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Trusting

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Artist: Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)

Date: 1993

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: ArP.05.09

Description: A figure dressed in a black hat, black blouse, printed black pants, red socks, black shoes is at centre top, walking on grey crumbling blocks. Below and in the foreground is a range of peaked mountains, dark colours of blue, purple and some green with some snow cover on centre mountains. A row o…

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Artist: Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)

Title: Trusting

Date: 1993

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 43.2 x 30.5 cm

Description: A figure dressed in a black hat, black blouse, printed black pants, red socks, black shoes is at centre top, walking on grey crumbling blocks. Below and in the foreground is a range of peaked mountains, dark colours of blue, purple and some green with some snow cover on centre mountains. A row of black trees lines a lake in the foreground, splashes of colour reflect in the lake. The sky has red, purple tones fading to white at the top.

Subject: landscape; mountains; mythological; figure

Credit: Gift of Patricia Askren, Lakonias, Greece, 1993

Catalogue Number: ArP.05.09

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Banff Springs Hotel 1903

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Artist: Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, R. C. A. (1846 – 1923, Canadian)

Date: 1903

Medium: print on paper

Catalogue Number: BeS.04.01

Description: A giclee print repo of F.M. Bell-Smith’s “Banff Springs Hotel 1903” painting. The painting is a landscape of the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel nestled in the mountains. In the background are mountains with their peaks hidden in cloud. To the left of the hotel is the Bow River. In the foreground is a…

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Artist: Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, R. C. A. (1846 – 1923, Canadian)

Title: Banff Springs Hotel 1903

Date: 1903

Medium: print on paper

Dimensions: 30.1 x 45.8 cm

Description: A giclee print repo of F.M. Bell-Smith’s “Banff Springs Hotel 1903” painting. The painting is a landscape of the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel nestled in the mountains. In the background are mountains with their peaks hidden in cloud. To the left of the hotel is the Bow River. In the foreground is a field with a path on the left. On the path is a figure or possibly two figures (a woman and child?). The path leads to a line of trees and behind the trees a hotel with orange-brown roofing can be seen. The colour palette is primarily green, blue and yellow. The artist signature is in the bottom left hand corner, “FM Bell Smith”.

Subject: BSH; landscape; F.M. Bell-Smith

Credit: Gift of Kerry Guenter, 2007

Catalogue Number: BeS.04.01

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Banff Springs Hotel 1903

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Artist: Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, R. C. A. (1846 – 1923, Canadian)

Date: 1903

Medium: print on paper

Catalogue Number: BeS.04.02

Description: A giclee print repo of F.M. Bell-Smith’s “Banff Springs Hotel 1903” painting. The painting is a landscape of the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel nestled in the mountains. In the background are mountains with their peaks hidden in cloud. To the left of the hotel is the Bow River. In the foreground is a…

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Artist: Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, R. C. A. (1846 – 1923, Canadian)

Title: Banff Springs Hotel 1903

Date: 1903

Medium: print on paper

Dimensions: 30.4 x 45.8 cm

Description: A giclee print repo of F.M. Bell-Smith’s “Banff Springs Hotel 1903” painting. The painting is a landscape of the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel nestled in the mountains. In the background are mountains with their peaks hidden in cloud. To the left of the hotel is the Bow River. In the foreground is a field with a path on the left. On the path is a figure or possibly two figures (a woman and child?). The path leads to a line of trees and behind the trees a hotel with orange-brown roofing can be seen. The colour palette is primarily green, blue and yellow. The artist signature is in the bottom left hand corner, “FM Bell Smith”.

Subject: Banff Springs Hotel; landscape; F.M. Bell-Smith

Credit: Gift of Kerry Guenter, 2007

Catalogue Number: BeS.04.02

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Lake Louise

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Artist: Jewelia Margueritta Cameroon

Date: 1997

Medium: photograph on paper

Catalogue Number: CaJ.18.01

Description: Black and white photograph of Lake Louise. Victoria Glacier and Mt. Victoria in distance are covered in snow. Mountains rise up to left and right of lake. The shadows of the mountains are visible in the lake which is immediately in the foreground. Light is reflected off the lake in a long strip…

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Artist: Jewelia Margueritta Cameroon

Title: Lake Louise

Date: 1997

Medium: photograph on paper

Description: Black and white photograph of Lake Louise. Victoria Glacier and Mt. Victoria in distance are covered in snow. Mountains rise up to left and right of lake. The shadows of the mountains are visible in the lake which is immediately in the foreground. Light is reflected off the lake in a long strip that reaches into the middle of the photograph and then spreads across it.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; Lake Louise; Victoria Glacier, Mt. Victoria, Mt. Lefroy

Credit: Gift of Jewelia Margueritta Cameroon, Hollywood, USA, 1998

Catalogue Number: CaJ.18.01

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Bugaboos

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Artist: Jewelia Margueritta Cameroon

Date: 1997 – 1998

Medium: photograph on paper

Catalogue Number: CaJ.18.02

Description: Photogravure print of trees and forest at close proximity. Shorter vegetation and thin pale tree trunks are visible in foreground. More dense forest behind.

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Artist: Jewelia Margueritta Cameroon

Title: Bugaboos

Date: 1997 – 1998

Medium: photograph on paper

Description: Photogravure print of trees and forest at close proximity. Shorter vegetation and thin pale tree trunks are visible in foreground. More dense forest behind.

