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Banff Springs Hotel 1903

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Artist: Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, R. C. A. (1846 – 1923, Canadian)

Date: 1903

Medium: print on paper

Catalogue Number: BeS.04.01

Description: A giclee print repo of F.M. Bell-Smith’s “Banff Springs Hotel 1903” painting. The painting is a landscape of the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel nestled in the mountains. In the background are mountains with their peaks hidden in cloud. To the left of the hotel is the Bow River. In the foreground is a…

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Artist: Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, R. C. A. (1846 – 1923, Canadian)

Title: Banff Springs Hotel 1903

Date: 1903

Medium: print on paper

Dimensions: 30.1 x 45.8 cm

Description: A giclee print repo of F.M. Bell-Smith’s “Banff Springs Hotel 1903” painting. The painting is a landscape of the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel nestled in the mountains. In the background are mountains with their peaks hidden in cloud. To the left of the hotel is the Bow River. In the foreground is a field with a path on the left. On the path is a figure or possibly two figures (a woman and child?). The path leads to a line of trees and behind the trees a hotel with orange-brown roofing can be seen. The colour palette is primarily green, blue and yellow. The artist signature is in the bottom left hand corner, “FM Bell Smith”.

Subject: BSH; landscape; F.M. Bell-Smith

Credit: Gift of Kerry Guenter, 2007

Catalogue Number: BeS.04.01

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Banff Springs Hotel 1903

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Artist: Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, R. C. A. (1846 – 1923, Canadian)

Date: 1903

Medium: print on paper

Catalogue Number: BeS.04.02

Description: A giclee print repo of F.M. Bell-Smith’s “Banff Springs Hotel 1903” painting. The painting is a landscape of the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel nestled in the mountains. In the background are mountains with their peaks hidden in cloud. To the left of the hotel is the Bow River. In the foreground is a…

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Artist: Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, R. C. A. (1846 – 1923, Canadian)

Title: Banff Springs Hotel 1903

Date: 1903

Medium: print on paper

Dimensions: 30.4 x 45.8 cm

Description: A giclee print repo of F.M. Bell-Smith’s “Banff Springs Hotel 1903” painting. The painting is a landscape of the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel nestled in the mountains. In the background are mountains with their peaks hidden in cloud. To the left of the hotel is the Bow River. In the foreground is a field with a path on the left. On the path is a figure or possibly two figures (a woman and child?). The path leads to a line of trees and behind the trees a hotel with orange-brown roofing can be seen. The colour palette is primarily green, blue and yellow. The artist signature is in the bottom left hand corner, “FM Bell Smith”.

Subject: Banff Springs Hotel; landscape; F.M. Bell-Smith

Credit: Gift of Kerry Guenter, 2007

Catalogue Number: BeS.04.02

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Bow River

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Artist: Marmaduke Matthews (1837 – 1913, British)

Date: c. 1887

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: MaM.02.01

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Artist: Marmaduke Matthews (1837 – 1913, British)

Title: Bow River

Date: c. 1887

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 33.0 x 67.8 cm

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; river

Credit: Purchased from Kennedy Galleries , New York, USA, 1980

Catalogue Number: MaM.02.01

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Bow River, Banff

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Artist: Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, R. C. A. (1846 – 1923, Canadian)

Date: prior to 1887

Medium: oil on pressed paperboard

Catalogue Number: BeS.02.02

Description: A view of the Bow River, the river covers most of the bottom half of the picture, 4 white (tents?) structures on bank, middle of picture. A line of evergreens runs through center of picture, mountains (Borgeau Range), some snow,in background, the sky is blue with lots of white clouds.

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Artist: Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, R. C. A. (1846 – 1923, Canadian)

Title: Bow River, Banff

Date: prior to 1887

Medium: oil on pressed paperboard

Dimensions: 11.9 x 21.7 cm

Description: A view of the Bow River, the river covers most of the bottom half of the picture, 4 white (tents?) structures on bank, middle of picture. A line of evergreens runs through center of picture, mountains (Borgeau Range), some snow,in background, the sky is blue with lots of white clouds.

