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Rock Pools, York River

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Artist
A.J. Casson (1898 – 1992)
Date
1957
Medium
painting on paper
Catalogue Number
CaA.05.01
Description
A watercolour landscape painting. A large dark green/blue pool in the centre is surrounded by rocks and dominates the painting. Just above and to the left is another small pool. The rocks surrounding the pool are beige and brown with dark blue accents and outlines. There are a couple small patches …
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Artist
A.J. Casson (1898 – 1992)
Title
Rock Pools, York River
Date
1957
Medium
painting on paper
Dimensions
27.0 x 34.0 cm
Description
A watercolour landscape painting. A large dark green/blue pool in the centre is surrounded by rocks and dominates the painting. Just above and to the left is another small pool. The rocks surrounding the pool are beige and brown with dark blue accents and outlines. There are a couple small patches of green grass amongst the rocks. Faint pencil marks of letters can be seen scattered on rocks and pencil marks of outline sketch. The artist signature is in the bottom rhc, “A.J.CASSON”. Au verso there are two stickers. The one in the top left corner is brown with black print, “ROBERTS GALLERY LIMITED Dealers in Fine Paintings and Frames since 1842 641 YONGE ST. - - - TORONTO. Title: ROCK POOLS - YORK RIVER - 1957 Artist: A.J. CASSON Price: $175.00 Stock No: 3858b Height: 10 7/8 Width: 13 5/8”. The other sticker is white with green ink and blue pen and is in the top rhc, “ROBERTS GALLERY LIMITED 641 YONGE STREET TORONTO M4Y 1Z9 MUSEUM MAT (has blue pen check mark beside) MUSEUM BACK (check mark beside) WC mounted INSPECTED BY: (illegible signature) BY ARTIST”.
Subject
rock pool
A.J. Casson
Credit
Gift of David McClintock Denovan, Calgary, 2012
Catalogue Number
CaA.05.01
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Seal Thoughts of Man

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Artist
Akesuk Tudlik (1890 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1959
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
TuD.04.01
Description
Black silhouette of a man with arms up, standing on the head of a seal (head and shoulders of the seal); features cut out with red in the eyes and the seal’s nose.
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Artist
Akesuk Tudlik (1890 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Seal Thoughts of Man
Date
1959
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
61.0 x 20.6 cm
Description
Black silhouette of a man with arms up, standing on the head of a seal (head and shoulders of the seal); features cut out with red in the eyes and the seal’s nose.
Subject
Abstract
Figure
Inuit
Animal
seal
Credit
Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
Catalogue Number
TuD.04.01
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Artist
Aldro T. Hibbard (1886 – 1972, American)
Date
c. 1940
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
HbA.02.04
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Artist
Aldro T. Hibbard (1886 – 1972, American)
Title
Winter Creek
Date
c. 1940
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
39.8 x 49.7 cm
Subject
landscape, mountains, river
winter
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
HbA.02.04
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Artist
Aldro T. Hibbard (1886 – 1972, American)
Date
1938
Medium
woodcut on paper
Catalogue Number
HbA.04.02
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Artist
Aldro T. Hibbard (1886 – 1972, American)
Title
Covered Bridge
Date
1938
Medium
woodcut on paper
Dimensions
12.3 x 17.4 cm
Subject
landscape, hills
animal, oxen
figure, male
winter
Christmas
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
HbA.04.02
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Artist
Aldro T. Hibbard (1886 – 1972, American)
Date
1935 – 1945
Medium
woodcut on paper
Catalogue Number
HbA.04.03
Description
A winter scene of a stone bridge over a small brook; trees on backs; houses in background; black ink on light brown paper; snow handpainted on rooftops and ground
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Artist
Aldro T. Hibbard (1886 – 1972, American)
Title
Untitled
Date
1935 – 1945
Medium
woodcut on paper
Dimensions
13.0 x 16.1 cm
Description
A winter scene of a stone bridge over a small brook; trees on backs; houses in background; black ink on light brown paper; snow handpainted on rooftops and ground
Subject
landscape, winter
landscape, urban
religion, Christmas;
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
HbA.04.03
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Artist
Aldro T. Hibbard (1886 – 1972, American)
Date
1936 – 1937
Medium
wood cut on paper
Catalogue Number
HbA.04.01
Description
Sleigh approaching village, signed brc A.T. Hibbard. Printed on pale turquoise paper with dark blue ink and later hand-coloured, was an Xmas card sent by artist to the Whytes.
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Artist
Aldro T. Hibbard (1886 – 1972, American)
Title
Sleigh and Village
Date
1936 – 1937
Medium
wood cut on paper
Dimensions
11.9 x 15.7 cm
Description
Sleigh approaching village, signed brc A.T. Hibbard. Printed on pale turquoise paper with dark blue ink and later hand-coloured, was an Xmas card sent by artist to the Whytes.
Subject
landscape, mountains
architecture, urban
animal, horse
winter
Christmas
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
HbA.04.01
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Artist
Aleen Aked (1907 – 2003, Canadian)
Date
c. 1939
Medium
oil on canvas board
Catalogue Number
AkA.02.04
Description
Trees in foreground on either side of image. Open area leads to a river, mountains in background.
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Artist
Aleen Aked (1907 – 2003, Canadian)
Title
In the Rockies
Date
c. 1939
Medium
oil on canvas board
Dimensions
30.4 x 40.5 cm
Description
Trees in foreground on either side of image. Open area leads to a river, mountains in background.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Purchased from The Collector’s Gallery, Calgary, 2005
Catalogue Number
AkA.02.04
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Artist
Aleen Aked (1907 – 2003, Canadian)
Date
c. 1939
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
AkA.02.02
Description
A classic view of Lake Louise. Dark green trees and mountainsides are on either side of the painting. Victoria Glacier is painted in shades of tan and slate. Bright turquoise Lake Louise is in the bottom foreground.
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Artist
Aleen Aked (1907 – 2003, Canadian)
Title
Lake Louise
Date
c. 1939
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
66.5 x 79.5 cm
Description
A classic view of Lake Louise. Dark green trees and mountainsides are on either side of the painting. Victoria Glacier is painted in shades of tan and slate. Bright turquoise Lake Louise is in the bottom foreground.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Lake Louise
Credit
Purchased from The Collector’s Gallery, Calgary, 2004
Catalogue Number
AkA.02.02
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The Rockies in Summer

