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Airplane Lake, British Columbia

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Artist: Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)

Date: 1936

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaE.05.02

Description: General colour: light green, brown. The lake sits in the lower third of the picture between two points of grassy treed land. One comes from the left side across the bottom, the other from the right side, part way up to right of center. A brown mountain range rises up from the lake and to the right …

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Artist: Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)

Title: Airplane Lake, British Columbia

Date: 1936

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 26.9 x 43.5 cm

Description: General colour: light green, brown. The lake sits in the lower third of the picture between two points of grassy treed land. One comes from the left side across the bottom, the other from the right side, part way up to right of center. A brown mountain range rises up from the lake and to the right side. Sky beyond with two birds flying center and left.

Subject: landscape; mountain; lake; Ernest Lamarque

Credit: Gift of Ernest Lamarque (Estate), 1971

Catalogue Number: LaE.05.02

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Alpine Valley near Manson Creek, B.C.

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Artist: Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)

Date: 1959

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaE.05.53

Description: see photobrhc E.L. 1959”

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Artist: Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)

Title: Alpine Valley near Manson Creek, B.C.

Date: 1959

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 13.9 x 18.0 cm

Description: see photobrhc E.L. 1959”

Subject: landscape; mountains; valley; Ernest Lamarque

Credit: Gift of Ernest Lamarque (Estate), 1971

Catalogue Number: LaE.05.53

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At Lake Minnewanka

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Artist: Doris Cormie

Date: 1938

Medium: painting on paper

Catalogue Number: CmD.05.05

Description: A watercolour landscape painting of mountains and a lake. There are three grey mountains in the background and behind them is a cloudless blue sky. In the foreground is a blue-green lake. On the bottom right, part of the shore with three large rocks, is visible. In the centre at the bottom, a few b…

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Artist: Doris Cormie

Title: At Lake Minnewanka

Date: 1938

Medium: painting on paper

Dimensions: 26.0 x 37.0 cm

Description: A watercolour landscape painting of mountains and a lake. There are three grey mountains in the background and behind them is a cloudless blue sky. In the foreground is a blue-green lake. On the bottom right, part of the shore with three large rocks, is visible. In the centre at the bottom, a few branches and two logs are breaking through the water. On the left side a large boulder sits in the water. In the middle ground there is forest along the lake shore. The forest starts out of frame on the right and extends just over halfway across the painting. Behind the forest on the left are two green hills. Greys, blues, greens and brown are the primary colours used. The artist signature is in the bottom rhc. Au verso, written in pencil along the bottom edge is, “At Lake Minnewanka aug 28/38 Doris Cormie” and also in pencil in the centre of the paper is “27” with a circle around it. Just right of centre near the top is written, “5334”.

Subject: landscape; lake; mountains; Doris Cormie

Credit: Gift of Barry Hunter Gillis, Richmond, 2006

Catalogue Number: CmD.05.05

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Athabasca River near Fort McMurray

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Artist: Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)

Date: 1930

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaE.05.03

Description: General colour: dark grey with blue and green on white. The river takes up lower third. A steep cliff rises up on the left side; there are trees on top. Blue hills can be seen in the distance on the right; trees diminish on both sides of the river. Cloudy sky above.

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Artist: Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)

Title: Athabasca River near Fort McMurray

Date: 1930

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 21.2 x 29.0 cm

Description: General colour: dark grey with blue and green on white. The river takes up lower third. A steep cliff rises up on the left side; there are trees on top. Blue hills can be seen in the distance on the right; trees diminish on both sides of the river. Cloudy sky above.

Subject: landscape; river, Athabasca; Ernest Lamarque

Credit: Gift of Ernest Lamarque (Estate), 1971

Catalogue Number: LaE.05.03

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Autumn Evening, 1958

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

Date: 1958

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.60

Description: Cloudy, moonlit scene, mountains in background stretch across image, Bow Lake at the foot of the mountains in the foreground. In the immediate foreground at the bottom of the image is the shore of the lake, a few trees on it. At the centre left of the image, a line of trees on the bank extends i…

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

Title: Autumn Evening, 1958

Date: 1958

Medium: watercolour on paper

Description: Cloudy, moonlit scene, mountains in background stretch across image, Bow Lake at the foot of the mountains in the foreground. In the immediate foreground at the bottom of the image is the shore of the lake, a few trees on it. At the centre left of the image, a line of trees on the bank extends in towards the middle of the image.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; Bow Lake

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

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.60

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Banff Springs Hotel, Rocky Mountains 1887

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Artist: C. Firth

Date: 1887

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: FiC.05.01

Description: Scene showing Banff springs hotel at right perched on a hillside. In the background the Bow River winds through a valley between Tunnel Mountain and Mt. Roundly. More mountains in distance. Trees in foreground. My. Roundly is hazy, almost unfinished in appearance.

