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Decorative Plaque

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Date: prior to 1984

Material: plastic; wood

Catalogue Number: 107.01.1005

Description: Round (14.0 dia) plastic picture of the CPR station in Banff, Cascade Mountain in background and printed around the rim is "The Wild Rose Country Banff CPR Station". This is on a dark purple background in a brown wood frame.

Title: Decorative Plaque

Date: prior to 1984

Material: plastic; wood

Dimensions: 19.0 x 19.0 cm

Description: Round (14.0 dia) plastic picture of the CPR station in Banff, Cascade Mountain in background and printed around the rim is "The Wild Rose Country Banff CPR Station". This is on a dark purple background in a brown wood frame.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; CPR; Canadian Pacific Railway; souvenir; Banff; Cascade Mountain

Credit: Gift of David Mutton, Banff, 1984

Catalogue Number: 107.01.1005

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Untitled

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Date: prior to 1980

Material: paper

Catalogue Number: 107.02.1029 a,b

Description: Two pastels both signed blc "P.M. Keefe 1961". A realistic rendering of a. Lake Louise and b. Morraine Lake 20.5 x 16.0

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Title: Untitled

Date: prior to 1980

Material: paper

Dimensions: 16.5 x 21.0. cm

Description: Two pastels both signed blc "P.M. Keefe 1961". A realistic rendering of a. Lake Louise and b. Morraine Lake 20.5 x 16.0

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; Lake Louise; Morraine Lake

Credit: Purchased from Phyllis Cain, Banff, 1988

Catalogue Number: 107.02.1029 a,b

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Untitled

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Artist: Murray P. Allen ( – 2010, Canadian)

Date: 1962

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: AlM.05.01

Description: Green, blue mountain in background, dark evergreen trees, yellow and orange autumn colours throughout.

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Artist: Murray P. Allen ( – 2010, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1962

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 33.6 x 46.5 cm

Description: Green, blue mountain in background, dark evergreen trees, yellow and orange autumn colours throughout.

Subject: landscape; mountains; trees

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

Catalogue Number: AlM.05.01

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The Three Sisters

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Artist: Duncan Crockford (1920 – 1992)

Date: 1966

Medium: painting on canvas

Catalogue Number: CrD.02.01

Description: A landscape oil painting. In the background are mountains and a blue sky with white clouds. In the foreground is a field with two blonde horses grazing on the left and one brown and white one on the right. Behind the horses is a wooden fence and a small pond. Behind the pond is a small building and…

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Artist: Duncan Crockford (1920 – 1992)

Title: The Three Sisters

Date: 1966

Medium: painting on canvas

Dimensions: 76.5 x 91.5 cm

Description: A landscape oil painting. In the background are mountains and a blue sky with white clouds. In the foreground is a field with two blonde horses grazing on the left and one brown and white one on the right. Behind the horses is a wooden fence and a small pond. Behind the pond is a small building and a white church steeple is visible behind the building. The horses and buildings are also surrounded by forest, a mix of green coniferous and golden deciduous trees. The artist signature is painted in the bottom rhc, “Duncan /66”.

Subject: landscape; mountains; three sisters; Duncan Crockford

Credit: Gift of William Randall (Estate), Halifax, 2011

Catalogue Number: CrD.02.01

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Pilot Mountain

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Artist: Robert M. Dingwall

Date: 1961

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: DnR.02.01

Description: In the bottom third of painting is thirteen single trees and a river with islands in it. The purple shadowed mountain rises up from there. A glacier on the left, the main peak left of center and two distant peaks to the right. Skin tone and yellow tinted clouds fill the top third. The signature in …

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Artist: Robert M. Dingwall

Title: Pilot Mountain

Date: 1961

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 54.9 x 70.3 cm

Description: In the bottom third of painting is thirteen single trees and a river with islands in it. The purple shadowed mountain rises up from there. A glacier on the left, the main peak left of center and two distant peaks to the right. Skin tone and yellow tinted clouds fill the top third. The signature in the lower left is signed in orange red.

Subject: landscape; mountain; glacier

Credit: Gift of eisler, Edmonton, 1972

Catalogue Number: DnR.02.01

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Winter Day near Golden, B C

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Artist: Peter Ewart (1918 – , Canadian)

Date: c. 1970

Medium: oil on board

Catalogue Number: EwP.02.02

Description: A cabin sits among trees at centre left. Foreground is snow.

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Artist: Peter Ewart (1918 – , Canadian)

Title: Winter Day near Golden, B C

Date: c. 1970

Medium: oil on board

Dimensions: 23.6 x 29.2 cm

Description: A cabin sits among trees at centre left. Foreground is snow.

