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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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Oil Painting

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Date: 1968

Material: paint; board; wood

Catalogue Number: 107.02.0079 a,b

Description: Two paintings signed by Harvey Baptiste. a) simple painting on canvas board. Large green field with brown cliffs in front and blue mountains and sky in background. b) very detailed parting of small lake with trees around it and mountain in background. Impressionist style. Painting is 19.5 cm x 23.5…

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Title: Oil Painting

Date: 1968

Material: paint; board; wood

Dimensions: 30.0 x 40.0 cm

Description: Two paintings signed by Harvey Baptiste. a) simple painting on canvas board. Large green field with brown cliffs in front and blue mountains and sky in background. b) very detailed parting of small lake with trees around it and mountain in background. Impressionist style. Painting is 19.5 cm x 23.5 cm and is in a thick blond wood frame. Size with frame is: 32.0 cm x 37.0 cm. Writing on back reads: “THE FLOOTING CLOUDS HARVEY [“AUBREY” is crossed out] BAPTISTE, MAY 14, 68”

Subject: Whyte home; art; paintings; landscapes

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

Catalogue Number: 107.02.0079 a,b

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Oil Painting

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Date: 1971

Material: paint; canvas

Catalogue Number: 107.02.0087

Description: Colourful abstract painting with bird-like shape in centre on peach coloured background. “HARVIE SCANIE 71” in lower right corner. Canvas stretched over wood frame. Piece of paper tucked into frame reads “C-9 SOLD to Mrs. CR White” [sic].

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Title: Oil Painting

Date: 1971

Material: paint; canvas

Dimensions: 60.5 x 40.0 cm

Description: Colourful abstract painting with bird-like shape in centre on peach coloured background. “HARVIE SCANIE 71” in lower right corner. Canvas stretched over wood frame. Piece of paper tucked into frame reads “C-9 SOLD to Mrs. CR White” [sic].

Subject: Whyte home; Catharine Robb Whyte; painting; art; indigenous

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

Catalogue Number: 107.02.0087

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Oil Painting

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Date: 1973

Material: paint; canvas; wood

Catalogue Number: 107.02.0094

Description: Still life on canvas stretched over wood frame. Bookshelf with small statue; animal skill; red glass ball in netting; moveable wooden figures and pointed object on too of shelf. Books and binders stacked inside shelf. “D.Klein ‘73” in bottom right corner.

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Title: Oil Painting

Date: 1973

Material: paint; canvas; wood

Dimensions: 61.0 x 46.0 cm

Description: Still life on canvas stretched over wood frame. Bookshelf with small statue; animal skill; red glass ball in netting; moveable wooden figures and pointed object on too of shelf. Books and binders stacked inside shelf. “D.Klein ‘73” in bottom right corner.

Subject: Whyte home; painting; still life; art

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

Catalogue Number: 107.02.0094

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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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Untitled

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Artist: R. Boulet

Date: 1973

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: BoU.02.01

Description: Blue and white abstract tree covered in snow.

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Artist: R. Boulet

Title: Untitled

Date: 1973

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 66 x 54.2 cm

Description: Blue and white abstract tree covered in snow.

Subject: abstract; tree; snow

Credit: Gift of Harold C. Whyte, Penticton, 2003

Catalogue Number: BoU.02.01

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Untitled [dog team]

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Artist: William Bonnetplume (1946 – 2001, Canadian)

Date: c. 1973

Medium: oil on board

Catalogue Number: BpW.02.01

Description: Dog team in a snow storm, in front of a cabin; signed brc “Wm Bonnetplume”

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Artist: William Bonnetplume (1946 – 2001, Canadian)

Title: Untitled [dog team]

Date: c. 1973

Medium: oil on board

Dimensions: 35.5 x 45.3 cm

Description: Dog team in a snow storm, in front of a cabin; signed brc “Wm Bonnetplume”

Subject: animal, dogteam; figure, man; man, Inuit; architecture, cabin; landscape, winter

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

Catalogue Number: BpW.02.01

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Hommage

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Artist: Charles Fraser Comfort (1900 – 1994, Canadian)

