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Oil Painting

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Date: 1971

Material: oil paint; board

Catalogue Number: 107.02.0077 a-f

Description: 6 oil paintings by Ferlan Lefthand on canvas board. a) Mountain range with river stretching from foreground to middle. Blue sky with long clouds above. b) 23.0 cm x 30.5 cm. Yellow grass in foreground with one rock and lone tree at right. River winding from left side to centre right. More trees in …

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Title: Oil Painting

Date: 1971

Material: oil paint; board

Dimensions: 30.0 x 40.5 cm

Description: 6 oil paintings by Ferlan Lefthand on canvas board. a) Mountain range with river stretching from foreground to middle. Blue sky with long clouds above. b) 23.0 cm x 30.5 cm. Yellow grass in foreground with one rock and lone tree at right. River winding from left side to centre right. More trees in centre and background. c) 23.0 cm x 30.5 cm. River with small waterfall winds through flat meadow with yellow and green grass. Scattered conifers in meadow. Mountains in distance. Signed Feb 15, 1971 on back. d) 23.0 cm x 30.5 cm. River at left side and receding into distance with meadow at right side. Large grey blocky mountains in distance, e) 23.0 cm x 30.5 cm. Large meadow with scattered conifers. Body of water at right side. Grey mountains surrounded by trees in background. Signed February 27, 1971 at back. f) 23.0 cm x 30.5 cm. Wide blue river stretching from left side to right. 6 conifers lower left side in foreground. Large grey mountain surrounded by trees in background. Signed February 20, 1971.

Subject: Whyte home; art; painting; landscape; Indigenous

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

Catalogue Number: 107.02.0077 a-f

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Crowsnest Pass

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Artist: George James Angliss (1921 – 1991, Canadian )

Date: c. 1984

Medium: oil on linen

Catalogue Number: AgG.02.01

Description: Off in the distance is wall of blue mountains. Darker blue areas on the mountains represent the tree line. In the middle and foreground are rolling areas of yellow land separated by rows and lines of dark green trees. The sky is covered in white clouds with bits of blue showing through.

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Artist: George James Angliss (1921 – 1991, Canadian )

Title: Crowsnest Pass

Date: c. 1984

Medium: oil on linen

Dimensions: 46.0 x 61.0 cm

Description: Off in the distance is wall of blue mountains. Darker blue areas on the mountains represent the tree line. In the middle and foreground are rolling areas of yellow land separated by rows and lines of dark green trees. The sky is covered in white clouds with bits of blue showing through.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; Crowsnest Pass

Credit: Gift of Kay Angliss, Penticton, 1998

Catalogue Number: AgG.02.01

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Alberta: Snow and Tar Sands

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Artist: Stephen Andrews (1922 – 1995, Canadian)

Date: 1977

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: AnS.02.01

Description: Alberta flag emblem and rolling foothills and wheat fields. Opaque white paint drips close to bottom edge of painting.

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Artist: Stephen Andrews (1922 – 1995, Canadian)

Title: Alberta: Snow and Tar Sands

Date: 1977

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 121.5 x 123.0 cm

Description: Alberta flag emblem and rolling foothills and wheat fields. Opaque white paint drips close to bottom edge of painting.

Subject: landscape; Alberta; symbol; Alberta provincial emblem

Credit: Gift of Stephen Andrews, Banff, 1977

Catalogue Number: AnS.02.01

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Tunnel Contour in Four Parts

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Artist: Stephen Andrews (1922 – 1995, Canadian)

Date: 1977

Medium: acrylic; wax on paper

Catalogue Number: AnS.12.01 a-d

Description: General colour: green. Superimposed on horizontal lines placed at regular intervals up the picture, are curved lines indicating topographic or contour symbols. When all four are hung together the lines meet to form one autonomous image.

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Artist: Stephen Andrews (1922 – 1995, Canadian)

Title: Tunnel Contour in Four Parts

Date: 1977

Medium: acrylic; wax on paper

Dimensions: 76.0 x 55.7 cm

Description: General colour: green. Superimposed on horizontal lines placed at regular intervals up the picture, are curved lines indicating topographic or contour symbols. When all four are hung together the lines meet to form one autonomous image.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; Mount Rundle; cartography; topography

Credit: Purchased from Stephen Andrews, Banff, 1977

Catalogue Number: AnS.12.01 a-d

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The Steep Ascent

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Artist: Mary Ogden Abbott (1894 – 1981, American)

Date: 1970

Medium: on wood

Catalogue Number: AoM.06.01

Description: A carved relief of a pack train going back and forth from side to side up a mountain.

