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Artist
Charles Morrise Brousson ( – 1941)
Date
1920
Medium
oil on wood
Catalogue Number
BrC.02.01
Description
A primitive painting on a piece of wood. The foreground is beige and brown bank with a white and brown tepee on the left. Beyond this the creek, blue and white extends to mid centre. The top half of the painting is a slope covered with trees to left and a mountain, blue, white and green, to the ri…
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Artist
Charles Morrise Brousson ( – 1941)
Title
Cultus Creek
Date
1920
Medium
oil on wood
Dimensions
10.5 x 15.1 cm
Description
A primitive painting on a piece of wood. The foreground is beige and brown bank with a white and brown tepee on the left. Beyond this the creek, blue and white extends to mid centre. The top half of the painting is a slope covered with trees to left and a mountain, blue, white and green, to the right. A cloudy grey sky.
Subject
Canadian Rockies
landscape
mountain
creek
building
tepee
Credit
Gift of Earle Birney, Toronto, 1969
Catalogue Number
BrC.02.01
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Colin Range, Maligne

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Artist
Alexander Young Jackson (1882 – 1974, Canadian)
Date
1924 – 1924
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
JaA.03.14
Description
A stylistically loose drawing of a mountain range. The mountains take up the whole drawing and are cropped on all sides. 1/5 of the drawing is a sky with faint clouds. The line in the drawing is very soft with exception to the mountain in the middle of the picture which has been drawn heavily wi…
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Artist
Alexander Young Jackson (1882 – 1974, Canadian)
Title
Colin Range, Maligne
Date
1924 – 1924
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
13.0 x 21.5 cm
Description
A stylistically loose drawing of a mountain range. The mountains take up the whole drawing and are cropped on all sides. 1/5 of the drawing is a sky with faint clouds. The line in the drawing is very soft with exception to the mountain in the middle of the picture which has been drawn heavily with strong lines and a sharp peak. This is the only mountain with any shading (although minimal). The other mountains consist of only line.
Subject
Landscape
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Donald Grace, Saanichton, 1997
Catalogue Number
JaA.03.14
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Range Approaching Castle Mountain from Banff

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Artist
Frederick Horsman Varley (1881 – 1969, Canadian)
Date
1924
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
VaF.03.01
Description
A stylistically loose line drawing of a mountain scene. The drawing is done on a paper that is brownish in tone. The top 1/3 of the piece is blank - a clear sky. A mountain range takes up the next 1/3 of the piece, and the tallest portion is centered on the page. In the foreground of the piece …
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Artist
Frederick Horsman Varley (1881 – 1969, Canadian)
Title
Range Approaching Castle Mountain from Banff
Date
1924
Medium
graphite on paper
Description
A stylistically loose line drawing of a mountain scene. The drawing is done on a paper that is brownish in tone. The top 1/3 of the piece is blank - a clear sky. A mountain range takes up the next 1/3 of the piece, and the tallest portion is centered on the page. In the foreground of the piece is a small valley with low lying hills on either side. The hills and mountains are cropped at either side of the piece. The valley created by the hills exits the drawing in the BLC.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountains
Frederick Horsman Varley
Credit
Gift of Donald Grace, Saanichton, 1997
Catalogue Number
VaF.03.01
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Untitled (Study for Lake McArthur)

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Artist
Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)
Date
1924
Medium
oil on board
Catalogue Number
RuC.01.10
Description
A landscape rendered in shades of blue, mauve and taupe. The lower right is filled with a rise of rock. A glacier rises to the left from center of the lake. A mountain range dominates the upper section of the canvas, with the sky visible on the upper right.
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Artist
Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)
Title
Untitled (Study for Lake McArthur)
Date
1924
Medium
oil on board
Dimensions
24 x 33 cm
Description
A landscape rendered in shades of blue, mauve and taupe. The lower right is filled with a rise of rock. A glacier rises to the left from center of the lake. A mountain range dominates the upper section of the canvas, with the sky visible on the upper right.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Lake McArthur
Credit
Gift of Peter Poole, Banff, 2013
Catalogue Number
RuC.01.10
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Cabin at Lake O'Hara

