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Trout Stream Quilt

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Artist: Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)

Date: 1977

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: ArP.05.01

Description: General colour: blue, grey on white. A striped stuffed bedspread, on which a bubbling river pours out of and over the left end. Three green fish can be seen moving up the falls.

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Artist: Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)

Title: Trout Stream Quilt

Date: 1977

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 49.3 x 49.3 cm

Description: General colour: blue, grey on white. A striped stuffed bedspread, on which a bubbling river pours out of and over the left end. Three green fish can be seen moving up the falls.

Subject: animal; mythological; craft; quilt

Credit: Purchased from Dundurn Press, 1977

Catalogue Number: ArP.05.01

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The Development of Society: A Collection of Towers

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Artist: Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)

Date: 1982

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: ArP.05.08

Description: Multi-coloured towers and animal chesspieces rising to the left on green hills against a white background.

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Artist: Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)

Title: The Development of Society: A Collection of Towers

Date: 1982

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 54.0 x 74.0 cm

Description: Multi-coloured towers and animal chesspieces rising to the left on green hills against a white background.

Subject: whimsey; architecture; animal; chesspieces; Pat Askren

Credit: Gift of Jon Whyte, Banff, 1992

Catalogue Number: ArP.05.08

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Tea at the Whyte

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Artist: Therese Boyle (1952 – , Canadian)

Date: 1983

Medium: graphite; watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: BoT.03.01

Description: Alice in Wonderland tea with Alice, the rabbit and a moose sitting around a table. Alice is sitting in a high backed chair to left of picture, she has yellow hair, a blue ribbon and blue dress, the rabbit is to her left, he has a blue cap, purple bow tie, yellow shirt, the moose head and horns domi…

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Artist: Therese Boyle (1952 – , Canadian)

Title: Tea at the Whyte

Date: 1983

Medium: graphite; watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 57.3 x 76.6 cm

Description: Alice in Wonderland tea with Alice, the rabbit and a moose sitting around a table. Alice is sitting in a high backed chair to left of picture, she has yellow hair, a blue ribbon and blue dress, the rabbit is to her left, he has a blue cap, purple bow tie, yellow shirt, the moose head and horns dominate top right centre of picture, he has a blue and yellow bow tie. The tea service is red, the background is blue the table cloth is white on top and yellow sides.

Subject: figure; female; character, Alice in Wonderland; animal; rabbit; moose; whimsical; teddy bear; Therese (Terri) Boyle

Credit: Purchased from Therese Boyle, Edmonton, 1983

Catalogue Number: BoT.03.01

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Mountain Goats and Mount Assiniboine

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Artist: Belmore Browne (1880 – 1954, American)

Date: 1941

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: BwB.02.06

Description: General colour: blue, green, grey. Two mountain goats look over a cliff at right into misty valley below. A hawk flys in the cloud lower left. In the upper left is a mountain. The peak is up center and is slightly behind a cloud. The sky is bright yellow.

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Artist: Belmore Browne (1880 – 1954, American)

Title: Mountain Goats and Mount Assiniboine

Date: 1941

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 45.0 x 59.0 cm

Description: General colour: blue, green, grey. Two mountain goats look over a cliff at right into misty valley below. A hawk flys in the cloud lower left. In the upper left is a mountain. The peak is up center and is slightly behind a cloud. The sky is bright yellow.

Subject: landscape; Rocky Mountains; mountain; Mount Assiniboine; animal; mountain goat

Credit: Gift of J. Monroe Thorington, Philadelphia, USA, 1973

Catalogue Number: BwB.02.06

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Mount Saskatchewan

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Artist: Belmore Browne (1880 – 1954, American)

Date: 1940

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: BwB.02.08

Description: Three Rams are standing on the edge of a cliff looking over the edge out at the mountains in the background. The mountains in the background have many clouds around them and the sky is also very cloudy. There are trees down close to the bottom of the image in the center and the Rams are facing the …

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Artist: Belmore Browne (1880 – 1954, American)

Title: Mount Saskatchewan

Date: 1940

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 50.0 x 51.0 cm

Description: Three Rams are standing on the edge of a cliff looking over the edge out at the mountains in the background. The mountains in the background have many clouds around them and the sky is also very cloudy. There are trees down close to the bottom of the image in the center and the Rams are facing the left side of the painting with their backs to the right.

Subject: landscape; Rocky Mountains; mountain; animal; mountain sheep

Credit: Gift of J. Monroe Thorington, Philadelphia, USA, 1979

Catalogue Number: BwB.02.08

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Ruffed Grouse in Winter

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Artist: George Browne (1918 – 1958, American)

Date: 1955 – 1956

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: BwG.02.01

Description: Colour: puprle, blue. Two birds perched in snow laden birch trees facing away from the viewer and to the right.

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Artist: George Browne (1918 – 1958, American)

Title: Ruffed Grouse in Winter

Date: 1955 – 1956

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 60.0 x 49.3 cm

Description: Colour: puprle, blue. Two birds perched in snow laden birch trees facing away from the viewer and to the right.

