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Bow Lake

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

Date: 1930

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.17

Description: General colour: teal green lake, purple tan mountains, grey clouds. Lower right corner there is a group of scraggly trees on rock. The lake fills the lower third. Two bars of sand and grass come in from either side. The mountains sweep up to bluestery clouds which come down over the peeks.

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

Title: Bow Lake

Date: 1930

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 33.9 x 44.1 cm

Description: General colour: teal green lake, purple tan mountains, grey clouds. Lower right corner there is a group of scraggly trees on rock. The lake fills the lower third. Two bars of sand and grass come in from either side. The mountains sweep up to bluestery clouds which come down over the peeks.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies

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

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.17

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Deception Pass

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

Date: 1934

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.22

Description: General colour: brown, blue. Lower two thirds is filled with the dry rock slopes of a mountain which peaks in the upper enter. Blue sky comes down from both upper corners. One large cloud sits upper center.

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

Title: Deception Pass

Date: 1934

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 27.2 x 36.8 cm

Description: General colour: brown, blue. Lower two thirds is filled with the dry rock slopes of a mountain which peaks in the upper enter. Blue sky comes down from both upper corners. One large cloud sits upper center.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies

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

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.22

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Goodsir Plateau

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

Date: 1937

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.11

Description: General colour: grey, blue, beige, white. There is a lake in the lower left foreground; a cloudy sky in the upper right corner; a glacier rises from the lake left of center; the peaks run off the picture at the left but appear in the distance down towards the right of the picture.

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

Title: Goodsir Plateau

Date: 1937

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 27.5 x 38.0 cm

Description: General colour: grey, blue, beige, white. There is a lake in the lower left foreground; a cloudy sky in the upper right corner; a glacier rises from the lake left of center; the peaks run off the picture at the left but appear in the distance down towards the right of the picture.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies

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

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.11

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Untitled [cowboy roping horse]

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

Date: 1930

Medium: watercolour on pressed paper

Catalogue Number: BeC.05.01

Description: A cowboy wearing a blue shirt, brown vest, green neckerchief, orange/yellow chaps, a holster and gun, in bottom right of picture, has roped a horse on front legs, center left. The roped horse is falling forward. Six other horses are running in the background, a lot of dust in corral. The sky is yel…

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

Title: Untitled [cowboy roping horse]

Date: 1930

Medium: watercolour on pressed paper

Dimensions: 32.5 x 25.4 cm

Description: A cowboy wearing a blue shirt, brown vest, green neckerchief, orange/yellow chaps, a holster and gun, in bottom right of picture, has roped a horse on front legs, center left. The roped horse is falling forward. Six other horses are running in the background, a lot of dust in corral. The sky is yellow. The roped horse has a brand on left shoulder: lazy N over bar one.

Subject: figure, cowboy; animal, horse

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

Catalogue Number: BeC.05.01

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Mount Yukness, Lake O'Hara

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Artist: Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)

Date: 1936

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: PhW.05.11

Description: Blue/green lake in foreground; shoreline with rocks and evergreen trees centre right; indigo coloured mountain dominates the centre and top right of picture; snow capped mountains behind and right of picture; pale blue sky. Credit both The Banff Centre and Mrs. J. I. Brewster in any exhibition or p…

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Artist: Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)

Title: Mount Yukness, Lake O'Hara

Date: 1936

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 26.2 x 37.8 cm

Description: Blue/green lake in foreground; shoreline with rocks and evergreen trees centre right; indigo coloured mountain dominates the centre and top right of picture; snow capped mountains behind and right of picture; pale blue sky. Credit both The Banff Centre and Mrs. J. I. Brewster in any exhibition or publication of the collection, either in whole or in part. Banff Centre catalogue numbers: 81 0315 A; 20668.

Subject: landscape; mountain; lake

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

Catalogue Number: PhW.05.11

Notes: Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018

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Calypso bulbosa (Calypso Orchid/Pink Fairy's Slipper)

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Artist: Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)

Date: 1891

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: ScM.05.19

Description: A single green stem from bottom centre curves to centre with 2 flowers, both are dark pink with yellow centre, pink petals flare out from bottom of flowers.