Date: 1968

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: CfC.01.01

Description: An oil painting entitled “Hommage” as an hommage to Manet’s “Le Dejeuner Sur L’Herbe”.Blue and white label on back reads:Royal Canadian Academy of Arts YEAR 1968ARTISTS NAME Charles F. Comfort LLD RCAADDRESS 28 Blvd. Alexandre Tache Hull P.Q.TITLE HOMMAGE PRICE: $4500.ooSIZE H X W 59” x 72” M…

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Artist: Charles Fraser Comfort (1900 – 1994, Canadian)

Title: Hommage

Date: 1968

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 128.0 x 184.0 cm

Description: An oil painting entitled “Hommage” as an hommage to Manet’s “Le Dejeuner Sur L’Herbe”.Blue and white label on back reads:Royal Canadian Academy of Arts YEAR 1968ARTISTS NAME Charles F. Comfort LLD RCAADDRESS 28 Blvd. Alexandre Tache Hull P.Q.TITLE HOMMAGE PRICE: $4500.ooSIZE H X W 59” x 72” MEDIUM oil on CanvasRed sticker underneath Member R.C.Awritten trhc in black felt pen: #44 See narrative for information regarding the painting.

Subject: picnic lunch; nude, female; male

Credit: Gift of , 2003

Catalogue Number: CfC.01.01

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The Three Sisters

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Artist: Duncan Crockford (1920 – 1992)

Date: 1966

Medium: painting on canvas

Catalogue Number: CrD.02.01

Description: A landscape oil painting. In the background are mountains and a blue sky with white clouds. In the foreground is a field with two blonde horses grazing on the left and one brown and white one on the right. Behind the horses is a wooden fence and a small pond. Behind the pond is a small building and…

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Artist: Duncan Crockford (1920 – 1992)

Title: The Three Sisters

Date: 1966

Medium: painting on canvas

Dimensions: 76.5 x 91.5 cm

Description: A landscape oil painting. In the background are mountains and a blue sky with white clouds. In the foreground is a field with two blonde horses grazing on the left and one brown and white one on the right. Behind the horses is a wooden fence and a small pond. Behind the pond is a small building and a white church steeple is visible behind the building. The horses and buildings are also surrounded by forest, a mix of green coniferous and golden deciduous trees. The artist signature is painted in the bottom rhc, “Duncan /66”.

Subject: landscape; mountains; three sisters; Duncan Crockford

Credit: Gift of William Randall (Estate), Halifax, 2011

Catalogue Number: CrD.02.01

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Eskimo Children II, Resolute Bay, N.W.T.

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Artist: Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)

Date: 1960

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: DaK.02.01

Description: The faces of three children look out from parka hoods. Behind in the distance are mountains.

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Artist: Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)

Title: Eskimo Children II, Resolute Bay, N.W.T.

Date: 1960

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 75.0 x 62.3 cm

Description: The faces of three children look out from parka hoods. Behind in the distance are mountains.

Subject: portrait; child; group; Inuit

Credit: Purchased from Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper, 1969

Catalogue Number: DaK.02.01

Notes: Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018

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Autumn Storm, Shuswap Lake, B.C.

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Artist: Rick Nicholas de Grandmaison (1932 – 1985, Canadian)

Date: c. 1970

Medium: oil on canvas board

Catalogue Number: DgO.02.01

Description: Yellow/orange colour dominates from centre to top right; foreground and bottom right are brown trees, higher to the right of picture; behind these trees is a blue lake, yellow reflection; a varied coloured green mountain is in the centre left; light yellow sweeps down from top left.

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Artist: Rick Nicholas de Grandmaison (1932 – 1985, Canadian)

Title: Autumn Storm, Shuswap Lake, B.C.

Date: c. 1970

Medium: oil on canvas board

Dimensions: 25.5 x 30.5 cm

Description: Yellow/orange colour dominates from centre to top right; foreground and bottom right are brown trees, higher to the right of picture; behind these trees is a blue lake, yellow reflection; a varied coloured green mountain is in the centre left; light yellow sweeps down from top left.

