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Artist
George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)
Date
1981
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
WbG.04.031
Description
Oilfield at dawn.
Artist
George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)
Title
Alberta Energy
Date
1981
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
20.1 x 28.1 cm
Description
Oilfield at dawn.
Subject
landscape
rural
industry
oilfield
Credit
Gift of Donna Tingley, Edmonton, 2004
Catalogue Number
WbG.04.031
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Artist
Levi Koomalook
Date
prior to 1962
Catalogue Number
KoM.06.01
Description
dark green stone shaped like a basket with handles both ends, a handle of rawhide is tied to each, the bag is textured with irregular small drilled holes, inside the basket three heads of birds (murres) are sticking out just slightly above the edge of the bag
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Artist
Levi Koomalook
Title
Bag of Murres
Date
prior to 1962
Dimensions
6.5 x 4.5 x 9.5 cm
Description
dark green stone shaped like a basket with handles both ends, a handle of rawhide is tied to each, the bag is textured with irregular small drilled holes, inside the basket three heads of birds (murres) are sticking out just slightly above the edge of the bag
Subject
animal
bird
murre
seagull
basket
group
Credit
Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
Catalogue Number
KoM.06.01
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Banff Indian Days Camp

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1930 – 1940
Medium
oil and mixed media on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.040
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Banff Indian Days Camp
Date
1930 – 1940
Medium
oil and mixed media on canvas
Dimensions
53.4 x 63.7 cm
Subject
landscape
mountains
camp
teepees
figure
group
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.040
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1934
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.023
Description
Colour: brown, green. Two banyon trees fill the outer edges of the picture and the foreground. Behind n the distance are a few figures and a building to the left. Bits of sky can be seen through the branches of the trees.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Banyan Tree, Bali
Date
1934
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
35 x 27.5 cm
Description
Colour: brown, green. Two banyon trees fill the outer edges of the picture and the foreground. Behind n the distance are a few figures and a building to the left. Bits of sky can be seen through the branches of the trees.
Subject
landscape
architecture
figure
group
Pacific
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.023
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The Battle of Cressy

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Artist
Unknown
Date
1792
Medium
engraving on paper
Catalogue Number
UnK.04.03
Description
A black and white print showing a battle scene from a classical era with knights in armour. Script at the top reads “Engraved for Ashburton’s History of England” and the bottom reads “The Battle of Cressy” and “Published by W.&J. Stratfords No. 112 Helborn Hill, March 10, 1792”. A label on the back…
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Artist
Unknown
Title
The Battle of Cressy
Date
1792
Medium
engraving on paper
Dimensions
18.0 x 28.5 cm
Description
A black and white print showing a battle scene from a classical era with knights in armour. Script at the top reads “Engraved for Ashburton’s History of England” and the bottom reads “The Battle of Cressy” and “Published by W.&J. Stratfords No. 112 Helborn Hill, March 10, 1792”. A label on the back paper reads “Johnson Art Galleries Limited Pictures Fine Framing. Montreal 634 St. Catherine West.”
Subject
activity
war
figure
group
animal
horse
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
UnK.04.03
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Artist
John Harold Thomas Snow (1911 – 2004, Canadian)
Date
1972
Medium
coloured lithograph on paper
Catalogue Number
SnJ.04.36
Description
In the foreground a group of people are sitting on the beach looking out to the ocean. The two closest are under a yellow and white umbrella, the woman is in profile, looking at the man to her right. A single small boat is on the ocean. A light brown island is on the horizon. The sky is green bl…
Artist
John Harold Thomas Snow (1911 – 2004, Canadian)
Title
Beach
Date
1972
Medium
coloured lithograph on paper
Dimensions
71.0 x 52.6 cm
Description
In the foreground a group of people are sitting on the beach looking out to the ocean. The two closest are under a yellow and white umbrella, the woman is in profile, looking at the man to her right. A single small boat is on the ocean. A light brown island is on the horizon. The sky is green blue.
Subject
seascape
figure
group
Credit
Gift of John Harold Thomas Snow, Calgary, 1995
Catalogue Number
SnJ.04.36
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Artist
Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)
Date
1944
Medium
wax crayon on paper
Catalogue Number
DaK.03.25
Description
A couple, man with hat and a woman is sitting at a table on which are glasses. The table is centre bottom, half round. The couple is in conversation, other people in the background.
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Artist
Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)
Title
Beer Room, Canmore
Date
1944
Medium
wax crayon on paper
Dimensions
29.2 x 36.7 cm
Description
A couple, man with hat and a woman is sitting at a table on which are glasses. The table is centre bottom, half round. The couple is in conversation, other people in the background.
Subject
figure, group
industry
coal mining
Credit
Purchased from Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper, 1989
Catalogue Number
DaK.03.25
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Artist
Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)
Date
1944
Medium
wax crayon on paper
Catalogue Number
DaK.03.14
Description
The right side of the picture is dominated by on man sitting at a table with hat and coat, with a glass to his lips. A table is to centre left, glass on it, other men in background.
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Artist
Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)
Title
Between Shifts
Date
1944
Medium
wax crayon on paper
Dimensions
29.2 x 36.8 cm
Description
The right side of the picture is dominated by on man sitting at a table with hat and coat, with a glass to his lips. A table is to centre left, glass on it, other men in background.
Subject
figure
group
male
industry
coal mining
Credit
Purchased from Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper, 1989
Catalogue Number
DaK.03.14
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Bird Group in Caribou Antler

