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Lake Minnewanka and Mount Inglismaldie

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Artist: Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, R. C. A. (1846 – 1923, Canadian)

Date: 1890

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: BeS.02.01

Description: Colour: blue, green. The lower half is a lake with two people in a canoe right of center. A piece of land with evergreens comes out at the right side. The upper half is a mountain range. At the left side in the distance is another range. Above is clear blue sky.This painting was lent to the Winnipe…

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Artist: Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, R. C. A. (1846 – 1923, Canadian)

Title: Lake Minnewanka and Mount Inglismaldie

Date: 1890

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 34.0 x 57.0 cm

Description: Colour: blue, green. The lower half is a lake with two people in a canoe right of center. A piece of land with evergreens comes out at the right side. The upper half is a mountain range. At the left side in the distance is another range. Above is clear blue sky.This painting was lent to the Winnipeg Art Gallery in 1975 to be included in the exhibition The Railway: A Patron of the Arts in Canada. The exhibition was circulated accross the country for two years.

Subject: landscape; lake, mountain; Lake Minnewanka; Mount Inglismaldie; figure, male

Credit: Purchased from Red River Books, 1968

Catalogue Number: BeS.02.01

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Trestles at the Loop

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Artist: Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, R. C. A. (1846 – 1923, Canadian)

Date: 1890

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: BeS.05.04

Description: Kicking Horse Pass. Train trestle bridges wind around bases of mountains in valley.Ross Peak in background.

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Artist: Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, R. C. A. (1846 – 1923, Canadian)

Title: Trestles at the Loop

Date: 1890

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 31.0 x 47.7 cm

Description: Kicking Horse Pass. Train trestle bridges wind around bases of mountains in valley.Ross Peak in background.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; Kicking Horse Pass, transportation; train; CPR

Credit: Purchased from Masters Gallery ltd., Calgary, 2004

Catalogue Number: BeS.05.04

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Maria begegneteinem Hertenknaben

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Artist: Y. Scheurenberg

Date: 1892

Medium: lithograph on paper

Catalogue Number: ScY.04.01

Description: Black and white reproduction of a sketch showing a woman in a long robe holding a naked baby [likely Mary and Jesus] out towards a young shepherd boy who is handing a dandelion to the baby. There are sheep behind the boy and a background of meadows and trees.

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Artist: Y. Scheurenberg

Title: Maria begegneteinem Hertenknaben

Date: 1892

Medium: lithograph on paper

Dimensions: 15.0 x 11.5 cm

Description: Black and white reproduction of a sketch showing a woman in a long robe holding a naked baby [likely Mary and Jesus] out towards a young shepherd boy who is handing a dandelion to the baby. There are sheep behind the boy and a background of meadows and trees.

Subject: landscape; figure; group; religious

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: ScY.04.01

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His Haunt

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

Date: 1893

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: CoJ.02.03

Description: Scene in a forest with a stream. Overall green value of the painting, - there is a herring standing in the steam just below center at the narrowest part where the stream seems to drop to a lower level. - dark green shadows across the top of the trees where they appear to canopy the scene. - dark br…

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

Title: His Haunt

Date: 1893

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 45.5 x 30.5 cm

Description: Scene in a forest with a stream. Overall green value of the painting, - there is a herring standing in the steam just below center at the narrowest part where the stream seems to drop to a lower level. - dark green shadows across the top of the trees where they appear to canopy the scene. - dark brown bank to the left of the steam, and a dark green/yellow to the right of the stream.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; heron; stream

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1982

Catalogue Number: CoJ.02.03

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Castle Mountain Siding

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Artist: C. Zollern

Date: 1895

Medium: watercolour; photograph on paper

Catalogue Number: ZoC.13.01

Description: Colour: green, yellow. Three frames inside one. Top picture is a painting of a group of wooden buildings left of center with a flag pole (flag is flying) and antlers on the roof. In front are railway tracks with a team of four workers going along on a cart. Behind is a river with a man fishing in i…

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Artist: C. Zollern

Title: Castle Mountain Siding

Date: 1895

Medium: watercolour; photograph on paper

Dimensions: 34.8 x 47.5 cm

Description: Colour: green, yellow. Three frames inside one. Top picture is a painting of a group of wooden buildings left of center with a flag pole (flag is flying) and antlers on the roof. In front are railway tracks with a team of four workers going along on a cart. Behind is a river with a man fishing in it on the right. On both sides of the river are trees and in the distance are mountains. Sky fills the top. The lower two pictures are photographs. The left is of the first Banff Springs Hotel and Rundle Mountain. The right is looking down the main street of Banff in 1895.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; architecture; rura;

