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#4 Wildfires

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Artist: Robert Guest (1938 – 2017, Canadian)

Date: 2011

Medium: oil on wood

Catalogue Number: GuR.02.01

Description: A landscape oil painting, on board, of forest on fire. The painting is dominated by one central tree. Fallen tree on fire diagonally across painting in foreground. Background is thick forest on fire and some blue sky with orange smoke. Primarily red, green, blue and yellow color palette. Au verso s…

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Artist: Robert Guest (1938 – 2017, Canadian)

Title: #4 Wildfires

Date: 2011

Medium: oil on wood

Dimensions: 19.2 x 24.3 cm

Description: A landscape oil painting, on board, of forest on fire. The painting is dominated by one central tree. Fallen tree on fire diagonally across painting in foreground. Background is thick forest on fire and some blue sky with orange smoke. Primarily red, green, blue and yellow color palette. Au verso several stickers. At top white with black printing “THIS PAINTING HAS BEEN DONATED TO THE PERMANENT COLLECTION OF THE WHYTE MUSEUM OF THE CANADIAN ROCKIES AT BANFF. IT IS A GIFT FROM THE ARTIST, ROBERT GUEST OF GRANDE CACHE. 2012.” Sticker middle right is yellow with black print, “ CAUTION! HELP AVOID FADING: Display original artwork out of direct sunlight or other strong light, and away from heat or moist conditions!” Bottom left label, white with black printing, “#4. Wildfires./2011” NEW OILPAINT SERIES - 8X10 “ PANELS AT GRANDE CACHE, BY R. GUEST.” Bottom left sticker, blue with black print, see artist bio.

Subject: landscape; forest fire; Robert Guest

Credit: Purchased from Robert Guest, Grande Cache, 2012

Catalogue Number: GuR.02.01

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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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Aaron

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Artist: Sarah Fuller (1978 – , Canadian)

Date: 2010

Medium: photograph on epson premium luster drymounted

Catalogue Number: FuS.18.11

Description: Man in Parks Canada uniform standing with hands in pockets.

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Artist: Sarah Fuller (1978 – , Canadian)

Title: Aaron

Date: 2010

Medium: photograph on epson premium luster drymounted

Dimensions: 101.6 x 76.2 cm

Description: Man in Parks Canada uniform standing with hands in pockets.

Subject: documentary photography; Banff; community; landscape; portrait; Parks Canada

Credit: Gift of Sarah Fuller, Wakefield, 2016

Catalogue Number: FuS.18.11

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Banff Morning

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Artist: Lynn Malin

Date: 2012

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: MaY.02.01

Description: au verso “Wintered Banff Morning” oil/canvas

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Artist: Lynn Malin

Title: Banff Morning

Date: 2012

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 102.0 x 130.5 cm

Description: au verso “Wintered Banff Morning” oil/canvas

Subject: landscape; mountain; town, Banff; winter, morning

Credit: Gift of Lynn Malin, 2013

Catalogue Number: MaY.02.01

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Banff Springs Hotel 1903

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Artist: Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, R. C. A. (1846 – 1923, Canadian)

Date: 1903

Medium: print on paper

Catalogue Number: BeS.04.01

Description: A giclee print repo of F.M. Bell-Smith’s “Banff Springs Hotel 1903” painting. The painting is a landscape of the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel nestled in the mountains. In the background are mountains with their peaks hidden in cloud. To the left of the hotel is the Bow River. In the foreground is a…

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Artist: Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, R. C. A. (1846 – 1923, Canadian)

Title: Banff Springs Hotel 1903

Date: 1903

Medium: print on paper

Dimensions: 30.1 x 45.8 cm

Description: A giclee print repo of F.M. Bell-Smith’s “Banff Springs Hotel 1903” painting. The painting is a landscape of the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel nestled in the mountains. In the background are mountains with their peaks hidden in cloud. To the left of the hotel is the Bow River. In the foreground is a field with a path on the left. On the path is a figure or possibly two figures (a woman and child?). The path leads to a line of trees and behind the trees a hotel with orange-brown roofing can be seen. The colour palette is primarily green, blue and yellow. The artist signature is in the bottom left hand corner, “FM Bell Smith”.

