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Untitled

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

Date: prior to 1965

Medium: graphite; pastel on paper

Catalogue Number: LaC.03.08

Description: General colour: pencil. Portrait of a young girl. Shoulders turned to the right, head turned out and looking left. She has pigtails and two bead necklaces.

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

Title: Untitled

Date: prior to 1965

Medium: graphite; pastel on paper

Dimensions: 22.8 x 30.4 cm

Description: General colour: pencil. Portrait of a young girl. Shoulders turned to the right, head turned out and looking left. She has pigtails and two bead necklaces.

Subject: Portrait; child; Indigenous

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

Catalogue Number: LaC.03.08

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Untitled

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

Date: prior to 1965

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: LaC.03.05

Description: General colour: pencil. A barn and a few other buildings sit in the lower sketchy landscape one third up. The upper two thirds are sky with one cloud left of center appearing to rain over the barn.

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

Title: Untitled

Date: prior to 1965

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 18.3 x 24.1 cm

Description: General colour: pencil. A barn and a few other buildings sit in the lower sketchy landscape one third up. The upper two thirds are sky with one cloud left of center appearing to rain over the barn.

Subject: landscape; rural

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

Catalogue Number: LaC.03.05

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Untitled

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

Date: prior to 1965

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: LaC.03.07

Description: General colour: pencil. Road narrows from bottom edge to center. Scattered telegraph poles run along the left side of the road. A grain elevator stands at the right side.

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

Title: Untitled

Date: prior to 1965

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 19.0 x 24.0 cm

Description: General colour: pencil. Road narrows from bottom edge to center. Scattered telegraph poles run along the left side of the road. A grain elevator stands at the right side.

Subject: landscape; prairie; architecture; rural

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

Catalogue Number: LaC.03.07

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Bow Lake and Crowfoot Glacier

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

Date: prior to 1965

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.28

Description: In the foreground on the left is a small group of trees and rocky ground leading down to a waters edge. In the mid-ground on the right is another group of trees and ground that meets the water. Just behind the trees is Bow Lake and in the background are snow capped mountains and Crowfoot Glacier. T…

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

Title: Bow Lake and Crowfoot Glacier

Date: prior to 1965

Medium: watercolour on paper

Description: In the foreground on the left is a small group of trees and rocky ground leading down to a waters edge. In the mid-ground on the right is another group of trees and ground that meets the water. Just behind the trees is Bow Lake and in the background are snow capped mountains and Crowfoot Glacier. The sky has many gray clouds with small areas of blue sky showing through.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountains; lake; Bow lake; glacier; Crowfoot Glacier

Credit: Gift of James (Jr.) Simpson, Rocky Mountain House, 1997

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.28

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Fred Brewster, Jasper, Alberta 1940

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Artist: Andreas Roth

Date: 1940

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: RtA.03.01

Description: Man's head and shoulders looking right. He has a small short mustache. His shirt is open at the neck.

Artist: Andreas Roth

Title: Fred Brewster, Jasper, Alberta 1940

Date: 1940

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 17.7 x 25.5 cm

Description: Man's head and shoulders looking right. He has a small short mustache. His shirt is open at the neck.

Subject: portrait; male

Credit: Gift of Fred Brewster, Banff, 1970

Catalogue Number: RtA.03.01

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Bear sketch

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

Date: 1943

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: RuC.03.02

Description: A grizzly bear is looking full face forward, face in fine detail, lightly sketched body, no feet

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

Title: Bear sketch

Date: 1943

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 31.0 x 24.0 cm

Description: A grizzly bear is looking full face forward, face in fine detail, lightly sketched body, no feet

Subject: animal, bear; grizzly bear

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: RuC.03.02

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Moose head

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

Date: 1941

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: RuC.03.03

Description: A finely detailed drawing of a moose head tiled upwards, antlers lighter, head is facing to left

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

Title: Moose head

Date: 1941

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 21.5 x 29.0 cm

Description: A finely detailed drawing of a moose head tiled upwards, antlers lighter, head is facing to left

Subject: animal, moose

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: RuC.03.03

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Caribou head

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

Date: 1942

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: RuC.03.04

Description: A finely detailed drawing of a caribou head, head is slightly tipped down showing good detail of the antlers

