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Summit of the Rockies and Mt. Field

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Artist
James Alfred Aitken (1846 – 1897, Scottish)
Date
c. 1886
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
AiJ.05.01
Description
The scene is comprised mainly of a mountain and a lake. The lake takes up approx. 1/2 of the work, and is cropped in the brc by the frame. The blc is the shoreline of the lake. On the right and left side of the piece, just above the lake, the beginning of two treed mountain sides head out of the…
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Artist
James Alfred Aitken (1846 – 1897, Scottish)
Title
Summit of the Rockies and Mt. Field
Date
c. 1886
Medium
watercolour on paper
Description
The scene is comprised mainly of a mountain and a lake. The lake takes up approx. 1/2 of the work, and is cropped in the brc by the frame. The blc is the shoreline of the lake. On the right and left side of the piece, just above the lake, the beginning of two treed mountain sides head out of the picture frame. These two slopes frame a clear mountain in the background which is centered in the middle of the piece. They sky is quite cloudy.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Mt. Field
Credit
Gift of Donald Grace, Saanichton, 1997
Catalogue Number
AiJ.05.01
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Artist
Maxwell Bennett Bates (1906 – 1980, Canadian)
Date
1950 – 1950
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
BaM.04.01
Description
Black and white print of a man on a horse. There is a watermark in the paper which is placed vertically along the right side of the piece it reads: “ Howard Smith Autograph”.
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Artist
Maxwell Bennett Bates (1906 – 1980, Canadian)
Title
Horseman
Date
1950 – 1950
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
28.0 x 21.7 cm
Description
Black and white print of a man on a horse. There is a watermark in the paper which is placed vertically along the right side of the piece it reads: “ Howard Smith Autograph”.
Subject
animal
horse
figure
male
landscape
mountains
foothills
Credit
Purchased from Canadian Art Gallery, Canmore, 1998
Catalogue Number
BaM.04.01
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Mt. Rundle, Vermilion Lakes, Banff, N.W.T.

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Artist
Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, R. C. A. (1846 – 1923, Canadian)
Date
1887
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
BeS.05.06
Description
Mt. Rundle with Vermilion Lakes in foreground. A figure in a canoe is on the shore of the lake in the lower centre of image.
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Artist
Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, R. C. A. (1846 – 1923, Canadian)
Title
Mt. Rundle, Vermilion Lakes, Banff, N.W.T.
Date
1887
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
33.5 x 48.6 cm
Description
Mt. Rundle with Vermilion Lakes in foreground. A figure in a canoe is on the shore of the lake in the lower centre of image.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Mount Rundle
Vermilion Lakes
activity
canoeing
Credit
Gift of Ted and Judy Mills, Mill Bay, 2005
Catalogue Number
BeS.05.06
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Building a Log House

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Artist
Grace Carswell
Date
1955
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
CaG.05.01
Description
A primitive style painting of a pioneer scene, a log house building, with much activity around it. Lush trees in background, blue sky centre top, a blue river runs bottom left corner to centre right. Off centre right stands a red coated man with hat and long barrelled rifle talking to another man…
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Artist
Grace Carswell
Title
Building a Log House
Date
1955
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
17.8 x 22.7 cm
Description
A primitive style painting of a pioneer scene, a log house building, with much activity around it. Lush trees in background, blue sky centre top, a blue river runs bottom left corner to centre right. Off centre right stands a red coated man with hat and long barrelled rifle talking to another man dressed in buckskin, also with a long barrelled rifle
Subject
landscape
historical
genre
Credit
Gift of Dorothy Cranstone, Banff, 1988
Catalogue Number
CaG.05.01
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Artist
D. Clark
Date
1888
Medium
watercolour on heavy paper
Catalogue Number
CiD.05.01
Description
The oldest known painting of the Banff townsite. It shows Stoney Squaw to the left, Cascade to the right with Brewster in background. A false fronted building in left foreground has Groceries, dry goods, L.C. Fulmer written on front, bigger building to the right foreground Banff Hotel, Keefe, ????.…
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Artist
D. Clark
Title
Part of Old Banff
Date
1888
Medium
watercolour on heavy paper
Dimensions
21 x 35.5 cm
Description
The oldest known painting of the Banff townsite. It shows Stoney Squaw to the left, Cascade to the right with Brewster in background. A false fronted building in left foreground has Groceries, dry goods, L.C. Fulmer written on front, bigger building to the right foreground Banff Hotel, Keefe, ????. A log structure to centre left, a small red building centre right, five trees in centre, numerous stumps. The grass and trees are green. Along the bottom of the picture is inscribed: Part of original Banff Siding 29? 1888 Cascade Mtn 8K - D Clark, Agent CPR.Siding 29 was established in 1883 at the base of Cascade Mtn. The CPR moved the station to its current Banff location in 1889 and by 1897 all the residents of the old town had moved to the new town of Banff. Eleanor Luxton, Banff Canada’s First National Park... pg. 68
Subject
landscape
Banff
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1974
Catalogue Number
CiD.05.01
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Date
c. 1885
Medium
graphite on paper board
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.071
Description
Drawing of a farming disc, the first few discs are show as the disappear into the piece, and the seat sits high up on the piece.“An unlikely combination of practical entrepreneur and preoccupied artist, Collings was involved with farm machinery sales between 1882 and 1888 in England. A writer who i…
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Title
Rusty Disk
Date
c. 1885
Medium
graphite on paper board
Dimensions
25 x 30 cm
Description
Drawing of a farming disc, the first few discs are show as the disappear into the piece, and the seat sits high up on the piece.“An unlikely combination of practical entrepreneur and preoccupied artist, Collings was involved with farm machinery sales between 1882 and 1888 in England. A writer who interviewed the artist in 1924 had the impression that Collings envisaged farm equipment as means for creating an enormous painting-like but three-dimensional “landscape.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda Heath
Subject
landscape
machinery
machine
green
rims
circulars
Credit
Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1982
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.071
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Sailing Ships from Dartmouth

