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Violation

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Artist: Jane Zednik (1953 – , Canadian)

Date: 1979

Medium: oil on paper

Catalogue Number: ZeJ.02.01

Description: A woman in black dress and a man in a blue suit fly, twisting through the air. A yellow house in the background with a grey road leading up to it. Dark green grass and two trees surround the house.

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Artist: Jane Zednik (1953 – , Canadian)

Title: Violation

Date: 1979

Medium: oil on paper

Description: A woman in black dress and a man in a blue suit fly, twisting through the air. A yellow house in the background with a grey road leading up to it. Dark green grass and two trees surround the house.

Subject: figure; male; female; abstract; whimsey

Credit: Gift of Harold C. Whyte, Penticton, 2003

Catalogue Number: ZeJ.02.01

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Mountain

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Artist: James Spencer (1940 – , Canadian)

Date: 1979

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: SpJ.03.02

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Artist: James Spencer (1940 – , Canadian)

Title: Mountain

Date: 1979

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 22.0 x 29.0 cm

Subject: landscape; mountain

Credit: Gift of James Spencer, 1980

Catalogue Number: SpJ.03.02

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Mountain

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Artist: James Spencer (1940 – , Canadian)

Date: 1979

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: SpJ.03.01

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Artist: James Spencer (1940 – , Canadian)

Title: Mountain

Date: 1979

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 17.5 x 22.5 cm

Subject: landscape; mountain

Credit: Gift of James Spencer, 1980

Catalogue Number: SpJ.03.01

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Eagles Over Mt. Rundle

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

Date: 1979

Medium: oil on canvas board

Catalogue Number: TiC.02.15

Description: In the distance a mountain begins at a low area at the right of the image. This mountain gets larger as it proceeds to the left side of the image. In the top left corner the mountain peak is covered with snow. The foreground and the area between that and the mountain is solid trees of green, yellow…

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

Title: Eagles Over Mt. Rundle

Date: 1979

Medium: oil on canvas board

Dimensions: 25.4 x 51.0 cm

Description: In the distance a mountain begins at a low area at the right of the image. This mountain gets larger as it proceeds to the left side of the image. In the top left corner the mountain peak is covered with snow. The foreground and the area between that and the mountain is solid trees of green, yellow and orange. Two eagles soar over the tops of the trees, one from the left and one from the right. The sky in the background has a bit of blue with several white and grey clouds.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; Mt. Rundle; animal; eagles

Credit: Gift of Clarence Ingwall Tillenius, Winnipeg, 1996

Catalogue Number: TiC.02.15

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Bear Dancer I

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Artist: Colleen Campbell (1945 – , Canadian )

Date: 1979

Medium: graphite; watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: CmC.03.01

Description: Located in the center and filling most of the image area is an Inuit dancer. He stands with his back toward the viewer. His tunic is a yellow colour and he holds a drum stick in his right hand. He has medium length straight hair depicted in graphite and a colourful belt tied around his waist. His t…

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Artist: Colleen Campbell (1945 – , Canadian )

Title: Bear Dancer I

Date: 1979

Medium: graphite; watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 105.0 x 75.5 cm

Description: Located in the center and filling most of the image area is an Inuit dancer. He stands with his back toward the viewer. His tunic is a yellow colour and he holds a drum stick in his right hand. He has medium length straight hair depicted in graphite and a colourful belt tied around his waist. His tunic has fringes at the sides and bottom and he has a decorative strip around the top of his mukluk.

Subject: figure; male; Inuit

Credit: Gift of Dora Helen Mackie, Calgary, 1998

Catalogue Number: CmC.03.01

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Beaver Pond, Banff Area

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Artist: Edward William Godwin (1933 – 2013, Canadian)

Date: 1978

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: GoT.02.01

Description: The painting of the water and foliage covers the picture from frame to frame.

