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The Backyard Rink

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Artist: Linda Evans (1949 – , Canadian)

Date: 1987

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: EvL.04.02

Description: It is dusk and winter in the mountains. In the foreground is a fence with a willow tree to the right. There is a cat perched on the fence watching the children in the background playing hockey. There is a house with a lighted window to the left. A string of lights from the house across the yard …

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Artist: Linda Evans (1949 – , Canadian)

Title: The Backyard Rink

Date: 1987

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 42.0 x 58.0 cm

Description: It is dusk and winter in the mountains. In the foreground is a fence with a willow tree to the right. There is a cat perched on the fence watching the children in the background playing hockey. There is a house with a lighted window to the left. A string of lights from the house across the yard illuminates the ice rink which dominates the middle right. Three boys are playing hockey and a girl in a yellow snowsuit is sitting on the ice. Trees and mountains are in the background.

Subject: landscape; mountain; tree; winter ice rink; children; activity, ice hockey; animal, cat; architecture

Credit: Gift of Linda Evans, Canmore, 1993

Catalogue Number: EvL.04.02

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Banff, Canada

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Artist: Linda Evans (1949 – , Canadian)

Date: 1987

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: EvL.04.05

Description: The Banff train station is in the foreground with a Mountie directing a tourist. In the backgound is the Brewster bus station and to the right is a moose and beaver dam in Vermilion Lake. The many buildings from the town of Banff are in the background along with people engaged in various activities…

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Artist: Linda Evans (1949 – , Canadian)

Title: Banff, Canada

Date: 1987

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 61.0 x 45.0 cm

Description: The Banff train station is in the foreground with a Mountie directing a tourist. In the backgound is the Brewster bus station and to the right is a moose and beaver dam in Vermilion Lake. The many buildings from the town of Banff are in the background along with people engaged in various activities such as fishing and boating on the Bow River, bicycling etc.. The upper half is Rundle Mountain and the Banff Springs Hotel and the Sulphur Mountain Gondola Lift.

Subject: landscape; town; Banff; road; mountains; buildings; transportation; train; bus; automobile; carriage; animal; horse; people; tourist; Mountie

Credit: Gift of Linda Evans, Canmore, 1993

Catalogue Number: EvL.04.05

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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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Canmore, My Home Town

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Artist: Linda Evans (1949 – , Canadian)

Date: 1987

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: EvL.04.04

Description: A stylized view of Canmore. A road winds through the town leading to the mountain and train tracks where there is a train coming through town. A lone cross country skier is in the foreground. There are children fishing in the creek, pulling a sleigh and playing hockey on the right. There are child…

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Artist: Linda Evans (1949 – , Canadian)

Title: Canmore, My Home Town

Date: 1987

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 71.2 x 52.0 cm

Description: A stylized view of Canmore. A road winds through the town leading to the mountain and train tracks where there is a train coming through town. A lone cross country skier is in the foreground. There are children fishing in the creek, pulling a sleigh and playing hockey on the right. There are children watching ducks, playing with a dog, snowman and toboganning on the left.

Subject: landscape; mountain; Nakiska; town; Canmore; winter; activity: ski jumping; toboganing; cross country skiing

Credit: Gift of Linda Evans, Canmore, 1993

Catalogue Number: EvL.04.04

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Christmas Cards

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1930 – 1960

Medium: ink; coloured inks; watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.04.01 a-i

Description: Nine Christmas cards. (a) A convoy of vehicles, last car is a convertible filled with various Rocky Mountain animals, a signpost to left (b) various Rocky Mountain animals sit on snowmobiles racing across the horizon (c) various Rocky Mountain animals on skis, a red-sweatered rabbit on snowshoes, …

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Christmas Cards

Date: 1930 – 1960

Medium: ink; coloured inks; watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 11.0 x 16.2 cm

