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Vermilion Lakes and Mount Bourgeau in the Fall

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Artist: Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)

Date: c. 1940

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: RuC.02.16

Description: Fall colours rim a light blue lake which covers the centre to foreground of picture, green and grey mountains in background, light blue sky with clouds.

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Artist: Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)

Title: Vermilion Lakes and Mount Bourgeau in the Fall

Date: c. 1940

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 35.8 x 48.4 cm

Description: Fall colours rim a light blue lake which covers the centre to foreground of picture, green and grey mountains in background, light blue sky with clouds.

Subject: landscape, mountain; lake; Vermilion Lakes; Mount Bourgeau

Credit: Gift of Banff Centre Brewster Donation, Banff, 1986

Catalogue Number: RuC.02.16

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sunny side

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Artist: Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)

Date: n.d.

Medium: oil on board

Catalogue Number: WiS.02.04

Description: Painting of mountain scene. Grassy foreground with path through centre and green and yellow conifers on each side of path. Path leads to sliver of blue lake in centre. Grey mountains in background. “SITTING WIND” in red lower right corner. On back: “TITLE sunny side Frank Kaquitts Morley Alberta.”

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Artist: Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)

Title: sunny side

Date: n.d.

Medium: oil on board

Dimensions: 20.5 x 25.5 cm

Description: Painting of mountain scene. Grassy foreground with path through centre and green and yellow conifers on each side of path. Path leads to sliver of blue lake in centre. Grey mountains in background. “SITTING WIND” in red lower right corner. On back: “TITLE sunny side Frank Kaquitts Morley Alberta.”

Subject: mountains; nature; landscape

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: WiS.02.04

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Oil Painting

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Artist: Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)

Date: n.d.

Medium: oil on canvas board

Catalogue Number: WiS.02.11

Description: Winter scene featuring low log cabin at left side. Slightly sloping snow covered hills with river running from right corner to centre back. Snow covered conifers scattered on slopes with leafless aspens on bank of river. Figure weakling through snow holding unidentifiable object lower centre left. …

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Artist: Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)

Title: Oil Painting

Date: n.d.

Medium: oil on canvas board

Dimensions: 40.5 x 50.5 cm

Description: Winter scene featuring low log cabin at left side. Slightly sloping snow covered hills with river running from right corner to centre back. Snow covered conifers scattered on slopes with leafless aspens on bank of river. Figure weakling through snow holding unidentifiable object lower centre left. Two mountains in background. Pink, yellow, and blue sky above. “SITTING WIND” at lower right corner.

Subject: landscape; cabin; winter; nature; mountains

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: WiS.02.11

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Oil Painting

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Artist: Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)

Date: n.d.

Medium: oil on board

Catalogue Number: WiS.02.12

Description: Large lake surrounded by low brown and green hills. Figure on horseback silhouetted on near bank. Lake and sky both yellow. “SITTING WIND” in lower right corner.

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Artist: Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)

Title: Oil Painting

Date: n.d.

Medium: oil on board

Dimensions: 46.0 x 61.0 cm

Description: Large lake surrounded by low brown and green hills. Figure on horseback silhouetted on near bank. Lake and sky both yellow. “SITTING WIND” in lower right corner.

Subject: landscape; sunset; nature; mountains; lake

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: WiS.02.12

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Oil Painting

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Artist: Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)

Date: n.d.

Medium: oil on board

Catalogue Number: WiS.02.13

Description: Mountain scene with large grass and tree-topped cliff filling left foreground and blocky rock cliff at right foreground. River with rapids winds between the two cliffs and vanishes into middle distance. Green and yellow meadows lead to green foothills and a large blue mountain highlighted with whit…

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Artist: Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)

Title: Oil Painting

Date: n.d.

Medium: oil on board

Dimensions: 61.0 x 91.0 cm

Description: Mountain scene with large grass and tree-topped cliff filling left foreground and blocky rock cliff at right foreground. River with rapids winds between the two cliffs and vanishes into middle distance. Green and yellow meadows lead to green foothills and a large blue mountain highlighted with white, orange, and yellow tones. Large white and yellow clouds fill sky above with some blue. “SITTING WIND” lower right corner.

