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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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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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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Date
1880
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
CoJ.05.45
Description
Scene of a valley with outcroppings of dark rust/red rocks to the right and forground right, trees to the left middle, and mountains in the distance.
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Title
Marble Halls
Date
1880
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
13.5 x 14 cm
Description
Scene of a valley with outcroppings of dark rust/red rocks to the right and forground right, trees to the left middle, and mountains in the distance.
Subject
landscape
Credit
Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1986
Catalogue Number
CoJ.05.45
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Date
c. 1890
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
CoJ.05.62
Description
A tree sits on the left side, and is circled by a road. A bridge sits on the right side, with trees and a town visible in the centre background.
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Title
Rural English Scene
Date
c. 1890
Medium
watercolour on paper
Description
A tree sits on the left side, and is circled by a road. A bridge sits on the right side, with trees and a town visible in the centre background.
Subject
landscape
trees
town
bridge
houses
Credit
Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
Catalogue Number
CoJ.05.62
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Date
c. 1890
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
CoJ.05.61
Description
A road runs up through the right side of the work. A small section of trees sit in the centre, and a house sits on the upper left. The image is dominated by green tones.
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Title
Hazy Morn
Date
c. 1890
Medium
watercolour on paper
Description
A road runs up through the right side of the work. A small section of trees sit in the centre, and a house sits on the upper left. The image is dominated by green tones.
Subject
landscape
building
Credit
Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
Catalogue Number
CoJ.05.61
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Artist
D. Clark
Date
1888
Medium
watercolour on heavy paper
Catalogue Number
CiD.05.01
Description
The oldest known painting of the Banff townsite. It shows Stoney Squaw to the left, Cascade to the right with Brewster in background. A false fronted building in left foreground has Groceries, dry goods, L.C. Fulmer written on front, bigger building to the right foreground Banff Hotel, Keefe, ????.…
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Artist
D. Clark
Title
Part of Old Banff
Date
1888
Medium
watercolour on heavy paper
Dimensions
21 x 35.5 cm
Description
The oldest known painting of the Banff townsite. It shows Stoney Squaw to the left, Cascade to the right with Brewster in background. A false fronted building in left foreground has Groceries, dry goods, L.C. Fulmer written on front, bigger building to the right foreground Banff Hotel, Keefe, ????. A log structure to centre left, a small red building centre right, five trees in centre, numerous stumps. The grass and trees are green. Along the bottom of the picture is inscribed: Part of original Banff Siding 29? 1888 Cascade Mtn 8K - D Clark, Agent CPR.Siding 29 was established in 1883 at the base of Cascade Mtn. The CPR moved the station to its current Banff location in 1889 and by 1897 all the residents of the old town had moved to the new town of Banff. Eleanor Luxton, Banff Canada’s First National Park... pg. 68
Subject
landscape
Banff
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1974
Catalogue Number
CiD.05.01
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Canyons Of Muskwa, Northern B.C.

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Artist
Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)
Date
prior to 1970
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaE.05.04
Description
General colour: green, blue, brown. Boulders and rock face rise up on left and right side. Water winds up from bottom center towards left side and disappears around the bend. Blue and white mountains peek over the foreround rocks. Beyond is clouded blue sky.
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Artist
Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)
Title
Canyons Of Muskwa, Northern B.C.
Date
prior to 1970
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
30.5 x 46.7 cm
Description
General colour: green, blue, brown. Boulders and rock face rise up on left and right side. Water winds up from bottom center towards left side and disappears around the bend. Blue and white mountains peek over the foreround rocks. Beyond is clouded blue sky.
Subject
landscape
mountains
river, Muskwa
Ernest Lamarque
Credit
Gift of Ernest Lamarque (Estate), 1971
Catalogue Number
LaE.05.04
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Stony Rapid, Athabasca River

