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Lake Louise

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Artist: Aleen Aked (1907 – 2003, Canadian)

Date: c. 1939

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: AkA.02.02

Description: A classic view of Lake Louise. Dark green trees and mountainsides are on either side of the painting. Victoria Glacier is painted in shades of tan and slate. Bright turquoise Lake Louise is in the bottom foreground.

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Artist: Aleen Aked (1907 – 2003, Canadian)

Title: Lake Louise

Date: c. 1939

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 66.5 x 79.5 cm

Description: A classic view of Lake Louise. Dark green trees and mountainsides are on either side of the painting. Victoria Glacier is painted in shades of tan and slate. Bright turquoise Lake Louise is in the bottom foreground.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; Lake Louise

Credit: Purchased from The Collector’s Gallery, Calgary, 2004

Catalogue Number: AkA.02.02

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The Rockies in Summer

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Artist: Aleen Aked (1907 – 2003, Canadian)

Date: c. 1939

Medium: oil on canvas board

Catalogue Number: AkA.02.01

Description: Painting of mountains in summertime. At the bottom of the mountains are hills that become rocky at the centre of the image. Impasto is noticeable at the centre of the painting.

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Artist: Aleen Aked (1907 – 2003, Canadian)

Title: The Rockies in Summer

Date: c. 1939

Medium: oil on canvas board

Description: Painting of mountains in summertime. At the bottom of the mountains are hills that become rocky at the centre of the image. Impasto is noticeable at the centre of the painting.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; summer

Credit: Purchased from The Collector’s Gallery, Calgary, 2004

Catalogue Number: AkA.02.01

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Cascade Mountain

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Artist: Aleen Aked (1907 – 2003, Canadian)

Date: c. 1939

Catalogue Number: AkA.02.03

Description: Cascade Mountain, trees in foreground.

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Title: Cascade Mountain

Date: c. 1939

Dimensions: 26.5 x 32.5 cm

Description: Cascade Mountain, trees in foreground.

Credit: Gift of Canadian Art Gallery, Canmore, 2004

Catalogue Number: AkA.02.03

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In the Rockies

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Artist: Aleen Aked (1907 – 2003, Canadian)

Date: c. 1939

Medium: oil on canvas board

Catalogue Number: AkA.02.04

Description: Trees in foreground on either side of image. Open area leads to a river, mountains in background.

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Artist: Aleen Aked (1907 – 2003, Canadian)

Title: In the Rockies

Date: c. 1939

Medium: oil on canvas board

Dimensions: 30.4 x 40.5 cm

Description: Trees in foreground on either side of image. Open area leads to a river, mountains in background.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies

Credit: Purchased from The Collector’s Gallery, Calgary, 2005

Catalogue Number: AkA.02.04

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Indian Village Of Koksilah

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Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Date: 1935

Catalogue Number: LaC.03.04

Description: General colour: brown ink on white. A pencil grid of three quarter inch squares has been laid over a birds eye view of an indian village. Left of center is a church. A road goes up and right from it. There are buildings here and there. Tree branches in the lower left corner and trees spaced across …

Title: Indian Village Of Koksilah

Date: 1935

Dimensions: 26.6 x 28.5 cm

Description: General colour: brown ink on white. A pencil grid of three quarter inch squares has been laid over a birds eye view of an indian village. Left of center is a church. A road goes up and right from it. There are buildings here and there. Tree branches in the lower left corner and trees spaced across the upper area.

Credit: Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973

Catalogue Number: LaC.03.04

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Untitled

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

Date: prior to 1959

Medium: oil on masonite

Catalogue Number: RuC.02.01

Description: Alpine meadow with mountains in background; cloudy sky; foreground brownish grasses; green meadow before the mountains. 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 0319 A; 206…

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

Title: Untitled

Date: prior to 1959

Medium: oil on masonite

Dimensions: 22.0 x 27.1 cm

Description: Alpine meadow with mountains in background; cloudy sky; foreground brownish grasses; green meadow before the mountains. 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 0319 A; 20672

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain

Credit: Gift of Banff Centre Brewster Donation, Banff, 1986

Catalogue Number: RuC.02.01

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Mount Rundle

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

Date: 1939

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: RuC.02.03

Description: A realistic rendering of Mount Rundle; foreground green and brownish grasses;evergreen trees through centre with a snow capped Mount Rundle in background; blue sky with white clouds top right. Credit both The Banff Centre and Mrs. J. I. Brewster in any exhibition or publication of the collection, e…

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

Title: Mount Rundle

Date: 1939

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 22.6 x 28.0 cm

Description: A realistic rendering of Mount Rundle; foreground green and brownish grasses;evergreen trees through centre with a snow capped Mount Rundle in background; blue sky with white clouds top right. 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 0317 A; 20670

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain

Credit: Gift of Banff Centre Brewster Donation, Banff, 1986

Catalogue Number: RuC.02.03

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Mount Rundle, Late Fall

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

Date: prior to 1959

Medium: oil on masonite

Catalogue Number: RuC.02.06

Description: A realistic rendering of Mount Rundle; foreground yellows and browns, bushes and grasses; small green creek bottom right foreground; evergreen trees centre right Mount Rundle extends from side to side of painting, centre to almost top of picture, snow capped; cloudy sky wotj white top right. Credit…