Subject: BSH; landscape; F.M. Bell-Smith

Credit: Gift of Kerry Guenter, 2007

Catalogue Number: BeS.04.01

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Banff Springs Hotel 1903

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Artist: Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, R. C. A. (1846 – 1923, Canadian)

Date: 1903

Medium: print on paper

Catalogue Number: BeS.04.02

Description: A giclee print repo of F.M. Bell-Smith’s “Banff Springs Hotel 1903” painting. The painting is a landscape of the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel nestled in the mountains. In the background are mountains with their peaks hidden in cloud. To the left of the hotel is the Bow River. In the foreground is a…

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Artist: Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, R. C. A. (1846 – 1923, Canadian)

Title: Banff Springs Hotel 1903

Date: 1903

Medium: print on paper

Dimensions: 30.4 x 45.8 cm

Description: A giclee print repo of F.M. Bell-Smith’s “Banff Springs Hotel 1903” painting. The painting is a landscape of the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel nestled in the mountains. In the background are mountains with their peaks hidden in cloud. To the left of the hotel is the Bow River. In the foreground is a field with a path on the left. On the path is a figure or possibly two figures (a woman and child?). The path leads to a line of trees and behind the trees a hotel with orange-brown roofing can be seen. The colour palette is primarily green, blue and yellow. The artist signature is in the bottom left hand corner, “FM Bell Smith”.

Subject: Banff Springs Hotel; landscape; F.M. Bell-Smith

Credit: Gift of Kerry Guenter, 2007

Catalogue Number: BeS.04.02

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Bow Glacier

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Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Date: 1900 – 1965

Medium: pastel on paper

Catalogue Number: LaC.03.03

Description: General colour: white, blue, orange, green on brown. A mountain with purple, blue and orange slopes on the left. A bank of green on the right and snow and rock face above and center. Vague blue and cream shadings in the sky.

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Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Title: Bow Glacier

Date: 1900 – 1965

Medium: pastel on paper

Dimensions: 24.0 x 30.4 cm

Description: General colour: white, blue, orange, green on brown. A mountain with purple, blue and orange slopes on the left. A bank of green on the right and snow and rock face above and center. Vague blue and cream shadings in the sky.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountains

Credit: Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973

Catalogue Number: LaC.03.03

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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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Cards

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Date: 1905

Material: paper

Catalogue Number: 108.01.1007

Description: A red paper box embossed in gold lettering "British Columbia Souvenir Playing Cards, Published by Clarke & Stuart, Vancouver, B.C. On the back is a Joker with Evening, Harrison Lake. The cards inside the box have one coloured scene of a mountain and lake set in a ring of maple leaves and on each ot…

Title: Cards

Date: 1905

Material: paper

Dimensions: 7.0 x 9.5 cm

Description: A red paper box embossed in gold lettering "British Columbia Souvenir Playing Cards, Published by Clarke & Stuart, Vancouver, B.C. On the back is a Joker with Evening, Harrison Lake. The cards inside the box have one coloured scene of a mountain and lake set in a ring of maple leaves and on each other side is a different black and white scene of the west at that time. Also 1 (unbacked) card which is the description of the views.

Subject: souvenir; entertainment; card; landscape; mountain

Credit: Gift of Rory Flanagan, Jasper, 1987

Catalogue Number: 108.01.1007

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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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Cecilia

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Artist: Sarah Fuller (1978 – , Canadian)

Date: 2010

Medium: photograph on epson premium luster drymounted

Catalogue Number: FuS.18.08

Description: Women wearing blue dress and ski’s in snow with mountain landscape in background.

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Artist: Sarah Fuller (1978 – , Canadian)

Title: Cecilia

Date: 2010

Medium: photograph on epson premium luster drymounted

Dimensions: 101.6 x 76.2 cm

Description: Women wearing blue dress and ski’s in snow with mountain landscape in background.

