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Stream, forest and mountains

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Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.404

Description: Landscapes where the focal point is in between the artist / viewer and the hill or mountain in the background of each drawing .Stream (snow?) in foreground, faint sketch of trees mid-ground with faint sketch of mountains in background.

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Title: Stream, forest and mountains

Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 38.5 x 28.5 cm

Description: Landscapes where the focal point is in between the artist / viewer and the hill or mountain in the background of each drawing .Stream (snow?) in foreground, faint sketch of trees mid-ground with faint sketch of mountains in background.

Subject: landscape

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.404

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Nearing Calgary from Regina

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Date: 1928

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.399

Description: Landscapes where the focal point is in betwwern the artist / viewer and the hill or mountain in the background of each drawing . Writing denotes details and colour scheme.Writing on back: “nearing Calgary from Regina - March 12th - 28”

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Title: Nearing Calgary from Regina

Date: 1928

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 28.0 x 35.5 cm

Description: Landscapes where the focal point is in betwwern the artist / viewer and the hill or mountain in the background of each drawing . Writing denotes details and colour scheme.Writing on back: “nearing Calgary from Regina - March 12th - 28”

Subject: landscape

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.399

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Portrait of Dr. Brett

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Artist: A.F. Cels

Date: 1907

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: CeA.03.01

Description: General colour: black and white on yellow brown. The head of a man turned slightly left. He has a long mustache and his hair parts a little to the right of center.

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Artist: A.F. Cels

Title: Portrait of Dr. Brett

Date: 1907

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 20.6 x 15.5 cm

Description: General colour: black and white on yellow brown. The head of a man turned slightly left. He has a long mustache and his hair parts a little to the right of center.

Subject: portrait; male; Dr. R. G. Brett

Credit: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Tabuteau, Banff, 1966

Catalogue Number: CeA.03.01

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Mt. Resplendent

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

Date: 1914

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: JaA.03.15

Description: A stylistically loose drawing of a mountain scene. The view is looking in between two mountains who are cropped at either side of the page. In between them is one mountain who's peak is in the left third of the page. Trees are scattered across the mountains in the foreground.

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

Title: Mt. Resplendent

Date: 1914

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 19.0 x 25.3 cm

Description: A stylistically loose drawing of a mountain scene. The view is looking in between two mountains who are cropped at either side of the page. In between them is one mountain who's peak is in the left third of the page. Trees are scattered across the mountains in the foreground.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; Mount Resplendent

Credit: Gift of Donald Grace, Saanichton, 1997

Catalogue Number: JaA.03.15

Notes: Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018

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“Corfe Castle” Dorset

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

Date: n.d.

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: LaC.03.10

Description: A pencil drawing showing a castle on a hilltop in the upper centre portion of the image. At the base of the hill there is a village. A streeet extends from the bottom of the hill as if the viewer is looking down it. There are buildings at the bottom of it and buildings line it. A horse and cart…

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

Title: “Corfe Castle” Dorset

Date: n.d.

Medium: graphite on paper

Description: A pencil drawing showing a castle on a hilltop in the upper centre portion of the image. At the base of the hill there is a village. A streeet extends from the bottom of the hill as if the viewer is looking down it. There are buildings at the bottom of it and buildings line it. A horse and cart and people are on the street. The drawing looks as if it is a sketch.

Subject: landscape; urban; architecture; castle; Corfe Castle; England; Dorset

Credit: Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 2001

Catalogue Number: LaC.03.10

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Bodium Sussex

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

Date: n.d.

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: LaC.03.11

Description: A road runs across the image from the blc but turns up into the image in the centre. In the centre left of the image there is a house with bow windows, one above the other. Another house appears to be behind this one. Trees are further behind these two houses. In the centre of the image there i…

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

Title: Bodium Sussex

Date: n.d.

