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Artist
Alex Emond (1950 – , Canadian)
Date
1987
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
EmA.03.01
Description
A black and white drawing; a large T is centered in the picture, at its base are 2 men sitting beside a campfire, one with a cup the other has the pot; the background is black; the foreground is white and on it is lettered Tea at the Whyte in black.
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Artist
Alex Emond (1950 – , Canadian)
Title
Tea at the Whyte
Date
1987
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
35.5 x 25.3 cm
Description
A black and white drawing; a large T is centered in the picture, at its base are 2 men sitting beside a campfire, one with a cup the other has the pot; the background is black; the foreground is white and on it is lettered Tea at the Whyte in black.
Subject
Tea at the Whyte
Credit
Purchased from Alex Emond, Banff, 1987
Catalogue Number
EmA.03.01
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Artist
Alex Emond (1950 – , Canadian)
Date
1980
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
EmA.03.02
Description
The back of the mane and ears of a horse is in the foreground bottom left. A trail from bottom left swings to the right. On the trail are two mounted horsemen. Standing to the left of the trail is a woman with hat in hand looking to the right. A ridge runs from bottom left to top right. There is a …
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Artist
Alex Emond (1950 – , Canadian)
Title
A Hunter of Peace
Date
1980
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
24.9 x 65.7 cm
Description
The back of the mane and ears of a horse is in the foreground bottom left. A trail from bottom left swings to the right. On the trail are two mounted horsemen. Standing to the left of the trail is a woman with hat in hand looking to the right. A ridge runs from bottom left to top right. There is a mountain range to the left in the distance and one mountain in top right hand corner. Clouds along the horizon.
Subject
figure
Mary Schaffer
cowboys
animal
horse
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Alex Emond
Credit
Gift of Unknown, 1968
Catalogue Number
EmA.03.02
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Lookout #2, Pacific Rim

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Artist
Alexandra M. Haeseker (1945 – , Canadian)
Date
1983
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
HaA.05.01
Description
An English Sheepdog, facing to the left, is standing on a beach near the water's edge. The sand is gray/blue, the ocean is green/blue with white highlights.
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Artist
Alexandra M. Haeseker (1945 – , Canadian)
Title
Lookout #2, Pacific Rim
Date
1983
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
49.0 x 70.7 cm
Description
An English Sheepdog, facing to the left, is standing on a beach near the water's edge. The sand is gray/blue, the ocean is green/blue with white highlights.
Subject
seascape
animal, dog
Credit
Purchased from Mira Godard Gallery, Gallery, 1983
Catalogue Number
HaA.05.01
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Artist
Alice Saltiel (1948 – , Canadian)
Date
1989
Medium
oil on masonite
Catalogue Number
SmA.02.01
Description
A figure in centre front, dressed in a buckskin shirt, blue pants and a floppy hat, is pulling a laden sled, the trail vanishes into the distance, a mountain range in background, a mountainside with trees to the right, a full moon is in the top left of picture in a dark sky
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Artist
Alice Saltiel (1948 – , Canadian)
Title
Poaching a Ram
Date
1989
Medium
oil on masonite
Dimensions
45.7 x 35.6 cm
Description
A figure in centre front, dressed in a buckskin shirt, blue pants and a floppy hat, is pulling a laden sled, the trail vanishes into the distance, a mountain range in background, a mountainside with trees to the right, a full moon is in the top left of picture in a dark sky
Subject
characters
Jimmy Simpson
landscape
mountain
Credit
Gift of Jon Whyte, Banff, 1992
Catalogue Number
SmA.02.01
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Artist
Alina Dabrowska (1933 – 2012, Canadian)
Date
1987
Medium
graphite; watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
DaA.05.01
Description
The work is on home made paper which has uneven edges and surface. Snow capped mountain range in background, the right of the picture has 4 sheep heads, 2 of which are indicated by horns only, they are facing to the left, another sheep head is frontal view facing them. A large light brown tea cauld…
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Artist
Alina Dabrowska (1933 – 2012, Canadian)
Title
Tea at the Whyte
Date
1987
Medium
graphite; watercolour on paper
Dimensions
51.0 x 70.0 cm
Description
The work is on home made paper which has uneven edges and surface. Snow capped mountain range in background, the right of the picture has 4 sheep heads, 2 of which are indicated by horns only, they are facing to the left, another sheep head is frontal view facing them. A large light brown tea cauldron is on the left, a bouquet of flowers, yellow and pink, are bunched together in a teacup between the sheep and the tea cauldron.
