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Brothers

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Artist: Tserang Thundrup (1964 – , Tibetan)

Date: 1999

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: ThT.02.01

Description: A portrait of two children; a boy of about 9 or 10 years of age holds a very young child. The older boy’s head is bent slightly as he looks directly at the viewer. He wears a red and green bead necklace. The baby he is holding is facing toward him so that only the side of its face is visible. H…

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Artist: Tserang Thundrup (1964 – , Tibetan)

Title: Brothers

Date: 1999

Medium: oil on canvas

Description: A portrait of two children; a boy of about 9 or 10 years of age holds a very young child. The older boy’s head is bent slightly as he looks directly at the viewer. He wears a red and green bead necklace. The baby he is holding is facing toward him so that only the side of its face is visible. He appears to be trying to grab the older boy’s necklace. Both boys are wrapped in a sheepskin coat or blanket. The children are visible only from the waist up. Behind them is a flat grassland area. In the top left corner in the distance is a building which could be a temple.

Subject: figure; children; landscape; Tibetan plains

Credit: Purchased from Tserang Thundrup, Lhasa, China, 2001

Catalogue Number: ThT.02.01

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The Butterfly Effect, #17, Trail to Skoki

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Artist: Michael Cameron (1955 – , Canadian)

Date: 1999

Medium: oil on board

Catalogue Number: CaM.02.04 a-c

Description: An abstract painting of Skoki area. Mainly yellow and black. A distinct scene is indeterminate when viewed close up but when further back, a whole scene is evident. The scene is one of a forested area near Skoki.

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Artist: Michael Cameron (1955 – , Canadian)

Title: The Butterfly Effect, #17, Trail to Skoki

Date: 1999

Medium: oil on board

Dimensions: 124.5 x 246.5 cm

Description: An abstract painting of Skoki area. Mainly yellow and black. A distinct scene is indeterminate when viewed close up but when further back, a whole scene is evident. The scene is one of a forested area near Skoki.

Subject: abstract; landscape; Canadian Rockies; Skoki

Credit: Gift of Michael Cameron, Banff, 2001

Catalogue Number: CaM.02.04 a-c

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Eventide, Maligne Lake

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Artist: David Pugh (1946 – 1994, Canadian)

Date: 1991

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: PhD.02.01

Description: Lake and mountain scene, mostly dark blue, bottom half is the lake, trees rim left and right side at centre with reflections, narrow peninsula extends from brc to centre left. A ground of coniferous trees on it near end, reflections, a single coniferous tree at left runs from top to bottom, sparse…

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Artist: David Pugh (1946 – 1994, Canadian)

Title: Eventide, Maligne Lake

Date: 1991

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 61.0 x 75.8 cm

Description: Lake and mountain scene, mostly dark blue, bottom half is the lake, trees rim left and right side at centre with reflections, narrow peninsula extends from brc to centre left. A ground of coniferous trees on it near end, reflections, a single coniferous tree at left runs from top to bottom, sparsely branched, snow cappped mountains rise from lake edge, long white clouds, predominantly centre to top left.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; lake

Credit: Purchased from Masters Gallery ltd., Calgary, 1991

Catalogue Number: PhD.02.01

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Breaking Camp on Mount Logan, Yukon

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Artist: Ted Raftery

Date: 1991

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: RaT.02.01

Description: Foreground from near top left to near bottom right is a snow covered mountain slope, 3 climbers with rope are on the slope, background is snow covered mountains protruding through cloud cover, top quarter is clear blue sky

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Artist: Ted Raftery

Title: Breaking Camp on Mount Logan, Yukon

Date: 1991

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 40.5 x 50.7 cm

Description: Foreground from near top left to near bottom right is a snow covered mountain slope, 3 climbers with rope are on the slope, background is snow covered mountains protruding through cloud cover, top quarter is clear blue sky

Subject: landscape; mountain; people; Mount Logan; activity; climbing

Credit: Gift of Ted Raftery, Calgary, 1992

Catalogue Number: RaT.02.01

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Mount Assiniboine

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Artist: William Hutchinson (1874 – 1918, Canadian)

Date: 1994

Medium: oil on paperboard

Catalogue Number: HuW.02.02

Description: Snow-capped mountain centre top, yellow tinged mountain face meets the green forest floor at bottom fifth of painting. Evergreen trees frame both sides with bare trunks on right side.

