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Art inspired by the Canadian Rockies, Purcell Mountains and Selkirk Mountains 1809-2012
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20143
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2012
- Author
- Townshend, Nancy
- Publisher
- Calgary : Bayeux Arts
- Call Number
- N T69 A78
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- Author
- Townshend, Nancy
- Responsibility
- Nancy Townshend
- Publisher
- Calgary : Bayeux Arts
- Published Date
- 2012
- Physical Description
- vi, 136p, 40 plates : ill., maps
- Subjects
- Art
- Artists
- O'Brien, Lucius
- Notman, William & Son
- Thompson, David
- Harmon, Byron
- Harris, Lawren
- MacDonald, J.E.H
- Sargent, John Singer
- Whyte, Peter
- Whyte, Catharine Robb
- Rocky Mountains
- Purcell Mountains
- Selkirk Mountains
- Abstract
- Nancy Townshend's book on art inspired by the Canadian Rockies, Purcell Mountains, and Selkirk Mountains presents these mountains' justifiable prominence in world art. For over two centuries, Canadian artists have admired their magnitude and grandeur, their endlessly changing light and atmospheric conditions, their four distinct seasons, and myriad other aspects. The book is organized chronologically into three eras: traditional (1809 –1899), Modern (1900–1973) and contemporary (1974–2012). From David Thompson's watercolours in the early nineteenth century (c. 1809) of the East Kootenays to Jan Kabatoff's multimedia art of the early twenty-first century that addresses the impact of global warming on glaciers, Townshend's book presents a whole gamut of Canadian art inspired by these great mountains. Featuring three comprehensive overviews and thirteen chapters on both central and western Canadian artists, as well as a chapter on American artist John Singer Sargent, the book offers insights into their art and inspirations. What did two centuries of artistic exploration in the infinitely facetted Canadian Rockies, Purcells and Selkirks yield? How did the resulting works of art serve to build a unique western Canadian identity? How does the West inform Canadians about themselves, about their own place in the world at this critical time in world history? Townshend answers these questions in this significant reference book for decades to come. Over the past two hundred years, a shift from the exploitative view of Canada's mountain West during the traditional era to the contemporary creative genesis of this area has occurred. Because of the contemporary artists' commitment to wildlife conservation and environmental issues, the contemporary era is more outward looking and expansive, concerned about the world's future. Townshend's all-encompassing text and selected stunning images confirm John Ruskin's observation that mountains are "the beginning and end of all natural scenery." That Canada's mountain West is indeed a place to be revered, a place from which we can learn about ourselves now and in the future. (from author's website)
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction to the Traditional Era (1809-1899):
- Chapter One - Lucius O'Brien (1832-1899)
- Chapter Two - William McFarlane Notman (1857-1913)
- Chapter Three - Frederic Bell-Smith (1846-1923)
- Chapter Four - David Thompson (1770-1857)
- Chapter Five - Richard Henery Trueman (1856-1911)
- Chapter Six - Byron Harmon (1976-1942)
- Introduction to the Modern Era (1900-1971):
- Chapter Seven - Lawren Stewart Harris (1885-1970)
- Chapter Eight - J.E.H. MacDonald (1873-1932)
- Chapter Nine - John Singer Sargent (1856-1925)
- Chapter Ten - Peter Whyte (1905-1966)
- Chapter Eleven - Catharine Robb Whyte (1906-1979)
- Introduction to the Contemporary Era (1972-2012):
- Chapter Twelve - Kent Monkman (1965-)
- Chapter Thirteen - Jin-Me Yoon (1960-)
- Chapter Fourteen - Jan Kabatoff (1948-)
- Conclusion
- Index
- Notes
- Signed by author
- ISBN
- 978-1-897411-37-7
- Accession Number
- AC637
- Call Number
- N T69 A78
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
- URL Notes
- Author's website
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Boswell Cabin opened in Club Manager's memory
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue13312
- Physical Description
- p.7
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Notes
- In The Alpine Club of Canada Gazette, vol.22, no.1 (Winter 2007). Article pertains to ACC club manager Pat Boswell and traces the history of the Banff office and clubhouse
- Call Number
- P
- Collection
- Archives Library
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Bow Lake : wellspring of art
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14804
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2010
- Author
- Gooch, Jane Lytton
- Publisher
- [Surrey, B.C.] : Rocky Mountain Books
- Call Number
- N G66 B69
- Author
- Gooch, Jane Lytton
- Responsibility
- Jane Lytton Gooch
- preface by Robert Sandford
- Publisher
- [Surrey, B.C.] : Rocky Mountain Books
- Published Date
- 2010
- Physical Description
- 191 p. : col. ill., col. map
- Subjects
- Bow Lake
- Whyte, Peter
- Whyte, Catharine
- Rungius, Carl
- Phillips, Walter J
- Simpson, Jimmy
- Num-Ti-Jah Lodge
- Schaffer, Mary
- Harmon, Byron
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Notes
- Bibliography and index
- ISBN
- 9781926855059 (pbk.)
