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Hector Lake, Kicking Horse Pass, BC

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Artist
Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, R. C. A. (1846 – 1923, Canadian)
Date
1887
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
BeS.05.07
Description
Mountain landscape with large glassy lake in centre of painting. Abstract foliage and stand of dead trees in foreground at right. Brown treed slopes on opposite shore with large snow-capped mountains in distance. Small white and red buildings on far shore of lake. Title written in bottom left corne…
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Artist
Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, R. C. A. (1846 – 1923, Canadian)
Title
Hector Lake, Kicking Horse Pass, BC
Date
1887
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
32.8 x 48.0 cm
Description
Mountain landscape with large glassy lake in centre of painting. Abstract foliage and stand of dead trees in foreground at right. Brown treed slopes on opposite shore with large snow-capped mountains in distance. Small white and red buildings on far shore of lake. Title written in bottom left corner. “F.M. Bell-Smith 1887” at bottom right.
Subject
mountains
lake
CPR
Credit
Gift of Mark Cullen, 2021
Catalogue Number
BeS.05.07
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When the Ice Goes Out

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Artist
Belmore Browne (1880 – 1954, American)
Date
1929
Medium
oil on canvas board
Catalogue Number
BwB.01.01
Description
General colour: green, grey. Rocky point of land comes down to the water from the lower left corner across the lower edge to right center. The green water has chunks of ice floating on it. The far shore of trees, one third up, rises quickly to two mountains. One is to the right the other in the dis…
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Artist
Belmore Browne (1880 – 1954, American)
Title
When the Ice Goes Out
Date
1929
Medium
oil on canvas board
Dimensions
23 x 28 cm
Description
General colour: green, grey. Rocky point of land comes down to the water from the lower left corner across the lower edge to right center. The green water has chunks of ice floating on it. The far shore of trees, one third up, rises quickly to two mountains. One is to the right the other in the distance at center. The grey sky fills the upper corner.
Subject
landscape
lake
mountains
Lake Minnewanka
Mount Inglismaldie
Credit
Gift of J. Monroe Thorington, Philadelphia, USA, 1970
Catalogue Number
BwB.01.01
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Date
c. 1926
Medium
charcoal on board
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.535
Description
Charcoal sketch of a mountain landscape with what appears to a birch tree in the left foreground. A meadow is in the middle ground with a mountain peak in the background.Verso in ink: “The sketch overleaf was made by my father in 1926. It is of Seymour Arm B.C. and has always been in my possessio…
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Title
Tree in Mountains
Date
c. 1926
Medium
charcoal on board
Dimensions
35.5 x 27.1 cm
Description
Charcoal sketch of a mountain landscape with what appears to a birch tree in the left foreground. A meadow is in the middle ground with a mountain peak in the background.Verso in ink: “The sketch overleaf was made by my father in 1926. It is of Seymour Arm B.C. and has always been in my possession” Signed Guy Collings (in cursive)
Subject
Charles John Collings
mountains
trees
Credit
Gift of Mark Rivette, Vernon, 2015
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.535
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Artist
Leonard Moore Davis (1864 – 1938, American)
Date
1927
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
DaL.05.01
Description
A mountain peak dominates the centre, right side in shadow, tinges of pink top left of mountain. Mountain range left background. Left foreground and right foreground indicate green hillsides. Sky is light blue with a few patches of white top right.
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Artist
Leonard Moore Davis (1864 – 1938, American)
Title
Untitled
Date
1927
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
8.2 x 11.3 cm
Description
A mountain peak dominates the centre, right side in shadow, tinges of pink top left of mountain. Mountain range left background. Left foreground and right foreground indicate green hillsides. Sky is light blue with a few patches of white top right.
Subject
landscape
mountains
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
DaL.05.01
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Banff Springs Hotel, Rocky Mountains 1887