Subject: animal; grouse; partridge; Ruffed Grouse

Credit: Gift of C. M. Smith, 1968

Catalogue Number: BwG.02.01

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In Dog Years

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Artist: Michael Cameron (1955 – , Canadian)

Date: 1996

Medium: oil on reclaimed wood doors

Catalogue Number: CaM.02.01 a-e

Description: This painting is made up of five wood door panels. Each panel is leaned up behind and in front of one another to form the painting. The first panel which is the smallest of all five and is situated on the far left, has a dog in the blc and highlighted grass. The second panel is the height of a full…

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Artist: Michael Cameron (1955 – , Canadian)

Title: In Dog Years

Date: 1996

Medium: oil on reclaimed wood doors

Dimensions: 198.0 x 378.0 cm

Description: This painting is made up of five wood door panels. Each panel is leaned up behind and in front of one another to form the painting. The first panel which is the smallest of all five and is situated on the far left, has a dog in the blc and highlighted grass. The second panel is the height of a full door. This section features the left portion of the house and many high spruce trees in the background. The third and forth panels are also the full height of a door and continue to depict the rest of the house and some trees in the mid ground and in the distance. The final panel is the second smallest and features the lower section of three trees, their shadows and green grass in the foreground. This grass area is a continuation from the first panel and accross all three in between. The sky is a orange and yellow colour and the highlights on the house and trees etc. are all yellow. The house is a dark tone with white trim and stone areas at the bottom. The dog is a light yellow or white.

Subject: architecture; house; animal; dog

Credit: Gift and purchased from Michael Cameron, Banff, 1996

Catalogue Number: CaM.02.01 a-e

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Three Companeros

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Artist: Ken Christopher (1942 – , Canadian)

Date: 1994

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: ChK.02.01

Description: With in the image frame of this painting there are three horses with three people sitting on horseback. The three figures are female and are centered. The background area is full of trees and the bottom area around the ground is brown in colour. The three horses and riders are facing away from the …

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Artist: Ken Christopher (1942 – , Canadian)

Title: Three Companeros

Date: 1994

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 42.0 x 48.0 cm

Description: With in the image frame of this painting there are three horses with three people sitting on horseback. The three figures are female and are centered. The background area is full of trees and the bottom area around the ground is brown in colour. The three horses and riders are facing away from the viewer and are riding off through the forest. The horses are brown. One of the riders has a white shirt or jacket and another has a light colour hat.

Subject: animal; horses; landscape; forest; activity; trail riding; figure; group; female

Credit: Gift of Robert Blair, Calgary, 1996

Catalogue Number: ChK.02.01

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Miners' Homes, Canmore

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

Date: 1944

Medium: wax crayon on paper

Catalogue Number: DaK.03.24

Description: A boy on a horse in bottom right foreground is riding down a street, houses lined along the street centre right. Mountains in the background. Bottom left of picture is blank.

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

Title: Miners' Homes, Canmore

Date: 1944

Medium: wax crayon on paper

Dimensions: 29.3 x 37.0 cm

Description: A boy on a horse in bottom right foreground is riding down a street, houses lined along the street centre right. Mountains in the background. Bottom left of picture is blank.

Subject: architecture; urban; figure; boy; animal; horse; landscape; The Three Sisters

Credit: Purchased from Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper, 1989

Catalogue Number: DaK.03.24

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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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A Hunter of Peace

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Artist: Alex Emond (1950 – , Canadian)

Date: 1980

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: EmA.03.02

Description: The back of the mane and ears of a horse is in the foreground bottom left. A trail from bottom left swings to the right. On the trail are two mounted horsemen. Standing to the left of the trail is a woman with hat in hand looking to the right. A ridge runs from bottom left to top right. There is a …

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Artist: Alex Emond (1950 – , Canadian)

Title: A Hunter of Peace

Date: 1980

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 24.9 x 65.7 cm

Description: The back of the mane and ears of a horse is in the foreground bottom left. A trail from bottom left swings to the right. On the trail are two mounted horsemen. Standing to the left of the trail is a woman with hat in hand looking to the right. A ridge runs from bottom left to top right. There is a mountain range to the left in the distance and one mountain in top right hand corner. Clouds along the horizon.

Subject: figure; Mary Schaffer; cowboys; animal; horse; landscape; Canadian Rockies; Alex Emond

Credit: Gift of Unknown, 1968

Catalogue Number: EmA.03.02

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Bill Neish's Horse 1936

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

Date: 1936

Medium: ink; graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: GyH.03.01

Description: General colour: brown on white. A horse saddled and carrying a rifle, saddle bags, and another case. Stands facing left. His ears are perked. Around the edges are notes by the artist regarding colouration.

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

Title: Bill Neish's Horse 1936

Date: 1936

Medium: ink; graphite on paper

Dimensions: 28.0 x 38.0 cm

Description: General colour: brown on white. A horse saddled and carrying a rifle, saddle bags, and another case. Stands facing left. His ears are perked. Around the edges are notes by the artist regarding colouration.

