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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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Non-Linear Peak

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Artist: Al Walters

Date: 1973

Medium: lithograph on paper

Catalogue Number: WaA.04.01

Description: Map of mountain rang area. Central colours are red, green, and blue. At the bottom there is a legend, a write on the area, and the words ‘Non-Linear Peak’ in bold.

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Artist: Al Walters

Title: Non-Linear Peak

Date: 1973

Medium: lithograph on paper

Dimensions: 24.0 x 18.0 cm

Description: Map of mountain rang area. Central colours are red, green, and blue. At the bottom there is a legend, a write on the area, and the words ‘Non-Linear Peak’ in bold.

Subject: landscape, mountain

Credit: Gift of Al Walters, 1978

Catalogue Number: WaA.04.01

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To Smell Balsam

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Artist: Alex Simeon Janvier (1935 – , Canadian)

Date: 1975

Medium: gouache on paper

Catalogue Number: JvA.07.01

Description: General colour: green. Long green configurations move across from left to right several tendrils break off from the main line upwards and downwards. The central shape is a slanted 'N' shape.

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Artist: Alex Simeon Janvier (1935 – , Canadian)

Title: To Smell Balsam

Date: 1975

Medium: gouache on paper

Dimensions: 59.0 x 77.5 cm

Description: General colour: green. Long green configurations move across from left to right several tendrils break off from the main line upwards and downwards. The central shape is a slanted 'N' shape.

Subject: mythological; abstract, non-representational

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

Catalogue Number: JvA.07.01

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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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Timothy Finlay

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Artist: Allan Harding MacKay (1944 – , Canadian)

Date: 2004

Medium: charcoal; pastel oil; ink; wax on paper

Catalogue Number: MkA.03.01

Description: A portrait of a man with white hair and glasses.

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Artist: Allan Harding MacKay (1944 – , Canadian)

Title: Timothy Finlay

Date: 2004

Medium: charcoal; pastel oil; ink; wax on paper

Dimensions: 55.88 x 74.93 cm

Description: A portrait of a man with white hair and glasses.

Subject: MacKay; Finlay

Credit: Gift of Allan Harding MacKay, Banff, 2017

Catalogue Number: MkA.03.01

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Sunrise on Lake Louise, Banff National Park, Alberta

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Artist: Allan King (1948 – , Canadian)

Date: 2001

Medium: silver gelatin print

Catalogue Number: KgA.18.01

Description: black and white image of Lake Louise

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Artist: Allan King (1948 – , Canadian)

Title: Sunrise on Lake Louise, Banff National Park, Alberta

Date: 2001

Medium: silver gelatin print

Dimensions: 91.44 x 152.40 cm

Description: black and white image of Lake Louise

Subject: Lake Louise; Banff National Park; lake; mountains

Credit: Gift of Allen King, Calgary, 2017

Catalogue Number: KgA.18.01

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Seal Hunter

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Artist: Anna Kingwatsiak (1911 – 1971, Canadian)

Date: 1970

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: AnA.04.01

Description: A figure with arms outstretched, holding a stick in one hand, a line in the other, stands in the upper half of the picture. A seal viewed from above with it's head in the hole fills the bottom half. Left of the figures head is the artists seal.

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Artist: Anna Kingwatsiak (1911 – 1971, Canadian)

Title: Seal Hunter

Date: 1970

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 52.7 x 30.1 cm

Description: A figure with arms outstretched, holding a stick in one hand, a line in the other, stands in the upper half of the picture. A seal viewed from above with it's head in the hole fills the bottom half. Left of the figures head is the artists seal.

Subject: figure, male; activity, hunting; animal, fish

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1971

Catalogue Number: AnA.04.01

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Prairie Anemone

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Artist: Annora Brown (1899 – 1987, Canadian)

Date: 1971

Medium: ink on cloth

Catalogue Number: BwA.04.03

Description: General colour: purple, green, brown, yellow. Three purple flowers with yellow centers, and one bud, lean to the left filling the foreground. Behind is green and brown grass on purple.

