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Cascade Mountain 1908

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Artist
John Donaldson Curren (1852 – 1940, Canadian)
Date
1908
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
CuJ.02.01
Description
General colour: green. Across the bottom is grass and then a lake with two boats on it; one in the center and one to the left in the distance. The far shore is one third up and gives way to a mountain. The peak is in the middle near the top. Sky is on both sides.
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Artist
John Donaldson Curren (1852 – 1940, Canadian)
Title
Cascade Mountain 1908
Date
1908
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
35.3 x 43.2 cm
Description
General colour: green. Across the bottom is grass and then a lake with two boats on it; one in the center and one to the left in the distance. The far shore is one third up and gives way to a mountain. The peak is in the middle near the top. Sky is on both sides.
Subject
landscape
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1974
Catalogue Number
CuJ.02.01
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Artist
John Donaldson Curren (1852 – 1940, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
CuJ.02.02
Description
General colours: green, brown. Rock cliffs with dead tree logs propped up on them, come down to meet a narrow waterway at center. Trees grow on top of the cliffs and a mountain side rises up from them on the right. Two peaks can be seen up center. The sky is blue and pink with a few horizontal clou…
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Artist
John Donaldson Curren (1852 – 1940, Canadian)
Title
Devil's Canyon
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
49.3 x 59.8 cm
Description
General colours: green, brown. Rock cliffs with dead tree logs propped up on them, come down to meet a narrow waterway at center. Trees grow on top of the cliffs and a mountain side rises up from them on the right. Two peaks can be seen up center. The sky is blue and pink with a few horizontal clouds across it.
Subject
landscape
Credit
Gift of Dave White, Winnipeg, 1969
Catalogue Number
CuJ.02.02
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First Cabin at Lake Louise

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Artist
John Donaldson Curren (1852 – 1940, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
CuJ.02.03
Description
General colour: green, brown. Across the bottom is green water. The rocky beach has a rowboat on it at the left side. It has one oar in it and the name Dave White painted on the side. At center is a small log cabin - logs scattered at the left side of it - smoke coming out the top. The background i…
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Artist
John Donaldson Curren (1852 – 1940, Canadian)
Title
First Cabin at Lake Louise
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
39.4 x 54.6 cm
Description
General colour: green, brown. Across the bottom is green water. The rocky beach has a rowboat on it at the left side. It has one oar in it and the name Dave White painted on the side. At center is a small log cabin - logs scattered at the left side of it - smoke coming out the top. The background is trees.
Subject
architecture, rural
cabin
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Lake Louise
Dave White
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
CuJ.02.03
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Artist
John Donaldson Curren (1852 – 1940, Canadian)
Date
1929
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
CuJ.02.04
Description
General colour: brown, green. Water runs up from the lower edge to center banked on both sides by steep cliffs. A row of trees grows by the waters edge on the left side. Trees grow on top of the cliffs. Two bridges cross the water at center and in the distance. Above left is cloudy sky.
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Artist
John Donaldson Curren (1852 – 1940, Canadian)
Title
Johnson's Canyon
Date
1929
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
44.6 x 34.5 cm
Description
General colour: brown, green. Water runs up from the lower edge to center banked on both sides by steep cliffs. A row of trees grows by the waters edge on the left side. Trees grow on top of the cliffs. Two bridges cross the water at center and in the distance. Above left is cloudy sky.
Subject
landscape
river
bridge
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
CuJ.02.04
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Mount Burgess and Emerald Lake

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Artist
John Donaldson Curren (1852 – 1940, Canadian)
Date
1923
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
CuJ.02.05
Description
General colour: blue, green. Bottom third is water. The edge of the left shore is in the lower left corner. Tree branches come out from the edge of the left side. Across the middle is the far shore of trees. In the upper part in the center is one mountain and sky beyond.
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Artist
John Donaldson Curren (1852 – 1940, Canadian)
Title
Mount Burgess and Emerald Lake
Date
1923
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
51 x 30.5 cm
Description
General colour: blue, green. Bottom third is water. The edge of the left shore is in the lower left corner. Tree branches come out from the edge of the left side. Across the middle is the far shore of trees. In the upper part in the center is one mountain and sky beyond.
