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Exshaw

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Artist: Clifford Foard Robinson (1916 – 1992, Canadian)

Date: 1938

Medium: pencil on paper

Catalogue Number: RbC.03.01

Description: a close up sketch of the side of a building. The building has shaker siding on the top 2/3 and horizontal siding at the bottom. There are two windows and the rightmost side of the building is on stilts. Beside the building are leafy plants, the edge of another smaller building, and telephone poles.…

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Artist: Clifford Foard Robinson (1916 – 1992, Canadian)

Title: Exshaw

Date: 1938

Medium: pencil on paper

Dimensions: 24.0 x 35.5 cm

Description: a close up sketch of the side of a building. The building has shaker siding on the top 2/3 and horizontal siding at the bottom. There are two windows and the rightmost side of the building is on stilts. Beside the building are leafy plants, the edge of another smaller building, and telephone poles. Mountains are in the background.

Subject: Exshaw, Alberta

Credit: Gift of Ron Robinson, Nelson, 2023

Catalogue Number: RbC.03.01

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Exshaw Area

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Artist: Clifford Foard Robinson (1916 – 1992, Canadian)

Date: c. 1938

Medium: pencil on paper

Catalogue Number: RbC.03.02

Description: Pencil sketch of a white house with metal looking roof. Small wooden outbuilding attached to right side of house. In the background is a mountain with sparse tree cover.

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Artist: Clifford Foard Robinson (1916 – 1992, Canadian)

Title: Exshaw Area

Date: c. 1938

Medium: pencil on paper

Dimensions: 22.5 x 30.0 cm

Description: Pencil sketch of a white house with metal looking roof. Small wooden outbuilding attached to right side of house. In the background is a mountain with sparse tree cover.

Subject: Exshaw Alberta

Credit: Gift of Ron Robinson, Nelson, 2023

Catalogue Number: RbC.03.02

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Morley Church

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Artist: Clifford Foard Robinson (1916 – 1992, Canadian)

Date: c. 1939

Medium: ink; watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: RbC.04.01

Description: A wooden church with singular tall tower topped with a cross. One person is on horseback in front of the church, another stands in shadow by the door, and two lean against the side of the building. Mountains are in the background. Church has been coloured with orange and blue paint, mountains with …

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Artist: Clifford Foard Robinson (1916 – 1992, Canadian)

Title: Morley Church

Date: c. 1939

Medium: ink; watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 11.5 x 16.5 cm

Description: A wooden church with singular tall tower topped with a cross. One person is on horseback in front of the church, another stands in shadow by the door, and two lean against the side of the building. Mountains are in the background. Church has been coloured with orange and blue paint, mountains with blue, and trees and low hills in green.

Subject: Morley; McDougall United Church; Alberta

Credit: Gift of Ron Robinson, Nelson, 2023

Catalogue Number: RbC.04.01

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Exshaw Cement Plant

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Artist: Clifford Foard Robinson (1916 – 1992, Canadian)

Date: n.d.

Medium: ink on transfer paper

Catalogue Number: RbC.04.07 a-c

Description: A blocky stone building with many levels and a low roof in the front. Foreground is grasses and a single tree. Background is round hills at right side. a) edition 2/15 Exshaw Cement Plant, C. Robinsonb) edition 19/30. Exshaw Cement Plant, C. Robinson, 21.0 x 28.0 cm c) mirror image on paper, 19.0 x…

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Artist: Clifford Foard Robinson (1916 – 1992, Canadian)

Title: Exshaw Cement Plant

Date: n.d.

Medium: ink on transfer paper

Dimensions: 18.6 x 23.5 cm

Description: A blocky stone building with many levels and a low roof in the front. Foreground is grasses and a single tree. Background is round hills at right side. a) edition 2/15 Exshaw Cement Plant, C. Robinsonb) edition 19/30. Exshaw Cement Plant, C. Robinson, 21.0 x 28.0 cm c) mirror image on paper, 19.0 x 28.0 cm, Stamp on reverse that reads “Certified Authentic Work Executed by Clifford Foard Robinson. Certified by executor of Artist’s Estate, Ron Robinson January 9 2023.”

Subject: cement plant; Exshaw Alberta

Credit: Gift of Ron Robinson, Nelson, 2023

Catalogue Number: RbC.04.07 a-c

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Alta Scene

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Artist: Clifford Foard Robinson (1916 – 1992, Canadian)

Date: 1942

Medium: ink on rice paper

Catalogue Number: RbC.04.08

Description: a multi layered scene of rolling hills. In the foreground at the bottom of the image are 5 Canada geese standing in a field. Behind them are 3 cows and 3 horses among rows of crops. The mid ground has simple wooden buildings and a church at right. Larger buildings are in the row behind. A large blo…

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Artist: Clifford Foard Robinson (1916 – 1992, Canadian)

Title: Alta Scene

Date: 1942

Medium: ink on rice paper

Dimensions: 58.0 x 46.0 cm

Description: a multi layered scene of rolling hills. In the foreground at the bottom of the image are 5 Canada geese standing in a field. Behind them are 3 cows and 3 horses among rows of crops. The mid ground has simple wooden buildings and a church at right. Larger buildings are in the row behind. A large blocky industrial building is at back right and a small group of tipis are at left. Pointed mountains make up the background under a sky with flowing lines.

Subject: Alberta, Bow Valley, Morley, Mini thni, geese, cows, horses

Credit: Gift of Ron Robinson, Nelson, 2023

Catalogue Number: RbC.04.08

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untitled

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Artist: Clifford Foard Robinson (1916 – 1992, Canadian)

Date: ca. 1941 – 1942

Medium: watercolour; ink; pencil on paper

Catalogue Number: RbC.09.01

Description: A black coil bound sketchbook. Inside the front cover “Cliff Robinson 1009-13 Ave West, Calgary. Morley, Alta” has been written in ink. The sketchbook contains ink, watercolour, and pencil works that illustrate rural scenes [Morley/Mini Thni], studies of plants and animals, buildings, tipis, a sund…

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Artist: Clifford Foard Robinson (1916 – 1992, Canadian)

Title: untitled

Date: ca. 1941 – 1942

Medium: watercolour; ink; pencil on paper

Dimensions: 31.0 x 25.0 cm

Description: A black coil bound sketchbook. Inside the front cover “Cliff Robinson 1009-13 Ave West, Calgary. Morley, Alta” has been written in ink. The sketchbook contains ink, watercolour, and pencil works that illustrate rural scenes [Morley/Mini Thni], studies of plants and animals, buildings, tipis, a sundance lodge, RCMP Barracks, Haida symbols, Loose linocuts of villages, a church have been placed between pages. Near the back is a letter to members of the Society of Canadian Painter-etchers and Engravers and a list of paintings exhibited by the Art Gallery of Toronto April 11 - May 3 1942