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Crepis nana (Alpine Hawksbeard)

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Artist
Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)
Date
1910
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
ScM.05.02
Description
A cluster of yellow flowers, green stems and leaves.
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Artist
Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)
Title
Crepis nana (Alpine Hawksbeard)
Date
1910
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
25.0 x 17.5 cm
Description
A cluster of yellow flowers, green stems and leaves.
Subject
botanical
flower
Credit
Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
Catalogue Number
ScM.05.02
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Light on the Left Eagle

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Artist
Alice Saltiel (1948 – , Canadian)
Date
1991
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
SmA.05.01
Description
A single mountain dominates, foreground is green trees, snow covered mountain towers to top third, between trees and peak is a bowl, cloudy sky top third
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Artist
Alice Saltiel (1948 – , Canadian)
Title
Light on the Left Eagle
Date
1991
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
39.0 x 25.3 cm
Description
A single mountain dominates, foreground is green trees, snow covered mountain towers to top third, between trees and peak is a bowl, cloudy sky top third
Subject
landscape
mountain
winter
Credit
Purchased from Sunshine Village, Banff, 1991
Catalogue Number
SmA.05.01
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Artist
Maureen Enns (1949 – , Canadian)
Date
1993
Medium
acrylic; charcoal; paper; glue on canvas
Catalogue Number
EnM.12.03
Description
Predominant colours are black, dark blue, grey and white. There is an outline of one large grizzly bear on the top two-thirds (viewer’s left) of the painting, side view, painted black, and the back part is flat background painted dark blue; this extends to the bottom left. The right side is backgro…
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Artist
Maureen Enns (1949 – , Canadian)
Title
Flint’s Park
Date
1993
Medium
acrylic; charcoal; paper; glue on canvas
Dimensions
104.0 x 104.0 cm
Description
Predominant colours are black, dark blue, grey and white. There is an outline of one large grizzly bear on the top two-thirds (viewer’s left) of the painting, side view, painted black, and the back part is flat background painted dark blue; this extends to the bottom left. The right side is background and is painted white from top to the paw (viewer’s right) to the bottom of the painting. Overlapping this a large cutout of a bear, grey, white, and black charcoal, dominates the painting. Across the top of his body is a stencilled sign: “FLINTS PARK CABIN”, below this the outline of a Bighorn sheep’s head, and below this “WARDEN SERVICE” “BANFF NATIONAL PARK” is stencilled across his legs. Under this bear, to the viewer’s right, is the cutout of a grizzly bear’s head, painted black, and his left paw which is clutching a wire. The painting is signed in the brc “Enns ‘93”. On the unpainted part of the paper llhc: “Flint’s Park - B.N.P.” and lrhc: “Maureen Enns 1993”.
Subject
wildlife, grizzly bears
Banff National Park
Maureen Enns
warden
Credit
Gift of Masters Gallery ltd., Calgary, 2010
Catalogue Number
EnM.12.03
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Artist
Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)
Date
1918
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
RuC.05.01
Description
Three mountain sheep in center left of picture, two facing front, one turned away - painted by Carl Rungius. Background painted by Jimmy Simpson shows brownish rocks in foreground on which sheep are standing, a mountain side runs from top left to bottom right, is blue with yellow tint towards top l…
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Artist
Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)
Title
Mountain Sheep
Date
1918
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
22.0 x 29.5 cm
Description
Three mountain sheep in center left of picture, two facing front, one turned away - painted by Carl Rungius. Background painted by Jimmy Simpson shows brownish rocks in foreground on which sheep are standing, a mountain side runs from top left to bottom right, is blue with yellow tint towards top left. A snowy mountain side is in right background, some sky with yellowish clouds show through.
Subject
landscape, mountain
animal, sheep, bighorn
Credit
Purchased from Dorothy Cranstone, Banff, 1988
Catalogue Number
RuC.05.01
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Artist
Zelda F. Nelson-Henricks
Date
1991
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
HeZ.05.01
Description
A mountain landscape, the foreground is covered with rocks and varied green grasses, dark green evergreens in central area, centre left to right is a mountain range with some snow, the top third is blue sky with narrow white clouds.