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Artist: C. Firth

Title: Banff Springs Hotel, Rocky Mountains 1887

Date: 1887

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 12.0 x 16.0 cm

Description: Scene showing Banff springs hotel at right perched on a hillside. In the background the Bow River winds through a valley between Tunnel Mountain and Mt. Roundly. More mountains in distance. Trees in foreground. My. Roundly is hazy, almost unfinished in appearance.

Subject: mountains; Banff; Bow River; Alberta; Banff Springs Hotel

Credit: Gift of Dorothy and Jim McLeod, Calgary, 2021

Catalogue Number: FiC.05.01

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Big Bar, Muskwa River

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Artist: Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)

Date: 1936

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaE.05.46

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Artist: Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)

Title: Big Bar, Muskwa River

Date: 1936

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 22.3 x 30.3 cm

Subject: landscape; mountains; river, Finlay; Ernest Lamarque

Credit: Gift of Ernest Lamarque (Estate), 1971

Catalogue Number: LaE.05.46

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Boats, Wharf at Banff

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Artist: Clifford Foard Robinson (1916 – 1992, Canadian)

Date: c. 1939

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: RbC.05.01

Description: Close up view of a small dock with 6 small row boats moored in the water next too it. Two additional boats (row or canoes) are upside down on the dock. In the foreground are grasses and a plank at left leading from bank to dock. The background has a grassy bank. Faint “C.R” in lower right corner.

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Artist: Clifford Foard Robinson (1916 – 1992, Canadian)

Title: Boats, Wharf at Banff

Date: c. 1939

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 23.0 x 30.0 cm

Description: Close up view of a small dock with 6 small row boats moored in the water next too it. Two additional boats (row or canoes) are upside down on the dock. In the foreground are grasses and a plank at left leading from bank to dock. The background has a grassy bank. Faint “C.R” in lower right corner.

Subject: boats; Banff; canoes; rowboats

Credit: Gift of Ron Robinson, Nelson, 2023

Catalogue Number: RbC.05.01

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Bogside Scotland

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Artist: John Donaldson Curren (1852 – 1940, Canadian)

Date: later than 1883

Medium: ink; watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: CuJ.05.01

Description: General colour: green, orange. Central image is a house. Half of the roof is tiled with orange brick. There are trees to the left and behind. In front are fields and a cross the bottom, is a brown fence. Sky is grey.

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Artist: John Donaldson Curren (1852 – 1940, Canadian)

Title: Bogside Scotland

Date: later than 1883

Medium: ink; watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 14.25 x 18.75 cm

Description: General colour: green, orange. Central image is a house. Half of the roof is tiled with orange brick. There are trees to the left and behind. In front are fields and a cross the bottom, is a brown fence. Sky is grey.

Subject: landscape; architecture; rural

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1974

Catalogue Number: CuJ.05.01

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Bow River NWT, 1887

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Artist: C. Firth

Date: 1887

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: FiC.05.02

Description: Large river [The Bow River] with snow-capped mountains at back and stands of conifers on the banks. River winds from left foreground into right background. Stand of trees at right foreground.

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Artist: C. Firth

Title: Bow River NWT, 1887

Date: 1887

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 12.0 x 16.0 cm

Description: Large river [The Bow River] with snow-capped mountains at back and stands of conifers on the banks. River winds from left foreground into right background. Stand of trees at right foreground.

Subject: mountains; Banff; Bow River; Alberta

Credit: Gift of Dorothy and Jim McLeod, Calgary, 2021

Catalogue Number: FiC.05.02

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Camp 50 Miles N. E. of Fort Ware B.C.

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Artist: Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)

Date: 1934

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaE.05.23

Description: “Camp 50 Miles N. E. of Ft Ware B.C. Chesterfield Creek” lhc

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Artist: Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)

Title: Camp 50 Miles N. E. of Fort Ware B.C.

Date: 1934

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 30.3 x 45.4 cm

Description: “Camp 50 Miles N. E. of Ft Ware B.C. Chesterfield Creek” lhc

Subject: landscape; mountains; camp; Ernest Lamarque

Credit: Gift of Ernest Lamarque (Estate), 1971

Catalogue Number: LaE.05.23

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Camp in Sifton Pass, B.C.

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Artist: Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)

Date: 1935

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaE.05.06

Description: General colour: green. At the left side pitched in the grass is a lean to with two figures by a campfire. Smoke goes left and up into trees which rise on the left side becoming smaller as they go right across the picture into the distance. Two mountains can be seen on the right side in the distance…

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Artist: Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)

Title: Camp in Sifton Pass, B.C.

Date: 1935

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 18.4 x 26.3 cm

Description: General colour: green. At the left side pitched in the grass is a lean to with two figures by a campfire. Smoke goes left and up into trees which rise on the left side becoming smaller as they go right across the picture into the distance. Two mountains can be seen on the right side in the distance. Sky fills the upper half.

