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Oil Painting

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Date: 1971

Material: oil paint; board

Catalogue Number: 107.02.0077 a-f

Description: 6 oil paintings by Ferlan Lefthand on canvas board. a) Mountain range with river stretching from foreground to middle. Blue sky with long clouds above. b) 23.0 cm x 30.5 cm. Yellow grass in foreground with one rock and lone tree at right. River winding from left side to centre right. More trees in …

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Title: Oil Painting

Date: 1971

Material: oil paint; board

Dimensions: 30.0 x 40.5 cm

Description: 6 oil paintings by Ferlan Lefthand on canvas board. a) Mountain range with river stretching from foreground to middle. Blue sky with long clouds above. b) 23.0 cm x 30.5 cm. Yellow grass in foreground with one rock and lone tree at right. River winding from left side to centre right. More trees in centre and background. c) 23.0 cm x 30.5 cm. River with small waterfall winds through flat meadow with yellow and green grass. Scattered conifers in meadow. Mountains in distance. Signed Feb 15, 1971 on back. d) 23.0 cm x 30.5 cm. River at left side and receding into distance with meadow at right side. Large grey blocky mountains in distance, e) 23.0 cm x 30.5 cm. Large meadow with scattered conifers. Body of water at right side. Grey mountains surrounded by trees in background. Signed February 27, 1971 at back. f) 23.0 cm x 30.5 cm. Wide blue river stretching from left side to right. 6 conifers lower left side in foreground. Large grey mountain surrounded by trees in background. Signed February 20, 1971.

Subject: Whyte home; art; painting; landscape; Indigenous

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

Catalogue Number: 107.02.0077 a-f

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Ralph Connor Memorial Church Canmore 1890 - 1970

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Artist: A.L. Bro

Date: 1970

Medium: serigraph on paper

Catalogue Number: BrA.04.02

Description: A view of the Ralph Connor Memorial Church. On one side of the church is a fence. Around the church are some trees and mountains in the background.

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Artist: A.L. Bro

Title: Ralph Connor Memorial Church Canmore 1890 - 1970

Date: 1970

Medium: serigraph on paper

Dimensions: 50.8 x 33.0 cm

Description: A view of the Ralph Connor Memorial Church. On one side of the church is a fence. Around the church are some trees and mountains in the background.

Subject: landscape; church; Canmore

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

Catalogue Number: BrA.04.02

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Ralph Connor Memorial Church, Canmore 1890 - 1970

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Artist: A.L. Bro

Date: 1970

Medium: serigraph on paper

Catalogue Number: BrA.04.01

Description: A view of the Ralph Connor Memorial Church. On one side of the Church is a fence. Around the church are some trees and mountains in the background.

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Artist: A.L. Bro

Title: Ralph Connor Memorial Church, Canmore 1890 - 1970

Date: 1970

Medium: serigraph on paper

Dimensions: 50.8 x 33.4 cm

Description: A view of the Ralph Connor Memorial Church. On one side of the Church is a fence. Around the church are some trees and mountains in the background.

Subject: architecture; church; Ralph Connor Memorial Church; landscape; Canadian Rockies

Credit: Gift of Tom Jones, 1970

Catalogue Number: BrA.04.01

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The Rum Runners

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Artist: Alison Rossiter (1953 – , American)

Date: 1976

Medium: gelatin silver on paper

Catalogue Number: RoA.13.01

Description: Colour: black and white photo with blue and pink. Photograph of three women sitting in the stern of a boat with an awning shading them from the sun. The edges of the photo are decorated with flower and butterfly images.

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Artist: Alison Rossiter (1953 – , American)

Title: The Rum Runners

Date: 1976

Medium: gelatin silver on paper

Dimensions: 12.7 x 13.6 cm

Description: Colour: black and white photo with blue and pink. Photograph of three women sitting in the stern of a boat with an awning shading them from the sun. The edges of the photo are decorated with flower and butterfly images.

