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1908 Railway Tunnel (Continental Divide on back)

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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Date
c. 1911
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.322
Description
Front: the entrance to a railway tunnel is on the left, and muontain and trees surround it. Above the entrance is written “1908” and then his writing for a colour scheme in the brc.Back: mountains and trees surround a valley running through the picture. Writing in the brc: “VICTORIA RIDGE OVER 10…
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Title
1908 Railway Tunnel (Continental Divide on back)
Date
c. 1911
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
28.0 x 35.5 cm
Description
Front: the entrance to a railway tunnel is on the left, and muontain and trees surround it. Above the entrance is written “1908” and then his writing for a colour scheme in the brc.Back: mountains and trees surround a valley running through the picture. Writing in the brc: “VICTORIA RIDGE OVER 10,000feet, 33 BELOW zero, CONTINENTAL DIVIDE FEB 23”
Subject
landscape
Credit
Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.322
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Alasi Tukalak Carving, Povungnituk

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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Date
1968
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.248
Description
A solitary woman is kneeling in the foreground clutching a grey object in her left hand and pointing to it with her right hand. The woman is seen in profile. Her skin is brown and her hair is black. She wears a blue jacket over an orange-pink skirt. On her head is a red-pink scarf with green detail…
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Title
Alasi Tukalak Carving, Povungnituk
Date
1968
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
25.4 x 30.3 cm
Description
A solitary woman is kneeling in the foreground clutching a grey object in her left hand and pointing to it with her right hand. The woman is seen in profile. Her skin is brown and her hair is black. She wears a blue jacket over an orange-pink skirt. On her head is a red-pink scarf with green details. A light blue-grey building is found in the upper left corner. Cast shadows are blue.
Subject
figure, female
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.248
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Date
1969
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.060
Description
Lake O’Hara beyond a rocky outcrop in foreground.
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Title
At Lake O'Hara
Date
1969
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
22.8 x 28.0 cm
Description
Lake O’Hara beyond a rocky outcrop in foreground.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Lake O’Hara
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.060
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Autumn Storm, Shuswap Lake, B.C.

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Artist
Rick Nicholas de Grandmaison (1932 – 1985, Canadian)
Date
c. 1970
Medium
oil on canvas board
Catalogue Number
DgO.02.01
Description
Yellow/orange colour dominates from centre to top right; foreground and bottom right are brown trees, higher to the right of picture; behind these trees is a blue lake, yellow reflection; a varied coloured green mountain is in the centre left; light yellow sweeps down from top left.
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Artist
Rick Nicholas de Grandmaison (1932 – 1985, Canadian)
Title
Autumn Storm, Shuswap Lake, B.C.
Date
c. 1970
Medium
oil on canvas board
Dimensions
25.5 x 30.5 cm
Description
Yellow/orange colour dominates from centre to top right; foreground and bottom right are brown trees, higher to the right of picture; behind these trees is a blue lake, yellow reflection; a varied coloured green mountain is in the centre left; light yellow sweeps down from top left.
Subject
landscape, lake
landscape, Shuswap Lake
Credit
Gift of Jock Smith, Vancouver, 1972
Catalogue Number
DgO.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
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Date
1968 – 1971
Medium
oil on paper
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.206
Description
Four large trees stand in the immediate foreground. They have blue trunks which compliments the similar colour bushes that surround them. The lime green grasses extend to the brushline in the background. The mountains painting with various colours of blue to denote distance appear high above the tr…
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Title
Bankhead
Date
1968 – 1971
Medium
oil on paper
Dimensions
22.8 x 30.3 cm
Description
Four large trees stand in the immediate foreground. They have blue trunks which compliments the similar colour bushes that surround them. The lime green grasses extend to the brushline in the background. The mountains painting with various colours of blue to denote distance appear high above the tree line. A yellowish white cloud colour appears against a blue sky.
Subject
figure, female
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.206
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Artist
James McLaren Nicoll (1892 – 1986, Canadian)
Date
prior to 1986
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
NiJ.03.12
Description
A pencil drawing of Barrier mountain, no clouds or foreground. The back edge has a complete border of masking tape.
Artist
James McLaren Nicoll (1892 – 1986, Canadian)
Title
Barrier Mountain
Date
prior to 1986
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
22.7 x 30.1 cm
Description
A pencil drawing of Barrier mountain, no clouds or foreground. The back edge has a complete border of masking tape.
Subject
landscape
mountain
Credit
Gift of James McLaren Nicoll, 1978
Catalogue Number
NiJ.03.12
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Big Rock at Lake O'Hara