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Artist
Aleen Aked (1907 – 2003, Canadian)
Date
c. 1939
Medium
oil on canvas board
Catalogue Number
AkA.02.01
Description
Painting of mountains in summertime. At the bottom of the mountains are hills that become rocky at the centre of the image. Impasto is noticeable at the centre of the painting.
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Artist
Aleen Aked (1907 – 2003, Canadian)
Title
The Rockies in Summer
Date
c. 1939
Medium
oil on canvas board
Description
Painting of mountains in summertime. At the bottom of the mountains are hills that become rocky at the centre of the image. Impasto is noticeable at the centre of the painting.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
summer
Credit
Purchased from The Collector’s Gallery, Calgary, 2004
Catalogue Number
AkA.02.01
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
1930
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.17
Description
General colour: teal green lake, purple tan mountains, grey clouds. Lower right corner there is a group of scraggly trees on rock. The lake fills the lower third. Two bars of sand and grass come in from either side. The mountains sweep up to bluestery clouds which come down over the peeks.
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Bow Lake
Date
1930
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
33.9 x 44.1 cm
Description
General colour: teal green lake, purple tan mountains, grey clouds. Lower right corner there is a group of scraggly trees on rock. The lake fills the lower third. Two bars of sand and grass come in from either side. The mountains sweep up to bluestery clouds which come down over the peeks.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.17
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
1934
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.22
Description
General colour: brown, blue. Lower two thirds is filled with the dry rock slopes of a mountain which peaks in the upper enter. Blue sky comes down from both upper corners. One large cloud sits upper center.
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Deception Pass
Date
1934
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
27.2 x 36.8 cm
Description
General colour: brown, blue. Lower two thirds is filled with the dry rock slopes of a mountain which peaks in the upper enter. Blue sky comes down from both upper corners. One large cloud sits upper center.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.22
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
1937
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.11
Description
General colour: grey, blue, beige, white. There is a lake in the lower left foreground; a cloudy sky in the upper right corner; a glacier rises from the lake left of center; the peaks run off the picture at the left but appear in the distance down towards the right of the picture.
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Goodsir Plateau
Date
1937
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
27.5 x 38.0 cm
Description
General colour: grey, blue, beige, white. There is a lake in the lower left foreground; a cloudy sky in the upper right corner; a glacier rises from the lake left of center; the peaks run off the picture at the left but appear in the distance down towards the right of the picture.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.11
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
1954
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.10
Description
General colour: blue, grey. Rocks go along the bottom edge and out from the left in big boulders. These mark the edge of a pool of water. A piece of land with boulders comes out from the right one third up. Behind are blue mountains partly hidden by enveloping clouds.
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Molar Pass
Date
1954
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
26.5 x 38.0 cm
Description
General colour: blue, grey. Rocks go along the bottom edge and out from the left in big boulders. These mark the edge of a pool of water. A piece of land with boulders comes out from the right one third up. Behind are blue mountains partly hidden by enveloping clouds.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.10
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Artist
Angiayuk
Date
later than 1955
Catalogue Number
AnG.06.01
Description
Stone carving of a loon with spots on it’s back, long neck and beak Curved c-shaped fish in it’s mouth, pointing downward.
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Artist
Angiayuk
Title
Untitled
Date
later than 1955
Dimensions
11.7 x 9.0 x 30.5 cm
Description
Stone carving of a loon with spots on it’s back, long neck and beak Curved c-shaped fish in it’s mouth, pointing downward.
Subject
animal, loon
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
AnG.06.01
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Three Laplanders And A Dog

