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Canada Classic: Mountain Muscle

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Date: 1980

Medium: aquatec stain on raw cotton

Catalogue Number: SiR.05.10

Description: Partially painted foothills landscape; bottom two thirds is a series of irregular vertical shapes indicating foothills; left of centre a road cuts through a valley disappearing over the horizon; reds and browns beside distant highway; 2 grey shapes at left of painting; top third is blank excep…

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Title: Canada Classic: Mountain Muscle

Date: 1980

Medium: aquatec stain on raw cotton

Dimensions: 93.9 x 205.7 cm

Description: Partially painted foothills landscape; bottom two thirds is a series of irregular vertical shapes indicating foothills; left of centre a road cuts through a valley disappearing over the horizon; reds and browns beside distant highway; 2 grey shapes at left of painting; top third is blank except for signature and date.

Subject: landscape; prairie

Credit: Purchased from Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, 1990

Catalogue Number: SiR.05.10

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Canadian Rockies

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

Date: 1966

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.34

Description: Merry Xmas & Happy New Year from Mr. & Mrs. J. Simpson Sr. 1966-7.

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

Title: Canadian Rockies

Date: 1966

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 17.5 x 11.0 cm

Description: Merry Xmas & Happy New Year from Mr. & Mrs. J. Simpson Sr. 1966-7.

Subject: landscape; mountain

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

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.34

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Canadian Rockies, 1965

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

Date: 1965

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.67

Description: A mountain range runs horizontally across the painting in the upper centre. The mountains are painted in yellows, blues and purples. A snow covered area which looks like a glacier or lake is cropped at the left in the foreground. A few rocky outcrops stick up out of this area. A green slope ris…

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

Title: Canadian Rockies, 1965

Date: 1965

Medium: watercolour on paper

Description: A mountain range runs horizontally across the painting in the upper centre. The mountains are painted in yellows, blues and purples. A snow covered area which looks like a glacier or lake is cropped at the left in the foreground. A few rocky outcrops stick up out of this area. A green slope rises up on the right and is cut off.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies

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

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.67

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Canal Flats

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Artist: John Hartman (1950 – , Canadian)

Date: 2011

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: HaO.05.11

Description: Watercolour of Canal Flats, river and trees in forefront, mountains in background straight across, lake to left

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Artist: John Hartman (1950 – , Canadian)

Title: Canal Flats

Date: 2011

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 28.5 x 35.5 cm

Description: Watercolour of Canal Flats, river and trees in forefront, mountains in background straight across, lake to left

Subject: landscape, Canal Flats, mountains, river

Credit: Gift of John Hartman, Tiny, 2014

Catalogue Number: HaO.05.11

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Cannery at Kimsquit, Mouth of Dean River, B.C.

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Artist: Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)

Date: 1942

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaE.05.59

Description: A watercolour on soft board; blue water, brown dock and white and brown buildings in the foreground; a shore with green trees behind. A massive mountain looms behind. There are vestiges of snow on top and water coming down a canyon viewer’s left. The sky is a dull blue colour.

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Artist: Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)

Title: Cannery at Kimsquit, Mouth of Dean River, B.C.

Date: 1942

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 50.6 x 35.5 cm

Description: A watercolour on soft board; blue water, brown dock and white and brown buildings in the foreground; a shore with green trees behind. A massive mountain looms behind. There are vestiges of snow on top and water coming down a canyon viewer’s left. The sky is a dull blue colour.

Subject: landscape; mountains; Pacific; architecture, urban; Ernest Lamarque

Credit: Gift of Ernest Lamarque (Estate), 1971

Catalogue Number: LaE.05.59

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Canyons Of Muskwa, Northern B.C.

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Artist: Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)

Date: prior to 1970

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaE.05.04

Description: General colour: green, blue, brown. Boulders and rock face rise up on left and right side. Water winds up from bottom center towards left side and disappears around the bend. Blue and white mountains peek over the foreround rocks. Beyond is clouded blue sky.

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Artist: Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)

Title: Canyons Of Muskwa, Northern B.C.

Date: prior to 1970

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 30.5 x 46.7 cm

Description: General colour: green, blue, brown. Boulders and rock face rise up on left and right side. Water winds up from bottom center towards left side and disappears around the bend. Blue and white mountains peek over the foreround rocks. Beyond is clouded blue sky.

