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Prairie Anemone

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Artist: Annora Brown (1899 – 1987, Canadian)

Date: 1971

Medium: ink on cloth

Catalogue Number: BwA.04.03

Description: General colour: purple, green, brown, yellow. Three purple flowers with yellow centers, and one bud, lean to the left filling the foreground. Behind is green and brown grass on purple.

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Artist: Annora Brown (1899 – 1987, Canadian)

Title: Prairie Anemone

Date: 1971

Medium: ink on cloth

Dimensions: 14.9 x 17 cm

Description: General colour: purple, green, brown, yellow. Three purple flowers with yellow centers, and one bud, lean to the left filling the foreground. Behind is green and brown grass on purple.

Subject: botanical; anemone

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1977

Catalogue Number: BwA.04.03

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Wind Whipped

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Artist: Annora Brown (1899 – 1987, Canadian)

Date: n.d.

Medium: serigraph on paper

Catalogue Number: BwA.04.04

Description: General colour: brown, yellow, green. A gnarled tree tilts right, one branch goes left. It grows on a mound of earth which cones one quarter the way up from the bottom. Coming down slightly diagonally from the right are light strokes of colour.

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Artist: Annora Brown (1899 – 1987, Canadian)

Title: Wind Whipped

Date: n.d.

Medium: serigraph on paper

Dimensions: 35.4 x 25.8 cm

Description: General colour: brown, yellow, green. A gnarled tree tilts right, one branch goes left. It grows on a mound of earth which cones one quarter the way up from the bottom. Coming down slightly diagonally from the right are light strokes of colour.

Subject: botanical; tree

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1977

Catalogue Number: BwA.04.04

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Skunk Cabbage

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Artist: Annora Brown (1899 – 1987, Canadian)

Date: n.d.

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: BwA.05.02

Description: Bottom two thirds is a purple blue pool of water out of which grows six large yellow and green plants. On the edge of the pool brown ferns grow. The upper third is green weeds and fern.

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Artist: Annora Brown (1899 – 1987, Canadian)

Title: Skunk Cabbage

Date: n.d.

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 39.2 x 57.4 cm

Description: Bottom two thirds is a purple blue pool of water out of which grows six large yellow and green plants. On the edge of the pool brown ferns grow. The upper third is green weeds and fern.

Subject: botanical; skunk cabbage; weeds; fern

Credit: Purchased from Jean Gill, Calgary, 1974

Catalogue Number: BwA.05.02

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Alberta: Snow and Tar Sands

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Artist: Stephen Andrews (1922 – 1995, Canadian)

Date: 1977

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: AnS.02.01

Description: Alberta flag emblem and rolling foothills and wheat fields. Opaque white paint drips close to bottom edge of painting.

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Artist: Stephen Andrews (1922 – 1995, Canadian)

Title: Alberta: Snow and Tar Sands

Date: 1977

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 121.5 x 123.0 cm

Description: Alberta flag emblem and rolling foothills and wheat fields. Opaque white paint drips close to bottom edge of painting.

Subject: landscape; Alberta; symbol; Alberta provincial emblem

Credit: Gift of Stephen Andrews, Banff, 1977

Catalogue Number: AnS.02.01

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Snow Lily

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Artist: Annora Brown (1899 – 1987, Canadian)

Date: n.d.

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: BwA.05.03

Description: General colour: green and brown with yellow flowers. To the left, three yellow lilies grow from two plants. To the right six yellow lilies grow from one plant, three from another. Small three leaf ground plants grow at the bottom of the picture. Bare twigs fill the background.

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Artist: Annora Brown (1899 – 1987, Canadian)

Title: Snow Lily

Date: n.d.

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 25.2 x 34.9 cm

Description: General colour: green and brown with yellow flowers. To the left, three yellow lilies grow from two plants. To the right six yellow lilies grow from one plant, three from another. Small three leaf ground plants grow at the bottom of the picture. Bare twigs fill the background.

Subject: botanical; snow lilies; twigs

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1970

Catalogue Number: BwA.05.03

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Anemone

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Artist: Annora Brown (1899 – 1987, Canadian)

Date: n.d.

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: BwA.05.01

Description: A large grey and brown rock takes up half of the picture. In the upper right five white flowers peek over the rock. In the upper left four white and five yellow flowers grow. In the center amonst grass are nine white and eight yellow flowers. To the right and left are two white flowers respectively.

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Artist: Annora Brown (1899 – 1987, Canadian)

Title: Anemone

Date: n.d.

