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Painting; Fine Art Easel; Presentation Case

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Date: 1930 – 1940

Material: wood; fibre; metal

Catalogue Number: 104.39.1011 a,b

Description: Elaborately carved, W. J. Phillips' (a) presentation case: 61.5x79.3x12.5, hinged lid drops open, held by 52.5 long chains both sides. Lid elaborately carved, centre design 34.0x27.0,leaves, berries, etc. Border 8.0 wide carved square chain design, corners pinwheel, inside lined with green velvet …

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Title: Painting; Fine Art Easel; Presentation Case

Date: 1930 – 1940

Material: wood; fibre; metal

Description: Elaborately carved, W. J. Phillips' (a) presentation case: 61.5x79.3x12.5, hinged lid drops open, held by 52.5 long chains both sides. Lid elaborately carved, centre design 34.0x27.0,leaves, berries, etc. Border 8.0 wide carved square chain design, corners pinwheel, inside lined with green velvet (b) easel: 183.0x71.0, top of upright ca 40.0x30.0 elaborately carved, also carving on upright and both wings, more carving at cross bar. Feet of wings curve out into scroll. Tray has turned outer edge with carved design brace, brace broken in 2 places (old), the upright has 9 holes for movement of tray, the 2 wings have 2 holes near top for installation of case. The back lever is 140.0 long with 21.5 foot, attached to the back of the upright with a bolt and brace mechanism. Condition: water spots over all, left wing foot broken off and secured with 3 screws, piece broken off right wing top, glued back on, gouges from improper moving of tray, lever slightly warped.

Subject: artists; Walter Phillips; hobbies; painting; John D. Turner

Credit: Gift of Grace Turner, Calgary, 1988

Catalogue Number: 104.39.1011 a,b

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Painting; Portable Palette

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Date: 1918 – 1958

Material: wood; metal

Catalogue Number: 104.39.1015

Description: Hinged portable wooden palette. The palette has been extensively used. Build-up of oil paint and repaired many times.

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Title: Painting; Portable Palette

Date: 1918 – 1958

Material: wood; metal

Dimensions: 13.7 x 32.0 cm

Description: Hinged portable wooden palette. The palette has been extensively used. Build-up of oil paint and repaired many times.

Subject: Carl Rungius; Charlie Beil; artists; hobbies; painting

Credit: Gift of Olive Beil, Banff, 1982

Catalogue Number: 104.39.1015

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Camp Many-Haw-Haw-s

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Date: 1930 – 1970

Material: paper; glass; wood

Catalogue Number: 107.02.1027

Description: A mixed media picture of a Girl Guides camp scene. Mountains in the background. Girls are involved in the many camp activities. Signed brc "CJL" Titled "Camp Many-Haw-Haw-s”.

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Title: Camp Many-Haw-Haw-s

Date: 1930 – 1970

Material: paper; glass; wood

Dimensions: 51.0 x 58.5 cm

Description: A mixed media picture of a Girl Guides camp scene. Mountains in the background. Girls are involved in the many camp activities. Signed brc "CJL" Titled "Camp Many-Haw-Haw-s”.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; organization; Girl Guides

Credit: Gift of Unknown, 1968

Catalogue Number: 107.02.1027

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Painting

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Date: 1930 – 1970

Material: paper; glass; wood

Catalogue Number: 107.02.1028

Description: A watercolour of a Girl Guides camp scene. Forest in the background. Girls are involved in the many camp activities. Signed brc "Gail Grady" blc red ribbon with" First Handicraft" printed on it. In tlc is a blue card "Class 1, Age 14, Name Gail Grady, Company or Pack 2nd"

Title: Painting

Date: 1930 – 1970

Material: paper; glass; wood

Dimensions: 49.5 x 57.3 cm

Description: A watercolour of a Girl Guides camp scene. Forest in the background. Girls are involved in the many camp activities. Signed brc "Gail Grady" blc red ribbon with" First Handicraft" printed on it. In tlc is a blue card "Class 1, Age 14, Name Gail Grady, Company or Pack 2nd"

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; organization; Girl Guides

Credit: Gift of Unknown, 1968

Catalogue Number: 107.02.1028

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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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Lake Louise

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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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Cascade Mountain

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Artist: Aleen Aked (1907 – 2003, Canadian)

Date: c. 1939

Catalogue Number: AkA.02.03

Description: Cascade Mountain, trees in foreground.

