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At Lake Minnewanka

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Artist: Doris Cormie

Date: 1938

Medium: painting on paper

Catalogue Number: CmD.05.05

Description: A watercolour landscape painting of mountains and a lake. There are three grey mountains in the background and behind them is a cloudless blue sky. In the foreground is a blue-green lake. On the bottom right, part of the shore with three large rocks, is visible. In the centre at the bottom, a few b…

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Artist: Doris Cormie

Title: At Lake Minnewanka

Date: 1938

Medium: painting on paper

Dimensions: 26.0 x 37.0 cm

Description: A watercolour landscape painting of mountains and a lake. There are three grey mountains in the background and behind them is a cloudless blue sky. In the foreground is a blue-green lake. On the bottom right, part of the shore with three large rocks, is visible. In the centre at the bottom, a few branches and two logs are breaking through the water. On the left side a large boulder sits in the water. In the middle ground there is forest along the lake shore. The forest starts out of frame on the right and extends just over halfway across the painting. Behind the forest on the left are two green hills. Greys, blues, greens and brown are the primary colours used. The artist signature is in the bottom rhc. Au verso, written in pencil along the bottom edge is, “At Lake Minnewanka aug 28/38 Doris Cormie” and also in pencil in the centre of the paper is “27” with a circle around it. Just right of centre near the top is written, “5334”.

Subject: landscape; lake; mountains; Doris Cormie

Credit: Gift of Barry Hunter Gillis, Richmond, 2006

Catalogue Number: CmD.05.05

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Mount Edith

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Artist: Doris Cormie

Date: 1938

Medium: painting on paper

Catalogue Number: CmD.05.06

Description: A watercolour painting of a mountain landscape with a lake. A distinct and pointed Mt. Edith right of centre in the background dominates this painting. The mountain is beige with green and grey. Behind the mountain is a blue cloudless sky. To the left of Mt. Edith is a mountain range extending out …

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Artist: Doris Cormie

Title: Mount Edith

Date: 1938

Medium: painting on paper

Dimensions: 30.0 x 40.0 cm

Description: A watercolour painting of a mountain landscape with a lake. A distinct and pointed Mt. Edith right of centre in the background dominates this painting. The mountain is beige with green and grey. Behind the mountain is a blue cloudless sky. To the left of Mt. Edith is a mountain range extending out of frame and on the right is the side of another mountain leading out of frame. In the middle ground is a short line of shrubs and trees with two tall pine trees on the far right. In the foreground is an indigo and blue lake with the shore visible along the bottom edge, predominately on the right side. Blue, purple, green, grey and beige are the main colours used. The artist signature is at the bottom right. Au verso, written in pencil along the bottom, “Mt. Edith Cormie Aug 24/38”. Written right of centre in the bottom half of the paper is, “14 x 10 1/4 6 x 6 1/2 20 x 16 3/4”. Written on the left side mid way up is, “51” with a circle around it.

Subject: landscape; mountain; Mount. Edith; lake; Doris Cormie

Credit: Gift of Barry Hunter Gillis, Richmond, 2006

Catalogue Number: CmD.05.06

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A Flat in Caribou Country

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

Date: c. 1915

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.353

Description: A lake scene with trees to the left, water in the foreground, and mountains and more trees in the background.Title is in top left corner: “A Flat in Caribou Country”Other writing throughout denoting colour scheme.

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

Title: A Flat in Caribou Country

Date: c. 1915

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 20.0 x 26.0 cm

Description: A lake scene with trees to the left, water in the foreground, and mountains and more trees in the background.Title is in top left corner: “A Flat in Caribou Country”Other writing throughout denoting colour scheme.

Subject: lake; landscape

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.353

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Valley Floor in Mountains

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

Date: c. 1915

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.354

Description: Top half of paper has image of a river(?) with mountains and trees framing it on both sides.

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

Title: Valley Floor in Mountains

Date: c. 1915

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 20.0 x 26.0 cm

Description: Top half of paper has image of a river(?) with mountains and trees framing it on both sides.

Subject: lake; landscape

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.354

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North Shuswap Lake

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

Date: c. 1915

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.355

Description: A lake in foreground, with land protruding out from right edge to centre of image, with mountains in the background.