Subject: figure; group; landscape; lake

Credit: Gift of Anne (and John) Ewen, Banff, 1977

Catalogue Number: RoA.13.01

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Lake O’Hara

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Artist: Barbara Spohr (1955 – 1987, Canadian)

Date: 1978

Medium: photograph on cardboard

Catalogue Number: SpB.18.27

Description: A colour landscape photograph. A mountain in the background fills just over half of the photograph. At the top right, a clear sky above the mountain peaks is visible, diminishing to the left, behind another mountain. The bottom half and foreground of the photograph is a placid lake, and a small pie…

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Artist: Barbara Spohr (1955 – 1987, Canadian)

Title: Lake O’Hara

Date: 1978

Medium: photograph on cardboard

Dimensions: 47.0 x 31.0 cm

Description: A colour landscape photograph. A mountain in the background fills just over half of the photograph. At the top right, a clear sky above the mountain peaks is visible, diminishing to the left, behind another mountain. The bottom half and foreground of the photograph is a placid lake, and a small piece of the shore, rocks and a few small trees visible extending out into the lake. In the bottom right hand corner of the photo, written in black ink, is the title, year and artist signature, “Lake O’Hara ‘78 B. Spohr”. Au verso there is a silver sticker at the bottom in the centre with black print, “MOUNT CORY FRAMES PO 1900 - 217 Bear St. BANFF, ALBERTA T0L 0C0 Phone (403) 762-5155”. Beside the sticker to the right is writing in pencil, “ * one corner 18 5/8 other 18 3/4 } not printed evenly”.

Subject: landscape; mountain; lake; Barbara Spohr

Credit: Gift of Michael Laub, Banff, 2007

Catalogue Number: SpB.18.27

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Lake O’Hara

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Artist: Barbara Spohr (1955 – 1987, Canadian)

Date: 1978

Medium: photograph on cardboard

Catalogue Number: SpB.18.28

Description: A colour landscape photograph. Mountains in the background fill just over half of the photograph. There is a light haze/fog over the mountains. Above the mountain peaks a strip of clear sky is visible. The sun is rising out of frame on viewers right. There are four peaks layering in front of one a…

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Artist: Barbara Spohr (1955 – 1987, Canadian)

Title: Lake O’Hara

Date: 1978

Medium: photograph on cardboard

Dimensions: 47.0 x 31.0 cm

Description: A colour landscape photograph. Mountains in the background fill just over half of the photograph. There is a light haze/fog over the mountains. Above the mountain peaks a strip of clear sky is visible. The sun is rising out of frame on viewers right. There are four peaks layering in front of one another and the closest one looks like a hill with trees on it. The bottom half and foreground of the photograph is a placid lake with a faint reflection of the mountains in it. On the horizon line, where the base of the mountains and the lake meet is a thick line of fog running across the photograph. In the bottom right hand corner of the photo, written in black ink, is the title, year and artist signature, “B. Spohr O’Hara ‘78”. Au verso there is a silver sticker at the bottom in the centre with black print, “MOUNT CORY FRAMES PO 1900 - 217 Bear St. BANFF, ALBERTA T0L 0C0 Phone (403) 762-5155”.

Subject: mountains; lake; landscape; Barbara Spohr

Credit: Gift of Michael Laub, Banff, 2007

Catalogue Number: SpB.18.28

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Mount McKinley - South Face

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Artist: Bradford Washburn (1910 – , American)

Date: 1979

Medium: silver gelatin on paper

Catalogue Number: WbB.18.01

Description: A mountain dominates almost full frame except for the top quarter which is a dark sky, lighter behind peak, the mountain's face is in sunlight, dark shadows fall away to the right

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Artist: Bradford Washburn (1910 – , American)

Title: Mount McKinley - South Face

Date: 1979

Medium: silver gelatin on paper

Dimensions: 40.5 x 50.5 cm

Description: A mountain dominates almost full frame except for the top quarter which is a dark sky, lighter behind peak, the mountain's face is in sunlight, dark shadows fall away to the right

