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Alberta: Snow and Tar Sands

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Artist
Stephen Andrews (1922 – 1995, Canadian)
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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Artist
Stephen Andrews (1922 – 1995, Canadian)
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.
Subject
landscape
Alberta
symbol
Alberta provincial emblem
Credit
Gift of Stephen Andrews, Banff, 1977
Catalogue Number
AnS.02.01
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Approaching Stewart B.C. Portland Canal

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Artist
Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)
Date
1919
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaE.05.51
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Artist
Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)
Title
Approaching Stewart B.C. Portland Canal
Date
1919
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
8.7 x 14.1 cm
Subject
landscape
mountains
water
urban, buildings;Ernest Lamarque
Credit
Gift of Ernest Lamarque (Estate), 1971
Catalogue Number
LaE.05.51
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Beaver Pond, Banff Area

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Artist
Edward William Godwin (1933 – 2013, Canadian)
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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Artist
Edward William Godwin (1933 – 2013, Canadian)
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.
Subject
landscape
lake
Credit
Purchased from Canadian Art Gallery, Canmore, 1978
Catalogue Number
GoT.02.01
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Artist
Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)
Date
1971
Medium
oil on canvas board
Catalogue Number
WiS.02.09
Description
Painting of blue lake with trees on shore in middle of a green meadow. Rocks in foreground. Rolling hills and grey mountains in background. Gradient blue sky with white clouds. “SITTING WIND” lower right corner. On back: “By the Lake. F. Kaquitts (Sitting Wind) Indian name” Sept. 1971.”
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Artist
Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)
Title
By The Lake
Date
1971
Medium
oil on canvas board
Dimensions
30.5 x 40.5 cm
Description
Painting of blue lake with trees on shore in middle of a green meadow. Rocks in foreground. Rolling hills and grey mountains in background. Gradient blue sky with white clouds. “SITTING WIND” lower right corner. On back: “By the Lake. F. Kaquitts (Sitting Wind) Indian name” Sept. 1971.”
Subject
lake
mountains
landscape
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WiS.02.09
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Artist
Homer Ransford Watson (1855 – 1936, Canadian)
Date
c. 1921
Medium
oil on board
Catalogue Number
WaH.02.01
Description
This painting is of a mountain scene. There is a row of mountains which make up 2/3 of the painting and are cropped at either side of the piece. These mountains are painted with mostly greys and greenish blues. Above the row of mountains is a small portion of blue-grey sky. At the base of the m…
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Artist
Homer Ransford Watson (1855 – 1936, Canadian)
Title
Canadian Rockies
Date
c. 1921
Medium
oil on board
Description
This painting is of a mountain scene. There is a row of mountains which make up 2/3 of the painting and are cropped at either side of the piece. These mountains are painted with mostly greys and greenish blues. Above the row of mountains is a small portion of blue-grey sky. At the base of the mountains a lake and foreground make up the other 1/3 of the piece with the foreground being twice the size of the portion of visible lake. On the brc and blc are shrubby looking trees painted in a dark colour. The foreground is very rocky and painted with browns, greens and a terra-cotta colour.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
lake
Credit
Gift of Donald Grace, Saanichton, 1997
Catalogue Number
WaH.02.01
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Date
1971
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.46
Description
Vivid colours depicting a lake in the foreground, green growth to the front and right of water, dark trees and mountain slope. Multi coloured bank, growth trees to the left. Varied coloured mountains in the background, yellow and blue sky.
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Title
Consolation Lake
Date
1971
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
21.0 x 27.1 cm
Description
Vivid colours depicting a lake in the foreground, green growth to the front and right of water, dark trees and mountain slope. Multi coloured bank, growth trees to the left. Varied coloured mountains in the background, yellow and blue sky.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
lake
mountain
Credit
Gift of Audrey Campbell, Banff, 1991
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.46
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Artist
Jim Stewart (1949 – , Canadian)
Date
1977
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
StJ.02.02
Description
Blue bands from both top corners come to a point together below centre forming a diamond shape of red and yellow; below this is pink with free form red shapes; a grid a green lines over all; centre top is green and blue.
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Artist
Jim Stewart (1949 – , Canadian)
Title
Crossing
Date
1977
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
35.5 x 35.6 cm
Description