Description: Nine Christmas cards. (a) A convoy of vehicles, last car is a convertible filled with various Rocky Mountain animals, a signpost to left (b) various Rocky Mountain animals sit on snowmobiles racing across the horizon (c) various Rocky Mountain animals on skis, a red-sweatered rabbit on snowshoes, appears to be teaching them (d) various Rocky Mountain animals in a long canoe, the moose at the back is rowing (e) various Rocky Mountain animals working at easels with a man and woman on the left watching (f) various Rocky Mountain animals sit on a bench looking at a piece of abstract art on the wall (g) various Rocky Mountain animals on a sling being lifted by a yellow helicopter (h) various Rocky Mountain animals look at a sign Do not feed tourists danger big fine (i) various Rocky Mountain animals at easels painting, the backs of the easels are seen

Subject: card; Christmas; animals; Peter Whyte

Credit: Gift of Dorothy Cranstone, Banff, 1991

Catalogue Number: WyP.04.01 a-i

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Mountain forms - Sentinel

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Artist: David More (1947 – , Canadian)

Date: 1993

Medium: black conte’ on paper

Catalogue Number: MoI.03.01

Description: Loosely sketched slopes with what appears to be a lake in the centre. Small shrubs and trees dot the landscape.

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Artist: David More (1947 – , Canadian)

Title: Mountain forms - Sentinel

Date: 1993

Medium: black conte’ on paper

Dimensions: 45.0 x 81.0 cm

Description: Loosely sketched slopes with what appears to be a lake in the centre. Small shrubs and trees dot the landscape.

Subject: mountains

Credit: Gift of David More, Benalto, 2021

Catalogue Number: MoI.03.01

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Native Portrait

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Artist: Reinhold H. Palenske (1884 – 1955, American)

Date: c. 1935

Medium: photoengraving

Catalogue Number: PeR.04.18

Description: Head and shoulders portrait of a man wearing a headdress. His head is tipped down, looking to his left.

Artist: Reinhold H. Palenske (1884 – 1955, American)

Title: Native Portrait

Date: c. 1935

Medium: photoengraving

Dimensions: 20.0 x 15.3 cm

Description: Head and shoulders portrait of a man wearing a headdress. His head is tipped down, looking to his left.

Subject: portrait; male; Indigenous

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

Catalogue Number: PeR.04.18

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Native Portrait

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Artist: Reinhold H. Palenske (1884 – 1955, American)

Date: c. 1935

Medium: photoengraving

Catalogue Number: PeR.04.19

Description: Profile of a man, he is facing to the left.

Artist: Reinhold H. Palenske (1884 – 1955, American)

Title: Native Portrait

Date: c. 1935

Medium: photoengraving

Dimensions: 20.0 x 15.3 cm

Description: Profile of a man, he is facing to the left.

Subject: portrait; male; Indigenous

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

Catalogue Number: PeR.04.19

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Native Portrait

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Artist: Reinhold H. Palenske (1884 – 1955, American)

Date: c. 1935

Medium: photoengraving

Catalogue Number: PeR.04.20

Description: A side view from the hips up of a man with a short headdress.

Artist: Reinhold H. Palenske (1884 – 1955, American)

Title: Native Portrait

Date: c. 1935

Medium: photoengraving

Dimensions: 20.0 x 15.5 cm

Description: A side view from the hips up of a man with a short headdress.

Subject: portrait; male; Indigenous

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

Catalogue Number: PeR.04.20

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Native Portrait

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Artist: Reinhold H. Palenske (1884 – 1955, American)

Date: c. 1935

Medium: photoengraving

Catalogue Number: PeR.04.21

Description: Side profile, head and shoulders, of a man wearing a headdress and beaded jacket.

Artist: Reinhold H. Palenske (1884 – 1955, American)

Title: Native Portrait

Date: c. 1935

Medium: photoengraving

Dimensions: 20.0 x 15.5 cm

Description: Side profile, head and shoulders, of a man wearing a headdress and beaded jacket.

Subject: portrait; male; Indigenous

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

Catalogue Number: PeR.04.21

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Native Portrait

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Artist: Reinhold H. Palenske (1884 – 1955, American)

Date: c. 1935

Medium: photoengraving

Catalogue Number: PeR.04.23

Description: A portrait of a male wearing a headdress. He is facing to the left, three quarter view.

