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Approaching Fernie on Hwy 3 West

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Artist: John Hartman (1950 – , Canadian)

Date: 2011

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: HaO.05.03

Description: Watercolour of mountains on Highway 3 West entering Fernie.

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Artist: John Hartman (1950 – , Canadian)

Title: Approaching Fernie on Hwy 3 West

Date: 2011

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 28 x 35.5 cm

Description: Watercolour of mountains on Highway 3 West entering Fernie.

Subject: landscape, Highway 3 West Fernie, mountains

Credit: Gift of John Hartman, Tiny, 2014

Catalogue Number: HaO.05.03

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The Athabasca Glacier

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Artist: John Hartman (1950 – , Canadian)

Date: 2014

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: HaO.05.29

Description: Watercolour of the Athabasca Glacier. Light blue boarders and soft colours.

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Artist: John Hartman (1950 – , Canadian)

Title: The Athabasca Glacier

Date: 2014

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 22.86 x 28.58 cm

Description: Watercolour of the Athabasca Glacier. Light blue boarders and soft colours.

Subject: mountain; hartman; watercolour; landscape;

Credit: Gift of John Hartman, Tiny, 2017

Catalogue Number: HaO.05.29

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Barrier Mountain

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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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Before the White Man Came

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Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Date: 1969

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.30

Description: The painting is dominated by a large bison midcentre left grazing in a herd in the foothills. The mountains are behind under a dark blue and yellow sky.

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Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Title: Before the White Man Came

Date: 1969

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 11.3 x 16.3 cm

Description: The painting is dominated by a large bison midcentre left grazing in a herd in the foothills. The mountains are behind under a dark blue and yellow sky.

Subject: animal, buffalo; landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; foothills

Credit: Gift of Unknown, 1978

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.30

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Boats in Harbour, 1963

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Artist: Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)

Date: 1963

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: PhW.05.03

Description: Colour: grey, brown, green. The lower two thirds is calm grey water in which a row of four boats is reflected. The boats fill the upper third. The second boat from the left is called Symphony II.

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Artist: Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)

Title: Boats in Harbour, 1963

Date: 1963

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 41.6 x 45.0 cm

Description: Colour: grey, brown, green. The lower two thirds is calm grey water in which a row of four boats is reflected. The boats fill the upper third. The second boat from the left is called Symphony II.

Subject: ocean; boats

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1969

Catalogue Number: PhW.05.03

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Bow Lake

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Artist: John Hartman (1950 – , Canadian)

Date: 2014

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: HaO.05.12

Description: Watercolour of Bow Lake. Light blue boarder

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Artist: John Hartman (1950 – , Canadian)

Title: Bow Lake

Date: 2014

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 22.86 x 28.58 cm

Description: Watercolour of Bow Lake. Light blue boarder

Subject: mountain; bow lake; watercolour; hartman; landscape;

Credit: Gift of John Hartman, Tiny, 2017

Catalogue Number: HaO.05.12

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Bow Lake, 1962

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Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Date: 1962

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.59

Description: Blue sky with large cloud at left, mountains in background across image with Bow Lake below them. Green grassy area with trees in foreground of image. Title and “Canadian Rockies” written on mat.

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Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Title: Bow Lake, 1962

Date: 1962

Medium: watercolour on paper

Description: Blue sky with large cloud at left, mountains in background across image with Bow Lake below them. Green grassy area with trees in foreground of image. Title and “Canadian Rockies” written on mat.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; Bow Lake

Credit: Gift of James (Jr.) Simpson, Rocky Mountain House, 2000

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.59

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Bow Lake and Crowfoot Glacier

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Artist: Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian)

Date: 1964

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: MiJ.05.06

Description: The general colours are green, blue, grey, brown, mauve, purple and white. The painting is divided in half for dominance. The bottom-half is the icy blue/green and white of the frozen lake; on the viewer’s far right there are two small evergreens in the snow. The top-half comprises the mountains an…

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Artist: Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian)

Title: Bow Lake and Crowfoot Glacier

Date: 1964

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 37.2 x 56.0 cm

Description: The general colours are green, blue, grey, brown, mauve, purple and white. The painting is divided in half for dominance. The bottom-half is the icy blue/green and white of the frozen lake; on the viewer’s far right there are two small evergreens in the snow. The top-half comprises the mountains and glacier; viewer’s right the scree slope and upward sweep of a mountain, moving to the left is the next mountain with its white and blue glacier top and blue sweep down the middle of the mountain. Lower mid-centre is the glacier snow field and to the left is a brown and white mountain. The gloomy sky is grey and white swirling clouds with hints of yellow through the grey and blue sky beyond.