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Artist: Mary Ogden Abbott (1894 – 1981, American)

Title: The Steep Ascent

Date: 1970

Medium: on wood

Dimensions: 94.0 x 66.0 cm

Description: A carved relief of a pack train going back and forth from side to side up a mountain.

Subject: landscape; mountains; animals; packhorses; people

Credit: Gift of Mary Ogden Abbott, USA, 1971

Catalogue Number: AoM.06.01

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Lake Minnewanka and Mount Inglismaldie

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Artist: Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, R. C. A. (1846 – 1923, Canadian)

Date: 1890

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: BeS.02.01

Description: Colour: blue, green. The lower half is a lake with two people in a canoe right of center. A piece of land with evergreens comes out at the right side. The upper half is a mountain range. At the left side in the distance is another range. Above is clear blue sky.This painting was lent to the Winnipe…

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Artist: Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, R. C. A. (1846 – 1923, Canadian)

Title: Lake Minnewanka and Mount Inglismaldie

Date: 1890

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 34.0 x 57.0 cm

Description: Colour: blue, green. The lower half is a lake with two people in a canoe right of center. A piece of land with evergreens comes out at the right side. The upper half is a mountain range. At the left side in the distance is another range. Above is clear blue sky.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 accross the country for two years.

Subject: landscape; lake, mountain; Lake Minnewanka; Mount Inglismaldie; figure, male

Credit: Purchased from Red River Books, 1968

Catalogue Number: BeS.02.01

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Trestles at the Loop

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Artist: Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, R. C. A. (1846 – 1923, Canadian)

Date: 1890

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: BeS.05.04

Description: Kicking Horse Pass. Train trestle bridges wind around bases of mountains in valley.Ross Peak in background.

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Artist: Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, R. C. A. (1846 – 1923, Canadian)

Title: Trestles at the Loop

Date: 1890

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 31.0 x 47.7 cm

Description: Kicking Horse Pass. Train trestle bridges wind around bases of mountains in valley.Ross Peak in background.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; Kicking Horse Pass, transportation; train; CPR

Credit: Purchased from Masters Gallery ltd., Calgary, 2004

Catalogue Number: BeS.05.04

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Ralph Connor Memorial Church, Canmore 1890 - 1970

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Artist: A.L. Bro

Date: 1970

Medium: serigraph on paper

Catalogue Number: BrA.04.01

Description: A view of the Ralph Connor Memorial Church. On one side of the Church is a fence. Around the church are some trees and mountains in the background.

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Artist: A.L. Bro

Title: Ralph Connor Memorial Church, Canmore 1890 - 1970

Date: 1970

Medium: serigraph on paper

Dimensions: 50.8 x 33.4 cm

Description: A view of the Ralph Connor Memorial Church. On one side of the Church is a fence. Around the church are some trees and mountains in the background.

Subject: architecture; church; Ralph Connor Memorial Church; landscape; Canadian Rockies

Credit: Gift of Tom Jones, 1970

Catalogue Number: BrA.04.01

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Ralph Connor Memorial Church Canmore 1890 - 1970

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Artist: A.L. Bro

Date: 1970

Medium: serigraph on paper

Catalogue Number: BrA.04.02

Description: A view of the Ralph Connor Memorial Church. On one side of the church is a fence. Around the church are some trees and mountains in the background.

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Artist: A.L. Bro

Title: Ralph Connor Memorial Church Canmore 1890 - 1970

Date: 1970

Medium: serigraph on paper

Dimensions: 50.8 x 33.0 cm

Description: A view of the Ralph Connor Memorial Church. On one side of the church is a fence. Around the church are some trees and mountains in the background.

Subject: landscape; church; Canmore

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

Catalogue Number: BrA.04.02

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Pangnirtung

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Artist: Ruth Mark Bleuer (1945 – , Canadian)

Date: 1975

Medium: acrylic on masonite

Catalogue Number: BrM.12.01

Description: Three white houses, two with red and white flags, are nestled beside a dark blue mountain, the foreground is green with large rocks to the bottom left. Left centre and into the middle is a soft green water inlet, behind that a bluish mountain range. The top quarter is a cloudy, grey sky. The abr…

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Artist: Ruth Mark Bleuer (1945 – , Canadian)

Title: Pangnirtung

Date: 1975

Medium: acrylic on masonite

Dimensions: 25.6 x 30.4 cm

Description: Three white houses, two with red and white flags, are nestled beside a dark blue mountain, the foreground is green with large rocks to the bottom left. Left centre and into the middle is a soft green water inlet, behind that a bluish mountain range. The top quarter is a cloudy, grey sky. The abrasion has rubbed off the high surface leaving vertical streaks mainly top half and to the right.