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Artist
Zelda F. Nelson-Henricks
Title
Near Quartz Ridge
Date
1991
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
26.3 x 35.4 cm
Description
A mountain landscape, the foreground is covered with rocks and varied green grasses, dark green evergreens in central area, centre left to right is a mountain range with some snow, the top third is blue sky with narrow white clouds.
Subject
landscape, mountain
landscape, summer
exhibition, Sunshine Art
Credit
Purchased from Sunshine Village, Banff, 1991
Catalogue Number
HeZ.05.01
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Artist
Barbara Milne (1956 – , Canadian)
Date
1990
Medium
oil; acrylic on canvas
Catalogue Number
MiB.02.01
Description
A large red mass dominates the painting, from the foreground blue, green, yellow tube-shapes spiral upwards, top left corner is blue
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Artist
Barbara Milne (1956 – , Canadian)
Title
Thunder
Date
1990
Medium
oil; acrylic on canvas
Dimensions
167.6 x 160.0 cm
Description
A large red mass dominates the painting, from the foreground blue, green, yellow tube-shapes spiral upwards, top left corner is blue
Subject
abstract
expressionist
Credit
Gift of Barbara Milne, Calgary, 1992
Catalogue Number
MiB.02.01
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Artist
William Hutchinson (1874 – 1918, Canadian)
Date
1915
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
HuW.05.05
Description
A vetical painting, a brown road in bottom foreground has tall evergreen trees on both sides. At the end of road is a snow covered mountain. Cloudy sky in background.
Artist
William Hutchinson (1874 – 1918, Canadian)
Title
Snow Peak Ave
Date
1915
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
13.9 x 8.3 cm
Description
A vetical painting, a brown road in bottom foreground has tall evergreen trees on both sides. At the end of road is a snow covered mountain. Cloudy sky in background.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
forest
road
Credit
Gift of Dorothy Hutchinson, Winnipeg, 1994
Catalogue Number
HuW.05.05
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Artist
William Hutchinson (1874 – 1918, Canadian)
Date
1915
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
HuW.05.04
Description
A vertical painting with blue lake in the foreground and bushes and path on the right. Mountains and sky in upper two-thirds.
Artist
William Hutchinson (1874 – 1918, Canadian)
Title
Path, Emerald Lake
Date
1915
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
13.9 x 8.3 cm
Description
A vertical painting with blue lake in the foreground and bushes and path on the right. Mountains and sky in upper two-thirds.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
lake
Emerald Lake
Credit
Gift of Dorothy Hutchinson, Winnipeg, 1994
Catalogue Number
HuW.05.04
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Artist
William Hutchinson (1874 – 1918, Canadian)
Date
c. 1915
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
HuW.05.03
Description
Lake in foreground, vegetation and tall evergreens on right, mountains and forest in background. Top third of picture is cloudy sky tinged with yellow.
Artist
William Hutchinson (1874 – 1918, Canadian)
Title
Sicamous, BC
Date
c. 1915
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
11.4 x 17.4 cm
Description
Lake in foreground, vegetation and tall evergreens on right, mountains and forest in background. Top third of picture is cloudy sky tinged with yellow.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
lake
mountains
Credit
Gift of Dorothy Hutchinson, Winnipeg, 1994
Catalogue Number
HuW.05.03
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Artist
William Hutchinson (1874 – 1918, Canadian)
Date
c. 1915
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
HuW.05.02
Description
Bottom half of the picture is a lake with reflections of the mountains around it. A tree is in immediate left, branches extending into picture. Green mountains on either side of lake with snow capped mountains in background. A light coloured sky with some clouds top third.
Artist
William Hutchinson (1874 – 1918, Canadian)
Title
Shuswap Lake
Date
c. 1915
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
13.9 x 21.3 cm
Description
Bottom half of the picture is a lake with reflections of the mountains around it. A tree is in immediate left, branches extending into picture. Green mountains on either side of lake with snow capped mountains in background. A light coloured sky with some clouds top third.
Subject
landscape
mountains
lake
Credit
Gift of Dorothy Hutchinson, Winnipeg, 1994
Catalogue Number
HuW.05.02
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Artist
Peter von Tiesenhausen (1959 – , Canadian)
Date
1995
Medium
gesso on wood
Catalogue Number
VtP.02.02
Description
A lozenged shaped piece of burnt wood, uneven surface, painted white. The white colour is irregular. Centered is a drawing of a ship. The ship is not typical. Black lines indicate only the skeletal shape, looking more like an unfinished woven basket with the ribs long and pointing out and up.
