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Mountain Goats, Lake McArthur, Alberta

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Artist: Dwayne Harty

Date: 2012

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: HaD.02.01

Description: An oil painting depicting three adult female mountain goats and three kids near a rocky crag in front of a mountain lake. Blue cloudy sky above mountain with glacier.

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Artist: Dwayne Harty

Title: Mountain Goats, Lake McArthur, Alberta

Date: 2012

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 77.0 x 110.0 cm

Description: An oil painting depicting three adult female mountain goats and three kids near a rocky crag in front of a mountain lake. Blue cloudy sky above mountain with glacier.

Subject: landscape; mountains; lake; animals, mountain goats; Lake McArthur; Dwayne Harty

Credit: Gift of Dwayne Harty, Moose, USA, 2012

Catalogue Number: HaD.02.01

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Lake O’Hara

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Artist: Kenneth Gillespie (1948 – , Canadian)

Date: 2000

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: GiK.01.01

Description: The scene is dominated by the rock faces, and mountains, notably the Yukness Ledges. Very little sky is visible, mostly white and blue clouds. Mauve, pink and brown mountains with a few vestiges of snow; pink and brown rock faces with dark and light green trees leading down to the shore. Seven Sist…

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Artist: Kenneth Gillespie (1948 – , Canadian)

Title: Lake O’Hara

Date: 2000

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 76.5 x 101.5 cm

Description: The scene is dominated by the rock faces, and mountains, notably the Yukness Ledges. Very little sky is visible, mostly white and blue clouds. Mauve, pink and brown mountains with a few vestiges of snow; pink and brown rock faces with dark and light green trees leading down to the shore. Seven Sisters Falls is visible mid-to viewer’s right. The bottom portion is turquoise blue water bisected by a line of brown/orange/pink rocks with seven shadowy trees and tree trunks, viewer’s right.Au verso printed in black marker, viewer’s left, Lake O’Hara 30x40; viewer’s right Lake O’Hara

Subject: landscape; mountains; water, Lake O’Hara

Credit: Gift of Barbara and Andrew Hyslop Zinter, 2012

Catalogue Number: GiK.01.01

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Answering The Challenge

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Artist: Clarence Ingwall Tillenius (1913 – 2012, Canadian)

Date: 1996

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: TiC.02.07

Description: At the bl a male elk is challenging another male elk. The second elk is higher up on the side of a mountain in a grass area. Further off in the distance six female elk watch. The grass that the elk are standing on is a yellow green color and the rock in the background behind the elk is a red brown…

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Artist: Clarence Ingwall Tillenius (1913 – 2012, Canadian)

Title: Answering The Challenge

Date: 1996

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 122.0 x 182.8 cm

Description: At the bl a male elk is challenging another male elk. The second elk is higher up on the side of a mountain in a grass area. Further off in the distance six female elk watch. The grass that the elk are standing on is a yellow green color and the rock in the background behind the elk is a red brown hue. The two male elk are facing each other and both have a full set of horns. The mountains in the far distance are a grey blue color.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; animal; elk

Credit: Gift of Clarence Ingwall Tillenius, Winnipeg, 1996

Catalogue Number: TiC.02.07

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Tom Wilson’s Cabin - Kootenay Plains

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Artist: Alex Emond (1950 – , Canadian)

Date: 1996

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: EmA.05.01

Description: A medium size log cabin is surrounded by green grass and trees. The roof of the cabin has grass growing on it and the sky above is gray with many clouds. Most of the trees around this cabin are located at the back and the green grass is in the foreground.

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Artist: Alex Emond (1950 – , Canadian)

Title: Tom Wilson’s Cabin - Kootenay Plains

Date: 1996

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 25.9 x 35.0 cm

Description: A medium size log cabin is surrounded by green grass and trees. The roof of the cabin has grass growing on it and the sky above is gray with many clouds. Most of the trees around this cabin are located at the back and the green grass is in the foreground.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; architecture; log cabin

Credit: Gift of Alex Emond, Banff, 1997

Catalogue Number: EmA.05.01

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Ship

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Artist: Peter von Tiesenhausen (1959 – , Canadian)

Date: 1995

Medium: gesso on wood

Catalogue Number: VtP.02.02

Description: A lozenged shaped piece of burnt wood, uneven surface, painted white. The white colour is irregular. Centered is a drawing of a ship. The ship is not typical. Black lines indicate only the skeletal shape, looking more like an unfinished woven basket with the ribs long and pointing out and up.

