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Fred Brewster, Jasper, Alberta 1940

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Artist: Andreas Roth

Date: 1940

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: RtA.03.01

Description: Man's head and shoulders looking right. He has a small short mustache. His shirt is open at the neck.

Artist: Andreas Roth

Title: Fred Brewster, Jasper, Alberta 1940

Date: 1940

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 17.7 x 25.5 cm

Description: Man's head and shoulders looking right. He has a small short mustache. His shirt is open at the neck.

Subject: portrait; male

Credit: Gift of Fred Brewster, Banff, 1970

Catalogue Number: RtA.03.01

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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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Alpine Ibex

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Artist: J. Monroe Thorington (1894 – 1989, American)

Date: 1940

Medium: charcoal on paper

Catalogue Number: ThM.03.04

Description: A charcoal drawing from the chest up of an alpine ibex. The ibex is facing to his right, long horns curve gracefully back.

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Artist: J. Monroe Thorington (1894 – 1989, American)

Title: Alpine Ibex

Date: 1940

Medium: charcoal on paper

Dimensions: 25.0 x 20.5 cm

Description: A charcoal drawing from the chest up of an alpine ibex. The ibex is facing to his right, long horns curve gracefully back.

Subject: animal; alpine ibex

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: ThM.03.04

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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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Athabasca Glacier, Columbia Icefields

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Artist: Andreas Roth

Date: 1941

Medium: oil paint on board

Catalogue Number: RtA.02.01

Description: Mountain landscape with mountains topped with glaciers in background. Glacial tongue with river leading away from it in the centre of the painting. Wildflowers and trees in foreground. Bottom left corner is “Andreas Roth. 1941”

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Artist: Andreas Roth

Title: Athabasca Glacier, Columbia Icefields

Date: 1941

Medium: oil paint on board

Dimensions: 43.5 x 62.0 cm

Description: Mountain landscape with mountains topped with glaciers in background. Glacial tongue with river leading away from it in the centre of the painting. Wildflowers and trees in foreground. Bottom left corner is “Andreas Roth. 1941”

Subject: mountains; columbia icefield; athabasca; Banff National Park

Credit: Gift of Robert Crosby Family, Banff, 1998

Catalogue Number: RtA.02.01

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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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Moose head

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Artist: Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)

Date: 1941

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: RuC.03.03

Description: A finely detailed drawing of a moose head tiled upwards, antlers lighter, head is facing to left

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Artist: Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)

Title: Moose head

Date: 1941

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 21.5 x 29.0 cm

Description: A finely detailed drawing of a moose head tiled upwards, antlers lighter, head is facing to left

Subject: animal, moose

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: RuC.03.03

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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.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; iceblocks; glacier, Athabasca

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.159

Notes: Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018

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Athabasca Glacier Toe

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

Date: 1941

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.001

Description: Grey and white coloured rocks, top left of picture is brown and white .

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

Title: Athabasca Glacier Toe

Date: 1941

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 21.0 x 27.7 cm

Description: Grey and white coloured rocks, top left of picture is brown and white .

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; Athabasca Glacier

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.001

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Massive Range

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Artist: Belmore Browne (1880 – 1954, American)

Date: 1942

Medium: oil on canvas board

Catalogue Number: BwB.02.07

Description: General colour: purple, blue and yellow. Foreground - flowers, grass, a log lies left to center. Poplars with occasional pine, in the distance make a horizon. Three chunks of mountain rise up behind and a grey clouded sky fills the top.

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Artist: Belmore Browne (1880 – 1954, American)

Title: Massive Range

Date: 1942

Medium: oil on canvas board

Dimensions: 22.0 x 27.0 cm

Description: General colour: purple, blue and yellow. Foreground - flowers, grass, a log lies left to center. Poplars with occasional pine, in the distance make a horizon. Three chunks of mountain rise up behind and a grey clouded sky fills the top.

Subject: landscape; Rocky Mountains; mountain; Massive Range

Credit: Gift of J. Monroe Thorington, Philadelphia, USA, 1974

Catalogue Number: BwB.02.07

Notes: Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018

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Ice Blocks, Toe, Athabasca Glacier

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1942

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.012

Description: Colour: blue. Huge chunks of ice fill the lower three quarters of the picture. Behind to the left is a dark ridge of rock. Behind at center is a purple ridge of mountain with sky in the upper right corner and across the upper edge to left of center.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Ice Blocks, Toe, Athabasca Glacier

Date: 1942

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 63 x 76 cm

Description: Colour: blue. Huge chunks of ice fill the lower three quarters of the picture. Behind to the left is a dark ridge of rock. Behind at center is a purple ridge of mountain with sky in the upper right corner and across the upper edge to left of center.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; glacier

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.012

Notes: Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018

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Deer Lodge

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Artist: Andreas Roth

Date: 1942

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: RtA.02.03

Description: Oil painting showing a red brick building (Deer Lodge) surrounded by trees. Lake Louise, the Victoria Glacier, and Mounts Lefroy and Victoria can be seen in the background.

