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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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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
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
Thomas Mower Martin, R. C. A. (1838 – 1934, Canadian)
Date
later than 1886
Medium
oil on board
Catalogue Number
MrT.02.01
Description
General colour: green, brown. Central image is a wooden grave marker stuck at the end of a mound of dirt left of center. It reads Sacred to A.R. Underwood. Died July 31, 1886. It is shadowed by a tree whose double trunk is at the right side. Behind is woods, dark trees and light underbrush.
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Artist
Thomas Mower Martin, R. C. A. (1838 – 1934, Canadian)
Title
Pioneer Grave
Date
later than 1886
Medium
oil on board
Dimensions
16.5 x 27.5 cm
Description
General colour: green, brown. Central image is a wooden grave marker stuck at the end of a mound of dirt left of center. It reads Sacred to A.R. Underwood. Died July 31, 1886. It is shadowed by a tree whose double trunk is at the right side. Behind is woods, dark trees and light underbrush.
Subject
landscape, forest
historical
Credit
Purchased from Bashford's Corner Ltd, Calgary, 1970
Catalogue Number
MrT.02.01
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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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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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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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Banff Springs Hotel, Rocky Mountains 1887

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Artist
C. Firth
Date
1887
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
FiC.05.01
Description
Scene showing Banff springs hotel at right perched on a hillside. In the background the Bow River winds through a valley between Tunnel Mountain and Mt. Roundly. More mountains in distance. Trees in foreground. My. Roundly is hazy, almost unfinished in appearance.
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Artist
C. Firth
Title
Banff Springs Hotel, Rocky Mountains 1887
Date
1887
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
12.0 x 16.0 cm
Description
Scene showing Banff springs hotel at right perched on a hillside. In the background the Bow River winds through a valley between Tunnel Mountain and Mt. Roundly. More mountains in distance. Trees in foreground. My. Roundly is hazy, almost unfinished in appearance.
Subject
mountains
Banff
Bow River
Alberta
Banff Springs Hotel
Credit
Gift of Dorothy and Jim McLeod, Calgary, 2021
Catalogue Number
FiC.05.01
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Artist
C. Firth
Date
1887
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
FiC.05.02
Description
Large river [The Bow River] with snow-capped mountains at back and stands of conifers on the banks. River winds from left foreground into right background. Stand of trees at right foreground.
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Artist
C. Firth
Title
Bow River NWT, 1887
Date
1887
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
12.0 x 16.0 cm
Description
Large river [The Bow River] with snow-capped mountains at back and stands of conifers on the banks. River winds from left foreground into right background. Stand of trees at right foreground.
Subject
mountains
Banff
Bow River
Alberta
Credit
Gift of Dorothy and Jim McLeod, Calgary, 2021
Catalogue Number
FiC.05.02
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Landscape (Rocky Mountains)

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Artist
John Arthur Fraser (1838 – 1898, English)
Date
1886
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
FsJ.05.01
Description
Flat body of water in foreground surrounded by plants. Large rounded snow-covered peak in background with smaller peaks behind.
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Artist
John Arthur Fraser (1838 – 1898, English)
Title
Landscape (Rocky Mountains)
Date
1886
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
23.5 x 33.7 cm
Description
Flat body of water in foreground surrounded by plants. Large rounded snow-covered peak in background with smaller peaks behind.
Subject
mountains
Mount Baker?
Credit
Gift of Robyn L Fulton, 2023
Catalogue Number
FsJ.05.01
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Near Oban, Opposite Dunstaffnage