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Artist
C. Firth
Date
1887
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
FiC.05.01
Description
Scene showing Banff springs hotel at right perched on a hillside. In the background the Bow River winds through a valley between Tunnel Mountain and Mt. Roundly. More mountains in distance. Trees in foreground. My. Roundly is hazy, almost unfinished in appearance.
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Artist
C. Firth
Title
Banff Springs Hotel, Rocky Mountains 1887
Date
1887
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
12.0 x 16.0 cm
Description
Scene showing Banff springs hotel at right perched on a hillside. In the background the Bow River winds through a valley between Tunnel Mountain and Mt. Roundly. More mountains in distance. Trees in foreground. My. Roundly is hazy, almost unfinished in appearance.
Subject
mountains
Banff
Bow River
Alberta
Banff Springs Hotel
Credit
Gift of Dorothy and Jim McLeod, Calgary, 2021
Catalogue Number
FiC.05.01
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Artist
C. Firth
Date
1887
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
FiC.05.02
Description
Large river [The Bow River] with snow-capped mountains at back and stands of conifers on the banks. River winds from left foreground into right background. Stand of trees at right foreground.
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Artist
C. Firth
Title
Bow River NWT, 1887
Date
1887
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
12.0 x 16.0 cm
Description
Large river [The Bow River] with snow-capped mountains at back and stands of conifers on the banks. River winds from left foreground into right background. Stand of trees at right foreground.
Subject
mountains
Banff
Bow River
Alberta
Credit
Gift of Dorothy and Jim McLeod, Calgary, 2021
Catalogue Number
FiC.05.02
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Silver City and Castle Mountain, B.C., 1887

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Artist
C. Firth
Date
1887
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
FiC.05.03
Description
Collection of low log buildings in an open field with A large mountain [Castle Mountain] rising up in the distance. Mountain appears hazy, almost unfinished.
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Artist
C. Firth
Title
Silver City and Castle Mountain, B.C., 1887
Date
1887
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
12.0 x 16.0 cm
Description
Collection of low log buildings in an open field with A large mountain [Castle Mountain] rising up in the distance. Mountain appears hazy, almost unfinished.
Subject
mountains
castle mountain
log cabins
town
Credit
Gift of Dorothy and Jim McLeod, Calgary, 2021
Catalogue Number
FiC.05.03
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Artist
Lionel Lemoine FitzGerald (1890 – 1956, Canadian)
Date
1925
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
FiL.03.01
Description
General colour: pencil on white. Line drawing of nuts. Some lines in the lower half are jagged to indicate trees. In the lower right are larger marks to indicate trees. In the upper left corner, the underside of clouds are outlined.
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Artist
Lionel Lemoine FitzGerald (1890 – 1956, Canadian)
Title
Rocky Mountains
Date
1925
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
20.2 x 25.1 cm
Description
General colour: pencil on white. Line drawing of nuts. Some lines in the lower half are jagged to indicate trees. In the lower right are larger marks to indicate trees. In the upper left corner, the underside of clouds are outlined.
Subject
landscape
mountains
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1977
Catalogue Number
FiL.03.01
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Artist
Thomas W. Fripp (1864 – 1934)
Date
1925
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
FrT.05.01
Description
Mountain scene with rocky cliff interspersed with stands of conifers at left foreground. Large mountain [Mt. Stephen] with snow filled central gully and snow-capped peak in background. Signed “Thos W. Fripp 1925” at bottom left.
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Artist
Thomas W. Fripp (1864 – 1934)
Title
Mt. Stephan, B.C.
Date
1925
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
51.0 x 38.0 cm
Description
Mountain scene with rocky cliff interspersed with stands of conifers at left foreground. Large mountain [Mt. Stephen] with snow filled central gully and snow-capped peak in background. Signed “Thos W. Fripp 1925” at bottom left.
Subject
mountains
Mt. Stephen
British Columbia
Credit
Gift of Rod Green, Calgary, 2021
Catalogue Number
FrT.05.01
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Landscape (Rocky Mountains)