Subject: mountains; landscape; nature

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: WiS.02.13

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Oil Painting

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Artist: Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)

Date: n.d.

Medium: oil on board

Catalogue Number: WiS.02.14

Description: Mountain scene. Path winds through trees and flowers on left side and across lower edge. blue-green lake behind with mountains rising sharply from its banks. Blue amend white sky above. “SITTING WIND” in lower right corner.

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Artist: Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)

Title: Oil Painting

Date: n.d.

Medium: oil on board

Dimensions: 61.0 x 91.0 cm

Description: Mountain scene. Path winds through trees and flowers on left side and across lower edge. blue-green lake behind with mountains rising sharply from its banks. Blue amend white sky above. “SITTING WIND” in lower right corner.

Subject: mountains; lake; nature; landscape

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: WiS.02.14

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Oil Painting

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Artist: Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)

Date: n.d.

Medium: oil on board

Catalogue Number: WiS.02.15

Description: Large body of water with beach in foreground. Waves breaking on rocks at left. Driftwood and two figures with canoe centre and centre left on shore. Rocky outcrop coming out of water at right side. Distant mountains in background. Dramatic thunderhead clouds with tiny sliver of blue sky above. “SIT…

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Artist: Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)

Title: Oil Painting

Date: n.d.

Medium: oil on board

Dimensions: 61.0 x 91.0 cm

Description: Large body of water with beach in foreground. Waves breaking on rocks at left. Driftwood and two figures with canoe centre and centre left on shore. Rocky outcrop coming out of water at right side. Distant mountains in background. Dramatic thunderhead clouds with tiny sliver of blue sky above. “SITTING WIND” lower right corner.

Subject: lake; beach; mountains; landscape

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: WiS.02.15

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Oil Painting

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Artist: Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)

Date: n.d.

Medium: oil on board

Catalogue Number: WiS.02.16

Description: Mountain scene of river winding through green and yellow meadows. Conifer trees in foreground and scattered in distance. Large blocky mountain at right side and range of mountains stretching from left edge to centre. Fluffy white clouds in blue sky above. “SITTING WIND” lower left near shrubs.

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Artist: Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)

Title: Oil Painting

Date: n.d.

Medium: oil on board

Dimensions: 61.0 x 91.0 cm

Description: Mountain scene of river winding through green and yellow meadows. Conifer trees in foreground and scattered in distance. Large blocky mountain at right side and range of mountains stretching from left edge to centre. Fluffy white clouds in blue sky above. “SITTING WIND” lower left near shrubs.

Subject: mountains; nature; landscape

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: WiS.02.16

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Oil Painting

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Artist: Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)

Date: n.d.

Medium: oil on board

Catalogue Number: WiS.02.17

Description: Blue lake with grassy foreground with 3 conifers and two deciduous trees. Banks on each side reach into middle of lake. Far shore has rolling green hills and distant mountains. Blue sky with wispy yellow and white clouds “SITTING WIND” at lower right corner. Blond wood frame joined at corners.

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Artist: Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)

Title: Oil Painting

Date: n.d.

Medium: oil on board

Dimensions: 42.5 x 57.5 cm

Description: Blue lake with grassy foreground with 3 conifers and two deciduous trees. Banks on each side reach into middle of lake. Far shore has rolling green hills and distant mountains. Blue sky with wispy yellow and white clouds “SITTING WIND” at lower right corner. Blond wood frame joined at corners.

Subject: mountains; lake; landsape; nature

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: WiS.02.17

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Hunting Indians

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Artist: Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)

Date: n.d.

Medium: oil on canvas board

Catalogue Number: WiS.02.18

Description: Two figures in buckskin loincloths and moccasins on horseback. One horse black and white, other is brown. Figures are on a grassy meadow looking out over rolling meadows with rocky mountains in the background. Fluffy white clouds in the sky. Mountains and sky are fairly textured. “SITTING WIND” low…

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Artist: Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)

Title: Hunting Indians

Date: n.d.

