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Valley near Revelstoke

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Artist: S. Atkinson (1876 – 1972, Canadian)

Date: 1949 – 1968

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: AtS.05.01

Description: General colour: blue, green. Looking down into a river valley. The tops of a tree down left and two trees lower right appear in the foreground. The pale distant mountain slopes that fill in the majority of the picture, lead to a peak right of enter near the top. Clouded sky fills upper edge.

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Artist: S. Atkinson (1876 – 1972, Canadian)

Title: Valley near Revelstoke

Date: 1949 – 1968

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 26.0 x 20.6 cm

Description: General colour: blue, green. Looking down into a river valley. The tops of a tree down left and two trees lower right appear in the foreground. The pale distant mountain slopes that fill in the majority of the picture, lead to a peak right of enter near the top. Clouded sky fills upper edge.

Subject: landscape; mountains

Credit: Gift of Bud Styles, Ottawa, 1966

Catalogue Number: AtS.05.01

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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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Mount Saskatchewan

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Artist: Belmore Browne (1880 – 1954, American)

Date: 1940

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: BwB.02.08

Description: Three Rams are standing on the edge of a cliff looking over the edge out at the mountains in the background. The mountains in the background have many clouds around them and the sky is also very cloudy. There are trees down close to the bottom of the image in the center and the Rams are facing the …

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Artist: Belmore Browne (1880 – 1954, American)

Title: Mount Saskatchewan

Date: 1940

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 50.0 x 51.0 cm

Description: Three Rams are standing on the edge of a cliff looking over the edge out at the mountains in the background. The mountains in the background have many clouds around them and the sky is also very cloudy. There are trees down close to the bottom of the image in the center and the Rams are facing the left side of the painting with their backs to the right.

Subject: landscape; Rocky Mountains; mountain; animal; mountain sheep

Credit: Gift of J. Monroe Thorington, Philadelphia, USA, 1979

Catalogue Number: BwB.02.08

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Moraine Lake

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Artist: Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)

Date: c. 1947

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: DaK.02.02

Description: The lake dominates from centre to bottom of picture, sweeping colours of green, blue, and white; mountain showing moraines with snow in top half of picture. The top of the mountain is not showing. Green trees around lake.

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Artist: Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)

Title: Moraine Lake

Date: c. 1947

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 40.5 x 50.5 cm

Description: The lake dominates from centre to bottom of picture, sweeping colours of green, blue, and white; mountain showing moraines with snow in top half of picture. The top of the mountain is not showing. Green trees around lake.

Subject: landscape; lake

Credit: Purchased from Sotheby Parke Bernet (Canada) Ltd, Toronto, 1983

Catalogue Number: DaK.02.02

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Canmore Mining Town

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Artist: Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)

Date: 1944

Medium: graphite; charcoal on paper

Catalogue Number: DaK.03.10

Description: General colour: black on white. Looking down at the mine. Coal carts run up from the bottom to the buildings center. Mountains and trees can be seen in the upper quarter.

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Artist: Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)

Title: Canmore Mining Town

Date: 1944

Medium: graphite; charcoal on paper

Dimensions: 29.0 x 37.0 cm

Description: General colour: black on white. Looking down at the mine. Coal carts run up from the bottom to the buildings center. Mountains and trees can be seen in the upper quarter.

Subject: landscape; urban; mountains; industry; coal mining

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

Catalogue Number: DaK.03.10

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Change of Shift, Miners, Canmore 1944

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Artist: Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)

Date: 1944

Medium: wax crayon on paper

Catalogue Number: DaK.03.20

Description: Mine site, with buildings and mine entrance. Open rail cars and men dominate the bottom two thirds of the picture. Top third is trees and mountains.

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Artist: Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)

Title: Change of Shift, Miners, Canmore 1944

Date: 1944

Medium: wax crayon on paper

Dimensions: 29.4 x 37.0 cm

Description: Mine site, with buildings and mine entrance. Open rail cars and men dominate the bottom two thirds of the picture. Top third is trees and mountains.

Subject: architecture, urban; figure, group; landscape; Canadian Rockies

Credit: Purchased from Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper, 1989

Catalogue Number: DaK.03.20

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Main Street, Canmore 1944

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Artist: Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)

Date: 1944

Medium: wax crayon on paper

Catalogue Number: DaK.03.22

Description: A street with 2 store fronts and another building around the corner dominates the picture. In the foreground is a board fence with a bicycle leaning up against it. In the background are mountains, including The Three Sisters.