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

Title: North Shuswap Lake

Date: c. 1915

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 8.7 x 20.0 cm

Description: A lake in foreground, with land protruding out from right edge to centre of image, with mountains in the background.

Subject: lake; landscape

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.355

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People on Lakeshore in mountains

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

Date: c. 1915

Medium: graphite on cheque; paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.356

Description: Image is only drawn on 3/4 of the paper. A fold line denotes where the image ends. A rough rendition of people on the shore of a lake with mountains in the background and puffy clouds in the sky.Item is drawn in pencil on the back of a blue Bank of Montreal cheque.

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

Title: People on Lakeshore in mountains

Date: c. 1915

Medium: graphite on cheque; paper

Dimensions: 13.0 x 20.5 cm

Description: Image is only drawn on 3/4 of the paper. A fold line denotes where the image ends. A rough rendition of people on the shore of a lake with mountains in the background and puffy clouds in the sky.Item is drawn in pencil on the back of a blue Bank of Montreal cheque.

Subject: lake; landscape; bank; Montreal; blue

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.356

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Clearwater Lake

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Artist: William Hutchinson (1874 – 1918, Canadian)

Date: 1914

Medium: oil on paperboard

Catalogue Number: HuW.02.01

Description: In the foreground is a small lake coming from the left side, a man is working on a canoe on the shore. Grass and rocks dominate the foreground, forest behind. The centre of the painting is dominated by a mountain with snow-covered mountain range behind.

Artist: William Hutchinson (1874 – 1918, Canadian)

Title: Clearwater Lake

Date: 1914

Medium: oil on paperboard

Dimensions: 119.5 x 80.1 cm

Description: In the foreground is a small lake coming from the left side, a man is working on a canoe on the shore. Grass and rocks dominate the foreground, forest behind. The centre of the painting is dominated by a mountain with snow-covered mountain range behind.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; lake; figure; man; forest; canoe

Credit: Gift of Dorothy Hutchinson, Winnipeg, 1994

Catalogue Number: HuW.02.01

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Mount Rainier

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Artist: William Hutchinson (1874 – 1918, Canadian)

Date: 1917

Medium: oil on paper board

Catalogue Number: HuW.02.04

Description: A solitary snow covered mountain is in top half of picture, cloudy sky top third. A lake with reflections of the mountain and trees cover bottom half of picture. A green forested peninsula juts out from right centre. The surface has an odd overall texture. It appears that the surface was roll…

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Artist: William Hutchinson (1874 – 1918, Canadian)

Title: Mount Rainier

Date: 1917

Medium: oil on paper board

Dimensions: 30.6 x 47.0 cm

Description: A solitary snow covered mountain is in top half of picture, cloudy sky top third. A lake with reflections of the mountain and trees cover bottom half of picture. A green forested peninsula juts out from right centre. The surface has an odd overall texture. It appears that the surface was rolled with a paint roller before painting the picture.

Subject: landscape; mountains; lake

Credit: Gift of Dorothy Hutchinson, Winnipeg, 1994

Catalogue Number: HuW.02.04

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Shuswap Lake

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Artist: William Hutchinson (1874 – 1918, Canadian)

Date: c. 1915

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: HuW.05.02

Description: Bottom half of the picture is a lake with reflections of the mountains around it. A tree is in immediate left, branches extending into picture. Green mountains on either side of lake with snow capped mountains in background. A light coloured sky with some clouds top third.

Artist: William Hutchinson (1874 – 1918, Canadian)

Title: Shuswap Lake

Date: c. 1915

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 13.9 x 21.3 cm

Description: Bottom half of the picture is a lake with reflections of the mountains around it. A tree is in immediate left, branches extending into picture. Green mountains on either side of lake with snow capped mountains in background. A light coloured sky with some clouds top third.

Subject: landscape; mountains; lake

Credit: Gift of Dorothy Hutchinson, Winnipeg, 1994

Catalogue Number: HuW.05.02

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Sicamous, BC

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Artist: William Hutchinson (1874 – 1918, Canadian)

Date: c. 1915

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: HuW.05.03

Description: Lake in foreground, vegetation and tall evergreens on right, mountains and forest in background. Top third of picture is cloudy sky tinged with yellow.