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 39.2 x 57.5 cm

Description: A large grey and brown rock takes up half of the picture. In the upper right five white flowers peek over the rock. In the upper left four white and five yellow flowers grow. In the center amonst grass are nine white and eight yellow flowers. To the right and left are two white flowers respectively.

Subject: botanical; anemone

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1970

Catalogue Number: BwA.05.01

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Baker Creek

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Artist: Belmore Browne (1880 – 1954, American)

Date: c. 1930

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: BwB.02.01

Description: General colour: blue, purple, green. Creek is surrounded on all sides by snow covered rocks and shrubs. The water comes down from the upper right of center to the lower center and of right near the bottom. In the lower left corner is a bare branched bush. Across the top is snow covered evergreens. …

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Artist: Belmore Browne (1880 – 1954, American)

Title: Baker Creek

Date: c. 1930

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 90.2 x 100.2 cm

Description: General colour: blue, purple, green. Creek is surrounded on all sides by snow covered rocks and shrubs. The water comes down from the upper right of center to the lower center and of right near the bottom. In the lower left corner is a bare branched bush. Across the top is snow covered evergreens. Clear sky and a distant hill in the upper right corner.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; winter; Baker Creek

Credit: Gift of Evelyn Browne, Durham, USA, 1968

Catalogue Number: BwB.02.01

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No-See-Um Creek

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Artist: Belmore Browne (1880 – 1954, American)

Date: c. 1930

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: BwB.02.02

Description: General colour: blue. Creek runs diagonally up from lower left corner. Snow covered trees place horizontal live two-thirds up from the bottom. Distant mountains are seen behind trees.

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Artist: Belmore Browne (1880 – 1954, American)

Title: No-See-Um Creek

Date: c. 1930

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 76.5 x 63.5 cm

Description: General colour: blue. Creek runs diagonally up from lower left corner. Snow covered trees place horizontal live two-thirds up from the bottom. Distant mountains are seen behind trees.

Subject: landscape; mountain; winter; No-See-Um Creek; Rocky Mountains

Credit: Gift of Evelyn Browne, Durham, USA, 1968

Catalogue Number: BwB.02.02

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Cascade Mountain

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Artist: Belmore Browne (1880 – 1954, American)

Date: c. 1930

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: BwB.02.03

Description: General colour: blue, green, red brown. In the lower third are buildings and a road. The building in the center flies a flag. Behind the town of Banff are trees and a mountain rises up to a peak right of center at the top. Clouded sky comes down with sides a third.

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Artist: Belmore Browne (1880 – 1954, American)

Title: Cascade Mountain

Date: c. 1930

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 45.5 x 61.0 cm

Description: General colour: blue, green, red brown. In the lower third are buildings and a road. The building in the center flies a flag. Behind the town of Banff are trees and a mountain rises up to a peak right of center at the top. Clouded sky comes down with sides a third.

Subject: mountain; architecture; Rocky Mountains; Cascade Mountain; urban; Banff

Credit: Gift of Mrs J. C, Reed, 1972

Catalogue Number: BwB.02.03

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Mountain Goats and Mount Assiniboine

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Artist: Belmore Browne (1880 – 1954, American)

Date: 1941

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: BwB.02.06

Description: General colour: blue, green, grey. Two mountain goats look over a cliff at right into misty valley below. A hawk flys in the cloud lower left. In the upper left is a mountain. The peak is up center and is slightly behind a cloud. The sky is bright yellow.

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Artist: Belmore Browne (1880 – 1954, American)

Title: Mountain Goats and Mount Assiniboine

Date: 1941

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 45.0 x 59.0 cm

Description: General colour: blue, green, grey. Two mountain goats look over a cliff at right into misty valley below. A hawk flys in the cloud lower left. In the upper left is a mountain. The peak is up center and is slightly behind a cloud. The sky is bright yellow.

Subject: landscape; Rocky Mountains; mountain; Mount Assiniboine; animal; mountain goat

Credit: Gift of J. Monroe Thorington, Philadelphia, USA, 1973

Catalogue Number: BwB.02.06

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Massive Range

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Artist: Belmore Browne (1880 – 1954, American)

Date: 1942

Medium: oil on canvas board

Catalogue Number: BwB.02.07

Description: General colour: purple, blue and yellow. Foreground - flowers, grass, a log lies left to center. Poplars with occasional pine, in the distance make a horizon. Three chunks of mountain rise up behind and a grey clouded sky fills the top.

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Artist: Belmore Browne (1880 – 1954, American)

Title: Massive Range

Date: 1942

Medium: oil on canvas board

Dimensions: 22.0 x 27.0 cm

Description: General colour: purple, blue and yellow. Foreground - flowers, grass, a log lies left to center. Poplars with occasional pine, in the distance make a horizon. Three chunks of mountain rise up behind and a grey clouded sky fills the top.