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Artist: Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)

Title: Main Street, Canmore 1944

Date: 1944

Medium: wax crayon on paper

Dimensions: 29.1 x 36.7 cm

Description: A street with 2 store fronts and another building around the corner dominates the picture. In the foreground is a board fence with a bicycle leaning up against it. In the background are mountains, including The Three Sisters.

Subject: architecture, urban; landscape; Canadian Rockies; The Three Sisters

Credit: Purchased from Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper, 1989

Catalogue Number: DaK.03.22

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Two Boys on a Horse

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Artist: Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)

Date: 1944

Medium: wax crayon on paper

Catalogue Number: DaK.03.23

Description: Two boys sitting on a horse bareback. Both boys have on cowboy hats, the one in front has a dark hat. The horse is facing to the right, his legs are cut off below the knee. Mountains in the background

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Artist: Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)

Title: Two Boys on a Horse

Date: 1944

Medium: wax crayon on paper

Dimensions: 29.1 x 36.5 cm

Description: Two boys sitting on a horse bareback. Both boys have on cowboy hats, the one in front has a dark hat. The horse is facing to the right, his legs are cut off below the knee. Mountains in the background

Subject: figure, boy; animal, horse; landscape

Credit: Purchased from Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper, 1989

Catalogue Number: DaK.03.23

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Miners' Homes, Canmore

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Artist: Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)

Date: 1944

Medium: wax crayon on paper

Catalogue Number: DaK.03.24

Description: A boy on a horse in bottom right foreground is riding down a street, houses lined along the street centre right. Mountains in the background. Bottom left of picture is blank.

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Artist: Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)

Title: Miners' Homes, Canmore

Date: 1944

Medium: wax crayon on paper

Dimensions: 29.3 x 37.0 cm

Description: A boy on a horse in bottom right foreground is riding down a street, houses lined along the street centre right. Mountains in the background. Bottom left of picture is blank.

Subject: architecture; urban; figure; boy; animal; horse; landscape; The Three Sisters

Credit: Purchased from Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper, 1989

Catalogue Number: DaK.03.24

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Reflection in Lake

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Artist: Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)

Date: 1944 – 1945

Medium: wax crayon on paper

Catalogue Number: DaK.03.32

Description: The top three quarters of the picture is a mountain scene, with trees, rocks and three mountains. The foreground is a lake with the lower portion of the sccene reflected in the water.

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Artist: Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)

Title: Reflection in Lake

Date: 1944 – 1945

Medium: wax crayon on paper

Dimensions: 29.1 x 37.0 cm

Description: The top three quarters of the picture is a mountain scene, with trees, rocks and three mountains. The foreground is a lake with the lower portion of the sccene reflected in the water.

Subject: landscape; mountain; lake

Credit: Purchased from Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper, 1989

Catalogue Number: DaK.03.32

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Untitled

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Artist: Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)

Date: 1944

Medium: crayon on paper

Catalogue Number: DaK.03.33

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Artist: Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1944

Medium: crayon on paper

Dimensions: 29.4 x 36.9 cm

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies

Credit: Purchased from Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper, 1989

Catalogue Number: DaK.03.33

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Rocky Mountain Sheep

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Artist: Norah Drummond-Davies (1862 – 1949, Canadian)

Date: 1949

Medium: print on paper

Catalogue Number: DmN.04.02

Description: A coloured print of two sheep on a rock ledge in the foreground and four in the background (two clear sheep, two muted) on a grassy ledge. Left hand side a canyon, snow-covered mountain beyond and background sheep. Mid-to right the two larger sheep, rocks, tree branch, tree trunk and stunted tree i…

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Artist: Norah Drummond-Davies (1862 – 1949, Canadian)

Title: Rocky Mountain Sheep

Date: 1949

Medium: print on paper

Dimensions: 13.7 x 35.2 cm

Description: A coloured print of two sheep on a rock ledge in the foreground and four in the background (two clear sheep, two muted) on a grassy ledge. Left hand side a canyon, snow-covered mountain beyond and background sheep. Mid-to right the two larger sheep, rocks, tree branch, tree trunk and stunted tree in the background. Blue and white hazy sky across the top.

Subject: landscape; mountains; Rocky Mountain sheep

Credit: Gift of Helen Shandruk, Banff, 1995

Catalogue Number: DmN.04.02

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Canmore

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

Date: 1944

Medium: oil on board

Catalogue Number: GyH.02.12

Description: A stump sits in the left foreground of the image. Mountain range in back, yellow and brown tones throughout.

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

Title: Canmore

Date: 1944

Medium: oil on board

Dimensions: 25 x 35 cm

Description: A stump sits in the left foreground of the image. Mountain range in back, yellow and brown tones throughout.

