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Back of House in Calgary

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Artist
Doris Cormie
Date
n.d.
Medium
painting on paper
Catalogue Number
CmD.05.01
Description
A watercolour painting of the back of a house. A white house with brown trim and roofing dominates the painting. The house comes in at the right and extends 3/4 of the way across the painting. The background is a pale blue sky behind the house. There is a brick chimney and a metal vent pipe on the …
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Artist
Doris Cormie
Title
Back of House in Calgary
Date
n.d.
Medium
painting on paper
Dimensions
34.5 x 42.0 cm
Description
A watercolour painting of the back of a house. A white house with brown trim and roofing dominates the painting. The house comes in at the right and extends 3/4 of the way across the painting. The background is a pale blue sky behind the house. There is a brick chimney and a metal vent pipe on the roof of the house. The back door of the house has a blue framed screen door with a mailbox to the right and there is a small deck in front of the door. The right side of the house has a small window and in front of the window is a blue stool with a brown box and brown wash bin on top. The majority of the house is in shadow from the trees. At far left there is a single tall tree. The artist signature is written in pencil in the bottom rhc. Au verso there is brown paper tape about 1 cm thick all along the edges. In the centre about a 1/4 of the way across from the left is writing in pencil, “miss Cormie (the rest illegible)”.
Subject
house
backyard
Doris Cormie
Credit
Gift of Barry Hunter Gillis, Richmond, 2006
Catalogue Number
CmD.05.01
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Artist
Margaret Dorothy Shelton (1915 – 1984, Canadian)
Date
1947
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
ShM.05.02
Description
A brown picnic shelter and a pitched white tent are side by side on a green slope, the slope runs down to the right. Some large evergreen trees are behind them and a blue sky with fluffy white clouds covers the top half of the picture.
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Artist
Margaret Dorothy Shelton (1915 – 1984, Canadian)
Title
Banff Campgrounds
Date
1947
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
26.0 x 36.0 cm
Description
A brown picnic shelter and a pitched white tent are side by side on a green slope, the slope runs down to the right. Some large evergreen trees are behind them and a blue sky with fluffy white clouds covers the top half of the picture.
Subject
landscape
mountain
architecture, rural
Credit
Purchased from Masters Gallery ltd., Calgary, 1983
Catalogue Number
ShM.05.02
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Banff, Cascade Mountain

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Artist
Emily Louise Elliot (1867 – 1952, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
ElE.05.01
Description
Cascade Mountain with Bow River or Vermilion Lakes in foreground.
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Artist
Emily Louise Elliot (1867 – 1952, Canadian)
Title
Banff, Cascade Mountain
Date
n.d.
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
16.4 x 12.5 cm
Description
Cascade Mountain with Bow River or Vermilion Lakes in foreground.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Cascade Mountain
Credit
Purchased from Canadian Art Gallery, Canmore, 2005
Catalogue Number
ElE.05.01
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Banff Springs Hotel, Rocky Mountains 1887

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Artist
C. Firth
Date
1887
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
FiC.05.01
Description
Scene showing Banff springs hotel at right perched on a hillside. In the background the Bow River winds through a valley between Tunnel Mountain and Mt. Roundly. More mountains in distance. Trees in foreground. My. Roundly is hazy, almost unfinished in appearance.
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Artist
C. Firth
Title
Banff Springs Hotel, Rocky Mountains 1887
Date
1887
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
12.0 x 16.0 cm
Description
Scene showing Banff springs hotel at right perched on a hillside. In the background the Bow River winds through a valley between Tunnel Mountain and Mt. Roundly. More mountains in distance. Trees in foreground. My. Roundly is hazy, almost unfinished in appearance.
Subject
mountains
Banff
Bow River
Alberta
Banff Springs Hotel
Credit
Gift of Dorothy and Jim McLeod, Calgary, 2021
Catalogue Number
FiC.05.01
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Beach Combers, Burrard Inlet, B.C.

