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East End of Mt. Athabasca

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Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Date: n.d.

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.66

Description: Mt. Athabasca is cropped at the centre right of the image. It runs from the right of the painting into the middle of the image. The mountain is snow-capped. Grassy hills of green, yellow and brown make up the forground. The sky is yellow on the left of the image and purple and blue on the right.

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Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Title: East End of Mt. Athabasca

Date: n.d.

Medium: watercolour on paper

Description: Mt. Athabasca is cropped at the centre right of the image. It runs from the right of the painting into the middle of the image. The mountain is snow-capped. Grassy hills of green, yellow and brown make up the forground. The sky is yellow on the left of the image and purple and blue on the right.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; Mt. Athabasca

Credit: Gift of James (Jr.) Simpson, Rocky Mountain House, 2000

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.66

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Glacier Lake from the Saskatchewan River Crossing

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Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Date: 1940

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.44

Description: Lake with reflections centre and lower right; an island protrudes from the centre right edge; yellow/brown hill bottom left with evergreens, 2 dead standing trees; mountains and green hills in background; pale blue sky. Handwritten on separate backing (in artist's hand): Jim Looking onto Glacier La…

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Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Title: Glacier Lake from the Saskatchewan River Crossing

Date: 1940

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 26.0 x 35.1 cm

Description: Lake with reflections centre and lower right; an island protrudes from the centre right edge; yellow/brown hill bottom left with evergreens, 2 dead standing trees; mountains and green hills in background; pale blue sky. Handwritten on separate backing (in artist's hand): Jim Looking onto Glacier Lake from the Saskatchewan River Crossing where you and Shane Graham camped. Credit both The Banff Centre and Mrs. J. I. Brewster in any exhibition or publication of the collection, either in whole or in part. Banff Centre catalogue numbers: 81 0309 A; 20662

Subject: landscape; mountain

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

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.44

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Moose at Glacier Lake

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Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Date: 1926

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.04

Description: Colour: brown, yellow. The left profile of a moose head, antlers and shoulders.

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Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Title: Moose at Glacier Lake

Date: 1926

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 7.0 x 9.8 cm

Description: Colour: brown, yellow. The left profile of a moose head, antlers and shoulders.

Subject: animal; moose

Credit: Gift of J. Monroe Thorington, Philadelphia, USA, 1969

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.04

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Mount Assiniboine

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Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Date: 1941

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.43

Description: Mount Assiniboine is centre left; a moon to the right of the mountain between clouds; evergreen trees and snow in foreground. Credit both The Banff Centre and Mrs. J. I. Brewster in any exhibition or publication of the collection, either in whole or in part. Banff Centre catalogue numbers: 81 0319 …

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Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Title: Mount Assiniboine

Date: 1941

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 30.4 x 22.8 cm

Description: Mount Assiniboine is centre left; a moon to the right of the mountain between clouds; evergreen trees and snow in foreground. Credit both The Banff Centre and Mrs. J. I. Brewster in any exhibition or publication of the collection, either in whole or in part. Banff Centre catalogue numbers: 81 0319 A; 20663

Subject: landscape; mountain

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

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.43

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Mount Rundle

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Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Date: 1942

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.16

Description: Gold and green bank to the left foreground. Blue lake with moonlight shining on it mid foreground reaching back to the treed shoreline. On the right is the green flank of Sulphur Mountain and midcentre and left are dominated by moonlit Mount Rundle. The sky is bright with a full moon. This is a Chr…

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Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Title: Mount Rundle

Date: 1942

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 11.4 x 13.0 cm

Description: Gold and green bank to the left foreground. Blue lake with moonlight shining on it mid foreground reaching back to the treed shoreline. On the right is the green flank of Sulphur Mountain and midcentre and left are dominated by moonlit Mount Rundle. The sky is bright with a full moon. This is a Christmas card, greeting and signature in brc.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; lake; Vermilion

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.16

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Mount Rundle

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Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Date: 1929

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.47

Description: Gold, red and green bank with evergreens to the left foreground. Green and blue lake with moonlight shining on it mid foreground reaching back to the treed shoreline. On the right is the dark flank of Sulphur Mountain and midcentre and left are dominated by moonlit Mount Rundle. The sky is bright w…

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Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Title: Mount Rundle

Date: 1929

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 18.6 x 22.6 cm

Description: Gold, red and green bank with evergreens to the left foreground. Green and blue lake with moonlight shining on it mid foreground reaching back to the treed shoreline. On the right is the dark flank of Sulphur Mountain and midcentre and left are dominated by moonlit Mount Rundle. The sky is bright with a full moon.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; lake; mountain

Credit: Gift of Audrey Campbell, Banff, 1991

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.47

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Mount Temple, Canadian Rockies

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Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Date: 1972

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.09

Description: Colour: blue, green, brown. Lower half is water on the left and a brown shore in the lower right corner. Yellow grass grows at the left side of the far shore. Two trees go up the left side. Three go up on the right. The upper half is a mountain at center. Blue sky above.

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Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Title: Mount Temple, Canadian Rockies

Date: 1972

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 20.4 x 23.8 cm

Description: Colour: blue, green, brown. Lower half is water on the left and a brown shore in the lower right corner. Yellow grass grows at the left side of the far shore. Two trees go up the left side. Three go up on the right. The upper half is a mountain at center. Blue sky above.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; water

Credit: Gift of Gus (Mrs.) Baracos, Banff, 1978

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.09

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Mt. Bonney, British Columbia

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Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Date: 1962

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.68

Description: Blue and green hills or mountains on either side of the image form a valley in the centre of it. A flat area with trees on it makes up the foreground and a snowcapped mountain in the centre background is framed by either side of the valley.

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Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Title: Mt. Bonney, British Columbia

Date: 1962

Medium: watercolour on paper

Description: Blue and green hills or mountains on either side of the image form a valley in the centre of it. A flat area with trees on it makes up the foreground and a snowcapped mountain in the centre background is framed by either side of the valley.