Subject: landscape; mountains; river, Muskwa; Ernest Lamarque

Credit: Gift of Ernest Lamarque (Estate), 1971

Catalogue Number: LaE.05.04

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Caribou Highway

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Artist: Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)

Date: prior to 1958

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaE.05.07

Description: General colour: green, yellow, blue. A road and railrway tracks come in and out on the left side. Trees grow near the river which appears at the bottom right corner and goes up into the center. The right bank starts as rocks, becomes trees, becomes slope, becomes mountain peak. Sky at the top.

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Artist: Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)

Title: Caribou Highway

Date: prior to 1958

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 43.2 x 28.2 cm

Description: General colour: green, yellow, blue. A road and railrway tracks come in and out on the left side. Trees grow near the river which appears at the bottom right corner and goes up into the center. The right bank starts as rocks, becomes trees, becomes slope, becomes mountain peak. Sky at the top.

Subject: landscape; river; mountains; Ernest Lamarque

Credit: Gift of Ernest Lamarque (Estate), 1971

Catalogue Number: LaE.05.07

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Cart and Fog

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

Date: n.d.

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.05.10

Description: Grey washed scene of a horse rigged to a cart moving away from the viewer, the left wagon wheel on the cart is visible. -there is an outlined figure of a man in pencil standing beside the horse.

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

Title: Cart and Fog

Date: n.d.

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 20 x 28 cm

Description: Grey washed scene of a horse rigged to a cart moving away from the viewer, the left wagon wheel on the cart is visible. -there is an outlined figure of a man in pencil standing beside the horse.

Subject: landscape

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1982

Catalogue Number: CoJ.05.10

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Castle Mt.

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Artist: Dorothy Elsie Knowles Perehudoff (1927 – 2023, Canadian)

Date: 1984

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: KnD.05.05

Description: Castle mountain behind the Bow River with evergreens on either side

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Artist: Dorothy Elsie Knowles Perehudoff (1927 – 2023, Canadian)

Title: Castle Mt.

Date: 1984

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 55.9 x 76.2 cm

Description: Castle mountain behind the Bow River with evergreens on either side

Subject: castle mountain; bow river; mountain; landscape; evergreen

Credit: Gift of Dorothy Elsie Knowles Perehudoff, Saskatoon, 2016

Catalogue Number: KnD.05.05

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Castor Peak, Pollux Peak and the Asulkan Glacier

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Artist: Craig Richards (1955 – , Canadian)

Date: 2000

Medium: photograph on photographic paper

Catalogue Number: RiC.18.17

Description: Black and white photograph of Asulkan Glacier, Castor Peak and Pollux Peak in Glacier National Park. In the foreground along the bottom of the image there is a rocky area. Snow and swirling snow make up the middle portion of the image. The Mountain peaks are visible through the snow.

Artist: Craig Richards (1955 – , Canadian)

Title: Castor Peak, Pollux Peak and the Asulkan Glacier

Date: 2000

Medium: photograph on photographic paper

Description: Black and white photograph of Asulkan Glacier, Castor Peak and Pollux Peak in Glacier National Park. In the foreground along the bottom of the image there is a rocky area. Snow and swirling snow make up the middle portion of the image. The Mountain peaks are visible through the snow.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; Asulkan Glacier; Castor Peak; Pollux Peak

Credit: Purchased from Robert Smith, Banff, 2001

Catalogue Number: RiC.18.17

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Cathedral Street

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

Date: n.d.

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.05.14

Description: Scene of a street with buildings on both sides, on the right is a grainy brown/grey coloured building, and on the left in the forground is a yellowish shaded building. - the sky is a very dark blue with some swirls of pale clouds.

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

Title: Cathedral Street

Date: n.d.

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 15 x 21.5 cm

Description: Scene of a street with buildings on both sides, on the right is a grainy brown/grey coloured building, and on the left in the forground is a yellowish shaded building. - the sky is a very dark blue with some swirls of pale clouds.

Subject: landscape

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1982

Catalogue Number: CoJ.05.14

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Cattle Roundup near Village

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

Date: c. 1897

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.05.57

Description: A figure on a horse moves from the left side of the image. A town sits in the centre background. The foreground is a grassy field and the upper half of the image is a cloudy sky.

