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Burnt Wood

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Artist: Alexander Young Jackson (1882 – 1974, Canadian)

Date: 1924

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: JaA.03.06

Description: Pencil sketch of foothills with mountain range in background. A river indicated in foreground flows from left bottom corner to right, brc is river bank. Light and heavy pencil lines with shading, indicating trees and hills. Colour notes throughout. Drawing made on light sketchbook paper, serra…

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Artist: Alexander Young Jackson (1882 – 1974, Canadian)

Title: Burnt Wood

Date: 1924

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 20.7 x 27.8 cm

Description: Pencil sketch of foothills with mountain range in background. A river indicated in foreground flows from left bottom corner to right, brc is river bank. Light and heavy pencil lines with shading, indicating trees and hills. Colour notes throughout. Drawing made on light sketchbook paper, serrated top edge, rounded corners bl and br.

Subject: landscape; foothills; forest

Credit: Gift of Naomi Jackson Groves, Ottawa, 1989

Catalogue Number: JaA.03.06

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Mapudre, A Mangbetou Woman

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Artist: Alexandre Iacovleff (1887 – 1938, French)

Date: 1925

Medium: oil pastel on paper

Catalogue Number: IaA.03.01

Description: A realistic rendering of a seated woman, wearing a loincloth, headdress and jewellry at her ankles, wrists and neck.

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Artist: Alexandre Iacovleff (1887 – 1938, French)

Title: Mapudre, A Mangbetou Woman

Date: 1925

Medium: oil pastel on paper

Dimensions: 73.5 x 23.0 cm

Description: A realistic rendering of a seated woman, wearing a loincloth, headdress and jewellry at her ankles, wrists and neck.

Subject: figure, female

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

Catalogue Number: IaA.03.01

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Untitled

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

Date: 1929

Medium: pastel on paper

Catalogue Number: LaC.03.02

Description: General colour: blue. A foreground rock cliff goes up right side from the lower corner. Center mountain face has a jagged ridge. Clouds come down to the peak at the upper right of center, edge. In the lower left corner is a distant mountain. Blue sky with one cloud fills the upper left area. There …

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

Title: Untitled

Date: 1929

Medium: pastel on paper

Dimensions: 55.0 x 43.5 cm

Description: General colour: blue. A foreground rock cliff goes up right side from the lower corner. Center mountain face has a jagged ridge. Clouds come down to the peak at the upper right of center, edge. In the lower left corner is a distant mountain. Blue sky with one cloud fills the upper left area. There is also a patch of blue in the upper right corner.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountains

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

Catalogue Number: LaC.03.02

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Moraine Lake

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

Date: 1927

Medium: pastel on paper

Catalogue Number: LaC.03.09

Description: The mountains dominate the picture, of blue/purple tones. Left foreground is a small lake with reflections of the mountains, immediate right foreground has yellow/brown tones, treed shoreline. Little sky showing, cloudy. Credit both The Banff Centre and Mrs. J. I. Brewster in any exhibition publica…

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

Title: Moraine Lake

Date: 1927

Medium: pastel on paper

Dimensions: 42.2 x 57.0 cm

Description: The mountains dominate the picture, of blue/purple tones. Left foreground is a small lake with reflections of the mountains, immediate right foreground has yellow/brown tones, treed shoreline. Little sky showing, cloudy. Credit both The Banff Centre and Mrs. J. I. Brewster in any exhibition publication of the collection, either in whole or in part. Banff Centre catalogue numbers: 81 0334 A; 20687.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountains; lake

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

Catalogue Number: LaC.03.09

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Lake Minnewanka

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Artist: Bern Smith (1928 – 2009, Canadian)

Date: 1990

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: SmB.05.02

Description: Colours are predominantly green, grey, purple, brown, blue and white. The foreground, which is one-third of painting, is snow, ice on the shores of blue water, mid-to right are different sizes and colours of boulders. Pine trees with sparse and feathery needles rise from behind the boulders and rea…

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Artist: Bern Smith (1928 – 2009, Canadian)

Title: Lake Minnewanka

Date: 1990

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 29.5 x 34.9 cm

Description: Colours are predominantly green, grey, purple, brown, blue and white. The foreground, which is one-third of painting, is snow, ice on the shores of blue water, mid-to right are different sizes and colours of boulders. Pine trees with sparse and feathery needles rise from behind the boulders and reach up to the sky on viewer’s right hand side. The tree furthest to the right reaches the top of the painting. Trees on the shoreline stretch across the middle and rise uphill to almost the top of the painting on viewer’s left. A rocky ridge can be seen on the slope leading up to the left. The sky is white, grey, some blue and brown clouds, suggesting impending snow.

