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Alberta Series #20

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Artist: Ernest Garthwaite (1940 – , Canadian)

Date: 1979

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: GaE.05.01

Artist: Ernest Garthwaite (1940 – , Canadian)

Title: Alberta Series #20

Date: 1979

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 26 x 36.1 cm

Subject: landscape, foothills

Credit: Gift of Ernest Garthwaite, 1981

Catalogue Number: GaE.05.01

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Anis-Ta-ma-Ka

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Artist: Reinhold H. Palenske (1884 – 1955, American)

Date: 1927

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: PeR.03.03

Description: A head and shoulders portrait of a First Nations Chief in full headdress. He is turned slightly to the right, his right hand is raised in salute. Written in the lower right corner is “To my fine old friend Col. Moore Anis-ta-ma-ka Pal. Banff, Sept. 7 1927.”

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Artist: Reinhold H. Palenske (1884 – 1955, American)

Title: Anis-Ta-ma-Ka

Date: 1927

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 20.0 x 24.0 cm

Description: A head and shoulders portrait of a First Nations Chief in full headdress. He is turned slightly to the right, his right hand is raised in salute. Written in the lower right corner is “To my fine old friend Col. Moore Anis-ta-ma-ka Pal. Banff, Sept. 7 1927.”

Subject: portrait; male

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: PeR.03.03

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Arab Dhow

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Artist: D. H. Pinder

Date: c. 1930

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: PiD.05.01

Description: An unframed watercolour showing a small boat with two sails on water at sunset. In the background are palm trees and stone columns. A person and a red net are in the boat.

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Artist: D. H. Pinder

Title: Arab Dhow

Date: c. 1930

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 10.8 x 19.0 cm

Description: An unframed watercolour showing a small boat with two sails on water at sunset. In the background are palm trees and stone columns. A person and a red net are in the boat.

Subject: seascape; Atlantic; boat; sailing

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: PiD.05.01

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Automatic

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Artist: Marion Florence Nicoll (1909 – 1985, Canadian)

Date: 1974

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: NiM.05.03

Description: An non-representational shape dominates centre front, it is outlined in black, circle to the left with a tail-like feature towards top right, the background has various shapes, lighter at left

Artist: Marion Florence Nicoll (1909 – 1985, Canadian)

Title: Automatic

Date: 1974

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 15.0 x 28.3 cm

Description: An non-representational shape dominates centre front, it is outlined in black, circle to the left with a tail-like feature towards top right, the background has various shapes, lighter at left

Subject: abstract, non-representational

Credit: Purchased from Masters Gallery ltd., Calgary, 1979

Catalogue Number: NiM.05.03

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Autumn Foothills

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Artist: Takao Tanabe (1926 – , Canadian)

Date: 1979

Medium: acrylic on canvas

Catalogue Number: TaT.12.01

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Artist: Takao Tanabe (1926 – , Canadian)

Title: Autumn Foothills

Date: 1979

Medium: acrylic on canvas

Dimensions: 109.00 x 228.6 cm

Subject: landscape; foothills; prairies

Credit: Gift of Canada Council, Ottawa, 1979

Catalogue Number: TaT.12.01

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Bald Eagles on Watch

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

Date: 1979

Medium: oil on canvas board

Catalogue Number: TiC.02.09

Description: On the left side of the painting an eagle sits on the top of a dead tree facing the right side of the image. Behind the brown, yellow and white bird there are mountains and trees. The mountains in the far distance have some snow on the peaks but the closer ones are covered with green trees. In the…

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

Title: Bald Eagles on Watch

Date: 1979

Medium: oil on canvas board

Dimensions: 23.0 x 30.6 cm

Description: On the left side of the painting an eagle sits on the top of a dead tree facing the right side of the image. Behind the brown, yellow and white bird there are mountains and trees. The mountains in the far distance have some snow on the peaks but the closer ones are covered with green trees. In the foreground a blue body of water is surrounded with a brilliant green weed or grass. From the cl to the cr a line of trees cross the bottom of the image. Some of the trees and grass between the background mountains and the foreground water are a yellow hue.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; animal; Bald Eagle

Credit: Gift of Clarence Ingwall Tillenius, Winnipeg, 1996

Catalogue Number: TiC.02.09

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Banff Hotel, Alberta

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Artist: B. E. Neville

Date: prior to 1991

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: NeB.05.01

Description: The foreground is vegetation, rocks with coniferous trees up to tlc. Centre of picture is a multi-roofed building. Background is mountain range and grey sky.