Blue bands from both top corners come to a point together below centre forming a diamond shape of red and yellow; below this is pink with free form red shapes; a grid a green lines over all; centre top is green and blue.
Subject
abstract
non-representational
Credit
Purchased from Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, 1990
Catalogue Number
StJ.02.02
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Artist
Jim Stewart (1949 – , Canadian)
Date
1977
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
StJ.02.01
Description
non representational; 2 red triangles dominate centre; a black band centered is cut into by the larger red triangle; blue at left and right; top of picture tapers into large triangle, colours shades of green, grey; lines of red; these same colours continue to bottom edge from the black band.
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Artist
Jim Stewart (1949 – , Canadian)
Title
Crown
Date
1977
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
121.0 x 101.6 cm
Description
non representational; 2 red triangles dominate centre; a black band centered is cut into by the larger red triangle; blue at left and right; top of picture tapers into large triangle, colours shades of green, grey; lines of red; these same colours continue to bottom edge from the black band.
Subject
abstract
non-representational
Credit
Purchased from Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, 1990
Catalogue Number
StJ.02.01
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Artist
George James Angliss (1921 – 1991, Canadian )
Date
c. 1984
Medium
oil on linen
Catalogue Number
AgG.02.01
Description
Off in the distance is wall of blue mountains. Darker blue areas on the mountains represent the tree line. In the middle and foreground are rolling areas of yellow land separated by rows and lines of dark green trees. The sky is covered in white clouds with bits of blue showing through.
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Artist
George James Angliss (1921 – 1991, Canadian )
Title
Crowsnest Pass
Date
c. 1984
Medium
oil on linen
Dimensions
46.0 x 61.0 cm
Description
Off in the distance is wall of blue mountains. Darker blue areas on the mountains represent the tree line. In the middle and foreground are rolling areas of yellow land separated by rows and lines of dark green trees. The sky is covered in white clouds with bits of blue showing through.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Crowsnest Pass
Credit
Gift of Kay Angliss, Penticton, 1998
Catalogue Number
AgG.02.01
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Artist
Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)
Date
1971
Medium
oil on canvas board
Catalogue Number
WiS.02.06
Description
Close up painting of conifer trees in varying shades of green. Green slope under trees at left and sliver of grey mountains seen in background through trees. Fluffy white clouds in blue sky above. “SITTING WIND” at lower right corner. On back “Deep in the Woods. Fr. Kaquitts (Sitting Wind) Indian N…
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Artist
Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)
Title
Deep in the Woods
Date
1971
Medium
oil on canvas board
Dimensions
40.5 x 30.5 cm
Description
Close up painting of conifer trees in varying shades of green. Green slope under trees at left and sliver of grey mountains seen in background through trees. Fluffy white clouds in blue sky above. “SITTING WIND” at lower right corner. On back “Deep in the Woods. Fr. Kaquitts (Sitting Wind) Indian Name. Sept 1971.”
Subject
trees
nature
landscape
mountains
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WiS.02.06
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Artist
Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)
Date
1978
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
SiR.05.05
Description
Minimally painted red canyon; pencil drawn image frame 46.0x13.7 has tlc painted shapes of red and green; a line drops off from this to left of brc; red/yellow at bottom goes into red/purple then fades off into white; pencil lettered under image DWN UNDE
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Artist
Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)
Title
Down Under
Date
1978
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
56.0 x 19.0 cm
Description
Minimally painted red canyon; pencil drawn image frame 46.0x13.7 has tlc painted shapes of red and green; a line drops off from this to left of brc; red/yellow at bottom goes into red/purple then fades off into white; pencil lettered under image DWN UNDE
Subject
landscape
abstract
Credit
Purchased from Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, 1990
Catalogue Number
SiR.05.05
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Artist
Jim Stewart (1949 – , Canadian)
Date
1977
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
StJ.02.03
Description
greens of various hue cover almost entire canvas; both sides have shades of blue; a light blue triangular shape is centered; six blue lines emanate from inside the triangle, red on end of each.
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Artist
Jim Stewart (1949 – , Canadian)
Title
Dream
Date
1977
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
30.7 x 40.6 cm
Description
greens of various hue cover almost entire canvas; both sides have shades of blue; a light blue triangular shape is centered; six blue lines emanate from inside the triangle, red on end of each.
Subject
abstract
non-representational
Credit
Purchased from Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, 1990
Catalogue Number
StJ.02.03
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Eagles Over Mt. Rundle

