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Road to the Ice

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Artist: Alice Saltiel (1948 – , Canadian)

Date: 1993

Medium: oil on board

Catalogue Number: SmA.02.02

Description: Undulating shapes in shades of brown form the mountainside full frame, green foliage in bottom left corner, from blc a grey road winds up hill. White of the glacier at top left and at bottom right. On back of painting: Road to the Ice Columbia Icefield oil on location August 4, 1993

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Artist: Alice Saltiel (1948 – , Canadian)

Title: Road to the Ice

Date: 1993

Medium: oil on board

Dimensions: 30.6 x 40.8 cm

Description: Undulating shapes in shades of brown form the mountainside full frame, green foliage in bottom left corner, from blc a grey road winds up hill. White of the glacier at top left and at bottom right. On back of painting: Road to the Ice Columbia Icefield oil on location August 4, 1993

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; glacier; Reframing the Landscape

Credit: Purchased from Alice Saltiel, Canmore, 1994

Catalogue Number: SmA.02.02

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LIfe Cycle

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Artist: Brian Joseph Grandbois

Date: 1973

Medium: acrylic on paper

Catalogue Number: GrB.12.01

Description: General colour: red, yellow, blue, black on white - equal portions. A single figure showing a force looking right, above that a fish looking left and above that a bird, wings spread, and legs coming down, looking right. Symbolic meanings - mother and child on her back, fish with eggs and an eagle -…

Artist: Brian Joseph Grandbois

Title: LIfe Cycle

Date: 1973

Medium: acrylic on paper

Dimensions: 152 x 30.5 cm

Description: General colour: red, yellow, blue, black on white - equal portions. A single figure showing a force looking right, above that a fish looking left and above that a bird, wings spread, and legs coming down, looking right. Symbolic meanings - mother and child on her back, fish with eggs and an eagle - all powerful symbols.

Subject: mythological

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

Catalogue Number: GrB.12.01

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Untitled

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Artist: Brian Joseph Grandbois

Date: 1978

Medium: acrylic on paper

Catalogue Number: GrB.12.03

Description: Stylized symbolic? drawing. Predominate colours, yellow, brown, orange, a little blue a little red.

Artist: Brian Joseph Grandbois

Title: Untitled

Date: 1978

Medium: acrylic on paper

Dimensions: 19; 38 x 28; 45.5 cm

Description: Stylized symbolic? drawing. Predominate colours, yellow, brown, orange, a little blue a little red.

Subject: mythological

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

Catalogue Number: GrB.12.03

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Untitled

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Artist: Brian Joseph Grandbois

Date: 1978

Medium: acrylic on paper

Catalogue Number: GrB.12.10

Description: Two central images are painted in shades of light blue, yellow and red. A bear rendered in lines and shapes faces the viewer at the bottom right. A bird-like figure sits at the upper left.

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Artist: Brian Joseph Grandbois

Title: Untitled

Date: 1978

Medium: acrylic on paper

Dimensions: 56.25 x 76 cm

Description: Two central images are painted in shades of light blue, yellow and red. A bear rendered in lines and shapes faces the viewer at the bottom right. A bird-like figure sits at the upper left.

Subject: mythological; animal, bear;

Credit: Gift of Unknown, 2014

Catalogue Number: GrB.12.10

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Lake O'Hara

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Artist: Catherine Perehudoff Fowler (1958 – , Canadian)

Date: 1992

Medium: acrylic on canvas

Catalogue Number: PeC.12.01

Description: A realistic rendering of a portion of Lake O'Hara, the foregound is a mass of colours, grasses and flowers, the lake is below centre from the left , the right side is covered with foliage, the mountains rise behind the lake to top left edge, the right top corner is sky

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Artist: Catherine Perehudoff Fowler (1958 – , Canadian)

Title: Lake O'Hara

Date: 1992

Medium: acrylic on canvas

Dimensions: 122.0 x 122.0 cm

Description: A realistic rendering of a portion of Lake O'Hara, the foregound is a mass of colours, grasses and flowers, the lake is below centre from the left , the right side is covered with foliage, the mountains rise behind the lake to top left edge, the right top corner is sky

Subject: landscape; mountain; Lake O'Hara; lake; summer

Credit: Purchased from Catherine Perehudoff Fowler, Saskatoon, 1992

Catalogue Number: PeC.12.01

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Buffalo preliminary sketches

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

Date: prior to 1996

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: TiC.03.02

Description: Drawn lightly are two bison running toward each other ready to bang heads. Under foot you can see the suggestion of ground represented by a few lines. One bison is running from the upper left corner and the other is running from the center right.