Subject: landscape; mountain; Bow Glacier; Bow Lake; Janet Holly Middleton

Credit: Gift of Mary Garnham Andrews, Banff, 2009

Catalogue Number: MiJ.05.06

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Bow Lake and the Crowfoot Glacier

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Artist: John Hartman (1950 – , Canadian)

Date: 2014

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: HaO.05.13

Description: Watercolour or Bow Lake and Crowfoot Glacier. Blue boarder

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Artist: John Hartman (1950 – , Canadian)

Title: Bow Lake and the Crowfoot Glacier

Date: 2014

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 22.86 x 28.58 cm

Description: Watercolour or Bow Lake and Crowfoot Glacier. Blue boarder

Subject: mountain; bow lake; watercolour; hartman; landscape

Credit: Gift of John Hartman, Tiny, 2017

Catalogue Number: HaO.05.13

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Bow Lake, Looking North, 1969

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Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Date: 1969

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.62

Description: Bow Lake is seen in foreground of image, mountains can be seen in the distance in the upper left corner and are reflected in the lake. Trees form a line along the lake’s shore from the centre of the image out to the far right centre. They are also reflected in the lake. The sky is quite yellow o…

Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Title: Bow Lake, Looking North, 1969

Date: 1969

Medium: watercolour on paper

Description: Bow Lake is seen in foreground of image, mountains can be seen in the distance in the upper left corner and are reflected in the lake. Trees form a line along the lake’s shore from the centre of the image out to the far right centre. They are also reflected in the lake. The sky is quite yellow on the right but changes to blue on the left of the sky.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; Bow Lake

Credit: Gift of James (Jr.) Simpson, Rocky Mountain House, 2000

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.62

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Canadian Rockies

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Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Date: 1966

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.34

Description: Merry Xmas & Happy New Year from Mr. & Mrs. J. Simpson Sr. 1966-7.

Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Title: Canadian Rockies

Date: 1966

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 17.5 x 11.0 cm

Description: Merry Xmas & Happy New Year from Mr. & Mrs. J. Simpson Sr. 1966-7.

Subject: landscape; mountain

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

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.34

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Canadian Rockies, 1965

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Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Date: 1965

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.67

Description: A mountain range runs horizontally across the painting in the upper centre. The mountains are painted in yellows, blues and purples. A snow covered area which looks like a glacier or lake is cropped at the left in the foreground. A few rocky outcrops stick up out of this area. A green slope ris…

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Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Title: Canadian Rockies, 1965

Date: 1965

Medium: watercolour on paper

Description: A mountain range runs horizontally across the painting in the upper centre. The mountains are painted in yellows, blues and purples. A snow covered area which looks like a glacier or lake is cropped at the left in the foreground. A few rocky outcrops stick up out of this area. A green slope rises up on the right and is cut off.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies

Credit: Gift of James (Jr.) Simpson, Rocky Mountain House, 2000

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.67

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Canal Flats

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Artist: John Hartman (1950 – , Canadian)

Date: 2011

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: HaO.05.11

Description: Watercolour of Canal Flats, river and trees in forefront, mountains in background straight across, lake to left

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Artist: John Hartman (1950 – , Canadian)

Title: Canal Flats

Date: 2011

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 28.5 x 35.5 cm

Description: Watercolour of Canal Flats, river and trees in forefront, mountains in background straight across, lake to left

Subject: landscape, Canal Flats, mountains, river

Credit: Gift of John Hartman, Tiny, 2014

Catalogue Number: HaO.05.11

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Charlie Locke

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Artist: John Hartman (1950 – , Canadian)

Date: 2014

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: HaO.05.14

Description: Watercolour, full face, bust portrait of Charlie Locke.

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Artist: John Hartman (1950 – , Canadian)

Title: Charlie Locke

Date: 2014

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 31.1 x 43.18 cm

Description: Watercolour, full face, bust portrait of Charlie Locke.

Subject: watercolour; portrait; locke; hartman

Credit: Gift of John Hartman, Tiny, 2017

Catalogue Number: HaO.05.14

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Charlie Locke, the Balfour Glacier

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Artist: John Hartman (1950 – , Canadian)

Date: 2014

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: HaO.05.15

Description: Watercolour, three-quarter view, bust portrait of Charlie Locke. Mountainous scenery in the back ground with three other objects over top.

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Artist: John Hartman (1950 – , Canadian)

Title: Charlie Locke, the Balfour Glacier

Date: 2014

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 57.15 x 62.23 cm

Description: Watercolour, three-quarter view, bust portrait of Charlie Locke. Mountainous scenery in the back ground with three other objects over top.

Subject: watercolour; mountain; hartman; locke; portrait

Credit: Gift of John Hartman, Tiny, 2017

Catalogue Number: HaO.05.15

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Chic Scott, Banff

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Artist: John Hartman (1950 – , Canadian)

Date: 2014

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: HaO.05.16

Description: Watercolour, three-quarter, bust portrait of Chic Scott in Banff.

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Artist: John Hartman (1950 – , Canadian)

Title: Chic Scott, Banff

Date: 2014

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 31.1 x 43.18 cm

Description: Watercolour, three-quarter, bust portrait of Chic Scott in Banff.

Subject: watercolour; scott; portrait; hartman;

Credit: Gift of John Hartman, Tiny, 2017

Catalogue Number: HaO.05.16

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Chic Scott, the Lyells

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Artist: John Hartman (1950 – , Canadian)

Date: 2015

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: HaO.05.17

Description: Watercolour, three-quarter, bust portrait of Chic Scott. Mountainous scenery behind him with other figures.

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Artist: John Hartman (1950 – , Canadian)

Title: Chic Scott, the Lyells

Date: 2015

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 57.15 x 62.23 cm

Description: Watercolour, three-quarter, bust portrait of Chic Scott. Mountainous scenery behind him with other figures.

Subject: mountain; watercolour; hartman; scott; portrait

Credit: Gift of John Hartman, Tiny, 2017

Catalogue Number: HaO.05.17

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Chilcotin Road

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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.