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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
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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Artist
Katherine Longstaff Wedgwood
Date
1903
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
WeK.05.01
Description
Camping scene of tents in forested area at 40 Mile Creek near Cascade Mountain. Smoke from fire on left of image.
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Artist
Katherine Longstaff Wedgwood
Title
Untitled
Date
1903
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
22 x 30.4 cm
Description
Camping scene of tents in forested area at 40 Mile Creek near Cascade Mountain. Smoke from fire on left of image.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
40 Mile Creek
forest
Activity
camping
Credit
Gift of Bobby Hunter, 1973
Catalogue Number
WeK.05.01
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Crowfoot Glacier, Bow Lake

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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Date
1943
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.02
Description
Colour: blue, green. The land across the lower quarter is very coloured. One evergreen stands on the waters edge left of center. A little stream of water comes into the lake from the lower right. The far shore rises half way up to mountains and glacier. Blue sky goes across the top.
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Title
Crowfoot Glacier, Bow Lake
Date
1943
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
24.4 x 34.6 cm
Description
Colour: blue, green. The land across the lower quarter is very coloured. One evergreen stands on the waters edge left of center. A little stream of water comes into the lake from the lower right. The far shore rises half way up to mountains and glacier. Blue sky goes across the top.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
glacier
lake
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.02
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South from Palliser Pass

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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Date
1961
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.06
Description
Colour: green, blue. Foreground is shrubs and trees sloping down to the center. A bank of trees rises up on the right and further in the distance to the left as well. The valley leads to mountains up center. The sky across the top is yellow at the left and blue at the right.
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Title
South from Palliser Pass
Date
1961
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
19.1 x 24.2 cm
Description
Colour: green, blue. Foreground is shrubs and trees sloping down to the center. A bank of trees rises up on the right and further in the distance to the left as well. The valley leads to mountains up center. The sky across the top is yellow at the left and blue at the right.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
pass
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1967
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.06
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Date
1969
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.07
Description
Colour: Blue, brown, yellow. Hooking down into a valley which goes from the lower left corner to the middle right area. The treed mountain side rises up on the right side. In the distance above the snow in the upper left area are two mountain peaks. The sky is yellow to pink brown to blue from righ…
Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1969
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
22.9 x 30.5 cm
Description
Colour: Blue, brown, yellow. Hooking down into a valley which goes from the lower left corner to the middle right area. The treed mountain side rises up on the right side. In the distance above the snow in the upper left area are two mountain peaks. The sky is yellow to pink brown to blue from right to left.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
water
Credit
Purchased from Unknown, 1970
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.07
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Mount Temple, Canadian Rockies