Medium: graphite on paper

Description: A road runs across the image from the blc but turns up into the image in the centre. In the centre left of the image there is a house with bow windows, one above the other. Another house appears to be behind this one. Trees are further behind these two houses. In the centre of the image there is a church and beside it are two more houses facing toward the left of the image. A small grassy area is in the brc.

Subject: landscape; urban; architecture; house; church; England; Sussex

Credit: Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 2001

Catalogue Number: LaC.03.11

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Draining Mill - Norfolk

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

Date: n.d.

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: LaC.03.12

Description: Black and white drawing of a windmill. The windmill is drawn in the centre left of the image on a slight hill. The arms of the windmill are viewed from the side. A bit of a fence is visible in the brc. In the distance on the blc there is a farmhouse. Clouds are drawn in the sky.

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

Title: Draining Mill - Norfolk

Date: n.d.

Medium: graphite on paper

Description: Black and white drawing of a windmill. The windmill is drawn in the centre left of the image on a slight hill. The arms of the windmill are viewed from the side. A bit of a fence is visible in the brc. In the distance on the blc there is a farmhouse. Clouds are drawn in the sky.

Subject: architecture; windmill; landscape; rural; England; Norfolk

Credit: Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 2001

Catalogue Number: LaC.03.12

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Mt. Assiniboine

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

Date: n.d.

Medium: pastel on paper

Catalogue Number: LaC.03.13

Description: The peak of Mt. Assiniboine rises up in the upper centre portion of the drawing. A glacier extends into the foreground from the mountain. Lake Magog is visible in the bottom left corner, while a hill with trees and snow on it, is visible in the bottom right corner.

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

Title: Mt. Assiniboine

Date: n.d.

Medium: pastel on paper

Dimensions: 42.0 x 53.3 cm

Description: The peak of Mt. Assiniboine rises up in the upper centre portion of the drawing. A glacier extends into the foreground from the mountain. Lake Magog is visible in the bottom left corner, while a hill with trees and snow on it, is visible in the bottom right corner.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; Mt. Assiniboine; Lake Magog

Credit: Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 2001

Catalogue Number: LaC.03.13

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Untitled [Sketch]

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

Date: n.d.

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: LaC.03.14

Description: A sketch of a church is in the upper left corner of the paper. The sketch is framed by a hand-drawn square border. Around the the sketch there are hand-written notes. In the upper right corner of the paper there is a sketch of a church spire.

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

Title: Untitled [Sketch]

Date: n.d.

Medium: graphite on paper

Description: A sketch of a church is in the upper left corner of the paper. The sketch is framed by a hand-drawn square border. Around the the sketch there are hand-written notes. In the upper right corner of the paper there is a sketch of a church spire.

Subject: architecture; church

Credit: Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 2001

Catalogue Number: LaC.03.14

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Mt. Biddle

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Artist: Arthur Lismer (1885 – 1969, Canadian)

Date: 1928

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: LiA.03.01

Description: This drawing is a stylistically loose portrayal of a mountain scene. This scene is comprised only of mountains and rock - no trees or such other landscape. There is a peak in TLC and the mountain slopes downward to another smaller peak in the TRC. The foreground of the piece is comprised of many…

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Artist: Arthur Lismer (1885 – 1969, Canadian)

Title: Mt. Biddle

Date: 1928

Medium: graphite on paper

Description: This drawing is a stylistically loose portrayal of a mountain scene. This scene is comprised only of mountains and rock - no trees or such other landscape. There is a peak in TLC and the mountain slopes downward to another smaller peak in the TRC. The foreground of the piece is comprised of many loose rocks that are piled on top of one another and recede into the background. The line quality of the drawing in the foreground is much heavier and more detailed than the background. Shading in the piece is done mostly with cross-hatching.

