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Rock Pools, York River

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Artist
A.J. Casson (1898 – 1992)
Date
1957
Medium
painting on paper
Catalogue Number
CaA.05.01
Description
A watercolour landscape painting. A large dark green/blue pool in the centre is surrounded by rocks and dominates the painting. Just above and to the left is another small pool. The rocks surrounding the pool are beige and brown with dark blue accents and outlines. There are a couple small patches …
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Artist
A.J. Casson (1898 – 1992)
Title
Rock Pools, York River
Date
1957
Medium
painting on paper
Dimensions
27.0 x 34.0 cm
Description
A watercolour landscape painting. A large dark green/blue pool in the centre is surrounded by rocks and dominates the painting. Just above and to the left is another small pool. The rocks surrounding the pool are beige and brown with dark blue accents and outlines. There are a couple small patches of green grass amongst the rocks. Faint pencil marks of letters can be seen scattered on rocks and pencil marks of outline sketch. The artist signature is in the bottom rhc, “A.J.CASSON”. Au verso there are two stickers. The one in the top left corner is brown with black print, “ROBERTS GALLERY LIMITED Dealers in Fine Paintings and Frames since 1842 641 YONGE ST. - - - TORONTO. Title: ROCK POOLS - YORK RIVER - 1957 Artist: A.J. CASSON Price: $175.00 Stock No: 3858b Height: 10 7/8 Width: 13 5/8”. The other sticker is white with green ink and blue pen and is in the top rhc, “ROBERTS GALLERY LIMITED 641 YONGE STREET TORONTO M4Y 1Z9 MUSEUM MAT (has blue pen check mark beside) MUSEUM BACK (check mark beside) WC mounted INSPECTED BY: (illegible signature) BY ARTIST”.
Subject
rock pool
A.J. Casson
Credit
Gift of David McClintock Denovan, Calgary, 2012
Catalogue Number
CaA.05.01
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Seal Thoughts of Man

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Artist
Akesuk Tudlik (1890 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1959
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
TuD.04.01
Description
Black silhouette of a man with arms up, standing on the head of a seal (head and shoulders of the seal); features cut out with red in the eyes and the seal’s nose.
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Artist
Akesuk Tudlik (1890 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Seal Thoughts of Man
Date
1959
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
61.0 x 20.6 cm
Description
Black silhouette of a man with arms up, standing on the head of a seal (head and shoulders of the seal); features cut out with red in the eyes and the seal’s nose.
Subject
Abstract
Figure
Inuit
Animal
seal
Credit
Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
Catalogue Number
TuD.04.01
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
1957
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.24
Description
General colour: blue grey, brown, pink. Two elevators stand at the right side on the horizon. A train chugs past on the left. The foreround is brown fields - a fence appears from the left. The sky fills the upper two thirds and is spotted with clouds.
Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Airdrie, Alberta
Date
1957
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
22.8 x 27.8 cm
Description
General colour: blue grey, brown, pink. Two elevators stand at the right side on the horizon. A train chugs past on the left. The foreround is brown fields - a fence appears from the left. The sky fills the upper two thirds and is spotted with clouds.
Subject
architecture, rural
landscape, prairie
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.24
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Beacon Hill Park, Victoria, British Columbia

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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
1957
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.19
Description
General colour: brown, grey. A row of eight trees crosses the picture - the foliage filling the upper left area and across the middle. Two or three figures can be seen in the left area. Back ground image is somewhat vague. The sky is cloudless.
Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Beacon Hill Park, Victoria, British Columbia
Date
1957
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
22.8 x 27.8 cm
Description
General colour: brown, grey. A row of eight trees crosses the picture - the foliage filling the upper left area and across the middle. Two or three figures can be seen in the left area. Back ground image is somewhat vague. The sky is cloudless.
Subject
seascape, Pacific
trees
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.19
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Cadboro Bay Yacht Club, Victoria, British Columbia

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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
1957 – 1959
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.20
Description
General colour: grey. Lower edge is sand with birds - posts go out into the water at an angle from the right to left - there is a buoy or marker at the end.The horizon is one third up. Land can be seen out from the right side. The sky is filled with clouds.
Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Cadboro Bay Yacht Club, Victoria, British Columbia
Date
1957 – 1959
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
22.8 x 26.6 cm
Description
General colour: grey. Lower edge is sand with birds - posts go out into the water at an angle from the right to left - there is a buoy or marker at the end.The horizon is one third up. Land can be seen out from the right side. The sky is filled with clouds.
Subject
seascape, Pacific
skyline
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.20
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
1954
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.10
Description
General colour: blue, grey. Rocks go along the bottom edge and out from the left in big boulders. These mark the edge of a pool of water. A piece of land with boulders comes out from the right one third up. Behind are blue mountains partly hidden by enveloping clouds.
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Molar Pass
Date
1954
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
26.5 x 38.0 cm
Description
General colour: blue, grey. Rocks go along the bottom edge and out from the left in big boulders. These mark the edge of a pool of water. A piece of land with boulders comes out from the right one third up. Behind are blue mountains partly hidden by enveloping clouds.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.10
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Mount Balfour from Bow Pass

