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Poaching a Ram

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Artist: Alice Saltiel (1948 – , Canadian)

Date: 1989

Medium: oil on masonite

Catalogue Number: SmA.02.01

Description: A figure in centre front, dressed in a buckskin shirt, blue pants and a floppy hat, is pulling a laden sled, the trail vanishes into the distance, a mountain range in background, a mountainside with trees to the right, a full moon is in the top left of picture in a dark sky

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Artist: Alice Saltiel (1948 – , Canadian)

Title: Poaching a Ram

Date: 1989

Medium: oil on masonite

Dimensions: 45.7 x 35.6 cm

Description: A figure in centre front, dressed in a buckskin shirt, blue pants and a floppy hat, is pulling a laden sled, the trail vanishes into the distance, a mountain range in background, a mountainside with trees to the right, a full moon is in the top left of picture in a dark sky

Subject: characters; Jimmy Simpson; landscape; mountain

Credit: Gift of Jon Whyte, Banff, 1992

Catalogue Number: SmA.02.01

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Lower Elevation with Heavy Snow

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Artist: Shirley Hard (1957 – , Canadian)

Date: 1989

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: HdS.02.01

Description: A wintery scene, trees cross the slope from centre left to centre right, into the foreground and in the distance. Some deadfall and yellow coloured grasses in centre of picture, a mountain at right top. The foreground is mainly white.

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Artist: Shirley Hard (1957 – , Canadian)

Title: Lower Elevation with Heavy Snow

Date: 1989

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 129.0 x 242.0 cm

Description: A wintery scene, trees cross the slope from centre left to centre right, into the foreground and in the distance. Some deadfall and yellow coloured grasses in centre of picture, a mountain at right top. The foreground is mainly white.

Subject: landscape; foothills; mountain

Credit: Purchased from Canadian Art Gallery, Canmore, 1989

Catalogue Number: HdS.02.01

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St. Paul's Church

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Artist: David Brown (1955 – , Canadian)

Date: 1985

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: BrD.02.01

Description: The church dominates the centre, bottom half of picture, green evergreen trees around it, behind the church is Mount Rundle, with some snow, the top third of the picture is sky, light indication of clouds, 2 men with red sweaters are walking across the street towards the church corner, the immedia…

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Artist: David Brown (1955 – , Canadian)

Title: St. Paul's Church

Date: 1985

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 243.8 x 91.4 cm

Description: The church dominates the centre, bottom half of picture, green evergreen trees around it, behind the church is Mount Rundle, with some snow, the top third of the picture is sky, light indication of clouds, 2 men with red sweaters are walking across the street towards the church corner, the immediate foreground is grey pavement.

Subject: architecture, church; church, St. Paul's Presbyterian, Banff; mountain, Mount Rundle

Credit: Purchased from David Brown, 1987

Catalogue Number: BrD.02.01

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Finding The Truants

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

Date: 1982

Medium: oil on panel

Catalogue Number: TiC.02.06

Description: The first half of the painting starting from the bottom includes a stream with rocks off to the right with trees and shrubs all around full in fall orange and yellow colours. Standing to the right of the stream in the orange grass area are three horses, two are dark brown and the other is a lighter…

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

Title: Finding The Truants

Date: 1982

Medium: oil on panel

Dimensions: 25.4 x 35.5 cm

Description: The first half of the painting starting from the bottom includes a stream with rocks off to the right with trees and shrubs all around full in fall orange and yellow colours. Standing to the right of the stream in the orange grass area are three horses, two are dark brown and the other is a lighter brown. Just behind the orange trees are many green trees off in the distance and behind them are mountains covered in snow and blue in colour. The sky is a cool even blue.

Subject: animals; horses; landscape; Canadian

Credit: Gift of Clarence Ingwall Tillenius, Winnipeg, 1996

Catalogue Number: TiC.02.06

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Twin Trees

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Artist: Bryan Chubb (1947 – , Canadian)

Date: 1981

Medium: oil on masonite

Catalogue Number: ChB.02.01

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Artist: Bryan Chubb (1947 – , Canadian)

Title: Twin Trees

Date: 1981

Medium: oil on masonite

Dimensions: 20.5 x 25.5 cm

Subject: landscape

Credit: Purchased from Masters Gallery ltd., Calgary, 1981

Catalogue Number: ChB.02.01

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Bow River Valley

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Artist: Duncan Crockford (1920 – 1992)

Date: 1981

Medium: painting on canvas

Catalogue Number: CrD.02.02

Description: A landscape oil painting. In the background is a blue sky with big fluffy white clouds and a mountain range with rolling hills in front. After the hills is a line of forest and in the foreground are two small ponds separated by a thin strip of land with tall grass and the ponds are surrounded by a …

