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Crowsnest Pass

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Artist: George James Angliss (1921 – 1991, Canadian )

Date: c. 1984

Medium: oil on linen

Catalogue Number: AgG.02.01

Description: Off in the distance is wall of blue mountains. Darker blue areas on the mountains represent the tree line. In the middle and foreground are rolling areas of yellow land separated by rows and lines of dark green trees. The sky is covered in white clouds with bits of blue showing through.

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Artist: George James Angliss (1921 – 1991, Canadian )

Title: Crowsnest Pass

Date: c. 1984

Medium: oil on linen

Dimensions: 46.0 x 61.0 cm

Description: Off in the distance is wall of blue mountains. Darker blue areas on the mountains represent the tree line. In the middle and foreground are rolling areas of yellow land separated by rows and lines of dark green trees. The sky is covered in white clouds with bits of blue showing through.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; Crowsnest Pass

Credit: Gift of Kay Angliss, Penticton, 1998

Catalogue Number: AgG.02.01

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Alberta: Snow and Tar Sands

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Artist: Stephen Andrews (1922 – 1995, Canadian)

Date: 1977

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: AnS.02.01

Description: Alberta flag emblem and rolling foothills and wheat fields. Opaque white paint drips close to bottom edge of painting.

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Artist: Stephen Andrews (1922 – 1995, Canadian)

Title: Alberta: Snow and Tar Sands

Date: 1977

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 121.5 x 123.0 cm

Description: Alberta flag emblem and rolling foothills and wheat fields. Opaque white paint drips close to bottom edge of painting.

Subject: landscape; Alberta; symbol; Alberta provincial emblem

Credit: Gift of Stephen Andrews, Banff, 1977

Catalogue Number: AnS.02.01

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Parahighway Specs

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Artist: Lorne Beug (1948 – , Canadian)

Date: 1976

Medium: mixed media on paper

Catalogue Number: BeL.03.01

Description: The page is covered with whimsical sketches and descriptions.

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Artist: Lorne Beug (1948 – , Canadian)

Title: Parahighway Specs

Date: 1976

Medium: mixed media on paper

Dimensions: 56.5 x 76.3 cm

Description: The page is covered with whimsical sketches and descriptions.

Subject: architecture; archeological; whimsey

Credit: Gift of Jon Whyte, Banff, 1992

Catalogue Number: BeL.03.01

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Untitled

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Artist: R. Boulet

Date: 1973

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: BoU.02.01

Description: Blue and white abstract tree covered in snow.

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Artist: R. Boulet

Title: Untitled

Date: 1973

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 66 x 54.2 cm

Description: Blue and white abstract tree covered in snow.

Subject: abstract; tree; snow

Credit: Gift of Harold C. Whyte, Penticton, 2003

Catalogue Number: BoU.02.01

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Unto Every Tree

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Artist: Robert Ralp Carmichael (1937 – , Canadian)

Date: 1974

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: CaR.03.01

Description: A detailed drawing of a tree stands at centre left, roots extend out, two lines run across page near centre, a small island with barren trees at centre right in the distance, various size circles (5) scattered over drawing

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Artist: Robert Ralp Carmichael (1937 – , Canadian)

Title: Unto Every Tree

Date: 1974

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 44.4 x 59.7 cm

Description: A detailed drawing of a tree stands at centre left, roots extend out, two lines run across page near centre, a small island with barren trees at centre right in the distance, various size circles (5) scattered over drawing

Subject: landscape

Credit: Gift of Robert Ralp Carmichael, Edmonton, 1975

Catalogue Number: CaR.03.01

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The Wolf

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Artist: George Clutesi (1905 – 1988, Canadian)

Date: 1970

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: ClG.03.01

Description: General colour: blue on white. A serpent shaped creature whose tail in the lower left has three ends. Two flanges come out of the body in the upper right. The head is turned to the left.

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Artist: George Clutesi (1905 – 1988, Canadian)

Title: The Wolf

Date: 1970

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 43.8 x 30.2 cm

Description: General colour: blue on white. A serpent shaped creature whose tail in the lower left has three ends. Two flanges come out of the body in the upper right. The head is turned to the left.

Subject: mythological

Credit: Purchased from Unknown, 1969

Catalogue Number: ClG.03.01

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Mahuk

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Artist: George Clutesi (1905 – 1988, Canadian)

Date: 1970

Medium: ink; watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: ClG.03.02

Description: General colour: black on white. A whale going to the left. A long feather shape comes down from behind the tail.

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Artist: George Clutesi (1905 – 1988, Canadian)

Title: Mahuk

Date: 1970

Medium: ink; watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 30.5 x 45.5 cm

Description: General colour: black on white. A whale going to the left. A long feather shape comes down from behind the tail.

Subject: mythological

Credit: Purchased from Unknown, 1969

Catalogue Number: ClG.03.02

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Untitled

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Artist: George Clutesi (1905 – 1988, Canadian)

Date: 1970

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: ClG.03.03

Description: General colour: green on white. Two frog shaped creatures with large heads face out. Along the upper edge is a green raining stripe.

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Artist: George Clutesi (1905 – 1988, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1970

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 30.4 x 45.5 cm

Description: General colour: green on white. Two frog shaped creatures with large heads face out. Along the upper edge is a green raining stripe.

Subject: mythological

Credit: Purchased from Unknown, 1969

Catalogue Number: ClG.03.03

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Untitled

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Artist: George Clutesi (1905 – 1988, Canadian)

Date: 1970

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: ClG.03.04

Description: A large black and white bird bends over to examine a red ball in the lower right corner. The left side is empty.

