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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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Artist
Charles Morrise Brousson ( – 1941)
Date
1920
Medium
oil on wood
Catalogue Number
BrC.02.01
Description
A primitive painting on a piece of wood. The foreground is beige and brown bank with a white and brown tepee on the left. Beyond this the creek, blue and white extends to mid centre. The top half of the painting is a slope covered with trees to left and a mountain, blue, white and green, to the ri…
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Artist
Charles Morrise Brousson ( – 1941)
Title
Cultus Creek
Date
1920
Medium
oil on wood
Dimensions
10.5 x 15.1 cm
Description
A primitive painting on a piece of wood. The foreground is beige and brown bank with a white and brown tepee on the left. Beyond this the creek, blue and white extends to mid centre. The top half of the painting is a slope covered with trees to left and a mountain, blue, white and green, to the right. A cloudy grey sky.
Subject
Canadian Rockies
landscape
mountain
creek
building
tepee
Credit
Gift of Earle Birney, Toronto, 1969
Catalogue Number
BrC.02.01
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Artist
Leonard Moore Davis (1864 – 1938, American)
Date
1927
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
DaL.05.01
Description
A mountain peak dominates the centre, right side in shadow, tinges of pink top left of mountain. Mountain range left background. Left foreground and right foreground indicate green hillsides. Sky is light blue with a few patches of white top right.
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Artist
Leonard Moore Davis (1864 – 1938, American)
Title
Untitled
Date
1927
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
8.2 x 11.3 cm
Description
A mountain peak dominates the centre, right side in shadow, tinges of pink top left of mountain. Mountain range left background. Left foreground and right foreground indicate green hillsides. Sky is light blue with a few patches of white top right.
Subject
landscape
mountains
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
DaL.05.01
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Portrait of Mrs. Pearl Moore

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Artist
Elizabeth Fulda (1879 – 1968, American)
Date
c. 1931
Medium
oil on board
Catalogue Number
FuE.02.02
Description
An almost full face portrait of a woman, she has short hair.
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Artist
Elizabeth Fulda (1879 – 1968, American)
Title
Portrait of Mrs. Pearl Moore
Date
c. 1931
Medium
oil on board
Dimensions
44.5 x 36.5 cm
Description
An almost full face portrait of a woman, she has short hair.
Subject
portrait
female
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
FuE.02.02
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Artist
Ruth Fulda
Date
c. 1930
Medium
watercolour; ink on paper
Catalogue Number
FuR.05.01
Description
A figure of a woman dominates centre of picture. She faces towards the back climbing a hill.
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Artist
Ruth Fulda
Title
Woman Climbing Path
Date
c. 1930
Medium
watercolour; ink on paper
Dimensions
9.5 x 6.5 cm
Description
A figure of a woman dominates centre of picture. She faces towards the back climbing a hill.
Subject
activity
summer
figure
female
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
FuR.05.01
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Artist
A Hunter
Date
1932
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
HuA.05.01
Artist
A Hunter
Title
Yoho Valley
Date
1932
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
19.5 x 25.0 cm
Subject
landscape
mountain
Canadian Rockies
forest
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
HuA.05.01
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Evening, Lake O'Hara