Subject
Tea at the Whyte
still life
landscape
Big Horn sheep
Credit
Purchased from Alina Dabrowska, Calgary, 1987
Catalogue Number
DaA.05.01
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Untitled Landscape #2

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Artist
Allan Harding MacKay (1944 – , Canadian)
Date
1984
Medium
oil; pastel on paper
Catalogue Number
MkA.02.01
Description
Overall colour blue, blue/green with yellow throughout middle and top half; an abstract interpretation depicting either clouds and mountains or waves on the ocean. Signed and dated in the BRC
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Artist
Allan Harding MacKay (1944 – , Canadian)
Title
Untitled Landscape #2
Date
1984
Medium
oil; pastel on paper
Dimensions
57.5 x 43.5 cm
Description
Overall colour blue, blue/green with yellow throughout middle and top half; an abstract interpretation depicting either clouds and mountains or waves on the ocean. Signed and dated in the BRC
Subject
landscape
mountain
abstract
Credit
Gift of Allan Harding MacKay, Banff, 1986
Catalogue Number
MkA.02.01
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Grandmother Feeding Chickens

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Artist
Allen Sapp (1928 – 2015, Canadian)
Date
1981
Medium
acrylic on canvas
Catalogue Number
SaA.12.01
Description
A woman stands in a field feeding a small flock of black and white chickens. The woman is stooped over and wears a long blue skirt and red shirt. She has white hair in two long braids. In the background is a small structure, and trees beneath a blue sky.
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Artist
Allen Sapp (1928 – 2015, Canadian)
Title
Grandmother Feeding Chickens
Date
1981
Medium
acrylic on canvas
Dimensions
40.6 x 30.4 cm
Description
A woman stands in a field feeding a small flock of black and white chickens. The woman is stooped over and wears a long blue skirt and red shirt. She has white hair in two long braids. In the background is a small structure, and trees beneath a blue sky.
Subject
indigenous
chickens
farm
Credit
Gift of Ralph Young, Edmonton, 2021
Catalogue Number
SaA.12.01
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National Park Centennial Quilt

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Artist
Ann Dixon-Bruder
Date
1981 – 1985
Catalogue Number
DiA.08.01
Description
The quilt is divided into several sections. The central section is a landscape with three horses scaling a hill above a river. Along the edges of the quilt are 10 additional sections of varying sizes. The upper central section has the text “Park Warden History 1887”. The additional sections feature…
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Artist
Ann Dixon-Bruder
Title
National Park Centennial Quilt
Date
1981 – 1985
Dimensions
ca. 190 cm
Description
The quilt is divided into several sections. The central section is a landscape with three horses scaling a hill above a river. Along the edges of the quilt are 10 additional sections of varying sizes. The upper central section has the text “Park Warden History 1887”. The additional sections feature crests, bison, mountain sheep, a climber, Avalanche Rescue, a diary, a book and a dog sled team. The colours on the quilt are vibrant shades of blue, white, green and purple.