Subject: Landscape; Canadian Rockies; Mountains

Credit: Gift of Donald Grace, Saanichton, 1997

Catalogue Number: LiA.03.01

Notes: Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018

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Icefield Series – B

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Artist: Barbara Milne (1956 – , Canadian)

Date: 1993

Medium: charcoal; chalk on paper

Catalogue Number: MiB.03.02

Description: Mountain dominates almost full frame, icefield centred top, foreground dark with hint of colours green and brown. Sky blue with tinge of green.

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Artist: Barbara Milne (1956 – , Canadian)

Title: Icefield Series – B

Date: 1993

Medium: charcoal; chalk on paper

Dimensions: 52.5 x 72.4 cm

Description: Mountain dominates almost full frame, icefield centred top, foreground dark with hint of colours green and brown. Sky blue with tinge of green.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; glacier, Columbia Icefield

Credit: Gift of Barbara Milne, Calgary, 1994

Catalogue Number: MiB.03.02

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Icefield Series – A

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Artist: Barbara Milne (1956 – , Canadian)

Date: 1993

Medium: charcoal; chalk on paper

Catalogue Number: MiB.03.01

Description: Icefield fans out from centre near top to the foreground. Mountain frames the foreground and both sides with shades of green, yellow and brown. Blue sky has long dark streaks.

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Artist: Barbara Milne (1956 – , Canadian)

Title: Icefield Series – A

Date: 1993

Medium: charcoal; chalk on paper

Dimensions: 52.5 x 72.4 cm

Description: Icefield fans out from centre near top to the foreground. Mountain frames the foreground and both sides with shades of green, yellow and brown. Blue sky has long dark streaks.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; glacier, Columbia Icefield

Credit: Gift of Barbara Milne, Calgary, 1994

Catalogue Number: MiB.03.01

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Icefield Series - C

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Artist: Barbara Milne (1956 – , Canadian)

Date: 1993

Medium: charcoal; chalk on paper

Catalogue Number: MiB.03.03

Description: The mountain dominates to almost top of picture. Icefield at top right and down to right foreground. Mountain is mostly black with contours of light and dark with shades of green, brown and yellow. The sky is lightly streaked blue.

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Artist: Barbara Milne (1956 – , Canadian)

Title: Icefield Series - C

Date: 1993

Medium: charcoal; chalk on paper

Dimensions: 52.5 x 72.5 cm

Description: The mountain dominates to almost top of picture. Icefield at top right and down to right foreground. Mountain is mostly black with contours of light and dark with shades of green, brown and yellow. The sky is lightly streaked blue.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; Columbia Icefield; glacier

Credit: Gift of Barbara Milne, Calgary, 1994

Catalogue Number: MiB.03.03

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Untitled

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Artist: Bess Harris (1891 – 1969, Canadian)

Date: 1954

Medium: pastel on paper

Catalogue Number: HrB.03.01

Description: An abstract pastel drawing of what looks to be the skull of a cow or bison. The skull is surrounded by loosely concentric rings.

Artist: Bess Harris (1891 – 1969, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1954

Medium: pastel on paper

Description: An abstract pastel drawing of what looks to be the skull of a cow or bison. The skull is surrounded by loosely concentric rings.

Subject: abstract; animal; bovine; skull

Credit: Gift of George K.K. (Tommy) Link, Tucson, USA, 1979

Catalogue Number: HrB.03.01

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Untitled

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Date: 1916 – 1916

Medium: pastel

Catalogue Number: WyC.03.003

Description: Main image is of a house amidst a copse of pine trees, with rolling hills in the background. A road leads up to the main house and then branches off to head towards another small building in the distance (on left side) with two pine trees. The bottom third has been lightly coloured green to intim…

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1916 – 1916

Medium: pastel

Dimensions: 22.5 x 30.5 cm

Description: Main image is of a house amidst a copse of pine trees, with rolling hills in the background. A road leads up to the main house and then branches off to head towards another small building in the distance (on left side) with two pine trees. The bottom third has been lightly coloured green to intimate grass.On back: “Catharine Robb 1916”