Subject: landscape; winter; architecture; rural

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

Catalogue Number: EwP.02.02

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Banff 1962

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Artist: Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian)

Date: 1962

Medium: oil on masonite

Catalogue Number: GyH.02.01

Description: General colour: greens, pink, blue, mauve and purple. Mount Rundle in broad impressionistic strokes. “GLYDE 62” aigned in black in the brhc.

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Artist: Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian)

Title: Banff 1962

Date: 1962

Medium: oil on masonite

Dimensions: 26.1 x 33.6 cm

Description: General colour: greens, pink, blue, mauve and purple. Mount Rundle in broad impressionistic strokes. “GLYDE 62” aigned in black in the brhc.

Subject: landscape; Mount Rundle; Canadian Rockies

Credit: Gift of eisler, Edmonton, 1972

Catalogue Number: GyH.02.01

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Rocks near Banff

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Artist: Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian)

Date: 1968

Medium: oil on masonite

Catalogue Number: GyH.02.11

Description: Rocks in various shades of grey make up most of the painting. At the top of the painting, dark blue-grey mountain peaks are visible. A lighter blue sky is visible above the mountain peaks.

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Artist: Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian)

Title: Rocks near Banff

Date: 1968

Medium: oil on masonite

Dimensions: 33 x 40.5 cm

Description: Rocks in various shades of grey make up most of the painting. At the top of the painting, dark blue-grey mountain peaks are visible. A lighter blue sky is visible above the mountain peaks.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; rocks; abstract

Credit: Gift of Henry George Glyde, Victoria, 1997

Catalogue Number: GyH.02.11

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Valley of the Ten Peaks

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Artist: Herbert C. Hahn (1907 – , American)

Date: 1969

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: HaH.02.01

Description: General colour: blue. The Valley sweeps across the bottom of the canvas from the right and then half way up left side goes diagonally up into the canvas to upper left side. Two climbers are seen in the foreground, third of the way in from right side. The mountains diminish in size and colour toward…

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Artist: Herbert C. Hahn (1907 – , American)

Title: Valley of the Ten Peaks

Date: 1969

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 100.5 x 151.5 cm

Description: General colour: blue. The Valley sweeps across the bottom of the canvas from the right and then half way up left side goes diagonally up into the canvas to upper left side. Two climbers are seen in the foreground, third of the way in from right side. The mountains diminish in size and colour towards the top.

Subject: landscape; mountains; lake; activity, hikers

Credit: Gift of Herbert C. Hahn, 1971

Catalogue Number: HaH.02.01

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Cathedral Mountain from Lake O’Hara

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Artist: Martha Isabel Houston (1896 – , Canadian)

Date: 1961 – 1961

Medium: print on paper

Catalogue Number: HoM.04.01

Description: This is a mountain scene printed on white paper with black ink. The mountains are in the background behind a lake that is surrounded with trees. The foreground is comprised of trees surrounding the lake, through which you can see the water. The mountains reach 2/3 of the way up the print, and th…

Artist: Martha Isabel Houston (1896 – , Canadian)

Title: Cathedral Mountain from Lake O’Hara

Date: 1961 – 1961

Medium: print on paper

Dimensions: 15.2 x 17.7 cm

Description: This is a mountain scene printed on white paper with black ink. The mountains are in the background behind a lake that is surrounded with trees. The foreground is comprised of trees surrounding the lake, through which you can see the water. The mountains reach 2/3 of the way up the print, and the rest is sky with large white clouds. On the left side of the print are 2 pine trees which almost reach the top of the print. A small black border surrounds the image.

Subject: landscape; Mountains; Canadian Rockies; Cathedral Mt.; Lake; Lake O’Hara

Credit: Purchased from Canadian Art Gallery, Canmore, 1998

Catalogue Number: HoM.04.01

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Storm In the Foothills

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Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Date: 1963

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: LaC.02.02

Description: General colour: purple, green. The lower half of the picture is green hills in front with bushes. One clump noticably right of center. Purple hills behind with mist in the hollows. The upper half is snow capped mauve mountains, green, pink and purple arched sky, above which on the left side is rain…

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Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Title: Storm In the Foothills

Date: 1963

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 59.6 x 74.9 cm

Description: General colour: purple, green. The lower half of the picture is green hills in front with bushes. One clump noticably right of center. Purple hills behind with mist in the hollows. The upper half is snow capped mauve mountains, green, pink and purple arched sky, above which on the left side is raining on the hills below.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies

Credit: Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973

Catalogue Number: LaC.02.02

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Bow Lake

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Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Date: 1963

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: LaC.03.06

Description: General colour: pencil on white. Two points of land come in from left and right respectively with water in between and behind. The far shore starts quarter way up and becomes a mountain left of enter and right banks up each side. Sketchy clouds appear to be raining left and right.

Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Title: Bow Lake

Date: 1963

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 32.3 x 40.1 cm

Description: General colour: pencil on white. Two points of land come in from left and right respectively with water in between and behind. The far shore starts quarter way up and becomes a mountain left of enter and right banks up each side. Sketchy clouds appear to be raining left and right.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountains; lake

Credit: Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973

Catalogue Number: LaC.03.06

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The Homestead

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Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Date: 1964

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.05

Description: General colour: brown, blue. Lower half is fields, farm buildings left, center and right. Two horses stand lower left. Upper half is distant blue mountains and clouded sky.

Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Title: The Homestead

Date: 1964

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 15.2 x 22.8 cm

Description: General colour: brown, blue. Lower half is fields, farm buildings left, center and right. Two horses stand lower left. Upper half is distant blue mountains and clouded sky.

Subject: landscape; foothills; architecture, rural

Credit: Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.05

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The Top of the Hill

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Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Date: 1963

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.07

Description: General colour: grey, brown, blue. A road winds from the lower edge right to center and disappears into a grey hill with bushes on it and two trees left of center. Fence posts can be seen crossing the picture at the bottom of the hill. In the background to the left are distant mountains. The upper …

Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Title: The Top of the Hill

Date: 1963

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 19.0 x 24.7 cm

Description: General colour: grey, brown, blue. A road winds from the lower edge right to center and disappears into a grey hill with bushes on it and two trees left of center. Fence posts can be seen crossing the picture at the bottom of the hill. In the background to the left are distant mountains. The upper part is clouds and sits of blue sky.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies

Credit: Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.07

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Kananaskis Lake

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Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Date: 1965

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.13

Description: General colour: blue, brown. Near shore is brown and fills lower area. Two posts sunk in the sand at the left side. The water reaches the far shore (one third up) of blue hills. The sky is full of rain clouds. On the left side a dark cloud appears to be loosing rain on the lake.

Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Title: Kananaskis Lake

Date: 1965

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 29.1 x 38.7 cm

Description: General colour: blue, brown. Near shore is brown and fills lower area. Two posts sunk in the sand at the left side. The water reaches the far shore (one third up) of blue hills. The sky is full of rain clouds. On the left side a dark cloud appears to be loosing rain on the lake.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies

Credit: Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.13

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Banff Road, West of Calgary.

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Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Date: 1963

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.25

Description: General colour: blue, brown. Lower third is brown fields with a few vague structures here and there. Upper two thirds are blue mountain range and clouded sky.

Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Title: Banff Road, West of Calgary.

Date: 1963

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 20.3 x 25.3 cm

Description: General colour: blue, brown. Lower third is brown fields with a few vague structures here and there. Upper two thirds are blue mountain range and clouded sky.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies

Credit: Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.25

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Hecate Strait From Sandspit

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Artist: Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)

Date: 1960

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaE.05.08

Description: General colour: brown, green, blue. Foreground beach is covered with logs and continues up the right side to a point with fall evergreens on it. The green water fills the central area. Distant blue hills come out at the right from behind the trees. The sky is grey blue.

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Artist: Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)

Title: Hecate Strait From Sandspit

Date: 1960

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 33.3 x 46.9 cm

Description: General colour: brown, green, blue. Foreground beach is covered with logs and continues up the right side to a point with fall evergreens on it. The green water fills the central area. Distant blue hills come out at the right from behind the trees. The sky is grey blue.

Subject: landscape; sea; Ernest Lamarque

Credit: Gift of Ernest Lamarque (Estate), 1971

Catalogue Number: LaE.05.08

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Untitled

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Artist: Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)

Date: 1961

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaE.05.15

Description: General colour: green, blue. In the lower half are five figures to the left and a stand of teepee poles to the right. Across the middle are five buildings. Behind them are trees, mountains in the distance and blue grey sky above. Signed lr: “E. Lamarque 1961”

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Artist: Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1961

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 35.5 x 50.1 cm

Description: General colour: green, blue. In the lower half are five figures to the left and a stand of teepee poles to the right. Across the middle are five buildings. Behind them are trees, mountains in the distance and blue grey sky above. Signed lr: “E. Lamarque 1961”