.5 cm

Description: The painting of the water and foliage covers the picture from frame to frame.

Subject: landscape; lake

Credit: Purchased from Canadian Art Gallery, Canmore, 1978

Catalogue Number: GoT.02.01

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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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Crowsnest Pass

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Artist: George James Angliss (1921 – 1991, Canadian )

Date: c. 1984

Medium: oil on linen

Catalogue Number: AgG.02.01

Description: Off in the distance is wall of blue mountains. Darker blue areas on the mountains represent the tree line. In the middle and foreground are rolling areas of yellow land separated by rows and lines of dark green trees. The sky is covered in white clouds with bits of blue showing through.

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Artist: George James Angliss (1921 – 1991, Canadian )

Title: Crowsnest Pass

Date: c. 1984

Medium: oil on linen

Dimensions: 46.0 x 61.0 cm

Description: Off in the distance is wall of blue mountains. Darker blue areas on the mountains represent the tree line. In the middle and foreground are rolling areas of yellow land separated by rows and lines of dark green trees. The sky is covered in white clouds with bits of blue showing through.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; Crowsnest Pass

Credit: Gift of Kay Angliss, Penticton, 1998

Catalogue Number: AgG.02.01

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Deep in the Woods

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Artist: Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)

Date: 1971

Medium: oil on canvas board

Catalogue Number: WiS.02.06

Description: Close up painting of conifer trees in varying shades of green. Green slope under trees at left and sliver of grey mountains seen in background through trees. Fluffy white clouds in blue sky above. “SITTING WIND” at lower right corner. On back “Deep in the Woods. Fr. Kaquitts (Sitting Wind) Indian N…

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Artist: Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)

Title: Deep in the Woods

Date: 1971

Medium: oil on canvas board

Dimensions: 40.5 x 30.5 cm

Description: Close up painting of conifer trees in varying shades of green. Green slope under trees at left and sliver of grey mountains seen in background through trees. Fluffy white clouds in blue sky above. “SITTING WIND” at lower right corner. On back “Deep in the Woods. Fr. Kaquitts (Sitting Wind) Indian Name. Sept 1971.”

Subject: trees; nature; landscape; mountains

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

Catalogue Number: WiS.02.06

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Eagles Over Mt. Rundle

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Artist: Clarence Ingwall Tillenius (1913 – 2012, Canadian)

Date: 1979

Medium: oil on canvas board

Catalogue Number: TiC.02.15

Description: In the distance a mountain begins at a low area at the right of the image. This mountain gets larger as it proceeds to the left side of the image. In the top left corner the mountain peak is covered with snow. The foreground and the area between that and the mountain is solid trees of green, yellow…

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Artist: Clarence Ingwall Tillenius (1913 – 2012, Canadian)

Title: Eagles Over Mt. Rundle

Date: 1979

Medium: oil on canvas board

Dimensions: 25.4 x 51.0 cm

Description: In the distance a mountain begins at a low area at the right of the image. This mountain gets larger as it proceeds to the left side of the image. In the top left corner the mountain peak is covered with snow. The foreground and the area between that and the mountain is solid trees of green, yellow and orange. Two eagles soar over the tops of the trees, one from the left and one from the right. The sky in the background has a bit of blue with several white and grey clouds.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; Mt. Rundle; animal; eagles

Credit: Gift of Clarence Ingwall Tillenius, Winnipeg, 1996

Catalogue Number: TiC.02.15

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Fort St. James

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

Date: 1973

Medium: oil on paper

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.069

Description: Two buildings in grassy area.

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

Title: Fort St. James

Date: 1973

Medium: oil on paper

Dimensions: 22.8 x 30.3 cm

Description: Two buildings in grassy area.

