topic:" prairie" found 12 records - Research Collections - Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

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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Buffalo Hunt

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Artist: John Lefthand Jr.

Date: 1950 – 1970

Medium: oil on canvas board

Catalogue Number: LeJ.02.06

Description: Two jumping bison, facing left are being chased by an man on a brown horse, he has a bow and arrow ready to shoot at the bison. The horizon runs across page just below centre line. The plain is brown, the sky is blue to the right and white/yellow the left half of picture.

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Artist: John Lefthand Jr.

Title: Buffalo Hunt

Date: 1950 – 1970

Medium: oil on canvas board

Dimensions: 23.0 x 30.0 cm

Description: Two jumping bison, facing left are being chased by an man on a brown horse, he has a bow and arrow ready to shoot at the bison. The horizon runs across page just below centre line. The plain is brown, the sky is blue to the right and white/yellow the left half of picture.

Subject: landscape, prairie; animal, buffalo, horse; figure, male; hunting; Indigenous

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

Catalogue Number: LeJ.02.06

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Grain Elevator at LaSalle, Manitoba

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

Date: 1931

Medium: woodcut on paper

Catalogue Number: PhW.04.21

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

Title: Grain Elevator at LaSalle, Manitoba

Date: 1931

Medium: woodcut on paper

Dimensions: 19.8 x 31.1 cm

Subject: landscape; prairie; architecture; rural

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1977

Catalogue Number: PhW.04.21

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Antelope

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Artist: Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)

Date: 1926

Medium: etching on paper

Catalogue Number: RuC.04.12

Description: Colour: black on white. Six antelope face right taking up the upper part of the picture. The lower half is bushes with a clear space in the lower right corner.

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Artist: Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)

Title: Antelope

Date: 1926

Medium: etching on paper

Dimensions: 26.5 x 34.5 cm

Description: Colour: black on white. Six antelope face right taking up the upper part of the picture. The lower half is bushes with a clear space in the lower right corner.

Subject: landscape, prairie; animal, antelope

Credit: Gift of James (Mrs.) Brewster, Banff, 1968

Catalogue Number: RuC.04.12

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Forced Entry

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Date: 1983

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: SiR.05.02

Description: Big sky scene with road through badlands; top 3/4 is sky, very delicately coloured, slight reddish tint at horizon off into yellow and a very slight blue tinge at the top; a brown road with a white stripe down the centre undulates through green topped badlands; blc is white with pencil lines indica…

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Title: Forced Entry

Date: 1983

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 60.4 x 45.5 cm

Description: Big sky scene with road through badlands; top 3/4 is sky, very delicately coloured, slight reddish tint at horizon off into yellow and a very slight blue tinge at the top; a brown road with a white stripe down the centre undulates through green topped badlands; blc is white with pencil lines indicating side of mesa; the picture is outlined with pencil;

Subject: landscape; prairie

Credit: Purchased from Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, 1990

Catalogue Number: SiR.05.02

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Sly Sunset

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Date: 1980

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: SiR.05.03

Description: Red sky landscape; top two thirds is reddish tones; bottom third is white with green/brown angular shapes separating the two; the picture is outlined with pencil.

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Title: Sly Sunset

Date: 1980

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 60.4 x 45.5 cm

Description: Red sky landscape; top two thirds is reddish tones; bottom third is white with green/brown angular shapes separating the two; the picture is outlined with pencil.

Subject: landscape; prairie

Credit: Purchased from Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, 1990

Catalogue Number: SiR.05.03

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Canada Classic: Mountain Muscle

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Date: 1980

Medium: aquatec stain on raw cotton

Catalogue Number: SiR.05.10

Description: Partially painted foothills landscape; bottom two thirds is a series of irregular vertical shapes indicating foothills; left of centre a road cuts through a valley disappearing over the horizon; reds and browns beside distant highway; 2 grey shapes at left of painting; top third is blank excep…

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Title: Canada Classic: Mountain Muscle

Date: 1980

Medium: aquatec stain on raw cotton

Dimensions: 93.9 x 205.7 cm

Description: Partially painted foothills landscape; bottom two thirds is a series of irregular vertical shapes indicating foothills; left of centre a road cuts through a valley disappearing over the horizon; reds and browns beside distant highway; 2 grey shapes at left of painting; top third is blank except for signature and date.

Subject: landscape; prairie

Credit: Purchased from Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, 1990

Catalogue Number: SiR.05.10

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Prairie Highway

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Artist: William Townsend (1909 – 1973, British)

Date: 1951 – 1972

Medium: oil pastel on paper (sketchbook)

Catalogue Number: ToW.03.01

Description: Blacktop highway covers bottom of picture going to center right, a yellow line runs in middle; yellow beside road, brown hills on either side, red on horizon, blue over the red, very sketchy.

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Artist: William Townsend (1909 – 1973, British)

Title: Prairie Highway

Date: 1951 – 1972

Medium: oil pastel on paper (sketchbook)

Dimensions: 22.8 x 30.5 cm

Description: Blacktop highway covers bottom of picture going to center right, a yellow line runs in middle; yellow beside road, brown hills on either side, red on horizon, blue over the red, very sketchy.