Subject: landscape; mountain lake; Canadian Rockies; Lake Minnewanka

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

Catalogue Number: SmB.05.02

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Bighorn Ram head

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

Date: c. 1925

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: RuC.03.09

Description: A finely detailed drawing of a ram's head, facing to the right of picture

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

Title: Bighorn Ram head

Date: c. 1925

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 29.0 x 22.5 cm

Description: A finely detailed drawing of a ram's head, facing to the right of picture

Subject: animal, mountain sheep; ram

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: RuC.03.09

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Athabasca Glacier

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Artist: Catherine Perehudoff Fowler (1958 – , Canadian)

Date: 1993

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: PeC.05.01

Description: The glacier is centred top, flowing down to the foreground, flanked on both sides by the mountain in colours of brown, yellow, grey, green. The light blue sky is cloudy.

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Artist: Catherine Perehudoff Fowler (1958 – , Canadian)

Title: Athabasca Glacier

Date: 1993

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 56.0 x 76.0 cm

Description: The glacier is centred top, flowing down to the foreground, flanked on both sides by the mountain in colours of brown, yellow, grey, green. The light blue sky is cloudy.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; glacier; Athabasca

Credit: Purchased from Catherine Perehudoff Fowler, Saskatoon, 1994

Catalogue Number: PeC.05.01

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Hot Afternoon

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Artist: Catherine Perehudoff Fowler (1958 – , Canadian)

Date: 1990

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: PeC.05.02

Description: landscape painting from the foothills, the foothills in the foreground, mountains in the background middle, and the top half of the painting is clouds.

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Artist: Catherine Perehudoff Fowler (1958 – , Canadian)

Title: Hot Afternoon

Date: 1990

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 55.9 x 76.2 cm

Description: landscape painting from the foothills, the foothills in the foreground, mountains in the background middle, and the top half of the painting is clouds.

Subject: foothills; mountains; clouds

Credit: Gift of Catherine Perehudoff Fowler, Saskatoon, 2017

Catalogue Number: PeC.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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Landscape

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

Date: 1923

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.05.49

Description: Watercolour in blues, yellow, red and brown high horizon line sharp edges in blue, yellow sombre sky, large mass of red-brown blending into aqua-blue on lower half of painting, as if to suggest water.

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

Title: Landscape

Date: 1923

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 10.5 x 15.5 cm

Description: Watercolour in blues, yellow, red and brown high horizon line sharp edges in blue, yellow sombre sky, large mass of red-brown blending into aqua-blue on lower half of painting, as if to suggest water.

Subject: landscape

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1986

Catalogue Number: CoJ.05.49

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Foothills of the Rockies

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

Date: 1925

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.05.01

Description: Landscape, colourful rolling foothills in the forground. - in the immediate forground at the bl. is a spot of green brown grasses. - past that is a varying green plateau. - then a spot of trees onward to the purple/blue mountains in the distance. - the sky fades into a yellow to green shade.“Collin…

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

Title: Foothills of the Rockies

Date: 1925

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 27.3 x 37 cm

Description: Landscape, colourful rolling foothills in the forground. - in the immediate forground at the bl. is a spot of green brown grasses. - past that is a varying green plateau. - then a spot of trees onward to the purple/blue mountains in the distance. - the sky fades into a yellow to green shade.“Collings typically restricted his darkest tones in this late watercolour to minimal accents -- a streak of rich sienna merging with deep blue which works as a ‘base line’ and his the key to colour relationships in the rest of his picture. The overall pastel tones and broad, open river valley view combine to produce an effect of silent and awesome beauty.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda Heath

Subject: landscape; water; grass; plateau

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1982

Catalogue Number: CoJ.05.01

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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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Heavy Seas

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

Date: c. 1927

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.05.19

Description: Scene of five sailboats at varying distance away sailing on a brisk sea of blue/green water, the sky has a shade of darkening blue/grey.“This view of sailboats, apparently racing, is related in mood and handing to Catalogue entry #187. [Celebration in Remembrance CoJ.05.22] Collings used cold tones…

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

Title: Heavy Seas

Date: c. 1927

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 15 x 31 cm

Description: Scene of five sailboats at varying distance away sailing on a brisk sea of blue/green water, the sky has a shade of darkening blue/grey.“This view of sailboats, apparently racing, is related in mood and handing to Catalogue entry #187. [Celebration in Remembrance CoJ.05.22] Collings used cold tones in both and rushing water to create a sense of drama.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda Heath