Artist: William Hutchinson (1874 – 1918, Canadian)

Title: Sicamous, BC

Date: c. 1915

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 11.4 x 17.4 cm

Description: Lake in foreground, vegetation and tall evergreens on right, mountains and forest in background. Top third of picture is cloudy sky tinged with yellow.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; lake; mountains

Credit: Gift of Dorothy Hutchinson, Winnipeg, 1994

Catalogue Number: HuW.05.03

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Path, Emerald Lake

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Artist: William Hutchinson (1874 – 1918, Canadian)

Date: 1915

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: HuW.05.04

Description: A vertical painting with blue lake in the foreground and bushes and path on the right. Mountains and sky in upper two-thirds.

Artist: William Hutchinson (1874 – 1918, Canadian)

Title: Path, Emerald Lake

Date: 1915

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 13.9 x 8.3 cm

Description: A vertical painting with blue lake in the foreground and bushes and path on the right. Mountains and sky in upper two-thirds.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; lake; Emerald Lake

Credit: Gift of Dorothy Hutchinson, Winnipeg, 1994

Catalogue Number: HuW.05.04

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Evening, Lake O'Hara

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Artist: Richard Jack (1866 – 1952, Canadian)

Date: 1931

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: JkR.02.02

Description: In the foreground on the right side of the painting there are four green trees and a shore made out of mostly rocks. To the left and along the bottom edge a lake of bluegreen water sits in front of a brown mountain range. The mountains have snow on parts of the peaks and the sky is blue with white …

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Artist: Richard Jack (1866 – 1952, Canadian)

Title: Evening, Lake O'Hara

Date: 1931

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 69.9 x 90.0 cm

Description: In the foreground on the right side of the painting there are four green trees and a shore made out of mostly rocks. To the left and along the bottom edge a lake of bluegreen water sits in front of a brown mountain range. The mountains have snow on parts of the peaks and the sky is blue with white clouds.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; lake; Lake O'Hara

Credit: Gift of Donald Grace, Saanichton, 1996

Catalogue Number: JkR.02.02

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

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Airplane Lake, British Columbia

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Artist: Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)

Date: 1936

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaE.05.02

Description: General colour: light green, brown. The lake sits in the lower third of the picture between two points of grassy treed land. One comes from the left side across the bottom, the other from the right side, part way up to right of center. A brown mountain range rises up from the lake and to the right …

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Artist: Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)

Title: Airplane Lake, British Columbia

Date: 1936

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 26.9 x 43.5 cm

Description: General colour: light green, brown. The lake sits in the lower third of the picture between two points of grassy treed land. One comes from the left side across the bottom, the other from the right side, part way up to right of center. A brown mountain range rises up from the lake and to the right side. Sky beyond with two birds flying center and left.

Subject: landscape; mountain; lake; Ernest Lamarque

Credit: Gift of Ernest Lamarque (Estate), 1971

Catalogue Number: LaE.05.02

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Mara Lake

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Artist: Luke Orton Lindoe (1913 – 2000, Canadian)

Date: c. 1940

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LiL.05.01

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Artist: Luke Orton Lindoe (1913 – 2000, Canadian)

Title: Mara Lake

Date: c. 1940

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 54.3 x 60.8 cm

Subject: landscape; lake

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

Catalogue Number: LiL.05.01

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York Boat on Lake Winnipeg

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

Date: 1930

Medium: woodcut on paper

Catalogue Number: PhW.04.17

Description: Colour: green grey, pink, brown with blue and orange. Central image is the left profile of a boat coming through waves. Its sail is only partly in view. There are eight figures in the boat - one with a feather headdress. In the lower right corner is a sea gull-wings spread. On the horizon at the ri…

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

Title: York Boat on Lake Winnipeg

Date: 1930

Medium: woodcut on paper

Dimensions: 25.4 x 35.1 cm

Description: Colour: green grey, pink, brown with blue and orange. Central image is the left profile of a boat coming through waves. Its sail is only partly in view. There are eight figures in the boat - one with a feather headdress. In the lower right corner is a sea gull-wings spread. On the horizon at the right side is a rock island with a couple of wind blown trees on it. The sky above is yellow with dark grey at the upper edge.