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Mount Thorington 1968

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Artist: J. Monroe Thorington (1894 – 1989, American)

Date: 1968

Medium: oil on canvas board

Catalogue Number: ThM.02.01

Description: Colour: blue, purple. Rocks come out of the snow in the lower right and across the bottom. Snow leads up to a rock peak at upper center. Distant range is off to the right. Sky fills in the upper area.

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Artist: J. Monroe Thorington (1894 – 1989, American)

Title: Mount Thorington 1968

Date: 1968

Medium: oil on canvas board

Dimensions: 44.1 x 59.7 cm

Description: Colour: blue, purple. Rocks come out of the snow in the lower right and across the bottom. Snow leads up to a rock peak at upper center. Distant range is off to the right. Sky fills in the upper area.

Subject: landscape; mountain

Credit: Gift of J. Monroe Thorington, Philadelphia, USA, 1969

Catalogue Number: ThM.02.01

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Rocks, Lake O'Hara

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1961

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.011

Description: Colour: grey, green, brown, blue, white. Foreground is grey and brown slabs of rock. At the right side is a dark rock cliff and behind a grey mountain peak.Clouds come down in swirls of white revealing two patches of clear blue.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Rocks, Lake O'Hara

Date: 1961

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 76.5 x 63.5 cm

Description: Colour: grey, green, brown, blue, white. Foreground is grey and brown slabs of rock. At the right side is a dark rock cliff and behind a grey mountain peak.Clouds come down in swirls of white revealing two patches of clear blue.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.011

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

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Lake O'Hara

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Artist: Mignon Fox Linck

Date: c. 1966

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LiM.05.01

Description: The mountain dominates the entire picture from side to side with a little dark blue sky at the top and the lake in the immediate foreground. Written in pen on the back of the dust jacket in pen and ink: With love to Lillian you Glacier Peak affectionally Mignon.

Artist: Mignon Fox Linck

Title: Lake O'Hara

Date: c. 1966

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 14.9 x 22.5 cm

Description: The mountain dominates the entire picture from side to side with a little dark blue sky at the top and the lake in the immediate foreground. Written in pen on the back of the dust jacket in pen and ink: With love to Lillian you Glacier Peak affectionally Mignon.

Subject: landscape; mountains; lake

Credit: Gift of Lillian Gest, Philadelphia, USA, 1986

Catalogue Number: LiM.05.01

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Stream Coming from Peyto Lake

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Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Date: 1962

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.40

Description: A blue/green stream is centre bottom and dissappears in centre of picture; autumn colours on both banks; evergreen trees also both banks; mountains in background centre of picture; cloudy sky; brc inked markings appears to have been signed and dated then inked out; inscription on brc of mat: Happy …

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Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Title: Stream Coming from Peyto Lake

Date: 1962

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 14.0 x 18.0 cm

Description: A blue/green stream is centre bottom and dissappears in centre of picture; autumn colours on both banks; evergreen trees also both banks; mountains in background centre of picture; cloudy sky; brc inked markings appears to have been signed and dated then inked out; inscription on brc of mat: Happy Xmas & Happy New Year from Simpson clan 1962-63. Credit both The Banff Centre and Mrs.J. I. Brewster in any exhibition of publication of the collection, either in whole or in part. Banff Centre catalogue numbers: 81 0308 A; 20661.

Subject: landscape; mountain; river

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

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.40

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

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Cathedral Mountain from Lake O’Hara

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Artist: Martha Isabel Houston (1896 – , Canadian)

Date: 1961 – 1961

Medium: print on paper

Catalogue Number: HoM.04.01

Description: This is a mountain scene printed on white paper with black ink. The mountains are in the background behind a lake that is surrounded with trees. The foreground is comprised of trees surrounding the lake, through which you can see the water. The mountains reach 2/3 of the way up the print, and th…

Artist: Martha Isabel Houston (1896 – , Canadian)

Title: Cathedral Mountain from Lake O’Hara

Date: 1961 – 1961

Medium: print on paper

Dimensions: 15.2 x 17.7 cm

Description: This is a mountain scene printed on white paper with black ink. The mountains are in the background behind a lake that is surrounded with trees. The foreground is comprised of trees surrounding the lake, through which you can see the water. The mountains reach 2/3 of the way up the print, and the rest is sky with large white clouds. On the left side of the print are 2 pine trees which almost reach the top of the print. A small black border surrounds the image.

