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Cabin at Lake O'Hara

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Artist
Marion Boyd Allen (1862 – 1941, American)
Date
1925
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
AbM.02.01
Description
General colours: brown, green, purple and red. Central image is a log cabin coming out from left side. The front door is framed on either side by colourful hanging clothes and Aivo chairs, one on each side. In the background to the right is another cabin. Behind and above are trees, a patch of grey…
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Artist
Marion Boyd Allen (1862 – 1941, American)
Title
Cabin at Lake O'Hara
Date
1925
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
20.2 x 25.6 cm
Description
General colours: brown, green, purple and red. Central image is a log cabin coming out from left side. The front door is framed on either side by colourful hanging clothes and Aivo chairs, one on each side. In the background to the right is another cabin. Behind and above are trees, a patch of grey sky in the upper right corner and a purple mountain face in the upper left.The painting was originally given by the artist, to Syd Graves (who managed Lake O’Hara for many years). It was then given to Bill Brewster, who gave it to Rita Crick, who gave it to the Peter Whyte Gallery.
Subject
architecture
cabin
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Lake O'Hara area
Credit
Gift of Rita Crick, 1978
Catalogue Number
AbM.02.01
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Artist
Belmore Browne (1880 – 1954, American)
Date
c. 1930
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
BwB.02.01
Description
General colour: blue, purple, green. Creek is surrounded on all sides by snow covered rocks and shrubs. The water comes down from the upper right of center to the lower center and of right near the bottom. In the lower left corner is a bare branched bush. Across the top is snow covered evergreens. …
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Artist
Belmore Browne (1880 – 1954, American)
Title
Baker Creek
Date
c. 1930
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
90.2 x 100.2 cm
Description
General colour: blue, purple, green. Creek is surrounded on all sides by snow covered rocks and shrubs. The water comes down from the upper right of center to the lower center and of right near the bottom. In the lower left corner is a bare branched bush. Across the top is snow covered evergreens. Clear sky and a distant hill in the upper right corner.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
winter
Baker Creek
Credit
Gift of Evelyn Browne, Durham, USA, 1968
Catalogue Number
BwB.02.01
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Portrait of Enos Hunter

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Artist
Gerda Christoffersen ( – 2012, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on board
Catalogue Number
ChG.02.01
Description
Portrait of a man (Enos Hunter) sitting straight on and looking slightly to the right. His braids run down off the canvas. He wears a necklace of beads and a circular medallion. From his shoulders hang yellow and dark green feathers. The background is tan and grey.
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Artist
Gerda Christoffersen ( – 2012, Canadian)
Title
Portrait of Enos Hunter
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on board
Dimensions
59.7 x 49.6 cm
Description
Portrait of a man (Enos Hunter) sitting straight on and looking slightly to the right. His braids run down off the canvas. He wears a necklace of beads and a circular medallion. From his shoulders hang yellow and dark green feathers. The background is tan and grey.
Subject
portrait
male
Enos Hunter
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1969
Catalogue Number
ChG.02.01
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Ernest Grant, Chief of the Ravens

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Artist
Sir Aubrey Alexander Creed (1912 – 1998, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on fibre
Catalogue Number
CrA.02.01
Description
General Colour: pale blue, rust and white on black velvet. A man's face, looking to the right is placed left of center. Behind him filling the right side of the picture looms a large black raven. At the bottom of the painting is a mask with the profile of a bird hinged to both sides of it. The left…
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Artist
Sir Aubrey Alexander Creed (1912 – 1998, Canadian)
Title
Ernest Grant, Chief of the Ravens
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on fibre
Dimensions
39.2 x 49.2 cm
Description
General Colour: pale blue, rust and white on black velvet. A man's face, looking to the right is placed left of center. Behind him filling the right side of the picture looms a large black raven. At the bottom of the painting is a mask with the profile of a bird hinged to both sides of it. The left and right sides of the frame represent the two sides of a bird.
Subject
portrait
male
Ernest Grant
Credit
Gift of Sir Aubrey Alexander Creed, Kitimat, 1971
Catalogue Number
CrA.02.01
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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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Eskimo Children II, Resolute Bay, N.W.T.

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Artist
Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)
Date
1960
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
DaK.02.01
Description
The faces of three children look out from parka hoods. Behind in the distance are mountains.
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Artist
Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)
Title
Eskimo Children II, Resolute Bay, N.W.T.
Date
1960
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
75.0 x 62.3 cm
Description
The faces of three children look out from parka hoods. Behind in the distance are mountains.
Subject
portrait
child
group
Inuit
Credit
Purchased from Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper, 1969
Catalogue Number
DaK.02.01
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Eskimo Child plus head study

