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Lobelia kalmii (Brook Lobelia)

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Artist
Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)
Date
1888
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
ScM.05.28
Description
A delicate painting of long green stems and long, thin leaves; with small purple flowers near top.
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Artist
Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)
Title
Lobelia kalmii (Brook Lobelia)
Date
1888
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
17.5 x 12.5 cm
Description
A delicate painting of long green stems and long, thin leaves; with small purple flowers near top.
Subject
botanical
flower
Credit
Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
Catalogue Number
ScM.05.28
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Artist
Sarain Stump (1945 – 1974, Canadian)
Date
1970
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
StS.05.02
Description
General colour: grey green. A man, wearing only a blue loin cloth and two feathers in his braided hair grips the neck of another man who kneels to the right of him. A ghost image of a bear grasping a bison is slightly superimposed on top of them. There is a horizon line of white figures - four to e…
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Artist
Sarain Stump (1945 – 1974, Canadian)
Title
The Contest
Date
1970
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
26.1 x 37.5 cm
Description
General colour: grey green. A man, wearing only a blue loin cloth and two feathers in his braided hair grips the neck of another man who kneels to the right of him. A ghost image of a bear grasping a bison is slightly superimposed on top of them. There is a horizon line of white figures - four to each side of the central image.Au verso: “THE CONTEST” tlhc “436” encircled, rhtc “K.6” (remaining number hidden by archival tape)brhc “12” encircled, below “30” encircled
Subject
animal, bear, buffalo
figure, group
mythological
Credit
Purchased from Archives of the Canadian Rockies, Banff, 1970
Catalogue Number
StS.05.02
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The Man Who Outran the Deer

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Artist
Sarain Stump (1945 – 1974, Canadian)
Date
1970
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
StS.05.03
Description
Colour: brown and white on yellow. Two small brown deer leap from viewer’s right two-thirds the way up. One antlered deer halts at the left side half way up. A running man wearing a loin cloth fills the centre space. His black hair with a feather in it flies out to the right.Au verso rhtc “111” en…
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Artist
Sarain Stump (1945 – 1974, Canadian)
Title
The Man Who Outran the Deer
Date
1970
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
27.8 x 35.5 cm
Description
Colour: brown and white on yellow. Two small brown deer leap from viewer’s right two-thirds the way up. One antlered deer halts at the left side half way up. A running man wearing a loin cloth fills the centre space. His black hair with a feather in it flies out to the right.Au verso rhtc “111” encircled
Subject
figure, male
animal, deer
mythological
Credit
Purchased from Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
StS.05.03
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Artist
Sarain Stump (1945 – 1974, Canadian)
Date
1970
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
StS.05.04
Description
Colour: brown, red, blue, black on yellow. A bare-breasted woman with a baby in a cradleboard on her back strides towards the viewer’s left side of the painting. A black dog, with his red tongue hanging out, follows the high top moccasins in her left hand. She carries a white shawl in her right han…
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Artist
Sarain Stump (1945 – 1974, Canadian)
Title
To The Morning
Date
1970
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
27.8 x 35.5 cm
Description
Colour: brown, red, blue, black on yellow. A bare-breasted woman with a baby in a cradleboard on her back strides towards the viewer’s left side of the painting. A black dog, with his red tongue hanging out, follows the high top moccasins in her left hand. She carries a white shawl in her right hand and wears a blue, red, green and white skirt. A smaller image of the woman and the dog are seen in the red oval which sits right of center on the red horizon line.Au verso: “TO THE MORNING”
Subject
figure, female
animal, dog
mythological
Credit
Purchased from Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
StS.05.04
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Artist
John Davenall Turner (1900 – 1980, Canadian)
Date
1970
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
TuJ.05.01
Description
General colour: black, blue, yellow, grey. Lower half is ploughed fields, a fence and posture, a few trees in the distance. Upper half is blue mountain range and grey sky.
Artist
John Davenall Turner (1900 – 1980, Canadian)
Title
Ploughed Field
Date
1970
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
25.4 x 35.5 cm
Description
General colour: black, blue, yellow, grey. Lower half is ploughed fields, a fence and posture, a few trees in the distance. Upper half is blue mountain range and grey sky.
