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Beyond Exceptional Pass

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Artist: Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)

Date: c. 1978

Medium: string; ink; watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: ArP.13.01

Description: A angular mountain sits on the left of the image. The mountain is in shades of pink, purple and plain paper. The bottom of the work is dominated by a horizontal cloud, with the printed words “Beyond Exceptional Pass.” Extending from the tip of the mountain on the left, to a cloud on the right, is a…

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Artist: Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)

Title: Beyond Exceptional Pass

Date: c. 1978

Medium: string; ink; watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 52 x 62.5 cm

Description: A angular mountain sits on the left of the image. The mountain is in shades of pink, purple and plain paper. The bottom of the work is dominated by a horizontal cloud, with the printed words “Beyond Exceptional Pass.” Extending from the tip of the mountain on the left, to a cloud on the right, is a fine black netting.

Subject: collage; net; cloud; mountain

Credit: Gift of Anne (and John) Ewen, Banff, 2013

Catalogue Number: ArP.13.01

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Drawing on Peaks

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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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untitled [Angel Glacier, Mt. Edith Cavell]

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Artist: Friedrich Wilhelm Brandtner (1896 – 1969)

Date: n.d.

Medium: drawing on paper

Catalogue Number: BdF.03.01

Description: A black and white landscape drawing. A glacier in the background in the centre of the drawing dominates the picture. At the top of the drawing the sky with clouds and the top of the mountain can be seen. Then there is the glacier which starts just below the mountain peaks and flows down to nearly t…

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Artist: Friedrich Wilhelm Brandtner (1896 – 1969)

Title: untitled [Angel Glacier, Mt. Edith Cavell]

Date: n.d.

Medium: drawing on paper

Dimensions: 33.0 x 23.0 cm

Description: A black and white landscape drawing. A glacier in the background in the centre of the drawing dominates the picture. At the top of the drawing the sky with clouds and the top of the mountain can be seen. Then there is the glacier which starts just below the mountain peaks and flows down to nearly the bottom of the picture. In the foreground, framing on the glacier, are pine trees, one on the right and three or so on the left. The artist signature is at the bottom in the centre, “f. brandtner”. Au verso, at the top written in black ink, “FRitz Brandtner (sic)” and to the right at the top is a sticker with black print, “LEVIS FINE ART AUCTIONS & APPRAISALS A DIVISION OF ARTBANK INC Tel: 403-541-9099 www.levisauctions.com”. In the centre there is a black stamp, “KASTEL GALLERY INC. 1366 GREENE AVE. WESTMOUNT - QUE. TEL: 933-8735”. At the bottom in the centre is white sticker with blue print, “Cadre d’Art L.C. Inc. Art Frame L.C. Inc. 10 395, Armand Lavergne Montreal-Nord (Quebec) H1H 3N8 Tel. : (514) 321-3916 Fax : (514) 321-4517”. Hanging off the backing wire is a large tag with a white label with black print, “Lot 010 F.W.[Fritz] Brandtner Angel Glacier, Mt. Edith Cavell 17135 $1,200/1,500”.

Subject: mountain; landscape; glacier; Friedrich Brandtner

Credit: Purchased from Levis Fine Art Auctions and Appraisals, Calgary, 2005

Catalogue Number: BdF.03.01

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Untitled

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Artist: Charles A. Beil (1894 – 1976, Canadian)

Date: 1930

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: BeC.03.04

Description: A page full of sketches: a head of a ram, a ram's horn, a bear's head, a running bear, a pawing bear, a kneeling horse, 2 standing horses, one rear view,a bison and an elephant. A flat topped mountain is seen in background, centre right.

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Artist: Charles A. Beil (1894 – 1976, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1930

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 27.8 x 38.0 cm

Description: A page full of sketches: a head of a ram, a ram's horn, a bear's head, a running bear, a pawing bear, a kneeling horse, 2 standing horses, one rear view,a bison and an elephant. A flat topped mountain is seen in background, centre right.