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

Title: Caribou head

Date: 1942

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 35.0 x 27.5 cm

Description: A finely detailed drawing of a caribou head, head is slightly tipped down showing good detail of the antlers

Subject: animal, caribou

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: RuC.03.04

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Antelope head

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

Date: 1946

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: RuC.03.06

Description: A finely detailed drawing of an antelope head, the antelope is facing to the left

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

Title: Antelope head

Date: 1946

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 23.0 x 27.5 cm

Description: A finely detailed drawing of an antelope head, the antelope is facing to the left

Subject: animal, antelope

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: RuC.03.06

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Old Town

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

Date: c. 1880

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.05.02

Description: Scene of houses and dwellings, grey brown with brown roof. - pale blue sky, with a pale brown/yellow sun in the center.“The houses in this (probably English) town extend onto a stone bridge but there is some confusion in architectural structure and progression. A rather static figure, centre left, …

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

Title: Old Town

Date: c. 1880

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 16.5 x 18.5 cm

Description: Scene of houses and dwellings, grey brown with brown roof. - pale blue sky, with a pale brown/yellow sun in the center.“The houses in this (probably English) town extend onto a stone bridge but there is some confusion in architectural structure and progression. A rather static figure, centre left, is further evidence of an early date for this painting.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda Heath

Subject: landscape

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1982

Catalogue Number: CoJ.05.02

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Maple Creek, Border of Alberta

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

Date: c. 1875

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.05.43

Description: Scene of grassy field leading to the distance with the red roof of some houses seen.“This very yellow landscape appears to have been an early experiment, lacking Collings’ finesse and resulting in ‘rubbed’ paper in the left portion of the sky.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Rai…

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

Title: Maple Creek, Border of Alberta

Date: c. 1875

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 13.5 x 19 cm

Description: Scene of grassy field leading to the distance with the red roof of some houses seen.“This very yellow landscape appears to have been an early experiment, lacking Collings’ finesse and resulting in ‘rubbed’ paper in the left portion of the sky.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda Heath

Subject: landscape; yellow

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1986

Catalogue Number: CoJ.05.43

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Untitled

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Artist: Clifford Foard Robinson (1916 – 1992, Canadian)

Date: 1942

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: RbC.05.02

Description: Two rows of simple wooden houses in brown, white, and red on a snowy slope. Two people in colourful clothing walk towards the houses in bottom right.

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Artist: Clifford Foard Robinson (1916 – 1992, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1942

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 28.5 x 35.5 cm

Description: Two rows of simple wooden houses in brown, white, and red on a snowy slope. Two people in colourful clothing walk towards the houses in bottom right.

Subject: houses; Mini Thini?

Credit: Gift of Ron Robinson, Nelson, 2023

Catalogue Number: RbC.05.02

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The Okanagan Valley

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Artist: Cyril Harris ( – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1941

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: HaC.05.03

Description: Countryside scene, green farm fields and orchards in foreground, trees and buildings in mid-distance, hills in background. One large tree in foreground at left, another on on the right.

Artist: Cyril Harris ( – 1966, Canadian)

Title: The Okanagan Valley

Date: 1941

Medium: watercolour on paper

Description: Countryside scene, green farm fields and orchards in foreground, trees and buildings in mid-distance, hills in background. One large tree in foreground at left, another on on the right.

Subject: landscape; British Columbia; Okanagan

Credit: Gift of James (Jr.) Simpson, Rocky Mountain House, 2000

Catalogue Number: HaC.05.03

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Cannery at Kimsquit, Mouth of Dean River, B.C.

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Artist: Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)

Date: 1942

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaE.05.59

Description: A watercolour on soft board; blue water, brown dock and white and brown buildings in the foreground; a shore with green trees behind. A massive mountain looms behind. There are vestiges of snow on top and water coming down a canyon viewer’s left. The sky is a dull blue colour.

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Artist: Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)

Title: Cannery at Kimsquit, Mouth of Dean River, B.C.

Date: 1942

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 50.6 x 35.5 cm

Description: A watercolour on soft board; blue water, brown dock and white and brown buildings in the foreground; a shore with green trees behind. A massive mountain looms behind. There are vestiges of snow on top and water coming down a canyon viewer’s left. The sky is a dull blue colour.