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Above Timberline

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Artist: Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)

Date: 1937

Medium: etching on paper

Catalogue Number: RuC.04.11

Description: Colour: black on white. Nine caribou wander across a rocky ridge in the foreground. One male caribou stands prominently left of center facing right. Mountain ranges diminish in the distance behind.

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Artist: Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)

Title: Above Timberline

Date: 1937

Medium: etching on paper

Dimensions: 27.5 x 36.0 cm

Description: Colour: black on white. Nine caribou wander across a rocky ridge in the foreground. One male caribou stands prominently left of center facing right. Mountain ranges diminish in the distance behind.

Subject: landscape, mountain; animal, caribou

Credit: Gift of James (Mrs.) Brewster, Banff, 1968

Catalogue Number: RuC.04.11

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Above Timberline

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Artist: Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)

Date: 1937

Medium: etching on paper

Catalogue Number: RuC.04.32

Description: A herd of caribou (9 distinct) are moving to the right through centre of picture; the nearest is a bull; the foreground is rocky; mountain ranges in background. Written in pencil (by the artist) Above Timberline.

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Artist: Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)

Title: Above Timberline

Date: 1937

Medium: etching on paper

Dimensions: 26.5 x 36.0 cm

Description: A herd of caribou (9 distinct) are moving to the right through centre of picture; the nearest is a bull; the foreground is rocky; mountain ranges in background. Written in pencil (by the artist) Above Timberline.

Subject: landscape, mountain; animal, caribou

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

Catalogue Number: RuC.04.32

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Above Timberline

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Artist: Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)

Date: 1937

Medium: etching on paper

Catalogue Number: RuC.04.26

Description: A herd of caribou stand on a rocky knoll, dominant animal is centre left, others to the right and farther away, mountains in background in the distance, top is cloudy sky

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Artist: Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)

Title: Above Timberline

Date: 1937

Medium: etching on paper

Dimensions: 27.0 x 36.5 cm

Description: A herd of caribou stand on a rocky knoll, dominant animal is centre left, others to the right and farther away, mountains in background in the distance, top is cloudy sky

Subject: animal, caribou; landscape

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: RuC.04.26

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Airdrie, Alberta

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

Date: 1957

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.24

Description: General colour: blue grey, brown, pink. Two elevators stand at the right side on the horizon. A train chugs past on the left. The foreround is brown fields - a fence appears from the left. The sky fills the upper two thirds and is spotted with clouds.

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

Title: Airdrie, Alberta

Date: 1957

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 22.8 x 27.8 cm

Description: General colour: blue grey, brown, pink. Two elevators stand at the right side on the horizon. A train chugs past on the left. The foreround is brown fields - a fence appears from the left. The sky fills the upper two thirds and is spotted with clouds.

Subject: architecture, rural; landscape, prairie

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

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.24

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Alarmed

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Artist: Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)

Date: 1925

Medium: etching on paper

Catalogue Number: RuC.04.36

Description: A herd of mountain sheep are mocing single file up a rocky slope, from centre bottom to right top, the slope covers two thirds of the foreground and is in quite good detail, the background has faint mountains.

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Artist: Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)

Title: Alarmed

Date: 1925

Medium: etching on paper

Dimensions: 31.0 x 36.0 cm

Description: A herd of mountain sheep are mocing single file up a rocky slope, from centre bottom to right top, the slope covers two thirds of the foreground and is in quite good detail, the background has faint mountains.

Subject: landscape, mountain; animal, sheep, bighorn

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

Catalogue Number: RuC.04.36

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Alpine Ibex

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Artist: J. Monroe Thorington (1894 – 1989, American)

Date: 1940

Medium: charcoal on paper

Catalogue Number: ThM.03.04

Description: A charcoal drawing from the chest up of an alpine ibex. The ibex is facing to his right, long horns curve gracefully back.

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Artist: J. Monroe Thorington (1894 – 1989, American)

Title: Alpine Ibex

Date: 1940

Medium: charcoal on paper

Dimensions: 25.0 x 20.5 cm

Description: A charcoal drawing from the chest up of an alpine ibex. The ibex is facing to his right, long horns curve gracefully back.