Subject: architecture; rural; Fort St. James

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.069

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In The Winter Night

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Artist: Clarence Ingwall Tillenius (1913 – 2012, Canadian)

Date: 1976

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: TiC.02.01

Description: In the upper left corner of this painting there is an owl swooping down to the lower right to catch a rabbit. The white rabbit is in mid jump and is running toward the lower right corner. The scene takes place in the winter, therefore the ground is snow covered and the trees and shrubs that are on …

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Artist: Clarence Ingwall Tillenius (1913 – 2012, Canadian)

Title: In The Winter Night

Date: 1976

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 71.1 x 101.6 cm

Description: In the upper left corner of this painting there is an owl swooping down to the lower right to catch a rabbit. The white rabbit is in mid jump and is running toward the lower right corner. The scene takes place in the winter, therefore the ground is snow covered and the trees and shrubs that are on both sides of the animals have snow on thier branches. The overall colour of this painting is blue with some yellow in the owl's wing colour.

Subject: animal; owl; rabbit; landscape; Canadian

Credit: Gift of Clarence Ingwall Tillenius, Winnipeg, 1996

Catalogue Number: TiC.02.01

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Indian Village, Hagwilget

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

Date: 1973

Medium: oil on paper

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.203

Description: A banked road in the foreground leads up to a small village. The town consists of a white church, yellow school house and several other smaller houses ranging in colour from red and green. The steeple of the church rises far above the roof line of the other houses at the back of the community. It …

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

Title: Indian Village, Hagwilget

Date: 1973

Medium: oil on paper

Dimensions: 22.8 x 30.3 cm

Description: A banked road in the foreground leads up to a small village. The town consists of a white church, yellow school house and several other smaller houses ranging in colour from red and green. The steeple of the church rises far above the roof line of the other houses at the back of the community. It is surrounded by trees with green grass in front. The mountains lie off in the distance to the right against a blue sky.

Subject: landscape; architecture; rural

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.203

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Indian Village, Hagwilget

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

Date: 1973

Medium: oil on paper

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.204

Description: The roadway passes in front of the village on the bottom left hand corner. The village comprises of several houses in a diagonal line and a white church in behind. Several other homes are located at either end of the sketch. Several large trees surround the church. Behind the church the background …

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

Title: Indian Village, Hagwilget

Date: 1973

Medium: oil on paper

Dimensions: 22.8 x 30.3 cm

Description: The roadway passes in front of the village on the bottom left hand corner. The village comprises of several houses in a diagonal line and a white church in behind. Several other homes are located at either end of the sketch. Several large trees surround the church. Behind the church the background is bluish green possibly denoting a thick forest.

Subject: landscape; mountain; architecture; religious

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.204

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Kispiox

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

Date: 1973

Medium: oil on paper

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.068

Description: Two totems poles with mountain behind.

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

Title: Kispiox

Date: 1973

Medium: oil on paper

Dimensions: 30.3 x 22.8 cm

Description: Two totems poles with mountain behind.

Subject: religious; totem pole; landscape; mountain

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.068

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Looking South from Inukshuk Hill, near Rankin

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

Date: 1970

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.279

Description: The foreground contains exposed rock, coloured violet-grey, with areas of ground (composed of touches of brown, red-brown and green). In the middleground, thin lines of exposed rock lie in light grey-blue water. The horizon is a line of violet-grey. The upper two-thirds of the composition contains …

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

Title: Looking South from Inukshuk Hill, near Rankin

Date: 1970

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 25.4 x 30.3 cm

Description: The foreground contains exposed rock, coloured violet-grey, with areas of ground (composed of touches of brown, red-brown and green). In the middleground, thin lines of exposed rock lie in light grey-blue water. The horizon is a line of violet-grey. The upper two-thirds of the composition contains a mass of grey and blue-grey clouds. This mass is partially divided in two by a horizontal edge of higher blue-grey cloud meeting some lower light grey clouds.

