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- Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British) 33
- Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian) 21
- Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian) 19
- Patricia Askren (1951 – , American) 18
- Sarain Stump (1945 – 1974, Canadian) 17
- Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian) 16
- Unknown 15
- Mary Garnham Andrews (1916 – 2018, Canadian) 14
- Charles A. Beil (1894 – 1976, Canadian) 11
- Geordie Vincent 11
- Brian Joseph Grandbois 10
- Wilfred Lambert 7
- Date
- 1972
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- GyH.03.31
- Description
- A mountain landscape sketch. Two peaks rise on the left, a rounded peak with tree coverage sits in the bottom right. Bottom left “5 Mile Banff July ‘72”, bottom right “Glyde.”
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- Title
- 5 Mile Banff
- Date
- 1972
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Description
- A mountain landscape sketch. Two peaks rise on the left, a rounded peak with tree coverage sits in the bottom right. Bottom left “5 Mile Banff July ‘72”, bottom right “Glyde.”
- Credit
- Gift of Henry George Glyde, Victoria, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- GyH.03.31
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1908 Railway Tunnel (Continental Divide on back)
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactcoj.03.322
- Date
- c. 1911
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.322
- Description
- Front: the entrance to a railway tunnel is on the left, and muontain and trees surround it. Above the entrance is written “1908” and then his writing for a colour scheme in the brc.Back: mountains and trees surround a valley running through the picture. Writing in the brc: “VICTORIA RIDGE OVER 10…
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- Title
- 1908 Railway Tunnel (Continental Divide on back)
- Date
- c. 1911
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 28.0 x 35.5 cm
- Description
- Front: the entrance to a railway tunnel is on the left, and muontain and trees surround it. Above the entrance is written “1908” and then his writing for a colour scheme in the brc.Back: mountains and trees surround a valley running through the picture. Writing in the brc: “VICTORIA RIDGE OVER 10,000feet, 33 BELOW zero, CONTINENTAL DIVIDE FEB 23”
- Subject
- landscape
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.322
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Alberta: Snow and Tar Sands
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactans.02.01
- 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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- 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.
- Credit
- Gift of Stephen Andrews, Banff, 1977
- Catalogue Number
- AnS.02.01
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Alpine Flower (Epilobium palustre or Epilobium ciliatum?)
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactscm.05.26
- Date
- 1903
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.26
- Description
- A single plant fills most of the paper; a thin stem from which emanates many smaller stems with leaves; small pink flowers and buds top the stems.
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- Title
- Alpine Flower (Epilobium palustre or Epilobium ciliatum?)
- Date
- 1903
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 25.5 x 18.0 cm
- Description
- A single plant fills most of the paper; a thin stem from which emanates many smaller stems with leaves; small pink flowers and buds top the stems.
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.26
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Anemone patens (Prairie Crocus)
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactscm.05.22
- Date
- 1906
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.22
- Description
- A single plant and 2 cuttings, light purple flowers in various stages.
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- Title
- Anemone patens (Prairie Crocus)
- Date
- 1906
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 25.5 x 17.5 cm
- Description
- A single plant and 2 cuttings, light purple flowers in various stages.
- Credit
- Gift of Leonard Leacock, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.22
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- Date
- c. 1979
- Medium
- woodcut; etching, copper on paper
- Catalogue Number
- SwN.04.01
- Description
- An antique seat is centered, on the seat is a triptych of erotica.
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- Title
- Antique Seat
- Date
- c. 1979
- Medium
- woodcut; etching, copper on paper
- Dimensions
- 51.0 x 65.5 cm
- Description
- An antique seat is centered, on the seat is a triptych of erotica.
- Subject
- figure, group
- erotica
- Credit
- Gift of Noboru Sawai, Vancouver, 1980
- Catalogue Number
- SwN.04.01
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Arctostaphylos uva-ursi [Bear Berry]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactscm.05.35
- Date
- 1904
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.35
- Description
- A stem with spoon-shaped green leaves, two bunches of round red berries, and small bunches of urn shaped white flowers with pink tips. Date and artist monogram are in the BRC. Written on verso in pencil is [alpina?] from Field. Flowers last of May. Fruit July or August + beautiful red leaves.” at t…
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- Title
- Arctostaphylos uva-ursi [Bear Berry]
- Date
- 1904
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 25.0 x 16.5 cm
- Description
- A stem with spoon-shaped green leaves, two bunches of round red berries, and small bunches of urn shaped white flowers with pink tips. Date and artist monogram are in the BRC. Written on verso in pencil is [alpina?] from Field. Flowers last of May. Fruit July or August + beautiful red leaves.” at the top and “arctostaphylos uva-urs: at bottom.
- Subject
- bearberry
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1969
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.35
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Aster bigelovii (Purple Tansy Aster)
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactscm.05.04
- Date
- 1903
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.04
- Description
- A single, thick brown stem with long green bracted leaves, is topped with a cluster of purple flowers with yellow centres.
