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Artist
Napatchie Pootoogook (1938 – 2002, Canadian)
Date
1960
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
NeP.04.01
Description
Background is blue green variegated light and dark. On this are various black shapes of men and animals. The top part of the picture has 4 men in a boat, 2 with oars, one casting a spear which is touching the head of a walrus, there are 2 walrus heads. A long curving line runs along the picture,…
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Artist
Napatchie Pootoogook (1938 – 2002, Canadian)
Title
Eskimo Sea Dreams
Date
1960
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
49.5 x 60.5 cm
Description
Background is blue green variegated light and dark. On this are various black shapes of men and animals. The top part of the picture has 4 men in a boat, 2 with oars, one casting a spear which is touching the head of a walrus, there are 2 walrus heads. A long curving line runs along the picture, below this image is another scene. An animal/man with horns, holding a spear and horns is facing another animal/man, behind them a small bird. They are all standing on a large, black whale. brc artist's carver's chop in red and Dorset chop in black.
Subject
activity, hunting
fishing
mythological
Credit
Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
Catalogue Number
NeP.04.01
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Artist
Unknown
Date
prior to 1962
Medium
wool; hide
Catalogue Number
UnK.08.07
Description
This square wall hanging has green and black stitching all around the edges and in the corners. In the light background the scene includes in the upper section a male with a bow and arrow aiming at a caribou. The middle section shows a woman with a child on her back and a male figure with an arm ra…
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Artist
Unknown
Title
Family Caribou Hunt
Date
prior to 1962
Medium
wool; hide
Dimensions
58.0 x 66.0 cm
Description
This square wall hanging has green and black stitching all around the edges and in the corners. In the light background the scene includes in the upper section a male with a bow and arrow aiming at a caribou. The middle section shows a woman with a child on her back and a male figure with an arm raised. Just right of the center is a tee pee. Above the tee pee area is another woman with two children. The bottom area shows a dog tied to a fixed peg in the ground and another figure working on the tee pee. All the image shapes have been cut out of fibre with the exception of the tee pee, it is made from skin. The overall colour in this wall hanging is yellow, black,green and off white.
Subject
figures
male
female
child
activity
hunting
animals
caribou
dog
architecture
teepee
Credit
Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
Catalogue Number
UnK.08.07
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Artist
Beatien Yazz
Date
n.d.
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
YaB.07.01
Description
A gouache painting of two people (Navajo?), a man and a woman dancing in middle of picture. They are dressed in regalia, including a belt that has eagle feathers on the back. They are both blue-skinned. In each hand they're carrying triangular shaped wire forms, festooned with streamers. Two large …
Artist
Beatien Yazz
Title
Feather Dance
Date
n.d.
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
50.5 x 76.4 cm
Description
A gouache painting of two people (Navajo?), a man and a woman dancing in middle of picture. They are dressed in regalia, including a belt that has eagle feathers on the back. They are both blue-skinned. In each hand they're carrying triangular shaped wire forms, festooned with streamers. Two large piles of logs, one at each side, have orange flames shooting upwards, thin smoke lines go to top of picture.
Subject
figure
group
activity
dance
religious
Indigenous
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
YaB.07.01
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Figure with Soccer Balls

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Artist
William Lewy Leroy Stevenson (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
prior to 1960
Medium
woodcut on paper
Catalogue Number
StL.04.01
Description
A boy's figure goes from br to tlc, he is jumping. His arms are up and holds number of round balls. Mountains in background in bl.
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Artist
William Lewy Leroy Stevenson (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Figure with Soccer Balls
Date
prior to 1960
Medium
woodcut on paper
Dimensions
21.0 x 14.0 cm
Description
A boy's figure goes from br to tlc, he is jumping. His arms are up and holds number of round balls. Mountains in background in bl.
Subject
figure, boy
activity, soccer
mountain
Credit
Purchased from Canadian Art Gallery, Canmore, 1981
Catalogue Number
StL.04.01
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Filling in the Bathtubs

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1937 – 1940
Medium
oil on board
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.029
Description
Colour: orange, green and blue on yellow and blue. Yellow slope covered with figures all carrying shovels. There are two paths coming down from the upper ridge at left. Both skiers at the end of the path are buried in snow. Two figures at the lower end of the right path are measuring the width of t…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Filling in the Bathtubs
Date
1937 – 1940
Medium
oil on board
Dimensions
100.1 x 74.6 cm
Description
Colour: orange, green and blue on yellow and blue. Yellow slope covered with figures all carrying shovels. There are two paths coming down from the upper ridge at left. Both skiers at the end of the path are buried in snow. Two figures at the lower end of the right path are measuring the width of the path. The sky is clear blue above where seven skiers stand waiting their turn.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
winter
figure
group
activity
skiing
Peter Whyte
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.029
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A Fishing Expedition

