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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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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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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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Daybreak Over Sunshine

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

Date: 1995

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: TiC.02.03

Description: On the left side of this painting you can see three bighorn sheep in the center area. One sheep is closer then the rest and is looking straight at the viewer of the painting. The other two sheep are back further and are also looking in the same direction. All three of these animals are standing on …

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

Title: Daybreak Over Sunshine

Date: 1995

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 63.5 x 91.4 cm

Description: On the left side of this painting you can see three bighorn sheep in the center area. One sheep is closer then the rest and is looking straight at the viewer of the painting. The other two sheep are back further and are also looking in the same direction. All three of these animals are standing on rock and the ground is rough. The rock gets higher as it moves to the right of the painting and a tree grows from the ground at the very point the rock touches the right side picture frame. In the distance are mountains with snow covered peaks. The colour of the mountains and snow is a purple, blue hue. All three of the bighorn sheep have full, rounded horns.

Subject: animals; bighorn sheep; landscape; Canadian Rockies

Credit: Gift of Clarence Ingwall Tillenius, Winnipeg, 1996

Catalogue Number: TiC.02.03

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Andromeda

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Artist: David More (1947 – , Canadian)

Date: 1993

Medium: oil on board

Catalogue Number: MoI.02.01

Description: A large mountain rises up at left, a glacier spills down its face into the centre of the painting. Thin conifer trees are in the foreground. The sky is dark blue.

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Artist: David More (1947 – , Canadian)

Title: Andromeda

Date: 1993

Medium: oil on board

Dimensions: 30.5 x 40.5 cm

Description: A large mountain rises up at left, a glacier spills down its face into the centre of the painting. Thin conifer trees are in the foreground. The sky is dark blue.

Subject: mountains; glaciers; Mount Andromeda, Banff

Credit: Gift of David More, Benalto, 2021

Catalogue Number: MoI.02.01

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Glacier Majesty (diptych)

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Artist: David More (1947 – , Canadian)

Date: 1993

Medium: oil on board

Catalogue Number: MoI.02.02

Description: A mountain scene showing large mountains separated by two large glaciers that reach into the foreground. Colours are browns and purples for the mountains and white, blue, and grey for the glaciers.

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Artist: David More (1947 – , Canadian)

Title: Glacier Majesty (diptych)

Date: 1993

Medium: oil on board

Dimensions: 40.5 x 81.0 cm

Description: A mountain scene showing large mountains separated by two large glaciers that reach into the foreground. Colours are browns and purples for the mountains and white, blue, and grey for the glaciers.

Subject: mountains; glaciers; Columbia Icefields

Credit: Gift of David More, Benalto, 2021

Catalogue Number: MoI.02.02

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Evening Forms - Slopes and Mt. Athabasca

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Artist: David More (1947 – , Canadian)

Date: 1993

Medium: oil on board

Catalogue Number: MoI.02.03

Description: A mountain scene in which a grassy, lightly forested slope leads to a green and brown slope. In the background is a large, snow covered mountain. The sky is visible at top left and is mainly blue with streaks of pink.

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Artist: David More (1947 – , Canadian)

Title: Evening Forms - Slopes and Mt. Athabasca

Date: 1993

Medium: oil on board

Dimensions: 40.5 x 40.5 cm

Description: A mountain scene in which a grassy, lightly forested slope leads to a green and brown slope. In the background is a large, snow covered mountain. The sky is visible at top left and is mainly blue with streaks of pink.

Subject: mountains; Mt. Athabasca

Credit: Gift of David More, Benalto, 2021

Catalogue Number: MoI.02.03

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Rain Shrouds the Nigels

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Artist: David More (1947 – , Canadian)

Date: 1993

Medium: Oil on board

Catalogue Number: MoI.02.04

Description: A rainbow stretches from the centre of the painting to the upper right corner. Below the rainbow is a grassy slope with red and purple accents. a rocky outcrop emerges from a cloud at left. the sky is swirls of purple.