Subject: landscape; house; home; trees

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.03.003

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Tofino Paintings

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Date: 1943 – 1977

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyC.03.234 a-i

Description: a) A yellow envelope that has a red Ottawa, Canada stamp dated for April 25, 1977 in the TRC, in the TLC printed it says “Office of The Prime Minister Ottawa, Canada K1A 0A2 Cabinet du Premier Ministre”. Tapped in the middle is the address it is being mailed to, it says “Tofino Paintings here (Banf…

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Title: Tofino Paintings

Date: 1943 – 1977

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 24.2 x 30.3 cm

Description: a) A yellow envelope that has a red Ottawa, Canada stamp dated for April 25, 1977 in the TRC, in the TLC printed it says “Office of The Prime Minister Ottawa, Canada K1A 0A2 Cabinet du Premier Ministre”. Tapped in the middle is the address it is being mailed to, it says “Tofino Paintings here (Banff) 1 of [sic: can’t make out the work after of] Mrs. Catharine R. Whyte, P.O. Box 370, Banff, Alberta OFFICE OF THE PRIME MINISTER - CABINET DU PREMIER MINISTRE OTTAWA K1A 0A2”. b)Sketch of a an inlet, there is a mountain to the right with some quick pencil marks to establish trees at the base and across the water near the right edge. There is also outlines for mist. Surrounding the sketch there are notes on the structure of the painting and what colours to use: “very misty, blue green about right, darker than in painting, mist behind trees, white, pale pink peach, peach - same value sky -, more orange, yellow green, white, fig, pinkish lavender hills, 4, 3, yellow, blue, pale, [sic can not make out] dark, pale yellow green blue & shy reflec., pink in stores, pale brown, 5, reflection, pink, wind pale blue, dark reflection, some pink, merges, darkest green, sky about right green in trees on island”. c) Quick sketch of a mountain, trees and a body of water. Around the drawing there is notes on colour and structure for future paintings : “misty above, faint hits light lavender hue, orange light, fog flat bluish fog, green, dark, soft lavender blue reflection, reflect of trees lighter than trees, orange wind - pale yellowish no pink”. d) A sketch of what appears to be a mountains landscape next to water. There is a printed inscription on the paper that says “Mail order Tofino, B.C. Nov. 24, 1943.”. As well there is references to colour and structure to be used on an artwork later on: “bluer flecks of pale green pink, more pinkish lavender, patch pale green sky , soft sweet pea pink, bright pinkish yellow, blueish lavender, blueish green, dark green, dark green blue, pink reflection, blue, pinkish, redish [sic] brownish purple”. Verso: another sketch of an inlet with a mountain, water and trees. Throughout the drawing it is filled with artist notes: “sweet pea cloud, soft edges, pale greenish stripe [sic] sky, sweet pea lavender, blue violet, deep pink, 2 darker blue green, 3 blackish green, steal blue, dark reflect, pink reflection, blue, pink, blueish greenish grey water wind, pinkish stripe , lavender, sand reddish brown”. e) A drawing of trees on the edge of water. In the sketch there is artist notes that say: “pinkish orangish haze on hills, greenish sky, light blue, dark green, light blue”. f) Sketch of trees on water. Around the drawing it says “sort of green relect, reflect of trees fades off, pinkist near edge, outs - [sic], dark where pebbles reflect sky are”. g) Multiple sections of trees bordered by the ocean. Around the drawing there is artist notes: “ paler sky - little orange in yellow, value trees about reflect, darker beach - little blue in white fog, light, light, dark, dark, wind whitish blue, [sic can not make out first word] reflect”. h) Sketch of a mountain with clouds all around, and trees. Throughout the drawing it says “5, 7, 8, bluish grey white, lighter grey, 6, 4, greenish, darkest, 2, 3, 3, light silver, 9”. i) Along top edge it says “Cold blue above, laven d [sic lavender] yellow greenish blue. robins egg - brilliant orange sunrise top part more pinkish blue -”.