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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Date
1968
Medium
oil on paper
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.217
Description
A rugged rocky cliff surrounded by evergreens is located along the shores of Lake O'Hara. It ranges in colour from purples to yellow and orange. Lake O'Hara is depicted in slid turquoise. The mountains appear overhead beyond the cliffs with cobalt blue peering through top centre.
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Title
Big Rock at Lake O'Hara
Date
1968
Medium
oil on paper
Dimensions
22.8 x 30.3 cm
Description
A rugged rocky cliff surrounded by evergreens is located along the shores of Lake O'Hara. It ranges in colour from purples to yellow and orange. Lake O'Hara is depicted in slid turquoise. The mountains appear overhead beyond the cliffs with cobalt blue peering through top centre.
Subject
landscape
mountain
Canadian Rockies
lake
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.217
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Artist
Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)
Date
1969
Medium
oil on canvas board
Catalogue Number
WiS.02.07
Description
Blue green lake along lower edge. Large brown-grey mountains with strip of trees at lakeshore in background. Glacier at centre left with waterfall. Fluffy clouds in blue sky above. “SITTING WIND” in lower right corner. On back “Bow Lake. $25.00. July, 1969. Frank Kaquitts Morley Alberta. Indian nam…
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Artist
Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)
Title
Bow Lake
Date
1969
Medium
oil on canvas board
Dimensions
30.5 x 40.5 cm
Description
Blue green lake along lower edge. Large brown-grey mountains with strip of trees at lakeshore in background. Glacier at centre left with waterfall. Fluffy clouds in blue sky above. “SITTING WIND” in lower right corner. On back “Bow Lake. $25.00. July, 1969. Frank Kaquitts Morley Alberta. Indian name Sitting Wind.”
Subject
Bow Lake
lake
mountains
glacier
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WiS.02.07
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Artist
Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)
Date
1969
Medium
oil on canvas board
Catalogue Number
WiS.02.05
Description
Oil painting of large lake with cliffs at right side and lake with trees and rocks by shore at right side. Low hills in background at far shore of lake. Swirled clouds in sky above. “SITTING WIND” in lower right corner. On back: “Indian Name Sitting Wind Stoney Reserve Morley Alberta.”
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Artist
Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)
Title
By The Lake
Date
1969
Medium
oil on canvas board
Dimensions
30.5 x 40.5 cm
Description
Oil painting of large lake with cliffs at right side and lake with trees and rocks by shore at right side. Low hills in background at far shore of lake. Swirled clouds in sky above. “SITTING WIND” in lower right corner. On back: “Indian Name Sitting Wind Stoney Reserve Morley Alberta.”
Subject
lake
nature
landscape
mountains
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WiS.02.05
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C Level Lake, Bankhead, Cascade Mountain

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Artist
Dorothy V. Whyte
Date
1967
Medium
oil on canvas board
Catalogue Number
WhD.02.01
Description
Colour: green, blue, purple. Purple bushes run along tthe lower edge. In he center banked on either side by green bushes is blue green water. The upper third is the far shore of trees and mountains in the distance. There is grey sky along the top.
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Artist
Dorothy V. Whyte
Title
C Level Lake, Bankhead, Cascade Mountain
Date
1967
Medium
oil on canvas board
Dimensions
12.7 x 17.7 cm
Description
Colour: green, blue, purple. Purple bushes run along tthe lower edge. In he center banked on either side by green bushes is blue green water. The upper third is the far shore of trees and mountains in the distance. There is grey sky along the top.
Subject
landscape, lake
mountain
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Dorothy V. Whyte, West Vancouver, 1970
Catalogue Number
WhD.02.01
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Cascade Mountain 1908

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Artist
John Donaldson Curren (1852 – 1940, Canadian)
Date
1908
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
CuJ.02.01
Description
General colour: green. Across the bottom is grass and then a lake with two boats on it; one in the center and one to the left in the distance. The far shore is one third up and gives way to a mountain. The peak is in the middle near the top. Sky is on both sides.
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Artist
John Donaldson Curren (1852 – 1940, Canadian)
Title
Cascade Mountain 1908
Date
1908
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
35.3 x 43.2 cm
Description
General colour: green. Across the bottom is grass and then a lake with two boats on it; one in the center and one to the left in the distance. The far shore is one third up and gives way to a mountain. The peak is in the middle near the top. Sky is on both sides.
Subject
landscape
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1974
Catalogue Number
CuJ.02.01
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Date
1968 – 1970
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.073
Description
Lake O’Hara in foreground, Cathedral Mountain beyond.
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Title
Cathedral Mountain
Date
1968 – 1970
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
25.4 x 30.3 cm
Description
Lake O’Hara in foreground, Cathedral Mountain beyond.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Lake O’Hara
Cathedral Mountain
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.073
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Date
1968
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.159
Description
Cathedral Mountain shouded in clouds, across Lake O’Hara.
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Title
Cathedral Mountain
Date
1968
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
28.0 x 35.5 cm
Description
Cathedral Mountain shouded in clouds, across Lake O’Hara.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Cathedral Mountain
Lake O’Hara
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.159
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Cathedral Mountain in Wapta Muck