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

Title: Buffalo preliminary sketches

Date: prior to 1996

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 20.4 x 20.4 cm

Description: Drawn lightly are two bison running toward each other ready to bang heads. Under foot you can see the suggestion of ground represented by a few lines. One bison is running from the upper left corner and the other is running from the center right.

Subject: animal; buffalo

Credit: Gift of Clarence Ingwall Tillenius, Winnipeg, 1996

Catalogue Number: TiC.03.02

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Mink By Water

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

Date: prior to 1990

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: TiC.03.03

Description: A mink is sitting by a waters edge. The water is not drawn but suggested by the grass and the ground that has been drawn in around the mink. The mink is the darkest image within the drawing.

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

Title: Mink By Water

Date: prior to 1990

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 21.7 x 30.6 cm

Description: A mink is sitting by a waters edge. The water is not drawn but suggested by the grass and the ground that has been drawn in around the mink. The mink is the darkest image within the drawing.

Subject: animal; mink

Credit: Gift of Clarence Ingwall Tillenius, Winnipeg, 1996

Catalogue Number: TiC.03.03

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Moose

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

Date: prior to 1990

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: TiC.03.04

Description: Standing facing the viewer this moose stands with its legs strong and spaced wide. The moose looks as if it was just frightened and is ready to take off in a different direction.

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

Title: Moose

Date: prior to 1990

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 12.8 x 23.0 cm

Description: Standing facing the viewer this moose stands with its legs strong and spaced wide. The moose looks as if it was just frightened and is ready to take off in a different direction.

Subject: animal; moose

Credit: Gift of Clarence Ingwall Tillenius, Winnipeg, 1996

Catalogue Number: TiC.03.04

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Moose Cow and Calf

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

Date: prior to 1990

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: TiC.03.05

Description: Standing with its back to the viewer this calf looks to the left toward it's mother that is in the upper left corner of the image. Around the feet of the calf some grass is drawn in. Around the feet and body of the older moose in the distance there is grass and the suggestion of some trees and grou…

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

Title: Moose Cow and Calf

Date: prior to 1990

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 23.0 x 33.2 cm

Description: Standing with its back to the viewer this calf looks to the left toward it's mother that is in the upper left corner of the image. Around the feet of the calf some grass is drawn in. Around the feet and body of the older moose in the distance there is grass and the suggestion of some trees and ground.

Subject: animal; moose

Credit: Gift of Clarence Ingwall Tillenius, Winnipeg, 1996

Catalogue Number: TiC.03.05

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Pronghorn Antelope

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

Date: prior to 1990

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: TiC.03.07

Description: This antelope is featured from the neck up. The animal is facing the left side of the image frame and is drawn with different shades of greys to give depth to the portrait.

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

Title: Pronghorn Antelope

Date: prior to 1990

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 20.4 x 28.0 cm

Description: This antelope is featured from the neck up. The animal is facing the left side of the image frame and is drawn with different shades of greys to give depth to the portrait.

Subject: animal;pronghorn antelope

Credit: Gift of Clarence Ingwall Tillenius, Winnipeg, 1996

Catalogue Number: TiC.03.07

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Snowshoe Hunter

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

Date: prior to 1990

Medium: charcoal, graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: TiC.03.08

Description: A man holding a gun and walking with snowshoes on is hunting. He is wearing a hooded jacket with a hat under the hood, a dark pair of pants and big socks pulled up over his pant legs. He is walking to the right side of the image from the left. Behind the hunter, drawn in are trees, the ground and s…

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

Title: Snowshoe Hunter

Date: prior to 1990

Medium: charcoal, graphite on paper

Dimensions: 25.4 x 36.9 cm

Description: A man holding a gun and walking with snowshoes on is hunting. He is wearing a hooded jacket with a hat under the hood, a dark pair of pants and big socks pulled up over his pant legs. He is walking to the right side of the image from the left. Behind the hunter, drawn in are trees, the ground and some snowshoe tracks.

Subject: figure; male; activity; hunting; snowshoeing

Credit: Gift of Clarence Ingwall Tillenius, Winnipeg, 1996

Catalogue Number: TiC.03.08

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Wolf (thrown sideways on trail)

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

Date: prior to 1990

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: TiC.03.09

Description: On the far left side of the image a wolf has been thrown to his side. This wolf looks as if it was travelling along side a path or roadway. In the background you can see a tree covered in snow. Some areas of ground and rock have been drawn in around and behind the animal.

