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Athabasca

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Artist: Gennadiy Ivanov

Date: ca. 2022 – 2022

Medium: pastel on paper

Catalogue Number: IvG.03.03

Description: Landscape painting of glacial area. Background has a blue sky that is filled with tall glacial formations. Right at the centre of the middle ground are silhouettes of two people rendered in black. Off to the the right side of the foreground is a weather station. The colour palette is made up of blu…

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Artist: Gennadiy Ivanov

Title: Athabasca

Date: ca. 2022 – 2022

Medium: pastel on paper

Dimensions: 34.0 x 50.0 cm

Description: Landscape painting of glacial area. Background has a blue sky that is filled with tall glacial formations. Right at the centre of the middle ground are silhouettes of two people rendered in black. Off to the the right side of the foreground is a weather station. The colour palette is made up of blue, purples, orange, black, brown, green, and white.

Subject: Glaciers; weather station; climate change; University of Saskatchewan.

Credit: Gift of Gennadiy Ivanov, Norwich, Norfolk , UK, 2023

Catalogue Number: IvG.03.03

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Athabasca Glacier Station 1

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Artist: Gennadiy Ivanov

Date: ca. 2019 – 2019

Medium: pastel on paper

Catalogue Number: IvG.03.02

Description: Landscape pastel drawing of a glacier area, colour palette made up of purple,orange, yellows, blues and black. In the background there are glaciers, hills,or mountains. Middle ground is filled with vertical and horizontal lines that represent the pattern of glaciers. In the foreground, off to the l…

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Artist: Gennadiy Ivanov

Title: Athabasca Glacier Station 1

Date: ca. 2019 – 2019

Medium: pastel on paper

Dimensions: 49.0 x 69.0 x 49.0 cm

Description: Landscape pastel drawing of a glacier area, colour palette made up of purple,orange, yellows, blues and black. In the background there are glaciers, hills,or mountains. Middle ground is filled with vertical and horizontal lines that represent the pattern of glaciers. In the foreground, off to the left hand side is a weather station made up of black and blue.

Subject: Glaciers; weather station; climate change; University of Saskatchewan

Credit: Gift of Gennadiy Ivanov, Norwich, Norfolk , UK, 2023

Catalogue Number: IvG.03.02

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Athabasca Glacier Station 2

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Artist: Gennadiy Ivanov

Date: ca. 2019 – 2019

Medium: pastel on paper

Catalogue Number: IvG.03.01

Description: Landscape pastel drawing with a colour palette made up of purples, blues, and soft peach. in the background there are glaciers or mountains. In the middle ground, just slightly off to the right, there is a weather station composed of black and blue pastel. in the foreground are vertical lines of pu…

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Artist: Gennadiy Ivanov

Title: Athabasca Glacier Station 2

Date: ca. 2019 – 2019

Medium: pastel on paper

Dimensions: 50.0 x 65.0 x 50.0 cm

Description: Landscape pastel drawing with a colour palette made up of purples, blues, and soft peach. in the background there are glaciers or mountains. In the middle ground, just slightly off to the right, there is a weather station composed of black and blue pastel. in the foreground are vertical lines of purple, white, and blue, that represent patterns of the glaciers.

Subject: Glaciers; weather stations; climate change; pastel; mountains; Athabasca.

Credit: Gift of Gennadiy Ivanov, Norwich, Norfolk , UK, 2023

Catalogue Number: IvG.03.01

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Untitled

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: n.d.

Medium: watercolour

Catalogue Number: WyP.05.28

Description: Watercolour still-life painting of an orange and an apple in front of a tan and blue bowl sitting on its side. Objects are placed against a dark green backdrop.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: n.d.

Medium: watercolour

Dimensions: 23.0 x 31.0 cm

Description: Watercolour still-life painting of an orange and an apple in front of a tan and blue bowl sitting on its side. Objects are placed against a dark green backdrop.

Subject: still life, fruit, bowl

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.05.28

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Untitled

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: n.d.

Medium: watercolour

Catalogue Number: WyP.05.26

Description: Watercolour portrait of a Royal Canadian Mounted Police member, or “mountie”. He is standing, wearing a tan hat, a red jacket, blue pants, brown shoes, and is holding a circular length of rope.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: n.d.

Medium: watercolour

Dimensions: 38.5 x 28.9 cm

Description: Watercolour portrait of a Royal Canadian Mounted Police member, or “mountie”. He is standing, wearing a tan hat, a red jacket, blue pants, brown shoes, and is holding a circular length of rope.

Subject: mountie, RCMP

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.05.26

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Watercolour Painting

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Artist: Unknown

Date: 1937

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: UnK.05.22

Description: A watercolour painting showing two pyramids and pam trees with a reflection in a body of water. The painting is entirely in shades of orange. In the lower left corner is “1937” and in the lower right corner are the initials “W.V.G.”

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Artist: Unknown

Title: Watercolour Painting

Date: 1937

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 20.0 x 27.5 cm

Description: A watercolour painting showing two pyramids and pam trees with a reflection in a body of water. The painting is entirely in shades of orange. In the lower left corner is “1937” and in the lower right corner are the initials “W.V.G.”

Subject: pyramids; middle east; desert

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: UnK.05.22

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Mountain Road

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Artist: Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)

Date: 1942

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: PhW.05.19

Description: A snowy curved road with deciduous trees that have lost their leaves and mountains in the background.