Subject: landscape; architecture, urban

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

Catalogue Number: BrM.12.01

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Unto Every Tree

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Artist: Robert Ralp Carmichael (1937 – , Canadian)

Date: 1974

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: CaR.03.01

Description: A detailed drawing of a tree stands at centre left, roots extend out, two lines run across page near centre, a small island with barren trees at centre right in the distance, various size circles (5) scattered over drawing

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Artist: Robert Ralp Carmichael (1937 – , Canadian)

Title: Unto Every Tree

Date: 1974

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 44.4 x 59.7 cm

Description: A detailed drawing of a tree stands at centre left, roots extend out, two lines run across page near centre, a small island with barren trees at centre right in the distance, various size circles (5) scattered over drawing

Subject: landscape

Credit: Gift of Robert Ralp Carmichael, Edmonton, 1975

Catalogue Number: CaR.03.01

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Wild Orchids

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Artist: Penny Honey Church

Date: c. 1977

Medium: watercolour; ink on paper

Catalogue Number: ChP.05.01

Description: A brown tree trunk is all along the left edge of picture, top left has long green leaves pointing downward to centre of picture; long thin tendrils curve gracefully over all from which hang yellow/brown orchids; the orchids form an overall pattern; bottom of picture behind the tree are green hills …

Artist: Penny Honey Church

Title: Wild Orchids

Date: c. 1977

Medium: watercolour; ink on paper

Dimensions: 38.2 x 28.1 cm

Description: A brown tree trunk is all along the left edge of picture, top left has long green leaves pointing downward to centre of picture; long thin tendrils curve gracefully over all from which hang yellow/brown orchids; the orchids form an overall pattern; bottom of picture behind the tree are green hills and a glimpse of blue water in right bottom.

Subject: landscape; botonical

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

Catalogue Number: ChP.05.01

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Evening Mt. Fuji During the Upward Wind

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Artist: Yoshu Chikanobu (1838 – 1912, Japanese)

Date: 1895

Medium: woodblock on paper

Catalogue Number: ChY.04.08 a-c

Description: This triptych features four women spread across three panels with Mt. Fuji softly in the background. A stretch of bushes separated the women from the background and is mostly grey. The lone Mt. Fuji is the only background with paper tone behind it. In the first panel Mt. Fuji starts and two wome…

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Artist: Yoshu Chikanobu (1838 – 1912, Japanese)

Title: Evening Mt. Fuji During the Upward Wind

Date: 1895

Medium: woodblock on paper

Dimensions: 37 x 72 cm

Description: This triptych features four women spread across three panels with Mt. Fuji softly in the background. A stretch of bushes separated the women from the background and is mostly grey. The lone Mt. Fuji is the only background with paper tone behind it. In the first panel Mt. Fuji starts and two women stand with their bodies facing eachother. The smaller woman is pointing at Mt. Fuji. In the second panel a woman stands in the rc, her body facing right and her head turned back to the left. She has her back to the mountain which is mostly featured in the second panel. In the third panel a woman sits on a bench facing left with her hand by her chest. A lamp is to the left of her bench. The ground the woman are on is mostly paper tone with a light wash.

Subject: figures; woman; landscape; mountain; Mt. Fuji

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

Catalogue Number: ChY.04.08 a-c

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His Haunt

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Date: 1893

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: CoJ.02.03

Description: Scene in a forest with a stream. Overall green value of the painting, - there is a herring standing in the steam just below center at the narrowest part where the stream seems to drop to a lower level. - dark green shadows across the top of the trees where they appear to canopy the scene. - dark br…

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Title: His Haunt

Date: 1893

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 45.5 x 30.5 cm

Description: Scene in a forest with a stream. Overall green value of the painting, - there is a herring standing in the steam just below center at the narrowest part where the stream seems to drop to a lower level. - dark green shadows across the top of the trees where they appear to canopy the scene. - dark brown bank to the left of the steam, and a dark green/yellow to the right of the stream.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; heron; stream

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1982

Catalogue Number: CoJ.02.03

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A Little Ditty Bird

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Date: c. 1895

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.023

Description: Drawing of a designed goblet standing fully in the center of the page. The area surrounding the goblet has been completely shaded in. The drawing au verso is a nose, ear, and hand study.“The dark background with the still darker goblet allowed Collings to achieve bright metallic-like highlights on …

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Title: A Little Ditty Bird

Date: c. 1895

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 19 x 12.5 cm

Description: Drawing of a designed goblet standing fully in the center of the page. The area surrounding the goblet has been completely shaded in. The drawing au verso is a nose, ear, and hand study.“The dark background with the still darker goblet allowed Collings to achieve bright metallic-like highlights on the embossed goblet. Barely visible, a tiny, whimsical “Ditty” bird peaks over the lip of the cup.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda Heath