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- Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British) 48
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- Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian) 8
- John Harold Thomas Snow (1911 – 2004, Canadian) 8
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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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- 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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- 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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Summit of the Rockies and Mt. Field
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- Date
- c. 1886
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- AiJ.05.01
- Description
- The scene is comprised mainly of a mountain and a lake. The lake takes up approx. 1/2 of the work, and is cropped in the brc by the frame. The blc is the shoreline of the lake. On the right and left side of the piece, just above the lake, the beginning of two treed mountain sides head out of the…
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- Title
- Summit of the Rockies and Mt. Field
- Date
- c. 1886
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Description
- The scene is comprised mainly of a mountain and a lake. The lake takes up approx. 1/2 of the work, and is cropped in the brc by the frame. The blc is the shoreline of the lake. On the right and left side of the piece, just above the lake, the beginning of two treed mountain sides head out of the picture frame. These two slopes frame a clear mountain in the background which is centered in the middle of the piece. They sky is quite cloudy.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- Mt. Field
- Credit
- Gift of Donald Grace, Saanichton, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- AiJ.05.01
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Alberta: Snow and Tar Sands
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- 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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- 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.
- 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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- 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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- 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.
- 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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- 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.
- Credit
- Purchased from Red River Books, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- BeS.02.01
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Trestles at the Loop
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- 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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- 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.
- Credit
- Purchased from Masters Gallery ltd., Calgary, 2004
- Catalogue Number
- BeS.05.04
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Mt. Rundle, Vermilion Lakes, Banff, N.W.T.
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- 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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- 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.
- Credit
- Gift of Ted and Judy Mills, Mill Bay, 2005
- Catalogue Number
- BeS.05.06
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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.
- 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.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- BrA.04.02
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- 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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- 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.
- 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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- 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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- 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.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- ChY.04.08 a-c
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Part of Old Banff
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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
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1974
- Catalogue Number
- CiD.05.01
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- 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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- 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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- 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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- 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
- Subject
- landscape
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1984
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.023
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- Date
- c. 1885
- Medium
- graphite on paper board
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.071
- Description
- Drawing of a farming disc, the first few discs are show as the disappear into the piece, and the seat sits high up on the piece.“An unlikely combination of practical entrepreneur and preoccupied artist, Collings was involved with farm machinery sales between 1882 and 1888 in England. A writer who i…
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- Title
- Rusty Disk
- Date
- c. 1885
- Medium
- graphite on paper board
- Dimensions
- 25 x 30 cm
- Description
- Drawing of a farming disc, the first few discs are show as the disappear into the piece, and the seat sits high up on the piece.“An unlikely combination of practical entrepreneur and preoccupied artist, Collings was involved with farm machinery sales between 1882 and 1888 in England. A writer who interviewed the artist in 1924 had the impression that Collings envisaged farm equipment as means for creating an enormous painting-like but three-dimensional “landscape.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda Heath
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1982
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.071
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Decorative Pillars, Savoy Hotel, London
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- Date
- c. 1895
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.269
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- Title
- Decorative Pillars, Savoy Hotel, London
- Date
- c. 1895
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 26 x 20 cm
- Subject
- landscape
- architecture
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.269
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