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Artist
John Arthur Fraser (1838 – 1898, English)
Date
1886
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
FsJ.05.01
Description
Flat body of water in foreground surrounded by plants. Large rounded snow-covered peak in background with smaller peaks behind.
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Artist
John Arthur Fraser (1838 – 1898, English)
Title
Landscape (Rocky Mountains)
Date
1886
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
23.5 x 33.7 cm
Description
Flat body of water in foreground surrounded by plants. Large rounded snow-covered peak in background with smaller peaks behind.
Subject
mountains
Mount Baker?
Credit
Gift of Robyn L Fulton, 2023
Catalogue Number
FsJ.05.01
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Brazeau Snowfield, Jasper

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Artist
Lawren S. Harris (1885 – 1970, Canadian)
Date
c. 1925
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
HaL.03.01
Description
Inscription reads: Brazeau Snowfield, Jasper. Sketchbook drawing by Lawren S. Harris (1885-1970). Presented to the Peter Whyte Gallery, Banff, Alta. in memory of Peter & Catharine Whyte by Anne & Lawren P. Harris, June, 1979. Also written by Lawren P. Harris is the Following: I certify this work to…
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Artist
Lawren S. Harris (1885 – 1970, Canadian)
Title
Brazeau Snowfield, Jasper
Date
c. 1925
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
18.0 x 24.5 cm
Description
Inscription reads: Brazeau Snowfield, Jasper. Sketchbook drawing by Lawren S. Harris (1885-1970). Presented to the Peter Whyte Gallery, Banff, Alta. in memory of Peter & Catharine Whyte by Anne & Lawren P. Harris, June, 1979. Also written by Lawren P. Harris is the Following: I certify this work to be an original sketchbook drawing by Lawren S. Harris, (1885-1970. Lawren P. Harris, May 22, 1979. Ottawa, Ontario.
Subject
landscape
mountains
snowfield
Jasper National Park
Credit
Gift of Lawren P. Harris, Ottawa, 1979
Catalogue Number
HaL.03.01
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View of Pinedale From the Sanitarium

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Artist
Hinas
Date
1889
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
HiN.05.01
Description
landscape watercolour scene depicting Tunnel Mountain, Mt. Peechee, Mt. Rundle and the Bow River. A small brown-roofed house is slightly off-center left, below Mt. Peechee and above the Bow River. There are touches of blue and pink in the lightly clouded sky
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Artist
Hinas
Title
View of Pinedale From the Sanitarium
Date
1889
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
17.5 x 22.5 cm
Description
landscape watercolour scene depicting Tunnel Mountain, Mt. Peechee, Mt. Rundle and the Bow River. A small brown-roofed house is slightly off-center left, below Mt. Peechee and above the Bow River. There are touches of blue and pink in the lightly clouded sky
Subject
landscape
mountains
water
Credit
Gift of Rod Green, Calgary, 2016
Catalogue Number
HiN.05.01
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
1928
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
LaC.02.04
Description
Mountain scene with large prominent peak [Mt. Edith] at right centre. brown rocky slopes with sparse trees on either side, forming a large canyon. a river is in the foreground at the bottom of the canyon. blue sky with pink showing underneath sparsely applied paint. signed “A.C. Leighton bottom” ri…
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Mount Edith
Date
1928
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
60.0 x 76.0 cm
Description
Mountain scene with large prominent peak [Mt. Edith] at right centre. brown rocky slopes with sparse trees on either side, forming a large canyon. a river is in the foreground at the bottom of the canyon. blue sky with pink showing underneath sparsely applied paint. signed “A.C. Leighton bottom” right corner. plaque on back of frame reads “Mount Edith, 1928 by A. C. Leighton” and a paper label adds “Banff” to the above.
Subject
mount edith
mountains
banff
landscape
Credit
Gift of Robert Fulton, Calgary, 2021
Catalogue Number
LaC.02.04
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
1929
Medium
pastel on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.03.02
Description
General colour: blue. A foreground rock cliff goes up right side from the lower corner. Center mountain face has a jagged ridge. Clouds come down to the peak at the upper right of center, edge. In the lower left corner is a distant mountain. Blue sky with one cloud fills the upper left area. There …
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1929
Medium
pastel on paper
Dimensions
55.0 x 43.5 cm
Description
General colour: blue. A foreground rock cliff goes up right side from the lower corner. Center mountain face has a jagged ridge. Clouds come down to the peak at the upper right of center, edge. In the lower left corner is a distant mountain. Blue sky with one cloud fills the upper left area. There is also a patch of blue in the upper right corner.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountains
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
Catalogue Number
LaC.03.02
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Approaching Stewart B.C., Portland Canal