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

Title: Mount Rundle, Late Fall

Date: prior to 1959

Medium: oil on masonite

Dimensions: 22.1 x 27.1 cm

Description: A realistic rendering of Mount Rundle; foreground yellows and browns, bushes and grasses; small green creek bottom right foreground; evergreen trees centre right Mount Rundle extends from side to side of painting, centre to almost top of picture, snow capped; cloudy sky wotj white top right. 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 0318 A; 20671

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain

Credit: Gift of Banff Centre Brewster Donation, Banff, 1986

Catalogue Number: RuC.02.06

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Ram River Area

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

Date: c. 1935

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: RuC.01.08

Description: Colour: greens, purple. Grass in the foreground gives way to evergreen forest with the taller trees at the left. Behind in the distance are two purple peaks and grey sky across the upper edge

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

Title: Ram River Area

Date: c. 1935

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.7 x 22.2 cm

Description: Colour: greens, purple. Grass in the foreground gives way to evergreen forest with the taller trees at the left. Behind in the distance are two purple peaks and grey sky across the upper edge

Subject: landscape; mountain

Credit: Gift of Dorothy H. Wardle, Sidney, 1976

Catalogue Number: RuC.01.08

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Opabin Dome, Lake O'Hara

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

Date: 1930 – 1931

Medium: oil on board

Catalogue Number: WyC.02.04

Description: Colour: blue, white, purple. In the lower right section a peak rises four inches up to a large diagonal cloud which runs from upper left to lower right. A second cloud runs underneath it. A small third cloud appears to be breaking off to the upper right corner. Looks like Opabin Dome

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

Title: Opabin Dome, Lake O'Hara

Date: 1930 – 1931

Medium: oil on board

Dimensions: 10.5 x 13.5 cm

Description: Colour: blue, white, purple. In the lower right section a peak rises four inches up to a large diagonal cloud which runs from upper left to lower right. A second cloud runs underneath it. A small third cloud appears to be breaking off to the upper right corner. Looks like Opabin Dome

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; lake

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975

Catalogue Number: WyC.02.04

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Peyto Lake

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

Date: 1936 – 1950

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.010

Description: Peyto Lake. In the mid ground is a row of mountain peaks which meet an overcast sky. T

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

Title: Peyto Lake

Date: 1936 – 1950

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 12.6 x 17.8 cm

Description: Peyto Lake. In the mid ground is a row of mountain peaks which meet an overcast sky. T

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; Peyto Lake

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.010

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Mount Biddle and Mount Schaffer

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

Date: 1930 – 1945

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.012

Description: Two peaked mountain comprises three-quarters of the picture. Loosely sketched dark evergreens wind down one of the mountain sides in diagonal fashion from right to left in the mid ground. A clearing depicted in the foreground.

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

Title: Mount Biddle and Mount Schaffer

Date: 1930 – 1945

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 12.6 x 17.8 cm

Description: Two peaked mountain comprises three-quarters of the picture. Loosely sketched dark evergreens wind down one of the mountain sides in diagonal fashion from right to left in the mid ground. A clearing depicted in the foreground.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; Mt. Biddle; Mt. Schaffer

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.012

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Ten Peaks from Temple Lodge Area

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

Date: 1938 – 1945

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.013

Description: The upper portion is predominately comprised of sky. The lower half is made up of a rolling meadows dotted with groupings of evergreens. The mountain range separates the sky from the meadows.

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

Title: Ten Peaks from Temple Lodge Area

Date: 1938 – 1945

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 12.6 x 17.8 cm

Description: The upper portion is predominately comprised of sky. The lower half is made up of a rolling meadows dotted with groupings of evergreens. The mountain range separates the sky from the meadows.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.013

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Icicles (at Assiniboine)

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

Date: 1937

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.014

Description: Bluish white icicles hang from the upper part of the picture frame moving downwards toward the bottom of the picture frame.

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

Title: Icicles (at Assiniboine)

Date: 1937

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 12.6 x 17.8 cm

Description: Bluish white icicles hang from the upper part of the picture frame moving downwards toward the bottom of the picture frame.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.014

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

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Temple Mountain from Above Temple Lodge

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

Date: 1938 – 1946

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.006

Description: Temple Mountain with its various bluish tones in the mid ground appears behind the sparse patches of evergreen slopes in the foregound.

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

Title: Temple Mountain from Above Temple Lodge

Date: 1938 – 1946

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 12.6 x 17.8 cm

Description: Temple Mountain with its various bluish tones in the mid ground appears behind the sparse patches of evergreen slopes in the foregound.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; Mt. Temple

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.006

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Lake McArthur

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

Date: 1930 – 1945

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.011

Description: Lake McArthur in the immediate foreground.

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

Title: Lake McArthur

Date: 1930 – 1945

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 12.6 x 17.8 cm

Description: Lake McArthur in the immediate foreground.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; Lake McArthur

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.011

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Hawaii

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

Date: 1933 – 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.017

Description: Beams of light from clouds shine onto the ground below. A winding stream zigzags it's way from the foreground to the midground where it flows into a lake.

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

Title: Hawaii

Date: 1933 – 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 12.6 x 17.8 cm

Description: Beams of light from clouds shine onto the ground below. A winding stream zigzags it's way from the foreground to the midground where it flows into a lake.