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Artist: Duncan Crockford (1920 – 1992)

Title: Bow River Valley

Date: 1981

Medium: painting on canvas

Dimensions: 46.0 x 61.0 cm

Description: A landscape oil painting. In the background is a blue sky with big fluffy white clouds and a mountain range with rolling hills in front. After the hills is a line of forest and in the foreground are two small ponds separated by a thin strip of land with tall grass and the ponds are surrounded by a lone, green pine tree on the left and three golden-leaved poplar trees on the right. The artist signature is painted in the bottom rhc in red, “DUNCAN /81”. Au verso, on the top edge of the canvas in black pen is written, “EARLY AUTUMN, MORLEY, ALBERTA”. On the top left corner of the canvas is written, “2500.00”. In the centre at the bottom of the frame is a white label with blue ink, “Gainsborough Galleries (1974) Ltd. FINE ART DEALERS & FRAME MAKERS 805 611-8th AVENUE S.W. CALGARY - ALBERTA T2P 1H1 “EARLY AUTUMN, MORLEY, ALBERTA” An Original Oil Painting By DUNCAN CROCKFORD XD/167”.

Subject: landscape; lake; Duncan Crockford

Credit: Gift of William Randall (Estate), Halifax, 2011

Catalogue Number: CrD.02.02

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[Rundle and Vermilion Lakes]

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Artist: John Davenall Turner (1900 – 1980, Canadian)

Date: 1980

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: TuJ.02.03

Description: Unfinished painting with Mount Rundle and the Fairholme Range in the background, both snow-capped. Lower slopes of Rundle are green. Foreground: blue lakes broken up by large strip of trees in middle of painting and pile of logs in front. Corners are unfinished.

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Artist: John Davenall Turner (1900 – 1980, Canadian)

Title: [Rundle and Vermilion Lakes]

Date: 1980

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 60.5 x 81.5 cm

Description: Unfinished painting with Mount Rundle and the Fairholme Range in the background, both snow-capped. Lower slopes of Rundle are green. Foreground: blue lakes broken up by large strip of trees in middle of painting and pile of logs in front. Corners are unfinished.

Subject: mountains; lakes; Banff; Rundle; Vermilion; nature; landscape

Credit: Gift of John Davenall Turner (Estate), 2020

Catalogue Number: TuJ.02.03

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Peace Of The Winter Woods

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

Date: 1980

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: TiC.02.02

Description: Located in the center of this scene are piles of white puffy snow. Around the snow on both sides and in the back there are many trees. The trees are green with a bit of snow on some of the branches. This scene looks like a clearing in the forest after a fresh snow fall. The shadows in the snow have…

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

Title: Peace Of The Winter Woods

Date: 1980

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 81.2 x 121.9 cm

Description: Located in the center of this scene are piles of white puffy snow. Around the snow on both sides and in the back there are many trees. The trees are green with a bit of snow on some of the branches. This scene looks like a clearing in the forest after a fresh snow fall. The shadows in the snow have a blue hue.

Subject: landscape; Canadian; forest

Credit: Gift of Clarence Ingwall Tillenius, Winnipeg, 1996

Catalogue Number: TiC.02.02

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Going to the Sundance

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1957

Medium: oil on masonite

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.021

Description: Colour: green, blue, black, white. A wagon pulled by horses, a rider and horse and aother wagon move from left to right on a trail through green prairie grass. The blue sky above has three large clouds.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Going to the Sundance

Date: 1957

Medium: oil on masonite

Dimensions: 91.8 x 181.2 cm

Description: Colour: green, blue, black, white. A wagon pulled by horses, a rider and horse and aother wagon move from left to right on a trail through green prairie grass. The blue sky above has three large clouds.

Subject: landscape; figure; group; transportation; animal; horse

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.021

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Fire Engine, Dawson City

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1956

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.097

Description: Colour: blue, orange red. Central image is a four wheeled vehicle with a tank and a long black handled pump. It stands in green grass. Behind is a large building: the back part of which is yellow, the front purple brown. A few figures can be seen by the door at the left side. Above are telegraph po…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Fire Engine, Dawson City

Date: 1956

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 30.5 x 25.5 cm

Description: Colour: blue, orange red. Central image is a four wheeled vehicle with a tank and a long black handled pump. It stands in green grass. Behind is a large building: the back part of which is yellow, the front purple brown. A few figures can be seen by the door at the left side. Above are telegraph poles and blue sky.

