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Before the White Man Came

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

Date: 1969

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.30

Description: The painting is dominated by a large bison midcentre left grazing in a herd in the foothills. The mountains are behind under a dark blue and yellow sky.

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

Title: Before the White Man Came

Date: 1969

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 11.3 x 16.3 cm

Description: The painting is dominated by a large bison midcentre left grazing in a herd in the foothills. The mountains are behind under a dark blue and yellow sky.

Subject: animal, buffalo; landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; foothills

Credit: Gift of Unknown, 1978

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.30

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Bow Lake and Crowfoot Glacier

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Artist: Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian)

Date: 1964

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: MiJ.05.06

Description: The general colours are green, blue, grey, brown, mauve, purple and white. The painting is divided in half for dominance. The bottom-half is the icy blue/green and white of the frozen lake; on the viewer’s far right there are two small evergreens in the snow. The top-half comprises the mountains an…

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Artist: Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian)

Title: Bow Lake and Crowfoot Glacier

Date: 1964

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 37.2 x 56.0 cm

Description: The general colours are green, blue, grey, brown, mauve, purple and white. The painting is divided in half for dominance. The bottom-half is the icy blue/green and white of the frozen lake; on the viewer’s far right there are two small evergreens in the snow. The top-half comprises the mountains and glacier; viewer’s right the scree slope and upward sweep of a mountain, moving to the left is the next mountain with its white and blue glacier top and blue sweep down the middle of the mountain. Lower mid-centre is the glacier snow field and to the left is a brown and white mountain. The gloomy sky is grey and white swirling clouds with hints of yellow through the grey and blue sky beyond.

Subject: landscape; mountain; Bow Glacier; Bow Lake; Janet Holly Middleton

Credit: Gift of Mary Garnham Andrews, Banff, 2009

Catalogue Number: MiJ.05.06

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Canadian Rockies

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

Date: 1966

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.34

Description: Merry Xmas & Happy New Year from Mr. & Mrs. J. Simpson Sr. 1966-7.

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

Title: Canadian Rockies

Date: 1966

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 17.5 x 11.0 cm

Description: Merry Xmas & Happy New Year from Mr. & Mrs. J. Simpson Sr. 1966-7.

Subject: landscape; mountain

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.34

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Mount Baker from B.C. Coast, Olympic Range, Siwash Indian Boat

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Artist: Thomas Mower Martin, R. C. A. (1838 – 1934, Canadian)

Date: 1900

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: MrT.05.01

Description: Foreground has yellow grasses, rocks and a bare ground leading towards light blue water to the right of the picture. On the edge of the water on the bare embankment is a canoe with two people. Green trees to left centre of foreground and across the river, low blue/purple mountains are in front of s…

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Artist: Thomas Mower Martin, R. C. A. (1838 – 1934, Canadian)

Title: Mount Baker from B.C. Coast, Olympic Range, Siwash Indian Boat

Date: 1900

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 46.5 x 66.0 cm

Description: Foreground has yellow grasses, rocks and a bare ground leading towards light blue water to the right of the picture. On the edge of the water on the bare embankment is a canoe with two people. Green trees to left centre of foreground and across the river, low blue/purple mountains are in front of snow-capped mountains to centre left. Cloudy sky with a few patches of blue.

Subject: landscape; mountain; lake; figure, male

Credit: Purchased from Sotheby Parke Bernet (Canada) Ltd, Toronto, 1984

Catalogue Number: MrT.05.01

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South from Palliser Pass

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

Date: 1961

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.06

Description: Colour: green, blue. Foreground is shrubs and trees sloping down to the center. A bank of trees rises up on the right and further in the distance to the left as well. The valley leads to mountains up center. The sky across the top is yellow at the left and blue at the right.

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

Title: South from Palliser Pass

Date: 1961

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 19.1 x 24.2 cm

Description: Colour: green, blue. Foreground is shrubs and trees sloping down to the center. A bank of trees rises up on the right and further in the distance to the left as well. The valley leads to mountains up center. The sky across the top is yellow at the left and blue at the right.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; pass

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1967

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.06

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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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Untitled

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

Date: 1969

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.24

Description: A woman in a hat is standing on the shore of a lake. The painting is dominated by Mount Assiniboine in the background under a deep blue sky.

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

Title: Untitled

Date: 1969

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 12.7 x 18.0 cm

Description: A woman in a hat is standing on the shore of a lake. The painting is dominated by Mount Assiniboine in the background under a deep blue sky.

Subject: figure; woman; Canadian Rockies; mountain; lake

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

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.24

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Untitled

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

Date: 1969

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.31

Description: The painting is dominated by a large bison midcentre left grazing in a herd concentrated to the right in the foothills. The mountains are behind under a dark blue and yellow sky.

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

Title: Untitled

Date: 1969

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 23.0 x 28.0 cm

Description: The painting is dominated by a large bison midcentre left grazing in a herd concentrated to the right in the foothills. The mountains are behind under a dark blue and yellow sky.