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Banff Road, West of Calgary.

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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
1963
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.25
Description
General colour: blue, brown. Lower third is brown fields with a few vague structures here and there. Upper two thirds are blue mountain range and clouded sky.
Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Banff Road, West of Calgary.
Date
1963
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
20.3 x 25.3 cm
Description
General colour: blue, brown. Lower third is brown fields with a few vague structures here and there. Upper two thirds are blue mountain range and clouded sky.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.25
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
prior to 1965
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.06
Description
General colour: brown, blue. A lake in the center surrounded by dry mountain cliffs. Central peak is right of center and the other is at the left side. The sky is dark in the upper right corner and clouds fill the upper left.
Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Back of Sawback
Date
prior to 1965
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
18.5 x 25.3 cm
Description
General colour: brown, blue. A lake in the center surrounded by dry mountain cliffs. Central peak is right of center and the other is at the left side. The sky is dark in the upper right corner and clouds fill the upper left.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.06
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
1930
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.17
Description
General colour: teal green lake, purple tan mountains, grey clouds. Lower right corner there is a group of scraggly trees on rock. The lake fills the lower third. Two bars of sand and grass come in from either side. The mountains sweep up to bluestery clouds which come down over the peeks.
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Bow Lake
Date
1930
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
33.9 x 44.1 cm
Description
General colour: teal green lake, purple tan mountains, grey clouds. Lower right corner there is a group of scraggly trees on rock. The lake fills the lower third. Two bars of sand and grass come in from either side. The mountains sweep up to bluestery clouds which come down over the peeks.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.17
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Bow Pass, Early Morning

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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
prior to 1965
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.04
Description
General colour: blue, brown on grey. Lower third is blue and brown rocks surrounding a pool of water lower center. Up the left side rises a warm brown rock face. The sky is the grey of the paper and fills the upper right half.
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Bow Pass, Early Morning
Date
prior to 1965
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
29.1 x 38.0 cm
Description
General colour: blue, brown on grey. Lower third is blue and brown rocks surrounding a pool of water lower center. Up the left side rises a warm brown rock face. The sky is the grey of the paper and fills the upper right half.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.04
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
prior to 1965
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.23
Description
General colour: grey, blue, black. Dead burnt trees stand on slightly regrown earth at the bottom of the picture. Behind is a mountain with snow slopes and blue cliffs. The upper two thrids is rain clouds. Rain falls center and at the right in the distance.
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Cathedral Mountain
Date
prior to 1965
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
34.2 x 41.8 cm
Description
General colour: grey, blue, black. Dead burnt trees stand on slightly regrown earth at the bottom of the picture. Behind is a mountain with snow slopes and blue cliffs. The upper two thrids is rain clouds. Rain falls center and at the right in the distance.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.23
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
prior to 1965
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.01
Description
General colour: blue, green, brown. Grass and a clump of fur trees are in the lower right area. Water is in the lower left area. Trees on the far shore at the left side. The blue mountain sweeps up from the water at center reaching the upper edge and clouds in the blue sky.
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Consolation Valley
Date
prior to 1965
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
48.2 x 37.3 cm
Description
General colour: blue, green, brown. Grass and a clump of fur trees are in the lower right area. Water is in the lower left area. Trees on the far shore at the left side. The blue mountain sweeps up from the water at center reaching the upper edge and clouds in the blue sky.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of W. (Mrs.) B. Milne, Nanaimo, 1969
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.01
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
1934
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.22
Description
General colour: brown, blue. Lower two thirds is filled with the dry rock slopes of a mountain which peaks in the upper enter. Blue sky comes down from both upper corners. One large cloud sits upper center.
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Deception Pass
Date
1934
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
27.2 x 36.8 cm
Description
General colour: brown, blue. Lower two thirds is filled with the dry rock slopes of a mountain which peaks in the upper enter. Blue sky comes down from both upper corners. One large cloud sits upper center.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.22
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
1963
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.07
Description
General colour: grey, brown, blue. A road winds from the lower edge right to center and disappears into a grey hill with bushes on it and two trees left of center. Fence posts can be seen crossing the picture at the bottom of the hill. In the background to the left are distant mountains. The upper …
Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
The Top of the Hill
Date
1963
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
19.0 x 24.7 cm
Description
General colour: grey, brown, blue. A road winds from the lower edge right to center and disappears into a grey hill with bushes on it and two trees left of center. Fence posts can be seen crossing the picture at the bottom of the hill. In the background to the left are distant mountains. The upper part is clouds and sits of blue sky.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.07
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
prior to 1965
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.12
Description
General colour: blue, brown. Dry lake fills lower right area. Brown shore comes down from the left side. Across the middle are blue mountains. The sky is blue with pale clouds and fill the upper third.
Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Ghost Lake, Alberta
Date
prior to 1965
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
25.3 x 32.9 cm
Description
General colour: blue, brown. Dry lake fills lower right area. Brown shore comes down from the left side. Across the middle are blue mountains. The sky is blue with pale clouds and fill the upper third.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
lake
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.12
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
1937
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.11
Description
General colour: grey, blue, beige, white. There is a lake in the lower left foreground; a cloudy sky in the upper right corner; a glacier rises from the lake left of center; the peaks run off the picture at the left but appear in the distance down towards the right of the picture.
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Goodsir Plateau
Date
1937
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
27.5 x 38.0 cm
Description
General colour: grey, blue, beige, white. There is a lake in the lower left foreground; a cloudy sky in the upper right corner; a glacier rises from the lake left of center; the peaks run off the picture at the left but appear in the distance down towards the right of the picture.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.11
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
1964
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.05
Description
General colour: brown, blue. Lower half is fields, farm buildings left, center and right. Two horses stand lower left. Upper half is distant blue mountains and clouded sky.
Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
The Homestead
Date
1964
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
15.2 x 22.8 cm
Description
General colour: brown, blue. Lower half is fields, farm buildings left, center and right. Two horses stand lower left. Upper half is distant blue mountains and clouded sky.
Subject
landscape
foothills
architecture, rural
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.05
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The Hump, Bow Glacier and Bow Lake

