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Autumn Storm, Shuswap Lake, B.C.
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- Date
- c. 1970
- Medium
- oil on canvas board
- Catalogue Number
- DgO.02.01
- Description
- Yellow/orange colour dominates from centre to top right; foreground and bottom right are brown trees, higher to the right of picture; behind these trees is a blue lake, yellow reflection; a varied coloured green mountain is in the centre left; light yellow sweeps down from top left.
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- Title
- Autumn Storm, Shuswap Lake, B.C.
- Date
- c. 1970
- Medium
- oil on canvas board
- Dimensions
- 25.5 x 30.5 cm
- Description
- Yellow/orange colour dominates from centre to top right; foreground and bottom right are brown trees, higher to the right of picture; behind these trees is a blue lake, yellow reflection; a varied coloured green mountain is in the centre left; light yellow sweeps down from top left.
- Credit
- Gift of Jock Smith, Vancouver, 1972
- Catalogue Number
- DgO.02.01
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Avalanche Slope
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- Date
- 1955 – 1970
- Medium
- oil on masonite
- Catalogue Number
- DgO.02.02
- Description
- tlc and along top is a cloudy sky, below that is a mountain face. The slope runs tr to bl. The mountain has a long expanse of white from tr to bl interspersed with trees and shadows. Stylized tree forms all along bottom edge.
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- Title
- Avalanche Slope
- Date
- 1955 – 1970
- Medium
- oil on masonite
- Dimensions
- 120.0 x 120.00 cm
- Description
- tlc and along top is a cloudy sky, below that is a mountain face. The slope runs tr to bl. The mountain has a long expanse of white from tr to bl interspersed with trees and shadows. Stylized tree forms all along bottom edge.
- Subject
- Canadian Rockies
- landscape
- winter
- Credit
- Gift of John P. Crabb, Winnipeg, 1995
- Catalogue Number
- DgO.02.02
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Down Before the Storm
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- Date
- 1955 – 1970
- Medium
- oil on masonite
- Catalogue Number
- DgO.02.03
- Description
- The foreground of snow covers approximately one quarter of the picture, slopes from cr to bl. Two skiers, one in a yellow jacket, stand on the edge of the slope looking inwards. The rest of the picture is mostly grey clouds, covering the slopes in the background.
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- Title
- Down Before the Storm
- Date
- 1955 – 1970
- Medium
- oil on masonite
- Dimensions
- 120.0 x 120.0 cm
- Description
- The foreground of snow covers approximately one quarter of the picture, slopes from cr to bl. Two skiers, one in a yellow jacket, stand on the edge of the slope looking inwards. The rest of the picture is mostly grey clouds, covering the slopes in the background.
- Credit
- Gift of John P. Crabb, Winnipeg, 1995
- Catalogue Number
- DgO.02.03
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New Moon-Southern Alberta
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- Date
- 1976
- Medium
- oil on board
- Catalogue Number
- DgO.02.05
- Description
- This painting is mainly sky. Two riders on horses are seen in the left half of the painting. In front of them there is a brush area of green and brown. It looks as if they are riding in foothill / prairie area. Mountains are visible in the background. The sky is pink, yellow and blue. A crescent mo…
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- Title
- New Moon-Southern Alberta
- Date
- 1976
- Medium
- oil on board
- Dimensions
- 54.3 x 75.0 cm
- Description
- This painting is mainly sky. Two riders on horses are seen in the left half of the painting. In front of them there is a brush area of green and brown. It looks as if they are riding in foothill / prairie area. Mountains are visible in the background. The sky is pink, yellow and blue. A crescent moon is in the sky.
- Credit
- Gift of Evelyn Carol Barrington, Invermere, 1999
- Catalogue Number
- DgO.02.05
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Nicholas de Grandmaison fonds
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- Part Of
- Nicholas de Grandmaison fonds
- Scope & Content
- Series I: Photographs (V786) - one sub-series consisting of photographs of Nicholas de Grandmaison; one photograph of Order of Canada event Series II: Textual (M561) - three sub-series: A - Biographical information and personal documents B - Newspaper and magazine clippings and excerpts C - Invita…
- Date Range
- 1919-1992
- Reference Code
- M561 / V786
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Textual record
- Private record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Nicholas de Grandmaison fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M561
- V786
- Sous-Fonds
- M561
- V786
- Accession Number
- 2018.8994
- Reference Code
- M561 / V786
- Date Range
- 1919-1992
- Physical Description
- [2] cm of textual records. 19 photographs; b&w and col.
- History / Biographical
- Nicholas de Grandmaison was born in southern Russian in 1892. He attended military college in Moscow, graduating in 1911 and transfered to military school in 1913 to train as an officer. He was stationed in Warsaw, Poland in early 1914 when World War I began and was captured as a prisoner of war in Germany until 1918. Upon then end of the war, Nicholas de Grandmaison studied art in England, eventually arriving in Calgary, Alberta via some time spent in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He had specific interest in Indigenous peoples and travelled widely throughout North America painting portraits. Nicholas de Gradmaison moved to Banff in 1939 with his wife Sonia, where they raised five children. He is a member of the Order of Canada, and holds an honourary doctorate from the University of Alberta, and was made an honorary Peigan "Chief Little Plume". He died on March 23, 1978 and is buried at the Brocket on the Piikani Nation reserve, west of Fort McLeod.
- Scope & Content
- Series I: Photographs (V786) - one sub-series consisting of photographs of Nicholas de Grandmaison; one photograph of Order of Canada event
- Series II: Textual (M561) - three sub-series: A - Biographical information and personal documents B - Newspaper and magazine clippings and excerpts C - Invitations and exhibit announcements
- Subject Access
- Arts
- First Nations
- Indigenous Peoples
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- file description
- Creator
- Nicholas de Grandmaison
- Biographical Source Notes
- Biographical documents in fond
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
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- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- DgO.02.06
- Description
- Two male mountain sheep with large horns stand in a rocky terrain surrounded with bright orange and green colours. The majority is subtle blues and grays in the background. One mountain sheep is in the upper right, facing the viewer, the other is in the lower left looking up at the other. The paint…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 53 x 71.76 cm
- Description
- Two male mountain sheep with large horns stand in a rocky terrain surrounded with bright orange and green colours. The majority is subtle blues and grays in the background. One mountain sheep is in the upper right, facing the viewer, the other is in the lower left looking up at the other. The painting is constructed with several strong diagonal leading lines. The surface of the painting is textured with the oil paint and appears to have little to no surface glaze.
- Subject
- sheep
- mountain
- oil
- grandmaison
- Credit
- Gift of Harold C. Whyte, Penticton, 2017
- Catalogue Number
- DgO.02.06
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Untitled [Trees and Hillside]
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- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- DgO.02.04
- Description
- A grove of trees descends down a hillside from the right of the painting. The trees are more distinctive on the right but become blurry and purple in the distance on the left. In the foreground there is a grassy area. A path runs through this area. An orange-red bush is in the bottom right corn…
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- Title
- Untitled [Trees and Hillside]
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 34.0 x 44.0 cm
- Description
- A grove of trees descends down a hillside from the right of the painting. The trees are more distinctive on the right but become blurry and purple in the distance on the left. In the foreground there is a grassy area. A path runs through this area. An orange-red bush is in the bottom right corner. In the top left section, a grassy area is also visible in the distance. Beyond this there are hills. Blue and white sky is visible in the top portion of the painting.
- Credit
- Gift of Evelyn Carol Barrington, Invermere, 1999
- Catalogue Number
- DgO.02.04
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