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Untitled (Reminiscent of an old English Village)

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

Date: 1931

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: CoJ.02.08

Description: A dirt road leading into a small village. Large house in center with smaller houses in the background to the left. Perspective of a viewer from the road as it leaves a wooded area and continues towards houses.

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

Title: Untitled (Reminiscent of an old English Village)

Date: 1931

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 63 x 75 cm

Description: A dirt road leading into a small village. Large house in center with smaller houses in the background to the left. Perspective of a viewer from the road as it leaves a wooded area and continues towards houses.

Subject: English Village; dirt road; wood; trees; houses; England

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997

Catalogue Number: CoJ.02.08

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Untitled [mountain peak and valley]

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Artist: Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian)

Date: n.d.

Medium: oil on card

Catalogue Number: GyH.02.09

Description: At the upper right rises a flat mountain peak with snow coverage throughout. The mountain is painted in shades of peach, light blue and light grey. The sky is light blue and filled with gauzy clouds. The foreground is painted in shades of forest green, with a forest mass on the right and two large …

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Artist: Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian)

Title: Untitled [mountain peak and valley]

Date: n.d.

Medium: oil on card

Dimensions: 25.5 x 35 cm

Description: At the upper right rises a flat mountain peak with snow coverage throughout. The mountain is painted in shades of peach, light blue and light grey. The sky is light blue and filled with gauzy clouds. The foreground is painted in shades of forest green, with a forest mass on the right and two large green trees on the lower right.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountains

Credit: Gift of Henry George Glyde, Victoria, 1997

Catalogue Number: GyH.02.09

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Untitled [old trees and mountains]

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Artist: Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian)

Date: n.d.

Medium: oil on masonite

Catalogue Number: GyH.02.10

Description: The foreground of the image is painted in shades of yellow, with highlights of black throughout. Two large grey and black mountains rise on the upper left and centre. The centre of the images is filled with suggestions of trees painted in shades of green. Throughout the centre there are seven long …

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Artist: Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian)

Title: Untitled [old trees and mountains]

Date: n.d.

Medium: oil on masonite

Dimensions: 25.5 x 30 cm

Description: The foreground of the image is painted in shades of yellow, with highlights of black throughout. Two large grey and black mountains rise on the upper left and centre. The centre of the images is filled with suggestions of trees painted in shades of green. Throughout the centre there are seven long vertical [intentional] scratches through the paint, with smaller vertical and horizontal scratches throughout.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountains

Credit: Gift of Henry George Glyde, Victoria, 1997

Catalogue Number: GyH.02.10

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Untitled [mountains and lake]

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Artist: Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian)

Date: n.d.

Medium: oil on card

Catalogue Number: GyH.02.04

Description: A mountain range rendered in shades of blue, purple and green encompasses the majority of the work, a small blue and grey body of water sits in the lower left. A central mountain on the right is highlighted with tones of red.

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Artist: Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian)

Title: Untitled [mountains and lake]

Date: n.d.

Medium: oil on card

Dimensions: 33 x 40.5 cm

Description: A mountain range rendered in shades of blue, purple and green encompasses the majority of the work, a small blue and grey body of water sits in the lower left. A central mountain on the right is highlighted with tones of red.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountains; lake

Credit: Gift of Henry George Glyde, Victoria, 1997

Catalogue Number: GyH.02.04

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Above the West Road

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Artist: Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian)

Date: n.d.

Medium: oil on masonite

Catalogue Number: GyH.02.07

Description: The mountain landscape is painted in shades of brown, yellow, grey and red. The sky is rendered in a light blue with dark grey clouds on the left. The foreground encompasses yellow rolling hills with suggestions of trees on the lower right. Between the mountains and the foreground is a line of burg…

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Artist: Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian)

Title: Above the West Road

Date: n.d.

Medium: oil on masonite

Dimensions: 33 x 40.5 cm

Description: The mountain landscape is painted in shades of brown, yellow, grey and red. The sky is rendered in a light blue with dark grey clouds on the left. The foreground encompasses yellow rolling hills with suggestions of trees on the lower right. Between the mountains and the foreground is a line of burgundy. On the back “Above the West Road Banff 24 H. G. Glyde.”

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountains

Credit: Gift of Henry George Glyde, Victoria, 1997

Catalogue Number: GyH.02.07

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Nightfall

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

Date: n.d.

