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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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Desolate Moorage

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Date: n.d.

Medium: oil on wood

Catalogue Number: CoJ.02.01

Description: Seascape with beach and shore. actual painted space starts 1.5cm. from bottom and ends approx. 3cm. from top. boat in water, hills and sky in background, shore to the left, with trees beside.

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Title: Desolate Moorage

Date: n.d.

Medium: oil on wood

Dimensions: 15 x 20 cm

Description: Seascape with beach and shore. actual painted space starts 1.5cm. from bottom and ends approx. 3cm. from top. boat in water, hills and sky in background, shore to the left, with trees beside.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1982

Catalogue Number: CoJ.02.01

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Dinghies at Sea

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Date: n.d.

Medium: oil on wood

Catalogue Number: CoJ.02.02

Description: Seascape, colour with three boats no 4 boats on the water, part of a fifth boat is seen breaking into the bottom of the painting. Figures of people in the boats horizon line 2/3 up from bottom, with land stripe then sky.

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Title: Dinghies at Sea

Date: n.d.

Medium: oil on wood

Dimensions: 15 x 20 cm

Description: Seascape, colour with three boats no 4 boats on the water, part of a fifth boat is seen breaking into the bottom of the painting. Figures of people in the boats horizon line 2/3 up from bottom, with land stripe then sky.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1982

Catalogue Number: CoJ.02.02

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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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A Flat in Caribou Country

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Date: c. 1915

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.353

Description: A lake scene with trees to the left, water in the foreground, and mountains and more trees in the background.Title is in top left corner: “A Flat in Caribou Country”Other writing throughout denoting colour scheme.

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Title: A Flat in Caribou Country

Date: c. 1915

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 20.0 x 26.0 cm

Description: A lake scene with trees to the left, water in the foreground, and mountains and more trees in the background.Title is in top left corner: “A Flat in Caribou Country”Other writing throughout denoting colour scheme.

Subject: lake; landscape

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.353

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His Haunt

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Date: 1893

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: CoJ.02.03

Description: Scene in a forest with a stream. Overall green value of the painting, - there is a herring standing in the steam just below center at the narrowest part where the stream seems to drop to a lower level. - dark green shadows across the top of the trees where they appear to canopy the scene. - dark br…

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Title: His Haunt

Date: 1893

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 45.5 x 30.5 cm

Description: Scene in a forest with a stream. Overall green value of the painting, - there is a herring standing in the steam just below center at the narrowest part where the stream seems to drop to a lower level. - dark green shadows across the top of the trees where they appear to canopy the scene. - dark brown bank to the left of the steam, and a dark green/yellow to the right of the stream.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; heron; stream

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1982

Catalogue Number: CoJ.02.03

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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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Landscape

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Date: n.d.

Medium: oil on board

Catalogue Number: CoJ.02.05

Description: Green grassy area in foreground, house set off to right, evidence of two roof tops along same plane as the house. Tree beside the house, also other foliage. Bluish horizon line, subggesting trees, blue-grey cloudy sky.

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Title: Landscape

Date: n.d.

Medium: oil on board

Dimensions: 20.5 x 24.5 cm

Description: Green grassy area in foreground, house set off to right, evidence of two roof tops along same plane as the house. Tree beside the house, also other foliage. Bluish horizon line, subggesting trees, blue-grey cloudy sky.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1982

Catalogue Number: CoJ.02.05

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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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Nightfall

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Date: n.d.

Medium: oil on board

Catalogue Number: CoJ.02.07

Description: Landscape with five trees set off on a hill on the right side moving towards centre. Dark blue-black sky top, changing to yellow-ochre and orange in distance. Dark horizon line of blue-black trees, rock foreground brc.

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Title: Nightfall

Date: n.d.

Medium: oil on board

Dimensions: 10.5 x 21 cm

Description: Landscape with five trees set off on a hill on the right side moving towards centre. Dark blue-black sky top, changing to yellow-ochre and orange in distance. Dark horizon line of blue-black trees, rock foreground brc.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1982

Catalogue Number: CoJ.02.07

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North Shuswap Lake

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Date: c. 1915

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.355

Description: A lake in foreground, with land protruding out from right edge to centre of image, with mountains in the background.

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Title: North Shuswap Lake

Date: c. 1915

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 8.7 x 20.0 cm

Description: A lake in foreground, with land protruding out from right edge to centre of image, with mountains in the background.

Subject: lake; landscape

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.355

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Old Road and Tree

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Date: 1910 – 1931

Medium: graphite on paper board

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.001

Description: Landscape, tree at left from top to bottom road crossing diagonally from left to right and disappearing. Rock-like shape at top right quarter. Writing on back.