Artist: William Hutchinson (1874 – 1918, Canadian)

Title: Mount Assiniboine

Date: 1994

Medium: oil on paperboard

Dimensions: 119.5 x 81.4 cm

Description: Snow-capped mountain centre top, yellow tinged mountain face meets the green forest floor at bottom fifth of painting. Evergreen trees frame both sides with bare trunks on right side.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; Mount Assiniboine; forest

Credit: Gift of Dorothy Hutchinson, Winnipeg, 1994

Catalogue Number: HuW.02.02

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Andromeda

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Artist: Peter von Tiesenhausen (1959 – , Canadian)

Date: 1993 – 1994

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: VtP.02.01

Description: An ice floe fans out from top right, across centre, to left foreground. The mountain is in various colours with yellow dominant. Cloudy sky tlc and top.

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Artist: Peter von Tiesenhausen (1959 – , Canadian)

Title: Andromeda

Date: 1993 – 1994

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 142.2 x 218.4 cm

Description: An ice floe fans out from top right, across centre, to left foreground. The mountain is in various colours with yellow dominant. Cloudy sky tlc and top.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; glacier

Credit: Purchased from Peter von Tiesenhausen, Demmitt, 1994

Catalogue Number: VtP.02.01

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Daybreak Over Sunshine

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Artist: Clarence Ingwall Tillenius (1913 – 2012, Canadian)

Date: 1995

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: TiC.02.03

Description: On the left side of this painting you can see three bighorn sheep in the center area. One sheep is closer then the rest and is looking straight at the viewer of the painting. The other two sheep are back further and are also looking in the same direction. All three of these animals are standing on …

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Artist: Clarence Ingwall Tillenius (1913 – 2012, Canadian)

Title: Daybreak Over Sunshine

Date: 1995

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 63.5 x 91.4 cm

Description: On the left side of this painting you can see three bighorn sheep in the center area. One sheep is closer then the rest and is looking straight at the viewer of the painting. The other two sheep are back further and are also looking in the same direction. All three of these animals are standing on rock and the ground is rough. The rock gets higher as it moves to the right of the painting and a tree grows from the ground at the very point the rock touches the right side picture frame. In the distance are mountains with snow covered peaks. The colour of the mountains and snow is a purple, blue hue. All three of the bighorn sheep have full, rounded horns.

Subject: animals; bighorn sheep; landscape; Canadian Rockies

Credit: Gift of Clarence Ingwall Tillenius, Winnipeg, 1996

Catalogue Number: TiC.02.03

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The New World

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Artist: Sophia Isajiw (1964 – , American)

Date: 1996

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: IsS.04.01

Description: In the background of the image there are a group of men behind a wire fence. These men are being held in an internment camp. The men are wearing hats and are displayed in black and white. In the foreground in the colour brown is a side view of a man and beside it is the same man with a hat on from …

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Artist: Sophia Isajiw (1964 – , American)

Title: The New World

Date: 1996

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 57.0 x 76.5 cm

Description: In the background of the image there are a group of men behind a wire fence. These men are being held in an internment camp. The men are wearing hats and are displayed in black and white. In the foreground in the colour brown is a side view of a man and beside it is the same man with a hat on from the front view. The images in the back can be seen threw the larger images in the foreground. In the cc the word Kripak is written in a pale light brown color.

Subject: figure; group; male; historical; internment camp; landscape; Canadian Rockies

Credit: Purchased from Sophia Isajiw, Turlock, USA, 1996

Catalogue Number: IsS.04.01

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Mt. Edith Cavell, Jasper, Alberta

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Artist: George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)

Date: 1993

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: WbG.04.115

Description: Mt. Edith Cavell in Jasper National Park. Black trees on left.

Artist: George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)

Title: Mt. Edith Cavell, Jasper, Alberta

Date: 1993

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 28.0 x 21.6 cm

Description: Mt. Edith Cavell in Jasper National Park. Black trees on left.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; Mt. Edith Cavell

Credit: Gift of Donna Tingley, Edmonton, 2004

Catalogue Number: WbG.04.115

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Mt. Assiniboine

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Artist: Zelda F. Nelson-Henricks

Date: 1999

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: HeZ.02.01

Description: Mt. Assiniboine located just right from centre; blue sky with white streaks to represent clouds and white streaks going from left to right. Left side of the mountain yellow; right side of mountain purple. Main mountain peak surrounded by other rock/mountain. Right side of Assiniboine mostly yellow,…

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Artist: Zelda F. Nelson-Henricks

Title: Mt. Assiniboine

Date: 1999

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 93.0 x 122.0 cm

Description: Mt. Assiniboine located just right from centre; blue sky with white streaks to represent clouds and white streaks going from left to right. Left side of the mountain yellow; right side of mountain purple. Main mountain peak surrounded by other rock/mountain. Right side of Assiniboine mostly yellow, orange with some purple. Left side tops of cliff yellow and orange. while slopes going down towards lake are purple. Centre of image is white to represent snow or a glacier. At bottom of painting on both right and left trees are represented. A blue lake lies at the bottom of the painting below Assiniboine. Strip of green and brown land at the bottom as well. Brushstrokes are think and very visible.

