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Melora

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Date: c. 1890

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.097

Description: Profile portrait of the bust of a woman with her head gazing downwards.“The woman’s head is bowed as though she is preoccupied with something in front of her; perhaps it is the artist’s wife, Mellora, playing the piano. The woman’s eyes and mouth, and tendrils of hair at the nape are treated sensit…

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Title: Melora

Date: c. 1890

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 25 x 18 cm

Description: Profile portrait of the bust of a woman with her head gazing downwards.“The woman’s head is bowed as though she is preoccupied with something in front of her; perhaps it is the artist’s wife, Mellora, playing the piano. The woman’s eyes and mouth, and tendrils of hair at the nape are treated sensitively while flowers in the background underscore her femininity.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda Heath

Subject: portrait; Mellora Collings

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1984

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.097

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Marble Halls

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Date: 1880

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.05.45

Description: Scene of a valley with outcroppings of dark rust/red rocks to the right and forground right, trees to the left middle, and mountains in the distance.

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Title: Marble Halls

Date: 1880

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 13.5 x 14 cm

Description: Scene of a valley with outcroppings of dark rust/red rocks to the right and forground right, trees to the left middle, and mountains in the distance.

Subject: landscape

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1986

Catalogue Number: CoJ.05.45

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Rusty Disk

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Date: c. 1885

Medium: graphite on paper board

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.071

Description: Drawing of a farming disc, the first few discs are show as the disappear into the piece, and the seat sits high up on the piece.“An unlikely combination of practical entrepreneur and preoccupied artist, Collings was involved with farm machinery sales between 1882 and 1888 in England. A writer who i…

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Title: Rusty Disk

Date: c. 1885

Medium: graphite on paper board

Dimensions: 25 x 30 cm

Description: Drawing of a farming disc, the first few discs are show as the disappear into the piece, and the seat sits high up on the piece.“An unlikely combination of practical entrepreneur and preoccupied artist, Collings was involved with farm machinery sales between 1882 and 1888 in England. A writer who interviewed the artist in 1924 had the impression that Collings envisaged farm equipment as means for creating an enormous painting-like but three-dimensional “landscape.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda Heath

Subject: landscape; machinery; machine; green; rims; circulars

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1982

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.071

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Tennoji Shimoi - River

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Artist: Kobayashi Kiyochika (1847 – 1915, Japanese)

Date: 1882

Medium: woodblock on paper

Catalogue Number: KiY.04.01

Description: night scene, silhouette of two people in a house on a river, another person is approaching carrying a paper lantern, fireflies and reflection of the house lights in the water

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Artist: Kobayashi Kiyochika (1847 – 1915, Japanese)

Title: Tennoji Shimoi - River

Date: 1882

Medium: woodblock on paper

Dimensions: 24.2 x 36.1 cm

Description: night scene, silhouette of two people in a house on a river, another person is approaching carrying a paper lantern, fireflies and reflection of the house lights in the water

Subject: landscape; architecture; figure

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

Catalogue Number: KiY.04.01

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Night Rain at Yanagihara

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Artist: Kobayashi Kiyochika (1847 – 1915, Japanese)

Date: 1882

Medium: woodblock on paper

Catalogue Number: KiY.04.03

Description: dark, rainy street scene with people carrying umbrellas and lanterns, with rickshaw and dog in the foreground

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Artist: Kobayashi Kiyochika (1847 – 1915, Japanese)

Title: Night Rain at Yanagihara

Date: 1882

Medium: woodblock on paper

Dimensions: 24.5 x 36.6 cm

Description: dark, rainy street scene with people carrying umbrellas and lanterns, with rickshaw and dog in the foreground

Subject: people; dog; night; rain

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

Catalogue Number: KiY.04.03

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Noon Time at Ike-No-Hata

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Artist: Kobayashi Kiyochika (1847 – 1915, Japanese)

Date: 1880

Medium: woodblock on paper

Catalogue Number: KiY.04.04

Description: winter scene with very grey sky, a man and a woman are crossing a snow-covered bridge carrying umbrellas,several snow-covered buildings in the distance

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Artist: Kobayashi Kiyochika (1847 – 1915, Japanese)

Title: Noon Time at Ike-No-Hata

Date: 1880

Medium: woodblock on paper

Dimensions: 24.4 x 36.5 cm

Description: winter scene with very grey sky, a man and a woman are crossing a snow-covered bridge carrying umbrellas,several snow-covered buildings in the distance