Medium: oil on board

Catalogue Number: CoJ.02.07

Description: Landscape with five trees set off on a hill on the right side moving towards centre. Dark blue-black sky top, changing to yellow-ochre and orange in distance. Dark horizon line of blue-black trees, rock foreground brc.

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

Title: Nightfall

Date: n.d.

Medium: oil on board

Dimensions: 10.5 x 21 cm

Description: Landscape with five trees set off on a hill on the right side moving towards centre. Dark blue-black sky top, changing to yellow-ochre and orange in distance. Dark horizon line of blue-black trees, rock foreground brc.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1982

Catalogue Number: CoJ.02.07

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Seascape, Rock and Sea

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

Date: n.d.

Medium: oil on board

Catalogue Number: CoJ.02.06

Description: Oil study of a rocky foreground, large brown rock set off to 1. High horizon line broken by another rock mass in trc. Blue water surrounds rocks, sky is of greenish-grey.“The technique here is patchy but a luminosity forecasts Collings later mastery of light. On the back is a lake scene, possibly S…

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

Title: Seascape, Rock and Sea

Date: n.d.

Medium: oil on board

Dimensions: 9 x 20 cm

Description: Oil study of a rocky foreground, large brown rock set off to 1. High horizon line broken by another rock mass in trc. Blue water surrounds rocks, sky is of greenish-grey.“The technique here is patchy but a luminosity forecasts Collings later mastery of light. On the back is a lake scene, possibly Shuswap, which is smoother and freer, indicating a later date.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda Heath

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1982

Catalogue Number: CoJ.02.06

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Landscape

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

Date: n.d.

Medium: oil on board

Catalogue Number: CoJ.02.05

Description: Green grassy area in foreground, house set off to right, evidence of two roof tops along same plane as the house. Tree beside the house, also other foliage. Bluish horizon line, subggesting trees, blue-grey cloudy sky.

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

Title: Landscape

Date: n.d.

Medium: oil on board

Dimensions: 20.5 x 24.5 cm

Description: Green grassy area in foreground, house set off to right, evidence of two roof tops along same plane as the house. Tree beside the house, also other foliage. Bluish horizon line, subggesting trees, blue-grey cloudy sky.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1982

Catalogue Number: CoJ.02.05

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Banff 1962

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Artist: Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian)

Date: 1962

Medium: oil on masonite

Catalogue Number: GyH.02.01

Description: General colour: greens, pink, blue, mauve and purple. Mount Rundle in broad impressionistic strokes. “GLYDE 62” aigned in black in the brhc.

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Artist: Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian)

Title: Banff 1962

Date: 1962

Medium: oil on masonite

Dimensions: 26.1 x 33.6 cm

Description: General colour: greens, pink, blue, mauve and purple. Mount Rundle in broad impressionistic strokes. “GLYDE 62” aigned in black in the brhc.

Subject: landscape; Mount Rundle; Canadian Rockies

Credit: Gift of eisler, Edmonton, 1972

Catalogue Number: GyH.02.01

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Untitled [Rocks in Water]

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Artist: Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian)

Date: n.d.

Medium: oil on board

Catalogue Number: GyH.02.05

Description: Small and large rocks of grey, yellow and pink are painted in water. The water appears as if it is bubbling around the edges of the pile of rocks. Small stones are at the peripheral edges of the larger rocks, along with the bubble shapes.

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Artist: Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian)

Title: Untitled [Rocks in Water]

Date: n.d.

Medium: oil on board

Dimensions: 45.5 x 61 cm

Description: Small and large rocks of grey, yellow and pink are painted in water. The water appears as if it is bubbling around the edges of the pile of rocks. Small stones are at the peripheral edges of the larger rocks, along with the bubble shapes.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies, water, rocks; abstract

Credit: Gift of Henry George Glyde, Victoria, 1997

Catalogue Number: GyH.02.05

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Rocks near Banff

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Artist: Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian)

Date: 1968

Medium: oil on masonite

Catalogue Number: GyH.02.11

Description: Rocks in various shades of grey make up most of the painting. At the top of the painting, dark blue-grey mountain peaks are visible. A lighter blue sky is visible above the mountain peaks.