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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
prior to 1965
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.14
Description
General colour: brown, blue. As the land across the bottom reaches the lake there are a few short trees mostly on the left. The far shore, one quarter way up has trees in the center and dry rock banks on either side rising up to mountains and glacier left and right of the center peak. The blue sky …
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
The Hump, Bow Glacier and Bow Lake
Date
prior to 1965
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
27.9 x 38.0 cm
Description
General colour: brown, blue. As the land across the bottom reaches the lake there are a few short trees mostly on the left. The far shore, one quarter way up has trees in the center and dry rock banks on either side rising up to mountains and glacier left and right of the center peak. The blue sky fills the upper half.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.14
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
1965
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.13
Description
General colour: blue, brown. Near shore is brown and fills lower area. Two posts sunk in the sand at the left side. The water reaches the far shore (one third up) of blue hills. The sky is full of rain clouds. On the left side a dark cloud appears to be loosing rain on the lake.
Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Kananaskis Lake
Date
1965
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
29.1 x 38.7 cm
Description
General colour: blue, brown. Near shore is brown and fills lower area. Two posts sunk in the sand at the left side. The water reaches the far shore (one third up) of blue hills. The sky is full of rain clouds. On the left side a dark cloud appears to be loosing rain on the lake.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.13
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
1929
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.09
Description
General colour: blue, brown. Rocks in lower left corner sit on a beach which goes along the bottom edge to the right. The water is calm and blue. The far shore slopes up to tall rocky cliffs on the right side. On the left these same cliffs are seen in the distance. The sky is clouded with a bit of …
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Molar Pass
Date
1929
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
34.2 x 41.8 cm
Description
General colour: blue, brown. Rocks in lower left corner sit on a beach which goes along the bottom edge to the right. The water is calm and blue. The far shore slopes up to tall rocky cliffs on the right side. On the left these same cliffs are seen in the distance. The sky is clouded with a bit of blue at the upper left of center edge.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.09
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
1954
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.10
Description
General colour: blue, grey. Rocks go along the bottom edge and out from the left in big boulders. These mark the edge of a pool of water. A piece of land with boulders comes out from the right one third up. Behind are blue mountains partly hidden by enveloping clouds.
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Molar Pass
Date
1954
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
26.5 x 38.0 cm
Description
General colour: blue, grey. Rocks go along the bottom edge and out from the left in big boulders. These mark the edge of a pool of water. A piece of land with boulders comes out from the right one third up. Behind are blue mountains partly hidden by enveloping clouds.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.10
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Mount Balfour from Bow Pass

