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Artist
Jane Ash Poitras (1951 – , Canadian)
Date
1999
Medium
mixed media on canvas
Catalogue Number
PoJ.13.01
Description
Down the centre of the piece there is a column of four historical photographs of Indigenous people participating in the sundance ritual. Different colours and patterns border each photograph on either side of them. On each side of the piece there are painted areas or strips. Red paint looks like…
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Artist
Jane Ash Poitras (1951 – , Canadian)
Title
Sacrifice
Date
1999
Medium
mixed media on canvas
Dimensions
122.0 x 91.5 cm
Description
Down the centre of the piece there is a column of four historical photographs of Indigenous people participating in the sundance ritual. Different colours and patterns border each photograph on either side of them. On each side of the piece there are painted areas or strips. Red paint looks like blood running down the image. A quill is attached to the painting in the top left corner. A bone or tooth is attached to the canvas in the top right corner. The left side of the piece is painted in red tones, the left in green. In the bottom right corner there are some pictograph-like drawings of people and a dog.
Subject
figure
group
historical
cultural
Indigenous
religious
Sundance Ceremony
Credit
Purchased from Jane Ash Poitras, Edmonton, 2001
Catalogue Number
PoJ.13.01
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Artist
Tserang Thundrup (1964 – , Tibetan)
Date
1999
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
ThT.02.01
Description
A portrait of two children; a boy of about 9 or 10 years of age holds a very young child. The older boy’s head is bent slightly as he looks directly at the viewer. He wears a red and green bead necklace. The baby he is holding is facing toward him so that only the side of its face is visible. H…
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Artist
Tserang Thundrup (1964 – , Tibetan)
Title
Brothers
Date
1999
Medium
oil on canvas
Description
A portrait of two children; a boy of about 9 or 10 years of age holds a very young child. The older boy’s head is bent slightly as he looks directly at the viewer. He wears a red and green bead necklace. The baby he is holding is facing toward him so that only the side of its face is visible. He appears to be trying to grab the older boy’s necklace. Both boys are wrapped in a sheepskin coat or blanket. The children are visible only from the waist up. Behind them is a flat grassland area. In the top left corner in the distance is a building which could be a temple.
Subject
figure
children
landscape
Tibetan plains
Credit
Purchased from Tserang Thundrup, Lhasa, China, 2001
Catalogue Number
ThT.02.01
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Artist
Tsering Dorjee (1948 – , Tibetan)
Date
1996
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
DoT.02.01
Description
A full length portrait of Tibetan Bhuddist monks or priests. All are dressed in red and gold ceremonial robes. The man at the right of the painting has his eyes closed. His arm is extended and he holds an ornate tray or bowl which the man on the left is pouring water into from an ornate ewer. T…
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Artist
Tsering Dorjee (1948 – , Tibetan)
Title
Parade
Date
1996
Medium
oil on canvas
Description
A full length portrait of Tibetan Bhuddist monks or priests. All are dressed in red and gold ceremonial robes. The man at the right of the painting has his eyes closed. His arm is extended and he holds an ornate tray or bowl which the man on the left is pouring water into from an ornate ewer. The man in the middle has a moustache and looks directly at the viewer. An image of a Bhuddist deity is visible in the dark behind the man on the left and the man in the middle.
Subject
figure
group
religious
Tibetan Bhuddism
Credit
Purchased from Tsering Dorjee, Lhasa, Tibet, 2001
Catalogue Number
DoT.02.01
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Artist
Ken Christopher (1942 – , Canadian)
Date
1994
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
ChK.02.01
Description
With in the image frame of this painting there are three horses with three people sitting on horseback. The three figures are female and are centered. The background area is full of trees and the bottom area around the ground is brown in colour. The three horses and riders are facing away from the …
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Artist
Ken Christopher (1942 – , Canadian)
Title
Three Companeros
Date
1994
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
42.0 x 48.0 cm
Description
With in the image frame of this painting there are three horses with three people sitting on horseback. The three figures are female and are centered. The background area is full of trees and the bottom area around the ground is brown in colour. The three horses and riders are facing away from the viewer and are riding off through the forest. The horses are brown. One of the riders has a white shirt or jacket and another has a light colour hat.