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Artist
Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
graphite; charcoal on paper
Catalogue Number
DaK.03.05
Description
General colour: pencil on white. Head and torso of an Inuk child in a parka, looking left, arms in front. A rough sketch of the head is in the upper right corner.
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Artist
Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)
Title
Eskimo Child plus head study
Date
n.d.
Medium
graphite; charcoal on paper
Dimensions
29.0 x 37.0 cm
Description
General colour: pencil on white. Head and torso of an Inuk child in a parka, looking left, arms in front. A rough sketch of the head is in the upper right corner.
Subject
portrait
child
Inuit
Credit
Purchased from Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper, 1969
Catalogue Number
DaK.03.05
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Artist
Nicholas Raffael de Grandmaison (1892 – 1978, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
pastel on paper
Catalogue Number
DgN.03.03
Description
General colour: black, brown. Head and shoulders of a balding man who wears a shirt and tie under the vague outline of a suit and jacket. He looks out at the viewer and has a short mustache.
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Artist
Nicholas Raffael de Grandmaison (1892 – 1978, Canadian)
Title
John Brewster
Date
n.d.
Medium
pastel on paper
Dimensions
56.8 x 43.9 cm
Description
General colour: black, brown. Head and shoulders of a balding man who wears a shirt and tie under the vague outline of a suit and jacket. He looks out at the viewer and has a short mustache.
Subject
portrait
male
Credit
Gift of Dell Brewster, Banff, 1967
Catalogue Number
DgN.03.03
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Ta Tonga monee, Walking Buffalo

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Artist
L. T. Fuller
Date
n.d.
Medium
pastel on skin
Catalogue Number
FuL.03.01
Description
General colour: brown, white on light brown. Head and upper torso of a man wearing a horned headress and a buckskin jacket. He looks left; his right hand comes up to his neck as though clutching together the neck of his jacket. Three feathers come out to the right and there appears to be a strong w…
Artist
L. T. Fuller
Title
Ta Tonga monee, Walking Buffalo
Date
n.d.
Medium
pastel on skin
Dimensions
56.0 x 94.0 cm
Description
General colour: brown, white on light brown. Head and upper torso of a man wearing a horned headress and a buckskin jacket. He looks left; his right hand comes up to his neck as though clutching together the neck of his jacket. Three feathers come out to the right and there appears to be a strong wind blowing from the left.
Subject
portrait
male
Indigenous
Credit
Gift of Jack Fuller, Banff, 1969
Catalogue Number
FuL.03.01
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Artist
Roland Gissing (1895 – 1967, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
GiR.02.01
Description
General colour: yellow, blue, green. Foreground is grass. A stand of poplar trees fills the left side. Behind them green fir trees can be seen. A patch of blue water amongst the trees is right of center. More trees at the right side, mountains in the background meet clouds and blue sky.
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Artist
Roland Gissing (1895 – 1967, Canadian)
Title
Ghost River Valley
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
60.5 x 75.4 cm
Description
General colour: yellow, blue, green. Foreground is grass. A stand of poplar trees fills the left side. Behind them green fir trees can be seen. A patch of blue water amongst the trees is right of center. More trees at the right side, mountains in the background meet clouds and blue sky.
Subject
landscape, forest, mountains
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Anne Harbison, 1973
Catalogue Number
GiR.02.01
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Artist
Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian)
Date
1962
Medium
oil on masonite
Catalogue Number
GyH.02.01
Description
General colour: greens, pink, blue, mauve and purple. Mount Rundle in broad impressionistic strokes. “GLYDE 62” aigned in black in the brhc.
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Artist
Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian)
Title
Banff 1962
Date
1962
Medium
oil on masonite
Dimensions
26.1 x 33.6 cm
Description
General colour: greens, pink, blue, mauve and purple. Mount Rundle in broad impressionistic strokes. “GLYDE 62” aigned in black in the brhc.
Subject
landscape
Mount Rundle
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of eisler, Edmonton, 1972
Catalogue Number
GyH.02.01
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Artist
Edward Goodall (1909 – 1982, Canadian)
Date
1957
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
GoE.03.02
Description
General colour: pencil on white. Head and upper torso of a man sitting in a chair. His left profile. He wears a beret on the back of his head. His shirt is plaid - sleves rolled up. He has a short mustache.
Artist
Edward Goodall (1909 – 1982, Canadian)
Title
Fred Brewster 1957
Date
1957
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
24.4 x 19.3 cm
Description
General colour: pencil on white. Head and upper torso of a man sitting in a chair. His left profile. He wears a beret on the back of his head. His shirt is plaid - sleves rolled up. He has a short mustache.
Subject
portrait
male
Credit
Gift of Fred Brewster, Banff, 1970
Catalogue Number
GoE.03.02
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Of Mildred to Mildred

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Artist
Herbert C. Hahn (1907 – , American)
Date
1928
Medium
oil pastel; graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
HaH.03.03
Description
Right profile of a young woman. Dark shading behind her face.
Artist
Herbert C. Hahn (1907 – , American)
Title
Of Mildred to Mildred
Date
1928
Medium
oil pastel; graphite on paper
Dimensions
20.3 x 25.4 cm
Description
Right profile of a young woman. Dark shading behind her face.
Subject
portrait
female
Credit
Gift of Iva (Mrs. Len) Smith, 1976
Catalogue Number
HaH.03.03
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Mount Biddle at Lake O'Hara