Subject: landscape; forest

Credit: Gift of Jewelia Margueritta Cameroon, Hollywood, USA, 1998

Catalogue Number: CaJ.18.02

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Bow Glacier after Sunset, August 1997

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Artist: Jewelia Margueritta Cameroon

Date: 1997 – 1998

Medium: photograph on paper

Catalogue Number: CaJ.18.03

Description: A dark print of Bow Lake after sunset. Bow Lake is visible in the centre of the image. In the foreground is a shadowed grassy area with trees. Mountains and Bow Glacier are behind the lake and the sky is quite light.

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Artist: Jewelia Margueritta Cameroon

Title: Bow Glacier after Sunset, August 1997

Date: 1997 – 1998

Medium: photograph on paper

Description: A dark print of Bow Lake after sunset. Bow Lake is visible in the centre of the image. In the foreground is a shadowed grassy area with trees. Mountains and Bow Glacier are behind the lake and the sky is quite light.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; Bow Glacier; Bow Lake

Credit: Gift of Jewelia Margueritta Cameroon, Hollywood, USA, 1998

Catalogue Number: CaJ.18.03

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Untitled [Avalanche chute, Kananaskis]

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Artist: Jewelia Margueritta Cameroon

Date: 1998

Medium: photograph on paper

Catalogue Number: CaJ.18.04

Description: A very dark print. The image of a glacier to the right of the image is visible. Logs and rocks are at the bottom of the image in the foreground. The outlines of mountains are in the background. The sky is lighter than the landscape.

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Artist: Jewelia Margueritta Cameroon

Title: Untitled [Avalanche chute, Kananaskis]

Date: 1998

Medium: photograph on paper

Description: A very dark print. The image of a glacier to the right of the image is visible. Logs and rocks are at the bottom of the image in the foreground. The outlines of mountains are in the background. The sky is lighter than the landscape.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; glacier; Kananaskis

Credit: Gift of Jewelia Margueritta Cameroon, Hollywood, USA, 1998

Catalogue Number: CaJ.18.04

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The Butterfly Effect, #17, Trail to Skoki

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Artist: Michael Cameron (1955 – , Canadian)

Date: 1999

Medium: oil on board

Catalogue Number: CaM.02.04 a-c

Description: An abstract painting of Skoki area. Mainly yellow and black. A distinct scene is indeterminate when viewed close up but when further back, a whole scene is evident. The scene is one of a forested area near Skoki.

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Artist: Michael Cameron (1955 – , Canadian)

Title: The Butterfly Effect, #17, Trail to Skoki

Date: 1999

Medium: oil on board

Dimensions: 124.5 x 246.5 cm

Description: An abstract painting of Skoki area. Mainly yellow and black. A distinct scene is indeterminate when viewed close up but when further back, a whole scene is evident. The scene is one of a forested area near Skoki.

Subject: abstract; landscape; Canadian Rockies; Skoki

Credit: Gift of Michael Cameron, Banff, 2001

Catalogue Number: CaM.02.04 a-c

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Three Sketches

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Artist: Michael Cameron (1955 – , Canadian)

Date: 1993

Medium: oil on wood

Catalogue Number: CaM.12.01

Description: Three wooden panels in one frame. The left panel has light green slope from centre left to bottom right with three evergreen trees. Behind that a row of evergreen trees at centre left, dark background of mountain and sky. Middle panel light green foreground with three trees with shadows falling …

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Artist: Michael Cameron (1955 – , Canadian)

Title: Three Sketches

Date: 1993

Medium: oil on wood

Dimensions: 25.3 x 75.8 cm

Description: Three wooden panels in one frame. The left panel has light green slope from centre left to bottom right with three evergreen trees. Behind that a row of evergreen trees at centre left, dark background of mountain and sky. Middle panel light green foreground with three trees with shadows falling towards bottom, background is a red toned mountain and sky. Right panel light green slopes from top left to bottom right with three grey rocks in foreground. Evergreen trees along slope. Background is steep mountain slopes. Overall tone is dark.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; Reframing the Landscape

Credit: Purchased from Michael Cameron, Banff, 1994

Catalogue Number: CaM.12.01

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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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Woolen Stocking

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

Date: c. 1912

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.019

Description: Sketch of two lace up shoes in the center of the frame with a wooden stump to the left, and a small stumpy tree to the right. - the writing of the paper is in the left side and goes across the bottom of the drawing. - three shaded spots or lines about 5 cm. long in the tr. corner.“These stockings, …

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

Title: Woolen Stocking

Date: c. 1912

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 20 x 26 cm

Description: Sketch of two lace up shoes in the center of the frame with a wooden stump to the left, and a small stumpy tree to the right. - the writing of the paper is in the left side and goes across the bottom of the drawing. - three shaded spots or lines about 5 cm. long in the tr. corner.“These stockings, nailed incongruously to fence rails and in company with an old pair of hook and eye boots, would have appealed enormously to Collings’ whimsical sense of humour.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda Heath

Subject: landscape; stocking; fence; boots

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1982

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.019

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Churchyard, Sandwich Kent

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

Date: c. 1909

Medium: graphite on paper board

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.083

Description: Scene with a stone wall to the left and some trees to the right and a church in the middle background.“This sketch probably dates from 1909 when the Collings family lived in Sandwich in the year prior to their emigration to Canada.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda …

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

Title: Churchyard, Sandwich Kent

Date: c. 1909

Medium: graphite on paper board

Dimensions: 28.5 x 38 cm

Description: Scene with a stone wall to the left and some trees to the right and a church in the middle background.“This sketch probably dates from 1909 when the Collings family lived in Sandwich in the year prior to their emigration to Canada.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda HeathOn the back is a sketch of the port side of a ship with a life boat of pulleys.