Subject: landscape, river, Bow River; mountain, Bourgeau Range

Credit: Purchased from Sotheby Parke Bernet (Canada) Ltd, Toronto, 1982

Catalogue Number: BeS.02.02

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Cascade in the Selkirks

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Artist: Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, R. C. A. (1846 – 1923, Canadian)

Date: n.d.

Medium: oil on board

Catalogue Number: BeS.02.03

Description: Small river or creek runs over rocks in Selkirk Mountains area.

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Artist: Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, R. C. A. (1846 – 1923, Canadian)

Title: Cascade in the Selkirks

Date: n.d.

Medium: oil on board

Dimensions: 23.5 x 15.8 cm

Description: Small river or creek runs over rocks in Selkirk Mountains area.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; Selkirk Mountains; river

Credit: Purchased from The Collector’s Gallery, Calgary, 2003

Catalogue Number: BeS.02.03

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Coastal Scene, Tides Out, Dalhousie

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Artist: John Arthur Fraser (1838 – 1898, English)

Date: 1877

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: FsJ.05.04

Description: A bright scene of a rocky coast with water beyond. A rocky island topped with trees fills the centre of the image. The foreground has algae-covered rocks, two figures bending over a boat, and a large cliff at left. flocks of birds fly above the island.

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Artist: John Arthur Fraser (1838 – 1898, English)

Title: Coastal Scene, Tides Out, Dalhousie

Date: 1877

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 17.1 x 24.2 cm

Description: A bright scene of a rocky coast with water beyond. A rocky island topped with trees fills the centre of the image. The foreground has algae-covered rocks, two figures bending over a boat, and a large cliff at left. flocks of birds fly above the island.

Subject: Coast; Nova Scotia; fishing

Credit: Gift of Robyn L Fulton, 2023

Catalogue Number: FsJ.05.04

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A Gorge near Canmore, Alberta

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Artist: Marmaduke Matthews (1837 – 1913, British)

Date: n.d.

Medium: watercolour on illustration board

Catalogue Number: MaM.05.05

Description: Gorge near Canmore, mountain in distance.

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Artist: Marmaduke Matthews (1837 – 1913, British)

Title: A Gorge near Canmore, Alberta

Date: n.d.

Medium: watercolour on illustration board

Dimensions: 38.0 x 51.0 cm

Description: Gorge near Canmore, mountain in distance.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; Canmore area

Credit: Purchased from Canadian Art Gallery, Canmore, 2005

Catalogue Number: MaM.05.05

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Hector Lake, Kicking Horse Pass, BC

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Artist: Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, R. C. A. (1846 – 1923, Canadian)

Date: 1887

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: BeS.05.07

Description: Mountain landscape with large glassy lake in centre of painting. Abstract foliage and stand of dead trees in foreground at right. Brown treed slopes on opposite shore with large snow-capped mountains in distance. Small white and red buildings on far shore of lake. Title written in bottom left corne…

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Artist: Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, R. C. A. (1846 – 1923, Canadian)

Title: Hector Lake, Kicking Horse Pass, BC

Date: 1887

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 32.8 x 48.0 cm

Description: Mountain landscape with large glassy lake in centre of painting. Abstract foliage and stand of dead trees in foreground at right. Brown treed slopes on opposite shore with large snow-capped mountains in distance. Small white and red buildings on far shore of lake. Title written in bottom left corner. “F.M. Bell-Smith 1887” at bottom right.

Subject: mountains; lake; CPR

Credit: Gift of Mark Cullen, 2021

Catalogue Number: BeS.05.07

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The Illecillewaet and Eagle Peak

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Artist: Marmaduke Matthews (1837 – 1913, British)

Date: n.d.

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: MaM.05.03

Description: Illecillewaet River, brush and trees in foreground. Eagle Peak behind. Brown paper.

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Artist: Marmaduke Matthews (1837 – 1913, British)

Title: The Illecillewaet and Eagle Peak

Date: n.d.

