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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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Artist
Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian)
Date
1960
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
MiJ.05.05
Description
Dominant colours are blue, green, yellow, brown, mauve, purple and grey. The painting is dominated by the lake shore foreground: on viewer’s right the tip of a grey, gnarled dead tree with branches; the tree appears to have gouache painted on to give it texture; a yellow and orange-coloured rock mi…
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Artist
Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian)
Title
Kalamalka Lake
Date
1960
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
38.0 x 55.0 cm
Description
Dominant colours are blue, green, yellow, brown, mauve, purple and grey. The painting is dominated by the lake shore foreground: on viewer’s right the tip of a grey, gnarled dead tree with branches; the tree appears to have gouache painted on to give it texture; a yellow and orange-coloured rock mid-centre to the right; on viewer’s left wildflowers, the dead tree trunk and the bush above. Grey and brown pebbles and sand and the top of the tree in the water make up the foreground on the extreme right. The dead tree appears to be resting on the yellow and orange-coloured rock. There are yellow flowers with brown centres (Black Eyed Susans) and green leaves below the tree trunk, viewer’s left, and a bush with big brown and green leaves above that. The blue-green calm lake lies beyond the tree trunk and on the opposite shore are blue, grey and purple hills and a snow-peaked mountain; to the viewer’s extreme right is a green and purple hill. The sky above is barely discernable and is a mixture of blue and mauve.
Subject
landscape
lake
Kalamalka Lake
Janet Holly Middleton
Credit
Gift of Mary Garnham Andrews, Banff, 2009
Catalogue Number
MiJ.05.05
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Artist
Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian)
Date
1978
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
MiJ.05.07
Description
A watercolour depicting a mountain landscape, with a lake below (Lake O’Hara), painted in a very loose and free style. The bottom third is a blue lake with grey and white reflections from the banks, mountains, talus slopes, and trees above. The mid two-thirds depicts sparse trees, trail, and slopes…
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Artist
Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian)
Title
Lake O’Hara
Date
1978
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
55.0 x 71.0 cm
Description
A watercolour depicting a mountain landscape, with a lake below (Lake O’Hara), painted in a very loose and free style. The bottom third is a blue lake with grey and white reflections from the banks, mountains, talus slopes, and trees above. The mid two-thirds depicts sparse trees, trail, and slopes to the left, waterfalls (Seven Veils), snow-covered mountain with glacier in the background (Mt. Oesa), mid-to-far right a mountain in varying shades of grey rising to almost the top of the painting (Opabin Mountain). Top portion blue sky with clouds. The extreme bottom and right hand side is left mostly unpainted.Signed, in script, blue watercolour paint bottom right hand corner “Middleton 78”. The lake bleeds into the signature.
Subject
landscape
mountain
lake
Lake O’Hara
Janet Holly Middleton
Credit
Purchased from Willock & Sax, 2013
Catalogue Number
MiJ.05.07
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Artist
Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian)
Date
1976
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
MiJ.05.02
Description
The tip of Mount Assiniboine is in cloud; the sky is cloudy with pink and light yellow to the right and light blue/green to the left; there is quite a bit of snow but the mountain to the right is green and the mountain on the left is in the purple/green range. A blue/green lake is in the immediate …
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Artist
Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian)
Title
Mount Assiniboine
Date
1976
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
42.2 x 58.1 cm
Description
The tip of Mount Assiniboine is in cloud; the sky is cloudy with pink and light yellow to the right and light blue/green to the left; there is quite a bit of snow but the mountain to the right is green and the mountain on the left is in the purple/green range. A blue/green lake is in the immediate foreground.
Subject
landscape, mountain
landscape, Mount Assiniboine
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
MiJ.05.02
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Artist
Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian)
Date
1959
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
MiJ.05.04
Description
Dominant colours are purple, green, blue, brown, grey, yellow, and white. The painting is dominated by Mount Rundle and a cloud-filled blue sky. The foreground is grey rocks, a dead tree with the brown tree trunk and branches reaching right, above that coniferous trees viewer’s right; the middle fo…
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Artist
Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian)
Title
Mount Rundle
Date
1959
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
50.5 x 70.5 cm
Description
Dominant colours are purple, green, blue, brown, grey, yellow, and white. The painting is dominated by Mount Rundle and a cloud-filled blue sky. The foreground is grey rocks, a dead tree with the brown tree trunk and branches reaching right, above that coniferous trees viewer’s right; the middle foreground is made up of grey pebbles and small rocks with coniferous trees behind, the sun is shining on the mid- foreground and the viewer’s right highlighting the ground and trees. To the viewer’s right there is a pile of grey, brown, and beige rocks with two coniferous trees above and some yellow and brown bushes to the right of that; to the very far right the Bow River is visible and also above the bushes it is snaking its way through the valley toward Canmore. A purple-hued with some blue Tunnel (Buffalo) Mountain is in front of Mount Rundle. Mount Rundle is purple, grey, blue, pink and white with green patches to the right. The ranges on the viewer’s left are purple, grey and white and to the right of Mount Rundle they are blue, grey and white. The sky above which comprises one-third of the painting has more clouds than blue sky. The clouds are white, grey, brown growing into purple, grey and yellowish hues to the viewer’s right.
Subject
landscape
mountain
Rundle Mountain
Janet Holly Middleton
Credit
Gift of Mary Garnham Andrews, Banff, 2009
Catalogue Number
MiJ.05.04
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Untitled [Children reading]