Subject: landscape; mountains; camping; people; Ernest Lamarque

Credit: Gift of Ernest Lamarque (Estate), 1971

Catalogue Number: LaE.05.06

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Camp Midway Between Ft. Ware and Dease Lake B.C.

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Artist: Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)

Date: 1934

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaE.05.24

Description: lhc: E. L. 1934 Camp midway between Ft. Ware BC and Dease Lake BC

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Artist: Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)

Title: Camp Midway Between Ft. Ware and Dease Lake B.C.

Date: 1934

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 30.3 x 45.4 cm

Description: lhc: E. L. 1934 Camp midway between Ft. Ware BC and Dease Lake BC

Subject: landscape; mountains; camp; Ernest Lamarque

Credit: Gift of Ernest Lamarque (Estate), 1971

Catalogue Number: LaE.05.24

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Camp near Dease Lake, B.C.

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Artist: Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)

Date: 1935

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaE.05.05

Description: General colour: pale pink, blue and green on white. In the lower third are sparse pine trees - to the right are two figures by a white tent and a camp fire. The white mountains pale in the distance. Pink and blue sky fill the top third.

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Artist: Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)

Title: Camp near Dease Lake, B.C.

Date: 1935

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 24.4 x 35.2 cm

Description: General colour: pale pink, blue and green on white. In the lower third are sparse pine trees - to the right are two figures by a white tent and a camp fire. The white mountains pale in the distance. Pink and blue sky fill the top third.

Subject: landscape; forest; camp; Ernest Lamarque

Credit: Gift of Ernest Lamarque (Estate), 1971

Catalogue Number: LaE.05.05

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Canyons Of Muskwa, Northern B.C.

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Artist: Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)

Date: prior to 1970

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaE.05.04

Description: General colour: green, blue, brown. Boulders and rock face rise up on left and right side. Water winds up from bottom center towards left side and disappears around the bend. Blue and white mountains peek over the foreround rocks. Beyond is clouded blue sky.

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Artist: Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)

Title: Canyons Of Muskwa, Northern B.C.

Date: prior to 1970

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 30.5 x 46.7 cm

Description: General colour: green, blue, brown. Boulders and rock face rise up on left and right side. Water winds up from bottom center towards left side and disappears around the bend. Blue and white mountains peek over the foreround rocks. Beyond is clouded blue sky.

Subject: landscape; mountains; river, Muskwa; Ernest Lamarque

Credit: Gift of Ernest Lamarque (Estate), 1971

Catalogue Number: LaE.05.04

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Caribou Highway

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Artist: Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)

Date: prior to 1958

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaE.05.07

Description: General colour: green, yellow, blue. A road and railrway tracks come in and out on the left side. Trees grow near the river which appears at the bottom right corner and goes up into the center. The right bank starts as rocks, becomes trees, becomes slope, becomes mountain peak. Sky at the top.

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Artist: Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)

Title: Caribou Highway

Date: prior to 1958

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 43.2 x 28.2 cm

Description: General colour: green, yellow, blue. A road and railrway tracks come in and out on the left side. Trees grow near the river which appears at the bottom right corner and goes up into the center. The right bank starts as rocks, becomes trees, becomes slope, becomes mountain peak. Sky at the top.

Subject: landscape; river; mountains; Ernest Lamarque

Credit: Gift of Ernest Lamarque (Estate), 1971

Catalogue Number: LaE.05.07

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Falls and Mist

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

Date: 1951

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: PhW.05.04

Description: General colour: tan with bits of green and purple. White apron comes down from the top left across the center to the bottom right corner. Yellow rocks jut from the right side. In the foreground to the left are boulders and bits of green shrubbery and grass.

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

Title: Falls and Mist

Date: 1951

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 36.8 x 53.6 cm

Description: General colour: tan with bits of green and purple. White apron comes down from the top left across the center to the bottom right corner. Yellow rocks jut from the right side. In the foreground to the left are boulders and bits of green shrubbery and grass.

Subject: landscape; mountain; waterfall

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

Catalogue Number: PhW.05.04

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Finlay Forks, B.C.

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Artist: Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)

Date: 1954

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaE.05.62

Description: Foreground blue water; what appears to be a small island mid-centre, a pile of brush in the water viewer’s right. Black tree trunks and some sparse vegetation beyond, two buildings viewer’s left with blue mountains beyond; a dark grey sky overhead.

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Artist: Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)

Title: Finlay Forks, B.C.

Date: 1954

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 39.2 x 56.8 cm

Description: Foreground blue water; what appears to be a small island mid-centre, a pile of brush in the water viewer’s right. Black tree trunks and some sparse vegetation beyond, two buildings viewer’s left with blue mountains beyond; a dark grey sky overhead.