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Artist
Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)
Date
1955
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaE.05.12
Description
General colour: green. Four men are rowing while one poles a long barge up from the bottom left through turbulent water. Another boat moves across to the left on the right side near the trees which cut the picture horizontally in half. Above the trees is sky.signed lr: “E.C.W.Lamarque 1955”
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Artist
Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)
Title
Stony Rapid, Athabasca River
Date
1955
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
42.2 x 52.4 cm
Description
General colour: green. Four men are rowing while one poles a long barge up from the bottom left through turbulent water. Another boat moves across to the left on the right side near the trees which cut the picture horizontally in half. Above the trees is sky.signed lr: “E.C.W.Lamarque 1955”
Subject
landscape
river
boating
group, males
Ernest Lamarque
Credit
Gift of Ernest Lamarque (Estate), 1971
Catalogue Number
LaE.05.12
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Artist
Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)
Date
1954
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaE.05.62
Description
Foreground blue water; what appears to be a small island mid-centre, a pile of brush in the water viewer’s right. Black tree trunks and some sparse vegetation beyond, two buildings viewer’s left with blue mountains beyond; a dark grey sky overhead.
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Artist
Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)
Title
Finlay Forks, B.C.
Date
1954
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
39.2 x 56.8 cm
Description
Foreground blue water; what appears to be a small island mid-centre, a pile of brush in the water viewer’s right. Black tree trunks and some sparse vegetation beyond, two buildings viewer’s left with blue mountains beyond; a dark grey sky overhead.
Subject
landscape
river
buildings
Ernest Lamarque
Credit
Gift of Ernest Lamarque (Estate), 1971
Catalogue Number
LaE.05.62
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Fraser River Above Lillooet, B.C.

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Artist
Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)
Date
1950
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaE.05.64
Description
A choppy river running between rocky banks viewer’s left, rocks and sparse trees and vegetation viewer’s right, mountains in middle, cloudy sky overhead.
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Artist
Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)
Title
Fraser River Above Lillooet, B.C.
Date
1950
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
39.4 x 56.5 cm
Description
A choppy river running between rocky banks viewer’s left, rocks and sparse trees and vegetation viewer’s right, mountains in middle, cloudy sky overhead.
Subject
landscape
mountains
river, Fraser
Ernest Lamarque
Credit
Gift of Ernest Lamarque (Estate), 1971
Catalogue Number
LaE.05.64
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The Secumsa Trail nearing Moose Pass

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Artist
Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)
Date
1950
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaE.05.20
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Artist
Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)
Title
The Secumsa Trail nearing Moose Pass
Date
1950
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
45.4 x 30.3 cm
Subject
landscape
mountains
Ernest Lamarque
Credit
Gift of Ernest Lamarque (Estate), 1971
Catalogue Number
LaE.05.20
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Artist
Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)
Date
1951
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaE.05.44
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Artist
Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)
Title
Finlay Forks, B.C.
Date
1951
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
22.9 x 30.4 cm
Subject
landscape
mountains
river, Finlay
Ernest Lamarque
Credit
Gift of Ernest Lamarque (Estate), 1971
Catalogue Number
LaE.05.44
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Alpine Valley near Manson Creek, B.C.

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Artist
Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)
Date
1959
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaE.05.53
Description
see photobrhc E.L. 1959”
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Artist
Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)
Title
Alpine Valley near Manson Creek, B.C.
Date
1959
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
13.9 x 18.0 cm
Description
see photobrhc E.L. 1959”
Subject
landscape
mountains
valley
Ernest Lamarque
Credit
Gift of Ernest Lamarque (Estate), 1971
Catalogue Number
LaE.05.53
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View of Goat Mountain

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Artist
Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, R. C. A. (1846 – 1923, Canadian)
Date
1888
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
BeS.05.01
Description
Colour: blue, green, yellow. Two people in a canoe paddle across the lake in the lower part of the picture. Two shore lines are seen on both sides. Beyond are yellow and green hills rising up to purple mountain One pear is prominent in the distance. Clear blue fills the top.This painting was lent t…
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Artist
Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, R. C. A. (1846 – 1923, Canadian)
Title
View of Goat Mountain
Date
1888
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
40.5 x 30.3 cm
Description
Colour: blue, green, yellow. Two people in a canoe paddle across the lake in the lower part of the picture. Two shore lines are seen on both sides. Beyond are yellow and green hills rising up to purple mountain One pear is prominent in the distance. Clear blue fills the top.This painting was lent to the Winnipeg Art Gallery in 1975 to be included in the exhibition The Railway: A patron of the Arts in Canada. The exhibition was circulated across the country for two years.
Subject
landscape, lake, mountain
Vermilion Lake ?
figure, male
Credit
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Tabuteau, Banff, 1966
Catalogue Number
BeS.05.01
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Hector Lake, Kicking Horse Pass, BC