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1974

Catalogue Number: ZoC.13.01

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Evening Mt. Fuji During the Upward Wind

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Artist: Yoshu Chikanobu (1838 – 1912, Japanese)

Date: 1895

Medium: woodblock on paper

Catalogue Number: ChY.04.08 a-c

Description: This triptych features four women spread across three panels with Mt. Fuji softly in the background. A stretch of bushes separated the women from the background and is mostly grey. The lone Mt. Fuji is the only background with paper tone behind it. In the first panel Mt. Fuji starts and two wome…

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Artist: Yoshu Chikanobu (1838 – 1912, Japanese)

Title: Evening Mt. Fuji During the Upward Wind

Date: 1895

Medium: woodblock on paper

Dimensions: 37 x 72 cm

Description: This triptych features four women spread across three panels with Mt. Fuji softly in the background. A stretch of bushes separated the women from the background and is mostly grey. The lone Mt. Fuji is the only background with paper tone behind it. In the first panel Mt. Fuji starts and two women stand with their bodies facing eachother. The smaller woman is pointing at Mt. Fuji. In the second panel a woman stands in the rc, her body facing right and her head turned back to the left. She has her back to the mountain which is mostly featured in the second panel. In the third panel a woman sits on a bench facing left with her hand by her chest. A lamp is to the left of her bench. The ground the woman are on is mostly paper tone with a light wash.

Subject: figures; woman; landscape; mountain; Mt. Fuji

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

Catalogue Number: ChY.04.08 a-c

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Rockies in Moonlight

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Artist: George Horne Russell, RCA (1861 – 1933, Canadian)

Date: 1898

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: RuG.02.01

Description: Moonlit scene of the Canadian Rockies. The snowy peaks of a mountain are lit up by a crescent shaped moon in the top right corner. A wall of blue and grey mountain makes up most of the painting. The impression of trees is visible at the base of the mountain. The sky is a dark blue.

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Artist: George Horne Russell, RCA (1861 – 1933, Canadian)

Title: Rockies in Moonlight

Date: 1898

Medium: oil on canvas

Description: Moonlit scene of the Canadian Rockies. The snowy peaks of a mountain are lit up by a crescent shaped moon in the top right corner. A wall of blue and grey mountain makes up most of the painting. The impression of trees is visible at the base of the mountain. The sky is a dark blue.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; night; moonlight

Credit: Purchased from The Collector’s Gallery, Calgary, 2004

Catalogue Number: RuG.02.01

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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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Untitled [Prairie Sky and Telephone Lines]

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Artist: George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)

Date: 1940

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: WbG.05.01

Description: Pink prairie sky, small town viewed from above. Telephone lines and barbed wire fence cut across the image.

Artist: George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)

Title: Untitled [Prairie Sky and Telephone Lines]

Date: 1940

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 37.4 x 54.4 cm

Description: Pink prairie sky, small town viewed from above. Telephone lines and barbed wire fence cut across the image.

Subject: landscape; prairie; winter; telephone lines

Credit: Gift of Donna Tingley, Edmonton, 2004

Catalogue Number: WbG.05.01

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Walker’s Log Cabin on Sugar Camp Creek B.C. 1942

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

Date: 1940

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaE.05.36

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

Title: Walker’s Log Cabin on Sugar Camp Creek B.C. 1942

Date: 1940

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 22.0 x 30.4 cm

Subject: landscape; mountains; building; water; Ernest Lamarque

Credit: Gift of Ernest Lamarque (Estate), 1971

Catalogue Number: LaE.05.36

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Untitled

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

Date: 1940

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.27

Description: Light blue river in foreground, coursing to background of trees and mountains. Green and brown banks to either side, tall evergreens on the right, smaller ones on the left. Mauve, blue and green mountains to the mid centre left. A light blue sky.