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Artist
Richard Jack (1866 – 1952, Canadian)
Date
1931
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
JkR.02.02
Description
In the foreground on the right side of the painting there are four green trees and a shore made out of mostly rocks. To the left and along the bottom edge a lake of bluegreen water sits in front of a brown mountain range. The mountains have snow on parts of the peaks and the sky is blue with white …
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Artist
Richard Jack (1866 – 1952, Canadian)
Title
Evening, Lake O'Hara
Date
1931
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
69.9 x 90.0 cm
Description
In the foreground on the right side of the painting there are four green trees and a shore made out of mostly rocks. To the left and along the bottom edge a lake of bluegreen water sits in front of a brown mountain range. The mountains have snow on parts of the peaks and the sky is blue with white clouds.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
lake
Lake O'Hara
Credit
Gift of Donald Grace, Saanichton, 1996
Catalogue Number
JkR.02.02
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
1929
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.09
Description
General colour: blue, brown. Rocks in lower left corner sit on a beach which goes along the bottom edge to the right. The water is calm and blue. The far shore slopes up to tall rocky cliffs on the right side. On the left these same cliffs are seen in the distance. The sky is clouded with a bit of …
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Molar Pass
Date
1929
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
34.2 x 41.8 cm
Description
General colour: blue, brown. Rocks in lower left corner sit on a beach which goes along the bottom edge to the right. The water is calm and blue. The far shore slopes up to tall rocky cliffs on the right side. On the left these same cliffs are seen in the distance. The sky is clouded with a bit of blue at the upper left of center edge.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.09
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
1937
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.11
Description
General colour: grey, blue, beige, white. There is a lake in the lower left foreground; a cloudy sky in the upper right corner; a glacier rises from the lake left of center; the peaks run off the picture at the left but appear in the distance down towards the right of the picture.
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Goodsir Plateau
Date
1937
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
27.5 x 38.0 cm
Description
General colour: grey, blue, beige, white. There is a lake in the lower left foreground; a cloudy sky in the upper right corner; a glacier rises from the lake left of center; the peaks run off the picture at the left but appear in the distance down towards the right of the picture.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.11
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
1937
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.16
Description
General colour: blue, brown. Central image is a man standing in a cart drawn by two horses. Behind this are two elevators. To the left is a fence and in the background another elevator. To the right is a tower and a train steaming by to the right. The sky is blue with a few clouds.
Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Tinder Den
Date
1937
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
27.0 x 38.0 cm
Description
General colour: blue, brown. Central image is a man standing in a cart drawn by two horses. Behind this are two elevators. To the left is a fence and in the background another elevator. To the right is a tower and a train steaming by to the right. The sky is blue with a few clouds.
Subject
landscape
rural
animal, horse
figure, male
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.16
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
1930
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.17
Description
General colour: teal green lake, purple tan mountains, grey clouds. Lower right corner there is a group of scraggly trees on rock. The lake fills the lower third. Two bars of sand and grass come in from either side. The mountains sweep up to bluestery clouds which come down over the peeks.
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Bow Lake
Date
1930
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
33.9 x 44.1 cm
Description
General colour: teal green lake, purple tan mountains, grey clouds. Lower right corner there is a group of scraggly trees on rock. The lake fills the lower third. Two bars of sand and grass come in from either side. The mountains sweep up to bluestery clouds which come down over the peeks.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.17
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
1934
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.22
Description
General colour: brown, blue. Lower two thirds is filled with the dry rock slopes of a mountain which peaks in the upper enter. Blue sky comes down from both upper corners. One large cloud sits upper center.
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Deception Pass
Date
1934
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
27.2 x 36.8 cm
Description
General colour: brown, blue. Lower two thirds is filled with the dry rock slopes of a mountain which peaks in the upper enter. Blue sky comes down from both upper corners. One large cloud sits upper center.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.22
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Old Saints, Church Street

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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
1925
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.26
Description
blc is a woman in a long red dress and white apron and green shawl. She is carrying something and going to meet a young girl on a sidewalk. Crossing the street lower mid-centre is a man in brown and young girl in pink. There are buildings to the left and right of street, trees at the end. Most of t…
Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Old Saints, Church Street
Date
1925
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
26.5 x 35.6 cm
Description
blc is a woman in a long red dress and white apron and green shawl. She is carrying something and going to meet a young girl on a sidewalk. Crossing the street lower mid-centre is a man in brown and young girl in pink. There are buildings to the left and right of street, trees at the end. Most of the buildings appear to be homes but you can see a square castle or church spire poking out mid-centre. Cloudy sky. Street is in shadow from the right.
Subject
urban
building
church
figure
people
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.26
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Towards Ringrose from Opabin

