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5 Mile Banff

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Artist: Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian)

Date: 1972

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: GyH.03.31

Description: A mountain landscape sketch. Two peaks rise on the left, a rounded peak with tree coverage sits in the bottom right. Bottom left “5 Mile Banff July ‘72”, bottom right “Glyde.”

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Artist: Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian)

Title: 5 Mile Banff

Date: 1972

Medium: graphite on paper

Description: A mountain landscape sketch. Two peaks rise on the left, a rounded peak with tree coverage sits in the bottom right. Bottom left “5 Mile Banff July ‘72”, bottom right “Glyde.”

Subject: landscape; Canadian; mountain

Credit: Gift of Henry George Glyde, Victoria, 1997

Catalogue Number: GyH.03.31

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5 Mile Point, West of Banff

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Artist: Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian)

Date: 1957

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: GyH.03.04

Description: Large jagged rocks encompass the centre of this work, with grass and foliage surrounding. A large tree rises on the right.

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Artist: Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian)

Title: 5 Mile Point, West of Banff

Date: 1957

Medium: graphite on paper

Description: Large jagged rocks encompass the centre of this work, with grass and foliage surrounding. A large tree rises on the right.

Subject: landscape; Canadian; mountain

Credit: Gift of Henry George Glyde, Victoria, 1997

Catalogue Number: GyH.03.04

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Anne and Kent

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Artist: Lorraine Gilbert

Date: 1988 – 1994

Medium: photograph on paper

Catalogue Number: GiL.18.28

Description: Photograph of tree-planters Anne and Kent next to their tent in Invermere, British Columbia.

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Artist: Lorraine Gilbert

Title: Anne and Kent

Date: 1988 – 1994

Medium: photograph on paper

Dimensions: 20” x 24” cm

Description: Photograph of tree-planters Anne and Kent next to their tent in Invermere, British Columbia.

Subject: tree-planting; forest; portrait; British Columbia; environmentalism; Canadian; nature

Credit: Gift of Lorraine Gilbert, Ottawa, 2014

Catalogue Number: GiL.18.28

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Anne in her Van

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Artist: Lorraine Gilbert

Date: 1988 – 1994

Medium: photograph on paper

Catalogue Number: GiL.18.30

Description: Photograph of Anne sitting in her van, Moh Creek, Butte Inlet, British Columbia.

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Artist: Lorraine Gilbert

Title: Anne in her Van

Date: 1988 – 1994

Medium: photograph on paper

Dimensions: 20” x 24” cm

Description: Photograph of Anne sitting in her van, Moh Creek, Butte Inlet, British Columbia.

Subject: tree-planting; forest; portrait; British Columbia; environmentalism; Canadian; nature

Credit: Gift of Lorraine Gilbert, Ottawa, 2014

Catalogue Number: GiL.18.30

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Back of House in Calgary

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Artist: Doris Cormie

Date: n.d.

Medium: painting on paper

Catalogue Number: CmD.05.01

Description: A watercolour painting of the back of a house. A white house with brown trim and roofing dominates the painting. The house comes in at the right and extends 3/4 of the way across the painting. The background is a pale blue sky behind the house. There is a brick chimney and a metal vent pipe on the …

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Artist: Doris Cormie

Title: Back of House in Calgary

Date: n.d.

Medium: painting on paper

Dimensions: 34.5 x 42.0 cm

Description: A watercolour painting of the back of a house. A white house with brown trim and roofing dominates the painting. The house comes in at the right and extends 3/4 of the way across the painting. The background is a pale blue sky behind the house. There is a brick chimney and a metal vent pipe on the roof of the house. The back door of the house has a blue framed screen door with a mailbox to the right and there is a small deck in front of the door. The right side of the house has a small window and in front of the window is a blue stool with a brown box and brown wash bin on top. The majority of the house is in shadow from the trees. At far left there is a single tall tree. The artist signature is written in pencil in the bottom rhc. Au verso there is brown paper tape about 1 cm thick all along the edges. In the centre about a 1/4 of the way across from the left is writing in pencil, “miss Cormie (the rest illegible)”.

Subject: house; backyard; Doris Cormie

Credit: Gift of Barry Hunter Gillis, Richmond, 2006

Catalogue Number: CmD.05.01

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Bottom of the Canyon

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Artist: Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian)

Date: n.d.

Medium: oil on masonite

Catalogue Number: GyH.02.08

Description: An abstract oil of water rushing over rocks. The colours dominant in this work are white, yellow, peach and blue.

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Artist: Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian)

Title: Bottom of the Canyon

Date: n.d.

Medium: oil on masonite

Dimensions: 33 x 40.5 cm

Description: An abstract oil of water rushing over rocks. The colours dominant in this work are white, yellow, peach and blue.