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

Title: Untitled

Date: 1940

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 10.7 x 16.2 cm

Description: Light blue river in foreground, coursing to background of trees and mountains. Green and brown banks to either side, tall evergreens on the right, smaller ones on the left. Mauve, blue and green mountains to the mid centre left. A light blue sky.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; card; Christmas; river

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

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.27

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Mount Saskatchewan

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Artist: Belmore Browne (1880 – 1954, American)

Date: 1940

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: BwB.02.08

Description: Three Rams are standing on the edge of a cliff looking over the edge out at the mountains in the background. The mountains in the background have many clouds around them and the sky is also very cloudy. There are trees down close to the bottom of the image in the center and the Rams are facing the …

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Artist: Belmore Browne (1880 – 1954, American)

Title: Mount Saskatchewan

Date: 1940

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 50.0 x 51.0 cm

Description: Three Rams are standing on the edge of a cliff looking over the edge out at the mountains in the background. The mountains in the background have many clouds around them and the sky is also very cloudy. There are trees down close to the bottom of the image in the center and the Rams are facing the left side of the painting with their backs to the right.

Subject: landscape; Rocky Mountains; mountain; animal; mountain sheep

Credit: Gift of J. Monroe Thorington, Philadelphia, USA, 1979

Catalogue Number: BwB.02.08

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Mountain Goats and Mount Assiniboine

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Artist: Belmore Browne (1880 – 1954, American)

Date: 1941

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: BwB.02.06

Description: General colour: blue, green, grey. Two mountain goats look over a cliff at right into misty valley below. A hawk flys in the cloud lower left. In the upper left is a mountain. The peak is up center and is slightly behind a cloud. The sky is bright yellow.

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Artist: Belmore Browne (1880 – 1954, American)

Title: Mountain Goats and Mount Assiniboine

Date: 1941

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 45.0 x 59.0 cm

Description: General colour: blue, green, grey. Two mountain goats look over a cliff at right into misty valley below. A hawk flys in the cloud lower left. In the upper left is a mountain. The peak is up center and is slightly behind a cloud. The sky is bright yellow.

Subject: landscape; Rocky Mountains; mountain; Mount Assiniboine; animal; mountain goat

Credit: Gift of J. Monroe Thorington, Philadelphia, USA, 1973

Catalogue Number: BwB.02.06

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Garibaldi Park 1941

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Artist: B.A. Fry

Date: 1941

Medium: woodcut on paper

Catalogue Number: FrB.04.01

Description: General colour: blue and green. Night scene. Two tents can be seen, one in the foreground amongst trees at the left side; the other, (a yellow one) in the background at the right side. A large peak rises up on the left side. To the upper right in the distance is a glacier and one star peeking out f…

Artist: B.A. Fry

Title: Garibaldi Park 1941

Date: 1941

Medium: woodcut on paper

Dimensions: 15.8 x 21.2 cm

Description: General colour: blue and green. Night scene. Two tents can be seen, one in the foreground amongst trees at the left side; the other, (a yellow one) in the background at the right side. A large peak rises up on the left side. To the upper right in the distance is a glacier and one star peeking out from under clouds.

Subject: landscape; mountains; tepee; glacier

Credit: Gift of Jim Walls, 1970

Catalogue Number: FrB.04.01

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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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The Okanagan Valley

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Artist: Cyril Harris ( – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1941

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: HaC.05.03

Description: Countryside scene, green farm fields and orchards in foreground, trees and buildings in mid-distance, hills in background. One large tree in foreground at left, another on on the right.

Artist: Cyril Harris ( – 1966, Canadian)

Title: The Okanagan Valley

Date: 1941

Medium: watercolour on paper

Description: Countryside scene, green farm fields and orchards in foreground, trees and buildings in mid-distance, hills in background. One large tree in foreground at left, another on on the right.

Subject: landscape; British Columbia; Okanagan

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

Catalogue Number: HaC.05.03

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Toe of Athabasca Glacier

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Date: 1941

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.192

Description: Toe of Athabasca Glacier.

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Title: Toe of Athabasca Glacier

Date: 1941

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 22.8 x 28.0 cm

Description: Toe of Athabasca Glacier.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; Athabasca Glacier

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.192

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Ice Blocks, Athabasca Glacier

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1941

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.159

Description: The canvas is dominated by huge iceblocks in grey, blue, white and brown. Part of the rock wall and Athabasca Glacier show up in the ochre and white peaks, very little sky in mid-and right-hand corner.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Ice Blocks, Athabasca Glacier

Date: 1941

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.7 x 35.4 cm

Description: The canvas is dominated by huge iceblocks in grey, blue, white and brown. Part of the rock wall and Athabasca Glacier show up in the ochre and white peaks, very little sky in mid-and right-hand corner.