Artist: Peter von Tiesenhausen (1959 – , Canadian)

Title: Ship

Date: 1995

Medium: gesso on wood

Dimensions: 23.0 x 99.0 cm

Description: A lozenged shaped piece of burnt wood, uneven surface, painted white. The white colour is irregular. Centered is a drawing of a ship. The ship is not typical. Black lines indicate only the skeletal shape, looking more like an unfinished woven basket with the ribs long and pointing out and up.

Subject: landscape; mythological; boat

Credit: Gift of Peter von Tiesenhausen, Demmitt, 1995

Catalogue Number: VtP.02.02

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Leaving for the Hunt

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Artist: Clarence Ingwall Tillenius (1913 – 2012, Canadian)

Date: 1995

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: TiC.02.17

Description: On the side of a mountain a cougar leaves her cubs to go off hunting. In the distance on the left side of the image you can see the baby cubs high up in the mountain in an opening of rock. The mother cougar has come down from the cubs and is located in the bottom left corner facing and heading towa…

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Artist: Clarence Ingwall Tillenius (1913 – 2012, Canadian)

Title: Leaving for the Hunt

Date: 1995

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 122.0 x 182.8 cm

Description: On the side of a mountain a cougar leaves her cubs to go off hunting. In the distance on the left side of the image you can see the baby cubs high up in the mountain in an opening of rock. The mother cougar has come down from the cubs and is located in the bottom left corner facing and heading toward the brc. In the brc what appears to be two bighorn sheep are feeding. Between the cougar and the other animals a large gorge between the two sections of the mountain exists. Around the cougar and the other animals light green grass is growing. In the background are more mountains blue in colour. The sky above is a light blue with some white clouds.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; animal; cougar

Credit: Gift of Clarence Ingwall Tillenius, Winnipeg, 1996

Catalogue Number: TiC.02.17

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King of the Rockies

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Artist: Maureen Enns (1949 – , Canadian)

Date: 1993

Medium: oil; acrylic on canvas

Catalogue Number: EnM.12.01

Description: The center of the painting is a bear turned so it is looking to the left and out of the image frame. Behind the bear is a mountain range with some snow and ice throughout. In the bottom left corner there is a skull from a bighorn sheep. The lower right hand corner has bear foot prints in black with…

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Artist: Maureen Enns (1949 – , Canadian)

Title: King of the Rockies

Date: 1993

Medium: oil; acrylic on canvas

Dimensions: 213.3 x 152.4 cm

Description: The center of the painting is a bear turned so it is looking to the left and out of the image frame. Behind the bear is a mountain range with some snow and ice throughout. In the bottom left corner there is a skull from a bighorn sheep. The lower right hand corner has bear foot prints in black with red around them. The bear has a brown colour fur and the ground that it is standing on is blue green. The sky is also a green colour while the mountains have green shadows and white highlights. Located directly behind the bear are two black lines that crisscross as they get higher to the top of the painting.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; animal; bear

Credit: Gift of Maureen Enns, Cochrane, 1996

Catalogue Number: EnM.12.01

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Building The Dam - Busy Beavers

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Artist: Clarence Ingwall Tillenius (1913 – 2012, Canadian)

Date: 1993

Medium: oil on canvas board

Catalogue Number: TiC.02.12

Description: A body of water starts from the cl and makes its way down into the foreground and ends up at the blc and the brc. A piece of land and rocks jet out between the blc and the brc. Standing on this piece of land a beaver is carring a piece of wood or tree section and is heading towards the dam that he …

Artist: Clarence Ingwall Tillenius (1913 – 2012, Canadian)

Title: Building The Dam - Busy Beavers

Date: 1993

Medium: oil on canvas board

Dimensions: 30.6 x 40.7 cm

Description: A body of water starts from the cl and makes its way down into the foreground and ends up at the blc and the brc. A piece of land and rocks jet out between the blc and the brc. Standing on this piece of land a beaver is carring a piece of wood or tree section and is heading towards the dam that he is building. All along the left side of the water there are green and orange trees. The sky above the trees is a medium blue colour. On the other side of the dam two other beavers are also working on the dam.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; animal; beaver

Credit: Gift of Clarence Ingwall Tillenius, Winnipeg, 1996

Catalogue Number: TiC.02.12

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Light on the Left Eagle

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Artist: Alice Saltiel (1948 – , Canadian)

Date: 1991

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: SmA.05.01

Description: A single mountain dominates, foreground is green trees, snow covered mountain towers to top third, between trees and peak is a bowl, cloudy sky top third

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Artist: Alice Saltiel (1948 – , Canadian)

Title: Light on the Left Eagle

Date: 1991

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 39.0 x 25.3 cm

Description: A single mountain dominates, foreground is green trees, snow covered mountain towers to top third, between trees and peak is a bowl, cloudy sky top third