Subject: landscape; water; boats; sailboats

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1982

Catalogue Number: CoJ.05.19

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Celebration in Remembrance

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

Date: 1927

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.05.22

Description: Scene of a boat blue/rusting in colour with waves exploding up around its sides reaching twice the height of the boat in the air - the sky is a pale grey colour.“Collings used cold colours in this starkly observed drama. The air is filled with pale puffs of explosives while white jets of water burs…

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

Title: Celebration in Remembrance

Date: 1927

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 22 x 15.5 cm

Description: Scene of a boat blue/rusting in colour with waves exploding up around its sides reaching twice the height of the boat in the air - the sky is a pale grey colour.“Collings used cold colours in this starkly observed drama. The air is filled with pale puffs of explosives while white jets of water burst from what appears to be a fire boat.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda Heath

Subject: landscape; boat; explosives

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1982

Catalogue Number: CoJ.05.22

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Winter Tunnel near Sicamous

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

Date: 1927 – 1927

Medium: watercolour on board

Catalogue Number: CoJ.05.63

Description: Winter scene with a train tunnel in foreground. Snow and icicles are hanging over the entrance. On back of paper of picture frame were 4 different labels.First is at top left and is light brown in colour: “6. Collins [sic], Charles - ‘Winter; Tunnel on C.P.R. Track’. Lent by Mrs. Jonathan Rogers,…

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

Title: Winter Tunnel near Sicamous

Date: 1927 – 1927

Medium: watercolour on board

Dimensions: 38 x 30.5 cm

Description: Winter scene with a train tunnel in foreground. Snow and icicles are hanging over the entrance. On back of paper of picture frame were 4 different labels.First is at top left and is light brown in colour: “6. Collins [sic], Charles - ‘Winter; Tunnel on C.P.R. Track’. Lent by Mrs. Jonathan Rogers, Vancouver. 1920-30Second is top right and is green: “Vancouver Art Gallery - Name of Artist or Owner: Mrs. Jonathan Rogers - Address: 2050 Nelson St - Phone No.: [Indecipherable] - Title of Work: ‘Winter, Tunnel on C.P.R. Track between Sycamous & Winnipeg” - Price or insurable value (if not for sale): $350 - To be pasted on bottom right-hand corner of back of picture.”Third is white with red border: “Mrs. Jonathan Rogers, 2050 Nelson St. Vancouver. No 6, Do not remove wire”.Fourth label is white and from the Alex Fraser Galleries in Vancouver (5669 Granville Street Vancouver 13, B.C. - AM 6-6010, Alex Fraser Formerly of Bond Street, London, England) and is located at bottom: “ ’Winter Tunnel on C.P.R. Track’, Original Water Colour, by Charles John Collings.”

Subject: landscape; watercolour; train tunnel; winter; Charles John Collings

Credit: Gift of Mark Rivette, Vernon, 2015

Catalogue Number: CoJ.05.63

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Figure Studies

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Artist: Edmee Moore (1908 – 1971, Canadian)

Date: 1924 – 1932

Medium: graphite; on paper

Catalogue Number: MoE.03.099

Description: A single figure study of partially reclined figure with left leg bent and right leg extended, with arms supporting behind the back and head tilted back.

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Artist: Edmee Moore (1908 – 1971, Canadian)

Title: Figure Studies

Date: 1924 – 1932

Medium: graphite; on paper

Dimensions: 22.9 x 30.4 cm

Description: A single figure study of partially reclined figure with left leg bent and right leg extended, with arms supporting behind the back and head tilted back.

Subject: figure; still life

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: MoE.03.099

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Victoria Harbour

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Artist: Emily Carr (1871 – 1945, Canadian)

Date: prior to 1940

Medium: watercolour; gouache on paper

Catalogue Number: CaE.05.01

Description: General colour: grey, brown. A wooden post dock comes out into the water in the lower right corner. At the left side is more dock with a few small boats tied up to posts out in the water. Four sail boats are in the center. Two points of land narrow the water two thirds up. The left bank has buildin…

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Artist: Emily Carr (1871 – 1945, Canadian)

Title: Victoria Harbour

Date: prior to 1940

Medium: watercolour; gouache on paper

Dimensions: 10.5 x 16.2 cm

Description: General colour: grey, brown. A wooden post dock comes out into the water in the lower right corner. At the left side is more dock with a few small boats tied up to posts out in the water. Four sail boats are in the center. Two points of land narrow the water two thirds up. The left bank has buildings and trees on it. Beyond are distant mountains and grey sky.