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Artist
Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, R. C. A. (1846 – 1923, Canadian)
Date
1887
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
BeS.05.07
Description
Mountain landscape with large glassy lake in centre of painting. Abstract foliage and stand of dead trees in foreground at right. Brown treed slopes on opposite shore with large snow-capped mountains in distance. Small white and red buildings on far shore of lake. Title written in bottom left corne…
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Artist
Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, R. C. A. (1846 – 1923, Canadian)
Title
Hector Lake, Kicking Horse Pass, BC
Date
1887
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
32.8 x 48.0 cm
Description
Mountain landscape with large glassy lake in centre of painting. Abstract foliage and stand of dead trees in foreground at right. Brown treed slopes on opposite shore with large snow-capped mountains in distance. Small white and red buildings on far shore of lake. Title written in bottom left corner. “F.M. Bell-Smith 1887” at bottom right.
Subject
mountains
lake
CPR
Credit
Gift of Mark Cullen, 2021
Catalogue Number
BeS.05.07
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Mt. Rundle, Vermilion Lakes, Banff, N.W.T.

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Artist
Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, R. C. A. (1846 – 1923, Canadian)
Date
1887
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
BeS.05.06
Description
Mt. Rundle with Vermilion Lakes in foreground. A figure in a canoe is on the shore of the lake in the lower centre of image.
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Artist
Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, R. C. A. (1846 – 1923, Canadian)
Title
Mt. Rundle, Vermilion Lakes, Banff, N.W.T.
Date
1887
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
33.5 x 48.6 cm
Description
Mt. Rundle with Vermilion Lakes in foreground. A figure in a canoe is on the shore of the lake in the lower centre of image.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Mount Rundle
Vermilion Lakes
activity
canoeing
Credit
Gift of Ted and Judy Mills, Mill Bay, 2005
Catalogue Number
BeS.05.06
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Artist
Harry Brett ( – 1925, Canadian)
Date
1887
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
BrH.05.01
Description
General colour: red, yellow, blue. The left profile and torso of a boy dressed in a uniform. Blue pants with a yellow stripe and a red jacket and a blue hat. He holds a trumpet and faces left.
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Artist
Harry Brett ( – 1925, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1887
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
26 x 19 cm
Description
General colour: red, yellow, blue. The left profile and torso of a boy dressed in a uniform. Blue pants with a yellow stripe and a red jacket and a blue hat. He holds a trumpet and faces left.
Subject
NWMP
figure
male
Credit
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Tabuteau, Banff, 1966
Catalogue Number
BrH.05.01
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View of Pinedale From the Sanitarium

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Artist
Hinas
Date
1889
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
HiN.05.01
Description
landscape watercolour scene depicting Tunnel Mountain, Mt. Peechee, Mt. Rundle and the Bow River. A small brown-roofed house is slightly off-center left, below Mt. Peechee and above the Bow River. There are touches of blue and pink in the lightly clouded sky
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Artist
Hinas
Title
View of Pinedale From the Sanitarium
Date
1889
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
17.5 x 22.5 cm
Description
landscape watercolour scene depicting Tunnel Mountain, Mt. Peechee, Mt. Rundle and the Bow River. A small brown-roofed house is slightly off-center left, below Mt. Peechee and above the Bow River. There are touches of blue and pink in the lightly clouded sky
Subject
landscape
mountains
water
Credit
Gift of Rod Green, Calgary, 2016
Catalogue Number
HiN.05.01
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Date
1950
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.41
Description
The bottom half of the picture has a small lake centered, slopes to off to all sides into mountains, blue tinge centre right; blue mountains in background;a pale blue sky with a full moon to centre left. Credit both The Banff Centre and Mrs. J. I. Brewster in any exhibition or publication of the co…
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1950
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
15.2 x 19.2 cm
Description
The bottom half of the picture has a small lake centered, slopes to off to all sides into mountains, blue tinge centre right; blue mountains in background;a pale blue sky with a full moon to centre left. Credit both The Banff Centre and Mrs. J. I. Brewster in any exhibition or publication of the collection, either in whole or in part. Banff centre catalogue numbers: 81 0305 A; 20658
Subject
landscape
mountain
Credit
Gift of Banff Centre Brewster Donation, Banff, 1986
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.41
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