At Lake Minnewanka
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- Artist
- Doris Cormie
- Date
- 1938
- Medium
- painting on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CmD.05.05
- Description
- A watercolour landscape painting of mountains and a lake. There are three grey mountains in the background and behind them is a cloudless blue sky. In the foreground is a blue-green lake. On the bottom right, part of the shore with three large rocks, is visible. In the centre at the bottom, a few b…
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- Artist
- Doris Cormie
- Title
- At Lake Minnewanka
- Date
- 1938
- Medium
- painting on paper
- Dimensions
- 26.0 x 37.0 cm
- Description
- A watercolour landscape painting of mountains and a lake. There are three grey mountains in the background and behind them is a cloudless blue sky. In the foreground is a blue-green lake. On the bottom right, part of the shore with three large rocks, is visible. In the centre at the bottom, a few branches and two logs are breaking through the water. On the left side a large boulder sits in the water. In the middle ground there is forest along the lake shore. The forest starts out of frame on the right and extends just over halfway across the painting. Behind the forest on the left are two green hills. Greys, blues, greens and brown are the primary colours used. The artist signature is in the bottom rhc. Au verso, written in pencil along the bottom edge is, “At Lake Minnewanka aug 28/38 Doris Cormie” and also in pencil in the centre of the paper is “27” with a circle around it. Just right of centre near the top is written, “5334”.
- Subject
- landscape
- lake
- mountains
- Doris Cormie
- Credit
- Gift of Barry Hunter Gillis, Richmond, 2006
- Catalogue Number
- CmD.05.05
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Back of House in Calgary
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- Artist
- Doris Cormie
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- painting on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CmD.05.01
- Description
- A watercolour painting of the back of a house. A white house with brown trim and roofing dominates the painting. The house comes in at the right and extends 3/4 of the way across the painting. The background is a pale blue sky behind the house. There is a brick chimney and a metal vent pipe on the …
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- Artist
- Doris Cormie
- Title
- Back of House in Calgary
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- painting on paper
- Dimensions
- 34.5 x 42.0 cm
- Description
- A watercolour painting of the back of a house. A white house with brown trim and roofing dominates the painting. The house comes in at the right and extends 3/4 of the way across the painting. The background is a pale blue sky behind the house. There is a brick chimney and a metal vent pipe on the roof of the house. The back door of the house has a blue framed screen door with a mailbox to the right and there is a small deck in front of the door. The right side of the house has a small window and in front of the window is a blue stool with a brown box and brown wash bin on top. The majority of the house is in shadow from the trees. At far left there is a single tall tree. The artist signature is written in pencil in the bottom rhc. Au verso there is brown paper tape about 1 cm thick all along the edges. In the centre about a 1/4 of the way across from the left is writing in pencil, “miss Cormie (the rest illegible)”.
- Subject
- house
- backyard
- Doris Cormie
- Credit
- Gift of Barry Hunter Gillis, Richmond, 2006
- Catalogue Number
- CmD.05.01
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Cowboy at Brewster Ranch
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- Artist
- Doris Cormie
- Date
- 1933
- Medium
- drawing on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CmD.03.01
- Description
- A pastel chalk drawing on brown paper. The drawing is a portrait of a young cowboy seated. The boy is wearing a blue shirt with a white scarf and tan chaps. He is sitting on a push foot stool that has a salmon-coloured throw over it. In the background behind the boy is a black and white cowhide han…
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- Artist
- Doris Cormie
- Title
- Cowboy at Brewster Ranch
- Date
- 1933
- Medium
- drawing on paper
- Dimensions
- 38.5 x 28.0 cm
- Description
- A pastel chalk drawing on brown paper. The drawing is a portrait of a young cowboy seated. The boy is wearing a blue shirt with a white scarf and tan chaps. He is sitting on a push foot stool that has a salmon-coloured throw over it. In the background behind the boy is a black and white cowhide hanging on the wall. There is a black chalk line border, 33 x 23 cm, around the drawing. the artist signature and date are in the bottom left hand corner, “DORIS CORMIE 8/23/33”.
- Subject
- cowboy
- ranch
- Doris Cormie
- Credit
- Gift of Barry Hunter Gillis, Richmond, 2006
- Catalogue Number
- CmD.03.01
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- Artist
- Doris Cormie
- Date
- 1938
- Medium
- painting on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CmD.05.06
- Description
- A watercolour painting of a mountain landscape with a lake. A distinct and pointed Mt. Edith right of centre in the background dominates this painting. The mountain is beige with green and grey. Behind the mountain is a blue cloudless sky. To the left of Mt. Edith is a mountain range extending out …
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- Artist
- Doris Cormie
- Title
- Mount Edith
- Date
- 1938
- Medium
- painting on paper
- Dimensions
- 30.0 x 40.0 cm
- Description
- A watercolour painting of a mountain landscape with a lake. A distinct and pointed Mt. Edith right of centre in the background dominates this painting. The mountain is beige with green and grey. Behind the mountain is a blue cloudless sky. To the left of Mt. Edith is a mountain range extending out of frame and on the right is the side of another mountain leading out of frame. In the middle ground is a short line of shrubs and trees with two tall pine trees on the far right. In the foreground is an indigo and blue lake with the shore visible along the bottom edge, predominately on the right side. Blue, purple, green, grey and beige are the main colours used. The artist signature is at the bottom right. Au verso, written in pencil along the bottom, “Mt. Edith Cormie Aug 24/38”. Written right of centre in the bottom half of the paper is, “14 x 10 1/4 6 x 6 1/2 20 x 16 3/4”. Written on the left side mid way up is, “51” with a circle around it.