Subject: landscape; lake

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.279

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Mountain

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Artist: James Spencer (1940 – , Canadian)

Date: 1979

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: SpJ.03.02

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Artist: James Spencer (1940 – , Canadian)

Title: Mountain

Date: 1979

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 22.0 x 29.0 cm

Subject: landscape; mountain

Credit: Gift of James Spencer, 1980

Catalogue Number: SpJ.03.02

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Mountain

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Artist: James Spencer (1940 – , Canadian)

Date: 1979

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: SpJ.03.01

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Artist: James Spencer (1940 – , Canadian)

Title: Mountain

Date: 1979

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 17.5 x 22.5 cm

Subject: landscape; mountain

Credit: Gift of James Spencer, 1980

Catalogue Number: SpJ.03.01

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New Moon-Southern Alberta

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Artist: Rick Nicholas de Grandmaison (1932 – 1985, Canadian)

Date: 1976

Medium: oil on board

Catalogue Number: DgO.02.05

Description: This painting is mainly sky. Two riders on horses are seen in the left half of the painting. In front of them there is a brush area of green and brown. It looks as if they are riding in foothill / prairie area. Mountains are visible in the background. The sky is pink, yellow and blue. A crescent mo…

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Artist: Rick Nicholas de Grandmaison (1932 – 1985, Canadian)

Title: New Moon-Southern Alberta

Date: 1976

Medium: oil on board

Dimensions: 54.3 x 75.0 cm

Description: This painting is mainly sky. Two riders on horses are seen in the left half of the painting. In front of them there is a brush area of green and brown. It looks as if they are riding in foothill / prairie area. Mountains are visible in the background. The sky is pink, yellow and blue. A crescent moon is in the sky.

Subject: landscape; foothills; prairie; Southern Alberta; animal; horse; figure; O. N. de Grandmaison

Credit: Gift of Evelyn Carol Barrington, Invermere, 1999

Catalogue Number: DgO.02.05

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Northern Lake, near Rankin

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

Date: 1970

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.278

Description: In the lower third of the picture is an expanse of land, coloured with touches of brown, ochre, red-brown and green. Three pools of water are visible: two are lines placed near the horizon, and the third, closer to the viewer, is shaped like an oval. The water is steel-grey blue. The sky above the …

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

Title: Northern Lake, near Rankin

Date: 1970

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 25.4 x 30.3 cm

Description: In the lower third of the picture is an expanse of land, coloured with touches of brown, ochre, red-brown and green. Three pools of water are visible: two are lines placed near the horizon, and the third, closer to the viewer, is shaped like an oval. The water is steel-grey blue. The sky above the horizon is light blue, while horizontal bands of violet-grey clouds hang above it.

Subject: landscape; lake

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.278

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Oil Painting

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Date: 1971

Material: oil paint; board

Catalogue Number: 107.02.0077 a-f

Description: 6 oil paintings by Ferlan Lefthand on canvas board. a) Mountain range with river stretching from foreground to middle. Blue sky with long clouds above. b) 23.0 cm x 30.5 cm. Yellow grass in foreground with one rock and lone tree at right. River winding from left side to centre right. More trees in …

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Title: Oil Painting

Date: 1971

Material: oil paint; board

Dimensions: 30.0 x 40.5 cm

Description: 6 oil paintings by Ferlan Lefthand on canvas board. a) Mountain range with river stretching from foreground to middle. Blue sky with long clouds above. b) 23.0 cm x 30.5 cm. Yellow grass in foreground with one rock and lone tree at right. River winding from left side to centre right. More trees in centre and background. c) 23.0 cm x 30.5 cm. River with small waterfall winds through flat meadow with yellow and green grass. Scattered conifers in meadow. Mountains in distance. Signed Feb 15, 1971 on back. d) 23.0 cm x 30.5 cm. River at left side and receding into distance with meadow at right side. Large grey blocky mountains in distance, e) 23.0 cm x 30.5 cm. Large meadow with scattered conifers. Body of water at right side. Grey mountains surrounded by trees in background. Signed February 27, 1971 at back. f) 23.0 cm x 30.5 cm. Wide blue river stretching from left side to right. 6 conifers lower left side in foreground. Large grey mountain surrounded by trees in background. Signed February 20, 1971.