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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Date
1972
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.09
Description
Colour: blue, green, brown. Lower half is water on the left and a brown shore in the lower right corner. Yellow grass grows at the left side of the far shore. Two trees go up the left side. Three go up on the right. The upper half is a mountain at center. Blue sky above.
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Title
Mount Temple, Canadian Rockies
Date
1972
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
20.4 x 23.8 cm
Description
Colour: blue, green, brown. Lower half is water on the left and a brown shore in the lower right corner. Yellow grass grows at the left side of the far shore. Two trees go up the left side. Three go up on the right. The upper half is a mountain at center. Blue sky above.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
water
Credit
Gift of Gus (Mrs.) Baracos, Banff, 1978
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.09
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Date
1962
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.10
Description
Colour: blue, brown, yellow. mountain slopes leaning to the right. In the lower center is a clump of shrubs. Blue sky in the upper half has a yellow patch left of center.
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1962
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
8.3 x 15.1 cm
Description
Colour: blue, brown, yellow. mountain slopes leaning to the right. In the lower center is a clump of shrubs. Blue sky in the upper half has a yellow patch left of center.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1977
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.10
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Date
1960
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.11
Description
Colour: blue, green, white. Snow covered trees are in the foreground center and to the right. Three trees in the background at the left side. Green sky is in the upper left corner.
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1960
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
11.2 x 16.5 cm
Description
Colour: blue, green, white. Snow covered trees are in the foreground center and to the right. Three trees in the background at the left side. Green sky is in the upper left corner.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
forest
winter
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1977
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.11
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Artist
Guy Wesley
Date
1934
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WeG.03.01
Description
Colour: pencil on white. Flowers and grass fill the lower quarter. The Lake is above and in the background are two treed slopes which rise up on either side of a glacier at center. Clouds and sky fill the top quarter.
Artist
Guy Wesley
Title
Untitled
Date
1934
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
14.8 x 22.3 cm
Description
Colour: pencil on white. Flowers and grass fill the lower quarter. The Lake is above and in the background are two treed slopes which rise up on either side of a glacier at center. Clouds and sky fill the top quarter.
Subject
landscape, mountain
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Gordon E Lock, 1968
Catalogue Number
WeG.03.01
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Artist
Guy Wesley
Date
1936
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WeG.03.02
Description
Colour: pencil on white. Central image is a road from lower left corner to center up to mid center of the picture. The road shadowed by grass and trees on either side. Three mountains appear in the background.
Artist
Guy Wesley
Title
Untitled
Date
1936
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
17.4 x 14.9 cm
Description
Colour: pencil on white. Central image is a road from lower left corner to center up to mid center of the picture. The road shadowed by grass and trees on either side. Three mountains appear in the background.
Subject
landscape, mountain
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Gordon E Lock, 1968
Catalogue Number
WeG.03.02
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Artist
Guy Wesley
Date
1936
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WeG.03.03
Description
Colour: pencil on white. Central image is a waterfall with rocks on either side and mountains in the background at centre. Trees on an island come in from the left side. Shools of rock run horizontally along the bottom and here and there up to the falls.
Artist
Guy Wesley
Title
Untitled
Date
1936
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
14.7 x 22.4 cm
Description
Colour: pencil on white. Central image is a waterfall with rocks on either side and mountains in the background at centre. Trees on an island come in from the left side. Shools of rock run horizontally along the bottom and here and there up to the falls.
Subject
landscape, mountain
river
waterfall
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Gordon E Lock, 1968
Catalogue Number
WeG.03.03
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Date
1936
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.03
Description
A wooden (foot) bridge is in foreground, it spans from side to side, rocks, a few evergreen trees and grasses in immediate foreground; blue water is evident under bridge; forest with 2 mountains peaks in background; some snow on tops; light blue sky.
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1936
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
34.3 x 24.8 cm
Description
A wooden (foot) bridge is in foreground, it spans from side to side, rocks, a few evergreen trees and grasses in immediate foreground; blue water is evident under bridge; forest with 2 mountains peaks in background; some snow on tops; light blue sky.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
architecture
bridge
Credit
Gift of Lillian Gest, Philadelphia, USA, 1986
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.03
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Date
1948
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.45
Description
Mountain sides slope from left and right to a valley with greenery and trees,in the background is a mountain range with a glacier evident to the left; the sky is cloudy.
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1948
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
15.1 x 20.3 cm
Description
Mountain sides slope from left and right to a valley with greenery and trees,in the background is a mountain range with a glacier evident to the left; the sky is cloudy.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
pass
Credit
Gift of Lillian Gest, Philadelphia, USA, 1986
Catalogue Number
SiJ.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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Untitled [Canadian Rockies]

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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Date
1959 – 1959
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.55
Description
The sky takes up the top half of the piece, and is painted with a light blue wash. There is some fluffy white cloud activity. The foreground is a close up view of a mountain or large foothill. Nothing is growing on this portion of the piece but a small coniferous tree on the right side. A patch…
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Title
Untitled [Canadian Rockies]
Date
1959 – 1959
Medium
watercolour on paper
Description
The sky takes up the top half of the piece, and is painted with a light blue wash. There is some fluffy white cloud activity. The foreground is a close up view of a mountain or large foothill. Nothing is growing on this portion of the piece but a small coniferous tree on the right side. A patch of yellow grass grows around this tree. This mountain or foothill has a since of being of a high elevation, through which another mountain range can be seen in the close distance as the foreground dips in the center. These two portions take up the other half of the piece.
Subject
Landscape
Mountains
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Harry I. Van Rensselaer, 1997
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.55
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Untitled [Canadian Rockies]