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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
1954
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.08
Description
General colour: grey, blue. The foreground rocks and boulders go into the picture to the right. A hill comes down on the left. In the background, filling most of the right side are rock pinnacles running off the top of the picture. In the upper left is blue sky.
Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Mount Balfour from Bow Pass
Date
1954
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
22.8 x 31.2 cm
Description
General colour: grey, blue. The foreground rocks and boulders go into the picture to the right. A hill comes down on the left. In the background, filling most of the right side are rock pinnacles running off the top of the picture. In the upper left is blue sky.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.08
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Old Wreck near Sidney, B.C.

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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
1958 – 1959
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.21
Description
General colour: grey, blue. The beach runs along the bottom and up the left side a third. The wrecked timbers of a boat lie on the beach left of center. Posts go out into the water from the right side. The sky is filled with clouds. The sea is calm.
Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Old Wreck near Sidney, B.C.
Date
1958 – 1959
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
22.8 x 27.9 cm
Description
General colour: grey, blue. The beach runs along the bottom and up the left side a third. The wrecked timbers of a boat lie on the beach left of center. Posts go out into the water from the right side. The sky is filled with clouds. The sea is calm.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.21
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Near Nanton, Alberta

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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
prior to 1965
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.15
Description
General colour: grey, brown, blue. Cattle munch grass along the lower edge. There is a building on the right side, a few trees to its left. Way in the distance are blue mountains. The upper three quarters is clouds.
Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Near Nanton, Alberta
Date
prior to 1965
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
18.1 x 23.8 cm
Description
General colour: grey, brown, blue. Cattle munch grass along the lower edge. There is a building on the right side, a few trees to its left. Way in the distance are blue mountains. The upper three quarters is clouds.
Subject
landscape
rural
animal
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.15
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
1937
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.16
Description
General colour: blue, brown. Central image is a man standing in a cart drawn by two horses. Behind this are two elevators. To the left is a fence and in the background another elevator. To the right is a tower and a train steaming by to the right. The sky is blue with a few clouds.
Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Tinder Den
Date
1937
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
27.0 x 38.0 cm
Description
General colour: blue, brown. Central image is a man standing in a cart drawn by two horses. Behind this are two elevators. To the left is a fence and in the background another elevator. To the right is a tower and a train steaming by to the right. The sky is blue with a few clouds.
Subject
landscape
rural
animal, horse
figure, male
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.16
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Artist
Dave Measuroll
Date
n.d.
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
MeD.05.01
Description
General colour: blue, green, yellow, brown. Lake fills lower third except three trees on the shore in lower right corner. Far shore rises on both sides and in the center to a white peak. The sky is blue across the top.
Artist
Dave Measuroll
Title
Untitled
Date
n.d.
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
28.0 x 38.0 cm
Description
General colour: blue, green, yellow, brown. Lake fills lower third except three trees on the shore in lower right corner. Far shore rises on both sides and in the center to a white peak. The sky is blue across the top.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
Mount LeFroy
Credit
Gift of Lillian Gest, Philadelphia, USA, 1969
Catalogue Number
MeD.05.01
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