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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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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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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, 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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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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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Date
1971
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.46
Description
Vivid colours depicting a lake in the foreground, green growth to the front and right of water, dark trees and mountain slope. Multi coloured bank, growth trees to the left. Varied coloured mountains in the background, yellow and blue sky.
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Title
Consolation Lake
Date
1971
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
21.0 x 27.1 cm
Description
Vivid colours depicting a lake in the foreground, green growth to the front and right of water, dark trees and mountain slope. Multi coloured bank, growth trees to the left. Varied coloured mountains in the background, yellow and blue sky.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
lake
mountain
Credit
Gift of Audrey Campbell, Banff, 1991
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.46
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Crowfoot Glacier, Bow Lake

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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Date
1943
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.02
Description
Colour: blue, green. The land across the lower quarter is very coloured. One evergreen stands on the waters edge left of center. A little stream of water comes into the lake from the lower right. The far shore rises half way up to mountains and glacier. Blue sky goes across the top.
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Title
Crowfoot Glacier, Bow Lake
Date
1943
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
24.4 x 34.6 cm
Description
Colour: blue, green. The land across the lower quarter is very coloured. One evergreen stands on the waters edge left of center. A little stream of water comes into the lake from the lower right. The far shore rises half way up to mountains and glacier. Blue sky goes across the top.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
glacier
lake
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.02
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East End of Mt. Athabasca

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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.66
Description
Mt. Athabasca is cropped at the centre right of the image. It runs from the right of the painting into the middle of the image. The mountain is snow-capped. Grassy hills of green, yellow and brown make up the forground. The sky is yellow on the left of the image and purple and blue on the right.
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Title
East End of Mt. Athabasca
Date
n.d.
Medium
watercolour on paper
Description
Mt. Athabasca is cropped at the centre right of the image. It runs from the right of the painting into the middle of the image. The mountain is snow-capped. Grassy hills of green, yellow and brown make up the forground. The sky is yellow on the left of the image and purple and blue on the right.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Mt. Athabasca
Credit
Gift of James (Jr.) Simpson, Rocky Mountain House, 2000
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.66
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Glacier Lake from the Saskatchewan River Crossing

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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Date
1940
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.44
Description
Lake with reflections centre and lower right; an island protrudes from the centre right edge; yellow/brown hill bottom left with evergreens, 2 dead standing trees; mountains and green hills in background; pale blue sky. Handwritten on separate backing (in artist's hand): Jim Looking onto Glacier La…
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Title
Glacier Lake from the Saskatchewan River Crossing
Date
1940
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
26.0 x 35.1 cm
Description
Lake with reflections centre and lower right; an island protrudes from the centre right edge; yellow/brown hill bottom left with evergreens, 2 dead standing trees; mountains and green hills in background; pale blue sky. Handwritten on separate backing (in artist's hand): Jim Looking onto Glacier Lake from the Saskatchewan River Crossing where you and Shane Graham camped. Credit both The Banff Centre and Mrs. J. I. Brewster in any exhibition or publication of the collection, either in whole or in part. Banff Centre catalogue numbers: 81 0309 A; 20662
Subject
landscape
mountain
Credit
Gift of Banff Centre Brewster Donation, Banff, 1986
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.44
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Date
1941
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.43
Description
Mount Assiniboine is centre left; a moon to the right of the mountain between clouds; evergreen trees and snow in foreground. Credit both The Banff Centre and Mrs. J. I. Brewster in any exhibition or publication of the collection, either in whole or in part. Banff Centre catalogue numbers: 81 0319 …
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Title
Mount Assiniboine
Date
1941
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
30.4 x 22.8 cm
Description
Mount Assiniboine is centre left; a moon to the right of the mountain between clouds; evergreen trees and snow in foreground. Credit both The Banff Centre and Mrs. J. I. Brewster in any exhibition or publication of the collection, either in whole or in part. Banff Centre catalogue numbers: 81 0319 A; 20663
Subject
landscape
mountain
Credit
Gift of Banff Centre Brewster Donation, Banff, 1986
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.43
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Date
1942
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.16
Description
Gold and green bank to the left foreground. Blue lake with moonlight shining on it mid foreground reaching back to the treed shoreline. On the right is the green flank of Sulphur Mountain and midcentre and left are dominated by moonlit Mount Rundle. The sky is bright with a full moon. This is a Chr…
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Title
Mount Rundle
Date
1942
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
11.4 x 13.0 cm
Description
Gold and green bank to the left foreground. Blue lake with moonlight shining on it mid foreground reaching back to the treed shoreline. On the right is the green flank of Sulphur Mountain and midcentre and left are dominated by moonlit Mount Rundle. The sky is bright with a full moon. This is a Christmas card, greeting and signature in brc.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
lake
Vermilion
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.16
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Date
1929
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.47
Description
Gold, red and green bank with evergreens to the left foreground. Green and blue lake with moonlight shining on it mid foreground reaching back to the treed shoreline. On the right is the dark flank of Sulphur Mountain and midcentre and left are dominated by moonlit Mount Rundle. The sky is bright w…
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Title
Mount Rundle
Date
1929
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
18.6 x 22.6 cm
Description
Gold, red and green bank with evergreens to the left foreground. Green and blue lake with moonlight shining on it mid foreground reaching back to the treed shoreline. On the right is the dark flank of Sulphur Mountain and midcentre and left are dominated by moonlit Mount Rundle. The sky is bright with a full moon.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
lake
mountain
Credit
Gift of Audrey Campbell, Banff, 1991
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.47
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Mount Temple, Canadian Rockies