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Artist
Unknown
Date
prior to 1962
Catalogue Number
UnK.06.76 a-f
Description
Five birds fly off with wings outstretched, three birds on the ground. The ground is a part of a caribou antler. (a) Scooping portion of caribou antler 8.5x17.5, five small holes drilled into top. (b) Sitting bird, 2.5x4.6x1.4 (c) sitting bird 2.0x4.5x1.2 (d) sitting bird 1.7x4.4x1.2 (e) 20.6 l…
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Artist
Unknown
Title
Bird Group in Caribou Antler
Date
prior to 1962
Description
Five birds fly off with wings outstretched, three birds on the ground. The ground is a part of a caribou antler. (a) Scooping portion of caribou antler 8.5x17.5, five small holes drilled into top. (b) Sitting bird, 2.5x4.6x1.4 (c) sitting bird 2.0x4.5x1.2 (d) sitting bird 1.7x4.4x1.2 (e) 20.6 long, curved pole out of bone with 2 flying birds. Top bird has a wing span of 7.2, bottom bird 6.7 (f) 24.0 long, curbed pole out of bone with 3 flying birds. Top bird wing span 4.1, middle bird 6.7 wing span, bottom bird 3.7 wing span.
Subject
animal
bird
flying
flight
group
antler
Credit
Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
Catalogue Number
UnK.06.76 a-f
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Artist
Etegokjak
Date
prior to 1962
Catalogue Number
EtE.06.01 a,b
Description
Black stone, bird with head high and tilted back, wings carved, features incised, hole drilled in bottom near tail. The bird sits on a wooden peg which is inserted into a hole drilled in the base. The base is flat bottomed with a rounded top ca 2.5 at highest point, a very abstract representat…
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Artist
Etegokjak
Title
Bird on Seal
Date
prior to 1962
Dimensions
8.5 x 9.0 x 11.5 cm
Description
Black stone, bird with head high and tilted back, wings carved, features incised, hole drilled in bottom near tail. The bird sits on a wooden peg which is inserted into a hole drilled in the base. The base is flat bottomed with a rounded top ca 2.5 at highest point, a very abstract representation of a seal with only a back flipper recognizable
Subject
animal
bird
seal
pair
group
Credit
Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
Catalogue Number
EtE.06.01 a,b
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Briquette Plant, Canmore Mine 1944

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Artist
Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)
Date
1944
Medium
wax crayon on paper
Catalogue Number
DaK.03.19
Description
Mine site with many buildings of various shapes is centre and foreground. Mountain range in background The Three Sisters. Between the mountains and the site is a row of trees.
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Artist
Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)
Title
Briquette Plant, Canmore Mine 1944
Date
1944
Medium
wax crayon on paper
Dimensions
29.2 x 36.6 cm
Description
Mine site with many buildings of various shapes is centre and foreground. Mountain range in background The Three Sisters. Between the mountains and the site is a row of trees.
Subject
industry
coal mining
Canadian Rockies
The Three Sisters
Credit
Purchased from Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper, 1989
Catalogue Number
DaK.03.19
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Burial of Chief David Bearspaw

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1956
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.030
Description
Colour: primaries and secondaries on blue grey background. A circle of people fill the center of the canvas. In the foreground there are dogs and three crosses at lower left. Two thirds up in the distance is a mountain range and lake. Above is sky.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Burial of Chief David Bearspaw
Date
1956
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
61.8 x 74.5 cm
Description
Colour: primaries and secondaries on blue grey background. A circle of people fill the center of the canvas. In the foreground there are dogs and three crosses at lower left. Two thirds up in the distance is a mountain range and lake. Above is sky.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
winter
figure
group
religious
funeral
Peter Whyte
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.030
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1950 – 1957
Medium
oil on masonite
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.566
Description
A sketch or unfinished painting of a ring of nine teepees. The teepee in the foreground, viewer’s right, is the largest, has inside firelight and shadows visible. The teepee, in the foreground, viewer’s left, is partially visible, with shadows and light from within visible. There are two figures in…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Camp at Dusk
Date
1950 – 1957
Medium
oil on masonite
Dimensions
27.0 x 71.0 cm
Description
A sketch or unfinished painting of a ring of nine teepees. The teepee in the foreground, viewer’s right, is the largest, has inside firelight and shadows visible. The teepee, in the foreground, viewer’s left, is partially visible, with shadows and light from within visible. There are two figures in the foreground, one in red, and one in blue and yellow and suggestions of others in the background. There is a low blue sky dusk descending overhead.
Subject
landscape
camp
teepee
figure
group
Peter Whyte
Indigenous
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.566
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1955 – 1957
Medium
oil on masonite
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.580
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Camp Scene
Date
1955 – 1957
Medium
oil on masonite
Dimensions
9.4 x 21.4 cm
Subject
landscape
camp
teepee
figure
group
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.580
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1955 – 1957
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.582
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Camp Scene
Date
1955 – 1957
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
9.7 x 21.4 cm
Subject
camp
teepee
figure
group
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.582
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Canmore Miner with Safety Lamp