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Artist: Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian)

Title: Rocks near Banff

Date: 1968

Medium: oil on masonite

Dimensions: 33 x 40.5 cm

Description: Rocks in various shades of grey make up most of the painting. At the top of the painting, dark blue-grey mountain peaks are visible. A lighter blue sky is visible above the mountain peaks.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; rocks; abstract

Credit: Gift of Henry George Glyde, Victoria, 1997

Catalogue Number: GyH.02.11

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His Haunt

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

Date: 1893

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: CoJ.02.03

Description: Scene in a forest with a stream. Overall green value of the painting, - there is a herring standing in the steam just below center at the narrowest part where the stream seems to drop to a lower level. - dark green shadows across the top of the trees where they appear to canopy the scene. - dark br…

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

Title: His Haunt

Date: 1893

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 45.5 x 30.5 cm

Description: Scene in a forest with a stream. Overall green value of the painting, - there is a herring standing in the steam just below center at the narrowest part where the stream seems to drop to a lower level. - dark green shadows across the top of the trees where they appear to canopy the scene. - dark brown bank to the left of the steam, and a dark green/yellow to the right of the stream.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; heron; stream

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1982

Catalogue Number: CoJ.02.03

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Orchard Valley

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

Date: c. 1920

Medium: oil on board

Catalogue Number: CoJ.02.04

Description: Landscape with a tree in the forground left, a spindly branched tree, and a similar shaped one 1/3 the size opposite it to the right. - there is a pond of lake behind these across the center of the frame, and gentle sloping green land further back. - blue sky on the upper 1/3 of the frame with wisp…

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

Title: Orchard Valley

Date: c. 1920

Medium: oil on board

Dimensions: 31 x 23 cm

Description: Landscape with a tree in the forground left, a spindly branched tree, and a similar shaped one 1/3 the size opposite it to the right. - there is a pond of lake behind these across the center of the frame, and gentle sloping green land further back. - blue sky on the upper 1/3 of the frame with wisps of yellowing/grey clouds across.“A pleasant painting full of tender greens and spring blossoms, this view of an apple orchard, possibly in the Okanagan area, exhibits a moderate impasto effect. Darkest tones have been restricted to a few branches and detail in a town across the lake, suggesting the late date although Collings brushstrokes do not follow the contours of his images.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda Heath

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1982

Catalogue Number: CoJ.02.04

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Desolate Moorage

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

Date: n.d.

Medium: oil on wood

Catalogue Number: CoJ.02.01

Description: Seascape with beach and shore. actual painted space starts 1.5cm. from bottom and ends approx. 3cm. from top. boat in water, hills and sky in background, shore to the left, with trees beside.

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

Title: Desolate Moorage

Date: n.d.

Medium: oil on wood

Dimensions: 15 x 20 cm

Description: Seascape with beach and shore. actual painted space starts 1.5cm. from bottom and ends approx. 3cm. from top. boat in water, hills and sky in background, shore to the left, with trees beside.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1982

Catalogue Number: CoJ.02.01

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Dinghies at Sea

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

Date: n.d.

Medium: oil on wood

Catalogue Number: CoJ.02.02

Description: Seascape, colour with three boats no 4 boats on the water, part of a fifth boat is seen breaking into the bottom of the painting. Figures of people in the boats horizon line 2/3 up from bottom, with land stripe then sky.

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

Title: Dinghies at Sea

Date: n.d.

Medium: oil on wood

Dimensions: 15 x 20 cm

Description: Seascape, colour with three boats no 4 boats on the water, part of a fifth boat is seen breaking into the bottom of the painting. Figures of people in the boats horizon line 2/3 up from bottom, with land stripe then sky.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1982

Catalogue Number: CoJ.02.02

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Pilot Mountain

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Artist: Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian)

Date: n.d.

Medium: oil on board

Catalogue Number: GyH.02.14

Description: An abstract, angular mountain painted in shades of yellow and red. The sky is a dark blue and the point of the peak extends to the top centre. Bottom right “Glyde.”

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Artist: Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian)

Title: Pilot Mountain

Date: n.d.

Medium: oil on board

Dimensions: 45.5 x 61 cm

Description: An abstract, angular mountain painted in shades of yellow and red. The sky is a dark blue and the point of the peak extends to the top centre. Bottom right “Glyde.”