Subject
animal
horses
landscape
forest
activity
trail riding
figure
group
female
Credit
Gift of Robert Blair, Calgary, 1996
Catalogue Number
ChK.02.01
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Artist
Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)
Date
1993
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
ArP.05.09
Description
A figure dressed in a black hat, black blouse, printed black pants, red socks, black shoes is at centre top, walking on grey crumbling blocks. Below and in the foreground is a range of peaked mountains, dark colours of blue, purple and some green with some snow cover on centre mountains. A row o…
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Artist
Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)
Title
Trusting
Date
1993
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
43.2 x 30.5 cm
Description
A figure dressed in a black hat, black blouse, printed black pants, red socks, black shoes is at centre top, walking on grey crumbling blocks. Below and in the foreground is a range of peaked mountains, dark colours of blue, purple and some green with some snow cover on centre mountains. A row of black trees lines a lake in the foreground, splashes of colour reflect in the lake. The sky has red, purple tones fading to white at the top.
Subject
landscape
mountains
mythological
figure
Credit
Gift of Patricia Askren, Lakonias, Greece, 1993
Catalogue Number
ArP.05.09
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Artist
Dan Hudson (1959 – , Canadian)
Date
1990
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
HdD.02.01
Description
In the center of the painting there is a white outline of a nude male figure. The face down figure has one arm outstreached in front and the other outstreached to the side. Off set to the lower left a bit, is the same male again but this time with his body painted in black, white and purple. Also…
Artist
Dan Hudson (1959 – , Canadian)
Title
Emergence
Date
1990
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
160.0 x 160.0 cm
Description
In the center of the painting there is a white outline of a nude male figure. The face down figure has one arm outstreached in front and the other outstreached to the side. Off set to the lower left a bit, is the same male again but this time with his body painted in black, white and purple. Also in the same area there is a wolf leaning down to get a drink of water and directly beneath that wolf is his reflection that looks like another wolf. Both wolves are purple with white highlights. At the top left corner there is a ring of fire, orange and red in colour. The background behind the above mentioned is black and the paint has been applied very thick (almost impasto in some places). The frame for the canvas is made out of natural wood poles and the ends stick out at each corner and cross over each other.
Subject
figure
male
animal
wolf
mythological
Credit
Gift of Dan Hudson, Canmore, 1993
Catalogue Number
HdD.02.01
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Artist
Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)
Date
1982
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
ArP.05.06
Description
A blond woman wearing a mask, blue sweater, white and brown shirt and brown boots in centre of the room. Papers are spread on floor, paints and brushes, various pieces of brown furniture, a green plant, a television with a man's face on screen. She has a bowl in her right hand from which has spill…
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Artist
Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)
Title
Indoor World
Date
1982
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
38.0 x 56.3 cm
Description
A blond woman wearing a mask, blue sweater, white and brown shirt and brown boots in centre of the room. Papers are spread on floor, paints and brushes, various pieces of brown furniture, a green plant, a television with a man's face on screen. She has a bowl in her right hand from which has spilled an apple and orange and a teacup. Two rooms on either side with furniture.
Subject
whimsey
figure
female
Pat Askren
Credit
Gift of Jon Whyte, Banff, 1992
Catalogue Number
ArP.05.06
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Artist
Jane Zednik (1953 – , Canadian)
Date
1979
Medium
oil on paper
Catalogue Number
ZeJ.02.01
Description
A woman in black dress and a man in a blue suit fly, twisting through the air. A yellow house in the background with a grey road leading up to it. Dark green grass and two trees surround the house.
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Artist
Jane Zednik (1953 – , Canadian)
Title
Violation
Date
1979
Medium
oil on paper
Description
A woman in black dress and a man in a blue suit fly, twisting through the air. A yellow house in the background with a grey road leading up to it. Dark green grass and two trees surround the house.
Subject
figure
male
female
abstract
whimsey
Credit
Gift of Harold C. Whyte, Penticton, 2003
Catalogue Number
ZeJ.02.01
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New Moon-Southern Alberta

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Artist
Rick Nicholas de Grandmaison (1932 – 1985, Canadian)
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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Artist
Rick Nicholas de Grandmaison (1932 – 1985, Canadian)
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.
Subject
landscape
foothills
prairie
Southern Alberta
animal
horse
figure
O. N. de Grandmaison
Credit
Gift of Evelyn Carol Barrington, Invermere, 1999
Catalogue Number
DgO.02.05
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Date
1969
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.24
Description
A woman in a hat is standing on the shore of a lake. The painting is dominated by Mount Assiniboine in the background under a deep blue sky.
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1969
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
12.7 x 18.0 cm
Description
A woman in a hat is standing on the shore of a lake. The painting is dominated by Mount Assiniboine in the background under a deep blue sky.
Subject
figure
woman
Canadian Rockies
mountain
lake
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.24
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