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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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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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Winter Day near Golden, B C

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Artist: Peter Ewart (1918 – , Canadian)

Date: c. 1970

Medium: oil on board

Catalogue Number: EwP.02.02

Description: A cabin sits among trees at centre left. Foreground is snow.

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Artist: Peter Ewart (1918 – , Canadian)

Title: Winter Day near Golden, B C

Date: c. 1970

Medium: oil on board

Dimensions: 23.6 x 29.2 cm

Description: A cabin sits among trees at centre left. Foreground is snow.

Subject: landscape; winter; architecture; rural

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

Catalogue Number: EwP.02.02

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Banff 1962

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Artist: Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian)

Date: 1962

Medium: oil on masonite

Catalogue Number: GyH.02.01

Description: General colour: greens, pink, blue, mauve and purple. Mount Rundle in broad impressionistic strokes. “GLYDE 62” aigned in black in the brhc.

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Artist: Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian)

Title: Banff 1962

Date: 1962

Medium: oil on masonite

Dimensions: 26.1 x 33.6 cm

Description: General colour: greens, pink, blue, mauve and purple. Mount Rundle in broad impressionistic strokes. “GLYDE 62” aigned in black in the brhc.

Subject: landscape; Mount Rundle; Canadian Rockies

Credit: Gift of eisler, Edmonton, 1972

Catalogue Number: GyH.02.01

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Rocks near Banff

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Artist: Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian)

Date: 1968

Medium: oil on masonite

Catalogue Number: GyH.02.11

Description: Rocks in various shades of grey make up most of the painting. At the top of the painting, dark blue-grey mountain peaks are visible. A lighter blue sky is visible above the mountain peaks.

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Artist: Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian)

Title: Rocks near Banff

Date: 1968

Medium: oil on masonite

Dimensions: 33 x 40.5 cm

Description: Rocks in various shades of grey make up most of the painting. At the top of the painting, dark blue-grey mountain peaks are visible. A lighter blue sky is visible above the mountain peaks.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; rocks; abstract

Credit: Gift of Henry George Glyde, Victoria, 1997

Catalogue Number: GyH.02.11

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Valley of the Ten Peaks

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Artist: Herbert C. Hahn (1907 – , American)

Date: 1969

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: HaH.02.01

Description: General colour: blue. The Valley sweeps across the bottom of the canvas from the right and then half way up left side goes diagonally up into the canvas to upper left side. Two climbers are seen in the foreground, third of the way in from right side. The mountains diminish in size and colour toward…

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Artist: Herbert C. Hahn (1907 – , American)

Title: Valley of the Ten Peaks

Date: 1969

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 100.5 x 151.5 cm

Description: General colour: blue. The Valley sweeps across the bottom of the canvas from the right and then half way up left side goes diagonally up into the canvas to upper left side. Two climbers are seen in the foreground, third of the way in from right side. The mountains diminish in size and colour towards the top.

Subject: landscape; mountains; lake; activity, hikers

Credit: Gift of Herbert C. Hahn, 1971

Catalogue Number: HaH.02.01

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Storm In the Foothills

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Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Date: 1963

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: LaC.02.02

Description: General colour: purple, green. The lower half of the picture is green hills in front with bushes. One clump noticably right of center. Purple hills behind with mist in the hollows. The upper half is snow capped mauve mountains, green, pink and purple arched sky, above which on the left side is rain…

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Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Title: Storm In the Foothills

Date: 1963

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 59.6 x 74.9 cm

Description: General colour: purple, green. The lower half of the picture is green hills in front with bushes. One clump noticably right of center. Purple hills behind with mist in the hollows. The upper half is snow capped mauve mountains, green, pink and purple arched sky, above which on the left side is raining on the hills below.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies

Credit: Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973

Catalogue Number: LaC.02.02

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Bow Lake

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Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Date: 1963

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: LaC.03.06

Description: General colour: pencil on white. Two points of land come in from left and right respectively with water in between and behind. The far shore starts quarter way up and becomes a mountain left of enter and right banks up each side. Sketchy clouds appear to be raining left and right.

Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Title: Bow Lake

Date: 1963

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 32.3 x 40.1 cm

Description: General colour: pencil on white. Two points of land come in from left and right respectively with water in between and behind. The far shore starts quarter way up and becomes a mountain left of enter and right banks up each side. Sketchy clouds appear to be raining left and right.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountains; lake

Credit: Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973

Catalogue Number: LaC.03.06

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Untitled

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Artist: Tom Lonsdale (1886 – 1975, Canadian)

Date: 1962

Medium: oil on canvas board

Catalogue Number: LoT.02.07

Description: A stylized painting of Cascade Mountain, the top almost touches the top of the painting, just off centre, fluffy white clouds in a blue sky. Some evergreen trees in foreground, a stylized rock in bottom right corner.

Artist: Tom Lonsdale (1886 – 1975, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1962

Medium: oil on canvas board

Dimensions: 20 x 24.6 cm

Description: A stylized painting of Cascade Mountain, the top almost touches the top of the painting, just off centre, fluffy white clouds in a blue sky. Some evergreen trees in foreground, a stylized rock in bottom right corner.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies

Credit: Gift of Ken Madsen, Banff, 1983

Catalogue Number: LoT.02.07

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Sketch of Hoodoos

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Artist: James McLaren Nicoll (1892 – 1986, Canadian)

Date: prior to 1986

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: NiJ.03.09

Artist: James McLaren Nicoll (1892 – 1986, Canadian)

Title: Sketch of Hoodoos

Date: prior to 1986

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 28.3 x 26.0 cm

Subject: landscape; hoodoos

Credit: Purchased from Masters Gallery ltd., Calgary, 1979

Catalogue Number: NiJ.03.09

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Foot of Three Sisters

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Artist: Joseph Francis Plaskett (1918 – 2014, Canadian)

Date: 1968

Medium: pastel on paper

Catalogue Number: PlJ.03.01

Description: General colour: black, blue, brown on grey paper. Mountains go into the distance from right to left diagonally upper to lower area. Sky is dark blue with flames of yellow on grey.

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Artist: Joseph Francis Plaskett (1918 – 2014, Canadian)

Title: Foot of Three Sisters

Date: 1968

Medium: pastel on paper

Dimensions: 49.7 x 65.9 cm

Description: General colour: black, blue, brown on grey paper. Mountains go into the distance from right to left diagonally upper to lower area. Sky is dark blue with flames of yellow on grey.

Subject: landscape; mountain

Credit: Purchased from Joseph Francis Plaskett, 1972

Catalogue Number: PlJ.03.01

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Mount Wilson From Graveyard

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Artist: Margaret Dorothy Shelton (1915 – 1984, Canadian)

Date: 1968

Medium: oil on masonite

Catalogue Number: ShM.02.01

Description: The bottom third of the painting features a lake or body of water surrounded on both sides by trees. Rocks and pieces of stumps and wood are situated across the foreground. The background shows a very large mountain range green, blue and light blue grey in colour. The sky around the mountains and t…

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Artist: Margaret Dorothy Shelton (1915 – 1984, Canadian)

Title: Mount Wilson From Graveyard

Date: 1968

Medium: oil on masonite

Dimensions: 40.6 x 50.8 cm

Description: The bottom third of the painting features a lake or body of water surrounded on both sides by trees. Rocks and pieces of stumps and wood are situated across the foreground. The background shows a very large mountain range green, blue and light blue grey in colour. The sky around the mountains and trees is sky blue with some clouds.

Subject: landscape; Canadian; mountains

Credit: Gift of Wilf Johnson, Calgary, 1996

Catalogue Number: ShM.02.01

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Mountain Road

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Date: 1967

Medium: oil, gesso on cotton canvas

Catalogue Number: SiR.01.01

Description: One-third painted blue top to bottom, on viewer’s left, one-third painted green, top to bottom, on viewer’s right; in the centre a grey/brown road leading to brown mountains with a white sky above. Signed blhc: “Sinclair ‘87”

