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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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Untitled [two sashes]

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Artist: Mary Garnham Andrews (1916 – 2018, Canadian)

Date: 1950

Catalogue Number: AnM.08.030 a,b

Description: Two sashes (identical) woven in blue, yellow and brown cotton; fringed ends.

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Artist: Mary Garnham Andrews (1916 – 2018, Canadian)

Title: Untitled [two sashes]

Date: 1950

Dimensions: 4.0 x 152.0 cm

Description: Two sashes (identical) woven in blue, yellow and brown cotton; fringed ends.

Subject: crafts; weaving; Mary Andrews

Credit: Gift of Mary Garnham Andrews, Banff, 1998

Catalogue Number: AnM.08.030 a,b

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untitled (sample)

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Artist: Mary Garnham Andrews (1916 – 2018, Canadian)

Date: 1950

Catalogue Number: AnM.08.030 r

Description: A blue cotton warp with white and brown wool weft; finished nicely on ends with fringes.

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Artist: Mary Garnham Andrews (1916 – 2018, Canadian)

Title: untitled (sample)

Date: 1950

Dimensions: 12.5 x 21.0 cm

Description: A blue cotton warp with white and brown wool weft; finished nicely on ends with fringes.

Subject: crafts; weaving; Mary Andrews

Credit: Gift of Mary Garnham Andrews, Banff, 1998

Catalogue Number: AnM.08.030 r

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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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Norman Luxton

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Artist: Nicholas Raffael de Grandmaison (1892 – 1978, Canadian)

Date: 1950

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: DgN.02.02

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Artist: Nicholas Raffael de Grandmaison (1892 – 1978, Canadian)

Title: Norman Luxton

Date: 1950

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 75 x 55 cm

Subject: portrait; male

Credit: Gift of Sonia de Grandmaison, West Vancouver, 1980

Catalogue Number: DgN.02.02

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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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Freda

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Artist: John Harold Thomas Snow (1911 – 2004, Canadian)

Date: 1950

Medium: etching on paper

Catalogue Number: SnJ.04.05

Description: A head and shoulders portrait of a woman; she is turned to the left; hair pulled back; large eyes and nose; a slight smile; plain blouse.

Artist: John Harold Thomas Snow (1911 – 2004, Canadian)

Title: Freda

Date: 1950

Medium: etching on paper

Dimensions: 19.0 x 14.2 cm

Description: A head and shoulders portrait of a woman; she is turned to the left; hair pulled back; large eyes and nose; a slight smile; plain blouse.

Subject: portrait, female

Credit: Gift of John Harold Thomas Snow, Calgary, 1990

Catalogue Number: SnJ.04.05

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Couple

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Artist: John Harold Thomas Snow (1911 – 2004, Canadian)

Date: 1950

Medium: coloured lithograph on paper

Catalogue Number: SnJ.04.03

Description: A black, full face portrait of a man and a woman from chest; the man's head is cut off at top of picture; irregular white lines outline features of face and clothes; background is yellow vertical lines both sides; a door with 6 pane window centre left.

Artist: John Harold Thomas Snow (1911 – 2004, Canadian)

Title: Couple

Date: 1950

Medium: coloured lithograph on paper

Dimensions: 35.5 x 25.5 cm

Description: A black, full face portrait of a man and a woman from chest; the man's head is cut off at top of picture; irregular white lines outline features of face and clothes; background is yellow vertical lines both sides; a door with 6 pane window centre left.

Subject: abstract; portrait, group

Credit: Gift of John Harold Thomas Snow, Calgary, 1990

Catalogue Number: SnJ.04.03

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Farm Scene

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Artist: R. L. Hunter

Date: 1950

Medium: graphite; crayon; felt marker on paper

Catalogue Number: HlR.03.02

Description: Farm scene, two horses, one brown one white are hitched to a wagon, the white horse is tied to a hitching post. A buggy is standing in right foreground. A log house with a green roof, smoke coming out of the chimney, is behind the buggy. A woman is standing in front of the door, a woman carrying a …

Artist: R. L. Hunter

Title: Farm Scene

Date: 1950

Medium: graphite; crayon; felt marker on paper

Dimensions: 45 x 56 cm

Description: Farm scene, two horses, one brown one white are hitched to a wagon, the white horse is tied to a hitching post. A buggy is standing in right foreground. A log house with a green roof, smoke coming out of the chimney, is behind the buggy. A woman is standing in front of the door, a woman carrying a child, a man with a small child by hand are all walking towards the wagon. A post with barbed wire is at the very bottom, some orange flowers in the bottom left. Background is green, some implements and a road. Trees along the horizon, a pale blue sky with three clouds.

Subject: landscape, rural; animal, horse; figure, male, child

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

Catalogue Number: HlR.03.02

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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

Subject: landscape; animal; Bighorn sheep; Banff National Park

Credit: Gift of Canadian Art Gallery, Canmore, 1992

Catalogue Number: KeI.09.01

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Buffalo Hunt

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Artist: Clarence Ingwall Tillenius (1913 – 2012, Canadian)

Date: 1950

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: TiC.03.01

Description: Running from the left side of the drawing toward the cc is a bison. Along side of it on the right side of the image a man with a gun riding a horse is trying to kill it. Both the horse and the bison are in full run with grass under foot and trees or shrubs in the distance.

Artist: Clarence Ingwall Tillenius (1913 – 2012, Canadian)

Title: Buffalo Hunt

Date: 1950

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 30.6 x 51.0 cm

Description: Running from the left side of the drawing toward the cc is a bison. Along side of it on the right side of the image a man with a gun riding a horse is trying to kill it. Both the horse and the bison are in full run with grass under foot and trees or shrubs in the distance.