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Artist
Marion Boyd Allen (1862 – 1941, American)
Date
1925
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
AbM.02.01
Description
General colours: brown, green, purple and red. Central image is a log cabin coming out from left side. The front door is framed on either side by colourful hanging clothes and Aivo chairs, one on each side. In the background to the right is another cabin. Behind and above are trees, a patch of grey…
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Artist
Marion Boyd Allen (1862 – 1941, American)
Title
Cabin at Lake O'Hara
Date
1925
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
20.2 x 25.6 cm
Description
General colours: brown, green, purple and red. Central image is a log cabin coming out from left side. The front door is framed on either side by colourful hanging clothes and Aivo chairs, one on each side. In the background to the right is another cabin. Behind and above are trees, a patch of grey sky in the upper right corner and a purple mountain face in the upper left.The painting was originally given by the artist, to Syd Graves (who managed Lake O’Hara for many years). It was then given to Bill Brewster, who gave it to Rita Crick, who gave it to the Peter Whyte Gallery.
Subject
architecture
cabin
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Lake O'Hara area
Credit
Gift of Rita Crick, 1978
Catalogue Number
AbM.02.01
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Mount Biddle at Lake O'Hara

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Artist
Aldro T. Hibbard (1886 – 1972, American)
Date
1925
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
HbA.02.01
Description
General colour: lower canvas: greens and purples, upper canvas: blues and purples. In the foreground there is water surrounded by rocks. In the middle ground there are trees rising to a mountain face which goes to the top of the canvas. Cloudy sky appears in the upper left corner.
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Artist
Aldro T. Hibbard (1886 – 1972, American)
Title
Mount Biddle at Lake O'Hara
Date
1925
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
87 x 76.5 cm
Description
General colour: lower canvas: greens and purples, upper canvas: blues and purples. In the foreground there is water surrounded by rocks. In the middle ground there are trees rising to a mountain face which goes to the top of the canvas. Cloudy sky appears in the upper left corner.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Lake O'Hara
Mount Biddle
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
HbA.02.01
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
1925
Medium
lithograph on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.04.02
Description
General colour: green, grey. Foreground rocks and shrubs give way to trees and steep hills up either side. In the upper center is a mountain peak. Grey sky fills the upper right corner and across the top to near the left side.
Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Cathedral Mountain
Date
1925
Medium
lithograph on paper
Dimensions
49.0 x 34.0 cm
Description
General colour: green, grey. Foreground rocks and shrubs give way to trees and steep hills up either side. In the upper center is a mountain peak. Grey sky fills the upper right corner and across the top to near the left side.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
Catalogue Number
LaC.04.02
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
1925
Medium
lithograph on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.11.02
Description
General colour: blue, yellow, orange. The lower third is a lake - left of center surrounded on all sides by hills of trees, evergreens and bright yellow and orange autumn leaves. From the trees rise slopes of snow to a rock pinnacle at center. The ridge moves off to the right where clouds meet snow…
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1925
Medium
lithograph on paper
Dimensions
72.5 x 73.8 cm
Description
General colour: blue, yellow, orange. The lower third is a lake - left of center surrounded on all sides by hills of trees, evergreens and bright yellow and orange autumn leaves. From the trees rise slopes of snow to a rock pinnacle at center. The ridge moves off to the right where clouds meet snow. At the left side halfway up in the distance is another peak.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
Catalogue Number
LaC.11.02
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Artist
Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)
Date
1925
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
RuC.02.02
Description
General colour: blues and mauves, greens and browns in lower right. Lake and rocks fill lower half of the canvas left and right respectively. A glacier rises to the left from center of the lake and becomes mountain to the top of the canvas. There is sky in the upper right corner.
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Artist
Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)
Title
Lake McArthur
Date
1925
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
105.0 x 126.0 cm
Description
General colour: blues and mauves, greens and browns in lower right. Lake and rocks fill lower half of the canvas left and right respectively. A glacier rises to the left from center of the lake and becomes mountain to the top of the canvas. There is sky in the upper right corner.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
Credit
Gift of Alfred Castle, Hawaii, 1973
Catalogue Number
RuC.02.02
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Showing main line of C.P.R.