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Artist
Unknown
Date
c. 1970
Medium
watercolour on bark
Catalogue Number
UnK.05.01
Description
Story label on back of bark. Text on back of painting indicates horizontal; but probably intends vertical. Purchased in Australia. by Catharine Robb Whyte ca.1975. Barking and support done by Kensington Art Gallery, Calgary.
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Artist
Unknown
Title
A Fishing Expedition
Date
c. 1970
Medium
watercolour on bark
Dimensions
42.7 x 22.4 cm
Description
Story label on back of bark. Text on back of painting indicates horizontal; but probably intends vertical. Purchased in Australia. by Catharine Robb Whyte ca.1975. Barking and support done by Kensington Art Gallery, Calgary.
Subject
activity, fishing
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
UnK.05.01
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Flower Viewing on the Boat

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Artist
Yoshu Chikanobu (1838 – 1912, Japanese)
Date
1879
Medium
woodblock on paper
Catalogue Number
ChY.04.14 a-c
Description
This triptych features 16 women viewing flowers and fish from 2 boats and a dock. The first panel has 5 women all looking down towards the water. They are standing on a dock. In the tlc a tree is in blossom these blossoms stretch all the way into the third panel. A long boat intersects the 1st…
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Artist
Yoshu Chikanobu (1838 – 1912, Japanese)
Title
Flower Viewing on the Boat
Date
1879
Medium
woodblock on paper
Dimensions
37 x 75 cm
Description
This triptych features 16 women viewing flowers and fish from 2 boats and a dock. The first panel has 5 women all looking down towards the water. They are standing on a dock. In the tlc a tree is in blossom these blossoms stretch all the way into the third panel. A long boat intersects the 1st, second and third panels. in this long decorative boat are 7 woman. One woman in the second panel is standing to row. The rest are seated and mostly looking into the water. A third boat floats under a bridge in the third panel. A woman stands at the head of the boat rowing. In the brc of the third panel are many flowers from which the second boat emerges. A group of Red Carp is visible in bottom of the centre panel.
Subject
gathering
women
activity
boating
flower viewing
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
ChY.04.14 a-c
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1932 – 1933
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.587
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Fossil Mountain
Date
1932 – 1933
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
12.7 x 17.7 cm
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
activity
skiing
winter
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.587
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Artist
Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian)
Date
1936
Medium
gouache on card
Catalogue Number
GyH.07.02
Description
Four cowboys are gathered around a teepee, the top of which is not visible, as it runs of the paper. A man at the far right sits on a boulder and plays the guitar. The next man’s back faces the viewer. The third man sits on a second boulder and appears to be playing the harmonica. The fourth ma…
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Artist
Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian)
Title
Four Cowboys
Date
1936
Medium
gouache on card
Dimensions
26 x 35.8 cm
Description
Four cowboys are gathered around a teepee, the top of which is not visible, as it runs of the paper. A man at the far right sits on a boulder and plays the guitar. The next man’s back faces the viewer. The third man sits on a second boulder and appears to be playing the harmonica. The fourth man stands with his leg on the same boulder, his hand resting on his leg. A tree trunk is visible behind the man on the far right. Mountains and a stormy-looking sky are seen beyond the camp setting. All of the men are wearing cowboy hats.
Subject
figure
male
cowboy
landscape
Canadian Rockies
architecture
teepee
activity
music
guitar
harmonica
Credit
Gift of Henry George Glyde, Victoria, 1997
Catalogue Number
GyH.07.02
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Freshfield Icefield from Coronation Mountain

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Artist
Bruno Engler (1915 – 2001, Canadian)
Date
1946
Medium
silver gelatin on paper
Catalogue Number
EnB.18.02
Description
A black and white photographic positive, top fifth of picture is the sky with some white clouds, the rest of the picture is of mountains with barren, craggy rocks in the foreground with an icefield behind that, in the bottom left of the picture are mountain climbers
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Artist
Bruno Engler (1915 – 2001, Canadian)
Title
Freshfield Icefield from Coronation Mountain
Date
1946
Medium
silver gelatin on paper
Dimensions
48.9 x 39.2 cm
Description
A black and white photographic positive, top fifth of picture is the sky with some white clouds, the rest of the picture is of mountains with barren, craggy rocks in the foreground with an icefield behind that, in the bottom left of the picture are mountain climbers
Subject
landscape, mountain
Coronation Mountain
people
activity, climbing
Credit
Purchased from Bruno Engler, Harvie Heights, 1985
Catalogue Number
EnB.18.02
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