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Title: Old Road and Tree

Date: 1910 – 1931

Medium: graphite on paper board

Dimensions: 19.5 x 24 cm

Description: Landscape, tree at left from top to bottom road crossing diagonally from left to right and disappearing. Rock-like shape at top right quarter. Writing on back.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1982

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.001

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On the Columbia between Revelstoke and Arrow Lakes

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Date: c. 1925

Medium: graphite on oil paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.106

Description: Scene with a lake in the forground center moving back over sloping forests to the mountain in the background.“It is not surprising that this soft, moody sketch shows some wear as Collings seems to have been travelling by canoe. The artist would have been well into his seventies on this trip.” -- …

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Title: On the Columbia between Revelstoke and Arrow Lakes

Date: c. 1925

Medium: graphite on oil paper

Dimensions: 26 x 20 cm

Description: Scene with a lake in the forground center moving back over sloping forests to the mountain in the background.“It is not surprising that this soft, moody sketch shows some wear as Collings seems to have been travelling by canoe. The artist would have been well into his seventies on this trip.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda Heath

Subject: landscape; lake; stream

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1985

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.106

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Orchard Valley

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Date: c. 1920

Medium: oil on board

Catalogue Number: CoJ.02.04

Description: Landscape with a tree in the forground left, a spindly branched tree, and a similar shaped one 1/3 the size opposite it to the right. - there is a pond of lake behind these across the center of the frame, and gentle sloping green land further back. - blue sky on the upper 1/3 of the frame with wisp…

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Title: Orchard Valley

Date: c. 1920

Medium: oil on board

Dimensions: 31 x 23 cm

Description: Landscape with a tree in the forground left, a spindly branched tree, and a similar shaped one 1/3 the size opposite it to the right. - there is a pond of lake behind these across the center of the frame, and gentle sloping green land further back. - blue sky on the upper 1/3 of the frame with wisps of yellowing/grey clouds across.“A pleasant painting full of tender greens and spring blossoms, this view of an apple orchard, possibly in the Okanagan area, exhibits a moderate impasto effect. Darkest tones have been restricted to a few branches and detail in a town across the lake, suggesting the late date although Collings brushstrokes do not follow the contours of his images.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda Heath

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1982

Catalogue Number: CoJ.02.04

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Peak Island

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

Date: n.d.

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: HaH.03.05

Description: A drawing of a tree in the foreground with a lake, a boat and and the opposite shore in the background. “PEAK ISLAND” llhc and signed H. C. HAHN lrhc.

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

Title: Peak Island

Date: n.d.

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 30.4 x 22.3 cm

Description: A drawing of a tree in the foreground with a lake, a boat and and the opposite shore in the background. “PEAK ISLAND” llhc and signed H. C. HAHN lrhc.

Subject: landscape; tree; lake; Herbert Hahn

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

Catalogue Number: HaH.03.05

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People on Lakeshore in mountains

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Date: c. 1915

Medium: graphite on cheque; paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.356

Description: Image is only drawn on 3/4 of the paper. A fold line denotes where the image ends. A rough rendition of people on the shore of a lake with mountains in the background and puffy clouds in the sky.Item is drawn in pencil on the back of a blue Bank of Montreal cheque.

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Title: People on Lakeshore in mountains

Date: c. 1915

Medium: graphite on cheque; paper

Dimensions: 13.0 x 20.5 cm

Description: Image is only drawn on 3/4 of the paper. A fold line denotes where the image ends. A rough rendition of people on the shore of a lake with mountains in the background and puffy clouds in the sky.Item is drawn in pencil on the back of a blue Bank of Montreal cheque.

Subject: lake; landscape; bank; Montreal; blue

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.356

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Seascape, Rock and Sea

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Date: n.d.

Medium: oil on board

Catalogue Number: CoJ.02.06

Description: Oil study of a rocky foreground, large brown rock set off to 1. High horizon line broken by another rock mass in trc. Blue water surrounds rocks, sky is of greenish-grey.“The technique here is patchy but a luminosity forecasts Collings later mastery of light. On the back is a lake scene, possibly S…

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Title: Seascape, Rock and Sea

Date: n.d.

Medium: oil on board

Dimensions: 9 x 20 cm

Description: Oil study of a rocky foreground, large brown rock set off to 1. High horizon line broken by another rock mass in trc. Blue water surrounds rocks, sky is of greenish-grey.“The technique here is patchy but a luminosity forecasts Collings later mastery of light. On the back is a lake scene, possibly Shuswap, which is smoother and freer, indicating a later date.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda Heath