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Artist: Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)

Title: Calypso bulbosa (Calypso Orchid/Pink Fairy's Slipper)

Date: 1891

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 25.3 x 17.5 cm

Description: A single green stem from bottom centre curves to centre with 2 flowers, both are dark pink with yellow centre, pink petals flare out from bottom of flowers.

Subject: botanical; flower

Credit: Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986

Catalogue Number: ScM.05.19

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Pinus albicaulis (White Pine)

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Artist: Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)

Date: 1895

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: ScM.05.15

Description: A pine tree branch breaks into two sections with green needles and clusters of red/brown pine cones.

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Artist: Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)

Title: Pinus albicaulis (White Pine)

Date: 1895

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 25.0 x 17.5 cm

Description: A pine tree branch breaks into two sections with green needles and clusters of red/brown pine cones.

Subject: botanical; flower

Credit: Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986

Catalogue Number: ScM.05.15

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Pyrola picta (Wintergreen)

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Artist: Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)

Date: 1891

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: ScM.05.13

Description: Broad green leaves with white veins are at the bottom centre of the picture; a long red/brown stem protrudes straight up, many small buds hang from the stem near the top.

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Artist: Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)

Title: Pyrola picta (Wintergreen)

Date: 1891

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 25.0 x 17.5 cm

Description: Broad green leaves with white veins are at the bottom centre of the picture; a long red/brown stem protrudes straight up, many small buds hang from the stem near the top.

Subject: botanical; flower

Credit: Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986

Catalogue Number: ScM.05.13

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Erythronium grandiflorum (Glacier Lily)

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Artist: Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)

Date: 1890

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: ScM.05.12

Description: A thick green leaf rises from centre left at the bottom of the picture to top right; from inside the leaf protrude 2 yellow blossoms.

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Artist: Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)

Title: Erythronium grandiflorum (Glacier Lily)

Date: 1890

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 25.0 x 17.5 cm

Description: A thick green leaf rises from centre left at the bottom of the picture to top right; from inside the leaf protrude 2 yellow blossoms.

Subject: botanical; flower

Credit: Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986

Catalogue Number: ScM.05.12

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Dodecathem meadia (Shooting Star)

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Artist: Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)

Date: 1891

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: ScM.05.09

Description: Short, thick green leaves cluster at base, 4 long pink stems extend from root; dart-like pink and yellow flowers at top of stems.

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Artist: Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)

Title: Dodecathem meadia (Shooting Star)

Date: 1891

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 25.5 x 17.5 cm

Description: Short, thick green leaves cluster at base, 4 long pink stems extend from root; dart-like pink and yellow flowers at top of stems.

Subject: botanical; flower

Credit: Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986

Catalogue Number: ScM.05.09

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Eucephalus engelmannii (Engelmann's Aster/Aster engelmannii)

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Artist: Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)

Date: 1890 – 1910

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: ScM.05.07

Description: One green stem with green leaves, branches out near the top into 6 stems with smaller leaves, and an open, pink and yellow flower on the end.

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Artist: Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)

Title: Eucephalus engelmannii (Engelmann's Aster/Aster engelmannii)

Date: 1890 – 1910

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 25.0 x 17.5 cm

Description: One green stem with green leaves, branches out near the top into 6 stems with smaller leaves, and an open, pink and yellow flower on the end.

Subject: botanical; flower

Credit: Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986

Catalogue Number: ScM.05.07

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Menziesia glabella (Western Menziesia)

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Artist: Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)

Date: 1890 – 1910

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: ScM.05.06

Description: A brown branch with clusters of green leaves, and bunches of light red tulip-like flowers, 4 on one stem, 6 on the other.

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Artist: Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)

Title: Menziesia glabella (Western Menziesia)

Date: 1890 – 1910

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 25.0 x 17.5 cm

Description: A brown branch with clusters of green leaves, and bunches of light red tulip-like flowers, 4 on one stem, 6 on the other.

Subject: botanical; flower

Credit: Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986

Catalogue Number: ScM.05.06

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Oncideum forbesii / Brasilidium forbesii? (Wildflower)

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Artist: Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)

Date: 1891

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: ScM.05.01

Description: A light green stem branches off into three stems on which a dark yellow and brown flower with scalloped petals on each end.