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Artist: George Clutesi (1905 – 1988, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1970

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 19.0 x 26.5 cm

Description: A large black and white bird bends over to examine a red ball in the lower right corner. The left side is empty.

Subject: mythological

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1977

Catalogue Number: ClG.03.04

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Bear Dancer I

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Artist: Colleen Campbell (1945 – , Canadian )

Date: 1979

Medium: graphite; watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: CmC.03.01

Description: Located in the center and filling most of the image area is an Inuit dancer. He stands with his back toward the viewer. His tunic is a yellow colour and he holds a drum stick in his right hand. He has medium length straight hair depicted in graphite and a colourful belt tied around his waist. His t…

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Artist: Colleen Campbell (1945 – , Canadian )

Title: Bear Dancer I

Date: 1979

Medium: graphite; watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 105.0 x 75.5 cm

Description: Located in the center and filling most of the image area is an Inuit dancer. He stands with his back toward the viewer. His tunic is a yellow colour and he holds a drum stick in his right hand. He has medium length straight hair depicted in graphite and a colourful belt tied around his waist. His tunic has fringes at the sides and bottom and he has a decorative strip around the top of his mukluk.

Subject: figure; male; Inuit

Credit: Gift of Dora Helen Mackie, Calgary, 1998

Catalogue Number: CmC.03.01

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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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Elizabeth Bearspaw

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Artist: Vera Louise Drysdale (1921 – 1994, Canadian)

Date: 1974

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: DyV.02.01

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Artist: Vera Louise Drysdale (1921 – 1994, Canadian)

Title: Elizabeth Bearspaw

Date: 1974

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 40.5 x 31.5 cm

Subject: portrait; female; Indigenous

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

Catalogue Number: DyV.02.01

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Rosedale Garden in the Sunlight

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Artist: Susan Elkins

Date: prior to 1996

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: EiS.02.02

Description: Located in the cl and making its way down to the lower right is a stone fence painted with lots of warm colours for example, orange, pink,different yellows and a redish violet. In the foreground are shadows cast by the fence and these are dark green in colour. Around the shadows the ground is yello…

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Artist: Susan Elkins

Title: Rosedale Garden in the Sunlight

Date: prior to 1996

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 43.1 x 50.8 cm

Description: Located in the cl and making its way down to the lower right is a stone fence painted with lots of warm colours for example, orange, pink,different yellows and a redish violet. In the foreground are shadows cast by the fence and these are dark green in colour. Around the shadows the ground is yellow and light green in colour. On the side of the fence that is further away from the viewer there is a door or type of arch way that is covered in green plants. The back area behind this arch is light violet to dark purple in colour with a bit more yellow and green plants in a few areas. On the end of the fence that is further to the left there is some red flowers.

Subject: botanical; Rosedale Garden; architecture; stone fence

Credit: Purchased from Spring for the Arts Art Auction, Calgary, 1996

Catalogue Number: EiS.02.02

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Still Life

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Artist: Susan Elkins

Date: 1975 – 1979

Medium: oil on masonite

Catalogue Number: ElS.02.01

Description: Still life with a pallet knife, orange-yellow glowing cup dominates to the right of the painting, behind which is a large vase in a monochromatical shaped objects fill the background.

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Artist: Susan Elkins

Title: Still Life

Date: 1975 – 1979

Medium: oil on masonite

Dimensions: 27.5 x 24 cm

Description: Still life with a pallet knife, orange-yellow glowing cup dominates to the right of the painting, behind which is a large vase in a monochromatical shaped objects fill the background.

Subject: still life

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

Catalogue Number: ElS.02.01

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Pier

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Artist: Diane Gooderham

Date: 1976

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: GoD.03.01

Description: A circular drawing of an L shaped pier, the pier is bottom centre turning to the left, planks are indicated, two posts at right corner of pier, horizon is indicated running across picture from edge to edge at just below centre, the water and sky is indicated with even shading.

Artist: Diane Gooderham

Title: Pier

Date: 1976

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 55.7 x 75.5 cm

Description: A circular drawing of an L shaped pier, the pier is bottom centre turning to the left, planks are indicated, two posts at right corner of pier, horizon is indicated running across picture from edge to edge at just below centre, the water and sky is indicated with even shading.

Subject: seascape; pier; water

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

Catalogue Number: GoD.03.01

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Beaver Pond, Banff Area

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Artist: Edward William Godwin (1933 – 2013, Canadian)

Date: 1978

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: GoT.02.01

Description: The painting of the water and foliage covers the picture from frame to frame.

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Artist: Edward William Godwin (1933 – 2013, Canadian)

Title: Beaver Pond, Banff Area

Date: 1978

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 43.7 x 59.5 cm

Description: The painting of the water and foliage covers the picture from frame to frame.

Subject: landscape; lake

Credit: Purchased from Canadian Art Gallery, Canmore, 1978

Catalogue Number: GoT.02.01

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LIfe Cycle

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Artist: Brian Joseph Grandbois

Date: 1973

Medium: acrylic on paper

Catalogue Number: GrB.12.01

Description: General colour: red, yellow, blue, black on white - equal portions. A single figure showing a force looking right, above that a fish looking left and above that a bird, wings spread, and legs coming down, looking right. Symbolic meanings - mother and child on her back, fish with eggs and an eagle -…

Artist: Brian Joseph Grandbois

Title: LIfe Cycle

Date: 1973

Medium: acrylic on paper

Dimensions: 152 x 30.5 cm

Description: General colour: red, yellow, blue, black on white - equal portions. A single figure showing a force looking right, above that a fish looking left and above that a bird, wings spread, and legs coming down, looking right. Symbolic meanings - mother and child on her back, fish with eggs and an eagle - all powerful symbols.