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

Title: Cattle Roundup near Village

Date: c. 1897

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 18.5 x 27 cm

Description: A figure on a horse moves from the left side of the image. A town sits in the centre background. The foreground is a grassy field and the upper half of the image is a cloudy sky.

Subject: landscape; horse; figure; grass; cloud

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997

Catalogue Number: CoJ.05.57

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Celebration in Remembrance

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

Date: 1927

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.05.22

Description: Scene of a boat blue/rusting in colour with waves exploding up around its sides reaching twice the height of the boat in the air - the sky is a pale grey colour.“Collings used cold colours in this starkly observed drama. The air is filled with pale puffs of explosives while white jets of water burs…

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

Title: Celebration in Remembrance

Date: 1927

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 22 x 15.5 cm

Description: Scene of a boat blue/rusting in colour with waves exploding up around its sides reaching twice the height of the boat in the air - the sky is a pale grey colour.“Collings used cold colours in this starkly observed drama. The air is filled with pale puffs of explosives while white jets of water burst from what appears to be a fire boat.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda Heath

Subject: landscape; boat; explosives

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1982

Catalogue Number: CoJ.05.22

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Centre Dance (Centre)

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Date: 1996

Medium: graphite and watercolour on arches paper

Catalogue Number: SiR.05.64

Description: An iceberg sits in the top centre of the piece. The background is a blue sky and the foreground is a field of ice.

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Title: Centre Dance (Centre)

Date: 1996

Medium: graphite and watercolour on arches paper

Dimensions: 56.2 x 76.2 cm

Description: An iceberg sits in the top centre of the piece. The background is a blue sky and the foreground is a field of ice.

Subject: landscape; sky; mountains

Credit: Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2010

Catalogue Number: SiR.05.64

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Centre Dance (Left)

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Date: 1996

Medium: graphite and watercolour on arches paper

Catalogue Number: SiR.05.63

Description: A brown hill lowers from the left to the right. The background is a blue sky and a white cliff runs across the middle of the work.

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Title: Centre Dance (Left)

Date: 1996

Medium: graphite and watercolour on arches paper

Dimensions: 56.3 x 76.2 cm

Description: A brown hill lowers from the left to the right. The background is a blue sky and a white cliff runs across the middle of the work.

Subject: landscape; sky; mountains

Credit: Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2010

Catalogue Number: SiR.05.63

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Centre Dance (Right)

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Date: 1996

Medium: graphite and watercolour on arches paper

Catalogue Number: SiR.05.65

Description: A green hill lowers from the right to the left. The background is a blue sky and a blue cliff runs across the middle of the work.

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Title: Centre Dance (Right)

Date: 1996

Medium: graphite and watercolour on arches paper

Dimensions: 56.2 x 76.2 cm

Description: A green hill lowers from the right to the left. The background is a blue sky and a blue cliff runs across the middle of the work.

Subject: landscape; sky; mountains

Credit: Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2010

Catalogue Number: SiR.05.65

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Charlie Locke

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Artist: John Hartman (1950 – , Canadian)

Date: 2014

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: HaO.05.14

Description: Watercolour, full face, bust portrait of Charlie Locke.

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Artist: John Hartman (1950 – , Canadian)

Title: Charlie Locke

Date: 2014

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 31.1 x 43.18 cm

Description: Watercolour, full face, bust portrait of Charlie Locke.

Subject: watercolour; portrait; locke; hartman

Credit: Gift of John Hartman, Tiny, 2017

Catalogue Number: HaO.05.14

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Charlie Locke, the Balfour Glacier

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Artist: John Hartman (1950 – , Canadian)

Date: 2014

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: HaO.05.15

Description: Watercolour, three-quarter view, bust portrait of Charlie Locke. Mountainous scenery in the back ground with three other objects over top.

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Artist: John Hartman (1950 – , Canadian)

Title: Charlie Locke, the Balfour Glacier

Date: 2014

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 57.15 x 62.23 cm

Description: Watercolour, three-quarter view, bust portrait of Charlie Locke. Mountainous scenery in the back ground with three other objects over top.