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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.38
Description
A coastal seascape of Burrard Inlet, BC, shows a floating house or shack in the centre right of the image. It has a railing running around it and a covered porch. A walkway runs from the shore at the bottom of the image to the shack. Part of another shack is cropped at the left of the image. L…
Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Beach Combers, Burrard Inlet, B.C.
Date
n.d.
Medium
watercolour on paper
Description
A coastal seascape of Burrard Inlet, BC, shows a floating house or shack in the centre right of the image. It has a railing running around it and a covered porch. A walkway runs from the shore at the bottom of the image to the shack. Part of another shack is cropped at the left of the image. Logs are floating around these buildings. Beyond the buildings is Burrard Inlet on which there are two or three boats. A dock runs out the boats in the upper left corner. Beyond, at the top of the image are Coast mountains, some covered in snow.
Subject
landscape
coastal
seascape
Pacific
British Columbia
Burrard Inlet, mountains, Coast
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 2001
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.38
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Artist
Takeuchi Seiho (1864 – 1942, Japanese)
Date
1940
Medium
ink and colour on paper
Catalogue Number
SeT.05.01
Description
Black bear in center of picture walking to the right, foreground light, background grey with green leaves in top left of picture.
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Artist
Takeuchi Seiho (1864 – 1942, Japanese)
Title
Bear
Date
1940
Medium
ink and colour on paper
Dimensions
39 x 50.5 cm
Description
Black bear in center of picture walking to the right, foreground light, background grey with green leaves in top left of picture.
Subject
animal, bear
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
SeT.05.01
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Before the White Man Came

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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Date
1969
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.30
Description
The painting is dominated by a large bison midcentre left grazing in a herd in the foothills. The mountains are behind under a dark blue and yellow sky.
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Title
Before the White Man Came
Date
1969
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
11.3 x 16.3 cm
Description
The painting is dominated by a large bison midcentre left grazing in a herd in the foothills. The mountains are behind under a dark blue and yellow sky.
Subject
animal, buffalo
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
foothills
Credit
Gift of Unknown, 1978
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.30
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Beginning of Winter, Old Fort Wrigley, MacKenzie River

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Artist
Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)
Date
1921
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaE.05.50
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Artist
Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)
Title
Beginning of Winter, Old Fort Wrigley, MacKenzie River
Date
1921
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
12.1 x 17.9 cm
Subject
landscape
mountains
water
winter
buildings, fort
Ernest Lamarque
Credit
Gift of Ernest Lamarque (Estate), 1971
Catalogue Number
LaE.05.50
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Big Bar, Muskwa River

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Artist
Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)
Date
1936
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaE.05.46
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Artist
Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)
Title
Big Bar, Muskwa River
Date
1936
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
22.3 x 30.3 cm
Subject
landscape
mountains
river, Finlay
Ernest Lamarque
Credit
Gift of Ernest Lamarque (Estate), 1971
Catalogue Number
LaE.05.46
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Boats in Harbour, 1963

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Artist
Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)
Date
1963
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
PhW.05.03
Description
Colour: grey, brown, green. The lower two thirds is calm grey water in which a row of four boats is reflected. The boats fill the upper third. The second boat from the left is called Symphony II.
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Artist
Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)
Title
Boats in Harbour, 1963
Date
1963
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
41.6 x 45.0 cm
Description
Colour: grey, brown, green. The lower two thirds is calm grey water in which a row of four boats is reflected. The boats fill the upper third. The second boat from the left is called Symphony II.
Subject
ocean
boats
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1969
Catalogue Number
PhW.05.03
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Boats, Wharf at Banff