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Artist: Andreas Roth

Title: Deer Lodge

Date: 1942

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 66.0 x 80.0 cm

Description: Oil painting showing a red brick building (Deer Lodge) surrounded by trees. Lake Louise, the Victoria Glacier, and Mounts Lefroy and Victoria can be seen in the background.

Subject: Deer Lodge; Lake Louise

Credit: Gift of Robert Crosby Family, Banff, 1998

Catalogue Number: RtA.02.03

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Church at Morley, Alberta

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

Date: 1942

Medium: coloured woodcut on paper

Catalogue Number: PhW.04.33

Description: McDougall Church at Morley, Alta. Mountain background with church and two figures in foreground. Signed blc WJP and inside block. Signed brc W.J. Phillips on border brc, was mailed in Season's Greetings card from Phillips. This print is #230 in R. Boulet Catalogue.

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

Title: Church at Morley, Alberta

Date: 1942

Medium: coloured woodcut on paper

Dimensions: 10.9 x 10.3 cm

Description: McDougall Church at Morley, Alta. Mountain background with church and two figures in foreground. Signed blc WJP and inside block. Signed brc W.J. Phillips on border brc, was mailed in Season's Greetings card from Phillips. This print is #230 in R. Boulet Catalogue.

Subject: mountain; architecture, rural; animal, horse; figure, male; MacDougall

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

Catalogue Number: PhW.04.33

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Victory Eagle

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Artist: A. M. Blackstone

Date: 1942

Medium: linocut on paper

Catalogue Number: BlA.04.01

Artist: A. M. Blackstone

Title: Victory Eagle

Date: 1942

Medium: linocut on paper

Dimensions: 9.0 x 9.0 cm

Subject: animal, bird; eagle

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

Catalogue Number: BlA.04.01

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Caribou head

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Artist: Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)

Date: 1942

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: RuC.03.04

Description: A finely detailed drawing of a caribou head, head is slightly tipped down showing good detail of the antlers

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Artist: Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)

Title: Caribou head

Date: 1942

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 35.0 x 27.5 cm

Description: A finely detailed drawing of a caribou head, head is slightly tipped down showing good detail of the antlers

Subject: animal, caribou

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: RuC.03.04

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Lake Louise, Canada

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Artist: Andreas Roth

Date: 1943

Medium: oil paint on canvas

Catalogue Number: RtA.02.02

Description: Mountain landscape with large prominent mountain (Mt. Victoria) with glacier (Victoria glacier) in the background with a large turquoise lake (Lake Louise) stretching to the foreground. Green slopes on either side of the lake. “Andreas Roth 1943” in lower left corner. Written on the back of the can…

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Artist: Andreas Roth

Title: Lake Louise, Canada

Date: 1943

Medium: oil paint on canvas

Dimensions: 57.0 x 73.0 cm

Description: Mountain landscape with large prominent mountain (Mt. Victoria) with glacier (Victoria glacier) in the background with a large turquoise lake (Lake Louise) stretching to the foreground. Green slopes on either side of the lake. “Andreas Roth 1943” in lower left corner. Written on the back of the canvas is “Lake Louise Canada Presented to Mr. Fred Crosby Deer Lodge by Andreas Roth 1943”

Subject: Lake Louise; Banff; mountains; glaciers

Credit: Gift of Robert Crosby Family, Banff, 1998

Catalogue Number: RtA.02.02

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Trail from Skoki

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

Date: 1943

Medium: coloured woodcut on paper

Catalogue Number: PhW.04.34

Description: Ski trail scene with snow, trees and distant mountains. Green/blue dominant colours. Signed W.J. Phillips brc in pencil. Was mailed in Season's Greetings beige card from the Phillips. This print is #234 in R. Boulet Catalogue.

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

Title: Trail from Skoki

Date: 1943

Medium: coloured woodcut on paper

Dimensions: 10.0 x 11.7 cm

Description: Ski trail scene with snow, trees and distant mountains. Green/blue dominant colours. Signed W.J. Phillips brc in pencil. Was mailed in Season's Greetings beige card from the Phillips. This print is #234 in R. Boulet Catalogue.