Artist: Reinhold H. Palenske (1884 – 1955, American)

Title: Native Portrait

Date: c. 1935

Medium: photoengraving

Dimensions: 20.0 x 15.5 cm

Description: A portrait of a male wearing a headdress. He is facing to the left, three quarter view.

Subject: portrait; male; Indigenous

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

Catalogue Number: PeR.04.23

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Native Profile

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Artist: Reinhold H. Palenske (1884 – 1955, American)

Date: c. 1935

Medium: photoengraving

Catalogue Number: PeR.04.22

Description: A full face portrait of a male wearing a headdress. He is facing directly into the picture.

Artist: Reinhold H. Palenske (1884 – 1955, American)

Title: Native Profile

Date: c. 1935

Medium: photoengraving

Dimensions: 20.0 x 15.5 cm

Description: A full face portrait of a male wearing a headdress. He is facing directly into the picture.

Subject: portrait; male; Indigenous

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

Catalogue Number: PeR.04.22

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Season’s Greetings Catharine and Peter ‘47

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1947

Medium: ink; coloured inks; watercolours on paper; card

Catalogue Number: WyP.04.39

Description: Final print of Christmas Card, depicting a woman (Catharine?) on the interior door of the Whyte home looking at all the animals gathered outside which include: a moose, a deer, a coyote, a fox, a squirrel, and some birds. Above the scene is text that reads: “SEASONS GREETINGS”. On the bottom left …

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Season’s Greetings Catharine and Peter ‘47

Date: 1947

Medium: ink; coloured inks; watercolours on paper; card

Dimensions: 10.9 x 16.3 cm

Description: Final print of Christmas Card, depicting a woman (Catharine?) on the interior door of the Whyte home looking at all the animals gathered outside which include: a moose, a deer, a coyote, a fox, a squirrel, and some birds. Above the scene is text that reads: “SEASONS GREETINGS”. On the bottom left corner text reads: “CATHARINE AND PETER”. BRC Peter’s signature and “‘47”See WyP.03.718 and WyP.03.960 for previous tester and versions.

Subject: card; Christmas; animals; peter whyte; whyte home; catharine whyte; holidays

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.04.39

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The Spirit of Winter in Alberta

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Artist: Linda Evans (1949 – , Canadian)

Date: 1987

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: EvL.04.03

Description: A compressed scene of venues built specifically for the XV Olympic Winter Games in Calgary, 1988. Rolling hills to the mountains with trees, flags and signs. Left depicts Canada Olympic Park with two ski jump towers and the bobsled run. Bottom right shows the Saddledome and Calgary skyline. Ce…

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Artist: Linda Evans (1949 – , Canadian)

Title: The Spirit of Winter in Alberta

Date: 1987

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 40.0 x 66.5 cm

Description: A compressed scene of venues built specifically for the XV Olympic Winter Games in Calgary, 1988. Rolling hills to the mountains with trees, flags and signs. Left depicts Canada Olympic Park with two ski jump towers and the bobsled run. Bottom right shows the Saddledome and Calgary skyline. Centre left is Nakiska and to the top right is the Canmore Nordic Centre. Human figures are at each venue. Colours are predominantly shades of blue with flags and buildings of different colours.

Subject: landscape; mountains; activity; winter; sports; Olympics

Credit: Gift of Linda Evans, Canmore, 1993

Catalogue Number: EvL.04.03

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Top of Panther Falls

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Artist: David More (1947 – , Canadian)

Date: 1993

Medium: black conte’ and watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: MoI.03.02

Description: A loose black and white sketch showing a pool surrounded by rocks and emerging in a waterfall in the foreground. The pool has been painted with light blue watercolour. There is a pile of dead logs at the edge of the pool where it begins to become a waterfall.

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Artist: David More (1947 – , Canadian)

Title: Top of Panther Falls

Date: 1993

Medium: black conte’ and watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 50.5 x 50.5 cm

Description: A loose black and white sketch showing a pool surrounded by rocks and emerging in a waterfall in the foreground. The pool has been painted with light blue watercolour. There is a pile of dead logs at the edge of the pool where it begins to become a waterfall.