Medium: oil on canvas board

Dimensions: 49.5 x 59.5 cm

Description: Two figures in buckskin loincloths and moccasins on horseback. One horse black and white, other is brown. Figures are on a grassy meadow looking out over rolling meadows with rocky mountains in the background. Fluffy white clouds in the sky. Mountains and sky are fairly textured. “SITTING WIND” lower right corner. Blond wood frame joined at corners.

Subject: Indigenous; landscape; mountains; horses

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: WiS.02.18

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Ptarmigan Valley

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Artist: Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)

Date: prior to 1930

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: RuC.01.07

Description: Green valley with mountains sloping up at left and snowcapped mountains in background.

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Artist: Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)

Title: Ptarmigan Valley

Date: prior to 1930

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 22.5 x 27.5 cm

Description: Green valley with mountains sloping up at left and snowcapped mountains in background.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: RuC.01.07

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Moose

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Artist: Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)

Date: c. 1930

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: RuC.02.14

Description: A bull moose, left of centre, turned to the left with head up looks out, he is standing in tall grass on a slope which is most of foreground, some burned trees are standing among a few small evergreens, in the background is a snow covered mountain, the very top line of the painting is sky

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Artist: Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)

Title: Moose

Date: c. 1930

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 74.5 x 100.5 cm

Description: A bull moose, left of centre, turned to the left with head up looks out, he is standing in tall grass on a slope which is most of foreground, some burned trees are standing among a few small evergreens, in the background is a snow covered mountain, the very top line of the painting is sky

Subject: landscape, mountain; landscape, with animals; animal, moose

Credit: Gift of Anne Harbison, 1979

Catalogue Number: RuC.02.14

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In the Ogilvie Rockies

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Artist: Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)

Date: c. 1940

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: RuC.02.15

Description: A herd of Dall sheep stand on a rocky outcrop in bottom left of painting, they are all facing to the right, behind them is a deep valley with mountain range in background, cloudy sky

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Artist: Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)

Title: In the Ogilvie Rockies

Date: c. 1940

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 74.5 x 100.5 cm

Description: A herd of Dall sheep stand on a rocky outcrop in bottom left of painting, they are all facing to the right, behind them is a deep valley with mountain range in background, cloudy sky

Subject: landscape, mountain; animal, sheep, Dall; Ogilvie Rockies

Credit: Gift of Anne Harbison, 1979

Catalogue Number: RuC.02.15

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Warfire

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Artist: Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)

Date: c. 1966

Medium: oil on board

Catalogue Number: WiS.02.01

Artist: Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)

Title: Warfire

Date: c. 1966

Medium: oil on board

Dimensions: 58.6 x 48.5 cm

Subject: figure, male; activity, dancing; mythological

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: WiS.02.01

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Untitled

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Artist: Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)

Date: 1950 – 1970

Medium: oil on masonite

Catalogue Number: WiS.02.02

Description: Five people, all with back packs, one with a child, are climbing a steep rock. Right foreground is light green, the left of the picture is dominated by the cliff, sheer sides. A mountain range is behind, the sky is streaked horizontally with blues and greens, going to lighter closer to the horizon.

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Artist: Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1950 – 1970

Medium: oil on masonite

Dimensions: 60.2 x 75.4 cm

Description: Five people, all with back packs, one with a child, are climbing a steep rock. Right foreground is light green, the left of the picture is dominated by the cliff, sheer sides. A mountain range is behind, the sky is streaked horizontally with blues and greens, going to lighter closer to the horizon.

Subject: landscape, mountain; figure, group; activity, hiking

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: WiS.02.02

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Ram River Area

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Artist: Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)

Date: c. 1935

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: RuC.01.08

Description: Colour: greens, purple. Grass in the foreground gives way to evergreen forest with the taller trees at the left. Behind in the distance are two purple peaks and grey sky across the upper edge

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Artist: Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)

Title: Ram River Area

Date: c. 1935

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.7 x 22.2 cm

Description: Colour: greens, purple. Grass in the foreground gives way to evergreen forest with the taller trees at the left. Behind in the distance are two purple peaks and grey sky across the upper edge