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Title: Cascade Mountain

Date: c. 1939

Dimensions: 26.5 x 32.5 cm

Description: Cascade Mountain, trees in foreground.

Credit: Gift of Canadian Art Gallery, Canmore, 2004

Catalogue Number: AkA.02.03

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In the Rockies

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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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Lake Agnes, Canadian Rockies

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Artist: Louis Akhi

Date: 1910

Medium: oil on canvas on board

Catalogue Number: AkL.02.01

Description: A mountain top view of Lake Agnes in the Canadian Rockies. In the foreground on the right are trees and land sloping to the left of the image. Behind the lake in the background are mountains with snow and a medium to light toned sky above.

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Artist: Louis Akhi

Title: Lake Agnes, Canadian Rockies

Date: 1910

Medium: oil on canvas on board

Dimensions: 40.3 x 30.4 cm

Description: A mountain top view of Lake Agnes in the Canadian Rockies. In the foreground on the right are trees and land sloping to the left of the image. Behind the lake in the background are mountains with snow and a medium to light toned sky above.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; Lake Agnes

Credit: Gift of George K.K. (Tommy) Link, Tucson, USA, 1979

Catalogue Number: AkL.02.01

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Untitled [Mt. Assiniboine]

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Artist: G. H. W Ashley (1908 – , Canadian)

Date: 1932

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: AsH.02.01

Description: Mt. Assiniboine and Lake Magog.

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Artist: G. H. W Ashley (1908 – , Canadian)

Title: Untitled [Mt. Assiniboine]

Date: 1932

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 41.0 x 48.5 cm

Description: Mt. Assiniboine and Lake Magog.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; Mount Assiniboine; Lake Magog

Credit: Gift of Douglas Hare, Banff, 1997

Catalogue Number: AsH.02.01

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Maligne Lake, Jasper, 1935

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Artist: Frederick Banting (1891 – 1941, Canadian)

Date: 1935 – 1935

Medium: oil on board

Catalogue Number: BaF.02.01

Description: Maligne Lake with Spirit Island at centre foreground. The lake takes up half of the painting, while the mountains and sky fill the other half.

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Artist: Frederick Banting (1891 – 1941, Canadian)

Title: Maligne Lake, Jasper, 1935

Date: 1935 – 1935

Medium: oil on board

Dimensions: 44.2 x 44.2 cm

Description: Maligne Lake with Spirit Island at centre foreground. The lake takes up half of the painting, while the mountains and sky fill the other half.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; Maligne Lake; Spirit Island

Credit: Gift of Donald Grace, Saanichton, 1997

Catalogue Number: BaF.02.01

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Untitled [cowboy roping horse]

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Artist: Charles A. Beil (1894 – 1976, Canadian)

Date: 1930

Medium: watercolour on pressed paper

Catalogue Number: BeC.05.01

Description: A cowboy wearing a blue shirt, brown vest, green neckerchief, orange/yellow chaps, a holster and gun, in bottom right of picture, has roped a horse on front legs, center left. The roped horse is falling forward. Six other horses are running in the background, a lot of dust in corral. The sky is yel…

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Artist: Charles A. Beil (1894 – 1976, Canadian)

Title: Untitled [cowboy roping horse]

Date: 1930

Medium: watercolour on pressed paper

Dimensions: 32.5 x 25.4 cm

Description: A cowboy wearing a blue shirt, brown vest, green neckerchief, orange/yellow chaps, a holster and gun, in bottom right of picture, has roped a horse on front legs, center left. The roped horse is falling forward. Six other horses are running in the background, a lot of dust in corral. The sky is yellow. The roped horse has a brand on left shoulder: lazy N over bar one.

