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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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An Awkward Juxtaposition

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Artist: Unknown

Date: n.d.

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: UnK.03.11

Description: A man wearing a dark jacket, white pants, a hat down over his eyes, a cane and a cigarette in a long holder, stands facing left under a sign which reads Curios.

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Artist: Unknown

Title: An Awkward Juxtaposition

Date: n.d.

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 25.8 x 20.2 cm

Description: A man wearing a dark jacket, white pants, a hat down over his eyes, a cane and a cigarette in a long holder, stands facing left under a sign which reads Curios.

Subject: figure, male; cartoon

Credit: Gift of Iva (Mrs. Len) Smith, 1976

Catalogue Number: UnK.03.11

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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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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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Buffalo Hunt

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

Date: 1950

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: TiC.03.01

Description: Running from the left side of the drawing toward the cc is a bison. Along side of it on the right side of the image a man with a gun riding a horse is trying to kill it. Both the horse and the bison are in full run with grass under foot and trees or shrubs in the distance.

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

Title: Buffalo Hunt

Date: 1950

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 30.6 x 51.0 cm

Description: Running from the left side of the drawing toward the cc is a bison. Along side of it on the right side of the image a man with a gun riding a horse is trying to kill it. Both the horse and the bison are in full run with grass under foot and trees or shrubs in the distance.

Subject: figure; male; animal; buffalo; horse

Credit: Gift of Clarence Ingwall Tillenius, Winnipeg, 1996

Catalogue Number: TiC.03.01

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Buffalo preliminary sketches

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

Date: prior to 1996

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: TiC.03.02

Description: Drawn lightly are two bison running toward each other ready to bang heads. Under foot you can see the suggestion of ground represented by a few lines. One bison is running from the upper left corner and the other is running from the center right.

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

Title: Buffalo preliminary sketches

Date: prior to 1996

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 20.4 x 20.4 cm

Description: Drawn lightly are two bison running toward each other ready to bang heads. Under foot you can see the suggestion of ground represented by a few lines. One bison is running from the upper left corner and the other is running from the center right.

Subject: animal; buffalo

Credit: Gift of Clarence Ingwall Tillenius, Winnipeg, 1996

Catalogue Number: TiC.03.02

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Caribou

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

Date: 1944

Medium: charcoal on paper

Catalogue Number: ThM.03.03

Description: General colour: white and black on grey. The left profile of a caribou drawn in the centre of the picture.

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

Title: Caribou

Date: 1944

Medium: charcoal on paper

Dimensions: 21.5 x 14.0 cm

Description: General colour: white and black on grey. The left profile of a caribou drawn in the centre of the picture.

Subject: animal; caribou

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: ThM.03.03

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Caribou Hunt, Bird Hunt

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Artist: Unknown

Date: prior to 1962

Catalogue Number: UnK.08.11 a,b

Description: hunting scenes; appliqued figures; (a) Bird Hunt (46.0x69.0) white background; bound edges; purple fabric with red and green stitching; 2 hunters, pink and black, with blue weapons; one hunter pulling 2 pink fish; blue bird on black patch; tail and back legs of animal with black patch brc; blue k…

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Artist: Unknown

Title: Caribou Hunt, Bird Hunt

Date: prior to 1962

Description: hunting scenes; appliqued figures; (a) Bird Hunt (46.0x69.0) white background; bound edges; purple fabric with red and green stitching; 2 hunters, pink and black, with blue weapons; one hunter pulling 2 pink fish; blue bird on black patch; tail and back legs of animal with black patch brc; blue knit loops at each corner; (b) Caribou Hunt; (46.0x69.0) white background, bound edges; purple fabric with red and green stitching; 3 hunters, pink and black; 2 black dogs, one pulling a sled; pink caribou with arrow in shoulder, bleeding from wound and mouth; blue knit loops at each corner.

Subject: figure; male; female; activity; hunting; animal; caribou; fish; dog; bird

Credit: Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988

Catalogue Number: UnK.08.11 a,b

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Daybreak Over Sunshine

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

Date: 1995

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: TiC.02.03

Description: On the left side of this painting you can see three bighorn sheep in the center area. One sheep is closer then the rest and is looking straight at the viewer of the painting. The other two sheep are back further and are also looking in the same direction. All three of these animals are standing on …

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

Title: Daybreak Over Sunshine

Date: 1995

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 63.5 x 91.4 cm

Description: On the left side of this painting you can see three bighorn sheep in the center area. One sheep is closer then the rest and is looking straight at the viewer of the painting. The other two sheep are back further and are also looking in the same direction. All three of these animals are standing on rock and the ground is rough. The rock gets higher as it moves to the right of the painting and a tree grows from the ground at the very point the rock touches the right side picture frame. In the distance are mountains with snow covered peaks. The colour of the mountains and snow is a purple, blue hue. All three of the bighorn sheep have full, rounded horns.