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 76.1 x 51.1 cm

Description: Illecillewaet River, brush and trees in foreground. Eagle Peak behind. Brown paper.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; Illecillewaet River; Eagle Peak

Credit: Purchased from Levis Fine Art Auctions and Appraisals, Calgary, 2005

Catalogue Number: MaM.05.03

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Lake Minnewanka and Mount Inglismaldie

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Artist: Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, R. C. A. (1846 – 1923, Canadian)

Date: 1890

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: BeS.02.01

Description: Colour: blue, green. The lower half is a lake with two people in a canoe right of center. A piece of land with evergreens comes out at the right side. The upper half is a mountain range. At the left side in the distance is another range. Above is clear blue sky.This painting was lent to the Winnipe…

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Artist: Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, R. C. A. (1846 – 1923, Canadian)

Title: Lake Minnewanka and Mount Inglismaldie

Date: 1890

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 34.0 x 57.0 cm

Description: Colour: blue, green. The lower half is a lake with two people in a canoe right of center. A piece of land with evergreens comes out at the right side. The upper half is a mountain range. At the left side in the distance is another range. Above is clear blue sky.This painting was lent to the Winnipeg Art Gallery in 1975 to be included in the exhibition The Railway: A Patron of the Arts in Canada. The exhibition was circulated accross the country for two years.

Subject: landscape; lake, mountain; Lake Minnewanka; Mount Inglismaldie; figure, male

Credit: Purchased from Red River Books, 1968

Catalogue Number: BeS.02.01

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Lake O’Hara

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Artist: Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, R. C. A. (1846 – 1923, Canadian)

Date: n.d.

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: BeS.05.03

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Artist: Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, R. C. A. (1846 – 1923, Canadian)

Title: Lake O’Hara

Date: n.d.

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 24 x 20 cm

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; Lake O’Hara; Mount Lefroy; Mount Victoria

Credit: Purchased from The Collector’s Gallery, Calgary, 2003

Catalogue Number: BeS.05.03

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Landscape (Rocky Mountains)

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Artist: John Arthur Fraser (1838 – 1898, English)

Date: 1886

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: FsJ.05.01

Description: Flat body of water in foreground surrounded by plants. Large rounded snow-covered peak in background with smaller peaks behind.

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Artist: John Arthur Fraser (1838 – 1898, English)

Title: Landscape (Rocky Mountains)

Date: 1886

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 23.5 x 33.7 cm

Description: Flat body of water in foreground surrounded by plants. Large rounded snow-covered peak in background with smaller peaks behind.

Subject: mountains; Mount Baker?

Credit: Gift of Robyn L Fulton, 2023

Catalogue Number: FsJ.05.01

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Mount Lefroy N.W.T.

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Artist: Marmaduke Matthews (1837 – 1913, British)

Date: c. 1888

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: MaM.05.01

Description: Left foreground evergreen trees on a slope, right foreground from centre left to tr mountain slope with some evergreen trees and burnt out forest. The snow capped mountain is centre right to near top of picture. Mountain range to left. Sky is partly cloudy, streaked with colour. On back in art…

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Artist: Marmaduke Matthews (1837 – 1913, British)

Title: Mount Lefroy N.W.T.

Date: c. 1888

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 15.7 x 35.0 cm

Description: Left foreground evergreen trees on a slope, right foreground from centre left to tr mountain slope with some evergreen trees and burnt out forest. The snow capped mountain is centre right to near top of picture. Mountain range to left. Sky is partly cloudy, streaked with colour. On back in artist's hand: Mt. Lefroy N.W.T. Highest Peak on the C.P.R. line near Abbott Pass, more than 11,000 feet high. Also Twice One fifth less than twice

Subject: Canadian Rockies; Mount Lefroy; CPR

Credit: Gift of Masters Gallery ltd., Calgary, 1995

Catalogue Number: MaM.05.01

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Mt. Assiniboine, BC

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Artist: John Arthur Fraser (1838 – 1898, English)

Date: n.d.