Subject: landscape; mountain; Mt McKinley

Credit: Gift of Bradford Washburn, Belmont, USA, 1992

Catalogue Number: WbB.18.01

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Castle Mountain Siding

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Artist: C. Zollern

Date: 1895

Medium: watercolour; photograph on paper

Catalogue Number: ZoC.13.01

Description: Colour: green, yellow. Three frames inside one. Top picture is a painting of a group of wooden buildings left of center with a flag pole (flag is flying) and antlers on the roof. In front are railway tracks with a team of four workers going along on a cart. Behind is a river with a man fishing in i…

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Artist: C. Zollern

Title: Castle Mountain Siding

Date: 1895

Medium: watercolour; photograph on paper

Dimensions: 34.8 x 47.5 cm

Description: Colour: green, yellow. Three frames inside one. Top picture is a painting of a group of wooden buildings left of center with a flag pole (flag is flying) and antlers on the roof. In front are railway tracks with a team of four workers going along on a cart. Behind is a river with a man fishing in it on the right. On both sides of the river are trees and in the distance are mountains. Sky fills the top. The lower two pictures are photographs. The left is of the first Banff Springs Hotel and Rundle Mountain. The right is looking down the main street of Banff in 1895.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; architecture; rura;

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1974

Catalogue Number: ZoC.13.01

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Pangnirtung

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

Date: 1970

Medium: oil on paper

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.067

Description: Small village on coast. Mountains on far right side of image.

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

Title: Pangnirtung

Date: 1970

Medium: oil on paper

Dimensions: 22.8 x 30.3 cm

Description: Small village on coast. Mountains on far right side of image.

Subject: architecture; rural; landscape; coastal; Rankin

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.067

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Kispiox

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

Date: 1973

Medium: oil on paper

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.068

Description: Two totems poles with mountain behind.

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

Title: Kispiox

Date: 1973

Medium: oil on paper

Dimensions: 30.3 x 22.8 cm

Description: Two totems poles with mountain behind.

Subject: religious; totem pole; landscape; mountain

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.068

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Indian Village, Hagwilget

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

Date: 1973

Medium: oil on paper

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.203

Description: A banked road in the foreground leads up to a small village. The town consists of a white church, yellow school house and several other smaller houses ranging in colour from red and green. The steeple of the church rises far above the roof line of the other houses at the back of the community. It …

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

Title: Indian Village, Hagwilget

Date: 1973

Medium: oil on paper

Dimensions: 22.8 x 30.3 cm

Description: A banked road in the foreground leads up to a small village. The town consists of a white church, yellow school house and several other smaller houses ranging in colour from red and green. The steeple of the church rises far above the roof line of the other houses at the back of the community. It is surrounded by trees with green grass in front. The mountains lie off in the distance to the right against a blue sky.

Subject: landscape; architecture; rural

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.203

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Indian Village, Hagwilget

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

Date: 1973

Medium: oil on paper

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.204

Description: The roadway passes in front of the village on the bottom left hand corner. The village comprises of several houses in a diagonal line and a white church in behind. Several other homes are located at either end of the sketch. Several large trees surround the church. Behind the church the background …

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

Title: Indian Village, Hagwilget

Date: 1973

Medium: oil on paper

Dimensions: 22.8 x 30.3 cm

Description: The roadway passes in front of the village on the bottom left hand corner. The village comprises of several houses in a diagonal line and a white church in behind. Several other homes are located at either end of the sketch. Several large trees surround the church. Behind the church the background is bluish green possibly denoting a thick forest.

Subject: landscape; mountain; architecture; religious

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.204

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View from Williamson Lake, Rankin Inlet Airstrip

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

Date: 1970

Medium: oil on paper

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.205

Description: A roadway winds it's way up from the left hand corner onto the runway. A green blue field filled with weeds grow in front of the air strip. Several rough sketch are visible on the horizon. A light white blue sky takes up 2/3 of the sketch.

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

Title: View from Williamson Lake, Rankin Inlet Airstrip

Date: 1970

Medium: oil on paper

Dimensions: 22.8 x 30.3 cm

Description: A roadway winds it's way up from the left hand corner onto the runway. A green blue field filled with weeds grow in front of the air strip. Several rough sketch are visible on the horizon. A light white blue sky takes up 2/3 of the sketch.