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Artist: Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)

Title: Mountain Road

Date: 1942

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 35.0 x 49.5 cm

Description: A snowy curved road with deciduous trees that have lost their leaves and mountains in the background.

Subject: landscape; snowy scene; mountain

Credit: Gift of David Duffin, De Winton, 2019

Catalogue Number: PhW.05.19

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W.H. McMahon Joins The Mounties 1885

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Artist: William Hastings McMahon (1864 – 1956, Canadian)

Date: 1885 – 1956

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: McW.05.02 a-g

Description: Wood frame with white matting. 6 windows in the matting, 5 watercolour paintings and 1 photograph. Four of the watercolour paintings are in the four corners, a larger watercolour is places just about centre and the photograph is shown below. under each window is an inscription refrencing the image …

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Artist: William Hastings McMahon (1864 – 1956, Canadian)

Title: W.H. McMahon Joins The Mounties 1885

Date: 1885 – 1956

Medium: watercolour on paper

Description: Wood frame with white matting. 6 windows in the matting, 5 watercolour paintings and 1 photograph. Four of the watercolour paintings are in the four corners, a larger watercolour is places just about centre and the photograph is shown below. under each window is an inscription refrencing the image it is associated with. At the top is a large inscription reading “WHMcMahon Joins The Mounties. 1885.” All the writing is done in an ornate calligraphy.A: Image (top left): “The Raw Recruit” Viewer looks on into a blue room, facing a doorway and hallway. At the end of the hall a faded figure in blue pants and a red coat stand at attention. In the foreground, a soldier in a red coat, blue pants and white helmet stands in full profile view with rifle at his side. He faces the right side of the image. On the Right side a gentlemen (in a fine suit and hat) stands in full profile facing the left side of the image. He carries a suit case and walking stick. B: Image (bottom left): “First Uniform ill fitting” A man in a red coat, blue pants, and orange hat faces the viewer directly. The coat and pants are bumpy with lots of folds. in the back ground there are plain buildings and a dirt ground.C: Image (center top): “Who told you to dismount, Sir?” Blue skies look over a large area of dirt ground where a man sits in a brown shirt and blue pants. His right arm reaches down to his butt. His hat lays beside him on the right edge of the picture. In the center of the image a dark brown horse is painted mid-buck with the reins flying over his head and his ears pinned back. There is no rider on the saddle. Another man, in a red coat, stands in the distance on the left edge with his hand outstretched. In the background there is a large white building with a large British flag flying above. A faded fourth figure stands in the background. F: Image (Center bottom): “N.W.M.P. Barracks, Banff) It is a photograph (Can be found in archives V265/NA-66-37) Nine figures in brown uniforms stand in front of a yellow building with a brown roof. The man furthest to the left holds the reins of a dapple gray horse. A white dog sits between two of the center figures who are laying on the ground. Based off information at the Archives of Alberta the man laying down to the right of the dog is the artist, William Hastings McMahon. Two more horses pull a cart on the right edge. with a tenth figure in the cart. E: Image (top right): “Drill” A man in a red coat faces a line of marching soldiers in brown coats. He is slightly leaning forward and holds a long stick in his hands. Another figure in a red coat stands in the background. The surrounding environment is a mixtures of browns. Three faded buildings. D: Image (bottom right): “McMahon, N.W.M.P” A proud man faces the viewer directly. He is in a red coat, blue pants and black boots. The background is faded. One building is visible in the background and a woman figure in the far left. G: Frame and Calligraphy script on mat board

Subject: Royal Canadian Mounted Police; R.C.M.P; landscape; barrack; banff; mounties; North West Mounted Police; N.W.M.P; watercolour

Credit: Gift of Jack McMahon, Edmonton, 2018

Catalogue Number: McW.05.02 a-g

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Police Barracks in Banff

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Artist: William Hastings McMahon (1864 – 1956, Canadian)

Date: 1880 – 1929

Medium: watercolour, pen and ink on paper

Catalogue Number: McW.05.01

Description: Watercolour painting with pen and ink detailing. It is a landscape painting with 4 Mountains, blue skies, an evergreen forested area, leafy trees, bushes, a building with a red roof, yellow walls and a wood fence. The sky accounts for half the image surface, some mountain peaks and trees cross the …

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Artist: William Hastings McMahon (1864 – 1956, Canadian)

Title: Police Barracks in Banff

Date: 1880 – 1929

Medium: watercolour, pen and ink on paper

Dimensions: 19.05 x 30.48 cm

Description: Watercolour painting with pen and ink detailing. It is a landscape painting with 4 Mountains, blue skies, an evergreen forested area, leafy trees, bushes, a building with a red roof, yellow walls and a wood fence. The sky accounts for half the image surface, some mountain peaks and trees cross the center line and stretch into the sky. There are four birds, off centered, flying in the back ground. The forested area stretches over the mountain ranges, coming up just behind the building which is placed in the distance to the viewer. The left side of the image is surrounded by bushes and three large trees. There are four figures in the painting, two closer to the viewer with red coats, blue pants. They are placed in the middle at an opening in the gate. Another figure is on the right edge, riding a dark brown horse. the fourth figure is standing next to the building, too far to paint details. There is a white structure to the right of the building, Unidentified.