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Artist
John Davenall Turner (1900 – 1980, Canadian)
Date
1970
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
TuJ.05.01
Description
General colour: black, blue, yellow, grey. Lower half is ploughed fields, a fence and posture, a few trees in the distance. Upper half is blue mountain range and grey sky.
Artist
John Davenall Turner (1900 – 1980, Canadian)
Title
Ploughed Field
Date
1970
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
25.4 x 35.5 cm
Description
General colour: black, blue, yellow, grey. Lower half is ploughed fields, a fence and posture, a few trees in the distance. Upper half is blue mountain range and grey sky.
Subject
landscape, foothills
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1977
Catalogue Number
TuJ.05.01
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[Rundle and Vermilion Lakes]

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Artist
John Davenall Turner (1900 – 1980, Canadian)
Date
1980
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
TuJ.02.03
Description
Unfinished painting with Mount Rundle and the Fairholme Range in the background, both snow-capped. Lower slopes of Rundle are green. Foreground: blue lakes broken up by large strip of trees in middle of painting and pile of logs in front. Corners are unfinished.
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Artist
John Davenall Turner (1900 – 1980, Canadian)
Title
[Rundle and Vermilion Lakes]
Date
1980
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
60.5 x 81.5 cm
Description
Unfinished painting with Mount Rundle and the Fairholme Range in the background, both snow-capped. Lower slopes of Rundle are green. Foreground: blue lakes broken up by large strip of trees in middle of painting and pile of logs in front. Corners are unfinished.
Subject
mountains
lakes
Banff
Rundle
Vermilion
nature
landscape
Credit
Gift of John Davenall Turner (Estate), 2020
Catalogue Number
TuJ.02.03
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Artist
John Davenall Turner (1900 – 1980, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
ink; watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
TuJ.03.05
Description
Standing woman dressed in yellow blouse, green skirt, white hat, sunglasses, and brown shoes with white socks. Carrying a backpack on her back, a rectangular box in left hand, and paper/canvas under right arm. “SKETCH CLUB MEMBER” written below.
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Artist
John Davenall Turner (1900 – 1980, Canadian)
Title
Sketch Club Member
Date
n.d.
Medium
ink; watercolour on paper
Dimensions
25.5 x 15.0 cm
Description
Standing woman dressed in yellow blouse, green skirt, white hat, sunglasses, and brown shoes with white socks. Carrying a backpack on her back, a rectangular box in left hand, and paper/canvas under right arm. “SKETCH CLUB MEMBER” written below.
Subject
artist
sketching
woman
Credit
Gift of John Davenall Turner (Estate), 2020
Catalogue Number
TuJ.03.05
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Wild Animal Ropeing Contest

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Artist
John Davenall Turner (1900 – 1980, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
ink; watercolour on board
Catalogue Number
TuJ.03.06
Description
Black and white drawing of man dressed in cowboy outfit (cowboy hat, boots with spurs; furry chaps) twirling a lasso above his head. In front of him is a small squirrel on the ground. Squirrel is lightly coloured brown with green grass beneath. “WILD ANIMAL ROPEING [sic] CONTEST” is written in pen…
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Artist
John Davenall Turner (1900 – 1980, Canadian)
Title
Wild Animal Ropeing Contest
Date
n.d.
Medium
ink; watercolour on board
Dimensions
27.5 x 21.5 cm
Description
Black and white drawing of man dressed in cowboy outfit (cowboy hat, boots with spurs; furry chaps) twirling a lasso above his head. In front of him is a small squirrel on the ground. Squirrel is lightly coloured brown with green grass beneath. “WILD ANIMAL ROPEING [sic] CONTEST” is written in pencil below.
Subject
cowboy
animals
western
Credit
Gift of John Davenall Turner (Estate), 2020
Catalogue Number
TuJ.03.06
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Cultural Development

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Artist
John Davenall Turner (1900 – 1980, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
ink; watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
TuJ.03.07
Description
lightly shaded line drawing of woman seated at easel painting mountains that are in the background. Open paint box on the ground to her right. “CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT” written in pencil bottom left. Signed “JD Turner” bottom right.
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Artist
John Davenall Turner (1900 – 1980, Canadian)
Title
Cultural Development
Date
n.d.
Medium
ink; watercolour on paper
Dimensions
28.0 x 26.5 cm
Description
lightly shaded line drawing of woman seated at easel painting mountains that are in the background. Open paint box on the ground to her right. “CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT” written in pencil bottom left. Signed “JD Turner” bottom right.
Subject
painting
artist
mountains
Credit
Gift of John Davenall Turner (Estate), 2020
Catalogue Number
TuJ.03.07
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Cultural Development