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Artist: Edward William Godwin (1933 – 2013, Canadian)

Title: Beaver Pond, Banff Area

Date: 1978

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 43.7 x 59.5 cm

Description: The painting of the water and foliage covers the picture from frame to frame.

Subject: landscape; lake

Credit: Purchased from Canadian Art Gallery, Canmore, 1978

Catalogue Number: GoT.02.01

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Fireweed on Storm Mountain

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Artist: Illingworth Holey Kerr (1905 – 1989, Canadian)

Date: 1978

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: KeI.02.01

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Artist: Illingworth Holey Kerr (1905 – 1989, Canadian)

Title: Fireweed on Storm Mountain

Date: 1978

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 44.0 x 59.0 cm

Subject: landscape, forest

Credit: Gift of Illingworth Holey Kerr, 1978

Catalogue Number: KeI.02.01

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Night in the Burn, Storm Mountain

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Artist: Illingworth Holey Kerr (1905 – 1989, Canadian)

Date: 1978

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: KeI.02.02

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Artist: Illingworth Holey Kerr (1905 – 1989, Canadian)

Title: Night in the Burn, Storm Mountain

Date: 1978

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 39.5 x 50.0 cm

Subject: landscape, forest

Credit: Gift of Illingworth Holey Kerr, 1978

Catalogue Number: KeI.02.02

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Small lake in Mountains

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Artist: Unknown

Date: 1978

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: UnK.03.13

Description: A pencil drawing of a small lake in the foreground, the immediate foreground is marshy and some trees, this surrounds the lake; mountains in background; a few clouds indicated. A small brass plaque with the drawing reads: To Lillian Gest In Appreciation The Lake O'Hara Trails Club 1979.

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Artist: Unknown

Title: Small lake in Mountains

Date: 1978

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 22.5; 26.7 x 26.7; 32.1 cm

Description: A pencil drawing of a small lake in the foreground, the immediate foreground is marshy and some trees, this surrounds the lake; mountains in background; a few clouds indicated. A small brass plaque with the drawing reads: To Lillian Gest In Appreciation The Lake O'Hara Trails Club 1979.

Subject: landscape; mountains; lake

Credit: Gift of Lillian Gest, Philadelphia, USA, 1986

Catalogue Number: UnK.03.13

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Rocky Mountains

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

Date: 1978

Medium: oil on wood panel

Catalogue Number: SnJ.02.01

Description: Blue sky is visible at the top of the painting.Snow-capped mountains are quite angular and stretch across the painting in the upper part of it. Green hills give way to a flatter area in the foreground. A river appears to flow through this flat area. Brown and wheat-coloured areas are visible at…

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

Title: Rocky Mountains

Date: 1978

Medium: oil on wood panel

Dimensions: 30.0 x 40.3 cm

Description: Blue sky is visible at the top of the painting.Snow-capped mountains are quite angular and stretch across the painting in the upper part of it. Green hills give way to a flatter area in the foreground. A river appears to flow through this flat area. Brown and wheat-coloured areas are visible at the bottom of the painting. Leaveless trees stand in the flat area. The entire scene appears as if it is early spring-time.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; season; spring

Credit: Purchased from Canadian Art Gallery, Canmore, 2003

Catalogue Number: SnJ.02.01

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Exceptional Fault

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Artist: Robert J. Hope (1948 – 2023, Canadian)

Date: 1978

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: HoR.03.05

Description: Drawn from a passage by Gordon Walls for the exhibition Beyond Exceptional Pass at the Peter Whyte Gallery, Banff, summer of 1978.

Artist: Robert J. Hope (1948 – 2023, Canadian)

Title: Exceptional Fault

Date: 1978

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 10.2;10.1 x 6.4;6.3 cm

Description: Drawn from a passage by Gordon Walls for the exhibition Beyond Exceptional Pass at the Peter Whyte Gallery, Banff, summer of 1978.

