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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Date
c. 1920
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.218
Description
Sweeping curve in foreground takes you into the centre of the drawing where there is a building on the left, partially hidden by a hill, ontop of the hill is the lighthouse-type structure, on right side there are more houses, hill in the distance is broken by a single standing tree.“Collings is kno…
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Title
Mill by Quarry
Date
c. 1920
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
30.7 x 25.7 cm
Description
Sweeping curve in foreground takes you into the centre of the drawing where there is a building on the left, partially hidden by a hill, ontop of the hill is the lighthouse-type structure, on right side there are more houses, hill in the distance is broken by a single standing tree.“Collings is known to have traveled on Vancouver Island. This may have been sketched in Nanaimo.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda Heath
Subject
landscape
quarry
lighthouse
Nanaimo
Credit
Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1983
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.218
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Lower Valleys Glacier Bed, Lake Louise

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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Date
c. 1920
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.233
Description
Valley area centre with mountains on either side, rocks in foreground right, four trees on mountain side right, one large tree on same plane as other trees left, mountains from a V in distance, valley continues at the base of the V.“Sketching Lake Louise was de rigour for artists in Canada in the f…
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Title
Lower Valleys Glacier Bed, Lake Louise
Date
c. 1920
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
19.8 x 25.7 cm
Description
Valley area centre with mountains on either side, rocks in foreground right, four trees on mountain side right, one large tree on same plane as other trees left, mountains from a V in distance, valley continues at the base of the V.“Sketching Lake Louise was de rigour for artists in Canada in the first decades of the twentieth century. Collings chose an unusual view looking down towards the lake through a narrow, sinuous valley. The resulting “starburst” composition is contained by uncompromisingly vertical trees on either side.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda Heath
Subject
landscape
Lake Louise
trees
valley
Credit
Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1983
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.233
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Date
1910 – 1931
Medium
graphite on paper board
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.001
Description
Landscape, tree at left from top to bottom road crossing diagonally from left to right and disappearing. Rock-like shape at top right quarter. Writing on back.
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Title
Old Road and Tree
Date
1910 – 1931
Medium
graphite on paper board
Dimensions
19.5 x 24 cm
Description
Landscape, tree at left from top to bottom road crossing diagonally from left to right and disappearing. Rock-like shape at top right quarter. Writing on back.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1982
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.001
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2 Groups of Mountain Sheep

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Artist
Peter Karsten (1937 – , Canadian)
Date
1985
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
KaP.03.05
Description
Two groups of animals, Rocky Mountain Big Horn Sheep; the top group has 5 animals in various poses on a grassy hillside; the lower group has 4 animals all facing to the left standing on a gentle grassy slope.
Artist
Peter Karsten (1937 – , Canadian)
Title
2 Groups of Mountain Sheep
Date
1985
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
25.5; 35.4 x 23.5; 26.7 cm
Description
Two groups of animals, Rocky Mountain Big Horn Sheep; the top group has 5 animals in various poses on a grassy hillside; the lower group has 4 animals all facing to the left standing on a gentle grassy slope.
Subject
animal, group, mountain sheep
Credit
Gift of Peter Karsten, Calgary, 1985
Catalogue Number
KaP.03.05
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5 Mountain Goats, 2 Moose

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Artist
Peter Karsten (1937 – , Canadian)
Date
1985
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
KaP.03.04
Description
Two groups of animals: top group has 5 Mountain Goats, 3 in full form the other two head and shoulders; lower group has 2 moose, the one on the left is walking to the right, the other is a back view with his head turned to the right, the second moose has no horns.
Artist
Peter Karsten (1937 – , Canadian)
Title
5 Mountain Goats, 2 Moose
Date
1985
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
29.5; 35.4 x 22.5; 26.8 cm
Description
Two groups of animals: top group has 5 Mountain Goats, 3 in full form the other two head and shoulders; lower group has 2 moose, the one on the left is walking to the right, the other is a back view with his head turned to the right, the second moose has no horns.
Subject
animal, moose, mountain goat
Credit
Gift of Peter Karsten, Calgary, 1985
Catalogue Number
KaP.03.04
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Artist
Peter Karsten (1937 – , Canadian)
Date
1985
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
KaP.03.03
Description
A Bighorn Ram is standing on a slope which has tall grasses; he is facing to the left.
Artist
Peter Karsten (1937 – , Canadian)
Title
Bighorn Ram
Date
1985
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
15.0; 27.0 x 12.0; 35.3 cm
Description
A Bighorn Ram is standing on a slope which has tall grasses; he is facing to the left.
Subject
animal, sheep
Bighorn Sheep
Credit
Gift of Peter Karsten, Calgary, 1985
Catalogue Number
KaP.03.03
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Artist
Peter Karsten (1937 – , Canadian)
Date
1985
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
KaP.03.02
Description
2 bears drawn in full, facing left, one is walking the other standing; behind them in a much larger format is the head and shoulders of another bear, facing to the right.
Artist
Peter Karsten (1937 – , Canadian)
Title
Three Bears
Date
1985
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
11.3; 17.2 x 17.3; 26.9 cm
Description
2 bears drawn in full, facing left, one is walking the other standing; behind them in a much larger format is the head and shoulders of another bear, facing to the right.
Subject
animal, bear
Credit
Gift of Peter Karsten, Calgary, 1985
Catalogue Number
KaP.03.02
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Trees, brook and farm

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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Date
c. 1920
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.467
Description
A pencil drawing of a stream running towards the viewer with dead trees lining the banks. In left part of background is the vague shape of a farmhouse.
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Title
Trees, brook and farm
Date
c. 1920
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
25.0 x 19.5 cm
Description
A pencil drawing of a stream running towards the viewer with dead trees lining the banks. In left part of background is the vague shape of a farmhouse.
Subject
landscape
Credit
Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.467
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Valley of Thompson (River?)

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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Date
c. 1920
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.468
Description
A pencil drawing with heavy marks of a river valley. There are steep cliffs and trees on both sides and mountains in the distance. Two tree trunks in the foreground frame the view to the valley.Bottom-right, in cursive: Valley -- Thompson
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Title
Valley of Thompson (River?)
Date
c. 1920
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
25.5 x 20 cm
Description
A pencil drawing with heavy marks of a river valley. There are steep cliffs and trees on both sides and mountains in the distance. Two tree trunks in the foreground frame the view to the valley.Bottom-right, in cursive: Valley -- Thompson
Subject
landscape
Credit
Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.468
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Copse of Trees in Marsh

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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Date
c. 1920
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.469
Description
A rough pencil sketch of various kinds of trees, bushes and grasses in what appears to be a marsh.
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Title
Copse of Trees in Marsh
Date
c. 1920
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
26.0 x 20.5 cm
Description
A rough pencil sketch of various kinds of trees, bushes and grasses in what appears to be a marsh.
Subject
landscape
Credit
Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.469
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