Artist: B. E. Neville

Title: Banff Hotel, Alberta

Date: prior to 1991

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 22.0 x 34.9 cm

Description: The foreground is vegetation, rocks with coniferous trees up to tlc. Centre of picture is a multi-roofed building. Background is mountain range and grey sky.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; building, Banff Springs Hotel; mountains; forest

Credit: Gift of Jon Whyte, Banff, 1992

Catalogue Number: NeB.05.01

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Bear Dancer I

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Artist: Colleen Campbell (1945 – , Canadian )

Date: 1979

Medium: graphite; watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: CmC.03.01

Description: Located in the center and filling most of the image area is an Inuit dancer. He stands with his back toward the viewer. His tunic is a yellow colour and he holds a drum stick in his right hand. He has medium length straight hair depicted in graphite and a colourful belt tied around his waist. His t…

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Artist: Colleen Campbell (1945 – , Canadian )

Title: Bear Dancer I

Date: 1979

Medium: graphite; watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 105.0 x 75.5 cm

Description: Located in the center and filling most of the image area is an Inuit dancer. He stands with his back toward the viewer. His tunic is a yellow colour and he holds a drum stick in his right hand. He has medium length straight hair depicted in graphite and a colourful belt tied around his waist. His tunic has fringes at the sides and bottom and he has a decorative strip around the top of his mukluk.

Subject: figure; male; Inuit

Credit: Gift of Dora Helen Mackie, Calgary, 1998

Catalogue Number: CmC.03.01

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Bear Street Alley, Sulphur Mountain

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1922 – 1933

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.534

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Bear Street Alley, Sulphur Mountain

Date: 1922 – 1933

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 30.2 x 40.4 cm

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; winter; town, Banff

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.534

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Bighorn Ram head

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Artist: Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)

Date: c. 1925

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: RuC.03.09

Description: A finely detailed drawing of a ram's head, facing to the right of picture

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Artist: Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)

Title: Bighorn Ram head

Date: c. 1925

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 29.0 x 22.5 cm

Description: A finely detailed drawing of a ram's head, facing to the right of picture

Subject: animal, mountain sheep; ram

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: RuC.03.09

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Bighorn Rams - Life Sketches

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

Date: 1979

Medium: oil on canvas board

Catalogue Number: TiC.01.01

Description: This oil sketch is a composition of several different full and half sketches of Bighorn Sheep. The top left corner has a full painted ram resting on the ground. As you move to the right of the image the rams become more like sketches or line drawings with the exception of one that is fully painted …

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

Title: Bighorn Rams - Life Sketches

Date: 1979

Medium: oil on canvas board

Dimensions: 40.7 x 51.0 cm

Description: This oil sketch is a composition of several different full and half sketches of Bighorn Sheep. The top left corner has a full painted ram resting on the ground. As you move to the right of the image the rams become more like sketches or line drawings with the exception of one that is fully painted in the upper right corner. The bottom half of the image space has many partial and unfinished drawings of the Bighorn Sheep.