Subject
landscape
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1974
Catalogue Number
CuJ.02.05
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Artist
John Donaldson Curren (1852 – 1940, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
CuJ.02.08
Description
General colour: greens. A mountain range goes off into the distance left. A lake reflecting evergreens and scrub on opposite shore divides the painting horizontally one third up from the bottom.
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Artist
John Donaldson Curren (1852 – 1940, Canadian)
Title
The Three Sisters
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
61 x 86.5 cm
Description
General colour: greens. A mountain range goes off into the distance left. A lake reflecting evergreens and scrub on opposite shore divides the painting horizontally one third up from the bottom.
Subject
landscape
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1974
Catalogue Number
CuJ.02.08
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Artist
John Donaldson Curren (1852 – 1940, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
CuJ.02.06
Description
General colour: green, blue, brown. The lower half is green water with an island of shrubs sitting in the middle. Bushes and then trees mark the far shore. A blue mountain rises up from center. The blue and pink sky has a few clouds.
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Artist
John Donaldson Curren (1852 – 1940, Canadian)
Title
Mount Rundle
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
29.8 x 37.9 cm
Description
General colour: green, blue, brown. The lower half is green water with an island of shrubs sitting in the middle. Bushes and then trees mark the far shore. A blue mountain rises up from center. The blue and pink sky has a few clouds.
Subject
landscape
Credit
Gift of D. Armistead Moore, 1971
Catalogue Number
CuJ.02.06
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Mount Rundle in Snow

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Artist
John Donaldson Curren (1852 – 1940, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on canvas board
Catalogue Number
CuJ.02.07
Description
General colour: green, white. Green water in the lower part with a patch of snow in lower left corner. Trees rise up on both sides. There is an island of snow in the center of the water. In the background center is a single mountain. Sky above.
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Artist
John Donaldson Curren (1852 – 1940, Canadian)
Title
Mount Rundle in Snow
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on canvas board
Dimensions
35.5 x 29.2 cm
Description
General colour: green, white. Green water in the lower part with a patch of snow in lower left corner. Trees rise up on both sides. There is an island of snow in the center of the water. In the background center is a single mountain. Sky above.
Subject
landscape
Credit
Gift of Dave White, Winnipeg, 1970
Catalogue Number
CuJ.02.07
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Artist
John Donaldson Curren (1852 – 1940, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
CuJ.02.09
Description
General colour: green. Central image is log building with a chair and table sitting outside it. Hotel is written on the door. To the left of the cabin are logs and an axe in a stump. To the right, a fence and a ladder coming out of a hole in the ground. Trees surround the hut and green mountains ri…
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Artist
John Donaldson Curren (1852 – 1940, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
50.4 x 60.5 cm
Description
General colour: green. Central image is log building with a chair and table sitting outside it. Hotel is written on the door. To the left of the cabin are logs and an axe in a stump. To the right, a fence and a ladder coming out of a hole in the ground. Trees surround the hut and green mountains rise up behind. The sky is blue with small white clouds. Small shrubs grow across the bottom.
Subject
landscape
architecture, rural
Credit
Gift of Dave White, Winnipeg, 1970
Catalogue Number
CuJ.02.09
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Artist
John Donaldson Curren (1852 – 1940, Canadian)
Date
1909
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
CuJ.02.10
Description
General colour: green. In the lower left corner there is a road and a cabin with a woman in the doorway and smoke coming out of the chimney. The road goes over a bridge over a stream. To the right is a lake with two men on the shore and a sailboat in the center. The hills rise up beyond and mountai…
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Artist
John Donaldson Curren (1852 – 1940, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1909
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
51.2 x 81.4 cm
Description
General colour: green. In the lower left corner there is a road and a cabin with a woman in the doorway and smoke coming out of the chimney. The road goes over a bridge over a stream. To the right is a lake with two men on the shore and a sailboat in the center. The hills rise up beyond and mountains behind them. Small clouds drift across the sky.