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Artist: Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)

Title: Oncideum forbesii / Brasilidium forbesii? (Wildflower)

Date: 1891

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 25.5 x 17.5 cm

Description: A light green stem branches off into three stems on which a dark yellow and brown flower with scalloped petals on each end.

Subject: botanical; flower

Credit: Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986

Catalogue Number: ScM.05.01

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Hope

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Artist: James Whaite

Date: prior to 1916

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: WhJ.05.01

Description: A mountain scene, left foreground is covered with logs and rocks on grass, a river bank, running from bottom right to lower left centre is a fast flowing river, lots of foliage on trees on riverbank, mountains rise behind riverbank, tree covered, clouds on mountains tops and in the sky.

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Artist: James Whaite

Title: Hope

Date: prior to 1916

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 62.5 x 44.1 cm

Description: A mountain scene, left foreground is covered with logs and rocks on grass, a river bank, running from bottom right to lower left centre is a fast flowing river, lots of foliage on trees on riverbank, mountains rise behind riverbank, tree covered, clouds on mountains tops and in the sky.

Subject: landscape, mountain; river; forest

Credit: Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986

Catalogue Number: WhJ.05.01

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Bunchberry [Creeping Dogwood]

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Artist: Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)

Date: 1891

Medium: watercolour / gouche?; ink on paper

Catalogue Number: ScM.05.32

Description: Botanical painting of 3 stems of a plant. stems have green leaves and two have bunches of red berries. The uppermost stem has a white flower with four petals and purple stamen. Written below in pencil is “Bunchberry”

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Artist: Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)

Title: Bunchberry [Creeping Dogwood]

Date: 1891

Medium: watercolour / gouche?; ink on paper

Dimensions: 25.0 x 16.0 cm

Description: Botanical painting of 3 stems of a plant. stems have green leaves and two have bunches of red berries. The uppermost stem has a white flower with four petals and purple stamen. Written below in pencil is “Bunchberry”

Subject: bunchberry; creeping dogwood; Cornus canadensi

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1969

Catalogue Number: ScM.05.32

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Rusty

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Artist: Jean Ramsay

Date: 1934

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: RaJ.05.01

Description: Head of an orange long-haired cat.

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Artist: Jean Ramsay

Title: Rusty

Date: 1934

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 17.6 x 12.5 cm

Description: Head of an orange long-haired cat.

Subject: animal; feline

Credit: Gift of W. (family) Painter, 1975

Catalogue Number: RaJ.05.01

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On Sky Line Slopes

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Artist: Robert J. McGuinness (1886 – 1961, Canadian)

Date: 1935 – 1955

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: McR.05.01

Description: A lady skier, wearing reddish pants and green jacket, red and green scarf, stands to left centre, she is facing to the right, a line of trees behind her, mountain peaks in background, top third is sky, picture quite faded.

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Artist: Robert J. McGuinness (1886 – 1961, Canadian)

Title: On Sky Line Slopes

Date: 1935 – 1955

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 76.5 x 55.8 cm

Description: A lady skier, wearing reddish pants and green jacket, red and green scarf, stands to left centre, she is facing to the right, a line of trees behind her, mountain peaks in background, top third is sky, picture quite faded.

Subject: landscape; Rocky Mountains; figure; woman; winter; skiing

Credit: Gift of Steve T. Hincks, Banff, 1989

Catalogue Number: McR.05.01

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Untitled

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Artist: Robert J. McGuinness (1886 – 1961, Canadian)

Date: 1935 – 1955

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: McR.05.02

Description: The top half is all sky, faded streaks of colour, a mountain range, Mount Assiniboine in background, runs from edge to edge centre, four skiers centre left, all facing to the right, in action poses, that is speeding downhill.

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Artist: Robert J. McGuinness (1886 – 1961, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1935 – 1955

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 55.7 x 76.5 cm

Description: The top half is all sky, faded streaks of colour, a mountain range, Mount Assiniboine in background, runs from edge to edge centre, four skiers centre left, all facing to the right, in action poses, that is speeding downhill.