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Artist
Clifford Foard Robinson (1916 – 1992, Canadian)
Date
c. 1939
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
RbC.05.01
Description
Close up view of a small dock with 6 small row boats moored in the water next too it. Two additional boats (row or canoes) are upside down on the dock. In the foreground are grasses and a plank at left leading from bank to dock. The background has a grassy bank. Faint “C.R” in lower right corner.
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Artist
Clifford Foard Robinson (1916 – 1992, Canadian)
Title
Boats, Wharf at Banff
Date
c. 1939
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
23.0 x 30.0 cm
Description
Close up view of a small dock with 6 small row boats moored in the water next too it. Two additional boats (row or canoes) are upside down on the dock. In the foreground are grasses and a plank at left leading from bank to dock. The background has a grassy bank. Faint “C.R” in lower right corner.
Subject
boats
Banff
canoes
rowboats
Credit
Gift of Ron Robinson, Nelson, 2023
Catalogue Number
RbC.05.01
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Artist
John Donaldson Curren (1852 – 1940, Canadian)
Date
later than 1883
Medium
ink; watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
CuJ.05.01
Description
General colour: green, orange. Central image is a house. Half of the roof is tiled with orange brick. There are trees to the left and behind. In front are fields and a cross the bottom, is a brown fence. Sky is grey.
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Artist
John Donaldson Curren (1852 – 1940, Canadian)
Title
Bogside Scotland
Date
later than 1883
Medium
ink; watercolour on paper
Dimensions
14.25 x 18.75 cm
Description
General colour: green, orange. Central image is a house. Half of the roof is tiled with orange brick. There are trees to the left and behind. In front are fields and a cross the bottom, is a brown fence. Sky is grey.
Subject
landscape
architecture
rural
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1974
Catalogue Number
CuJ.05.01
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Boojum cactus / desert scene

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Artist
Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)
Date
1981
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
ArP.05.07
Description
Multi-coloured cone shaped, spiked trees and cacti on and against grey rocks covers most of the left and centre top with smaller ones on mauve rocks to the right. In the centre are two mythological bird creatures perched on rocks.
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Artist
Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)
Title
Boojum cactus / desert scene
Date
1981
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
56.0 x 76.5 cm
Description
Multi-coloured cone shaped, spiked trees and cacti on and against grey rocks covers most of the left and centre top with smaller ones on mauve rocks to the right. In the centre are two mythological bird creatures perched on rocks.
Subject
botanical
Boojum cactus
Pat Askren
Credit
Gift of Jon Whyte, Banff, 1992
Catalogue Number
ArP.05.07
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Artist
John Hartman (1950 – , Canadian)
Date
2014
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
HaO.05.12
Description
Watercolour of Bow Lake. Light blue boarder
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Artist
John Hartman (1950 – , Canadian)
Title
Bow Lake
Date
2014
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
22.86 x 28.58 cm
Description
Watercolour of Bow Lake. Light blue boarder
Subject
mountain
bow lake
watercolour
hartman
landscape;
Credit
Gift of John Hartman, Tiny, 2017
Catalogue Number
HaO.05.12
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Date
1962
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.59
Description
Blue sky with large cloud at left, mountains in background across image with Bow Lake below them. Green grassy area with trees in foreground of image. Title and “Canadian Rockies” written on mat.
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Title
Bow Lake, 1962
Date
1962
Medium
watercolour on paper
Description
Blue sky with large cloud at left, mountains in background across image with Bow Lake below them. Green grassy area with trees in foreground of image. Title and “Canadian Rockies” written on mat.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Bow Lake
Credit
Gift of James (Jr.) Simpson, Rocky Mountain House, 2000
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.59
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Bow Lake and Crowfoot Glacier