Subject: animals; bighorn sheep; landscape; Canadian Rockies

Credit: Gift of Clarence Ingwall Tillenius, Winnipeg, 1996

Catalogue Number: TiC.02.03

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Eagle Feeding Young

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Artist: Unknown

Date: 1950 – 1970

Medium: oil on board

Catalogue Number: UnK.02.10

Description: A brownish eagle with yellow beak and feet is in the center of the picture, he is feeding a young eagle. The foreground is dark brownish hills, the sky is blue with white clouds.

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Artist: Unknown

Title: Eagle Feeding Young

Date: 1950 – 1970

Medium: oil on board

Dimensions: 45.7 x 65.5 cm

Description: A brownish eagle with yellow beak and feet is in the center of the picture, he is feeding a young eagle. The foreground is dark brownish hills, the sky is blue with white clouds.

Subject: animal, bird

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

Catalogue Number: UnK.02.10

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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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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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Family Caribou Hunt

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Artist: Unknown

Date: prior to 1962

Medium: wool; hide

Catalogue Number: UnK.08.07

Description: This square wall hanging has green and black stitching all around the edges and in the corners. In the light background the scene includes in the upper section a male with a bow and arrow aiming at a caribou. The middle section shows a woman with a child on her back and a male figure with an arm ra…

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Artist: Unknown

Title: Family Caribou Hunt

Date: prior to 1962

Medium: wool; hide

Dimensions: 58.0 x 66.0 cm

Description: This square wall hanging has green and black stitching all around the edges and in the corners. In the light background the scene includes in the upper section a male with a bow and arrow aiming at a caribou. The middle section shows a woman with a child on her back and a male figure with an arm raised. Just right of the center is a tee pee. Above the tee pee area is another woman with two children. The bottom area shows a dog tied to a fixed peg in the ground and another figure working on the tee pee. All the image shapes have been cut out of fibre with the exception of the tee pee, it is made from skin. The overall colour in this wall hanging is yellow, black,green and off white.

Subject: figures; male; female; child; activity; hunting; animals; caribou; dog; architecture; teepee

Credit: Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988

Catalogue Number: UnK.08.07

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Finding The Truants

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

Date: 1982

Medium: oil on panel

Catalogue Number: TiC.02.06

Description: The first half of the painting starting from the bottom includes a stream with rocks off to the right with trees and shrubs all around full in fall orange and yellow colours. Standing to the right of the stream in the orange grass area are three horses, two are dark brown and the other is a lighter…

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

Title: Finding The Truants

Date: 1982

Medium: oil on panel

Dimensions: 25.4 x 35.5 cm

Description: The first half of the painting starting from the bottom includes a stream with rocks off to the right with trees and shrubs all around full in fall orange and yellow colours. Standing to the right of the stream in the orange grass area are three horses, two are dark brown and the other is a lighter brown. Just behind the orange trees are many green trees off in the distance and behind them are mountains covered in snow and blue in colour. The sky is a cool even blue.

Subject: animals; horses; landscape; Canadian

Credit: Gift of Clarence Ingwall Tillenius, Winnipeg, 1996

Catalogue Number: TiC.02.06

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Great Diamond Island

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Artist: Unknown

Date: 1908

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: UnK.02.08

Description: Thick, large trees (3) in woods; unsigned Great Diamond Island Aug.1/08 on canvas edge plus illegible writing on side, canvas edge.

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Artist: Unknown

Title: Great Diamond Island

Date: 1908

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 43.2 x 30.5 cm

Description: Thick, large trees (3) in woods; unsigned Great Diamond Island Aug.1/08 on canvas edge plus illegible writing on side, canvas edge.

Subject: landscape, forest

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

Catalogue Number: UnK.02.08

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Head of a Caribou

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

Date: 1944

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: ThM.03.01

Description: Colour: grey on white. A caribou head looking left.

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

Title: Head of a Caribou

Date: 1944

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 20.3 x 12.5 cm

Description: Colour: grey on white. A caribou head looking left.

Subject: animal; caribou

Credit: Gift of Forrest (Pat) Oliver Brewster, Banff, 1967

Catalogue Number: ThM.03.01

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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.