Subject: landscape; Mountains; Canadian Rockies; Cathedral Mt.; Lake; Lake O’Hara

Credit: Purchased from Canadian Art Gallery, Canmore, 1998

Catalogue Number: HoM.04.01

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Untitled

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Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Date: 1962

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.57

Description: Snow covered mountains in background, snow covered foreground with one tree at left-centre and more trees in distance on far left. The sky is blue and yellow.

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Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1962

Medium: watercolour on paper

Description: Snow covered mountains in background, snow covered foreground with one tree at left-centre and more trees in distance on far left. The sky is blue and yellow.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; snowscape; mountain

Credit: Gift of James (Jr.) Simpson, Rocky Mountain House, 2000

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.57

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Untitled

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Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Date: 1964

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.58

Description: Cloudy night sky, moon is in trc, with mountains in upper left of painting. A valley in the foreground with several trees at the centre of the painting and wooded area at the left of the image. Trees recede into the distance.

Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1964

Medium: watercolour on paper

Description: Cloudy night sky, moon is in trc, with mountains in upper left of painting. A valley in the foreground with several trees at the centre of the painting and wooded area at the left of the image. Trees recede into the distance.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; forest

Credit: Gift of James (Jr.) Simpson, Rocky Mountain House, 2000

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.58

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Bow Lake, 1962

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Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Date: 1962

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.59

Description: Blue sky with large cloud at left, mountains in background across image with Bow Lake below them. Green grassy area with trees in foreground of image. Title and “Canadian Rockies” written on mat.

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Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Title: Bow Lake, 1962

Date: 1962

Medium: watercolour on paper

Description: Blue sky with large cloud at left, mountains in background across image with Bow Lake below them. Green grassy area with trees in foreground of image. Title and “Canadian Rockies” written on mat.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; Bow Lake

Credit: Gift of James (Jr.) Simpson, Rocky Mountain House, 2000

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.59

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Bow Lake, Looking North, 1969

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Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Date: 1969

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.62

Description: Bow Lake is seen in foreground of image, mountains can be seen in the distance in the upper left corner and are reflected in the lake. Trees form a line along the lake’s shore from the centre of the image out to the far right centre. They are also reflected in the lake. The sky is quite yellow o…

Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Title: Bow Lake, Looking North, 1969

Date: 1969

Medium: watercolour on paper

Description: Bow Lake is seen in foreground of image, mountains can be seen in the distance in the upper left corner and are reflected in the lake. Trees form a line along the lake’s shore from the centre of the image out to the far right centre. They are also reflected in the lake. The sky is quite yellow on the right but changes to blue on the left of the sky.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; Bow Lake

Credit: Gift of James (Jr.) Simpson, Rocky Mountain House, 2000

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.62

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Canadian Rockies, 1965

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Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Date: 1965

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.67

Description: A mountain range runs horizontally across the painting in the upper centre. The mountains are painted in yellows, blues and purples. A snow covered area which looks like a glacier or lake is cropped at the left in the foreground. A few rocky outcrops stick up out of this area. A green slope ris…

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Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Title: Canadian Rockies, 1965

Date: 1965

Medium: watercolour on paper

Description: A mountain range runs horizontally across the painting in the upper centre. The mountains are painted in yellows, blues and purples. A snow covered area which looks like a glacier or lake is cropped at the left in the foreground. A few rocky outcrops stick up out of this area. A green slope rises up on the right and is cut off.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies

Credit: Gift of James (Jr.) Simpson, Rocky Mountain House, 2000

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.67

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Mt. Bonney, British Columbia

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Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Date: 1962

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.68

Description: Blue and green hills or mountains on either side of the image form a valley in the centre of it. A flat area with trees on it makes up the foreground and a snowcapped mountain in the centre background is framed by either side of the valley.

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Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Title: Mt. Bonney, British Columbia

Date: 1962

Medium: watercolour on paper

Description: Blue and green hills or mountains on either side of the image form a valley in the centre of it. A flat area with trees on it makes up the foreground and a snowcapped mountain in the centre background is framed by either side of the valley.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; Mt. Bonney; British Columbia

Credit: Gift of James (Jr.) Simpson, Rocky Mountain House, 2000

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.68

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Untitled

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Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Date: 1962

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.70

Description: The sky is dark and stormy. Clouds descend from the left of the image into the centre of it. It appears as if the cloud cover is near the ground. A blue mountain peak is visible above the clouds at the right hand side of the image. A line of trees extends into the centre of the image from the …

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Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1962