Subject: landscape, lake; landscape, Shuswap Lake

Credit: Gift of Jock Smith, Vancouver, 1972

Catalogue Number: DgO.02.01

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New Moon-Southern Alberta

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Artist: Rick Nicholas de Grandmaison (1932 – 1985, Canadian)

Date: 1976

Medium: oil on board

Catalogue Number: DgO.02.05

Description: This painting is mainly sky. Two riders on horses are seen in the left half of the painting. In front of them there is a brush area of green and brown. It looks as if they are riding in foothill / prairie area. Mountains are visible in the background. The sky is pink, yellow and blue. A crescent mo…

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Artist: Rick Nicholas de Grandmaison (1932 – 1985, Canadian)

Title: New Moon-Southern Alberta

Date: 1976

Medium: oil on board

Dimensions: 54.3 x 75.0 cm

Description: This painting is mainly sky. Two riders on horses are seen in the left half of the painting. In front of them there is a brush area of green and brown. It looks as if they are riding in foothill / prairie area. Mountains are visible in the background. The sky is pink, yellow and blue. A crescent moon is in the sky.

Subject: landscape; foothills; prairie; Southern Alberta; animal; horse; figure; O. N. de Grandmaison

Credit: Gift of Evelyn Carol Barrington, Invermere, 1999

Catalogue Number: DgO.02.05

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Pilot Mountain

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Artist: Robert M. Dingwall

Date: 1961

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: DnR.02.01

Description: In the bottom third of painting is thirteen single trees and a river with islands in it. The purple shadowed mountain rises up from there. A glacier on the left, the main peak left of center and two distant peaks to the right. Skin tone and yellow tinted clouds fill the top third. The signature in …

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Artist: Robert M. Dingwall

Title: Pilot Mountain

Date: 1961

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 54.9 x 70.3 cm

Description: In the bottom third of painting is thirteen single trees and a river with islands in it. The purple shadowed mountain rises up from there. A glacier on the left, the main peak left of center and two distant peaks to the right. Skin tone and yellow tinted clouds fill the top third. The signature in the lower left is signed in orange red.

Subject: landscape; mountain; glacier

Credit: Gift of eisler, Edmonton, 1972

Catalogue Number: DnR.02.01

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Elizabeth Bearspaw

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Artist: Vera Louise Drysdale (1921 – 1994, Canadian)

Date: 1974

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: DyV.02.01

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Artist: Vera Louise Drysdale (1921 – 1994, Canadian)

Title: Elizabeth Bearspaw

Date: 1974

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 40.5 x 31.5 cm

Subject: portrait; female; Indigenous

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

Catalogue Number: DyV.02.01

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Rosedale Garden in the Sunlight

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Artist: Susan Elkins

Date: prior to 1996

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: EiS.02.02

Description: Located in the cl and making its way down to the lower right is a stone fence painted with lots of warm colours for example, orange, pink,different yellows and a redish violet. In the foreground are shadows cast by the fence and these are dark green in colour. Around the shadows the ground is yello…

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Artist: Susan Elkins

Title: Rosedale Garden in the Sunlight

Date: prior to 1996

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 43.1 x 50.8 cm

Description: Located in the cl and making its way down to the lower right is a stone fence painted with lots of warm colours for example, orange, pink,different yellows and a redish violet. In the foreground are shadows cast by the fence and these are dark green in colour. Around the shadows the ground is yellow and light green in colour. On the side of the fence that is further away from the viewer there is a door or type of arch way that is covered in green plants. The back area behind this arch is light violet to dark purple in colour with a bit more yellow and green plants in a few areas. On the end of the fence that is further to the left there is some red flowers.

Subject: botanical; Rosedale Garden; architecture; stone fence

Credit: Purchased from Spring for the Arts Art Auction, Calgary, 1996

Catalogue Number: EiS.02.02

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Still Life

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Artist: Susan Elkins

Date: 1975 – 1979

Medium: oil on masonite

Catalogue Number: ElS.02.01

Description: Still life with a pallet knife, orange-yellow glowing cup dominates to the right of the painting, behind which is a large vase in a monochromatical shaped objects fill the background.

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Artist: Susan Elkins

Title: Still Life

Date: 1975 – 1979

Medium: oil on masonite

Dimensions: 27.5 x 24 cm

Description: Still life with a pallet knife, orange-yellow glowing cup dominates to the right of the painting, behind which is a large vase in a monochromatical shaped objects fill the background.