Subject: landscape; mountain; animal, ram, bear, horse, buffalo, elephant

Credit: Gift of Les Peters, Great Falls, USA, 1983

Catalogue Number: BeC.03.04

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Danger

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Artist: Charles A. Beil (1894 – 1976, Canadian)

Date: 1928

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: BeC.04.30

Description: A horse is standing right center on a hill, he stands alert, tail up, looking to his left. two other horses are lightly sketched in just over the hill. A small tree is on the hill, left center. The background shows a faint line of mountains.

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Artist: Charles A. Beil (1894 – 1976, Canadian)

Title: Danger

Date: 1928

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 12.5 x 17.6 cm

Description: A horse is standing right center on a hill, he stands alert, tail up, looking to his left. two other horses are lightly sketched in just over the hill. A small tree is on the hill, left center. The background shows a faint line of mountains.

Subject: landscape; mountain; animal; horse

Credit: Gift of Les Peters, Great Falls, USA, 1983

Catalogue Number: BeC.04.30

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Monarch of the Past

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Artist: Charles A. Beil (1894 – 1976, Canadian)

Date: 1928

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: BeC.04.31

Description: A large bull bison stands center left, facing to the right, looking at a skull and rib bones of a buffalo. A long line of bison are sketched going over the hill and into the distance. The bottom half of the picture is a grassy knoll. A faint line of mountain in the background.

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Artist: Charles A. Beil (1894 – 1976, Canadian)

Title: Monarch of the Past

Date: 1928

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 12.5 x 17.6 cm

Description: A large bull bison stands center left, facing to the right, looking at a skull and rib bones of a buffalo. A long line of bison are sketched going over the hill and into the distance. The bottom half of the picture is a grassy knoll. A faint line of mountain in the background.

Subject: landscape; mountain; animal; buffalo

Credit: Gift of Les Peters, Great Falls, USA, 1983

Catalogue Number: BeC.04.31

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Untitled [Saddle horse]

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Artist: Charles A. Beil (1894 – 1976, Canadian)

Date: c. 1928

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: BeC.04.33

Description: A saddle horse in middle of picture, facing to the right, fully saddled and bridled, ground tied. The foreground is grassy, a few mountains in background, the central mountain is flat topped.

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Artist: Charles A. Beil (1894 – 1976, Canadian)

Title: Untitled [Saddle horse]

Date: c. 1928

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 9.8 x 15.0 cm

Description: A saddle horse in middle of picture, facing to the right, fully saddled and bridled, ground tied. The foreground is grassy, a few mountains in background, the central mountain is flat topped.

Subject: landscape; mountain; animal, horse

Credit: Gift of Les Peters, Great Falls, USA, 1983

Catalogue Number: BeC.04.33

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Untitled

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Artist: Charles A. Beil (1894 – 1976, Canadian)

Date: c. 1928

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: BeC.04.34

Description: A Ram is going downhill on a snow slope, facing to the right, two others are in right foreground heading towards the back.

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Artist: Charles A. Beil (1894 – 1976, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: c. 1928

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 9.8 x 12.6 cm

Description: A Ram is going downhill on a snow slope, facing to the right, two others are in right foreground heading towards the back.

Subject: landscape; mountain; animal; sheep

Credit: Gift of Les Peters, Great Falls, USA, 1983

Catalogue Number: BeC.04.34

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Untitled [Stagecoach]

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Artist: Charles A. Beil (1894 – 1976, Canadian)

Date: c. 1930

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: BeC.04.36

Description: A drypoint etching in sepia tones. A stagecoach with 2 people in the driver's seat with 6 horses are galloping across the print, starting in the top left of picture; they are running to the right on a rutted trail towards a town nestled in a valley to the right; another trail joins it from centre f…

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Artist: Charles A. Beil (1894 – 1976, Canadian)

Title: Untitled [Stagecoach]

Date: c. 1930

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 15.0 x 24.6 cm

Description: A drypoint etching in sepia tones. A stagecoach with 2 people in the driver's seat with 6 horses are galloping across the print, starting in the top left of picture; they are running to the right on a rutted trail towards a town nestled in a valley to the right; another trail joins it from centre front; a mountain range in the background; cloudy sky. Signed bottom right C. A. Beil and the Rocking R brand.