Subject: landscape; Canadian; rock; boulder; canyon

Credit: Gift of Henry George Glyde, Victoria, 1997

Catalogue Number: GyH.02.08

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Bow Lake, Crowfoot Glacier

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

Date: n.d.

Medium: print on paper

Catalogue Number: MiJ.04.36

Description: A mountain landscape silkscreen print. In the background there is a grey-brown sky and a blue mountain with white snow accents dominating the right side of the image and to the left of the mountain is another smaller peak. Between the two mountains is a glacier. In front of the glacier and mountain…

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

Title: Bow Lake, Crowfoot Glacier

Date: n.d.

Medium: print on paper

Dimensions: 20.5 x 34.5 cm

Description: A mountain landscape silkscreen print. In the background there is a grey-brown sky and a blue mountain with white snow accents dominating the right side of the image and to the left of the mountain is another smaller peak. Between the two mountains is a glacier. In front of the glacier and mountains is a light blue lake and in the foreground in the right corner are two dark green coniferous trees. The print is primarily blues, greens and white with about 10 colours used in total. Under the image in the bottom left corner written in pencil is, “Bow Lake, Crowfoot Glacier” and in the bottom rhc is the artist signature.

Subject: landscape; mountains; glacier; Janet Holly Middleton

Credit: Gift of Joanne Thomas , Vancouver, 2012

Catalogue Number: MiJ.04.36

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Bow Valley Series

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Artist: Dorothy Elsie Knowles Perehudoff (1927 – 2023, Canadian)

Date: 1991

Medium: oil on linen

Catalogue Number: KnD.02.01

Description: In the foreground are trees of green with a large group of mountains in the center back area. A large tree is on the left side of this painting and there are red and pink flowers in the foreground. The mountain is a grey brown colour and the majority of the trees and shrubs are different colours of…

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Artist: Dorothy Elsie Knowles Perehudoff (1927 – 2023, Canadian)

Title: Bow Valley Series

Date: 1991

Medium: oil on linen

Dimensions: 81.2 x 101.6 cm

Description: In the foreground are trees of green with a large group of mountains in the center back area. A large tree is on the left side of this painting and there are red and pink flowers in the foreground. The mountain is a grey brown colour and the majority of the trees and shrubs are different colours of green. The sky in the background is blue with some white cloud.

Subject: landscape; Canadian; Yamnuska; Dorothy Knowles

Credit: Gift of Dorothy Elsie Knowles Perehudoff, Saskatoon, 1996

Catalogue Number: KnD.02.01

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A Bundle of Hemlocks

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Artist: Lorraine Gilbert

Date: 1988 – 1994

Medium: photograph on paper

Catalogue Number: GiL.18.52

Description: Photograph of 25 seedlings placed against a photo backdrop. Photograph taken at the tree-planting camp in Invermere, B.C.

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Artist: Lorraine Gilbert

Title: A Bundle of Hemlocks

Date: 1988 – 1994

Medium: photograph on paper

Dimensions: 20” x 24” cm

Description: Photograph of 25 seedlings placed against a photo backdrop. Photograph taken at the tree-planting camp in Invermere, B.C.

Subject: tree-planting; forest; camp; British Columbia; environmentalism; Canadian; nature

Credit: Gift of Lorraine Gilbert, Ottawa, 2014

Catalogue Number: GiL.18.52

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Canada Classic: Roaded Sunset

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Date: 1981

Medium: charcoal; acrylic stain on raw cotton canvas

Catalogue Number: SiR.12.07

Description: A mountain peak with a small section of snow sits at the bottom of the work. A small segment of road painted in brown with a white line runs toward the mountain. The sky is painted in a wash of different shades of deep red.

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Title: Canada Classic: Roaded Sunset

Date: 1981

Medium: charcoal; acrylic stain on raw cotton canvas

Dimensions: 127 x 115.5 cm

Description: A mountain peak with a small section of snow sits at the bottom of the work. A small segment of road painted in brown with a white line runs toward the mountain. The sky is painted in a wash of different shades of deep red.

Subject: landscape; sky; mountains

Credit: Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2010

Catalogue Number: SiR.12.07

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Canmore

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Artist: Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian)

Date: 1944

Medium: oil on board

Catalogue Number: GyH.02.12

Description: A stump sits in the left foreground of the image. Mountain range in back, yellow and brown tones throughout.

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Artist: Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian)

Title: Canmore

Date: 1944

Medium: oil on board

Dimensions: 25 x 35 cm

Description: A stump sits in the left foreground of the image. Mountain range in back, yellow and brown tones throughout.

Subject: landscape; Canadian; mountain; stump; Canmore

Credit: Gift of Henry George Glyde, Victoria, 1997

Catalogue Number: GyH.02.12

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Canmore Mine

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Artist: Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian)

Date: n.d.