Subject: landscape, mythological; bird; fish

Credit: Gift of Robert J. Hope, 1982

Catalogue Number: HoR.03.05

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Symbolic Painting

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Artist: Harvey Scanie

Date: 1978

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: ScH.02.01

Description: Mandala superimposed on yellow/orange sun glow, four quarter-circle designs at each corner. Two face profiles at either edge of painting, left and right.

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Artist: Harvey Scanie

Title: Symbolic Painting

Date: 1978

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 45.5 x 61.0 cm

Description: Mandala superimposed on yellow/orange sun glow, four quarter-circle designs at each corner. Two face profiles at either edge of painting, left and right.

Subject: abstract; symbolism

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

Catalogue Number: ScH.02.01

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Reflections, Mountain Lake

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Artist: Illingworth Holey Kerr (1905 – 1989, Canadian)

Date: 1978

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: KeI.02.03

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Artist: Illingworth Holey Kerr (1905 – 1989, Canadian)

Title: Reflections, Mountain Lake

Date: 1978

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 29.0 x 52.0 cm

Subject: landscape, lake

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

Catalogue Number: KeI.02.03

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Alberta: Snow and Tar Sands

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Artist: Stephen Andrews (1922 – 1995, Canadian)

Date: 1977

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: AnS.02.01

Description: Alberta flag emblem and rolling foothills and wheat fields. Opaque white paint drips close to bottom edge of painting.

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Artist: Stephen Andrews (1922 – 1995, Canadian)

Title: Alberta: Snow and Tar Sands

Date: 1977

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 121.5 x 123.0 cm

Description: Alberta flag emblem and rolling foothills and wheat fields. Opaque white paint drips close to bottom edge of painting.

Subject: landscape; Alberta; symbol; Alberta provincial emblem

Credit: Gift of Stephen Andrews, Banff, 1977

Catalogue Number: AnS.02.01

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Crown

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Artist: Jim Stewart (1949 – , Canadian)

Date: 1977

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: StJ.02.01

Description: non representational; 2 red triangles dominate centre; a black band centered is cut into by the larger red triangle; blue at left and right; top of picture tapers into large triangle, colours shades of green, grey; lines of red; these same colours continue to bottom edge from the black band.

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Artist: Jim Stewart (1949 – , Canadian)

Title: Crown

Date: 1977

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 121.0 x 101.6 cm

Description: non representational; 2 red triangles dominate centre; a black band centered is cut into by the larger red triangle; blue at left and right; top of picture tapers into large triangle, colours shades of green, grey; lines of red; these same colours continue to bottom edge from the black band.

Subject: abstract; non-representational

Credit: Purchased from Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, 1990

Catalogue Number: StJ.02.01

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Dream

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Artist: Jim Stewart (1949 – , Canadian)

Date: 1977

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: StJ.02.03

Description: greens of various hue cover almost entire canvas; both sides have shades of blue; a light blue triangular shape is centered; six blue lines emanate from inside the triangle, red on end of each.

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Artist: Jim Stewart (1949 – , Canadian)

Title: Dream

Date: 1977

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 30.7 x 40.6 cm

Description: greens of various hue cover almost entire canvas; both sides have shades of blue; a light blue triangular shape is centered; six blue lines emanate from inside the triangle, red on end of each.

Subject: abstract; non-representational

Credit: Purchased from Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, 1990

Catalogue Number: StJ.02.03

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Crossing

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Artist: Jim Stewart (1949 – , Canadian)

Date: 1977

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: StJ.02.02

Description: Blue bands from both top corners come to a point together below centre forming a diamond shape of red and yellow; below this is pink with free form red shapes; a grid a green lines over all; centre top is green and blue.

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Artist: Jim Stewart (1949 – , Canadian)

Title: Crossing

Date: 1977

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 35.5 x 35.6 cm

Description: Blue bands from both top corners come to a point together below centre forming a diamond shape of red and yellow; below this is pink with free form red shapes; a grid a green lines over all; centre top is green and blue.