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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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Cree Cabin, Mameo

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Artist: George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)

Date: 1950

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: WbG.04.029

Description: Four people on step of cabin at centre of image. Tent to right of cabin, trees behind.

Artist: George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)

Title: Cree Cabin, Mameo

Date: 1950

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 27.8 x 35.1 cm

Description: Four people on step of cabin at centre of image. Tent to right of cabin, trees behind.

Subject: architecture; rural; cabin; tent; figures; landscape; Mameo

Credit: Gift of Donna Tingley, Edmonton, 2004

Catalogue Number: WbG.04.029

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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

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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Mt.Eisenhower, Banff, 1950

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Artist: Gordon Rayner (1935 – 2010, Canadian)

Date: 1950

Medium: painting on board

Catalogue Number: RaG.02.01

Description: A landscape oil painting of Mount Eisenhower. A mountain, that is positioned to the left on the canvas, dominates the painting. The sky in the background has heavy dark grey clouds and a mountain range can be seen at right. In front of Mount Eisenhower are green hills and in the foreground a dark s…

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Artist: Gordon Rayner (1935 – 2010, Canadian)

Title: Mt.Eisenhower, Banff, 1950

Date: 1950

Medium: painting on board

Dimensions: 44.2 x 59.5 cm

Description: A landscape oil painting of Mount Eisenhower. A mountain, that is positioned to the left on the canvas, dominates the painting. The sky in the background has heavy dark grey clouds and a mountain range can be seen at right. In front of Mount Eisenhower are green hills and in the foreground a dark shadow runs across the bottom of the painting. The artists signature is painted in white in the bottom rhc, “Rayner”. The colour palette consists primarily of dark grey, green and blue and the brush strokes and loose and visible. Au verso, right of centre at the top written in black marker is, “ MT. EISEHAUR (sic) ELONGATED 1950-BANFF”.