Subject: landscape; mountain; animal; horse; transportation, stagecoach

Credit: Gift of Banff Centre Brewster Donation, Banff, 1986

Catalogue Number: BeC.04.36

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Glacier Water

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Artist: Henry Eric Bergman (1893 – 1958, Canadian )

Date: 1931

Medium: woodblock on rice paper

Catalogue Number: BeH.04.03

Description: A black and white woodblock print in which a mountain dominates. On the lower right there are rocks and boulders to the left the lower part of the mountain face. The mountain forms a peak on top with sky behind. On viewer’s right a glacial waterfall flows down the rockwall. Pencil script lhc: Glac…

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Artist: Henry Eric Bergman (1893 – 1958, Canadian )

Title: Glacier Water

Date: 1931

Medium: woodblock on rice paper

Dimensions: 13.7cm x 11.9 cm cm

Description: A black and white woodblock print in which a mountain dominates. On the lower right there are rocks and boulders to the left the lower part of the mountain face. The mountain forms a peak on top with sky behind. On viewer’s right a glacial waterfall flows down the rockwall. Pencil script lhc: Glacial Water 7/75, pencil script rhc: H.E. Bergman

Subject: landscape; mountain; H.E. Bergman

Credit: Gift of Karen Paul, Calgary, 2010

Catalogue Number: BeH.04.03

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Castle Mountain

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Artist: Henry Eric Bergman (1893 – 1958, Canadian )

Date: 1931

Medium: woodblock on rice paper

Catalogue Number: BeH.04.04

Description: A black and white engraving of Castle Mountain. The foreground is a dense forest with a slight clearing of brush at center of image.The forest ends at slopes up an embankment. The embankment has water pathways, leading in a downward pattern. The mountain rises from the embankment to a cloudy sky. T…

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Artist: Henry Eric Bergman (1893 – 1958, Canadian )

Title: Castle Mountain

Date: 1931

Medium: woodblock on rice paper

Dimensions: 24.8 cm x 33 cm cm

Description: A black and white engraving of Castle Mountain. The foreground is a dense forest with a slight clearing of brush at center of image.The forest ends at slopes up an embankment. The embankment has water pathways, leading in a downward pattern. The mountain rises from the embankment to a cloudy sky. There is a red pencilled number “758” in the bottom lhc.

Subject: landscape; mountain; H. E. Bergman

Credit: Gift of Karen Paul, Calgary, 2010

Catalogue Number: BeH.04.04

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Untitled

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Artist: Henry Eric Bergman (1893 – 1958, Canadian )

Date: 1931

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: BeH.05.01

Description: A watercolour image of mountain landscape. In foreground there are green coniferous trees above which is a brown/pink hill, leading into a dark brown/ blue/green hill. Beyond that is a greenish blue foothill range. There are grey/brown mountain tops behind with a dark grey/blue cloud rising from mo…

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Artist: Henry Eric Bergman (1893 – 1958, Canadian )

Title: Untitled

Date: 1931

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 27.8 x 33.0 cm

Description: A watercolour image of mountain landscape. In foreground there are green coniferous trees above which is a brown/pink hill, leading into a dark brown/ blue/green hill. Beyond that is a greenish blue foothill range. There are grey/brown mountain tops behind with a dark grey/blue cloud rising from mountain on viewer’s left.

Subject: landscape; mountain; H.E. Bergman

Credit: Gift of Karen Paul, Calgary, 2010

Catalogue Number: BeH.05.01

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Untitled

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Artist: Henry Eric Bergman (1893 – 1958, Canadian )

Date: 1931

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: BeH.05.02

Description: A watercolour painting with bright green coniferous trees in foreground and five larger trees rising up on the viewer’s left. Beyond the trees are rolling hills in browns, greens and blues. Beyond the hills is a mountain range, painted brown with blue outlines. The top third of the painting is a cl…

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Artist: Henry Eric Bergman (1893 – 1958, Canadian )

Title: Untitled

Date: 1931

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 28.0 x 33.0 cm

Description: A watercolour painting with bright green coniferous trees in foreground and five larger trees rising up on the viewer’s left. Beyond the trees are rolling hills in browns, greens and blues. Beyond the hills is a mountain range, painted brown with blue outlines. The top third of the painting is a cloudy sky: on viewer’s left, grey and purple clouds; on viewer’s right, white clouds that open to a turquoise blue sky .