Subject: transportation; architecture; urban

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.097

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The Yukon River, Dawson City

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1956

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.100

Description: Colour: green, purple, red, yellow. The lower canvas is a town. Beyond that is a pale green river which goes across, upright and then left a bit. On either side as it goes into the distance are green hills becoming purple in the distance. A grey yellow sky fills the upper area.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: The Yukon River, Dawson City

Date: 1956

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 30.5 x 25.5 cm

Description: Colour: green, purple, red, yellow. The lower canvas is a town. Beyond that is a pale green river which goes across, upright and then left a bit. On either side as it goes into the distance are green hills becoming purple in the distance. A grey yellow sky fills the upper area.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; river; architecture; urban

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.100

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

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Bank in Dawson City

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1956

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.101

Description: Colour: blue, black, green, ochre. A road goes up from the lower center towards the right. On the right side of the road are five telegraph poles receding into the distance. On the left side are buildings. The front one is white and built of stone or brick. In the background is a hillside which goe…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Bank in Dawson City

Date: 1956

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 30.5 x 25.5 cm

Description: Colour: blue, black, green, ochre. A road goes up from the lower center towards the right. On the right side of the road are five telegraph poles receding into the distance. On the left side are buildings. The front one is white and built of stone or brick. In the background is a hillside which goes up at an angle from the left to he upper right. Clear blue sky fills in the rest.

Subject: architecture; urban

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.101

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

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Funeral of Chief David Bearspaw

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1956

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.033

Description: Colour: multi colours on white. In the lower left corner is the backside of a sled pulled by two horses. There are figures sitting in the sled and walking beside it, also two dogs. Many figures are making their way from the right to the left of centre where there is a huge circle of figures. Ac…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Funeral of Chief David Bearspaw

Date: 1956

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 90.5 x 100.8 cm

Description: Colour: multi colours on white. In the lower left corner is the backside of a sled pulled by two horses. There are figures sitting in the sled and walking beside it, also two dogs. Many figures are making their way from the right to the left of centre where there is a huge circle of figures. Across the right side in front of a fence is a row of eleven sleds. The hills beyond meet the lake up centre and the far shore of blue mountains two thirds up. The sky is streaked grey.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; transportation; figure; group; religious

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.033

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Burial of Chief David Bearspaw

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1956

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.030

Description: Colour: primaries and secondaries on blue grey background. A circle of people fill the center of the canvas. In the foreground there are dogs and three crosses at lower left. Two thirds up in the distance is a mountain range and lake. Above is sky.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Burial of Chief David Bearspaw

Date: 1956

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 61.8 x 74.5 cm

Description: Colour: primaries and secondaries on blue grey background. A circle of people fill the center of the canvas. In the foreground there are dogs and three crosses at lower left. Two thirds up in the distance is a mountain range and lake. Above is sky.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; winter; figure; group; religious; funeral; Peter Whyte

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.030

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Peninsula, Alaska

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1956

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.200

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Peninsula, Alaska

Date: 1956

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 25.3 x 30.3 cm

Subject: seascape; Pacific; mountains; boat; Alaska

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.200

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Lake Louise, Mount Lefroy and Mount Victoria

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.079

Description: Colour: white, blue, brown. The lower edge is rocks with a tree standing on the left side and a dead bush on the right. The lake is frozen to a third the way up. Snow and treed mountain slopes rise up beyond. The glacier can be seen on the right. A patch of blue sky is at the upper edge in the cent…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Lake Louise, Mount Lefroy and Mount Victoria

Date: 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.5 x 35 cm

Description: Colour: white, blue, brown. The lower edge is rocks with a tree standing on the left side and a dead bush on the right. The lake is frozen to a third the way up. Snow and treed mountain slopes rise up beyond. The glacier can be seen on the right. A patch of blue sky is at the upper edge in the center.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; lake; glacier

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.079

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

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Trail Riders

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Artist: Wadym Dobrolige (1913 – 1973)

Date: 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: DoW.02.04

Description: Image shows 4 people on horseback heading to horizon of picture. The second figure (from left) has a red shirt, and the third figure is half-turned on his horse to see behind him as he looks at the 4th rider. There is a large pile of rocks in the far right corner, with trees and mountains. The left…

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Artist: Wadym Dobrolige (1913 – 1973)

Title: Trail Riders

Date: 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 64.0 x 260.5 cm

Description: Image shows 4 people on horseback heading to horizon of picture. The second figure (from left) has a red shirt, and the third figure is half-turned on his horse to see behind him as he looks at the 4th rider. There is a large pile of rocks in the far right corner, with trees and mountains. The left side has some smaller rocks, one lone tree, and mountains in the background. Cascade hotel mural