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Medium
Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
Map
Published Date
1926
Call Number
C3-6.1(a)
C3-6.1(b)
Published Date
1926
Physical Description
Colour
Medium
Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
Map
Subjects
Canadian Rockies
Notes
Panoramic map
Accession Number
499 (a)
110 (b)
Call Number
C3-6.1(a)
C3-6.1(b)
Collection
Archives Library
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West Portal Abbots Pass (study)

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Artist
Tom W. McLean (1881 – 1951, Canadian)
Date
1926
Medium
watercolor on paper
Catalogue Number
MlT.05.01
Description
This study has the same composition as MlT.02.01 but the colors differ. The sky in this image is mostly grey and the mountains and landscape are more green with earth tones added throughout.
Artist
Tom W. McLean (1881 – 1951, Canadian)
Title
West Portal Abbots Pass (study)
Date
1926
Medium
watercolor on paper
Dimensions
22.8 x 27.0 cm
Description
This study has the same composition as MlT.02.01 but the colors differ. The sky in this image is mostly grey and the mountains and landscape are more green with earth tones added throughout.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Donald Grace, Saanichton, 1996
Catalogue Number
MlT.05.01
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1927
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.128
Description
Colour: green, blue. The lower area is two green slopes coming down from either side. The left crosses in front of right at center. Behind is two mountains with lower blue slopes and snow on top. Blue sky fills both upper corners and top edge.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Goat Mountain
Date
1927
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
14.5 x 19.8 cm
Description
Colour: green, blue. The lower area is two green slopes coming down from either side. The left crosses in front of right at center. Behind is two mountains with lower blue slopes and snow on top. Blue sky fills both upper corners and top edge.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Goat Mountain
Credit
Gift of Dorothy V. Whyte, West Vancouver, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.128
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Mount Cathedral from Lake O'Hara

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Artist
Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)
Date
1927
Medium
coloured woodcut on paper
Catalogue Number
PhW.04.45
Description
Cathedral Mountain in purple tones, a row of spruce trees in blue run across length of picture, the foreground is mostly green. A lone, brownish dead tree runs vertically off center left. The top half is very light blue sky. This print is on page 102 of Boulet's book The Tranquility and the Turbule…
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Artist
Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)
Title
Mount Cathedral from Lake O'Hara
Date
1927
Medium
coloured woodcut on paper
Dimensions
17.5 x 22.0 cm
Description
Cathedral Mountain in purple tones, a row of spruce trees in blue run across length of picture, the foreground is mostly green. A lone, brownish dead tree runs vertically off center left. The top half is very light blue sky. This print is on page 102 of Boulet's book The Tranquility and the Turbulence.
Subject
landscape
mountain
Canadian Rockies
Cathedral Mountain
Credit
Gift of Joe A. Brewster, Banff, 1980
Catalogue Number
PhW.04.45
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Artist
Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)
Date
1927
Medium
colour woodcut on paper
Catalogue Number
PhW.04.19
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Artist
Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)
Title
Mount Schaeffer
Date
1927
Medium
colour woodcut on paper
Dimensions
22.1 x 25.5 cm
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
Credit
Gift of George K.K. (Tommy) Link, Tucson, USA, 1979
Catalogue Number
PhW.04.19
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Artist
James Edward Hervey MacDonald, R. C. A. (1873 – 1932, Canadian)
Date
1927
Medium
oil on board
Catalogue Number
MaJ.02.03
Description
The shore of Lake Oesa is visible in the foreground at the bottom of the painting. It is quite rocky. A small shrub or plant is sprouting out of the rock on the right side of the shore. The turquoise Lake Oesa stretches across the canvas. The lake meets up with the headwall of the glacier which …
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Artist
James Edward Hervey MacDonald, R. C. A. (1873 – 1932, Canadian)
Title
Lake Oesa
Date
1927
Medium
oil on board
Dimensions
26.0 x 20.6 cm
Description
The shore of Lake Oesa is visible in the foreground at the bottom of the painting. It is quite rocky. A small shrub or plant is sprouting out of the rock on the right side of the shore. The turquoise Lake Oesa stretches across the canvas. The lake meets up with the headwall of the glacier which forms the upper half of the painting. It is painted in shades of dark blue and purple. At the top of the painting, blue and white areas of the glacier are visible.
Subject
landscape
water
Canadian Rockies
Lake Oesa
Credit
Gift of George K.K. (Tommy) Link, Tucson, USA, 1979
Catalogue Number
MaJ.02.03
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
1928
Medium
lithograph on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.11.01
Description
General colour: green, blue. Mountain face rises up behind a speeding train - the engine of which fills the cover two thirds of the picture. In the lower right corner a few trees and the other track can be seen. At the lower left side stands one telegraph pole.
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1928
Medium
lithograph on paper
Dimensions
58.5 x 73.0 cm
Description
General colour: green, blue. Mountain face rises up behind a speeding train - the engine of which fills the cover two thirds of the picture. In the lower right corner a few trees and the other track can be seen. At the lower left side stands one telegraph pole.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
train
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
Catalogue Number
LaC.11.01
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Lake O’Hara — late afternoon