Subject: animal; alpine ibex

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: ThM.03.04

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Among the Crags

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Artist: Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)

Date: 1935

Medium: etching on paper

Catalogue Number: RuC.04.16

Description: Colour: black on white. Three sheep fill the center foreground, one faces right, one faces right but looks out and a third on the left side faces out. Behind on the lower side of the rock pile are three more sheep. Beyond in the upper right are mountain slopes and mountain peaks and sky.

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Artist: Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)

Title: Among the Crags

Date: 1935

Medium: etching on paper

Dimensions: 19.6 x 27.4 cm

Description: Colour: black on white. Three sheep fill the center foreground, one faces right, one faces right but looks out and a third on the left side faces out. Behind on the lower side of the rock pile are three more sheep. Beyond in the upper right are mountain slopes and mountain peaks and sky.

Subject: landscape, mountain; landscape, with animals; animal, sheep, Big Horn

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975

Catalogue Number: RuC.04.16

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Anenomies

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

Date: n.d.

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.03

Description: A purple vase sits at the bottom center and has blue, white, burgundy,pink and different red flowers on leafy green stems inside it. The background is black.

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

Title: Anenomies

Date: n.d.

Medium: watercolour on paper

Description: A purple vase sits at the bottom center and has blue, white, burgundy,pink and different red flowers on leafy green stems inside it. The background is black.

Subject: Botanical; anenomies

Credit: Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1995

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.03

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Antelope

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Artist: Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)

Date: 1926

Medium: etching on paper

Catalogue Number: RuC.04.12

Description: Colour: black on white. Six antelope face right taking up the upper part of the picture. The lower half is bushes with a clear space in the lower right corner.

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Artist: Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)

Title: Antelope

Date: 1926

Medium: etching on paper

Dimensions: 26.5 x 34.5 cm

Description: Colour: black on white. Six antelope face right taking up the upper part of the picture. The lower half is bushes with a clear space in the lower right corner.

Subject: landscape, prairie; animal, antelope

Credit: Gift of James (Mrs.) Brewster, Banff, 1968

Catalogue Number: RuC.04.12

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Antelope

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Artist: J. Monroe Thorington (1894 – 1989, American)

Date: n.d.

Medium: oil on canvas board

Catalogue Number: ThM.02.02

Description: General colour: green, yellow, brown, blue. An antelope stands at the left side facing right. There is grass and shurbs in the foreground which become part of a slope which fills the lower three quarters. At the horizion mountains can be seen. Sky above is blue.

Artist: J. Monroe Thorington (1894 – 1989, American)

Title: Antelope

Date: n.d.

Medium: oil on canvas board

Dimensions: 30.5 x 40.7 cm

Description: General colour: green, yellow, brown, blue. An antelope stands at the left side facing right. There is grass and shurbs in the foreground which become part of a slope which fills the lower three quarters. At the horizion mountains can be seen. Sky above is blue.

Subject: landscape, prairie; animal, antelope

Credit: Gift of J. Monroe Thorington, Philadelphia, USA, 1970

Catalogue Number: ThM.02.02

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Antelope head

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Artist: Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)

Date: 1946

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: RuC.03.06

Description: A finely detailed drawing of an antelope head, the antelope is facing to the left

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Artist: Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)

Title: Antelope head

Date: 1946

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 23.0 x 27.5 cm

Description: A finely detailed drawing of an antelope head, the antelope is facing to the left

Subject: animal, antelope

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: RuC.03.06

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Appledore-Devon

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

Date: n.d.

Medium: watercolour; graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.39

Description: In the foreground is a shore area where two people are in a rowboat. Green grass is in the bottom left corner. In the bottom right corner two more row boats lay empty. Water from the river or sea stretches across the image. A wall extends into the water and people are walking on it. Across the…

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

Title: Appledore-Devon

Date: n.d.

Medium: watercolour; graphite on paper

Description: In the foreground is a shore area where two people are in a rowboat. Green grass is in the bottom left corner. In the bottom right corner two more row boats lay empty. Water from the river or sea stretches across the image. A wall extends into the water and people are walking on it. Across the water is a low hill and land with a town on it. Stands of trees are scattered around and a church tower is visible. The sky is blue with white and grey clouds in it.