Subject: landscape; mountains, Mt. Assiniboine

Credit: Gift of Donald and Marlene Campbell, Calgary, 2008

Catalogue Number: HeZ.02.01

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Exclusive Edition, ASAC Winter Retreat, Lake Louise

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Artist: Alice Saltiel (1948 – , Canadian)

Date: 1990

Medium: serigraph on paper

Catalogue Number: SmA.04.18

Description: A serigraph print of landscape with pale blue mat. Landscape of Lake Louise in the wintertime. In background there is a mountain range with Victoria Glacier. Below mountains is a snow-covered Lake Louise. In the foreground there are two small pine trees both covered with snow. One is far left and t…

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Artist: Alice Saltiel (1948 – , Canadian)

Title: Exclusive Edition, ASAC Winter Retreat, Lake Louise

Date: 1990

Medium: serigraph on paper

Dimensions: 16.0 x 24.0 cm

Description: A serigraph print of landscape with pale blue mat. Landscape of Lake Louise in the wintertime. In background there is a mountain range with Victoria Glacier. Below mountains is a snow-covered Lake Louise. In the foreground there are two small pine trees both covered with snow. One is far left and the other far right with a snow-covered bush beside it. there are tracks on the snow. The print is comprised of seven colours, a palette of soft blue, white, green and brown/yellow. Across the bottom is an artist inscription and title of the work. The artist signature is in the bottom right corner. Au verso there are two large labels. The one on the left is white with black print, “SERIGRAPHY BY SALTIEL” (followed by description of serigraph process) Bottom half of label reads, “ CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY This document certifies that the original serigraph titled : Exclusive Edition, ASAC Winter Retreat, Lake Louise is number A/P #4 of titled, signed and numbered serigraphs in an edition of only 50 plus 13 artist’s proofs. 7 colours have been used to create this image, printed on 100% cotton rag Stonehenge paper. Upon completion the screen is destroyed. Artist’s signature: Saltiel Date completed: November 6, 1990.” The label on the right side is white with black ink and has an image of the artist in the top left corner, see artist bio.

Subject: landscape; winter; Alice Saltiel

Credit: Gift of Harold C. Whyte, Penticton, 2011

Catalogue Number: SmA.04.18

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Three Companeros

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Artist: Ken Christopher (1942 – , Canadian)

Date: 1994

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: ChK.02.01

Description: With in the image frame of this painting there are three horses with three people sitting on horseback. The three figures are female and are centered. The background area is full of trees and the bottom area around the ground is brown in colour. The three horses and riders are facing away from the …

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Artist: Ken Christopher (1942 – , Canadian)

Title: Three Companeros

Date: 1994

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 42.0 x 48.0 cm

Description: With in the image frame of this painting there are three horses with three people sitting on horseback. The three figures are female and are centered. The background area is full of trees and the bottom area around the ground is brown in colour. The three horses and riders are facing away from the viewer and are riding off through the forest. The horses are brown. One of the riders has a white shirt or jacket and another has a light colour hat.

Subject: animal; horses; landscape; forest; activity; trail riding; figure; group; female

Credit: Gift of Robert Blair, Calgary, 1996

Catalogue Number: ChK.02.01

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Green Valley, Kananaskis Country

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Artist: Phil Michaud (1935 – 2010, Canadian)

Date: 1994

Medium: oil pastel on acid free board

Catalogue Number: MiP.03.03

Description: This pastel drawing has different colours of green in the foreground. There is a row of dark green trees separating the valley from the base of the mountains. In the middle section there are two layers of mountains. The lower mountain has a green colour and the higher layer of mountains are blue. T…

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Artist: Phil Michaud (1935 – 2010, Canadian)

Title: Green Valley, Kananaskis Country

Date: 1994

Medium: oil pastel on acid free board

Description: This pastel drawing has different colours of green in the foreground. There is a row of dark green trees separating the valley from the base of the mountains. In the middle section there are two layers of mountains. The lower mountain has a green colour and the higher layer of mountains are blue. The sky is light blue with some thin white clouds.