Subject
landscape, foothills
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1977
Catalogue Number
TuJ.05.01
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White Pass and Yukon Route 1971

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Artist
Edward Hardy Harrison (1926 – , Canadian)
Date
1971
Medium
acrylic on canvas board
Catalogue Number
HaT.12.01
Description
General colour: green, pink, yellow. In the foreground are thirty-one figures; children, adults, all going somewhere or playing or chatting. There are dogs and cats and crows. Behind them on the near side of the river are six shacks and an outhouse. On the other side of the river is a white boat, a…
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Artist
Edward Hardy Harrison (1926 – , Canadian)
Title
White Pass and Yukon Route 1971
Date
1971
Medium
acrylic on canvas board
Dimensions
62.5 x 79.5 cm
Description
General colour: green, pink, yellow. In the foreground are thirty-one figures; children, adults, all going somewhere or playing or chatting. There are dogs and cats and crows. Behind them on the near side of the river are six shacks and an outhouse. On the other side of the river is a white boat, a train,a bridge, two churches, a government school and several more shacks. Behind are green hills and pink valleys. The sky is black with a red sun.
Subject
landscape, mountains
architecture, urban
figure, group
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1970
Catalogue Number
HaT.12.01
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Artist
Edward Hardy Harrison (1926 – , Canadian)
Date
1971
Medium
acrylic on canvas board
Catalogue Number
HaT.12.02
Description
General colour: purple, red, green, yellow. Central image on a green ground is a building with two additions. Three chimneys, a crossed pole on the right behind, a stand with two oil drums on it at the front. The roof is red, the walls white and purple. In front are sixteen children and adults, two…
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Artist
Edward Hardy Harrison (1926 – , Canadian)
Title
The Yellow Car 1971
Date
1971
Medium
acrylic on canvas board
Dimensions
40.8 x 50.8 cm
Description
General colour: purple, red, green, yellow. Central image on a green ground is a building with two additions. Three chimneys, a crossed pole on the right behind, a stand with two oil drums on it at the front. The roof is red, the walls white and purple. In front are sixteen children and adults, two black dogs and a black cat, three crows picking at garbage near an overturned oil drum at right. The sky is purple with a red sun. On the horizon line at the right side is a yellow car up on blocks.
Subject
architecture, urban
figure, group
automobile
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1970
Catalogue Number
HaT.12.02
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Artist
Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian)
Date
1971
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
MiJ.05.01
Description
General colour: white and grey with yellow and tints of purple and green. At the right side stands a yellow tree with snow down it's right side. At the bottom left side is a lake, frozen clear, the trees and mountains beyond are reflected in it. Two snowy peaks give way to grey sky.
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Artist
Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian)
Title
Mount Assiniboine
Date
1971
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
35.2 x 54.3 cm
Description
General colour: white and grey with yellow and tints of purple and green. At the right side stands a yellow tree with snow down it's right side. At the bottom left side is a lake, frozen clear, the trees and mountains beyond are reflected in it. Two snowy peaks give way to grey sky.
Subject
landscape
mountain
Mount Assiniboine
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
MiJ.05.01
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Charge of a Buffalo Cow

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Artist
Sarain Stump (1945 – 1974, Canadian)
Date
1971
Medium
watercolour; gouache on paper
Catalogue Number
StS.05.01
Description
General colour: yellow tan, brown, with some black, white, red and orange. Mid-centre and viewer’s right is a charging bison. Above and behind it is a spotted horse and a rider who is spearing the bison. On the left side are three small red buffalo with orange centres decreasing in size, smallest b…
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Artist
Sarain Stump (1945 – 1974, Canadian)
Title
Charge of a Buffalo Cow
Date
1971
Medium
watercolour; gouache on paper
Dimensions
45.5 x 61.0 cm
Description
General colour: yellow tan, brown, with some black, white, red and orange. Mid-centre and viewer’s right is a charging bison. Above and behind it is a spotted horse and a rider who is spearing the bison. On the left side are three small red buffalo with orange centres decreasing in size, smallest being at the top. There is another small red bison with an orange centre in the upper right area.Au verso: CHARGE OF A BUFFALO COW - SARAIN STUMP - 1971
Subject
animal, horse
buffalo
figure, male
hunting
Credit
Purchased from Canadian Art Gallery, Canmore, 1974
Catalogue Number
StS.05.01
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Artist
Marvin Scanie
Date
1971
Medium
acrylic on masonite
Catalogue Number
SaM.12.01
Description
Overall blue sweeping painting, centre is a sailboat keeling port side, there is a figure in a red hat and scarf at the stern.