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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Date
1968
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.231
Description
Cathedral rises through the whisps of circling cloud covering. The green blue, splashes of paint at the base of the mountain gives the impression of a thick forest. Beige strokes of paint stretch up to the purplish mass of rock beyond the treeline. Catharine is encompassed by a grey sky.
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Title
Cathedral Mountain in Wapta Muck
Date
1968
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
25.4 x 30.3 cm
Description
Cathedral rises through the whisps of circling cloud covering. The green blue, splashes of paint at the base of the mountain gives the impression of a thick forest. Beige strokes of paint stretch up to the purplish mass of rock beyond the treeline. Catharine is encompassed by a grey sky.
Subject
landscape
mountain
Canadian Rockies
lake
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.231
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Artist
Earl F. Spencer
Date
1962
Medium
oil on canvas on board
Catalogue Number
SpE.02.03
Description
Study of an man sitting on a rock, he holds a pipe across his knees, his hair is braided and he wears one feather in it.
Artist
Earl F. Spencer
Title
Chief Sitting Bull
Date
1962
Medium
oil on canvas on board
Dimensions
40.5 x 30.5 cm
Description
Study of an man sitting on a rock, he holds a pipe across his knees, his hair is braided and he wears one feather in it.
Subject
figure, male
Indigenous
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
SpE.02.03
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Artist
Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)
Date
1969
Medium
graphite; coloured graphite on curfew paper
Catalogue Number
SiR.03.03
Description
Small sketch of a road with foothills rolling off on either side of the road. The road leads to a mountain range; blue coloured pencil is used to accent the mountain peaks as well as blue spot rain/snow drops centre under image. Artist signature: centre under image Sinclair ‘69.
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Artist
Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)
Title
Chilcotin Road
Date
1969
Medium
graphite; coloured graphite on curfew paper
Dimensions
26.5 x 31.6 cm
Description
Small sketch of a road with foothills rolling off on either side of the road. The road leads to a mountain range; blue coloured pencil is used to accent the mountain peaks as well as blue spot rain/snow drops centre under image. Artist signature: centre under image Sinclair ‘69.
Subject
landscape
mountains
road
blue
Credit
Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2010
Catalogue Number
SiR.03.03
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Churchyard, Sandwich Kent

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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Date
c. 1909
Medium
graphite on paper board
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.083
Description
Scene with a stone wall to the left and some trees to the right and a church in the middle background.“This sketch probably dates from 1909 when the Collings family lived in Sandwich in the year prior to their emigration to Canada.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda …
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Title
Churchyard, Sandwich Kent
Date
c. 1909
Medium
graphite on paper board
Dimensions
28.5 x 38 cm
Description
Scene with a stone wall to the left and some trees to the right and a church in the middle background.“This sketch probably dates from 1909 when the Collings family lived in Sandwich in the year prior to their emigration to Canada.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda HeathOn the back is a sketch of the port side of a ship with a life boat of pulleys.
Subject
landscape
Credit
Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1982
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.083
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Artist
Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)
Date
1969
Medium
graphite; crayon on curfew paper
Catalogue Number
SiR.03.08
Description
A road runs through the centre of the piece. Above the road is a cloud coloured in crayon in shades of purple and pink.
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Artist
Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)
Title
Clouded Road
Date
1969
Medium
graphite; crayon on curfew paper
Dimensions
26.1 x 31.5 cm
Description
A road runs through the centre of the piece. Above the road is a cloud coloured in crayon in shades of purple and pink.
Subject
landscape
road
mountain
pink
purple
Credit
Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2010
Catalogue Number
SiR.03.08
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Corporal Windsor 1941

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1962 – 1966
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.354
Description
Pencil drawing on paper of a soldier’s head. One is more complete, with pillbox hat, decorative collar, and the beginnings of facial features. The other is more lightly drawn and detached from the collar. Underneath these drawings are the words: Corporal Windsor 1941.all of this appears in the uppe…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Corporal Windsor 1941
Date
1962 – 1966
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
21.4 x 27.5 cm
Description
Pencil drawing on paper of a soldier’s head. One is more complete, with pillbox hat, decorative collar, and the beginnings of facial features. The other is more lightly drawn and detached from the collar. Underneath these drawings are the words: Corporal Windsor 1941.all of this appears in the upper left corner. The paper is embossed with the words HOWARD SMITH VICTORY WAR BONDS CANADA.
Subject
Blind Date
soldier
John Windsor
Peter Whyte;
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.354
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