Subject: animal; horse

Credit: Gift of Helen Collinson, Edmonton, 1974

Catalogue Number: GyH.03.01

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Monkey Eating Mikan

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Artist: Kawamura Hiroshi

Date: c. 1800

Medium: ink and colour on silk

Catalogue Number: HiK.05.01

Description: This piece features a monkey in a domestic setting. The monkey is wearing a vest of Japanese design and peeling an orange. To the monkey’s right are two flower pots. The image is mounted with blue and gold decorative silk.

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Artist: Kawamura Hiroshi

Title: Monkey Eating Mikan

Date: c. 1800

Medium: ink and colour on silk

Dimensions: 56.0 x 78.0 cm

Description: This piece features a monkey in a domestic setting. The monkey is wearing a vest of Japanese design and peeling an orange. To the monkey’s right are two flower pots. The image is mounted with blue and gold decorative silk.

Subject: animal; monkey and still life; potted plants

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

Catalogue Number: HiK.05.01

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Untitled

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Artist: Georgina Luxton (1870 – 1965, Canadian)

Date: n.d.

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: LuG.02.04

Description: Colour: green, brown. Central image is two cows and a calf on a river bank at center. To the left is a man sitting on a fence. Behind on the left are trees. In the distance on the right are five more cows on a far bank. At the horizon on the right are trees and a church building.

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Artist: Georgina Luxton (1870 – 1965, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: n.d.

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 50.8 x 76.2 cm

Description: Colour: green, brown. Central image is two cows and a calf on a river bank at center. To the left is a man sitting on a fence. Behind on the left are trees. In the distance on the right are five more cows on a far bank. At the horizon on the right are trees and a church building.

Subject: landscape; animal; bovine; figure, male

Credit: Gift of Forrest (Pat) Oliver Brewster, Banff, 1967

Catalogue Number: LuG.02.04

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Deer in the Woods, 1949

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Artist: Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)

Date: 1949

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: PhW.05.01

Description: Colour: white, brown. Lower half is snow. In the upper half are four tree trunks left of center behind which are two deer - one facing right and the other behind her and left, facing right but looking out. Along the upper edge of the picture are the lower sections of the trunks.

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Artist: Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)

Title: Deer in the Woods, 1949

Date: 1949

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 26.4 x 37.2 cm

Description: Colour: white, brown. Lower half is snow. In the upper half are four tree trunks left of center behind which are two deer - one facing right and the other behind her and left, facing right but looking out. Along the upper edge of the picture are the lower sections of the trunks.

Subject: landscape; forest; winter; animal; deer

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1969

Catalogue Number: PhW.05.01

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Deer on Banff Avenue

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Artist: Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)

Date: 1947

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: PhW.05.02

Description: Colour: grey, brown, blue, green, yellow. A deer right of center crosses the road which fills the lower half. Across the middle going into the distance at the left are a row of store front with cars parked in front - one car appears to be travelling to the left. Behind the buildings are mountains a…

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Artist: Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)

Title: Deer on Banff Avenue

Date: 1947

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 36.8 x 37.9 cm

Description: Colour: grey, brown, blue, green, yellow. A deer right of center crosses the road which fills the lower half. Across the middle going into the distance at the left are a row of store front with cars parked in front - one car appears to be travelling to the left. Behind the buildings are mountains and sky.

Subject: landscape; mountain; architecture; urban; animal; deer

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1969

Catalogue Number: PhW.05.02

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The Dog and the Hare

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Artist: Arthur Rackham (1867 – 1939, British)

Date: 1912

Medium: ink; watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: RaA.03.01

Description: Dog has pipe and walking stick and plaid cap and topcoat, hare has purple bonnet and purse. Signed and dated A. Rackham 1912 brc, signed on mat The Dog & the Hare, Aesop's Fables p.145.

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Artist: Arthur Rackham (1867 – 1939, British)

Title: The Dog and the Hare

Date: 1912

Medium: ink; watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 20.8 x 25.2 cm

Description: Dog has pipe and walking stick and plaid cap and topcoat, hare has purple bonnet and purse. Signed and dated A. Rackham 1912 brc, signed on mat The Dog & the Hare, Aesop's Fables p.145.

Subject: animal; dog; hare; mythological

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

Catalogue Number: RaA.03.01

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The Cock and the Jewel

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Artist: Arthur Rackham (1867 – 1939, British)

Date: 1912

Medium: ink; watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: RaA.03.02

Description: One cock and three hens in landscape. Beige, blue, black, red colour washes dominant. Signed blc A. Rackham 1912. Pencilled note to engraver at bottom of picture says 6 high with an arrow indicating up. Written on discard backing board said Aesop's Fables-1912 The Cock and the Jewel p. 121

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Artist: Arthur Rackham (1867 – 1939, British)

Title: The Cock and the Jewel

Date: 1912

Medium: ink; watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 26.6 x 18.3 cm

Description: One cock and three hens in landscape. Beige, blue, black, red colour washes dominant. Signed blc A. Rackham 1912. Pencilled note to engraver at bottom of picture says 6 high with an arrow indicating up. Written on discard backing board said Aesop's Fables-1912 The Cock and the Jewel p. 121