Subject: documentary photography; Banff; community; landscape; portrait

Credit: Gift of Sarah Fuller, Wakefield, 2016

Catalogue Number: FuS.18.08

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Christmas Card .10.

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Date: 2010

Medium: arches paper

Catalogue Number: SiR.15.42

Description: “.10.” engraved into bottom centre. “the Sinclairs” written on inside with two dots of orange paint. “Double Hill” written at back bottom centre.

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Title: Christmas Card .10.

Date: 2010

Medium: arches paper

Description: “.10.” engraved into bottom centre. “the Sinclairs” written on inside with two dots of orange paint. “Double Hill” written at back bottom centre.

Subject: card; Christmas; cut paper; mountain; landscape

Credit: Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2014

Catalogue Number: SiR.15.42

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Christmas Card .11.

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Date: 2011

Medium: arches paper

Catalogue Number: SiR.15.43

Description: “.11.” engraved into bottom centre. “Sinclairs” written on inside with two dots of orange paint. “.Misty Mountain.” written at back bottom centre.

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Title: Christmas Card .11.

Date: 2011

Medium: arches paper

Description: “.11.” engraved into bottom centre. “Sinclairs” written on inside with two dots of orange paint. “.Misty Mountain.” written at back bottom centre.

Subject: card; Christmas; cut paper; mountain; landscape

Credit: Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2014

Catalogue Number: SiR.15.43

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Christmas Card .11.

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Date: 2011

Medium: arches paper

Catalogue Number: SiR.15.44

Description: “.11.” engraved into bottom centre. “Sinclairs” written on inside with two dots of orange paint. “.Misty Mountain.” written at back bottom centre.

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Title: Christmas Card .11.

Date: 2011

Medium: arches paper

Description: “.11.” engraved into bottom centre. “Sinclairs” written on inside with two dots of orange paint. “.Misty Mountain.” written at back bottom centre.

Subject: card; Christmas; cut paper; mountain; landscape

Credit: Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2014

Catalogue Number: SiR.15.44

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Christmas Card .12.

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Date: 2012

Medium: arches paper

Catalogue Number: SiR.15.45

Description: “.12.” engraved into bottom centre. “Sinclairs” written on inside with two dots of orange paint. “Coulee” written at back bottom centre.

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Title: Christmas Card .12.

Date: 2012

Medium: arches paper

Description: “.12.” engraved into bottom centre. “Sinclairs” written on inside with two dots of orange paint. “Coulee” written at back bottom centre.

Subject: card; Christmas; cut paper; mountain; landscape

Credit: Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2014

Catalogue Number: SiR.15.45

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Christmas Card .13. and envelope

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Date: 2013

Medium: arches paper

Catalogue Number: SiR.15.47 a-b

Description: “.13.” engraved into bottom centre. “Sinclairs” written on inside with two dots of orange paint. “Williams Coulee (Nanton) 2013” written at back bottom centre.Envelope front decorated with hand drawn tree outlined in black pen, coloured with green and highlighted with orange.

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Title: Christmas Card .13. and envelope

Date: 2013

Medium: arches paper

Description: “.13.” engraved into bottom centre. “Sinclairs” written on inside with two dots of orange paint. “Williams Coulee (Nanton) 2013” written at back bottom centre.Envelope front decorated with hand drawn tree outlined in black pen, coloured with green and highlighted with orange.

Subject: card; Christmas; cut paper; mountain; landscape

Credit: Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2014

Catalogue Number: SiR.15.47 a-b

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Christmas Card .13.

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Date: 2013

Medium: arches paper

Catalogue Number: SiR.15.46

Description: “.13.” engraved into bottom centre. “Sinclairs” written on inside with two dots of orange paint. “Williams Coulee (Nanton) 2013” written at back bottom centre.

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Title: Christmas Card .13.

Date: 2013

Medium: arches paper

Description: “.13.” engraved into bottom centre. “Sinclairs” written on inside with two dots of orange paint. “Williams Coulee (Nanton) 2013” written at back bottom centre.

Subject: card; Christmas; cut paper; mountain; landscape

Credit: Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2014

Catalogue Number: SiR.15.46

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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.