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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Date
1972
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.09
Description
Colour: blue, green, brown. Lower half is water on the left and a brown shore in the lower right corner. Yellow grass grows at the left side of the far shore. Two trees go up the left side. Three go up on the right. The upper half is a mountain at center. Blue sky above.
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Title
Mount Temple, Canadian Rockies
Date
1972
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
20.4 x 23.8 cm
Description
Colour: blue, green, brown. Lower half is water on the left and a brown shore in the lower right corner. Yellow grass grows at the left side of the far shore. Two trees go up the left side. Three go up on the right. The upper half is a mountain at center. Blue sky above.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
water
Credit
Gift of Gus (Mrs.) Baracos, Banff, 1978
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.09
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Mt. Bonney, British Columbia

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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Date
1962
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.68
Description
Blue and green hills or mountains on either side of the image form a valley in the centre of it. A flat area with trees on it makes up the foreground and a snowcapped mountain in the centre background is framed by either side of the valley.
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Title
Mt. Bonney, British Columbia
Date
1962
Medium
watercolour on paper
Description
Blue and green hills or mountains on either side of the image form a valley in the centre of it. A flat area with trees on it makes up the foreground and a snowcapped mountain in the centre background is framed by either side of the valley.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Mt. Bonney
British Columbia
Credit
Gift of James (Jr.) Simpson, Rocky Mountain House, 2000
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.68
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Date
1930
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.01
Description
Two tents are pitched lower left, trees to right, yellow/green foreground, blue mountain in background, yellowish, light blue sky.
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Title
On the Trail
Date
1930
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
17.0 x 22.1 cm
Description
Two tents are pitched lower left, trees to right, yellow/green foreground, blue mountain in background, yellowish, light blue sky.
Subject
landscape
Candian Rockies
mountain
architecture
building
teepee
tent
Credit
Gift of Lillian Gest, Philadelphia, USA, 1986
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.01
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South from Palliser Pass

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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Date
1961
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.06
Description
Colour: green, blue. Foreground is shrubs and trees sloping down to the center. A bank of trees rises up on the right and further in the distance to the left as well. The valley leads to mountains up center. The sky across the top is yellow at the left and blue at the right.
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Title
South from Palliser Pass
Date
1961
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
19.1 x 24.2 cm
Description
Colour: green, blue. Foreground is shrubs and trees sloping down to the center. A bank of trees rises up on the right and further in the distance to the left as well. The valley leads to mountains up center. The sky across the top is yellow at the left and blue at the right.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
pass
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1967
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.06
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Stream Coming from Peyto Lake

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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Date
1962
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.40
Description
A blue/green stream is centre bottom and dissappears in centre of picture; autumn colours on both banks; evergreen trees also both banks; mountains in background centre of picture; cloudy sky; brc inked markings appears to have been signed and dated then inked out; inscription on brc of mat: Happy …
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Title
Stream Coming from Peyto Lake
Date
1962
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
14.0 x 18.0 cm
Description
A blue/green stream is centre bottom and dissappears in centre of picture; autumn colours on both banks; evergreen trees also both banks; mountains in background centre of picture; cloudy sky; brc inked markings appears to have been signed and dated then inked out; inscription on brc of mat: Happy Xmas & Happy New Year from Simpson clan 1962-63. Credit both The Banff Centre and Mrs.J. I. Brewster in any exhibition of publication of the collection, either in whole or in part. Banff Centre catalogue numbers: 81 0308 A; 20661.
Subject
landscape
mountain
river
Credit
Gift of Banff Centre Brewster Donation, Banff, 1986
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.40
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Date
1969
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.07
Description
Colour: Blue, brown, yellow. Hooking down into a valley which goes from the lower left corner to the middle right area. The treed mountain side rises up on the right side. In the distance above the snow in the upper left area are two mountain peaks. The sky is yellow to pink brown to blue from righ…
Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1969
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
22.9 x 30.5 cm
Description
Colour: Blue, brown, yellow. Hooking down into a valley which goes from the lower left corner to the middle right area. The treed mountain side rises up on the right side. In the distance above the snow in the upper left area are two mountain peaks. The sky is yellow to pink brown to blue from right to left.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
water
Credit
Purchased from Unknown, 1970
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.07
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Date
1962
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.10
Description
Colour: blue, brown, yellow. mountain slopes leaning to the right. In the lower center is a clump of shrubs. Blue sky in the upper half has a yellow patch left of center.
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1962
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
8.3 x 15.1 cm
Description
Colour: blue, brown, yellow. mountain slopes leaning to the right. In the lower center is a clump of shrubs. Blue sky in the upper half has a yellow patch left of center.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1977
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.10
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