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Artist: Annora Brown (1899 – 1987, Canadian)

Title: Prairie Anemone

Date: 1971

Medium: ink on cloth

Dimensions: 14.9 x 17 cm

Description: General colour: purple, green, brown, yellow. Three purple flowers with yellow centers, and one bud, lean to the left filling the foreground. Behind is green and brown grass on purple.

Subject: botanical; anemone

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1977

Catalogue Number: BwA.04.03

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O’Hara

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Artist: Barbara Spohr (1955 – 1987, Canadian)

Date: 1977

Medium: watercolour on board

Catalogue Number: SpB.05.01

Description: blue circle with tree trunk in the middle and mountain scene behind the tree in the circle

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Artist: Barbara Spohr (1955 – 1987, Canadian)

Title: O’Hara

Date: 1977

Medium: watercolour on board

Dimensions: 20.5 x 20.5 cm

Description: blue circle with tree trunk in the middle and mountain scene behind the tree in the circle

Subject: Lake O’Hara; Spohr; tree; mountain

Credit: Gift of Michael Laub, Banff, 2016

Catalogue Number: SpB.05.01

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Untitled

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Artist: Barbara Spohr (1955 – 1987, Canadian)

Date: 1974 – 1987

Medium: on gloss photographic paper

Catalogue Number: SpB.18.32

Description: A young woman, identified as Barbara Spohr by Craig Richards?, stands against a neutral gray background that has been drawn over with blue and black squares. She is blowing bubbles from a blue bubble container. Mixed in with the blue and black squares are a set of clouds. Near her left shoulder on…

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Artist: Barbara Spohr (1955 – 1987, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1974 – 1987

Medium: on gloss photographic paper

Dimensions: 25.5 x 20.5 cm

Description: A young woman, identified as Barbara Spohr by Craig Richards?, stands against a neutral gray background that has been drawn over with blue and black squares. She is blowing bubbles from a blue bubble container. Mixed in with the blue and black squares are a set of clouds. Near her left shoulder on the right edge of the image are the words “the sky is blue”. She is wearing a gray sweater and a burgundy corduroy dress with a gold butterfly pin over the right side of her chest, a gold ring on left hand, fourth finger, and a gold bracelet on her left wrist. Four bubbles are seen on the lower left quadrant of the image.

Subject: Barbara Spohr; sky is blue; bubble

Credit: Gift of Unknown, 2017

Catalogue Number: SpB.18.32

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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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Mt. Temple

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Artist: Bern Smith (1928 – 2009, Canadian)

Date: 2009

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: SmB.05.03

Description: Painting is dominated by Mt. Temple and one spruce tree on the viewer’s left that reaches almost out of the painting. Dominant colours are green, blue, grey, white, and black. Snow, some water and the bank is visible in the immediate lower foreground and the spruce tree rising out of snow to the le…

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Artist: Bern Smith (1928 – 2009, Canadian)

Title: Mt. Temple

Date: 2009

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 27.0 x 40.5 cm

Description: Painting is dominated by Mt. Temple and one spruce tree on the viewer’s left that reaches almost out of the painting. Dominant colours are green, blue, grey, white, and black. Snow, some water and the bank is visible in the immediate lower foreground and the spruce tree rising out of snow to the left. A bank of coniferous trees begin on the viewer’s left at the spruce tree and rise steadily to the viewer’s right. Two-thirds of the painting is a snow and ice-covered blue and grey Mt. Temple. The sky is grey and cloudy obscuring the mountain peak. A vestige of blue sky behind the mountain shows through on viewer’s middle right.

Subject: landscape; mountain; Canadian Rockies; Mt. Temple

Credit: Purchased from Brett Smith, 108 Mile Ranch, 2009

Catalogue Number: SmB.05.03

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Mosquito Creek

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Artist: Bern Smith (1928 – 2009, Canadian)

Date: 2009

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: SmB.05.04

Description: A winter scene with dominant colours of white, green, blue, grey, and black. The foreground, which is more than half the painting, is comprised of snow, ice, shadows, two sections of the creek starting from viewer’s left, with one bush and one coniferous tree to viewer’s far middle right. The dark …

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Artist: Bern Smith (1928 – 2009, Canadian)