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Artist
John Davenall Turner (1900 – 1980, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
ink; watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
TuJ.03.08
Description
lightly shaded line drawing of woman seated at easel painting mountains that are in the background. Open paint box on the ground to her right. “CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT” written in pencil bottom left.
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Artist
John Davenall Turner (1900 – 1980, Canadian)
Title
Cultural Development
Date
n.d.
Medium
ink; watercolour on paper
Dimensions
28.0 x 21.0 cm
Description
lightly shaded line drawing of woman seated at easel painting mountains that are in the background. Open paint box on the ground to her right. “CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT” written in pencil bottom left.
Credit
Gift of John Davenall Turner (Estate), 2020
Catalogue Number
TuJ.03.08
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Artist
John Davenall Turner (1900 – 1980, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
ink; watercolour on board
Catalogue Number
TuJ.03.09
Description
Painted line drawing of a man (the artist) wearing a long blue coat over a beige collared shirt and plaid pants. He is holding a paint palette in his left hand, a paintbrush in his right, and has a pipe in his mouth. The paint brush is dripping orange paint and there is paint on his coat. beside an…
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Artist
John Davenall Turner (1900 – 1980, Canadian)
Title
Self Portrait
Date
n.d.
Medium
ink; watercolour on board
Dimensions
33.5 x 23.0 cm
Description
Painted line drawing of a man (the artist) wearing a long blue coat over a beige collared shirt and plaid pants. He is holding a paint palette in his left hand, a paintbrush in his right, and has a pipe in his mouth. The paint brush is dripping orange paint and there is paint on his coat. beside and slightly behind is an easel and canvas on which is painted a landscape featuring a river, trees, mountains, and an ungulate. “SELF-PORTRAIT” is written in pencil at bottom centre.
Subject
J.D. Turner
artist
painting
Credit
Gift of John Davenall Turner (Estate), 2020
Catalogue Number
TuJ.03.09
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Untitled [Lonesome Pine Cabins]

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Artist
John Davenall Turner (1900 – 1980, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
ink; watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
TuJ.03.10
Description
Line drawing of a landscape with a brown log cabin in the centre. A barren tree with a sign that reads “LONESOME PINE CABINS APPROVED ACCOMMODATION” on it stands in front of the cabin. A raven sits on one branch. Another cabin is in the distance at left. At right is a well and an outhouse Grey-blu…
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Artist
John Davenall Turner (1900 – 1980, Canadian)
Title
Untitled [Lonesome Pine Cabins]
Date
n.d.
Medium
ink; watercolour on paper
Dimensions
19.0 x 27.5 cm
Description
Line drawing of a landscape with a brown log cabin in the centre. A barren tree with a sign that reads “LONESOME PINE CABINS APPROVED ACCOMMODATION” on it stands in front of the cabin. A raven sits on one branch. Another cabin is in the distance at left. At right is a well and an outhouse Grey-blue mountains in background under a stormy sky.
Subject
cabin
landscape
mountains
Credit
Gift of John Davenall Turner (Estate), 2020
Catalogue Number
TuJ.03.10
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Escape The Teeming World

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Artist
John Davenall Turner (1900 – 1980, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
TuJ.03.11
Description
Line drawing consisting of two separate drawings separated by a crease and a wavy line. At left, drawing similar to TuJ.03.10 (Lonesome Pine Cabins) with one cabin at centre. Below “LONESOME PINE CABINS RATES UNREASONABLE EVEN IF WE HAVE THEM FREE, IT WOULD BE TOO MUCH” is written in block letters …
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Artist
John Davenall Turner (1900 – 1980, Canadian)
Title
Escape The Teeming World
Date
n.d.
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
31.5 x 57.0 cm
Description
Line drawing consisting of two separate drawings separated by a crease and a wavy line. At left, drawing similar to TuJ.03.10 (Lonesome Pine Cabins) with one cabin at centre. Below “LONESOME PINE CABINS RATES UNREASONABLE EVEN IF WE HAVE THEM FREE, IT WOULD BE TOO MUCH” is written in block letters in pencil. At right is streetscape of an intersection full of people on foot, horseback, and in cars. Building signs include “SKILINE TOURS”, “INDIAN CURIOS,” “MT. ROYAL HOTEL,” “ESSO”, “GARAGE”. Mountains can be seen in the background. Above “ESCAPE THE TEEMING WORLD! COME TO THIS QUIET MOUNTAIN RESORT FOR YOUR HOLIDAYS” is written in block letters in pencil.
Subject
tourism
cabins
banff
Credit
Gift of John Davenall Turner (Estate), 2020
Catalogue Number
TuJ.03.11
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Let’s Go Over To The Dump And See The Tourists

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Artist
John Davenall Turner (1900 – 1980, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
ink; watercolour on board
Catalogue Number
TuJ.03.12
Description
Ink drawing of two bears, one standing and one reclining against a tree. Mountains in the background. In pencil below is “LET’S GO OVER TO THE DUMP AND SEE THE TOURISTS”. JD TURNER bottom right corner.
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Artist
John Davenall Turner (1900 – 1980, Canadian)
Title
Let’s Go Over To The Dump And See The Tourists
Date
n.d.
Medium
ink; watercolour on board
Dimensions
25.0 x 31.5 cm
Description
Ink drawing of two bears, one standing and one reclining against a tree. Mountains in the background. In pencil below is “LET’S GO OVER TO THE DUMP AND SEE THE TOURISTS”. JD TURNER bottom right corner.
Subject
bears
tourism
Credit
Gift of John Davenall Turner (Estate), 2020
Catalogue Number
TuJ.03.12
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