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: FsJ.05.02

Description: Multilayered mountain scene showing a creek curving out of the bottom left corner. Behind the creek are conifer-covered mountainsides. Rocky ridges rise up behind with the top of Mount Assiniboine seen in the background.

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Artist: John Arthur Fraser (1838 – 1898, English)

Title: Mt. Assiniboine, BC

Date: n.d.

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 33.6 x 23.5 cm

Description: Multilayered mountain scene showing a creek curving out of the bottom left corner. Behind the creek are conifer-covered mountainsides. Rocky ridges rise up behind with the top of Mount Assiniboine seen in the background.

Subject: Mt Assiniboine; mountains; British Columbia;

Credit: Gift of Robyn L Fulton, 2023

Catalogue Number: FsJ.05.02

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Mt. Begbie

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Artist: Marmaduke Matthews (1837 – 1913, British)

Date: n.d.

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: MaM.05.02

Description: A dark landscape featuring Mt. Begbie which rises up at the top of the image. The mountain is loosely painted. Small patches of snow are on the mountain top. A dark blue hill in the bottom right corner slopes up to the right. Brush area makes up the foreground of the image and several trees are…

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Artist: Marmaduke Matthews (1837 – 1913, British)

Title: Mt. Begbie

Date: n.d.

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 18.8 x 24.5 cm

Description: A dark landscape featuring Mt. Begbie which rises up at the top of the image. The mountain is loosely painted. Small patches of snow are on the mountain top. A dark blue hill in the bottom right corner slopes up to the right. Brush area makes up the foreground of the image and several trees are scattered in this area. Mt. Begbie is mainly orange, brown, and dark blue.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; Mt. Begbie

Credit: Purchased from The Collector’s Gallery, Calgary, 2003

Catalogue Number: MaM.05.02

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Mt. Rundle, Vermilion Lakes, Banff, N.W.T.

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Artist: Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, R. C. A. (1846 – 1923, Canadian)

Date: 1887

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: BeS.05.06

Description: Mt. Rundle with Vermilion Lakes in foreground. A figure in a canoe is on the shore of the lake in the lower centre of image.

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Artist: Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, R. C. A. (1846 – 1923, Canadian)

Title: Mt. Rundle, Vermilion Lakes, Banff, N.W.T.

Date: 1887

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 33.5 x 48.6 cm

Description: Mt. Rundle with Vermilion Lakes in foreground. A figure in a canoe is on the shore of the lake in the lower centre of image.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; Mount Rundle; Vermilion Lakes; activity; canoeing

Credit: Gift of Ted and Judy Mills, Mill Bay, 2005

Catalogue Number: BeS.05.06

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Near Oban, Opposite Dunstaffnage

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Artist: John Arthur Fraser (1838 – 1898, English)

Date: c. 1888

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: FsJ.05.03

Description: A small stone and thatched roof house in a grassy field. Smoke rises from two chimneys. A large green hill behind the house has slight cliffs half way up. The heads of two people can be seen above the grass next to the house.

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Artist: John Arthur Fraser (1838 – 1898, English)

Title: Near Oban, Opposite Dunstaffnage

Date: c. 1888

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 24.1 x 34.2 cm

Description: A small stone and thatched roof house in a grassy field. Smoke rises from two chimneys. A large green hill behind the house has slight cliffs half way up. The heads of two people can be seen above the grass next to the house.

Subject: Scotland

Credit: Gift of Robyn L Fulton, 2023

Catalogue Number: FsJ.05.03

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The Ottertails

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Artist: Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, R. C. A. (1846 – 1923, Canadian)

Date: prior to 1880

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: BeS.05.02

Description: Ottertails Mountain range, blue grey with snow in crevases, some blue sky but mostly cloudy, foreground spruce trees and rocks in lower left, mostly green with yellow.

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Artist: Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, R. C. A. (1846 – 1923, Canadian)

Title: The Ottertails

Date: prior to 1880

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 16.7 x 24.3 cm

Description: Ottertails Mountain range, blue grey with snow in crevases, some blue sky but mostly cloudy, foreground spruce trees and rocks in lower left, mostly green with yellow.