Title: Mosquito Creek

Date: 2009

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 30.0 x 36.7 cm

Description: A winter scene with dominant colours of white, green, blue, grey, and black. The foreground, which is more than half the painting, is comprised of snow, ice, shadows, two sections of the creek starting from viewer’s left, with one bush and one coniferous tree to viewer’s far middle right. The dark water of the creek is visible from the bush at the right, flows under the ice and snow, and then reappears at the left-hand centre of the painting and flows to the viewer’s left hand corner of the painting. The top-third of the painting is a bank of coniferous trees, sparsely painted on the left, becoming larger and darker towards middle and then lighter on the right as the trees further back rise to the mountain range in the background. Snow and clouds obscure the mountain tops. The sky is light grey and white.

Subject: landscape; water; creek; Canadian Rockies; Mosquito Creek

Credit: Purchased from Brett Smith, 108 Mile Ranch, 2009

Catalogue Number: SmB.05.04

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Rundle

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Artist: Bern Smith (1928 – 2009, Canadian)

Date: 2009

Medium: painting on paper

Catalogue Number: SmB.05.05

Description: A summer scene dominated by Mt. Rundle and the trees that flank Vermilion’s first lake. The dominant colours are light and dark green, black, blue, brown and grey. The foreground is green and brown low vegetation, out of which a line of lodgepole pines, some dead and still standing, rise to two-thi…

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Artist: Bern Smith (1928 – 2009, Canadian)

Title: Rundle

Date: 2009

Medium: painting on paper

Dimensions: 29.0 x 38.5 cm

Description: A summer scene dominated by Mt. Rundle and the trees that flank Vermilion’s first lake. The dominant colours are light and dark green, black, blue, brown and grey. The foreground is green and brown low vegetation, out of which a line of lodgepole pines, some dead and still standing, rise to two-thirds of the painting. Starting at the viewer’s far left, at mid-point, the branches of an aspen with green leaves fills the top far left of the painting. Vermilion’s first lake is visible though the lodgepoles and directly behind that, are the dark trees that line its opposite bank. Above the lake the lower slope of Tunnel Mountain is visible to the viewer’s left. The painting is dominated by majestic Mount Rundle, its lower slopes covered with muted green coniferous trees and its sheer rock face in varying shades of grey, blue, and brown. The deep blue sky has a few wisps of white showing through and some light grey clouds to the viewer’s right, above the peaks of the Rundle Range.

Subject: landscape; mountain; Canadian Rockies; Rundle Mountain

Credit: Purchased from Brett Smith, 108 Mile Ranch, 2009

Catalogue Number: SmB.05.05

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Stormy Mountain Sky

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Artist: Bern Smith (1928 – 2009, Canadian)

Date: 2009

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: SmB.05.06

Description: A dark, stormy sky, and a large stand of partially burned trees on the viewer’s left, dominate the top two-thirds of the painting. The dominant colours are blue, black, green and brown. In the foreground to the viewer’s right are remnants of stumps and what appears to be fall vegetation, with charr…

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Artist: Bern Smith (1928 – 2009, Canadian)

Title: Stormy Mountain Sky

Date: 2009

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 31.3 x 40.0 cm

Description: A dark, stormy sky, and a large stand of partially burned trees on the viewer’s left, dominate the top two-thirds of the painting. The dominant colours are blue, black, green and brown. In the foreground to the viewer’s right are remnants of stumps and what appears to be fall vegetation, with charred tree trunks. To the viewer’s left is a charred stump of a burned tree trunk and above that a large stand of lodgepole pines with charred trunks, but with needles still on the tops of the trees. The stand of trees rise high into the stormy sky. Further away, behind the lodgepole pine trees, is a bank of coniferous trees in various shades of greens, that stretch across the painting. Above that, starting behind and to the right of the lodgepoles, mountains are visible; the first and farthest away, is grey with some snow visible, and then wooded mountains continue to the viewer’s far right to the edge of the painting. The dark, cloudy sky dominates most of the painting.

Subject: landscape; mountain; Canadian Rockies

Credit: Purchased from Brett Smith, 108 Mile Ranch, 2009

Catalogue Number: SmB.05.06

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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