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Title: Mountain Road

Date: 1967

Medium: oil, gesso on cotton canvas

Dimensions: 23.0 x 20.5 cm

Description: One-third painted blue top to bottom, on viewer’s left, one-third painted green, top to bottom, on viewer’s right; in the centre a grey/brown road leading to brown mountains with a white sky above. Signed blhc: “Sinclair ‘87”

Subject: landscape; mountains; road

Credit: Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2010

Catalogue Number: SiR.01.01

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Mount Thorington 1968

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Artist: J. Monroe Thorington (1894 – 1989, American)

Date: 1968

Medium: oil on canvas board

Catalogue Number: ThM.02.01

Description: Colour: blue, purple. Rocks come out of the snow in the lower right and across the bottom. Snow leads up to a rock peak at upper center. Distant range is off to the right. Sky fills in the upper area.

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Artist: J. Monroe Thorington (1894 – 1989, American)

Title: Mount Thorington 1968

Date: 1968

Medium: oil on canvas board

Dimensions: 44.1 x 59.7 cm

Description: Colour: blue, purple. Rocks come out of the snow in the lower right and across the bottom. Snow leads up to a rock peak at upper center. Distant range is off to the right. Sky fills in the upper area.

Subject: landscape; mountain

Credit: Gift of J. Monroe Thorington, Philadelphia, USA, 1969

Catalogue Number: ThM.02.01

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By The Lake

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Artist: Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)

Date: 1969

Medium: oil on canvas board

Catalogue Number: WiS.02.05

Description: Oil painting of large lake with cliffs at right side and lake with trees and rocks by shore at right side. Low hills in background at far shore of lake. Swirled clouds in sky above. “SITTING WIND” in lower right corner. On back: “Indian Name Sitting Wind Stoney Reserve Morley Alberta.”

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Artist: Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)

Title: By The Lake

Date: 1969

Medium: oil on canvas board

Dimensions: 30.5 x 40.5 cm

Description: Oil painting of large lake with cliffs at right side and lake with trees and rocks by shore at right side. Low hills in background at far shore of lake. Swirled clouds in sky above. “SITTING WIND” in lower right corner. On back: “Indian Name Sitting Wind Stoney Reserve Morley Alberta.”

Subject: lake; nature; landscape; mountains

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

Catalogue Number: WiS.02.05

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Lonely Place

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Artist: Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)

Date: 1969

Medium: oil on canvas board

Catalogue Number: WiS.02.10

Description: Painting of a blue lake across width of canvas. Foreground has sandy shore with driftwood log at left and grasses and single tree at right. Two green mountains in background, separated from lake by strip of brush and trees. Fluffy white clouds with small patches of blue sky above. “SITTING WIND” at…

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Artist: Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)

Title: Lonely Place

Date: 1969

Medium: oil on canvas board

Dimensions: 30.5 x 40.5 cm

Description: Painting of a blue lake across width of canvas. Foreground has sandy shore with driftwood log at left and grasses and single tree at right. Two green mountains in background, separated from lake by strip of brush and trees. Fluffy white clouds with small patches of blue sky above. “SITTING WIND” at owner right corner. On back: “Frank Kaquitts Morley Alberta, Indian Res. Morley. Indian Name Sitting Wind” “Lonely place, July 1969”

Subject: lake; mountains; landscape; nature

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

Catalogue Number: WiS.02.10

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The Hunter

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Artist: Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)

Date: 1966

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WiS.02.19

Description: Two figures in loincloths and two saddles horses (one brown, one black) in grassy meadow on the shore of a blue lake., Figure at left is standing next to black horse while brown horse is grazing on grass in centre next to seated figure at right. Rocky mountains and grassy slopes rise from far shore…

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Artist: Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)

Title: The Hunter

Date: 1966

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 59.0 x 74.5 cm

Description: Two figures in loincloths and two saddles horses (one brown, one black) in grassy meadow on the shore of a blue lake., Figure at left is standing next to black horse while brown horse is grazing on grass in centre next to seated figure at right. Rocky mountains and grassy slopes rise from far shore of lake. Thin clouds in blue sky above. “SITTING WIND” lower right corner. On back: “THE HUNTER Frank Kaquitts Aug 1966” Stamped on back of canvas supports is “ARTISTS MATERIALS GRUMBACHER NEW YORK”