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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Date
c. 1890
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.273
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Title
Sailing Ships from Dartmouth
Date
c. 1890
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
26 x 20 cm
Subject
landscape
Credit
Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.273
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Date
c. 1885
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.286
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Title
Sailboat on River
Date
c. 1885
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
16 x 20 cm
Subject
landscape
Credit
Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.286
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Date
c. 1885
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.287
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Title
Two-Masted Sailboat
Date
c. 1885
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
12.5 x 19 cm
Subject
landscape
Credit
Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.287
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Small Sketches of Sailboats

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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Date
c. 1885
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.288
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Title
Small Sketches of Sailboats
Date
c. 1885
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
12.5 x 19 cm
Subject
landscape
Credit
Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.288
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Date
c. 1885
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.289
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Title
Boats in Harbour
Date
c. 1885
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
8 x 19 cm
Subject
landscape
Credit
Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.289
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Date
c. 1885
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.290
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Title
Workboat
Date
c. 1885
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
8 x 19 cm
Subject
landscape
Credit
Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.290
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Date
c. 1885
Medium
graphite on board
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.291
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Title
Sailing Barge
Date
c. 1885
Medium
graphite on board
Dimensions
19 x 28 cm
Subject
landscape
Credit
Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.291
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Date
c. 1890
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.303
Description
A beach scene with horizon in distance and waves breaking on the right.
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Title
Seashore
Date
c. 1890
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
19 x 25 cm
Description
A beach scene with horizon in distance and waves breaking on the right.
Subject
coast
landscape
Credit
Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.303
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Date
1880
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
CoJ.05.45
Description
Scene of a valley with outcroppings of dark rust/red rocks to the right and forground right, trees to the left middle, and mountains in the distance.
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Title
Marble Halls
Date
1880
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
13.5 x 14 cm
Description
Scene of a valley with outcroppings of dark rust/red rocks to the right and forground right, trees to the left middle, and mountains in the distance.
Subject
landscape
Credit
Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1986
Catalogue Number
CoJ.05.45
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Date
c. 1890
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
CoJ.05.61
Description
A road runs up through the right side of the work. A small section of trees sit in the centre, and a house sits on the upper left. The image is dominated by green tones.
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Title
Hazy Morn
Date
c. 1890
Medium
watercolour on paper
Description
A road runs up through the right side of the work. A small section of trees sit in the centre, and a house sits on the upper left. The image is dominated by green tones.
Subject
landscape
building
Credit
Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
Catalogue Number
CoJ.05.61
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Date
c. 1890
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
CoJ.05.62
Description
A tree sits on the left side, and is circled by a road. A bridge sits on the right side, with trees and a town visible in the centre background.
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Title
Rural English Scene
Date
c. 1890
Medium
watercolour on paper
Description
A tree sits on the left side, and is circled by a road. A bridge sits on the right side, with trees and a town visible in the centre background.
Subject
landscape
trees
town
bridge
houses
Credit
Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
Catalogue Number
CoJ.05.62
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Artist
John Donaldson Curren (1852 – 1940, Canadian)
Date
later than 1883
Medium
ink; watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
CuJ.05.01
Description
General colour: green, orange. Central image is a house. Half of the roof is tiled with orange brick. There are trees to the left and behind. In front are fields and a cross the bottom, is a brown fence. Sky is grey.
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Artist
John Donaldson Curren (1852 – 1940, Canadian)
Title
Bogside Scotland
Date
later than 1883
Medium
ink; watercolour on paper
Dimensions
14.25 x 18.75 cm
Description
General colour: green, orange. Central image is a house. Half of the roof is tiled with orange brick. There are trees to the left and behind. In front are fields and a cross the bottom, is a brown fence. Sky is grey.
Subject
landscape
architecture
rural
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1974
Catalogue Number
CuJ.05.01
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Artist
Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)
Date
1957
Medium
crayon on paper
Catalogue Number
DaK.03.34
Description
Mountains dominate top two thirds of picture. Running along base of mountains are a line of trees, a lake is indicated in bottom third foreground.
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Artist
Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1957
Medium
crayon on paper
Dimensions
29.4 x 37.0 cm
Description
Mountains dominate top two thirds of picture. Running along base of mountains are a line of trees, a lake is indicated in bottom third foreground.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Purchased from Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper, 1989
Catalogue Number
DaK.03.34
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Artist
Rick Nicholas de Grandmaison (1932 – 1985, Canadian)
Date
1955 – 1970
Medium
oil on masonite
Catalogue Number
DgO.02.02
Description
tlc and along top is a cloudy sky, below that is a mountain face. The slope runs tr to bl. The mountain has a long expanse of white from tr to bl interspersed with trees and shadows. Stylized tree forms all along bottom edge.
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Artist
Rick Nicholas de Grandmaison (1932 – 1985, Canadian)
Title
Avalanche Slope
Date
1955 – 1970
Medium
oil on masonite
Dimensions
120.0 x 120.00 cm
Description
tlc and along top is a cloudy sky, below that is a mountain face. The slope runs tr to bl. The mountain has a long expanse of white from tr to bl interspersed with trees and shadows. Stylized tree forms all along bottom edge.
Subject
Canadian Rockies
landscape
winter
Credit
Gift of John P. Crabb, Winnipeg, 1995
Catalogue Number
DgO.02.02
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