Medium: watercolour on paper

Description: The sky is dark and stormy. Clouds descend from the left of the image into the centre of it. It appears as if the cloud cover is near the ground. A blue mountain peak is visible above the clouds at the right hand side of the image. A line of trees extends into the centre of the image from the left side of it. In the foreground is a flatlands area. A few scraggly bushes and some grass are visible in the centre of the foreground. It looks as if there is snow or water in this flatlands area.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies

Credit: Gift of James (Jr.) Simpson, Rocky Mountain House, 2000

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.70

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Near Henry House, Jasper Park

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Artist: George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)

Date: 1962

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: WbG.04.021

Description: A mountain in the background gives way to a hilly valley area in the foreground. A hill is in the middle of the print. Beyond the hill a line of trees runs across the print. The mountain apprears to be roughly divided into three ridges. Yellow, green, and brown colours predominate.

Artist: George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)

Title: Near Henry House, Jasper Park

Date: 1962

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 40.5 x 35.3 cm

Description: A mountain in the background gives way to a hilly valley area in the foreground. A hill is in the middle of the print. Beyond the hill a line of trees runs across the print. The mountain apprears to be roughly divided into three ridges. Yellow, green, and brown colours predominate.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; Jasper National Park

Credit: Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 2003

Catalogue Number: WbG.04.021

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The Golden Range, Revelstoke, BC

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Artist: George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)

Date: 1962

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: WbG.04.022

Description: Foothills area makes up foreground of this mountain scene. Large rounded rocks poke up through the olive green ground. Several stands of trees are scattered across this area. Beyond the trees are craggy mountain peaks. Between the mountains and the trees, there appears to be a patch of mist tha…

Artist: George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)

Title: The Golden Range, Revelstoke, BC

Date: 1962

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 33.9 x 40.7 cm

Description: Foothills area makes up foreground of this mountain scene. Large rounded rocks poke up through the olive green ground. Several stands of trees are scattered across this area. Beyond the trees are craggy mountain peaks. Between the mountains and the trees, there appears to be a patch of mist that runs across the print. The sky is soft blue at the top of the print and gets lighter as it moves towards the mountain tops.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; British Columbia; Revelstoke

Credit: Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 2003

Catalogue Number: WbG.04.022

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Johnston’s Canyon, Banff

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Artist: George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)

Date: 1962

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: WbG.04.023

Description: A blue pool of water at the base of a waterfall at Johnston’s Canyon is in the bottom left corner. Ripples extend out from where the waterfall hits the pool. The pool is surrounded by brown rock walls. The blue waterfall flows over and between the rocks from the upper left area of the print.

Artist: George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)

Title: Johnston’s Canyon, Banff

Date: 1962

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 40.4 x 30.1 cm

Description: A blue pool of water at the base of a waterfall at Johnston’s Canyon is in the bottom left corner. Ripples extend out from where the waterfall hits the pool. The pool is surrounded by brown rock walls. The blue waterfall flows over and between the rocks from the upper left area of the print.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; Johnston’s Canyon; waterfall

Credit: Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 2003

Catalogue Number: WbG.04.023

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Rock Isle Lake, Sunshine, Banff

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Artist: George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)

Date: 1969

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: WbG.04.024

Description: The foreground of the print is a green lake. In the middle of the lake an island, covered in trees. Beyond Rock Isle Lake are sloping hills that eventually turn into mountains at Sunshine. The hills at the right of the print are covered in trees. Shades of green predominate.

Artist: George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)

Title: Rock Isle Lake, Sunshine, Banff

Date: 1969

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 33.0 x 45.7 cm

Description: The foreground of the print is a green lake. In the middle of the lake an island, covered in trees. Beyond Rock Isle Lake are sloping hills that eventually turn into mountains at Sunshine. The hills at the right of the print are covered in trees. Shades of green predominate.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; Rock Isle Lake

Credit: Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 2003

Catalogue Number: WbG.04.024

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Rocks near Banff

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

Date: 1968

Medium: oil on masonite

Catalogue Number: GyH.02.11

Description: Rocks in various shades of grey make up most of the painting. At the top of the painting, dark blue-grey mountain peaks are visible. A lighter blue sky is visible above the mountain peaks.

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

Title: Rocks near Banff

Date: 1968

Medium: oil on masonite

Dimensions: 33 x 40.5 cm

Description: Rocks in various shades of grey make up most of the painting. At the top of the painting, dark blue-grey mountain peaks are visible. A lighter blue sky is visible above the mountain peaks.