Subject
landscape
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1974
Catalogue Number
CuJ.02.10
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Artist
John Donaldson Curren (1852 – 1940, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on canvas board
Catalogue Number
CuJ.02.11
Description
General colour: turquoise, blue, forest green. Lower canvas is water except in the right corner is a brown shore with stones and logs. A cliff rises up the right side topped with trees. In the distance to the left is a treed slope and snowy peak beyond. The sky fills the upper half, it is blue with…
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Artist
John Donaldson Curren (1852 – 1940, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on canvas board
Dimensions
46.7 x 35.5 cm
Description
General colour: turquoise, blue, forest green. Lower canvas is water except in the right corner is a brown shore with stones and logs. A cliff rises up the right side topped with trees. In the distance to the left is a treed slope and snowy peak beyond. The sky fills the upper half, it is blue with a pink horizon and clouds.
Subject
landscape
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1974
Catalogue Number
CuJ.02.11
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Artist
John Donaldson Curren (1852 – 1940, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
CuJ.02.12
Description
General colour: green. A road runs up from the lower edge to center where there is a fence and behind a lake, and further left a bridge which the road goes over. On the left are trees. On the right an embankment with trees on top. In the background are yellow green fields and hills across the pictu…
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Artist
John Donaldson Curren (1852 – 1940, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
40.8 x 56 cm
Description
General colour: green. A road runs up from the lower edge to center where there is a fence and behind a lake, and further left a bridge which the road goes over. On the left are trees. On the right an embankment with trees on top. In the background are yellow green fields and hills across the picture from the left to right of center. The sky has a few clouds.
Subject
landscape
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1974
Catalogue Number
CuJ.02.12
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Artist
John Donaldson Curren (1852 – 1940, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
CuJ.02.13
Description
General colour: green, brown. Railway tracks go up from the bottom center and disappear behind a bank on the left side with a fence and three trees on top. Two telegraph poles can be seen on the right side of the tracks. In the lower right corner is water. The far shore of trees gives way to mounta…
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Artist
John Donaldson Curren (1852 – 1940, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
26.7 x 30.5 cm
Description
General colour: green, brown. Railway tracks go up from the bottom center and disappear behind a bank on the left side with a fence and three trees on top. Two telegraph poles can be seen on the right side of the tracks. In the lower right corner is water. The far shore of trees gives way to mountain side and peak in the upper right corner. In the upper left corner is another peak in the distance and pink and blue sky.
Subject
landscape
railway
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
CuJ.02.13
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Artist
Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on board
Catalogue Number
WiS.02.04
Description
Painting of mountain scene. Grassy foreground with path through centre and green and yellow conifers on each side of path. Path leads to sliver of blue lake in centre. Grey mountains in background. “SITTING WIND” in red lower right corner. On back: “TITLE sunny side Frank Kaquitts Morley Alberta.”
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Artist
Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)
Title
sunny side
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on board
Dimensions
20.5 x 25.5 cm
Description
Painting of mountain scene. Grassy foreground with path through centre and green and yellow conifers on each side of path. Path leads to sliver of blue lake in centre. Grey mountains in background. “SITTING WIND” in red lower right corner. On back: “TITLE sunny side Frank Kaquitts Morley Alberta.”
Subject
mountains
nature
landscape
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WiS.02.04
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Artist
Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)
Date
1969
Medium
oil on canvas board
Catalogue Number
WiS.02.05
Description
Oil painting of large lake with cliffs at right side and lake with trees and rocks by shore at right side. Low hills in background at far shore of lake. Swirled clouds in sky above. “SITTING WIND” in lower right corner. On back: “Indian Name Sitting Wind Stoney Reserve Morley Alberta.”
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Artist
Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)
Title
By The Lake
Date
1969
Medium
oil on canvas board
Dimensions
30.5 x 40.5 cm
Description
Oil painting of large lake with cliffs at right side and lake with trees and rocks by shore at right side. Low hills in background at far shore of lake. Swirled clouds in sky above. “SITTING WIND” in lower right corner. On back: “Indian Name Sitting Wind Stoney Reserve Morley Alberta.”