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Artist
Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)
Date
1945
Medium
graphite; charcoal on paper
Catalogue Number
DaK.03.08
Description
General colour: charcoal on white. Looking down at a man in a coat and hat sitting on a bench with a safety lamp on the floor between his legs. Behind him on the left is his lunch box. His hat shadows his face which looks down right.
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Artist
Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)
Title
Canmore Miner with Safety Lamp
Date
1945
Medium
graphite; charcoal on paper
Dimensions
29.0 x 37.0 cm
Description
General colour: charcoal on white. Looking down at a man in a coat and hat sitting on a bench with a safety lamp on the floor between his legs. Behind him on the left is his lunch box. His hat shadows his face which looks down right.
Subject
figure
male
industry
coal mining
Credit
Purchased from Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper, 1970
Catalogue Number
DaK.03.08
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Artist
Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)
Date
1944
Medium
graphite; charcoal on paper
Catalogue Number
DaK.03.10
Description
General colour: black on white. Looking down at the mine. Coal carts run up from the bottom to the buildings center. Mountains and trees can be seen in the upper quarter.
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Artist
Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)
Title
Canmore Mining Town
Date
1944
Medium
graphite; charcoal on paper
Dimensions
29.0 x 37.0 cm
Description
General colour: black on white. Looking down at the mine. Coal carts run up from the bottom to the buildings center. Mountains and trees can be seen in the upper quarter.
Subject
landscape
urban
mountains
industry
coal mining
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
DaK.03.10
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Artist
Roberto Raimondi
Date
c. 1900
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
RaR.05.01
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Artist
Roberto Raimondi
Title
Cardinal Richelieu
Date
c. 1900
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
38.0 x 53.0 cm
Subject
figure
group
religious
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
RaR.05.01
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Artist
Kaka Ashoona (1928 – 1996, Canadian)
Date
prior to 1962
Catalogue Number
HaK.06.04
Description
One piece grey stone, family of 3 standing side by side. Group appears to be father, mother and child, all dressed in typical parkas. Features are carved, hair indicated on foreheads. The left, largest figure holds a goose by the neck in his left hand. The central figure has her hands together …
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Artist
Kaka Ashoona (1928 – 1996, Canadian)
Title
The Carollers
Date
prior to 1962
Dimensions
24.5 x 22.5 cm
Description
One piece grey stone, family of 3 standing side by side. Group appears to be father, mother and child, all dressed in typical parkas. Features are carved, hair indicated on foreheads. The left, largest figure holds a goose by the neck in his left hand. The central figure has her hands together in front. The small figure has left hand in front and right arm around the back of the mother. The smallest figure is 15.5 tall.
Subject
figure
group
family
Credit
Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
Catalogue Number
HaK.06.04
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Changing of Robes, Chiyoda Castle (Album of Women)

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Artist
Yoshu Chikanobu (1838 – 1912, Japanese)
Date
1896
Medium
woodblock on paper
Catalogue Number
ChY.04.01 a-c
Description
(a)standing female figure, dressed in red kimono, holding a black box, in front of what appears to be a vanity table with mirror, artist's marks in the lower left hand corner (b) 36.9 x 25.3/35.5x23.7 kneeling female figure dressed in black kimono is helping another standing female figure adjust he…
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Artist
Yoshu Chikanobu (1838 – 1912, Japanese)
Title
Changing of Robes, Chiyoda Castle (Album of Women)
Date
1896
Medium
woodblock on paper
Dimensions
36 x 25 cm
Description
(a)standing female figure, dressed in red kimono, holding a black box, in front of what appears to be a vanity table with mirror, artist's marks in the lower left hand corner (b) 36.9 x 25.3/35.5x23.7 kneeling female figure dressed in black kimono is helping another standing female figure adjust her kimono, which is patterned with fans (c) 36.8x25.2/35.523.6 kneeling female figure in dark blue flowing kimono looking over her right shoulder, folding what appears to be a bed quilt, artist's marks in the lower right hand corner, and calligraphy in the upper right hand corner (a)(b) and (c) are a triptych, and all have a light background of scattered flowers
Subject
figure
female
group
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
ChY.04.01 a-c
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