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Artist
James Edward Hervey MacDonald, R. C. A. (1873 – 1932, Canadian)
Date
1929
Medium
oil on board
Catalogue Number
MaJ.02.02
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Artist
James Edward Hervey MacDonald, R. C. A. (1873 – 1932, Canadian)
Title
Towards Ringrose from Opabin
Date
1929
Medium
oil on board
Dimensions
20.6 x 26.0 cm
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of George K.K. (Tommy) Link, Tucson, USA, 1979
Catalogue Number
MaJ.02.02
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Artist
James Edward Hervey MacDonald, R. C. A. (1873 – 1932, Canadian)
Date
1927
Medium
oil on board
Catalogue Number
MaJ.02.03
Description
The shore of Lake Oesa is visible in the foreground at the bottom of the painting. It is quite rocky. A small shrub or plant is sprouting out of the rock on the right side of the shore. The turquoise Lake Oesa stretches across the canvas. The lake meets up with the headwall of the glacier which …
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Artist
James Edward Hervey MacDonald, R. C. A. (1873 – 1932, Canadian)
Title
Lake Oesa
Date
1927
Medium
oil on board
Dimensions
26.0 x 20.6 cm
Description
The shore of Lake Oesa is visible in the foreground at the bottom of the painting. It is quite rocky. A small shrub or plant is sprouting out of the rock on the right side of the shore. The turquoise Lake Oesa stretches across the canvas. The lake meets up with the headwall of the glacier which forms the upper half of the painting. It is painted in shades of dark blue and purple. At the top of the painting, blue and white areas of the glacier are visible.
Subject
landscape
water
Canadian Rockies
Lake Oesa
Credit
Gift of George K.K. (Tommy) Link, Tucson, USA, 1979
Catalogue Number
MaJ.02.03
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Artist
Robert J. McGuinness (1886 – 1961, Canadian)
Date
1935 – 1955
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
McR.05.01
Description
A lady skier, wearing reddish pants and green jacket, red and green scarf, stands to left centre, she is facing to the right, a line of trees behind her, mountain peaks in background, top third is sky, picture quite faded.
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Artist
Robert J. McGuinness (1886 – 1961, Canadian)
Title
On Sky Line Slopes
Date
1935 – 1955
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
76.5 x 55.8 cm
Description
A lady skier, wearing reddish pants and green jacket, red and green scarf, stands to left centre, she is facing to the right, a line of trees behind her, mountain peaks in background, top third is sky, picture quite faded.
Subject
landscape
Rocky Mountains
figure
woman
winter
skiing
Credit
Gift of Steve T. Hincks, Banff, 1989
Catalogue Number
McR.05.01
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Artist
Robert J. McGuinness (1886 – 1961, Canadian)
Date
1935 – 1955
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
McR.05.02
Description
The top half is all sky, faded streaks of colour, a mountain range, Mount Assiniboine in background, runs from edge to edge centre, four skiers centre left, all facing to the right, in action poses, that is speeding downhill.
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Artist
Robert J. McGuinness (1886 – 1961, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1935 – 1955
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
55.7 x 76.5 cm
Description
The top half is all sky, faded streaks of colour, a mountain range, Mount Assiniboine in background, runs from edge to edge centre, four skiers centre left, all facing to the right, in action poses, that is speeding downhill.
Subject
landscape
Rocky Mountains
group
skiers
winter
skiing
Credit
Gift of Steve T. Hincks, Banff, 1989
Catalogue Number
McR.05.02
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West Portal Abbots Pass

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Artist
Tom W. McLean (1881 – 1951, Canadian)
Date
c. 1926
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
MlT.02.01
Description
The whole image has a lot of blue in it for color. In the foreground and to the bl is the lightest blue section of the painting. Above that is a section of landscape medium to light blue in color. The middle ground is the green blue part of the painted landscape. The mountains in the distance are b…
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Artist
Tom W. McLean (1881 – 1951, Canadian)
Title
West Portal Abbots Pass
Date
c. 1926
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
80.3 x 90.2 cm
Description
The whole image has a lot of blue in it for color. In the foreground and to the bl is the lightest blue section of the painting. Above that is a section of landscape medium to light blue in color. The middle ground is the green blue part of the painted landscape. The mountains in the distance are blue and the sky above is blue with white and grey clouds. The paint has been applied very thick therefor there is a heavy texture throughout.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Donald Grace, Saanichton, 1996
Catalogue Number
MlT.02.01
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West Portal Abbots Pass (study)

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Artist
Tom W. McLean (1881 – 1951, Canadian)
Date
1926
Medium
watercolor on paper
Catalogue Number
MlT.05.01
Description
This study has the same composition as MlT.02.01 but the colors differ. The sky in this image is mostly grey and the mountains and landscape are more green with earth tones added throughout.
Artist
Tom W. McLean (1881 – 1951, Canadian)
Title
West Portal Abbots Pass (study)
Date
1926
Medium
watercolor on paper
Dimensions
22.8 x 27.0 cm
Description
This study has the same composition as MlT.02.01 but the colors differ. The sky in this image is mostly grey and the mountains and landscape are more green with earth tones added throughout.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Donald Grace, Saanichton, 1996
Catalogue Number
MlT.05.01
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Artist
Edmee Moore (1908 – 1971, Canadian)
Date
c. 1928
Medium
poster paint on board
Catalogue Number
MoE.11.01
Description
These illustrations were part of Edmee Moore's (daughter of Col. & Mrs. Pearl Moore) training at art school. It is difficult to ascertain which school they were done at, as Edmee attended schools in Boston, New York, Chicago and London, while accompanying her parents on her father's lecture tours f…
Artist
Edmee Moore (1908 – 1971, Canadian)
Title
Illustrations
Date
c. 1928
Medium
poster paint on board
Dimensions
23.0;66.0 x 27.6;46.0 cm
Description
These illustrations were part of Edmee Moore's (daughter of Col. & Mrs. Pearl Moore) training at art school. It is difficult to ascertain which school they were done at, as Edmee attended schools in Boston, New York, Chicago and London, while accompanying her parents on her father's lecture tours for the C.P.R.
Subject
figure
still life
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
MoE.11.01
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