Subject
park warden
landscape
Credit
Gift of Ann Dixon-Bruder, Pincher Creek, 2012
Catalogue Number
DiA.08.01
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Artist
Annora Brown (1899 – 1987, Canadian)
Date
1987
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
BwA.05.04
Description
Two crocus flowers with stems and leaves, and some grass and stems on a black background. The crocus in the foreground is drooping to the viewer’s left; the open/inside part of the petals are lilac, the underside/outside are purple and the centres yellow and gold. The crocus on top is turned away f…
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Artist
Annora Brown (1899 – 1987, Canadian)
Title
Purple Crocus
Date
1987
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
31.0 x 23.5 cm
Description
Two crocus flowers with stems and leaves, and some grass and stems on a black background. The crocus in the foreground is drooping to the viewer’s left; the open/inside part of the petals are lilac, the underside/outside are purple and the centres yellow and gold. The crocus on top is turned away from the viewer showing mostly the outside of the petals and some yellow inside. The crocus stems and feathery leaves are green and brown. The other grasses and stems are rust, yellow and brown.
Subject
botanical
flower
crocus
Credit
Purchased from mid, Banff, 2009
Catalogue Number
BwA.05.04
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Artist
Annora Brown (1899 – 1987, Canadian)
Date
1987
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
BwA.05.05
Description
General colours orange, green, yellow, brown, grey and white on a black background. A single wood lily with stem and leaves and other stems/grass. The single flower head is centred but leaning toward the viewer’s left. The petals are light and dark orange, dots of brown as they turn yellow towards …
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Artist
Annora Brown (1899 – 1987, Canadian)
Title
Wood Lily
Date
1987
Medium
watercolour on paper
Description
General colours orange, green, yellow, brown, grey and white on a black background. A single wood lily with stem and leaves and other stems/grass. The single flower head is centred but leaning toward the viewer’s left. The petals are light and dark orange, dots of brown as they turn yellow towards the base. The petals narrow on the ends and at the base giving a see-through aspect; the black background is visible through the base of the flower head. The stamens are brown and grey and the stems is two shades of green. The narrow, long leaves are light green with darker green running through. There are other stems or grasses of white and green.
Subject
botanical
flower
wood lily
Credit
Purchased from mid, Banff, 2009
Catalogue Number
BwA.05.05
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Artist
Barb Spohr
Date
1984
Medium
ektacolour on paper
Catalogue Number
SpB.18.01
Description
Ecktacolour print on Kodak paper. The centre of the picture is dominated by a blue iris about to bud. Near the bottom of the picture and beside the stem of the other is the tip of a tightly wound blue iris bud.
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Artist
Barb Spohr
Title
Iris
Date
1984
Medium
ektacolour on paper
Dimensions
49.0 x 32.0 cm
Description
Ecktacolour print on Kodak paper. The centre of the picture is dominated by a blue iris about to bud. Near the bottom of the picture and beside the stem of the other is the tip of a tightly wound blue iris bud.
Subject
botanical, iris
Credit
Gift of Barbara Spohr, Vancouver, 1985
Catalogue Number
SpB.18.01
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Artist
Barb Spohr
Date
1984
Medium
ektacolour on Kodak paper
Catalogue Number
SpB.18.02
Description
Ektacolour on Kodak paper. The overall picture is green grass, a barren tree trunk and some branches are centered in the picture, leaning against the tree with back towards front of picture is a brown haired person wearing blue clothes. From centre left to the borders on top, bottom and right are p…
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Artist
Barb Spohr
Title
Pink blossoms
Date
1984
Medium
ektacolour on Kodak paper
Dimensions
32.0 x 48.5 cm
Description
Ektacolour on Kodak paper. The overall picture is green grass, a barren tree trunk and some branches are centered in the picture, leaning against the tree with back towards front of picture is a brown haired person wearing blue clothes. From centre left to the borders on top, bottom and right are pink blossoms.
Subject
botanical
Credit
Gift of Barbara Spohr, Vancouver, 1985
Catalogue Number
SpB.18.02
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Artist
Barbara Ballachey (1949 – , Canadian)
Date
1983
Medium
acrylic on paper
Catalogue Number
BaB.12.01
Description
A blue/purple pond is in centre foreground, surrounded with brownish and green solid shapes. Green foliage, with some distinct trees, are over all the picture, mainly in top third with some distinct trees in immediate foreground. Five grey, stark trees are in center of picture, some more grey at ex…
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Artist
Barbara Ballachey (1949 – , Canadian)
Title
View of Beaver Pond
Date
1983
Medium
acrylic on paper
Dimensions
77.5 x 57.3 cm
Description
A blue/purple pond is in centre foreground, surrounded with brownish and green solid shapes. Green foliage, with some distinct trees, are over all the picture, mainly in top third with some distinct trees in immediate foreground. Five grey, stark trees are in center of picture, some more grey at extreme bottom left.