Subject: landscape; Canadian; mountain; stump; Canmore

Credit: Gift of Henry George Glyde, Victoria, 1997

Catalogue Number: GyH.02.12

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Ruins at Bankhead

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

Date: 1949

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: GyH.03.38

Description: Mountain peaks on left and right top of work. Suggestion of a building or dam dominates the centre of the work. On back: “Ruins at Bankhead, August 1949.”

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

Title: Ruins at Bankhead

Date: 1949

Medium: graphite on paper

Description: Mountain peaks on left and right top of work. Suggestion of a building or dam dominates the centre of the work. On back: “Ruins at Bankhead, August 1949.”

Subject: landscape; Canadian; mountain

Credit: Gift of Henry George Glyde, Victoria, 1997

Catalogue Number: GyH.03.38

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Sundance Canyon

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

Date: 1942

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: GyH.05.12

Description: Small stepped waterfall surrounded by boulders with trees on small slope behind. Waterfall is turquoise.

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

Title: Sundance Canyon

Date: 1942

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 17.5 x 21.5 cm

Description: Small stepped waterfall surrounded by boulders with trees on small slope behind. Waterfall is turquoise.

Subject: waterfall; Banff National Park; Sundance Canyon; landscape

Credit: Gift of Rod Green, Calgary, 2021

Catalogue Number: GyH.05.12

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Winter Sunlight

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Artist: Aldro T. Hibbard (1886 – 1972, American)

Date: c. 1950

Medium: oil on board

Catalogue Number: HbA.02.02

Description: Red and white label removed from the frame backing reads:#30Title: Winter SunlightArtist: A. t. HibbardRockport, Mass

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Artist: Aldro T. Hibbard (1886 – 1972, American)

Title: Winter Sunlight

Date: c. 1950

Medium: oil on board

Dimensions: 44.6 x 59.7 cm

Description: Red and white label removed from the frame backing reads:#30Title: Winter SunlightArtist: A. t. HibbardRockport, Mass

Subject: landscape; mountains; river; winter

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

Catalogue Number: HbA.02.02

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Untitled

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Artist: Sarah Kokkinerk

Date: prior to 1962

Medium: seal skin

Catalogue Number: KoS.08.01

Description: Pieced and stitched seal skin and an all over design. The wall hanging gets wider at the center and then gets narrow as it comes back and meets the side edges again creating a bow shape at the top and bottom. Through the center of the wall hanging the seal skin is a darker colour then the top and b…

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Artist: Sarah Kokkinerk

Title: Untitled

Date: prior to 1962

Medium: seal skin

Dimensions: 83.5 x 133.0 cm

Description: Pieced and stitched seal skin and an all over design. The wall hanging gets wider at the center and then gets narrow as it comes back and meets the side edges again creating a bow shape at the top and bottom. Through the center of the wall hanging the seal skin is a darker colour then the top and bottom edge. Each shape in this work has been cut from a piece of seal skin and pieced into another of a different colour to create the images. In the center area on the left you can see a male figure holding what could be a fish in front of an animal that may be a bear or seal. Behind this figure are three dogs looking left. On the right side there is a man in a boat and another boat upside down. Also in the center there is another man in a boat, another standing, two igloos and a dog. In the lighter bottom arched area there is a bird on the left, in the center there is a male figure, a bear and another seal. The top area includes from the right, upside down a man, a walrus, a polar bear eating and two seals.The border is 3.5 cm wide.

Subject: animal; seal;dog; bear; bird; figure; male; activity; hunting; landscape; Canadian; transportation; ice boat

Credit: Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988

Catalogue Number: KoS.08.01

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Banff and area photographs

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Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of b&w photograph negatives of unidentified people interacting with black bears in Banff, exteriors of the Indian Trading Post, view from Mount Norquay Lookout, a canyon, and winter scenes.

Date Range: [1940-1962]

Reference Code: LUX / I / D6c / NA - 18 to NA - 31

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Photograph; Negative

14 images

Part Of: Luxton family fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: LUX

Series: LUX / I / D : Personal and professional

Sous-Fonds: LUX / I : Norman Luxton sous-fonds

Sub-Series: LUX / I / D / 6 : Other activities and interests

Reference Code: LUX / I / D6c / NA - 18 to NA - 31

GMD: Photograph; Negative

Date Range: [1940-1962]

Physical Description: 14 photographs: b&w negatives; 9.5 x 6 cm or smaller

Scope & Content: File consists of b&w photograph negatives of unidentified people interacting with black bears in Banff, exteriors of the Indian Trading Post, view from Mount Norquay Lookout, a canyon, and winter scenes.