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Artist
Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)
Date
1921
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaE.05.47
Description
blhc to centre: EL.“APPROACHING STEWART, B.C., PORTLAND CANAL”
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Artist
Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)
Title
Approaching Stewart B.C., Portland Canal
Date
1921
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
11.4 x 19.9 cm
Description
blhc to centre: EL.“APPROACHING STEWART, B.C., PORTLAND CANAL”
Subject
landscape
mountains
water
Ernest Lamarque
Credit
Gift of Ernest Lamarque (Estate), 1971
Catalogue Number
LaE.05.47
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Fort Simpson, MacKenzie River

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Artist
Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)
Date
1927
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaE.05.49
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Artist
Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)
Title
Fort Simpson, MacKenzie River
Date
1927
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
8.2 x 13.1 cm
Subject
landscape
mountains
river, McKenzie
winter
fort, Simpson
Ernest Lamarque
Credit
Gift of Ernest Lamarque (Estate), 1971
Catalogue Number
LaE.05.49
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Beginning of Winter, Old Fort Wrigley, MacKenzie River

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Artist
Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)
Date
1921
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaE.05.50
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Artist
Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)
Title
Beginning of Winter, Old Fort Wrigley, MacKenzie River
Date
1921
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
12.1 x 17.9 cm
Subject
landscape
mountains
water
winter
buildings, fort
Ernest Lamarque
Credit
Gift of Ernest Lamarque (Estate), 1971
Catalogue Number
LaE.05.50
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The Salmon River, Alaska

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Artist
Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)
Date
1920
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaE.05.52
Description
see photo re: mat
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Artist
Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)
Title
The Salmon River, Alaska
Date
1920
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
6.0 x 8.8 cm
Description
see photo re: mat
Subject
landscape
mountains
river, Salmon
Ernest Lamarque
Credit
Gift of Ernest Lamarque (Estate), 1971
Catalogue Number
LaE.05.52
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View of the Soldiers’ Settlement Area, Creston, B.C. in 1920

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Artist
Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)
Date
1920
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaE.05.54
Description
see photosmall w.c. sketch on plain paper with “View on the Soldiers’ Settlement Area, Creston B.C. in 1920” printed in black on bottom. “E.L.” blhc
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Artist
Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)
Title
View of the Soldiers’ Settlement Area, Creston, B.C. in 1920
Date
1920
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
8.0 x 12.2 cm
Description
see photosmall w.c. sketch on plain paper with “View on the Soldiers’ Settlement Area, Creston B.C. in 1920” printed in black on bottom. “E.L.” blhc
Subject
landscape
mountains
winter
buildings
Ernest Lamarque
Credit
Gift of Ernest Lamarque (Estate), 1971
Catalogue Number
LaE.05.54
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Old Hasting’s Mill Store Vancouver, B.C.

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Artist
Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)
Date
1922
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaE.05.56
Description
see photo E L 1922” in pen with blue ink tlhc”Old Hasting’s Mill Store Vancouver, B.C.au verso was a larger painting that was split in half to make this painting
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Artist
Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)
Title
Old Hasting’s Mill Store Vancouver, B.C.
Date
1922
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
29.0 x 39.0 cm
Description
see photo E L 1922” in pen with blue ink tlhc”Old Hasting’s Mill Store Vancouver, B.C.au verso was a larger painting that was split in half to make this painting
Subject
landscape
mountains
water
building
Vancouver
Ernest Lamarque
Credit
Gift of Ernest Lamarque (Estate), 1971
Catalogue Number
LaE.05.56
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