Artist
Marvin Scanie
Title
Sailboat
Date
1971
Medium
acrylic on masonite
Dimensions
40.0 x 61.0 cm
Description
Overall blue sweeping painting, centre is a sailboat keeling port side, there is a figure in a red hat and scarf at the stern.
Subject
seascape
boat
activity, sailing
figure, male
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
SaM.12.01
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Rocky Mt. Goat Diorama Initial Design

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Artist
Clarence Ingwall Tillenius (1913 – 2012, Canadian)
Date
1972
Medium
oil on canvas board
Catalogue Number
TiC.02.19
Description
On a cliff to the right side of the image are four mountain goats. The goats are climbing up the cliff to get away from an animal that appears to be a bear. All four of the goats have horns. The mountain side that they are standing on is yellow, brown in colour and has some areas that are cut out a…
Artist
Clarence Ingwall Tillenius (1913 – 2012, Canadian)
Title
Rocky Mt. Goat Diorama Initial Design
Date
1972
Medium
oil on canvas board
Dimensions
61.2 x 76.4 cm
Description
On a cliff to the right side of the image are four mountain goats. The goats are climbing up the cliff to get away from an animal that appears to be a bear. All four of the goats have horns. The mountain side that they are standing on is yellow, brown in colour and has some areas that are cut out and suitable for standing. In the distance green trees and blue grey mountains are in sight. White caps of snow are on the tops of the distant mountains.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
animal
mountain goat
Credit
Gift of Clarence Ingwall Tillenius, Winnipeg, 1996
Catalogue Number
TiC.02.19
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Artist
Margaret Dorothy Shelton (1915 – 1984, Canadian)
Date
1973
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
ShM.05.01
Description
Colour: green, grey. On the right side is the corner of a wooden building, flowers in the window box and on the ground. Grassy yard fills lower quarter. Three or our buildings are in the center. A truck is in front. Trees are behind and a mountain beyond. Sky fills the upper two corners.
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Artist
Margaret Dorothy Shelton (1915 – 1984, Canadian)
Title
Moffat's Dairy
Date
1973
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
33.0 x 50.0 cm
Description
Colour: green, grey. On the right side is the corner of a wooden building, flowers in the window box and on the ground. Grassy yard fills lower quarter. Three or our buildings are in the center. A truck is in front. Trees are behind and a mountain beyond. Sky fills the upper two corners.
Subject
landscape
mountain
architecture, rural
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1974
Catalogue Number
ShM.05.01
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Artist
Brian Joseph Grandbois
Date
1973
Medium
acrylic on canvas board
Catalogue Number
GrB.12.09
Description
The image is centered with a great deal of white background on all sides; the image appears to be a totem pole, yellow; other images extend from it, these are red with black.
Artist
Brian Joseph Grandbois
Title
Yellow Totem Pole
Date
1973
Medium
acrylic on canvas board
Dimensions
25.5;50.4 x 17.5;40.4 cm
Description
The image is centered with a great deal of white background on all sides; the image appears to be a totem pole, yellow; other images extend from it, these are red with black.
Subject
mythological
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
GrB.12.09
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Artist
Marion Florence Nicoll (1909 – 1985, Canadian)
Date
1974
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
NiM.05.03
Description
An non-representational shape dominates centre front, it is outlined in black, circle to the left with a tail-like feature towards top right, the background has various shapes, lighter at left
Artist
Marion Florence Nicoll (1909 – 1985, Canadian)
Title
Automatic
Date
1974
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
15.0 x 28.3 cm
Description
An non-representational shape dominates centre front, it is outlined in black, circle to the left with a tail-like feature towards top right, the background has various shapes, lighter at left
Subject
abstract, non-representational
Credit
Purchased from Masters Gallery ltd., Calgary, 1979
Catalogue Number
NiM.05.03
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Artist
Percy Roy Wilson (1900 – , Canadian)
Date
1974
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
WiR.05.01
Description
Peter and Catharine Whyte home in winter. The foreground is snow, blue and white, and five trees, three in the centre and one at either end. The log home is behind with a stand of evergreens to the left. The top of Cascade Mountain is painted mauve, it appears behind the roof against a blue sky.
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Artist
Percy Roy Wilson (1900 – , Canadian)
Title
The Whyte Home
Date
1974
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
15.4 x 22.2 cm
Description
Peter and Catharine Whyte home in winter. The foreground is snow, blue and white, and five trees, three in the centre and one at either end. The log home is behind with a stand of evergreens to the left. The top of Cascade Mountain is painted mauve, it appears behind the roof against a blue sky.
