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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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Banff Trilogy

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Artist: Michael Cameron (1955 – , Canadian)

Date: 1995 – 1996

Medium: oil on reclaimed wood door

Catalogue Number: CaM.02.02

Description: The painting is divided into three sections. Each section features a different house from the Banff area. Two wide blue stripes divide the three sections from each other. The first home on the left side is seen through small groups of trees. This log home with a wrap around verandah was built in 19…

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Artist: Michael Cameron (1955 – , Canadian)

Title: Banff Trilogy

Date: 1995 – 1996

Medium: oil on reclaimed wood door

Dimensions: 45.7 x 203.2 cm

Description: The painting is divided into three sections. Each section features a different house from the Banff area. Two wide blue stripes divide the three sections from each other. The first home on the left side is seen through small groups of trees. This log home with a wrap around verandah was built in 1920 by Norman Luxton for Dr. Brett of the Brett Sanitarium. The current owner is John Peck and official address is 514 Buffalo Street. The second home is white in colour and was built in 1913 by Joseph Bannerman and it’s location in Banff is 602 Buffalo Street. The third home featured on this painting is currently owned by Mr. Blake O’Brian and is located at 214 Muskrat Street, Banff.

Subject: architecture; homes

Credit: Purchased from Boyne Hill, Banff, 1998

Catalogue Number: CaM.02.02

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Old Barns Banff

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Artist: Harry S. Craig (1879 – 1976, Canadian)

Date: 1947

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: CrH.05.01

Description: General colour: green, grey, brown, blue. Log building, center, has two poles leaning up on it in front. Trees fill in the background. Another building visible on the left side. Purple mountains beyond and cloudy blue sky.

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Artist: Harry S. Craig (1879 – 1976, Canadian)

Title: Old Barns Banff

Date: 1947

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 35.5 x 43 cm

Description: General colour: green, grey, brown, blue. Log building, center, has two poles leaning up on it in front. Trees fill in the background. Another building visible on the left side. Purple mountains beyond and cloudy blue sky.

Subject: architecture; rural

Credit: Gift of Harry S. Craig, Edmonton, 1969

Catalogue Number: CrH.05.01

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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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Tom Wilson’s Cabin - Kootenay Plains

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Artist: Alex Emond (1950 – , Canadian)

Date: 1996

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: EmA.05.01

Description: A medium size log cabin is surrounded by green grass and trees. The roof of the cabin has grass growing on it and the sky above is gray with many clouds. Most of the trees around this cabin are located at the back and the green grass is in the foreground.

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Artist: Alex Emond (1950 – , Canadian)

Title: Tom Wilson’s Cabin - Kootenay Plains

Date: 1996

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 25.9 x 35.0 cm

Description: A medium size log cabin is surrounded by green grass and trees. The roof of the cabin has grass growing on it and the sky above is gray with many clouds. Most of the trees around this cabin are located at the back and the green grass is in the foreground.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; architecture; log cabin

Credit: Gift of Alex Emond, Banff, 1997

Catalogue Number: EmA.05.01

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Untitled

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

Date: prior to 1965

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: LaC.03.07

Description: General colour: pencil. Road narrows from bottom edge to center. Scattered telegraph poles run along the left side of the road. A grain elevator stands at the right side.

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

Title: Untitled

Date: prior to 1965

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 19.0 x 24.0 cm

Description: General colour: pencil. Road narrows from bottom edge to center. Scattered telegraph poles run along the left side of the road. A grain elevator stands at the right side.

Subject: landscape; prairie; architecture; rural

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

Catalogue Number: LaC.03.07

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Log Cabin, Banff, Alberta

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Artist: Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian)

Date: 1945

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: MiJ.04.03

Description: Buildings in Banff townsite, Mt. Rundle behind.

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Artist: Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian)

Title: Log Cabin, Banff, Alberta

Date: 1945

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 17.9 x 22.0 cm

Description: Buildings in Banff townsite, Mt. Rundle behind.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; Mount Rundle; architecture; Banff townsite; log cabin

Credit: Purchased from Canadian Art Gallery, Canmore, 2004

Catalogue Number: MiJ.04.03

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Mosque of Abder Rhamon, Algiers

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Artist: Al Mettel

Date: 1944

Medium: lithograph on paper

Catalogue Number: MtA.04.01

Description: an unframed watercolour showing a low stone building in the foreground with a large tower in the background.

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Artist: Al Mettel

Title: Mosque of Abder Rhamon, Algiers

Date: 1944

Medium: lithograph on paper

Dimensions: 31.0 x 24.5 cm

Description: an unframed watercolour showing a low stone building in the foreground with a large tower in the background.

Subject: architecture; urban; religious

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: MtA.04.01

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Street in Sidi Bon Said

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Artist: Al Mettel

Date: 1944

Medium: lithograph on paper

Catalogue Number: MtA.04.02

Description: An urban street scene with tower in background.

Artist: Al Mettel

Title: Street in Sidi Bon Said

Date: 1944

Medium: lithograph on paper

Dimensions: 31.0 x 24.5 cm

Description: An urban street scene with tower in background.