Subject: landscape; mountain; winter

Credit: Purchased from Sunshine Village, Banff, 1991

Catalogue Number: SmA.05.01

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Bow Valley Series

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Artist: Dorothy Elsie Knowles Perehudoff (1927 – 2023, Canadian)

Date: 1991

Medium: oil on linen

Catalogue Number: KnD.02.01

Description: In the foreground are trees of green with a large group of mountains in the center back area. A large tree is on the left side of this painting and there are red and pink flowers in the foreground. The mountain is a grey brown colour and the majority of the trees and shrubs are different colours of…

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Artist: Dorothy Elsie Knowles Perehudoff (1927 – 2023, Canadian)

Title: Bow Valley Series

Date: 1991

Medium: oil on linen

Dimensions: 81.2 x 101.6 cm

Description: In the foreground are trees of green with a large group of mountains in the center back area. A large tree is on the left side of this painting and there are red and pink flowers in the foreground. The mountain is a grey brown colour and the majority of the trees and shrubs are different colours of green. The sky in the background is blue with some white cloud.

Subject: landscape; Canadian; Yamnuska; Dorothy Knowles

Credit: Gift of Dorothy Elsie Knowles Perehudoff, Saskatoon, 1996

Catalogue Number: KnD.02.01

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Cascade

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

Date: 1988

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: MiJ.05.03

Description: The mountain, a realistic rendering of Cascade Mountain in Banff National Park, is light blue and grey, covers most of the picture, cloudy sky top edge, foreground left is a road, to the right of road is a clump of yellow trees among some evergreens and grasses

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

Title: Cascade

Date: 1988

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 42.2 x 58.1 cm

Description: The mountain, a realistic rendering of Cascade Mountain in Banff National Park, is light blue and grey, covers most of the picture, cloudy sky top edge, foreground left is a road, to the right of road is a clump of yellow trees among some evergreens and grasses

Subject: landscape; mountain; Cascade Mountain

Credit: Gift of Janet Holly Middleton, Banff, 1991

Catalogue Number: MiJ.05.03

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Autumn Leaves Falling

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Artist: Clarence Ingwall Tillenius (1913 – 2012, Canadian)

Date: 1988

Medium: oil on canvas board

Catalogue Number: TiC.02.08

Description: The small red fox on the left side of the image is standing on a grey slab of stone.Two other similar slabs are near by and are seperated from the first by two wide cracks. All around the grey rock area the trees are turning fall colors. The red, yellow and orange leaves are falling off the trees …

Artist: Clarence Ingwall Tillenius (1913 – 2012, Canadian)

Title: Autumn Leaves Falling

Date: 1988

Medium: oil on canvas board

Dimensions: 25.4 x 51.0 cm

Description: The small red fox on the left side of the image is standing on a grey slab of stone.Two other similar slabs are near by and are seperated from the first by two wide cracks. All around the grey rock area the trees are turning fall colors. The red, yellow and orange leaves are falling off the trees onto the ground. Some of the trees on the left and a few in the background on the right have white bark. The fox in the foreground on the left is looking back over his shoulder to the right.

Subject: landscape; Canadian;animal;fox

Credit: Gift of Clarence Ingwall Tillenius, Winnipeg, 1996

Catalogue Number: TiC.02.08

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From Sulphur Mountain III

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Artist: Josette Khu (1933 – , Canadian)

Date: 1987

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: KhJ.05.01

Description: The top part of a mountain dominates the top half of the picture, it is shrouded in clouds and fog.

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Artist: Josette Khu (1933 – , Canadian)

Title: From Sulphur Mountain III

Date: 1987

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 55.0 x 43.0 cm

Description: The top part of a mountain dominates the top half of the picture, it is shrouded in clouds and fog.

Subject: landscape; mountain

Credit: Purchased from Virginia Christopher Galleries, Calgary, 1987

Catalogue Number: KhJ.05.01

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Dust Devils

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Artist: Illingworth Holey Kerr (1905 – 1989, Canadian)

Date: 1986

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: KeI.02.04

Description: A farm scene with pink, grey and purple foothills behind, and dust devils in front rising to a turbulent sky. The lower one-third is the grey road lined by green on both sides through the fields; on the viewer’s left are fields in gold, green, grey, purple and brown, and on the viewer’s left of the…

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Artist: Illingworth Holey Kerr (1905 – 1989, Canadian)

Title: Dust Devils

Date: 1986

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 122.0 x 137.0 cm

Description: A farm scene with pink, grey and purple foothills behind, and dust devils in front rising to a turbulent sky. The lower one-third is the grey road lined by green on both sides through the fields; on the viewer’s left are fields in gold, green, grey, purple and brown, and on the viewer’s left of the road, a red shed with a purple roof, then a white farmhouse with a purple roof, and another shed partially obscured by the dust funnel rising up to mingle with clouds in the sky. Further to the left another red building with a purple roof and to the left of that another dust funnel (dust devil) rising up to the storm clouds and sheets of weather in the sky. Three-quarters of the painting is the purple,pink and grey clouds and several storm sheets creating a large foreboding sky. Signed on the bottom left corner with the artist’s logo.