Subject: landscape; rural; England; Devon

Credit: Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 2001

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.39

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Back of Sawback

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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.05.06

Description: General colour: brown, blue. A lake in the center surrounded by dry mountain cliffs. Central peak is right of center and the other is at the left side. The sky is dark in the upper right corner and clouds fill the upper left.

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

Title: Back of Sawback

Date: prior to 1965

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 18.5 x 25.3 cm

Description: General colour: brown, blue. A lake in the center surrounded by dry mountain cliffs. Central peak is right of center and the other is at the left side. The sky is dark in the upper right corner and clouds fill the upper left.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies

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

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.06

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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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Battling Moose

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Artist: Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)

Date: prior to 1905

Medium: photoengraving on paper

Catalogue Number: RuC.11.01

Description: Colour: greys as in a black and white photograph. At the waters edge in the center are two bull moose fighting. To the right, half way up in the background is a female moose looking on. Dead logs and grass fill the lower part of the picture.

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Artist: Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)

Title: Battling Moose

Date: prior to 1905

Medium: photoengraving on paper

Dimensions: 30.1 x 50.4 cm

Description: Colour: greys as in a black and white photograph. At the waters edge in the center are two bull moose fighting. To the right, half way up in the background is a female moose looking on. Dead logs and grass fill the lower part of the picture.

Subject: landscape; animal, moose

Credit: Gift of W. J. Wright, Kamloops, 1969

Catalogue Number: RuC.11.01

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Battling Moose

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Artist: Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)

Date: n.d.

Medium: photo engraving on paper

Catalogue Number: RuC.11.02

Description: At the waters edge in the center are two bull moose fighting. To the right, half way up in the background is a female moose looking on. Dead logs and grass fill the lower part of the picture. Glued to the back of the matt are mylar encapsulated newspaper clippings with the notation “From the old fr…

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Artist: Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)

Title: Battling Moose

Date: n.d.

Medium: photo engraving on paper

Dimensions: 34 x 51 cm

Description: At the waters edge in the center are two bull moose fighting. To the right, half way up in the background is a female moose looking on. Dead logs and grass fill the lower part of the picture. Glued to the back of the matt are mylar encapsulated newspaper clippings with the notation “From the old frame of RuC.11.01.”

Subject: landscape; animal; moose

Credit: Gift of Charles Reid Foundation, 2014

Catalogue Number: RuC.11.02

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Beach Combers, Burrard Inlet, B.C.

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

Date: n.d.

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.38

Description: A coastal seascape of Burrard Inlet, BC, shows a floating house or shack in the centre right of the image. It has a railing running around it and a covered porch. A walkway runs from the shore at the bottom of the image to the shack. Part of another shack is cropped at the left of the image. L…

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

Title: Beach Combers, Burrard Inlet, B.C.

Date: n.d.

Medium: watercolour on paper

Description: A coastal seascape of Burrard Inlet, BC, shows a floating house or shack in the centre right of the image. It has a railing running around it and a covered porch. A walkway runs from the shore at the bottom of the image to the shack. Part of another shack is cropped at the left of the image. Logs are floating around these buildings. Beyond the buildings is Burrard Inlet on which there are two or three boats. A dock runs out the boats in the upper left corner. Beyond, at the top of the image are Coast mountains, some covered in snow.

Subject: landscape; coastal; seascape; Pacific; British Columbia; Burrard Inlet, mountains, Coast

Credit: Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 2001

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.38

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Beacon Hill Park, Victoria, British Columbia

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

Date: 1957

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.19

Description: General colour: brown, grey. A row of eight trees crosses the picture - the foliage filling the upper left area and across the middle. Two or three figures can be seen in the left area. Back ground image is somewhat vague. The sky is cloudless.

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

Title: Beacon Hill Park, Victoria, British Columbia

Date: 1957

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 22.8 x 27.8 cm

Description: General colour: brown, grey. A row of eight trees crosses the picture - the foliage filling the upper left area and across the middle. Two or three figures can be seen in the left area. Back ground image is somewhat vague. The sky is cloudless.