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- Title
- Aster bigelovii (Purple Tansy Aster)
- Date
- 1903
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 25.5 x 17.5 cm
- Description
- A single, thick brown stem with long green bracted leaves, is topped with a cluster of purple flowers with yellow centres.
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.04
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Aster foliaceus (Leafy Aster)
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactscm.05.18
- Date
- 1903
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.18
- Description
- A thick green stem comes from the centre bottom of painting spreading out near the top with smaller stems which have delicate yellow and pink flowers; 6 yellow centers with pink fringes; others are pink buds.
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- Title
- Aster foliaceus (Leafy Aster)
- Date
- 1903
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 25.5 x 17.5 cm
- Description
- A thick green stem comes from the centre bottom of painting spreading out near the top with smaller stems which have delicate yellow and pink flowers; 6 yellow centers with pink fringes; others are pink buds.
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.18
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- Artist
- Wilfred Lambert
- Date
- 1975
- Medium
- woodcut on paper
- Catalogue Number
- LaW.04.03
- Description
- An overall pattern of irregular shapes indicating leaves, yellow, orange, light brown dominate. Darker green, blue, brown at lower left.
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- Artist
- Wilfred Lambert
- Title
- Autumn
- Date
- 1975
- Medium
- woodcut on paper
- Dimensions
- 47.2 x 37.4 cm
- Description
- An overall pattern of irregular shapes indicating leaves, yellow, orange, light brown dominate. Darker green, blue, brown at lower left.
- Subject
- botanical
- Credit
- Gift of Michael Laub, Banff, 1990
- Catalogue Number
- LaW.04.03
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Autumn Foothills
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifacttat.12.01
- Date
- 1979
- Medium
- acrylic on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- TaT.12.01
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- Title
- Autumn Foothills
- Date
- 1979
- Medium
- acrylic on canvas
- Dimensions
- 109.00 x 228.6 cm
- Credit
- Gift of Canada Council, Ottawa, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- TaT.12.01
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Balancing Nude
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactcar.03.02
- Date
- 1971
- Medium
- coloured graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CaR.03.02
- Description
- A seated nude (no furniture indicated) facing left, legs crossed, chin rests on her right hand, left arm lays across her right knee which is crossed over left. The model has long hair, face and one foot are indistinct. The drawing is done in a brown, red colour with light yellow highlights. Tit…
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- Title
- Balancing Nude
- Date
- 1971
- Medium
- coloured graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 34.1 x 45.3 cm
- Description
- A seated nude (no furniture indicated) facing left, legs crossed, chin rests on her right hand, left arm lays across her right knee which is crossed over left. The model has long hair, face and one foot are indistinct. The drawing is done in a brown, red colour with light yellow highlights. Titled and signed on back as well.
- Credit
- Gift of Unknown, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- CaR.03.02
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Banff Springs Hotel 1903
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- Date
- 1903
- Medium
- print on paper
- Catalogue Number
- BeS.04.01
- Description
- A giclee print repo of F.M. Bell-Smith’s “Banff Springs Hotel 1903” painting. The painting is a landscape of the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel nestled in the mountains. In the background are mountains with their peaks hidden in cloud. To the left of the hotel is the Bow River. In the foreground is a…
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- Title
- Banff Springs Hotel 1903
- Date
- 1903
- Medium
- print on paper
- Dimensions
- 30.1 x 45.8 cm
- Description
- A giclee print repo of F.M. Bell-Smith’s “Banff Springs Hotel 1903” painting. The painting is a landscape of the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel nestled in the mountains. In the background are mountains with their peaks hidden in cloud. To the left of the hotel is the Bow River. In the foreground is a field with a path on the left. On the path is a figure or possibly two figures (a woman and child?). The path leads to a line of trees and behind the trees a hotel with orange-brown roofing can be seen. The colour palette is primarily green, blue and yellow. The artist signature is in the bottom left hand corner, “FM Bell Smith”.
- Subject
- BSH
- landscape
- F.M. Bell-Smith
- Credit
- Gift of Kerry Guenter, 2007
- Catalogue Number
- BeS.04.01
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Banff Springs Hotel 1903
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactbes.04.02
- Date
- 1903
- Medium
- print on paper
- Catalogue Number
- BeS.04.02
- Description
- A giclee print repo of F.M. Bell-Smith’s “Banff Springs Hotel 1903” painting. The painting is a landscape of the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel nestled in the mountains. In the background are mountains with their peaks hidden in cloud. To the left of the hotel is the Bow River. In the foreground is a…
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- Title
- Banff Springs Hotel 1903
- Date
- 1903
- Medium
- print on paper
- Dimensions
- 30.4 x 45.8 cm
- Description
- A giclee print repo of F.M. Bell-Smith’s “Banff Springs Hotel 1903” painting. The painting is a landscape of the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel nestled in the mountains. In the background are mountains with their peaks hidden in cloud. To the left of the hotel is the Bow River. In the foreground is a field with a path on the left. On the path is a figure or possibly two figures (a woman and child?). The path leads to a line of trees and behind the trees a hotel with orange-brown roofing can be seen. The colour palette is primarily green, blue and yellow. The artist signature is in the bottom left hand corner, “FM Bell Smith”.