Artist
Peter von Tiesenhausen (1959 – , Canadian)
Title
Ship
Date
1995
Medium
gesso on wood
Dimensions
23.0 x 99.0 cm
Description
A lozenged shaped piece of burnt wood, uneven surface, painted white. The white colour is irregular. Centered is a drawing of a ship. The ship is not typical. Black lines indicate only the skeletal shape, looking more like an unfinished woven basket with the ribs long and pointing out and up.
Subject
landscape
mythological
boat
Credit
Gift of Peter von Tiesenhausen, Demmitt, 1995
Catalogue Number
VtP.02.02
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Artist
Leonard Moore Davis (1864 – 1938, American)
Date
c. 1924
Medium
oil on board
Catalogue Number
DaL.02.01
Description
The mountainside covers most of the picture, the waterfall is centered. Trees in the foreground.
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Artist
Leonard Moore Davis (1864 – 1938, American)
Title
Untitled
Date
c. 1924
Medium
oil on board
Dimensions
23.5 x 15.0 cm
Description
The mountainside covers most of the picture, the waterfall is centered. Trees in the foreground.
Subject
landscape
waterfall
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
DaL.02.01
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Artist
Leonard Moore Davis (1864 – 1938, American)
Date
c. 1924
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
DaL.02.02
Description
A canyon dominates the picture, a river is seen bottom right. Tall, pointed mountain in background.
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Artist
Leonard Moore Davis (1864 – 1938, American)
Title
Untitled
Date
c. 1924
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
45.0 x 29.5 cm
Description
A canyon dominates the picture, a river is seen bottom right. Tall, pointed mountain in background.
Subject
landscape
mountains
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
DaL.02.02
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Artist
Leonard Moore Davis (1864 – 1938, American)
Date
c. 1924
Medium
oil on board
Catalogue Number
DaL.02.03
Description
Low mountain range in centre, valley with river in foreground. Colourful sky top third.
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Artist
Leonard Moore Davis (1864 – 1938, American)
Title
Untitled
Date
c. 1924
Medium
oil on board
Dimensions
14.0 x 25.5 cm
Description
Low mountain range in centre, valley with river in foreground. Colourful sky top third.
Subject
landscape
mountains
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
DaL.02.03
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Artist
Maureen Enns (1949 – , Canadian)
Date
1993
Medium
oil; acrylic on canvas
Catalogue Number
EnM.12.01
Description
The center of the painting is a bear turned so it is looking to the left and out of the image frame. Behind the bear is a mountain range with some snow and ice throughout. In the bottom left corner there is a skull from a bighorn sheep. The lower right hand corner has bear foot prints in black with…
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Artist
Maureen Enns (1949 – , Canadian)
Title
King of the Rockies
Date
1993
Medium
oil; acrylic on canvas
Dimensions
213.3 x 152.4 cm
Description
The center of the painting is a bear turned so it is looking to the left and out of the image frame. Behind the bear is a mountain range with some snow and ice throughout. In the bottom left corner there is a skull from a bighorn sheep. The lower right hand corner has bear foot prints in black with red around them. The bear has a brown colour fur and the ground that it is standing on is blue green. The sky is also a green colour while the mountains have green shadows and white highlights. Located directly behind the bear are two black lines that crisscross as they get higher to the top of the painting.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
animal
bear
Credit
Gift of Maureen Enns, Cochrane, 1996
Catalogue Number
EnM.12.01
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Artist
Dan Hudson (1959 – , Canadian)
Date
1990
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
HdD.02.01
Description
In the center of the painting there is a white outline of a nude male figure. The face down figure has one arm outstreached in front and the other outstreached to the side. Off set to the lower left a bit, is the same male again but this time with his body painted in black, white and purple. Also…
Artist
Dan Hudson (1959 – , Canadian)
Title
Emergence
Date
1990
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
160.0 x 160.0 cm
Description
In the center of the painting there is a white outline of a nude male figure. The face down figure has one arm outstreached in front and the other outstreached to the side. Off set to the lower left a bit, is the same male again but this time with his body painted in black, white and purple. Also in the same area there is a wolf leaning down to get a drink of water and directly beneath that wolf is his reflection that looks like another wolf. Both wolves are purple with white highlights. At the top left corner there is a ring of fire, orange and red in colour. The background behind the above mentioned is black and the paint has been applied very thick (almost impasto in some places). The frame for the canvas is made out of natural wood poles and the ends stick out at each corner and cross over each other.