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Artist
Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
MiJ.05.18
Description
Two children lying face down on a rug, reading. A stool and table sit on the right side, and a bookcase is behind them. A black and white watercolour painted on rice paper. It is possible that this image depicts the interior of the Banff Library.
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Artist
Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian)
Title
Untitled [Children reading]
Date
n.d.
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
20 x 30 cm
Description
Two children lying face down on a rug, reading. A stool and table sit on the right side, and a bookcase is behind them. A black and white watercolour painted on rice paper. It is possible that this image depicts the interior of the Banff Library.
Subject
building
Banff Library
Credit
Gift of Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Banff, 1984
Catalogue Number
MiJ.05.18
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Untitled (Nepalese woman)

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Artist
Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian)
Date
1981
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
MiJ.05.08
Description
A woman looking down into the left corner of the image. She wears a purple cap, a shirt with blue sleeves, and a striped, multicoloured skirt or apron. At the upper left corner there is a suggestion of foliage, with various shades of green. The signature “Middleton” is signed in blue at the bottom…
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Artist
Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian)
Title
Untitled (Nepalese woman)
Date
1981
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
57.5 x 26 cm
Description
A woman looking down into the left corner of the image. She wears a purple cap, a shirt with blue sleeves, and a striped, multicoloured skirt or apron. At the upper left corner there is a suggestion of foliage, with various shades of green. The signature “Middleton” is signed in blue at the bottom right corner.
Subject
Nepal
woman
Nepalese woman
Credit
Gift of Janet Holly Middleton, Banff, 2012
Catalogue Number
MiJ.05.08
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Untitled (People reading)

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Artist
Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
MiJ.05.09
Description
Two people reading in front of a fireplace in the Swiss Guides Room at the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies. Black and white watercolour with grey card glued to represent the top section of the fireplace.
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Artist
Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian)
Title
Untitled (People reading)
Date
n.d.
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
25.5 x 35.5 cm
Description
Two people reading in front of a fireplace in the Swiss Guides Room at the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies. Black and white watercolour with grey card glued to represent the top section of the fireplace.
Subject
Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies
building
reading
fireplace
Swiss Guides Room
Credit
Gift of Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Banff, 1984
Catalogue Number
MiJ.05.09
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Untitled (Whyte Museum Exterior)

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Artist
Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
MiJ.05.11
Description
The exterior of the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, seen from the left, from Bear Street. Trees surround the left side and back, with a mountain rising behind the building. Several figures stand on the walkway up to the previous entrance to the building.
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Artist
Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian)
Title
Untitled (Whyte Museum Exterior)
Date
n.d.
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
21 x 29 cm
Description
The exterior of the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, seen from the left, from Bear Street. Trees surround the left side and back, with a mountain rising behind the building. Several figures stand on the walkway up to the previous entrance to the building.
Subject
Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies
building
exterior
Credit
Gift of Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Banff, 1984
Catalogue Number
MiJ.05.11
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Untitled [Whyte Museum Exterior]

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Artist
Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
watercolour on rice paper
Catalogue Number
MiJ.05.12
Description
A black and white watercolour of the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies exterior, seen from the right, from Bear Street. The parking lot is visible on the left side, with trees surrounding the front of the building on the right.
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Artist
Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian)
Title
Untitled [Whyte Museum Exterior]
Date
n.d.
Medium
watercolour on rice paper
Dimensions
21 x 27 cm
Description
A black and white watercolour of the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies exterior, seen from the right, from Bear Street. The parking lot is visible on the left side, with trees surrounding the front of the building on the right.
Subject
Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies
building
exterior
Credit
Gift of Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Banff, 1984
Catalogue Number
MiJ.05.12
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