Subject
landscape
pond
Credit
Purchased from Paul Kuhn Fine Arts, Calgary, 1985
Catalogue Number
BaB.12.01
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Artist
Barbara Spohr (1955 – 1987, Canadian)
Date
1981
Medium
type c print on photographic paper
Catalogue Number
SpB.18.08
Description
In the foreground there is a table with a vase sitting on it. There is a natural light source shining on the vase from the left and casting a shadow on the yellow and white checkered wall in the background. In the vase there are flowers. This light from the left makes a very detailed shadow of the …
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Artist
Barbara Spohr (1955 – 1987, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1981
Medium
type c print on photographic paper
Dimensions
60.7 x 50.6 cm
Description
In the foreground there is a table with a vase sitting on it. There is a natural light source shining on the vase from the left and casting a shadow on the yellow and white checkered wall in the background. In the vase there are flowers. This light from the left makes a very detailed shadow of the flowers and the vase on the wall in the back. The vase has a decorative floral pattern on the surface.
Subject
still life
botanical
Credit
Gift of Barb Spohr, Calgary, 1996
Catalogue Number
SpB.18.08
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Artist
Barbara Spohr (1955 – 1987, Canadian)
Date
1980
Medium
type c print on photographic paper
Catalogue Number
SpB.18.09
Description
The image that you can see is as scene through the windshield of a car. At the bottom of the image frame you can see the windshield wiper and further to the left you can see some trees. On the windshield you can see what use to be water that froze overnight. The frozen dew on the windshield has a g…
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Artist
Barbara Spohr (1955 – 1987, Canadian)
Title
Dawn on windshield
Date
1980
Medium
type c print on photographic paper
Dimensions
50.7 x 40.5 cm
Description
The image that you can see is as scene through the windshield of a car. At the bottom of the image frame you can see the windshield wiper and further to the left you can see some trees. On the windshield you can see what use to be water that froze overnight. The frozen dew on the windshield has a gold hue to it and forms a very unique pattern. The sky in the background is a medium blue.
Subject
landscape
trees
transportation
car
Credit
Gift of Barb Spohr, Calgary, 1996
Catalogue Number
SpB.18.09
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Lake Minnewanka, Banff

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Artist
Barbara Spohr (1955 – 1987, Canadian)
Date
1980
Medium
type c print on photographic paper
Catalogue Number
SpB.18.10
Description
In the foreground are trees with orange leaves and dark to black coloured bark and twigs. These trees in the foreground extend all the way up to the upper third of the photograph. Looking threw the trees to the far background you can see a mountain range that starts at the right and continues to th…
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Artist
Barbara Spohr (1955 – 1987, Canadian)
Title
Lake Minnewanka, Banff
Date
1980
Medium
type c print on photographic paper
Dimensions
50.6 x 40.4 cm
Description
In the foreground are trees with orange leaves and dark to black coloured bark and twigs. These trees in the foreground extend all the way up to the upper third of the photograph. Looking threw the trees to the far background you can see a mountain range that starts at the right and continues to the center left. Between the trees and the mountains is a still lake with reflections from the mountains behind. The sky above is a light to medium even grey.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
lake
Minnewanka
Credit
Gift of Barb Spohr, Calgary, 1996
Catalogue Number
SpB.18.10
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Artist
Barbara Spohr (1955 – 1987, Canadian)
Date
1981
Medium
type c print on photographic paper
Catalogue Number
SpB.18.11
Description
The shelf divides the image frame in to two areas horizonally and the brace that helps hold the shelves together divides the image vertically and is placed about one third in from the left. The top shelf contains a pitcher, a measuring cup, bowls, a couple of mugs and a few other kitchen items. The…
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Artist
Barbara Spohr (1955 – 1987, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1981
Medium
type c print on photographic paper
Dimensions
50.7 x 40.5 cm
Description
The shelf divides the image frame in to two areas horizonally and the brace that helps hold the shelves together divides the image vertically and is placed about one third in from the left. The top shelf contains a pitcher, a measuring cup, bowls, a couple of mugs and a few other kitchen items. The second shelf includes a pile of dinner plates with a square platter behind, a small stack of saucers with a plastic container on top and two bowls. The second shelf is in direct sunlight and therefore is much brighter then the above shelf.
