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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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Untitled

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

Date: 1950

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.41

Description: The bottom half of the picture has a small lake centered, slopes to off to all sides into mountains, blue tinge centre right; blue mountains in background;a pale blue sky with a full moon to centre left. Credit both The Banff Centre and Mrs. J. I. Brewster in any exhibition or publication of the co…

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

Title: Untitled

Date: 1950

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 15.2 x 19.2 cm

Description: The bottom half of the picture has a small lake centered, slopes to off to all sides into mountains, blue tinge centre right; blue mountains in background;a pale blue sky with a full moon to centre left. 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 0305 A; 20658

Subject: landscape; mountain

Credit: Gift of Banff Centre Brewster Donation, Banff, 1986

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.41

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Horseman

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Artist: Maxwell Bennett Bates (1906 – 1980, Canadian)

Date: 1950 – 1950

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: BaM.04.01

Description: Black and white print of a man on a horse. There is a watermark in the paper which is placed vertically along the right side of the piece it reads: “ Howard Smith Autograph”.

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Artist: Maxwell Bennett Bates (1906 – 1980, Canadian)

Title: Horseman

Date: 1950 – 1950

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 28.0 x 21.7 cm

Description: Black and white print of a man on a horse. There is a watermark in the paper which is placed vertically along the right side of the piece it reads: “ Howard Smith Autograph”.

Subject: animal; horse; figure; male; landscape; mountains; foothills

Credit: Purchased from Canadian Art Gallery, Canmore, 1998

Catalogue Number: BaM.04.01

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Mount Rundle, Fall

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Artist: Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)

Date: 1950

Medium: woodcut print on paper

Catalogue Number: PhW.04.68

Description: View of Mount Rundle from Vermillion Lakes. Lake reflects trees and mountains with scattered patches of snow.

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Artist: Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)

Title: Mount Rundle, Fall

Date: 1950

Medium: woodcut print on paper

Dimensions: 22.0 x 32.5 cm

Description: View of Mount Rundle from Vermillion Lakes. Lake reflects trees and mountains with scattered patches of snow.

Subject: Mount Rundle; Banff; landscape; mountains; lake

Credit: Gift of Ralph Young, Edmonton, 2021

Catalogue Number: PhW.04.68

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Fraser River Above Lillooet, B.C.

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

Date: 1950

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaE.05.64

Description: A choppy river running between rocky banks viewer’s left, rocks and sparse trees and vegetation viewer’s right, mountains in middle, cloudy sky overhead.

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

Title: Fraser River Above Lillooet, B.C.

Date: 1950

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 39.4 x 56.5 cm

Description: A choppy river running between rocky banks viewer’s left, rocks and sparse trees and vegetation viewer’s right, mountains in middle, cloudy sky overhead.

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

Credit: Gift of Ernest Lamarque (Estate), 1971

Catalogue Number: LaE.05.64

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Trees, Log

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Artist: Elizabeth Rummel (1897 – 1980, Canadian)

Date: 1950

Medium: oil on board

Catalogue Number: RwE.02.02

Description: A large grey log lies in the foreground, a greenish foreground, two large leafless brown trees in center and center left. Green trees (3) in center, a mountain side to the right, the sky is orange. Titled, dated and signed on back.

Artist: Elizabeth Rummel (1897 – 1980, Canadian)

Title: Trees, Log

Date: 1950

Medium: oil on board

Dimensions: 30.3 x 39.8 cm

Description: A large grey log lies in the foreground, a greenish foreground, two large leafless brown trees in center and center left. Green trees (3) in center, a mountain side to the right, the sky is orange. Titled, dated and signed on back.

Subject: landscape; forest

Credit: Gift of Haneylore Auchenbach, Canmore, 1984

Catalogue Number: RwE.02.02

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Bighorns, Banff

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Artist: Illingworth Holey Kerr (1905 – 1989, Canadian)

Date: 1950

Medium: felt pen on paper

Catalogue Number: KeI.09.01

Description: Spiral sketchbook with sketches of sheep, and groups of sheep in various poses and configurations. On cover Bighorns Banff One morning above vermillion lakes. 1950 inside back cover Above Vermillion Lakes 1955 Illingworth Kerr

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Artist: Illingworth Holey Kerr (1905 – 1989, Canadian)

Title: Bighorns, Banff

Date: 1950

Medium: felt pen on paper

Dimensions: 17.7` x 25.7 cm

Description: Spiral sketchbook with sketches of sheep, and groups of sheep in various poses and configurations. On cover Bighorns Banff One morning above vermillion lakes. 1950 inside back cover Above Vermillion Lakes 1955 Illingworth Kerr