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Artist
Astri Riis Horvei
Date
1930 – 1950
Medium
gouache on paper
Catalogue Number
HoA.07.01
Description
Three Sami, one adult male, a male child and a female child, all in full traditional dress. The males have a three-pointed blue hat, a long blue tunic tied with a colourful belt, colourful trim on shoulders and arms, black leggings and yellow pointed-toe boots. The girl has a red hat, a flowered sc…
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Artist
Astri Riis Horvei
Title
Three Laplanders And A Dog
Date
1930 – 1950
Medium
gouache on paper
Dimensions
25.1 x 32.3 cm
Description
Three Sami, one adult male, a male child and a female child, all in full traditional dress. The males have a three-pointed blue hat, a long blue tunic tied with a colourful belt, colourful trim on shoulders and arms, black leggings and yellow pointed-toe boots. The girl has a red hat, a flowered scarf over her shoulders, a light blue decorated tunic, black leggings and yellow boots. A black dog, cut out of black paper, stands to the left of the picture.
Subject
figure, group, male, child
animal, dog
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
HoA.07.01
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Abbot Pass from Upper Victoria Glacier

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Artist
Bruno Engler (1915 – 2001, Canadian)
Date
1956
Medium
silver gelatin on paper
Catalogue Number
EnB.18.04
Description
A black and white photographic positive, a mountain pass , snow and ice covered, meanders from the bottom left of the picture to centre top, the mountains rise steeply from both sides of the pass and fill the picture almost to the top, a hut is at the top of the pass, the sky is cloudy
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Artist
Bruno Engler (1915 – 2001, Canadian)
Title
Abbot Pass from Upper Victoria Glacier
Date
1956
Medium
silver gelatin on paper
Dimensions
49.5 x 39.1 cm
Description
A black and white photographic positive, a mountain pass , snow and ice covered, meanders from the bottom left of the picture to centre top, the mountains rise steeply from both sides of the pass and fill the picture almost to the top, a hut is at the top of the pass, the sky is cloudy
Subject
landscape
mountain
Abbot Pass
Credit
Purchased from Bruno Engler, Harvie Heights, 1985
Catalogue Number
EnB.18.04
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Banff Springs Hotel, Rocky Mountains 1887

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Artist
C. Firth
Date
1887
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
FiC.05.01
Description
Scene showing Banff springs hotel at right perched on a hillside. In the background the Bow River winds through a valley between Tunnel Mountain and Mt. Roundly. More mountains in distance. Trees in foreground. My. Roundly is hazy, almost unfinished in appearance.
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Artist
C. Firth
Title
Banff Springs Hotel, Rocky Mountains 1887
Date
1887
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
12.0 x 16.0 cm
Description
Scene showing Banff springs hotel at right perched on a hillside. In the background the Bow River winds through a valley between Tunnel Mountain and Mt. Roundly. More mountains in distance. Trees in foreground. My. Roundly is hazy, almost unfinished in appearance.
Subject
mountains
Banff
Bow River
Alberta
Banff Springs Hotel
Credit
Gift of Dorothy and Jim McLeod, Calgary, 2021
Catalogue Number
FiC.05.01
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Artist
C. Firth
Date
1887
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
FiC.05.02
Description
Large river [The Bow River] with snow-capped mountains at back and stands of conifers on the banks. River winds from left foreground into right background. Stand of trees at right foreground.
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Artist
C. Firth
Title
Bow River NWT, 1887
Date
1887
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
12.0 x 16.0 cm
Description
Large river [The Bow River] with snow-capped mountains at back and stands of conifers on the banks. River winds from left foreground into right background. Stand of trees at right foreground.
Subject
mountains
Banff
Bow River
Alberta
Credit
Gift of Dorothy and Jim McLeod, Calgary, 2021
Catalogue Number
FiC.05.02
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Silver City and Castle Mountain, B.C., 1887

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Artist
C. Firth
Date
1887
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
FiC.05.03
Description
Collection of low log buildings in an open field with A large mountain [Castle Mountain] rising up in the distance. Mountain appears hazy, almost unfinished.
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Artist
C. Firth
Title
Silver City and Castle Mountain, B.C., 1887
Date
1887
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
12.0 x 16.0 cm
Description
Collection of low log buildings in an open field with A large mountain [Castle Mountain] rising up in the distance. Mountain appears hazy, almost unfinished.
Subject
mountains
castle mountain
log cabins
town
Credit
Gift of Dorothy and Jim McLeod, Calgary, 2021
Catalogue Number
FiC.05.03
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Artist
Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)
Date
1937
Medium
etching on paper
Catalogue Number
RuC.04.15
Description
Colour: black on white. Two moose stand in bushes and grass. The cow in the lower right facing left. The bull in the upper left facing right. In the lower left corner are logs. In the upper right corner are trees and across the top behind are mountain slopes.
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Artist
Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)
Title
Mates
Date
1937
Medium
etching on paper
Dimensions
27.5 x 36.5 cm
Description
Colour: black on white. Two moose stand in bushes and grass. The cow in the lower right facing left. The bull in the upper left facing right. In the lower left corner are logs. In the upper right corner are trees and across the top behind are mountain slopes.
Subject
landscape, with animals
animal, moose
landscape, mountain
Credit
Gift of Dorothy H. Wardle, Sidney, 1976
Catalogue Number
RuC.04.15
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