Subject: landscape; transportation

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.205

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Rankin Inlet, North West Territories

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

Date: 1970

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.247

Description: View of a coastal mining town. A light brown-grey road winds from the foreground to the processing plant in the background. The plant has many grey chutes and a black tower which rises on the left-hand side. A building with a bright green facade is located near the centre of the plant towards the e…

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

Title: Rankin Inlet, North West Territories

Date: 1970

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 25.4 x 30.3 cm

Description: View of a coastal mining town. A light brown-grey road winds from the foreground to the processing plant in the background. The plant has many grey chutes and a black tower which rises on the left-hand side. A building with a bright green facade is located near the centre of the plant towards the end of the road. The road is lined with buildings on both sides. A church with a grey steeple and a light blue roof is found on the right side. The sky contains horizontal layers of grey clouds which gradually become a medium blue near a strip of light blue water just above the church.

Subject: landscape; architecture; rural

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.247

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Northern Lake, near Rankin

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

Date: 1970

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.278

Description: In the lower third of the picture is an expanse of land, coloured with touches of brown, ochre, red-brown and green. Three pools of water are visible: two are lines placed near the horizon, and the third, closer to the viewer, is shaped like an oval. The water is steel-grey blue. The sky above the …

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

Title: Northern Lake, near Rankin

Date: 1970

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 25.4 x 30.3 cm

Description: In the lower third of the picture is an expanse of land, coloured with touches of brown, ochre, red-brown and green. Three pools of water are visible: two are lines placed near the horizon, and the third, closer to the viewer, is shaped like an oval. The water is steel-grey blue. The sky above the horizon is light blue, while horizontal bands of violet-grey clouds hang above it.

Subject: landscape; lake

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.278

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Looking South from Inukshuk Hill, near Rankin

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

Date: 1970

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.279

Description: The foreground contains exposed rock, coloured violet-grey, with areas of ground (composed of touches of brown, red-brown and green). In the middleground, thin lines of exposed rock lie in light grey-blue water. The horizon is a line of violet-grey. The upper two-thirds of the composition contains …

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

Title: Looking South from Inukshuk Hill, near Rankin

Date: 1970

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 25.4 x 30.3 cm

Description: The foreground contains exposed rock, coloured violet-grey, with areas of ground (composed of touches of brown, red-brown and green). In the middleground, thin lines of exposed rock lie in light grey-blue water. The horizon is a line of violet-grey. The upper two-thirds of the composition contains a mass of grey and blue-grey clouds. This mass is partially divided in two by a horizontal edge of higher blue-grey cloud meeting some lower light grey clouds.

Subject: landscape; lake

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.279

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A Little Ditty Bird

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Date: c. 1895

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.023

Description: Drawing of a designed goblet standing fully in the center of the page. The area surrounding the goblet has been completely shaded in. The drawing au verso is a nose, ear, and hand study.“The dark background with the still darker goblet allowed Collings to achieve bright metallic-like highlights on …

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Title: A Little Ditty Bird

Date: c. 1895

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 19 x 12.5 cm

Description: Drawing of a designed goblet standing fully in the center of the page. The area surrounding the goblet has been completely shaded in. The drawing au verso is a nose, ear, and hand study.“The dark background with the still darker goblet allowed Collings to achieve bright metallic-like highlights on the embossed goblet. Barely visible, a tiny, whimsical “Ditty” bird peaks over the lip of the cup.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda Heath

Subject: landscape

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1984

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.023

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His Haunt

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Date: 1893

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: CoJ.02.03

Description: Scene in a forest with a stream. Overall green value of the painting, - there is a herring standing in the steam just below center at the narrowest part where the stream seems to drop to a lower level. - dark green shadows across the top of the trees where they appear to canopy the scene. - dark br…

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Title: His Haunt

Date: 1893

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 45.5 x 30.5 cm

Description: Scene in a forest with a stream. Overall green value of the painting, - there is a herring standing in the steam just below center at the narrowest part where the stream seems to drop to a lower level. - dark green shadows across the top of the trees where they appear to canopy the scene. - dark brown bank to the left of the steam, and a dark green/yellow to the right of the stream.