Subject
still life
dishes
Credit
Gift of Barb Spohr, Calgary, 1996
Catalogue Number
SpB.18.11
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Artist
Barbara Spohr (1955 – 1987, Canadian)
Date
1981
Medium
type c print on photographic paper
Catalogue Number
SpB.18.12
Description
Centered in the middle of the photograph is a bush covered in Hydrangia. The flowers are a white and pink colour. Just behind the bush is a low corner angle view of the white house with red trim that sits adjacent. The Hydrangia bush takes up most of the photograph, but there is some blue sky in th…
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Artist
Barbara Spohr (1955 – 1987, Canadian)
Title
Hydrangia
Date
1981
Medium
type c print on photographic paper
Dimensions
50.7 x 40.4 cm
Description
Centered in the middle of the photograph is a bush covered in Hydrangia. The flowers are a white and pink colour. Just behind the bush is a low corner angle view of the white house with red trim that sits adjacent. The Hydrangia bush takes up most of the photograph, but there is some blue sky in the background off to the left and some shadows cast on to the house from the flowers.
Subject
botanical
hydrangia
Credit
Gift of Barb Spohr, Calgary, 1996
Catalogue Number
SpB.18.12
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London Natural History Museum

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Artist
Barbara Spohr (1955 – 1987, Canadian)
Date
1980
Medium
type c print on photographic paper
Catalogue Number
SpB.18.13
Description
The whole photograph is covered in butterflies. There are numerous butterflies resting on a glass or reflective surface with wings outspread. Some of the butterflies are blue with dark blue or black, some are all a light tan colour and others are a mixture of different browns and contrasting dark …
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Artist
Barbara Spohr (1955 – 1987, Canadian)
Title
London Natural History Museum
Date
1980
Medium
type c print on photographic paper
Dimensions
40.4 x 50.6 cm
Description
The whole photograph is covered in butterflies. There are numerous butterflies resting on a glass or reflective surface with wings outspread. Some of the butterflies are blue with dark blue or black, some are all a light tan colour and others are a mixture of different browns and contrasting dark colours. In the center reflecting between the insects is an image that appears to a checkered shirt either from the person taking the photograph or from a passerby.
Subject
institution
insectarium
Credit
Gift of Barb Spohr, Calgary, 1996
Catalogue Number
SpB.18.13
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Artist
Barbara Spohr (1955 – 1987, Canadian)
Date
1984
Medium
type c print on photographic paper
Catalogue Number
SpB.18.15
Description
In the center of this rectangular photograph there is a cabbage plant. The outside border of the photograph is pink in color with text above and below the image. The Cabbage plant is large taking up most of the photograph with the exception of a few more cabbage plants around the edges and corners.…
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Artist
Barbara Spohr (1955 – 1987, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1984
Medium
type c print on photographic paper
Dimensions
40.5 x 50.6 cm
Description
In the center of this rectangular photograph there is a cabbage plant. The outside border of the photograph is pink in color with text above and below the image. The Cabbage plant is large taking up most of the photograph with the exception of a few more cabbage plants around the edges and corners. The overall colour of this piece is a light pink, light green and medium green.
Subject
botanical
red cabbage
Credit
Gift of Barb Spohr, Calgary, 1996
Catalogue Number
SpB.18.15
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