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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
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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Artist
Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)
Date
1982
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
ArP.05.05
Description
3 cone-shaped mountains have heads and arms, they are holding up letters spelling moutain, mountain, motard. Other colourful figures are playing with letters, left centre background is a tall tree with yellow mountains, one of which has a teacup and saucer, another has only a saucer In right backgr…
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Artist
Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)
Title
Mountain/Moutard
Date
1982
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
38.0 x 56.3 cm
Description
3 cone-shaped mountains have heads and arms, they are holding up letters spelling moutain, mountain, motard. Other colourful figures are playing with letters, left centre background is a tall tree with yellow mountains, one of which has a teacup and saucer, another has only a saucer In right background is a window through which grey mountains and blue sky can be seen
Subject
whimsey
landscape
mountains
Credit
Gift of Jon Whyte, Banff, 1992
Catalogue Number
ArP.05.05
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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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Valley near Revelstoke

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Artist
S. Atkinson (1876 – 1972, Canadian)
Date
1949 – 1968
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
AtS.05.01
Description
General colour: blue, green. Looking down into a river valley. The tops of a tree down left and two trees lower right appear in the foreground. The pale distant mountain slopes that fill in the majority of the picture, lead to a peak right of enter near the top. Clouded sky fills upper edge.
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Artist
S. Atkinson (1876 – 1972, Canadian)
Title
Valley near Revelstoke
Date
1949 – 1968
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
26.0 x 20.6 cm
Description
General colour: blue, green. Looking down into a river valley. The tops of a tree down left and two trees lower right appear in the foreground. The pale distant mountain slopes that fill in the majority of the picture, lead to a peak right of enter near the top. Clouded sky fills upper edge.
Subject
landscape
mountains
Credit
Gift of Bud Styles, Ottawa, 1966
Catalogue Number
AtS.05.01
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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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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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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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Artist
Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, R. C. A. (1846 – 1923, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
BeS.05.03
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Artist
Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, R. C. A. (1846 – 1923, Canadian)
Title
Lake O’Hara
Date
n.d.
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
24 x 20 cm
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Lake O’Hara
Mount Lefroy
Mount Victoria
Credit
Purchased from The Collector’s Gallery, Calgary, 2003
Catalogue Number
BeS.05.03
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Trestles at the Loop

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Artist
Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, R. C. A. (1846 – 1923, Canadian)
Date
1890
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
BeS.05.04
Description
Kicking Horse Pass. Train trestle bridges wind around bases of mountains in valley.Ross Peak in background.
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Artist
Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, R. C. A. (1846 – 1923, Canadian)
Title
Trestles at the Loop
Date
1890
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
31.0 x 47.7 cm
Description
Kicking Horse Pass. Train trestle bridges wind around bases of mountains in valley.Ross Peak in background.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Kicking Horse Pass, transportation
train
CPR
Credit
Purchased from Masters Gallery ltd., Calgary, 2004
Catalogue Number
BeS.05.04
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Untitled [Mt. Burgess and Emerald Lake]

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Artist
Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, R. C. A. (1846 – 1923, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
BeS.05.05
Description
Emerald Lake in foreground with two people in a canoe on it. Mt. Burgess in background.
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Artist
Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, R. C. A. (1846 – 1923, Canadian)
Title
Untitled [Mt. Burgess and Emerald Lake]
Date
n.d.
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
49.2 x 33.0 cm
Description
Emerald Lake in foreground with two people in a canoe on it. Mt. Burgess in background.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Mount Burgess
Emerald Lake
activity
canoeing
Credit
Gift of Ted and Judy Mills, Mill Bay, 2005
Catalogue Number
BeS.05.05
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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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Lake near Mount Assiniboine