Subject: landscape; mountain; H.E. Bergman

Credit: Gift of Karen Paul, Calgary, 2010

Catalogue Number: BeH.05.02

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Untitled

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Artist: Henry Eric Bergman (1893 – 1958, Canadian )

Date: 1931

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: BeH.05.03

Description: A watercolour of mountain landscape on a cloudy day. Top one third is cloudy sky, mid third is grey and blue mountains with vestiges of snow, mid mountains purple, grey and green, hill slope on viewer’s left is purple pink and blue; mid bottom are trees without branches, the trunks are black and at…

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Artist: Henry Eric Bergman (1893 – 1958, Canadian )

Title: Untitled

Date: 1931

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 28.0 x 33.0 cm

Description: A watercolour of mountain landscape on a cloudy day. Top one third is cloudy sky, mid third is grey and blue mountains with vestiges of snow, mid mountains purple, grey and green, hill slope on viewer’s left is purple pink and blue; mid bottom are trees without branches, the trunks are black and at the bottom of the painting are several blackened trunks and and stumps. Printed in sienna-coloured paint in the rhc: H.E. Bergman.

Subject: landscape; mountain; H.E. Bergman

Credit: Gift of Karen Paul, Calgary, 2010

Catalogue Number: BeH.05.03

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View from The Rock Pile, Moraine Lake

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Artist: Mark A. Brennan (1968 – , Canadian)

Date: 2007

Medium: print on paper

Catalogue Number: BeM.04.01

Description: General colours of grey, white, green, purple, grey, gold, black and blue. In the foreground is a rock pile painted in shades of purple, grey and green, and to the viewer’s extreme right, the blue of the north end of Moraine Lake. Above the rock pile to the viewer’s left are a stand of coniferous t…

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Artist: Mark A. Brennan (1968 – , Canadian)

Title: View from The Rock Pile, Moraine Lake

Date: 2007

Medium: print on paper

Dimensions: 20.2 x 24.7 cm

Description: General colours of grey, white, green, purple, grey, gold, black and blue. In the foreground is a rock pile painted in shades of purple, grey and green, and to the viewer’s extreme right, the blue of the north end of Moraine Lake. Above the rock pile to the viewer’s left are a stand of coniferous tree becoming sparser (seven trees) as the eye turns to the right ending at the edge of the rock pile. To the viewer’s left, above the foreground trees, are hills covered in snow and trees and the massive grey, green, and brown Tower of Babel mountain mid- to right. Below the Tower and to the right is the dark grey and black rock slide, sparsely covered with trees, which rises to the slate-coloured mountain. Snow-covered chutes and gullies lined with trees rise from behind the rock pile to the viewer’s extreme right.

Subject: landscape; mountain; Tower of Babel; Morraine Lake

Credit: Gift of Kerry Guenter, 2008

Catalogue Number: BeM.04.01

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Cultus Creek

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Artist: Charles Morrise Brousson ( – 1941)

Date: 1920

Medium: oil on wood

Catalogue Number: BrC.02.01

Description: A primitive painting on a piece of wood. The foreground is beige and brown bank with a white and brown tepee on the left. Beyond this the creek, blue and white extends to mid centre. The top half of the painting is a slope covered with trees to left and a mountain, blue, white and green, to the ri…

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Artist: Charles Morrise Brousson ( – 1941)

Title: Cultus Creek

Date: 1920

Medium: oil on wood

Dimensions: 10.5 x 15.1 cm

Description: A primitive painting on a piece of wood. The foreground is beige and brown bank with a white and brown tepee on the left. Beyond this the creek, blue and white extends to mid centre. The top half of the painting is a slope covered with trees to left and a mountain, blue, white and green, to the right. A cloudy grey sky.