Subject: landscape; farm; foothills; storm

Credit: Gift of Johannes Thiessen, Calgary, 2006

Catalogue Number: KeI.02.04

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Kananaskis Moss and Pine Needles

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Artist: Dulcie Dixon Foo Fat (1946 – , Canadian)

Date: 1985

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: FoD.02.01

Description: The entire canvas is filled with a realistic rendering (from a photograph) of a forest floor, light green moss dominates the centre, spreading out to top right and lower left, top left corner is mottled white, overlaid are varied coloured long grasses and pine needles

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Artist: Dulcie Dixon Foo Fat (1946 – , Canadian)

Title: Kananaskis Moss and Pine Needles

Date: 1985

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 101.0 x 152.0 cm

Description: The entire canvas is filled with a realistic rendering (from a photograph) of a forest floor, light green moss dominates the centre, spreading out to top right and lower left, top left corner is mottled white, overlaid are varied coloured long grasses and pine needles

Subject: landscape; foothills

Credit: Purchased from Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, 1989

Catalogue Number: FoD.02.01

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Johnson's Canyon - Young Grizzlies

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Artist: Clarence Ingwall Tillenius (1913 – 2012, Canadian)

Date: 1983

Medium: oil on canvas board

Catalogue Number: TiC.02.16

Description: Walking and standing beside a stream of water are two bears. One is closer then the other and is walking toward the viewer on the right side of the image. The other bear is back further and is looking at the first bear. Light green and dark green trees are on both sides of the water. Between the tr…

Artist: Clarence Ingwall Tillenius (1913 – 2012, Canadian)

Title: Johnson's Canyon - Young Grizzlies

Date: 1983

Medium: oil on canvas board

Dimensions: 30.6 x 40.7 cm

Description: Walking and standing beside a stream of water are two bears. One is closer then the other and is walking toward the viewer on the right side of the image. The other bear is back further and is looking at the first bear. Light green and dark green trees are on both sides of the water. Between the trees and the water some yellow grass helps makes the seperation. The water in some areas has reflections from the trees and tends to be a blue and purple colour. Far in the distance there is a purple, blue mountain with some snow on it's peak. The sky above is a light to medium grey.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; animal; grizzly bear

Credit: Gift of Clarence Ingwall Tillenius, Winnipeg, 1996

Catalogue Number: TiC.02.16

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Lake Louise, Evening

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Artist: Terry Lynn Fenton (1940 – , Canadian)

Date: 1982

Medium: gouache on paper

Catalogue Number: FeT.07.01

Description: Green foreground and blue lake across bottom two thirds of picture; sides of two dark green mountains meet off centre with white glacier and clouds in chasm,a little blue sky shows through.

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Artist: Terry Lynn Fenton (1940 – , Canadian)

Title: Lake Louise, Evening

Date: 1982

Medium: gouache on paper

Dimensions: 13.8 x 27.7 cm

Description: Green foreground and blue lake across bottom two thirds of picture; sides of two dark green mountains meet off centre with white glacier and clouds in chasm,a little blue sky shows through.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; lake

Credit: Purchased from Virginia Christopher Galleries, Calgary, 1982

Catalogue Number: FeT.07.01

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Breaking From Cover - Whitetails Alarmed

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Artist: Clarence Ingwall Tillenius (1913 – 2012, Canadian)

Date: 1982

Medium: oil on canvas board

Catalogue Number: TiC.02.11

Description: Running from the right corner of this painting are three deer and there are four running from the cc of the image to the left. Only one deer in the right corner has antlers. The trc has a group of trees yellow and green in colour and in the distance on the right side there are more green trees and …

Artist: Clarence Ingwall Tillenius (1913 – 2012, Canadian)

Title: Breaking From Cover - Whitetails Alarmed

Date: 1982

Medium: oil on canvas board

Dimensions: 40.7 x 51.0 cm

Description: Running from the right corner of this painting are three deer and there are four running from the cc of the image to the left. Only one deer in the right corner has antlers. The trc has a group of trees yellow and green in colour and in the distance on the right side there are more green trees and some yellow bushes. Behind the trees in the far distance are blue grey mountains and a light blue sky. The foreground under the deer is a brown dirt with some rocks in the bc area.