Subject
Canadian Rockies
mountain
building,house
winter
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WiR.05.01
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Artist
Ruth Mark Bleuer (1945 – , Canadian)
Date
1975
Medium
acrylic on masonite
Catalogue Number
BrM.12.01
Description
Three white houses, two with red and white flags, are nestled beside a dark blue mountain, the foreground is green with large rocks to the bottom left. Left centre and into the middle is a soft green water inlet, behind that a bluish mountain range. The top quarter is a cloudy, grey sky. The abr…
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Artist
Ruth Mark Bleuer (1945 – , Canadian)
Title
Pangnirtung
Date
1975
Medium
acrylic on masonite
Dimensions
25.6 x 30.4 cm
Description
Three white houses, two with red and white flags, are nestled beside a dark blue mountain, the foreground is green with large rocks to the bottom left. Left centre and into the middle is a soft green water inlet, behind that a bluish mountain range. The top quarter is a cloudy, grey sky. The abrasion has rubbed off the high surface leaving vertical streaks mainly top half and to the right.
Subject
landscape
architecture, urban
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
BrM.12.01
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Quiet Evening - Moose Pair Feeding

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Artist
Clarence Ingwall Tillenius (1913 – 2012, Canadian)
Date
1975
Medium
oil on canvas board
Catalogue Number
TiC.02.18
Description
Two moose are standing in the water on a evening when the sunset casts a yellow, pink and blue tinge in the sky.The water takes on the colour from the sky and the reflections from the trees in the background. Across the center of the image there are a row of trees black in colour.The two moose are …
Artist
Clarence Ingwall Tillenius (1913 – 2012, Canadian)
Title
Quiet Evening - Moose Pair Feeding
Date
1975
Medium
oil on canvas board
Dimensions
40.7 x 51.0 cm
Description
Two moose are standing in the water on a evening when the sunset casts a yellow, pink and blue tinge in the sky.The water takes on the colour from the sky and the reflections from the trees in the background. Across the center of the image there are a row of trees black in colour.The two moose are standing on the right side of the image down in the right corner. The moose that is close to the right side of the image is looking up and to the center of the other side. The second moose that is in front of the first has it's head down drinking water. On the other side just under the trees, off in the distance are two more animals.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
animal
moose
Credit
Gift of Clarence Ingwall Tillenius, Winnipeg, 1996
Catalogue Number
TiC.02.18
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Artist
Brian Joseph Grandbois
Date
1976
Medium
acrylic on canvas board
Catalogue Number
GrB.12.08
Description
Colours blue, black, orange, yellow, gold; a stylized head in left centre of picture; long blue and gold earrings; a continuous line runs to centre left of picture, all very stylized, could be a lance with feathers hanging from it; the design at his neck resembles a bird's head; the background is l…
Artist
Brian Joseph Grandbois
Title
Indian Head
Date
1976
Medium
acrylic on canvas board
Dimensions
35.5 x 45.5 cm
Description
Colours blue, black, orange, yellow, gold; a stylized head in left centre of picture; long blue and gold earrings; a continuous line runs to centre left of picture, all very stylized, could be a lance with feathers hanging from it; the design at his neck resembles a bird's head; the background is left white.
Subject
mythological
Indigenous
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
GrB.12.08
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Artist
Brian Joseph Grandbois
Date
1976
Medium
acrylic on canvas board
Catalogue Number
GrB.12.07
Description
Colours gold, black, orange, yellow, blue, green; a stylized bird with a bear inside; object in centre of picture rest of background left white.
Artist
Brian Joseph Grandbois
Title
Indian Legend
Date
1976
Medium
acrylic on canvas board
Dimensions
35.5 x 45.5 cm
Description
Colours gold, black, orange, yellow, blue, green; a stylized bird with a bear inside; object in centre of picture rest of background left white.
Subject
mythological
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
GrB.12.07
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Artist
Brian Joseph Grandbois
Date
1976
Medium
acrylic on canvas board
Catalogue Number
GrB.12.06
Description
A stylized open painting, colours yellow, orange, gold and black; symbols non-representational; background unpainted - left white.
Artist
Brian Joseph Grandbois
Title
Indian Legend
Date
1976
Medium
acrylic on canvas board
Dimensions
35.5 x 45.5 cm
Description
A stylized open painting, colours yellow, orange, gold and black; symbols non-representational; background unpainted - left white.
Subject
mythological
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
GrB.12.06
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