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

Title: Wolf (thrown sideways on trail)

Date: prior to 1990

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 17.8 x 25.4 cm

Description: On the far left side of the image a wolf has been thrown to his side. This wolf looks as if it was travelling along side a path or roadway. In the background you can see a tree covered in snow. Some areas of ground and rock have been drawn in around and behind the animal.

Subject: animal; wolf

Credit: Gift of Clarence Ingwall Tillenius, Winnipeg, 1996

Catalogue Number: TiC.03.09

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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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Big Bear Medicine

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Artist: Dale Auger (1958 – 2008, Canadian)

Date: 1998

Medium: acrylic on canvas

Catalogue Number: AuD.12.01

Description: A large painting of an Indigenous dressed as a bear. The man’s face is visible through the mouth of the bear fur that covers him. The man’s eyes are hidden by shadows. Yellow and black paint is on the rest of his face. In the claws, the man holds a wand-like stick, at the tip of which are four …

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Artist: Dale Auger (1958 – 2008, Canadian)

Title: Big Bear Medicine

Date: 1998

Medium: acrylic on canvas

Dimensions: 92.5 x 92.5 cm

Description: A large painting of an Indigenous dressed as a bear. The man’s face is visible through the mouth of the bear fur that covers him. The man’s eyes are hidden by shadows. Yellow and black paint is on the rest of his face. In the claws, the man holds a wand-like stick, at the tip of which are four feathers. These are in the blc of the image. On either side of the bear’s head are patches of aquamarine.

Subject: religious; Indigenous; animal; bear

Credit: Purchased from Bernie Makokis, St. Paul, 2001

Catalogue Number: AuD.12.01

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Drawing on Peaks

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Artist: David Alexander (1947 – , Canadian)

Date: 1998

Medium: acrylic on canvas

Catalogue Number: AxD.12.01

Description: brown, blue and orange mountain peak

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Artist: David Alexander (1947 – , Canadian)

Title: Drawing on Peaks

Date: 1998

Medium: acrylic on canvas

Dimensions: 172.72 x 121.92 cm

Description: brown, blue and orange mountain peak

Subject: mountain; peak

Credit: Gift of David T. Alexander, Lake Country, 2017

Catalogue Number: AxD.12.01

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Pier

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Artist: Diane Gooderham

Date: 1976

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: GoD.03.01

Description: A circular drawing of an L shaped pier, the pier is bottom centre turning to the left, planks are indicated, two posts at right corner of pier, horizon is indicated running across picture from edge to edge at just below centre, the water and sky is indicated with even shading.

Artist: Diane Gooderham

Title: Pier

Date: 1976

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 55.7 x 75.5 cm

Description: A circular drawing of an L shaped pier, the pier is bottom centre turning to the left, planks are indicated, two posts at right corner of pier, horizon is indicated running across picture from edge to edge at just below centre, the water and sky is indicated with even shading.

Subject: seascape; pier; water

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

Catalogue Number: GoD.03.01

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Rapids on the Vermilion River

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Artist: Diane Pugen (1943 – , Canadian)

Date: 1975

Medium: charcoal on paper

Catalogue Number: PuD.03.01

Description: Colour: black on white. Central image waterfalls coming from upper left corner where there are a group of trees growing.

Artist: Diane Pugen (1943 – , Canadian)

Title: Rapids on the Vermilion River

Date: 1975

Medium: charcoal on paper

Dimensions: 35.5 x 25.5 cm

Description: Colour: black on white. Central image waterfalls coming from upper left corner where there are a group of trees growing.

Subject: landscape; river

Credit: Purchased from Diane Pugen, 1977

Catalogue Number: PuD.03.01

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Untitled

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Artist: Dirk Van Wyk (1944 – , Canadian)

Date: 1976

Medium: watercolour; chalk on paper

Catalogue Number: VwD.03.01

Description: Colour: blue and green on white. Upper half is blue watercolour markings. However half is green and pencil scratches. Somewhat non-representational and looks like it's upside down.

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Artist: Dirk Van Wyk (1944 – , Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1976

Medium: watercolour; chalk on paper

Dimensions: 55.0 x 73.7 cm

Description: Colour: blue and green on white. Upper half is blue watercolour markings. However half is green and pencil scratches. Somewhat non-representational and looks like it's upside down.