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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
Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)
Date
1993
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
ArP.05.09
Description
A figure dressed in a black hat, black blouse, printed black pants, red socks, black shoes is at centre top, walking on grey crumbling blocks. Below and in the foreground is a range of peaked mountains, dark colours of blue, purple and some green with some snow cover on centre mountains. A row o…
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Artist
Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)
Title
Trusting
Date
1993
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
43.2 x 30.5 cm
Description
A figure dressed in a black hat, black blouse, printed black pants, red socks, black shoes is at centre top, walking on grey crumbling blocks. Below and in the foreground is a range of peaked mountains, dark colours of blue, purple and some green with some snow cover on centre mountains. A row of black trees lines a lake in the foreground, splashes of colour reflect in the lake. The sky has red, purple tones fading to white at the top.
Subject
landscape
mountains
mythological
figure
Credit
Gift of Patricia Askren, Lakonias, Greece, 1993
Catalogue Number
ArP.05.09
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Artist
Dale Auger (1958 – 2008, Canadian)
Date
1998
Medium
acrylic on canvas
Catalogue Number
AuD.12.01
Description
A large painting of an Indigenous dressed as a bear. The man’s face is visible through the mouth of the bear fur that covers him. The man’s eyes are hidden by shadows. Yellow and black paint is on the rest of his face. In the claws, the man holds a wand-like stick, at the tip of which are four …
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Artist
Dale Auger (1958 – 2008, Canadian)
Title
Big Bear Medicine
Date
1998
Medium
acrylic on canvas
Dimensions
92.5 x 92.5 cm
Description
A large painting of an Indigenous dressed as a bear. The man’s face is visible through the mouth of the bear fur that covers him. The man’s eyes are hidden by shadows. Yellow and black paint is on the rest of his face. In the claws, the man holds a wand-like stick, at the tip of which are four feathers. These are in the blc of the image. On either side of the bear’s head are patches of aquamarine.
Subject
religious
Indigenous
animal
bear
Credit
Purchased from Bernie Makokis, St. Paul, 2001
Catalogue Number
AuD.12.01
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Eagle Lodge Offering

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Artist
Dale Auger (1958 – 2008, Canadian)
Date
1999
Medium
acrylic on canvas
Catalogue Number
AuD.12.02
Description
Un-framed acrylic on canvas entitled “eagle Lodge Offering”, 1999. All four sides are painted black with staples that are visible. The main image depicts a bird with red and white coloured sticks coming out of its mouth. The bird is perched on a white textured object (possibly a skull). The bird h…
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Artist
Dale Auger (1958 – 2008, Canadian)
Title
Eagle Lodge Offering
Date
1999
Medium
acrylic on canvas
Dimensions
62.5 x 62.5 cm
Description
Un-framed acrylic on canvas entitled “eagle Lodge Offering”, 1999. All four sides are painted black with staples that are visible. The main image depicts a bird with red and white coloured sticks coming out of its mouth. The bird is perched on a white textured object (possibly a skull). The bird has a dot of red paint in its eye. The colour palette of this painting is very typical Auger: red, turquoise, yellow /gold, black and white.
Credit
Gift of Jim and Sue Van der Sloot, Medicine Hat , 2010
Catalogue Number
AuD.12.02
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Artist
David Alexander (1947 – , Canadian)
Date
1998
Medium
acrylic on canvas
Catalogue Number
AxD.12.01
Description
brown, blue and orange mountain peak
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Artist
David Alexander (1947 – , Canadian)
Title
Drawing on Peaks
Date
1998
Medium
acrylic on canvas
Dimensions
172.72 x 121.92 cm
Description
brown, blue and orange mountain peak
Subject
mountain
peak
Credit
Gift of David T. Alexander, Lake Country, 2017
Catalogue Number
AxD.12.01
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Artist
Edward Bamiling (1948 – , Canadian)
Date
1992
Catalogue Number
BaE.06.01
Description
Slabs of clay, rolled ca. 1.0 cm thick in various widths and height of vessel, narrow at foot widen out at top into an irregular edge, earth colours with fire black near bottom and up sides
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Artist
Edward Bamiling (1948 – , Canadian)
Title
Vessel
Date
1992
Dimensions
74.5 x 38.0 cm
Description
Slabs of clay, rolled ca. 1.0 cm thick in various widths and height of vessel, narrow at foot widen out at top into an irregular edge, earth colours with fire black near bottom and up sides
Subject
abstract
expressionist
Credit
Purchased from Edward Bamiling, Banff, 1992
Catalogue Number
BaE.06.01
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View of Goat Mountain

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Artist
Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, R. C. A. (1846 – 1923, Canadian)
Date
1888
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
BeS.05.01
Description
Colour: blue, green, yellow. Two people in a canoe paddle across the lake in the lower part of the picture. Two shore lines are seen on both sides. Beyond are yellow and green hills rising up to purple mountain One pear is prominent in the distance. Clear blue fills the top.This painting was lent t…
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Artist
Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, R. C. A. (1846 – 1923, Canadian)
Title
View of Goat Mountain
Date
1888
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
40.5 x 30.3 cm
Description
Colour: blue, green, yellow. Two people in a canoe paddle across the lake in the lower part of the picture. Two shore lines are seen on both sides. Beyond are yellow and green hills rising up to purple mountain One pear is prominent in the distance. Clear blue fills the top.This painting was lent to the Winnipeg Art Gallery in 1975 to be included in the exhibition The Railway: A patron of the Arts in Canada. The exhibition was circulated across the country for two years.