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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Date
1959 – 1959
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.56
Description
This is a fall mountain and river scene. In the foreground, the grass around the river has turned yellow. The river exits at the bottom of the piece in a portion that spans from the LLC to the LRC. There are small islands covered with yellow grass in the river. Trees surround the river and grass…
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Title
Untitled [Canadian Rockies]
Date
1959 – 1959
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
31.5 x 37.1 cm
Description
This is a fall mountain and river scene. In the foreground, the grass around the river has turned yellow. The river exits at the bottom of the piece in a portion that spans from the LLC to the LRC. There are small islands covered with yellow grass in the river. Trees surround the river and grassy area creating a line as they visually connect when the river bends to the left. In the background, above the trees, is a mountain which takes up half of the piece. The right side of the mountain is in shadow. The sky is painted with a light blue wash, and is occupied with light clouds. Where the sky meets the mat at the top of the piece, a small piece of sky pokes through the clouds and is cropped by the mat.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Harry I. Van Rensselaer, 1997
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.56
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untitled [Canadian Rockies]

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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Date
1959 – 1959
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.54
Description
This mountain scene has a lake in the foreground with yellowing grass surrounding it. The Mountain range in the background is cropped on both left and right sides leaving one visible peak on the left side. A glacier sits on the mountain. A full moon is visible in the background just above the mo…
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Title
untitled [Canadian Rockies]
Date
1959 – 1959
Medium
watercolour on paper
Description
This mountain scene has a lake in the foreground with yellowing grass surrounding it. The Mountain range in the background is cropped on both left and right sides leaving one visible peak on the left side. A glacier sits on the mountain. A full moon is visible in the background just above the mountain peak on the left side. The main colours in this piece are blues, greens and yellows which make it feel like a fall scene.
Subject
landscape
mountains
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Harry I. Van Rensselaer, 1997
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.54
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untitled [Rocky Mountains]

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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Date
1959 – 1959
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.53
Description
A mountain and river scene. In the foreground a river that is surrounded by yellowing grass and pine trees exits the LLC. There are two rocks jutting out of the river at the bottom of the piece. On the left side of the river, going out of the frame of the painting, trees stand on a raised surfa…
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Title
untitled [Rocky Mountains]
Date
1959 – 1959
Medium
watercolour on paper
Description
A mountain and river scene. In the foreground a river that is surrounded by yellowing grass and pine trees exits the LLC. There are two rocks jutting out of the river at the bottom of the piece. On the left side of the river, going out of the frame of the painting, trees stand on a raised surface. In the background, mostly on the right hand side, is a range of mountains with four main snow capped peaks. In front of this range and behind the river is another mountain that is cropped by the TRC and right side of mat. This mountain has a slide that meets the trees at the bottom. The main colours in this piece are browns, yellow, greens and a faint blue.
Subject
Landscape
Mountains
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Harry I. Van Rensselaer, 1997
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.53
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Untitled [Canadian Rockies]

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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Date
1958 – 1958
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.52
Description
Mountain scene with dominant foreground. The bottom 1/3 of the piece is a rocky ground with pine trees starting at the right side and following the rocky ground to the mountain range in the background. These trees reach the TLC and get smaller until they meet the mountains. The Mountains are not…
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Title
Untitled [Canadian Rockies]
Date
1958 – 1958
Medium
watercolour on paper
Description
Mountain scene with dominant foreground. The bottom 1/3 of the piece is a rocky ground with pine trees starting at the right side and following the rocky ground to the mountain range in the background. These trees reach the TLC and get smaller until they meet the mountains. The Mountains are not visible on the TL of the piece for the trees, but take up 2/3 of the piece on the right side. The colours in this piece are mainly yellows, browns, greens, and a little blue. The sky is yellow in colour.
Subject
landscape
mountains
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Harry I. Van Rensselaer, 1997
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.52
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