- Subject
- landscape
- mountain
- Mount. Edith
- lake
- Doris Cormie
- Credit
- Gift of Barry Hunter Gillis, Richmond, 2006
- Catalogue Number
- CmD.05.06
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Painting of Trees
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- Artist
- Doris Cormie
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- painting on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CmD.05.02
- Description
- A watercolour landscape of trees done on brown paper. In the foreground the bottom halves of four trees dominate the painting. The top of the roots and are visible in the brown ground in front of the trees. Behind the four trees in the background is an open field that leads to the outline of the to…
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- Artist
- Doris Cormie
- Title
- Painting of Trees
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- painting on paper
- Dimensions
- 30.5 x 41.0 cm
- Description
- A watercolour landscape of trees done on brown paper. In the foreground the bottom halves of four trees dominate the painting. The top of the roots and are visible in the brown ground in front of the trees. Behind the four trees in the background is an open field that leads to the outline of the top of a forest at right and a bunch of deciduous trees at left. The colours used in the painting are primarily blues, greens and browns. The artist signature is written in pencil in the bottom rhc. Au verso, written in pencil about 1/2 way up along the right side are measurements,“10 1/2 x 14 6 1/2 x 6/ 17 x 20”.
- Subject
- landscape
- trees
- Doris Cormie
- Credit
- Gift of Barry Hunter Gillis, Richmond, 2006
- Catalogue Number
- CmD.05.02
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Power Dam near Calgary
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- Artist
- Doris Cormie
- Date
- 1933
- Medium
- drawing on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CmD.03.02
- Description
- A pastel landscape drawing on brown paper. A large cement dam at left, reaching past the centre dominates the drawing. In the background the sky is a pale blue. The large, grey dam has white water rushing through on the viewer’s right. On the same side of the drawing, extending out of frame, is a …
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- Artist
- Doris Cormie
- Title
- Power Dam near Calgary
- Date
- 1933
- Medium
- drawing on paper
- Dimensions
- 26.5 x 38.5 cm
- Description
- A pastel landscape drawing on brown paper. A large cement dam at left, reaching past the centre dominates the drawing. In the background the sky is a pale blue. The large, grey dam has white water rushing through on the viewer’s right. On the same side of the drawing, extending out of frame, is a large brown rock with yellow and orange highlites. In the foreground is blue water with white highlites. The artist signature is written in the bottom right corner in pencil. Au verso, written in very faint pencil in the top right corner is, “Doris Cormie 23 Aug 1933”.
- Subject
- dam
- architecture
- Doris Cormie
- Credit
- Gift of Barry Hunter Gillis, Richmond, 2006
- Catalogue Number
- CmD.03.02
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Rock at Brewsters Ranch
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- Artist
- Doris Cormie
- Date
- 1933
- Medium
- painting on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CmD.05.03
- Description
- A watercolour painting of a large rock in the woods. The rock dominates the painting at centre, taking up the majority of the image. The rock is light brown/beige with dark brown accents. On the left and right side of the rock are bunches of tall skinny trees in the background, between them blue sk…
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- Artist
- Doris Cormie
- Title
- Rock at Brewsters Ranch
- Date
- 1933
- Medium
- painting on paper
- Dimensions
- 33.0 x 40.5 cm
- Description
- A watercolour painting of a large rock in the woods. The rock dominates the painting at centre, taking up the majority of the image. The rock is light brown/beige with dark brown accents. On the left and right side of the rock are bunches of tall skinny trees in the background, between them blue sky can be seen. The artist signature is at the bottom on the right. Au verso, written in blue ink in the centre at the top is, “NON GLARE GLASS”. Written along the left edge in black ink is, “Aug. 26, 1933 No. 1”.
- Subject
- rock
- Doris Cormie
- Credit
- Gift of Barry Hunter Gillis, Richmond, 2006
- Catalogue Number
- CmD.05.03
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Table Mountain
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- Artist
- Doris Cormie
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- painting on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CmD.05.04
- Description
- A landscape watercolour painting of Table Mountain. In the background on the left taking up almost half of the image is grey-brown mountain with a relatively flat top. The right side of the mountain slopes down and a blue sky with large white clouds takes up the right half of the painting backgroun…
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- Artist
- Doris Cormie
- Title
- Table Mountain
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- painting on paper
- Dimensions
- 30.5 x 40.0 cm
- Description
- A landscape watercolour painting of Table Mountain. In the background on the left taking up almost half of the image is grey-brown mountain with a relatively flat top. The right side of the mountain slopes down and a blue sky with large white clouds takes up the right half of the painting background. Two smaller mountains are in the distance on the right. Coming down along a scree slope from the dominant mountain on the left the landscape turns into forest and in the foreground is a green valley meadow with the forest surrounding it. The artist signature and painting title are in the bottom rhc written in pencil. Au verso, there is a sketch of a winter mountain landscape with a mountain in the background and in the foreground two pine trees on the left and a bunch of branches sticking out from under the snow at centre. On the right are three small trees.
- Subject
- landscape
- mountain
- Doris Cormie
- Credit
- Gift of Barry Hunter Gillis, Richmond, 2006
- Catalogue Number
- CmD.05.04
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