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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
1954
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.08
Description
General colour: grey, blue. The foreground rocks and boulders go into the picture to the right. A hill comes down on the left. In the background, filling most of the right side are rock pinnacles running off the top of the picture. In the upper left is blue sky.
Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Mount Balfour from Bow Pass
Date
1954
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
22.8 x 31.2 cm
Description
General colour: grey, blue. The foreground rocks and boulders go into the picture to the right. A hill comes down on the left. In the background, filling most of the right side are rock pinnacles running off the top of the picture. In the upper left is blue sky.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.08
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Oak Bay From Boathouse, Victoria, B.C

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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
1957 – 1959
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.18
Description
General colour: blue, grey. A walkway with a fence runs in a crescent shape from lower center left to a third the way up the right side. A tree fills the left side and several more trees and a large white building fill the middle. Tide is out and figures walk the beach left and on the board walk al…
Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Oak Bay From Boathouse, Victoria, B.C
Date
1957 – 1959
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
24.0 x 31.0 cm
Description
General colour: blue, grey. A walkway with a fence runs in a crescent shape from lower center left to a third the way up the right side. A tree fills the left side and several more trees and a large white building fill the middle. Tide is out and figures walk the beach left and on the board walk also. Sky has clouds.
Subject
seascape, Pacific
architecture, urban
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.18
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Old Wreck near Sidney, B.C.

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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
1958 – 1959
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.21
Description
General colour: grey, blue. The beach runs along the bottom and up the left side a third. The wrecked timbers of a boat lie on the beach left of center. Posts go out into the water from the right side. The sky is filled with clouds. The sea is calm.
Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Old Wreck near Sidney, B.C.
Date
1958 – 1959
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
22.8 x 27.9 cm
Description
General colour: grey, blue. The beach runs along the bottom and up the left side a third. The wrecked timbers of a boat lie on the beach left of center. Posts go out into the water from the right side. The sky is filled with clouds. The sea is calm.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.21
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River at Cahair - Limerick - Tipperery Road S. Ireland

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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
1953
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.30
Description
A stone bridge runs across a river. The river runs from the centre of the painting on the left and extends into the distance. It curves to the left around the river bank. A train crosses the bridge. Smoke is being expelled from the train. On the right of the painting are four or five leafless …
Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
River at Cahair - Limerick - Tipperery Road S. Ireland
Date
1953
Medium
watercolour on paper
Description
A stone bridge runs across a river. The river runs from the centre of the painting on the left and extends into the distance. It curves to the left around the river bank. A train crosses the bridge. Smoke is being expelled from the train. On the right of the painting are four or five leafless trees. Along the close side of the river bank is a walkway with moorings or black pylons. Hazy trees are visible in the upper portion of the painting.
Subject
landscape
river
transportation
train
Ireland
Limerick
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 2001
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.30
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Artist
Angiayuk
Date
later than 1955
Catalogue Number
AnG.06.01
Description
Stone carving of a loon with spots on it’s back, long neck and beak Curved c-shaped fish in it’s mouth, pointing downward.
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Artist
Angiayuk
Title
Untitled
Date
later than 1955
Dimensions
11.7 x 9.0 x 30.5 cm
Description
Stone carving of a loon with spots on it’s back, long neck and beak Curved c-shaped fish in it’s mouth, pointing downward.
Subject
animal, loon
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
AnG.06.01
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Artist
Bess Harris (1891 – 1969, Canadian)
Date
1954
Medium
pastel on paper
Catalogue Number
HrB.03.01
Description
An abstract pastel drawing of what looks to be the skull of a cow or bison. The skull is surrounded by loosely concentric rings.
Artist
Bess Harris (1891 – 1969, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1954
Medium
pastel on paper
Description
An abstract pastel drawing of what looks to be the skull of a cow or bison. The skull is surrounded by loosely concentric rings.
Subject
abstract
animal
bovine
skull
Credit
Gift of George K.K. (Tommy) Link, Tucson, USA, 1979
Catalogue Number
HrB.03.01
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Abbot Pass from Upper Victoria Glacier