Subject: landscape; Rocky Mountains; mountain; Massive Range

Credit: Gift of J. Monroe Thorington, Philadelphia, USA, 1974

Catalogue Number: BwB.02.07

Notes: Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018

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When the Ice Goes Out

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Artist: Belmore Browne (1880 – 1954, American)

Date: 1929

Medium: oil on canvas board

Catalogue Number: BwB.01.01

Description: General colour: green, grey. Rocky point of land comes down to the water from the lower left corner across the lower edge to right center. The green water has chunks of ice floating on it. The far shore of trees, one third up, rises quickly to two mountains. One is to the right the other in the dis…

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Artist: Belmore Browne (1880 – 1954, American)

Title: When the Ice Goes Out

Date: 1929

Medium: oil on canvas board

Dimensions: 23 x 28 cm

Description: General colour: green, grey. Rocky point of land comes down to the water from the lower left corner across the lower edge to right center. The green water has chunks of ice floating on it. The far shore of trees, one third up, rises quickly to two mountains. One is to the right the other in the distance at center. The grey sky fills the upper corner.

Subject: landscape; lake; mountains; Lake Minnewanka; Mount Inglismaldie

Credit: Gift of J. Monroe Thorington, Philadelphia, USA, 1970

Catalogue Number: BwB.01.01

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Bow Glacier

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Artist: Belmore Browne (1880 – 1954, American)

Date: 1928

Medium: oil on board

Catalogue Number: BwB.02.04

Description: Colour: blue, green. The lower half is green grass with evergreens along the shore of the lake which appears at left of center. The upper half is blue and purple and white mountains. Sky goes along the top.

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Artist: Belmore Browne (1880 – 1954, American)

Title: Bow Glacier

Date: 1928

Medium: oil on board

Dimensions: 29.0 x 40.0 cm

Description: Colour: blue, green. The lower half is green grass with evergreens along the shore of the lake which appears at left of center. The upper half is blue and purple and white mountains. Sky goes along the top.

Subject: landscape; mountain; Rocky Mountains; glacier; Bow Glacier

Credit: Gift of Mary Hallock, Fort St. James, 1981

Catalogue Number: BwB.02.04

Notes: Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018

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Ruffed Grouse in Winter

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Artist: George Browne (1918 – 1958, American)

Date: 1955 – 1956

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: BwG.02.01

Description: Colour: puprle, blue. Two birds perched in snow laden birch trees facing away from the viewer and to the right.

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Artist: George Browne (1918 – 1958, American)

Title: Ruffed Grouse in Winter

Date: 1955 – 1956

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 60.0 x 49.3 cm

Description: Colour: puprle, blue. Two birds perched in snow laden birch trees facing away from the viewer and to the right.

Subject: animal; grouse; partridge; Ruffed Grouse

Credit: Gift of C. M. Smith, 1968

Catalogue Number: BwG.02.01

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Victoria Harbour

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Artist: Emily Carr (1871 – 1945, Canadian)

Date: prior to 1940

Medium: watercolour; gouache on paper

Catalogue Number: CaE.05.01

Description: General colour: grey, brown. A wooden post dock comes out into the water in the lower right corner. At the left side is more dock with a few small boats tied up to posts out in the water. Four sail boats are in the center. Two points of land narrow the water two thirds up. The left bank has buildin…

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Artist: Emily Carr (1871 – 1945, Canadian)

Title: Victoria Harbour

Date: prior to 1940

Medium: watercolour; gouache on paper

Dimensions: 10.5 x 16.2 cm

Description: General colour: grey, brown. A wooden post dock comes out into the water in the lower right corner. At the left side is more dock with a few small boats tied up to posts out in the water. Four sail boats are in the center. Two points of land narrow the water two thirds up. The left bank has buildings and trees on it. Beyond are distant mountains and grey sky.

Subject: landscape; seascape; Pacific Ocean; Emily Carr

Credit: Gift of C. M. Smith, 1968

Catalogue Number: CaE.05.01

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Portrait of Dr. Brett

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Artist: A.F. Cels

Date: 1907

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: CeA.03.01

Description: General colour: black and white on yellow brown. The head of a man turned slightly left. He has a long mustache and his hair parts a little to the right of center.

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Artist: A.F. Cels

Title: Portrait of Dr. Brett

Date: 1907

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 20.6 x 15.5 cm

Description: General colour: black and white on yellow brown. The head of a man turned slightly left. He has a long mustache and his hair parts a little to the right of center.