Subject: figure, cowboy; animal, horse

Credit: Gift of Les Peters, Great Falls, USA, 1983

Catalogue Number: BeC.05.01

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Mountains near Jasper, 1914

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Artist: John William Beatty (1869 – 1941, Canadian)

Date: 1914

Medium: oil on board

Catalogue Number: BeJ.02.01

Description: Oil painting depicting a mountain scene near Jasper. A dark green mountain in the foreground slopes up to the left of the image. In the bottom right corner, small brushstrokes of deep indigo blue are visible. Beyond the slope of this mountain, other mountains are visible in the distance. They a…

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Artist: John William Beatty (1869 – 1941, Canadian)

Title: Mountains near Jasper, 1914

Date: 1914

Medium: oil on board

Dimensions: 35 x 39 cm

Description: Oil painting depicting a mountain scene near Jasper. A dark green mountain in the foreground slopes up to the left of the image. In the bottom right corner, small brushstrokes of deep indigo blue are visible. Beyond the slope of this mountain, other mountains are visible in the distance. They are painted in shades of mauve and blue. The mountain at the centre of the painting is capped by snow. The sky is a grey mauve colour.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; Jasper National Park

Credit: Purchased from Masters Gallery ltd., Calgary, 2003

Catalogue Number: BeJ.02.01

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Hawaiian Islands

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Artist: E. B. Brackway

Date: 1930 – 1960

Medium: oil on heavy paper

Catalogue Number: BrE.02.01

Description: A line of palm trees is in forefront of picture, various heights, the ocean is behind the trees, a three-masted steamship is in the left of the picture, a row of mountains to the centre right. The sky is taupe coloured with the sun not far off the horizon.

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Artist: E. B. Brackway

Title: Hawaiian Islands

Date: 1930 – 1960

Medium: oil on heavy paper

Dimensions: 21 x 54.4 cm

Description: A line of palm trees is in forefront of picture, various heights, the ocean is behind the trees, a three-masted steamship is in the left of the picture, a row of mountains to the centre right. The sky is taupe coloured with the sun not far off the horizon.

Subject: landscape, ocean, palmtrees, mountains; transportation, steamship

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

Catalogue Number: BrE.02.01

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The Red Onion, Banff

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Artist: M. L. Carrick

Date: 1934

Medium: oil on board

Catalogue Number: CiM.02.01

Description: Small cabin in foreground, Cascade Mountain and Fairholme Range behind.

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Artist: M. L. Carrick

Title: The Red Onion, Banff

Date: 1934

Medium: oil on board

Dimensions: 26.7 x 36.3 cm

Description: Small cabin in foreground, Cascade Mountain and Fairholme Range behind.

Subject: architecture; rural; log cabin; landscape; Canadian Rockies; Fairholme Range

Credit: Gift of Jannis Allan Hare, Banff, 2004

Catalogue Number: CiM.02.01

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Orchard Valley

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

Date: c. 1920

Medium: oil on board

Catalogue Number: CoJ.02.04

Description: Landscape with a tree in the forground left, a spindly branched tree, and a similar shaped one 1/3 the size opposite it to the right. - there is a pond of lake behind these across the center of the frame, and gentle sloping green land further back. - blue sky on the upper 1/3 of the frame with wisp…

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

Title: Orchard Valley

Date: c. 1920

Medium: oil on board

Dimensions: 31 x 23 cm

Description: Landscape with a tree in the forground left, a spindly branched tree, and a similar shaped one 1/3 the size opposite it to the right. - there is a pond of lake behind these across the center of the frame, and gentle sloping green land further back. - blue sky on the upper 1/3 of the frame with wisps of yellowing/grey clouds across.“A pleasant painting full of tender greens and spring blossoms, this view of an apple orchard, possibly in the Okanagan area, exhibits a moderate impasto effect. Darkest tones have been restricted to a few branches and detail in a town across the lake, suggesting the late date although Collings brushstrokes do not follow the contours of his images.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda Heath

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1982

Catalogue Number: CoJ.02.04

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Untitled (Reminiscent of an old English Village)

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

Date: 1931

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: CoJ.02.08

Description: A dirt road leading into a small village. Large house in center with smaller houses in the background to the left. Perspective of a viewer from the road as it leaves a wooded area and continues towards houses.

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

Title: Untitled (Reminiscent of an old English Village)

Date: 1931

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 63 x 75 cm

Description: A dirt road leading into a small village. Large house in center with smaller houses in the background to the left. Perspective of a viewer from the road as it leaves a wooded area and continues towards houses.