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Artist
Frederick Henry Brigden (1871 – 1956, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
BrF.05.01
Description
Lake in Mt. Assiniboine area.
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Artist
Frederick Henry Brigden (1871 – 1956, Canadian)
Title
Lake near Mount Assiniboine
Date
n.d.
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
27.5 x 37.9 cm
Description
Lake in Mt. Assiniboine area.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
lake
Mt. Assiniboine area
Credit
Purchased from Hodgins Art Auctions Ltd., Calgary, 2004
Catalogue Number
BrF.05.01
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Artist
Adeline Baxter (1881 – 1959)
Date
c. 1917
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
BxA.05.01
Description
Colour: green, blue. A green valley with a peak at the left and a ridge at the right. Two peaks in the distance at center meet blue sky with two clouds.
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Artist
Adeline Baxter (1881 – 1959)
Title
Untitled
Date
c. 1917
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
17.0 x 24.0 cm
Description
Colour: green, blue. A green valley with a peak at the left and a ridge at the right. Two peaks in the distance at center meet blue sky with two clouds.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Canmore area
Credit
Gift of T. (Mrs.) B. Williams, Victoria, 1970
Catalogue Number
BxA.05.01
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Artist
Emily Carr (1871 – 1945, Canadian)
Date
prior to 1940
Medium
watercolour; gouache on paper
Catalogue Number
CaE.05.01
Description
General colour: grey, brown. A wooden post dock comes out into the water in the lower right corner. At the left side is more dock with a few small boats tied up to posts out in the water. Four sail boats are in the center. Two points of land narrow the water two thirds up. The left bank has buildin…
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Artist
Emily Carr (1871 – 1945, Canadian)
Title
Victoria Harbour
Date
prior to 1940
Medium
watercolour; gouache on paper
Dimensions
10.5 x 16.2 cm
Description
General colour: grey, brown. A wooden post dock comes out into the water in the lower right corner. At the left side is more dock with a few small boats tied up to posts out in the water. Four sail boats are in the center. Two points of land narrow the water two thirds up. The left bank has buildings and trees on it. Beyond are distant mountains and grey sky.
Subject
landscape
seascape
Pacific Ocean
Emily Carr
Credit
Gift of C. M. Smith, 1968
Catalogue Number
CaE.05.01
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Artist
Ken Christopher (1942 – , Canadian)
Date
1984
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
ChK.05.01
Description
A very light coloured painting, soft washes of blues and greens. Mount Rundle in center right of picture, light blues of a river in foreground with small patches of green in immediate foreground. Plain, rounded wooden frame.
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Artist
Ken Christopher (1942 – , Canadian)
Title
Mount Rundle
Date
1984
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
21.3 x 29.4 cm
Description
A very light coloured painting, soft washes of blues and greens. Mount Rundle in center right of picture, light blues of a river in foreground with small patches of green in immediate foreground. Plain, rounded wooden frame.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Purchased from Virginia Christopher Galleries, Calgary, 1985
Catalogue Number
ChK.05.01
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Artist
Penny Honey Church
Date
c. 1977
Medium
watercolour; ink on paper
Catalogue Number
ChP.05.01
Description
A brown tree trunk is all along the left edge of picture, top left has long green leaves pointing downward to centre of picture; long thin tendrils curve gracefully over all from which hang yellow/brown orchids; the orchids form an overall pattern; bottom of picture behind the tree are green hills …
Artist
Penny Honey Church
Title
Wild Orchids
Date
c. 1977
Medium
watercolour; ink on paper
Dimensions
38.2 x 28.1 cm
Description
A brown tree trunk is all along the left edge of picture, top left has long green leaves pointing downward to centre of picture; long thin tendrils curve gracefully over all from which hang yellow/brown orchids; the orchids form an overall pattern; bottom of picture behind the tree are green hills and a glimpse of blue water in right bottom.
Subject
landscape
botonical
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
ChP.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
Doris Cormie
Date
n.d.
Medium
painting on paper
Catalogue Number
CmD.05.02
Description
A watercolour landscape of trees done on brown paper. In the foreground the bottom halves of four trees dominate the painting. The top of the roots and are visible in the brown ground in front of the trees. Behind the four trees in the background is an open field that leads to the outline of the to…
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Artist
Doris Cormie
Title
Painting of Trees
Date
n.d.
Medium
painting on paper
Dimensions
30.5 x 41.0 cm
Description
A watercolour landscape of trees done on brown paper. In the foreground the bottom halves of four trees dominate the painting. The top of the roots and are visible in the brown ground in front of the trees. Behind the four trees in the background is an open field that leads to the outline of the top of a forest at right and a bunch of deciduous trees at left. The colours used in the painting are primarily blues, greens and browns. The artist signature is written in pencil in the bottom rhc. Au verso, written in pencil about 1/2 way up along the right side are measurements,“10 1/2 x 14 6 1/2 x 6/ 17 x 20”.
Subject
landscape
trees
Doris Cormie
Credit
Gift of Barry Hunter Gillis, Richmond, 2006
Catalogue Number
CmD.05.02
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Artist
Doris Cormie
Date
n.d.
Medium
painting on paper
Catalogue Number
CmD.05.04
Description
A landscape watercolour painting of Table Mountain. In the background on the left taking up almost half of the image is grey-brown mountain with a relatively flat top. The right side of the mountain slopes down and a blue sky with large white clouds takes up the right half of the painting backgroun…
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Artist
Doris Cormie
Title
Table Mountain
Date
n.d.
Medium
painting on paper
Dimensions
30.5 x 40.0 cm
Description
A landscape watercolour painting of Table Mountain. In the background on the left taking up almost half of the image is grey-brown mountain with a relatively flat top. The right side of the mountain slopes down and a blue sky with large white clouds takes up the right half of the painting background. Two smaller mountains are in the distance on the right. Coming down along a scree slope from the dominant mountain on the left the landscape turns into forest and in the foreground is a green valley meadow with the forest surrounding it. The artist signature and painting title are in the bottom rhc written in pencil. Au verso, there is a sketch of a winter mountain landscape with a mountain in the background and in the foreground two pine trees on the left and a bunch of branches sticking out from under the snow at centre. On the right are three small trees.
Subject
landscape
mountain
Doris Cormie
Credit
Gift of Barry Hunter Gillis, Richmond, 2006
Catalogue Number
CmD.05.04
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