- Credit
- Gift of Kerry Guenter, 2007
- Catalogue Number
- BeS.04.02
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- later than 1900
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.04
- Description
- A realistic rendering of a walking grizzly bear. His head is turned slightly to the left. Open mouth shows white teeth and a pink tongue.
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Bear
- Date
- later than 1900
- Dimensions
- 13.0 x 8.0 x 24.0 cm
- Description
- A realistic rendering of a walking grizzly bear. His head is turned slightly to the left. Open mouth shows white teeth and a pink tongue.
- Subject
- amimal, bear
- grizzly bear
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.04
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- Date
- 1979
- Medium
- graphite; watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CmC.03.01
- Description
- Located in the center and filling most of the image area is an Inuit dancer. He stands with his back toward the viewer. His tunic is a yellow colour and he holds a drum stick in his right hand. He has medium length straight hair depicted in graphite and a colourful belt tied around his waist. His t…
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- Title
- Bear Dancer I
- Date
- 1979
- Medium
- graphite; watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 105.0 x 75.5 cm
- Description
- Located in the center and filling most of the image area is an Inuit dancer. He stands with his back toward the viewer. His tunic is a yellow colour and he holds a drum stick in his right hand. He has medium length straight hair depicted in graphite and a colourful belt tied around his waist. His tunic has fringes at the sides and bottom and he has a decorative strip around the top of his mukluk.
- Credit
- Gift of Dora Helen Mackie, Calgary, 1998
- Catalogue Number
- CmC.03.01
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Bear Dancer II
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactcmc.03.02
- Date
- 1979
- Medium
- graphite; watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CmC.03.02
- Description
- Located in the center and filling most of the image area is an Inuit dancer. He stands with his side toward the viewer. His tunic is a yellow colour and he holds a drum stick in his right hand high above his head. He has medium length straight hair depicted in graphite and a colourful belt tied aro…
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- Title
- Bear Dancer II
- Date
- 1979
- Medium
- graphite; watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 105.0 x 75.5 cm
- Description
- Located in the center and filling most of the image area is an Inuit dancer. He stands with his side toward the viewer. His tunic is a yellow colour and he holds a drum stick in his right hand high above his head. He has medium length straight hair depicted in graphite and a colourful belt tied around his waist. His tunic has fringes at the sides and bottom and he has a decorative strip around the top of his mukluk. He is holding a large round drum in his left hand.
- Credit
- Gift of Dora Helen Mackie, Calgary, 1998
- Catalogue Number
- CmC.03.02
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Beaver Pond, Banff Area
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactgot.02.01
- Date
- 1978
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- GoT.02.01
- Description
- The painting of the water and foliage covers the picture from frame to frame.
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- Title
- Beaver Pond, Banff Area
- Date
- 1978
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 43.7 x 59.5 cm
- Description
- The painting of the water and foliage covers the picture from frame to frame.
- Credit
- Purchased from Canadian Art Gallery, Canmore, 1978
- Catalogue Number
- GoT.02.01
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Beyond Exceptional Pass
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactarp.13.01
- Date
- c. 1978
- Medium
- string; ink; watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ArP.13.01
- Description
- A angular mountain sits on the left of the image. The mountain is in shades of pink, purple and plain paper. The bottom of the work is dominated by a horizontal cloud, with the printed words “Beyond Exceptional Pass.” Extending from the tip of the mountain on the left, to a cloud on the right, is a…
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- Title
- Beyond Exceptional Pass
- Date
- c. 1978
- Medium
- string; ink; watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 52 x 62.5 cm
- Description
- A angular mountain sits on the left of the image. The mountain is in shades of pink, purple and plain paper. The bottom of the work is dominated by a horizontal cloud, with the printed words “Beyond Exceptional Pass.” Extending from the tip of the mountain on the left, to a cloud on the right, is a fine black netting.
- Credit
- Gift of Anne (and John) Ewen, Banff, 2013
- Catalogue Number
- ArP.13.01
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- c. 1910
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.36
- Description
- A wooden sculpture of a bighorn sheep.
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Bighorn Sheep
- Date
- c. 1910
- Dimensions
- 14.5 x 16.0 cm
- Description
- A wooden sculpture of a bighorn sheep.
- Subject
- animal
- Bighorn Sheep
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.36
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