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Artist: David More (1947 – , Canadian)

Title: Rain Shrouds the Nigels

Date: 1993

Medium: Oil on board

Dimensions: 28.0 x 35.0 cm

Description: A rainbow stretches from the centre of the painting to the upper right corner. Below the rainbow is a grassy slope with red and purple accents. a rocky outcrop emerges from a cloud at left. the sky is swirls of purple.

Subject: rainbow; mountains

Credit: Gift of David More, Benalto, 2021

Catalogue Number: MoI.02.04

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Eventide, Maligne Lake

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Artist: David Pugh (1946 – 1994, Canadian)

Date: 1991

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: PhD.02.01

Description: Lake and mountain scene, mostly dark blue, bottom half is the lake, trees rim left and right side at centre with reflections, narrow peninsula extends from brc to centre left. A ground of coniferous trees on it near end, reflections, a single coniferous tree at left runs from top to bottom, sparse…

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Artist: David Pugh (1946 – 1994, Canadian)

Title: Eventide, Maligne Lake

Date: 1991

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 61.0 x 75.8 cm

Description: Lake and mountain scene, mostly dark blue, bottom half is the lake, trees rim left and right side at centre with reflections, narrow peninsula extends from brc to centre left. A ground of coniferous trees on it near end, reflections, a single coniferous tree at left runs from top to bottom, sparsely branched, snow cappped mountains rise from lake edge, long white clouds, predominantly centre to top left.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; lake

Credit: Purchased from Masters Gallery ltd., Calgary, 1991

Catalogue Number: PhD.02.01

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Dogs, Standoff, Blood Reserve, Alberta

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Artist: George Webber

Date: 1997 – 1998

Medium: photograph on paper

Catalogue Number: WeB.18.06

Description: Two dogs outside Standoff general store, Alberta.

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Artist: George Webber

Title: Dogs, Standoff, Blood Reserve, Alberta

Date: 1997 – 1998

Medium: photograph on paper

Dimensions: 11” x 14” cm

Description: Two dogs outside Standoff general store, Alberta.

Subject: documentary photography; Indigenous; community; dogs

Credit: Gift of George Webber, Calgary, 2014

Catalogue Number: WeB.18.06

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Elizabeth Eagle Speaker After the Funeral of her Grandson, Roland Scowt

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Artist: George Webber

Date: 1999 – 2000

Medium: photograph on paper

Catalogue Number: WeB.18.07

Description: Photograph of Elizabeth Eagle Speaker sitting in a car after her grandson’s funeral at St. Catherine Cemetery. Photograph taken at the Blood Reserve, Alberta.

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Artist: George Webber

Title: Elizabeth Eagle Speaker After the Funeral of her Grandson, Roland Scowt

Date: 1999 – 2000

Medium: photograph on paper

Dimensions: 11” x 14” cm

Description: Photograph of Elizabeth Eagle Speaker sitting in a car after her grandson’s funeral at St. Catherine Cemetery. Photograph taken at the Blood Reserve, Alberta.

Subject: documentary photography; Indigenous; community

Credit: Gift of George Webber, Calgary, 2014

Catalogue Number: WeB.18.07

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Frank Smallface, Randa Weaselhead and their daughter Kayleen Smallface

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Artist: George Webber

Date: 1997 – 1997

Medium: photograph on paper

Catalogue Number: WeB.18.08

Description: Portrait photograph of Frank Smallface, Randa Weaselhead and their daughter Kayleen Smallface taken in their home near Standoff, Alberta.

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Artist: George Webber

Title: Frank Smallface, Randa Weaselhead and their daughter Kayleen Smallface

Date: 1997 – 1997

Medium: photograph on paper

Dimensions: 11” x 14” cm

Description: Portrait photograph of Frank Smallface, Randa Weaselhead and their daughter Kayleen Smallface taken in their home near Standoff, Alberta.