Subject
figure
male
animal
wolf
mythological
Credit
Gift of Dan Hudson, Canmore, 1993
Catalogue Number
HdD.02.01
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Artist
Dorothy Elsie Knowles Perehudoff (1927 – 2023, Canadian)
Date
1991
Medium
oil on linen
Catalogue Number
KnD.02.01
Description
In the foreground are trees of green with a large group of mountains in the center back area. A large tree is on the left side of this painting and there are red and pink flowers in the foreground. The mountain is a grey brown colour and the majority of the trees and shrubs are different colours of…
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Artist
Dorothy Elsie Knowles Perehudoff (1927 – 2023, Canadian)
Title
Bow Valley Series
Date
1991
Medium
oil on linen
Dimensions
81.2 x 101.6 cm
Description
In the foreground are trees of green with a large group of mountains in the center back area. A large tree is on the left side of this painting and there are red and pink flowers in the foreground. The mountain is a grey brown colour and the majority of the trees and shrubs are different colours of green. The sky in the background is blue with some white cloud.
Subject
landscape
Canadian
Yamnuska
Dorothy Knowles
Credit
Gift of Dorothy Elsie Knowles Perehudoff, Saskatoon, 1996
Catalogue Number
KnD.02.01
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Artist
Unknown
Date
1910 – 1930
Medium
oil on wood
Catalogue Number
UnK.02.02
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Artist
Unknown
Title
The Miser
Date
1910 – 1930
Medium
oil on wood
Dimensions
21.5 x 17.5 cm
Subject
portrait
male
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
UnK.02.02
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Answering The Challenge

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Artist
Clarence Ingwall Tillenius (1913 – 2012, Canadian)
Date
1996
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
TiC.02.07
Description
At the bl a male elk is challenging another male elk. The second elk is higher up on the side of a mountain in a grass area. Further off in the distance six female elk watch. The grass that the elk are standing on is a yellow green color and the rock in the background behind the elk is a red brown…
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Artist
Clarence Ingwall Tillenius (1913 – 2012, Canadian)
Title
Answering The Challenge
Date
1996
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
122.0 x 182.8 cm
Description
At the bl a male elk is challenging another male elk. The second elk is higher up on the side of a mountain in a grass area. Further off in the distance six female elk watch. The grass that the elk are standing on is a yellow green color and the rock in the background behind the elk is a red brown hue. The two male elk are facing each other and both have a full set of horns. The mountains in the far distance are a grey blue color.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
animal
elk
Credit
Gift of Clarence Ingwall Tillenius, Winnipeg, 1996
Catalogue Number
TiC.02.07
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Building The Dam - Busy Beavers

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Artist
Clarence Ingwall Tillenius (1913 – 2012, Canadian)
Date
1993
Medium
oil on canvas board
Catalogue Number
TiC.02.12
Description
A body of water starts from the cl and makes its way down into the foreground and ends up at the blc and the brc. A piece of land and rocks jet out between the blc and the brc. Standing on this piece of land a beaver is carring a piece of wood or tree section and is heading towards the dam that he …
Artist
Clarence Ingwall Tillenius (1913 – 2012, Canadian)
Title
Building The Dam - Busy Beavers
Date
1993
Medium
oil on canvas board
Dimensions
30.6 x 40.7 cm
Description
A body of water starts from the cl and makes its way down into the foreground and ends up at the blc and the brc. A piece of land and rocks jet out between the blc and the brc. Standing on this piece of land a beaver is carring a piece of wood or tree section and is heading towards the dam that he is building. All along the left side of the water there are green and orange trees. The sky above the trees is a medium blue colour. On the other side of the dam two other beavers are also working on the dam.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
animal
beaver
Credit
Gift of Clarence Ingwall Tillenius, Winnipeg, 1996
Catalogue Number
TiC.02.12
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