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: GyH.03.35

Description: Entirety of surface is heavily shaded, suggestion of buildings and a car in background and figure in foreground. Bottom right “Canmore Mine July ‘25 3 pm.”

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Artist: Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian)

Title: Canmore Mine

Date: n.d.

Medium: graphite on paper

Description: Entirety of surface is heavily shaded, suggestion of buildings and a car in background and figure in foreground. Bottom right “Canmore Mine July ‘25 3 pm.”

Subject: landscape; Canadian; mine; Canmore; figures

Credit: Gift of Henry George Glyde, Victoria, 1997

Catalogue Number: GyH.03.35

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Carole and her sister Josée

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Artist: Lorraine Gilbert

Date: 1988 – 1994

Medium: photograph on paper

Catalogue Number: GiL.18.34

Description: Photograph of two sisters, Carole and Josée with their tree-planting gear in Invermere, British Columbia.

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Artist: Lorraine Gilbert

Title: Carole and her sister Josée

Date: 1988 – 1994

Medium: photograph on paper

Dimensions: 20” x 24” cm

Description: Photograph of two sisters, Carole and Josée with their tree-planting gear in Invermere, British Columbia.

Subject: tree-planting; forest; portrait; British Columbia; environmentalism; Canadian; nature

Credit: Gift of Lorraine Gilbert, Ottawa, 2014

Catalogue Number: GiL.18.34

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Clearcutting with the Tree-Eater

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Artist: Lorraine Gilbert

Date: 1988 – 1994

Medium: photograph on paper

Catalogue Number: GiL.18.15

Description: Photograph of a “tree-eater” machine clear-cutting on a mountainside in the distance. Photograph taken in Pemberton, British Columbia.

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Artist: Lorraine Gilbert

Title: Clearcutting with the Tree-Eater

Date: 1988 – 1994

Medium: photograph on paper

Dimensions: 20” x 24” cm

Description: Photograph of a “tree-eater” machine clear-cutting on a mountainside in the distance. Photograph taken in Pemberton, British Columbia.

Subject: landscape; tree-planting; forest; British Columbia; environmentalism; Canadian; nature

Credit: Gift of Lorraine Gilbert, Ottawa, 2014

Catalogue Number: GiL.18.15

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CNTR VRTN (Centre Variation)

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Date: 1980

Medium: watercolor on arches paper

Catalogue Number: SiR.05.16

Description: Dark sky in blues and beiges. Mountain in centre is flanked by two triangles of white. Road leading up to mountain, and mountain has small section of snow on right.

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Title: CNTR VRTN (Centre Variation)

Date: 1980

Medium: watercolor on arches paper

Dimensions: 45.6 x 60.7 cm

Description: Dark sky in blues and beiges. Mountain in centre is flanked by two triangles of white. Road leading up to mountain, and mountain has small section of snow on right.

Subject: landscape; mountains; road; snow

Credit: Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2010

Catalogue Number: SiR.05.16

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Cookshack Bulletin

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Artist: Lorraine Gilbert

Date: 1988 – 1994

Medium: photograph on paper

Catalogue Number: GiL.18.45

Description: Photograph of the Cookshack Bulletin in Princeton, British Columbia.

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Artist: Lorraine Gilbert

Title: Cookshack Bulletin

Date: 1988 – 1994

Medium: photograph on paper

Dimensions: 20” x 24” cm

Description: Photograph of the Cookshack Bulletin in Princeton, British Columbia.

Subject: tree-planting; forest; camp; British Columbia; environmentalism; Canadian; nature

Credit: Gift of Lorraine Gilbert, Ottawa, 2014

Catalogue Number: GiL.18.45

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Cowboy at Brewster Ranch

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Artist: Doris Cormie

Date: 1933

Medium: drawing on paper

Catalogue Number: CmD.03.01

Description: A pastel chalk drawing on brown paper. The drawing is a portrait of a young cowboy seated. The boy is wearing a blue shirt with a white scarf and tan chaps. He is sitting on a push foot stool that has a salmon-coloured throw over it. In the background behind the boy is a black and white cowhide han…

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Artist: Doris Cormie

Title: Cowboy at Brewster Ranch

Date: 1933

Medium: drawing on paper

Dimensions: 38.5 x 28.0 cm

Description: A pastel chalk drawing on brown paper. The drawing is a portrait of a young cowboy seated. The boy is wearing a blue shirt with a white scarf and tan chaps. He is sitting on a push foot stool that has a salmon-coloured throw over it. In the background behind the boy is a black and white cowhide hanging on the wall. There is a black chalk line border, 33 x 23 cm, around the drawing. the artist signature and date are in the bottom left hand corner, “DORIS CORMIE 8/23/33”.