Subject
lake
nature
landscape
mountains
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WiS.02.05
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Artist
Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)
Date
1971
Medium
oil on canvas board
Catalogue Number
WiS.02.06
Description
Close up painting of conifer trees in varying shades of green. Green slope under trees at left and sliver of grey mountains seen in background through trees. Fluffy white clouds in blue sky above. “SITTING WIND” at lower right corner. On back “Deep in the Woods. Fr. Kaquitts (Sitting Wind) Indian N…
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Artist
Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)
Title
Deep in the Woods
Date
1971
Medium
oil on canvas board
Dimensions
40.5 x 30.5 cm
Description
Close up painting of conifer trees in varying shades of green. Green slope under trees at left and sliver of grey mountains seen in background through trees. Fluffy white clouds in blue sky above. “SITTING WIND” at lower right corner. On back “Deep in the Woods. Fr. Kaquitts (Sitting Wind) Indian Name. Sept 1971.”
Subject
trees
nature
landscape
mountains
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WiS.02.06
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Artist
Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)
Date
1971
Medium
oil on canvas board
Catalogue Number
WiS.02.09
Description
Painting of blue lake with trees on shore in middle of a green meadow. Rocks in foreground. Rolling hills and grey mountains in background. Gradient blue sky with white clouds. “SITTING WIND” lower right corner. On back: “By the Lake. F. Kaquitts (Sitting Wind) Indian name” Sept. 1971.”
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Artist
Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)
Title
By The Lake
Date
1971
Medium
oil on canvas board
Dimensions
30.5 x 40.5 cm
Description
Painting of blue lake with trees on shore in middle of a green meadow. Rocks in foreground. Rolling hills and grey mountains in background. Gradient blue sky with white clouds. “SITTING WIND” lower right corner. On back: “By the Lake. F. Kaquitts (Sitting Wind) Indian name” Sept. 1971.”
Subject
lake
mountains
landscape
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WiS.02.09
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Artist
Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)
Date
1969
Medium
oil on canvas board
Catalogue Number
WiS.02.10
Description
Painting of a blue lake across width of canvas. Foreground has sandy shore with driftwood log at left and grasses and single tree at right. Two green mountains in background, separated from lake by strip of brush and trees. Fluffy white clouds with small patches of blue sky above. “SITTING WIND” at…
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Artist
Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)
Title
Lonely Place
Date
1969
Medium
oil on canvas board
Dimensions
30.5 x 40.5 cm
Description
Painting of a blue lake across width of canvas. Foreground has sandy shore with driftwood log at left and grasses and single tree at right. Two green mountains in background, separated from lake by strip of brush and trees. Fluffy white clouds with small patches of blue sky above. “SITTING WIND” at owner right corner. On back: “Frank Kaquitts Morley Alberta, Indian Res. Morley. Indian Name Sitting Wind” “Lonely place, July 1969”
Subject
lake
mountains
landscape
nature
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WiS.02.10
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Artist
Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on canvas board
Catalogue Number
WiS.02.11
Description
Winter scene featuring low log cabin at left side. Slightly sloping snow covered hills with river running from right corner to centre back. Snow covered conifers scattered on slopes with leafless aspens on bank of river. Figure weakling through snow holding unidentifiable object lower centre left. …
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Artist
Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)
Title
Oil Painting
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on canvas board
Dimensions
40.5 x 50.5 cm
Description
Winter scene featuring low log cabin at left side. Slightly sloping snow covered hills with river running from right corner to centre back. Snow covered conifers scattered on slopes with leafless aspens on bank of river. Figure weakling through snow holding unidentifiable object lower centre left. Two mountains in background. Pink, yellow, and blue sky above. “SITTING WIND” at lower right corner.
Subject
landscape
cabin
winter
nature
mountains
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WiS.02.11
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Artist
Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on board
Catalogue Number
WiS.02.12
Description
Large lake surrounded by low brown and green hills. Figure on horseback silhouetted on near bank. Lake and sky both yellow. “SITTING WIND” in lower right corner.
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Artist
Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)
Title
Oil Painting
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on board
Dimensions
46.0 x 61.0 cm
Description
Large lake surrounded by low brown and green hills. Figure on horseback silhouetted on near bank. Lake and sky both yellow. “SITTING WIND” in lower right corner.
Subject
landscape
sunset
nature
mountains
lake
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WiS.02.12
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