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Artist
John Arthur Fraser (1838 – 1898, English)
Date
c. 1888
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
FsJ.05.03
Description
A small stone and thatched roof house in a grassy field. Smoke rises from two chimneys. A large green hill behind the house has slight cliffs half way up. The heads of two people can be seen above the grass next to the house.
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Artist
John Arthur Fraser (1838 – 1898, English)
Title
Near Oban, Opposite Dunstaffnage
Date
c. 1888
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
24.1 x 34.2 cm
Description
A small stone and thatched roof house in a grassy field. Smoke rises from two chimneys. A large green hill behind the house has slight cliffs half way up. The heads of two people can be seen above the grass next to the house.
Subject
Scotland
Credit
Gift of Robyn L Fulton, 2023
Catalogue Number
FsJ.05.03
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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
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
Thomas Mower Martin, R. C. A. (1838 – 1934, Canadian)
Date
1887 – 1897
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
MrT.05.02
Description
A snow covered mountain peak dominates centre of picture, in the foreground is a blue green lake, evergreen trees and rocks surround it, a pale, partly cloudy sky
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Artist
Thomas Mower Martin, R. C. A. (1838 – 1934, Canadian)
Title
Mountain with Lake
Date
1887 – 1897
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
33.7 x 50.2 cm
Description
A snow covered mountain peak dominates centre of picture, in the foreground is a blue green lake, evergreen trees and rocks surround it, a pale, partly cloudy sky
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
lake
Credit
Purchased from Sotheby Parke Bernet (Canada) Ltd, Toronto, 1993
Catalogue Number
MrT.05.02
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Artist
Catherine Perehudoff Fowler (1958 – , Canadian)
Date
1993
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
PeC.05.01
Description
The glacier is centred top, flowing down to the foreground, flanked on both sides by the mountain in colours of brown, yellow, grey, green. The light blue sky is cloudy.
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Artist
Catherine Perehudoff Fowler (1958 – , Canadian)
Title
Athabasca Glacier
Date
1993
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
56.0 x 76.0 cm
Description
The glacier is centred top, flowing down to the foreground, flanked on both sides by the mountain in colours of brown, yellow, grey, green. The light blue sky is cloudy.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
glacier
Athabasca
Credit
Purchased from Catherine Perehudoff Fowler, Saskatoon, 1994
Catalogue Number
PeC.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
Marmaduke Matthews (1837 – 1913, British)
Date
c. 1888
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
MaM.05.01
Description
Left foreground evergreen trees on a slope, right foreground from centre left to tr mountain slope with some evergreen trees and burnt out forest. The snow capped mountain is centre right to near top of picture. Mountain range to left. Sky is partly cloudy, streaked with colour. On back in art…
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Artist
Marmaduke Matthews (1837 – 1913, British)
Title
Mount Lefroy N.W.T.
Date
c. 1888
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
15.7 x 35.0 cm
Description
Left foreground evergreen trees on a slope, right foreground from centre left to tr mountain slope with some evergreen trees and burnt out forest. The snow capped mountain is centre right to near top of picture. Mountain range to left. Sky is partly cloudy, streaked with colour. On back in artist's hand: Mt. Lefroy N.W.T. Highest Peak on the C.P.R. line near Abbott Pass, more than 11,000 feet high. Also Twice One fifth less than twice
Subject
Canadian Rockies
Mount Lefroy
CPR
Credit
Gift of Masters Gallery ltd., Calgary, 1995
Catalogue Number
MaM.05.01
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Artist
Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)
Date
1997
Medium
watercolor on arches paper
Catalogue Number
SiR.05.23
Description
The image is dominated by a dark blue/black sky in the background and a brown mountain in the lower half of the image. At the centre a red semi circle rises behind a mountain peak.
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Artist
Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)
Title
Hot Tide
Date
1997
Medium
watercolor on arches paper
Dimensions
28.2 x 37.8 cm
Description
The image is dominated by a dark blue/black sky in the background and a brown mountain in the lower half of the image. At the centre a red semi circle rises behind a mountain peak.
Subject
landscape
mountains
Credit
Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2010
Catalogue Number
SiR.05.23
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Artist
Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)
Date
1997
Medium
watercolor on arches paper
Catalogue Number
SiR.05.21
Description
Mountain range across bottom half of work, rendered in browns, blues, green and white tones. A half circle runs along the upper left hand corner, and the far right side is rendered in peach tones.
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Artist
Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)
Title
Sun Come Moon
Date
1997
Medium
watercolor on arches paper
Dimensions
51 x 150.4 cm
Description
Mountain range across bottom half of work, rendered in browns, blues, green and white tones. A half circle runs along the upper left hand corner, and the far right side is rendered in peach tones.
Subject
landscape
mountains
Credit
Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2010
Catalogue Number
SiR.05.21
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Artist
Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)
Date
1997
Medium
watercolor on arches paper
Catalogue Number
SiR.05.20
Description
Two mountains are rendered in brown with white snow patches. On the upper left a blue and yellow semi circle rises above the mountain.
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Artist
Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)
Title
Moon Sun
Date
1997
Medium
watercolor on arches paper
Dimensions
28.4 x 76.1 cm
Description
Two mountains are rendered in brown with white snow patches. On the upper left a blue and yellow semi circle rises above the mountain.
Subject
landscape
mountains
Credit
Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2010
Catalogue Number
SiR.05.20
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