Subject: architecture; urban; Al Mettel

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: MtA.04.02

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The Waterfront, Alert Bay, B.C.

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

Date: prior to 1963

Medium: woodcut on paper

Catalogue Number: PhW.04.15

Description: Colour: blue, grey, brown. At the lower edge, the roof of the building can be seen. The end of a building is in the lower left corner. Behind this, out from the left side, are two other buildings and a dock with one boat tied up. The water appears at the night. Half way up across the picture is a h…

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

Title: The Waterfront, Alert Bay, B.C.

Date: prior to 1963

Medium: woodcut on paper

Dimensions: 23.5 x 17.4 cm

Description: Colour: blue, grey, brown. At the lower edge, the roof of the building can be seen. The end of a building is in the lower left corner. Behind this, out from the left side, are two other buildings and a dock with one boat tied up. The water appears at the night. Half way up across the picture is a hill of trees. The sky is blue on the night with a large cloud coming in from the left.

Subject: architecture; lake; boat

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

Catalogue Number: PhW.04.15

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A Suburban Street

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

Date: prior to 1963

Medium: coloured woodcut on paper

Catalogue Number: PhW.04.43

Description: Subtle coloured dwellings in a winter scene. 2/3 from bottom a row of houses run from left to right horizontally ended just before the middle. Another set of houses parallel from bottom with the others, and a lone tree behind these close to the left edge. Blue-white foreground and sky.

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

Title: A Suburban Street

Date: prior to 1963

Medium: coloured woodcut on paper

Dimensions: 8.7 x 15.0 cm

Description: Subtle coloured dwellings in a winter scene. 2/3 from bottom a row of houses run from left to right horizontally ended just before the middle. Another set of houses parallel from bottom with the others, and a lone tree behind these close to the left edge. Blue-white foreground and sky.

Subject: architecture; urban

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1982

Catalogue Number: PhW.04.43

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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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Sangre de Christo Chapel and Apple Tree

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Artist: James Ware Pitts (1953 – , American)

Date: 1994

Medium: photograph on paper

Catalogue Number: PtJ.18.01

Description: A black and white photograph of an apple tree in the left half of the image. Beyond the apple tree in the background there is a white church with a small steeple and one window. In the foreground there is a grassy area.

Artist: James Ware Pitts (1953 – , American)

Title: Sangre de Christo Chapel and Apple Tree

Date: 1994

Medium: photograph on paper

Description: A black and white photograph of an apple tree in the left half of the image. Beyond the apple tree in the background there is a white church with a small steeple and one window. In the foreground there is a grassy area.

Subject: architecture; church; botanical; apple tree

Credit: Gift of James Ware Pitts, Santa Fe, United States, 2003

Catalogue Number: PtJ.18.01

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Family Caribou Hunt

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Artist: Unknown

Date: prior to 1962

Medium: wool; hide

Catalogue Number: UnK.08.07

Description: This square wall hanging has green and black stitching all around the edges and in the corners. In the light background the scene includes in the upper section a male with a bow and arrow aiming at a caribou. The middle section shows a woman with a child on her back and a male figure with an arm ra…

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Artist: Unknown

Title: Family Caribou Hunt

Date: prior to 1962

Medium: wool; hide

Dimensions: 58.0 x 66.0 cm

Description: This square wall hanging has green and black stitching all around the edges and in the corners. In the light background the scene includes in the upper section a male with a bow and arrow aiming at a caribou. The middle section shows a woman with a child on her back and a male figure with an arm raised. Just right of the center is a tee pee. Above the tee pee area is another woman with two children. The bottom area shows a dog tied to a fixed peg in the ground and another figure working on the tee pee. All the image shapes have been cut out of fibre with the exception of the tee pee, it is made from skin. The overall colour in this wall hanging is yellow, black,green and off white.

Subject: figures; male; female; child; activity; hunting; animals; caribou; dog; architecture; teepee

Credit: Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988

Catalogue Number: UnK.08.07

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Women and Children with Dogs

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Artist: Unknown

Date: prior to 1962

Catalogue Number: UnK.08.09

Description: A rectangular shaped wall hanging with a red border. The outer edge and the border between the red and the light yellow background is stitched with criss cross and straight stitches. Inside the light yellow background are women and children with dogs. The scene is set up in three tears. Along the u…

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Artist: Unknown

Title: Women and Children with Dogs

Date: prior to 1962

Dimensions: 57.5 x 80.0 cm

Description: A rectangular shaped wall hanging with a red border. The outer edge and the border between the red and the light yellow background is stitched with criss cross and straight stitches. Inside the light yellow background are women and children with dogs. The scene is set up in three tears. Along the upper section on the left are two dogs, in the center there is a male, female and a child. On the far right is a teepee. The middle section includes a couple of dogs and a female with a child on her back. The bottom section showes two more dogs on the left, a male figure in the center and a small animal on the far right is being attacked by four birds. All of the figures and most of the animals are made from skin cut out shapes and are stitched on and detailed with black, yellow, blue, red and a light pink fiber thread. The outside red border is made up of six pieces that are attached to create the full border.