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Artist
Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian)
Date
1964
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
MiJ.05.06
Description
The general colours are green, blue, grey, brown, mauve, purple and white. The painting is divided in half for dominance. The bottom-half is the icy blue/green and white of the frozen lake; on the viewer’s far right there are two small evergreens in the snow. The top-half comprises the mountains an…
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Artist
Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian)
Title
Bow Lake and Crowfoot Glacier
Date
1964
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
37.2 x 56.0 cm
Description
The general colours are green, blue, grey, brown, mauve, purple and white. The painting is divided in half for dominance. The bottom-half is the icy blue/green and white of the frozen lake; on the viewer’s far right there are two small evergreens in the snow. The top-half comprises the mountains and glacier; viewer’s right the scree slope and upward sweep of a mountain, moving to the left is the next mountain with its white and blue glacier top and blue sweep down the middle of the mountain. Lower mid-centre is the glacier snow field and to the left is a brown and white mountain. The gloomy sky is grey and white swirling clouds with hints of yellow through the grey and blue sky beyond.
Subject
landscape
mountain
Bow Glacier
Bow Lake
Janet Holly Middleton
Credit
Gift of Mary Garnham Andrews, Banff, 2009
Catalogue Number
MiJ.05.06
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Bow Lake and Crowfoot Glacier

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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
prior to 1965
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.28
Description
In the foreground on the left is a small group of trees and rocky ground leading down to a waters edge. In the mid-ground on the right is another group of trees and ground that meets the water. Just behind the trees is Bow Lake and in the background are snow capped mountains and Crowfoot Glacier. T…
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Bow Lake and Crowfoot Glacier
Date
prior to 1965
Medium
watercolour on paper
Description
In the foreground on the left is a small group of trees and rocky ground leading down to a waters edge. In the mid-ground on the right is another group of trees and ground that meets the water. Just behind the trees is Bow Lake and in the background are snow capped mountains and Crowfoot Glacier. The sky has many gray clouds with small areas of blue sky showing through.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountains
lake
Bow lake
glacier
Crowfoot Glacier
Credit
Gift of James (Jr.) Simpson, Rocky Mountain House, 1997
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.28
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Bow Lake and the Crowfoot Glacier

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Artist
John Hartman (1950 – , Canadian)
Date
2014
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
HaO.05.13
Description
Watercolour or Bow Lake and Crowfoot Glacier. Blue boarder
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Artist
John Hartman (1950 – , Canadian)
Title
Bow Lake and the Crowfoot Glacier
Date
2014
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
22.86 x 28.58 cm
Description
Watercolour or Bow Lake and Crowfoot Glacier. Blue boarder
Subject
mountain
bow lake
watercolour
hartman
landscape
Credit
Gift of John Hartman, Tiny, 2017
Catalogue Number
HaO.05.13
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Bow Lake, Looking North, 1969

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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Date
1969
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.62
Description
Bow Lake is seen in foreground of image, mountains can be seen in the distance in the upper left corner and are reflected in the lake. Trees form a line along the lake’s shore from the centre of the image out to the far right centre. They are also reflected in the lake. The sky is quite yellow o…
Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Title
Bow Lake, Looking North, 1969
Date
1969
Medium
watercolour on paper
Description
Bow Lake is seen in foreground of image, mountains can be seen in the distance in the upper left corner and are reflected in the lake. Trees form a line along the lake’s shore from the centre of the image out to the far right centre. They are also reflected in the lake. The sky is quite yellow on the right but changes to blue on the left of the sky.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Bow Lake
Credit
Gift of James (Jr.) Simpson, Rocky Mountain House, 2000
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.62
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Bow River near Exshaw, Alta

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Artist
Mary Augusta Catharine Heister Reid (1854 – 1921, American, Canadian)
Date
1921
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
HrM.05.01
Description
A mountain and river landscape scene on light brown paper.
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Artist
Mary Augusta Catharine Heister Reid (1854 – 1921, American, Canadian)
Title
Bow River near Exshaw, Alta
Date
1921
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
19.5 x 25.0 cm
Description
A mountain and river landscape scene on light brown paper.
Subject
Exshaw
Bow River
mountain
Hamlet of Exshaw
Credit
Gift of Rod Green, Calgary, 2017
Catalogue Number
HrM.05.01
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