Subject
landscape, lake, mountain
Vermilion Lake ?
figure, male
Credit
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Tabuteau, Banff, 1966
Catalogue Number
BeS.05.01
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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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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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Artist
Takahashi
Date
1884
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
BoA.03.01
Description
Centered on the page is a fishing float design. It is circular with a diamond center. On each tip of the diamond is a small circle that joins the larger circle. The inside of the diamond, and the space between the diamond and the circle are shaded with a grey.
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Artist
Takahashi
Title
Untitled [Emblem]
Date
1884
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
18.0 x 32.5 cm
Description
Centered on the page is a fishing float design. It is circular with a diamond center. On each tip of the diamond is a small circle that joins the larger circle. The inside of the diamond, and the space between the diamond and the circle are shaded with a grey.
Subject
design
fishing float
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
BoA.03.01
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Artist
Harry Brett ( – 1925, Canadian)
Date
1887
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
BrH.05.01
Description
General colour: red, yellow, blue. The left profile and torso of a boy dressed in a uniform. Blue pants with a yellow stripe and a red jacket and a blue hat. He holds a trumpet and faces left.
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Artist
Harry Brett ( – 1925, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1887
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
26 x 19 cm
Description
General colour: red, yellow, blue. The left profile and torso of a boy dressed in a uniform. Blue pants with a yellow stripe and a red jacket and a blue hat. He holds a trumpet and faces left.
Subject
NWMP
figure
male
Credit
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Tabuteau, Banff, 1966
Catalogue Number
BrH.05.01
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Artist
Edward Burtynsky (1955 – , Canadian)
Date
2012
Medium
photograph on board
Catalogue Number
BuE.18.06
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Artist
Edward Burtynsky (1955 – , Canadian)
Title
Glacier Catchment
Date
2012
Medium
photograph on board
Dimensions
121.92 x 162.56 cm
Subject
water
glacier
Credit
Gift of Edward Burtynsky, Toronto, 2014
Catalogue Number
BuE.18.06
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Artist
Edward Burtynsky (1955 – , Canadian)
Date
2012
Medium
photograph on board
Catalogue Number
BuE.18.11
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Artist
Edward Burtynsky (1955 – , Canadian)
Title
Mount Edziza #1
Date
2012
Medium
photograph on board
Dimensions
153.4 x 203.2 cm
Subject
water
Mount Edziza
mountain
snow
Credit
Gift of Edward Burtynsky, Toronto, 2014
Catalogue Number
BuE.18.11
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Artist
Edward Burtynsky (1955 – , Canadian)
Date
2012
Medium
photograph on board
Catalogue Number
BuE.18.12
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Artist
Edward Burtynsky (1955 – , Canadian)
Title
Mount Edziza #2
Date
2012
Medium
photograph on board
Dimensions
153.4 x 203.2 cm
Subject
water
Mount Edziza
mountain
British Columbia
Credit
Gift of Edward Burtynsky, Toronto, 2014
Catalogue Number
BuE.18.12
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Artist
Edward Burtynsky (1955 – , Canadian)
Date
2012
Medium
photograph on board
Catalogue Number
BuE.18.13
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Artist
Edward Burtynsky (1955 – , Canadian)
Title
Mount Edziza #3
Date
2012
Medium
photograph on board
Dimensions
121.9 x 162.6 cm
Subject
water
Mount Edziza
mountain
British Columbia
Credit
Gift of Edward Burtynsky, Toronto, 2014
Catalogue Number
BuE.18.13
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Artist
Edward Burtynsky (1955 – , Canadian)
Date
2012