Subject: animal; Bighorn Sheep

Credit: Gift of Clarence Ingwall Tillenius, Winnipeg, 1996

Catalogue Number: TiC.01.01

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Bighorn Rams Feeding

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

Date: 1978

Medium: oil on canvas board

Catalogue Number: TiC.02.10

Description: In a patch of yellow and brown trees and grass in the foreground are two bighorn sheep eating, they are located on the left side of the painting. Behind the yellow trees is a mid section of green trees and behind that a small area of trees in the distance that are a blue colour. Behind all the tree…

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

Title: Bighorn Rams Feeding

Date: 1978

Medium: oil on canvas board

Dimensions: 25.4 x 35.6 cm

Description: In a patch of yellow and brown trees and grass in the foreground are two bighorn sheep eating, they are located on the left side of the painting. Behind the yellow trees is a mid section of green trees and behind that a small area of trees in the distance that are a blue colour. Behind all the trees is a mountain blue in colour with some snow on its peaks. The sky above is blue with white clouds.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; animal; bighorn sheep; activity; eating

Credit: Gift of Clarence Ingwall Tillenius, Winnipeg, 1996

Catalogue Number: TiC.02.10

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Blood Indian Chief

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Artist: Reinhold H. Palenske (1884 – 1955, American)

Date: 1927

Medium: coloured graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: PeR.03.01

Description: General colour: white, black, orange. The man's white fur hat fills upper third of the drawing. His eyes look out. He wears an orange tie. There is some purple colour on his left lapel. The title is in orange in the lower left corner. In the lower right corner, the words are in black.

Artist: Reinhold H. Palenske (1884 – 1955, American)

Title: Blood Indian Chief

Date: 1927

Medium: coloured graphite on paper

Dimensions: 29.2 x 45.1 cm

Description: General colour: white, black, orange. The man's white fur hat fills upper third of the drawing. His eyes look out. He wears an orange tie. There is some purple colour on his left lapel. The title is in orange in the lower left corner. In the lower right corner, the words are in black.

Subject: portrait; male

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975

Catalogue Number: PeR.03.01

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Bow Lake

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Artist: Fitzpatrick

Date: 1920 – 1930

Medium: ink on heavy paper

Catalogue Number: FiP.03.06

Description: A view of Bow lake, a teepee with a man in front of it, off right centre. Taken from a Byron Harmon photograph.

Artist: Fitzpatrick

Title: Bow Lake

Date: 1920 – 1930

Medium: ink on heavy paper

Dimensions: 27.8 x 41.7 cm

Description: A view of Bow lake, a teepee with a man in front of it, off right centre. Taken from a Byron Harmon photograph.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; lake

Credit: Gift of Don Harmon, Banff, 1978

Catalogue Number: FiP.03.06

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Bow Lake

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1928 – 1933

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.509

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Bow Lake

Date: 1928 – 1933

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 35.2 x 35.3 cm

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; lake

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.509

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Boy's portrait

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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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Buffalo preliminary sketches

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

Date: prior to 1996

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: TiC.03.02

Description: Drawn lightly are two bison running toward each other ready to bang heads. Under foot you can see the suggestion of ground represented by a few lines. One bison is running from the upper left corner and the other is running from the center right.

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

Title: Buffalo preliminary sketches

Date: prior to 1996

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 20.4 x 20.4 cm

Description: Drawn lightly are two bison running toward each other ready to bang heads. Under foot you can see the suggestion of ground represented by a few lines. One bison is running from the upper left corner and the other is running from the center right.

Subject: animal; buffalo

Credit: Gift of Clarence Ingwall Tillenius, Winnipeg, 1996

Catalogue Number: TiC.03.02

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Burnt Wood

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Artist: Alexander Young Jackson (1882 – 1974, Canadian)

Date: 1924

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: JaA.03.06

Description: Pencil sketch of foothills with mountain range in background. A river indicated in foreground flows from left bottom corner to right, brc is river bank. Light and heavy pencil lines with shading, indicating trees and hills. Colour notes throughout. Drawing made on light sketchbook paper, serra…

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Artist: Alexander Young Jackson (1882 – 1974, Canadian)

Title: Burnt Wood

Date: 1924

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 20.7 x 27.8 cm

Description: Pencil sketch of foothills with mountain range in background. A river indicated in foreground flows from left bottom corner to right, brc is river bank. Light and heavy pencil lines with shading, indicating trees and hills. Colour notes throughout. Drawing made on light sketchbook paper, serrated top edge, rounded corners bl and br.