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Artist
Clarence Ingwall Tillenius (1913 – 2012, Canadian)
Date
1979
Medium
oil on canvas board
Catalogue Number
TiC.02.15
Description
In the distance a mountain begins at a low area at the right of the image. This mountain gets larger as it proceeds to the left side of the image. In the top left corner the mountain peak is covered with snow. The foreground and the area between that and the mountain is solid trees of green, yellow…
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Artist
Clarence Ingwall Tillenius (1913 – 2012, Canadian)
Title
Eagles Over Mt. Rundle
Date
1979
Medium
oil on canvas board
Dimensions
25.4 x 51.0 cm
Description
In the distance a mountain begins at a low area at the right of the image. This mountain gets larger as it proceeds to the left side of the image. In the top left corner the mountain peak is covered with snow. The foreground and the area between that and the mountain is solid trees of green, yellow and orange. Two eagles soar over the tops of the trees, one from the left and one from the right. The sky in the background has a bit of blue with several white and grey clouds.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
Mt. Rundle
animal
eagles
Credit
Gift of Clarence Ingwall Tillenius, Winnipeg, 1996
Catalogue Number
TiC.02.15
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Edge of Forest (No. 8)

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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Date
1912
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
CoJ.05.44
Description
colourful abstract scene of a landscape in varying hues of brown; green; and blues.
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Title
Edge of Forest (No. 8)
Date
1912
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
61.0 x 13.0 cm
Description
colourful abstract scene of a landscape in varying hues of brown; green; and blues.
Subject
landscape
Credit
Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1986
Catalogue Number
CoJ.05.44
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Artist
Vera Louise Drysdale (1921 – 1994, Canadian)
Date
1974
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
DyV.02.01
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Artist
Vera Louise Drysdale (1921 – 1994, Canadian)
Title
Elizabeth Bearspaw
Date
1974
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
40.5 x 31.5 cm
Subject
portrait
female
Indigenous
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
DyV.02.01
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Figures on the Sand II

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Artist
Elizabeth Wentworth Roberts (1871 – 1927, American)
Date
c. 1920
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
RoE.02.01
Description
Purchased by Mrs. Russell Robb, 1927. See RoE.02.02 for more info.
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Artist
Elizabeth Wentworth Roberts (1871 – 1927, American)
Title
Figures on the Sand II
Date
c. 1920
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
24.3 x 49.8 cm
Description
Purchased by Mrs. Russell Robb, 1927. See RoE.02.02 for more info.
Subject
landscape
ocean
figure
child
group
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
RoE.02.01
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Fireweed on Storm Mountain

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Artist
Illingworth Holey Kerr (1905 – 1989, Canadian)
Date
1978
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
KeI.02.01
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Artist
Illingworth Holey Kerr (1905 – 1989, Canadian)
Title
Fireweed on Storm Mountain
Date
1978
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
44.0 x 59.0 cm
Subject
landscape, forest
Credit
Gift of Illingworth Holey Kerr, 1978
Catalogue Number
KeI.02.01
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Date
1973
Medium
oil on paper
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.069
Description
Two buildings in grassy area.
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Title
Fort St. James
Date
1973
Medium
oil on paper
Dimensions
22.8 x 30.3 cm
Description
Two buildings in grassy area.
Subject
architecture
rural
Fort St. James
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.069
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Date
1970
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.280
Description
View of a village under vast clouds, with a stretch of water in the distance. In the left foreground is a rectangular home, whose walls are made up of ochre, yellow and red sections. A roughly sketched rise of brown, brown-grey and blue rock lies in the right foreground. A brown road swings between…
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Title
Frobisher Bay
Date
1970
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
25.4 x 30.3 cm
Description
View of a village under vast clouds, with a stretch of water in the distance. In the left foreground is a rectangular home, whose walls are made up of ochre, yellow and red sections. A roughly sketched rise of brown, brown-grey and blue rock lies in the right foreground. A brown road swings between the foreground house and rocks. Beyond this, is a line of green, red and blue houses. Tall black poles rise up from among the homes. Near the centre of the picture is a short stretch of white, indicating a body of water. Above the horizon are layers of violet-grey clouds (with touches of ochre and pink). Lighter violet-grey clouds extend upwards on the right-hand side, while pale grey-yellow clouds rise on the left-hand side. An area of blue sky stretches diagonally from the upper left corner towards the lower right section of the sketch.
Subject
architecture, rural
seascape
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.280
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In the Valley of the Thompson

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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Date
c. 1915
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
CoJ.05.58
Description
A grey and white mountain sits in the upper left side, beside a dark brown shape that rises from the right. Trees sit in the centre of the image, rendered in several shades of green. In the left foreground sits a brown stump.
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Title
In the Valley of the Thompson
Date
c. 1915
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
19 x 13.5 cm
Description
A grey and white mountain sits in the upper left side, beside a dark brown shape that rises from the right. Trees sit in the centre of the image, rendered in several shades of green. In the left foreground sits a brown stump.
Subject
landscape
stump
trees
mountain
Credit
Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
Catalogue Number
CoJ.05.58
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