Medium
photograph on board
Catalogue Number
BuE.18.14
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Artist
Edward Burtynsky (1955 – , Canadian)
Title
Mount Edziza #4
Date
2012
Medium
photograph on board
Dimensions
121.9 x 162.6 cm
Subject
water
Mount Edziza
mountain
British Columbia
Credit
Gift of Edward Burtynsky, Toronto, 2014
Catalogue Number
BuE.18.14
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Artist
Edward Burtynsky (1955 – , Canadian)
Date
2012
Medium
photograph on board
Catalogue Number
BuE.18.20
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Artist
Edward Burtynsky (1955 – , Canadian)
Title
Stikine River
Date
2012
Medium
photograph on board
Dimensions
121.9 x 162.6 cm
Subject
water
Stikine River
British Columbia
Credit
Gift of Edward Burtynsky, Toronto, 2014
Catalogue Number
BuE.18.20
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Japanese Woman and Child

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Artist
Watanabe Bunzo (1853 – 1942, Japanese)
Date
1882
Medium
ink and colour on paper
Catalogue Number
BuW.05.01
Description
Frontispiece Japan Day by Day Volume I by Edward S. Morse. A farmyard scene. A woman wearing a grey kimono, blue sash, carries a baby on her back, he is dressed in blue and red and has a small kite in his left hand. She is looking down at a rooster who with a hen behind him are looking at three egg…
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Artist
Watanabe Bunzo (1853 – 1942, Japanese)
Title
Japanese Woman and Child
Date
1882
Medium
ink and colour on paper
Dimensions
36.1 x 25.2 cm
Description
Frontispiece Japan Day by Day Volume I by Edward S. Morse. A farmyard scene. A woman wearing a grey kimono, blue sash, carries a baby on her back, he is dressed in blue and red and has a small kite in his left hand. She is looking down at a rooster who with a hen behind him are looking at three eggs on the ground. Five figures in background, houses to right centre, a snow-capped mountain is in background, sky is blue with yellowish clouds. Written on back: Mrs. Russell Robb Concord, Mass.
Subject
farmyard
Mount Fujijama
buildings
people
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
BuW.05.01
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Artist
Jewelia Margueritta Cameroon
Date
1997
Medium
photograph on paper
Catalogue Number
CaJ.18.01
Description
Black and white photograph of Lake Louise. Victoria Glacier and Mt. Victoria in distance are covered in snow. Mountains rise up to left and right of lake. The shadows of the mountains are visible in the lake which is immediately in the foreground. Light is reflected off the lake in a long strip…
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Artist
Jewelia Margueritta Cameroon
Title
Lake Louise
Date
1997
Medium
photograph on paper
Description
Black and white photograph of Lake Louise. Victoria Glacier and Mt. Victoria in distance are covered in snow. Mountains rise up to left and right of lake. The shadows of the mountains are visible in the lake which is immediately in the foreground. Light is reflected off the lake in a long strip that reaches into the middle of the photograph and then spreads across it.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Lake Louise
Victoria Glacier, Mt. Victoria, Mt. Lefroy
Credit
Gift of Jewelia Margueritta Cameroon, Hollywood, USA, 1998
Catalogue Number
CaJ.18.01
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Artist
Jewelia Margueritta Cameroon
Date
1997 – 1998
Medium
photograph on paper
Catalogue Number
CaJ.18.02
Description
Photogravure print of trees and forest at close proximity. Shorter vegetation and thin pale tree trunks are visible in foreground. More dense forest behind.
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Artist
Jewelia Margueritta Cameroon
Title
Bugaboos
Date
1997 – 1998
Medium
photograph on paper
Description
Photogravure print of trees and forest at close proximity. Shorter vegetation and thin pale tree trunks are visible in foreground. More dense forest behind.
Subject
landscape
forest
Credit
Gift of Jewelia Margueritta Cameroon, Hollywood, USA, 1998
Catalogue Number
CaJ.18.02
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