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Artist
James Edward Hervey MacDonald, R. C. A. (1873 – 1932, Canadian)
Date
1928
Medium
oil on board
Catalogue Number
MaJ.02.01
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Artist
James Edward Hervey MacDonald, R. C. A. (1873 – 1932, Canadian)
Title
Lake O’Hara — late afternoon
Date
1928
Medium
oil on board
Dimensions
26.3 x 21.0 cm
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of George K.K. (Tommy) Link, Tucson, USA, 1979
Catalogue Number
MaJ.02.01
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1928
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.144
Description
Colour: green, purple, grey brown. There is a green-blue lake at the bottom. Trees on the far shore become grey-brown mountains and in the upper centre area is a glacier on a purple mountain. Blue sky fills the top right edge.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Lake O'Hara
Date
1928
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
22.5 x 27.5 cm
Description
Colour: green, purple, grey brown. There is a green-blue lake at the bottom. Trees on the far shore become grey-brown mountains and in the upper centre area is a glacier on a purple mountain. Blue sky fills the top right edge.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountains
lake
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.144
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Artist
Duncan Darroch (1888 – 1967, New Zealander)
Date
1928
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
DaD.02.03
Description
A realistic rendering of The Goodirs mountain range; the peaks dominate the centre top half, light blue sky above; in the foreground a river meanders from bottom right across bottom; evergreen trees on the banks; splashes of colours, reds, yellow in foreground. Credit both The Banff Centre and Mrs.…
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Artist
Duncan Darroch (1888 – 1967, New Zealander)
Title
The Goodsirs
Date
1928
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
41.0 x 51.2 cm
Description
A realistic rendering of The Goodirs mountain range; the peaks dominate the centre top half, light blue sky above; in the foreground a river meanders from bottom right across bottom; evergreen trees on the banks; splashes of colours, reds, yellow in foreground. Credit both The Banff Centre and Mrs. J. I. Brewster in any exhibition or publication. Banff Centre identification numbers: 81 0333 A; 20686.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Banff Centre Brewster Donation, Banff, 1986
Catalogue Number
DaD.02.03
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Artist
Duncan Darroch (1888 – 1967, New Zealander)
Date
1928
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
DaD.02.02
Description
A realistic rendering of Lake O'Hara, blue lake in foreground, mountains occupying most of picture, snow covered mountain in top centre; and towards left centre; a little sky at top; signed brc: Duncan Darroch. Credit both The Banff Centre and Mrs. J.I., Brewster in any exhibition or publication of…
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Artist
Duncan Darroch (1888 – 1967, New Zealander)
Title
Lake O'Hara
Date
1928
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
46.0 x 51.0 cm
Description
A realistic rendering of Lake O'Hara, blue lake in foreground, mountains occupying most of picture, snow covered mountain in top centre; and towards left centre; a little sky at top; signed brc: Duncan Darroch. 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 identification numbers: 81 0332 A; 20685.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Banff Centre Brewster Donation, Banff, 1986
Catalogue Number
DaD.02.02
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