- Call Number
- N G66 B69
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Exhibit pairs artists and mountaineers to create alpine impressions
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue13238
- Author
- Martel, Lynn
- Physical Description
- p.8-9 : ill
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Subjects
- Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies
- Notes
- In The Alpine Club of Canada Gazette, vol.21, no.3 (Fall 2006)
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- P
- Collection
- Archives Library
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Generous donation helped build Bell Cabin
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue13313
- Physical Description
- p.7
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Notes
- In The Alpine Club of Canada Gazette, vol.22, no.1 (Winter 2007)
- Call Number
- P
- Collection
- Archives Library
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Giving meaning and value to history
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue12951
- Physical Description
- p.53 : ill
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Subjects
- Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies
- Notes
- In The Alpine Club of Canada Gazette, vol.21, no.1 (Winter 2006) : Centennial Gazette 1906-2005. Article pertains to the role of the Club as publishers
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- P
- Collection
- Archives Library
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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The Lake O'Hara art of J.E.H. MacDonald and hiker's guide
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue12230
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2003
- Author
- Christensen, Lisa
- Publisher
- Calgary : Fifth House
- Call Number
- F1090 C4 O3
- Author
- Christensen, Lisa
- Publisher
- Calgary : Fifth House
- Published Date
- 2003
- Physical Description
- 136 p. : ill., map
- Notes
- Includes index and bibliography
- ISBN
- 1-894856-17-1
- Call Number
- F1090 C4 O3
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Mount Assiniboine : images in art
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14803
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2007
- Author
- Gooch, Jane Lytton
- Publisher
- Surrey, B.C. : Rocky Mountain Books
- Call Number
- N G66 A87
- Author
- Gooch, Jane Lytton
- Responsibility
- Jane Lytton Gooch
- preface Bob Sanford
- Publisher
- Surrey, B.C. : Rocky Mountain Books
- Published Date
- 2007
- Physical Description
- 159p. : ill., maps
- Subjects
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Assiniboine, Mount
- Whyte, Peter
- Whyte, Catharine
- Coleman, A.P
- Rungius, Carl
- Phillips, Walter J
- Notes
- Bibliography and index
- ISBN
- 9781894765978
- Accession Number
- AC620
- Call Number
- N G66 A87
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Refuges among the high peaks
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue12946
- Physical Description
- p.42-43 : ill
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Notes
- In The Alpine Club of Canada Gazette, vol.21, no.1 (Winter 2006) : Centennial Gazette 1906-2005
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- P
- Collection
- Archives Library
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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This wild spirit : women in the Rocky Mountains of Canada
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14789
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2006
- Author
- Skidmore, Colleen
- Publisher
- Edmonton : University of Alberta
- Call Number
- G512 S55
- Author
- Skidmore, Colleen
- Responsibility
- edited by Colleen Skidmore
- Publisher
- Edmonton : University of Alberta
- Published Date
- 2006
- Physical Description
- 295p. : ill., maps
- Series
- Mountain cairns : a series on the history and culture of the Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Subjects
- Adams, Mollie
- Glacier House
- Engelhard, Georgia Cromwell
- Henshaw, Julia W.
- Poetry
- Schaffer, Mary
- Swift, Suzette Chalifoux
- Sharples family
- Tourism
- Vaux family
- Whyte, Catharine Robb
- Young, Julia
- Notes
- Includes bibliography and index
- Partial contents: Includes excerpts from writings by Victorian and Edwardian era women describing their travel to the Canadian Rockies, including Lady Agnes Macdonald, Mrs. Arthur Spragge, The Countess of Aberdeen, Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson, Sara Jeanette Duncan (Mrs. Everard Cotes), Mrs. George Cran, and Mrs. Humphrey Ward
- Includes poetry by Rhoda W. Edwards, Moira O'Neill, Lynda R. Woods, and Elizabeth Ferguson
- Includes Jasper's first lady [act two] / Elsie Park Gowan; Hunter of Peace [prologue and act one, scene one] / Sharon Stearns
- ISBN
- 13:978-0-88864-466-4
- Accession Number
- AC612
- Call Number
- G512 S55
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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