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Artist
Bruno Engler (1915 – 2001, Canadian)
Date
1956
Medium
silver gelatin on paper
Catalogue Number
EnB.18.04
Description
A black and white photographic positive, a mountain pass , snow and ice covered, meanders from the bottom left of the picture to centre top, the mountains rise steeply from both sides of the pass and fill the picture almost to the top, a hut is at the top of the pass, the sky is cloudy
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Artist
Bruno Engler (1915 – 2001, Canadian)
Title
Abbot Pass from Upper Victoria Glacier
Date
1956
Medium
silver gelatin on paper
Dimensions
49.5 x 39.1 cm
Description
A black and white photographic positive, a mountain pass , snow and ice covered, meanders from the bottom left of the picture to centre top, the mountains rise steeply from both sides of the pass and fill the picture almost to the top, a hut is at the top of the pass, the sky is cloudy
Subject
landscape
mountain
Abbot Pass
Credit
Purchased from Bruno Engler, Harvie Heights, 1985
Catalogue Number
EnB.18.04
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Artist
Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)
Date
1952
Medium
etching on paper
Catalogue Number
RuC.04.42
Description
Three mountain goats stand on a rocky outcrop in left centre of picture, all are looking to the right, top right corner is sky, the rest is mountainside.
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Artist
Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)
Title
Mountain Goats
Date
1952
Medium
etching on paper
Dimensions
22 x 28 cm
Description
Three mountain goats stand on a rocky outcrop in left centre of picture, all are looking to the right, top right corner is sky, the rest is mountainside.
Subject
animal, mountain goat
landscape, mountain
Credit
Gift of Charles Reid Foundation, Calgary, 2014
Catalogue Number
RuC.04.42
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Mount Weed, Bow Summit

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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Date
1950 – 1960
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.242
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Title
Mount Weed, Bow Summit
Date
1950 – 1960
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
25.3 x 30.1 cm
Subject
landscape
mountain
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.242
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Rural Scene, Eastern Canada

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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Date
1958
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.374
Description
The bottom half of the painting is a pond with lots of weeds . The area behind the water is farm land. Sitting at the top of the hill is a yellow house and a grey barn with a light brown road coming from between the buildings.
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Title
Rural Scene, Eastern Canada
Date
1958
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
25.0 x 30.2 cm
Description
The bottom half of the painting is a pond with lots of weeds . The area behind the water is farm land. Sitting at the top of the hill is a yellow house and a grey barn with a light brown road coming from between the buildings.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
architecture
barn
house
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.374
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Date
1952
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.375
Description
The blue lake in the center of this image is surrounded by green trees. Behind the lake the mountains are partically covered with trees and some are light brown in color with no trees. The sky above the lake and mountains is pale blue with some white clouds. The foreground area has a road that begi…
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Title
Barrier Lake
Date
1952
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
25.2 x 30.3 cm
Description
The blue lake in the center of this image is surrounded by green trees. Behind the lake the mountains are partically covered with trees and some are light brown in color with no trees. The sky above the lake and mountains is pale blue with some white clouds. The foreground area has a road that begins on the left and follows threw to the right, with a dip down in the bottom center area.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
lake
Barrier Lake
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.375
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Date
1958
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.377
Description
Sitting in the bottom left corner is a fishing boat on an angle with a blue shadow behind it reaching over to the right side.
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Title
Boat
Date
1958
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
25.3 x 30.3 cm
Description
Sitting in the bottom left corner is a fishing boat on an angle with a blue shadow behind it reaching over to the right side.
Subject
transportation
boat
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.377
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Date
1950 – 1955
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.404
Description
A blue lake is centre foreground surrounded by mountains. Evergreen trees in both right and left foreground. Cloudy sky.
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Title
Kananaskis Lakes
Date
1950 – 1955
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
12.7 x 17.7 cm
Description
A blue lake is centre foreground surrounded by mountains. Evergreen trees in both right and left foreground. Cloudy sky.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
lake
forest
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.404
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Date
prior to 1979
Medium
waterc olour on paper
Catalogue Number
WyC.05.01
Description
Located in the top right corner of the paper there is a pink flower. This flower has been painted using different shades of pink for highlights and darker shades in the shadow areas. Some violet has been used at the base of the flower. In the lower left corner are two more flowers with heavy outli…
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
prior to 1979
Medium
waterc olour on paper
Dimensions
27.8 x 21.5 cm
Description
Located in the top right corner of the paper there is a pink flower. This flower has been painted using different shades of pink for highlights and darker shades in the shadow areas. Some violet has been used at the base of the flower. In the lower left corner are two more flowers with heavy outlines made from a graphite pencil. These flowers are also pink. They have green and yellow stems and centers. The remainder of the paper is blank.
Subject
botanical
flowers
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyC.05.01
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