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Artist
Aldro T. Hibbard (1886 – 1972, American)
Date
1925
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
HbA.02.01
Description
General colour: lower canvas: greens and purples, upper canvas: blues and purples. In the foreground there is water surrounded by rocks. In the middle ground there are trees rising to a mountain face which goes to the top of the canvas. Cloudy sky appears in the upper left corner.
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Artist
Aldro T. Hibbard (1886 – 1972, American)
Title
Mount Biddle at Lake O'Hara
Date
1925
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
87 x 76.5 cm
Description
General colour: lower canvas: greens and purples, upper canvas: blues and purples. In the foreground there is water surrounded by rocks. In the middle ground there are trees rising to a mountain face which goes to the top of the canvas. Cloudy sky appears in the upper left corner.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Lake O'Hara
Mount Biddle
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
HbA.02.01
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Artist
Wilfred Langdon Kihn (1898 – 1957, American)
Date
1922
Medium
graphite on cardboard
Catalogue Number
KiW.03.01
Description
General colour: pencil on yellow. Head of a boy who is looking out. Wide collar on his shirt and one button at the top.
Artist
Wilfred Langdon Kihn (1898 – 1957, American)
Title
Boy's portrait
Date
1922
Medium
graphite on cardboard
Dimensions
29.0 x 35.0 cm
Description
General colour: pencil on yellow. Head of a boy who is looking out. Wide collar on his shirt and one button at the top.
Subject
portrait
child
Credit
Gift of Frank Wellman, 1974
Catalogue Number
KiW.03.01
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
1963
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.03.06
Description
General colour: pencil on white. Two points of land come in from left and right respectively with water in between and behind. The far shore starts quarter way up and becomes a mountain left of enter and right banks up each side. Sketchy clouds appear to be raining left and right.
Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Bow Lake
Date
1963
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
32.3 x 40.1 cm
Description
General colour: pencil on white. Two points of land come in from left and right respectively with water in between and behind. The far shore starts quarter way up and becomes a mountain left of enter and right banks up each side. Sketchy clouds appear to be raining left and right.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountains
lake
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
Catalogue Number
LaC.03.06
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
prior to 1965
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
LaC.02.01
Description
General colour: brown, blue. Trees in the lower right corner. A mountain slope in the lower left corner. Behind rises a mountain with snow on the brown cliffs becoming blue cliffs in the background. Blue sky with a few clouds in each corner fills the upper area.
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Mount Babel
Date
prior to 1965
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
40.2 x 45.3 cm
Description
General colour: brown, blue. Trees in the lower right corner. A mountain slope in the lower left corner. Behind rises a mountain with snow on the brown cliffs becoming blue cliffs in the background. Blue sky with a few clouds in each corner fills the upper area.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of W. (Mrs.) B. Milne, Nanaimo, 1969
Catalogue Number
LaC.02.01
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
1929
Medium
pastel on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.03.02
Description
General colour: blue. A foreground rock cliff goes up right side from the lower corner. Center mountain face has a jagged ridge. Clouds come down to the peak at the upper right of center, edge. In the lower left corner is a distant mountain. Blue sky with one cloud fills the upper left area. There …
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1929
Medium
pastel on paper
Dimensions
55.0 x 43.5 cm
Description
General colour: blue. A foreground rock cliff goes up right side from the lower corner. Center mountain face has a jagged ridge. Clouds come down to the peak at the upper right of center, edge. In the lower left corner is a distant mountain. Blue sky with one cloud fills the upper left area. There is also a patch of blue in the upper right corner.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountains
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
Catalogue Number
LaC.03.02
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Storm In the Foothills

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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
1963
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
LaC.02.02
Description
General colour: purple, green. The lower half of the picture is green hills in front with bushes. One clump noticably right of center. Purple hills behind with mist in the hollows. The upper half is snow capped mauve mountains, green, pink and purple arched sky, above which on the left side is rain…
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Storm In the Foothills
Date
1963
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
59.6 x 74.9 cm
Description
General colour: purple, green. The lower half of the picture is green hills in front with bushes. One clump noticably right of center. Purple hills behind with mist in the hollows. The upper half is snow capped mauve mountains, green, pink and purple arched sky, above which on the left side is raining on the hills below.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
Catalogue Number
LaC.02.02
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
prior to 1965
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
LaC.01.01
Description
General colour: pink. Vague outlines of hills and mountains. some purple shading at center. (unfinished work)
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
prior to 1965
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
50.0 x 65.4 cm
Description
General colour: pink. Vague outlines of hills and mountains. some purple shading at center. (unfinished work)
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
Catalogue Number
LaC.01.01
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