topic:"abstract" found 10 records - Research Collections - Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

Automatic

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Artist: Marion Florence Nicoll (1909 – 1985, Canadian)

Date: 1974

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: NiM.05.03

Description: An non-representational shape dominates centre front, it is outlined in black, circle to the left with a tail-like feature towards top right, the background has various shapes, lighter at left

Artist: Marion Florence Nicoll (1909 – 1985, Canadian)

Title: Automatic

Date: 1974

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 15.0 x 28.3 cm

Description: An non-representational shape dominates centre front, it is outlined in black, circle to the left with a tail-like feature towards top right, the background has various shapes, lighter at left

Subject: abstract, non-representational

Credit: Purchased from Masters Gallery ltd., Calgary, 1979

Catalogue Number: NiM.05.03

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Follow-up

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Artist: Alex Simeon Janvier (1935 – , Canadian)

Date: 1964

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: JvA.05.01

Description: General colour: red, blue on white. A horizontal shape cuts the picture in half. Another shape goes up from that to the upper edge left of center. A single orange line comes down to the left lower edge. Four large orange dots sit at the outsides of the main shape.

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Artist: Alex Simeon Janvier (1935 – , Canadian)

Title: Follow-up

Date: 1964

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 37.0 x 25.5 cm

Description: General colour: red, blue on white. A horizontal shape cuts the picture in half. Another shape goes up from that to the upper edge left of center. A single orange line comes down to the left lower edge. Four large orange dots sit at the outsides of the main shape.

Subject: mythological; abstract, non-representational

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

Catalogue Number: JvA.05.01

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Hourglass Mountain No 3

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Artist: Annette Lodge

Date: 1978

Medium: watercolour; pastel; graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: LoA.05.01

Description: An hourglass shape extends from top to bottom in greens and yellows. Green pointed mountains along centre in background with dark blue sky. Graphite lines predominantly bl and cr and highlights of pastel.

Artist: Annette Lodge

Title: Hourglass Mountain No 3

Date: 1978

Medium: watercolour; pastel; graphite on paper

Dimensions: 28.0 x 28.5 cm

Description: An hourglass shape extends from top to bottom in greens and yellows. Green pointed mountains along centre in background with dark blue sky. Graphite lines predominantly bl and cr and highlights of pastel.

Subject: abstract; expressionist

Credit: Gift of Jon Whyte, Banff, 1992

Catalogue Number: LoA.05.01

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Megalith

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Artist: Jim Stewart (1949 – , Canadian)

Date: 1977

Medium: acrylic on canvas

Catalogue Number: StJ.12.02

Description: A golden triangle with red at each point covers top of painting to a point below centre; a grid of red lines has colours of green along bottom edge to purples and blues; 5 black lines with smaller red and yellow dots over picture in no particular order.

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Artist: Jim Stewart (1949 – , Canadian)

Title: Megalith

Date: 1977

Medium: acrylic on canvas

Dimensions: 30.7 x 40.6 cm

Description: A golden triangle with red at each point covers top of painting to a point below centre; a grid of red lines has colours of green along bottom edge to purples and blues; 5 black lines with smaller red and yellow dots over picture in no particular order.

Subject: abstract; non-representational

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

Catalogue Number: StJ.12.02

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Rocky Mountain Suite #2

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Artist: Jerry F. Grey

Date: c. 1974

Medium: watercolour; liquitex on paper

Catalogue Number: GrJ.05.01

Description: General colour: yellow. A surface gridded in varying densities of the same colour. In every square of sixteen small squares there is a white triangle in the lower left corner.

Artist: Jerry F. Grey

Title: Rocky Mountain Suite #2

Date: c. 1974

Medium: watercolour; liquitex on paper

Dimensions: 41.3 x 58.4 cm

Description: General colour: yellow. A surface gridded in varying densities of the same colour. In every square of sixteen small squares there is a white triangle in the lower left corner.

Subject: abstract; non-representational

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

Catalogue Number: GrJ.05.01

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Thunder

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Artist: Barbara Milne (1956 – , Canadian)

Date: 1990

Medium: oil; acrylic on canvas

Catalogue Number: MiB.02.01

Description: A large red mass dominates the painting, from the foreground blue, green, yellow tube-shapes spiral upwards, top left corner is blue

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Artist: Barbara Milne (1956 – , Canadian)

Title: Thunder

Date: 1990

Medium: oil; acrylic on canvas

Dimensions: 167.6 x 160.0 cm

Description: A large red mass dominates the painting, from the foreground blue, green, yellow tube-shapes spiral upwards, top left corner is blue

Subject: abstract; expressionist

Credit: Gift of Barbara Milne, Calgary, 1992

Catalogue Number: MiB.02.01

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Transformer 2

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Artist: Jim Stewart (1949 – , Canadian)

Date: 1977

Medium: acrylic on canvas

Catalogue Number: StJ.12.01

Description: A shiney grey triangle is centered; background is light grey with streaks of colours, purple, pink, red, black, etc.; a red cube is below centre triangle, red lines go to both sides; brown foreground, top sides of which billow upwards above centre; 2 purple lines centre left; splashes of pink.

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Artist: Jim Stewart (1949 – , Canadian)

Title: Transformer 2

Date: 1977

Medium: acrylic on canvas

Dimensions: 30.5 x 40.7 cm

Description: A shiney grey triangle is centered; background is light grey with streaks of colours, purple, pink, red, black, etc.; a red cube is below centre triangle, red lines go to both sides; brown foreground, top sides of which billow upwards above centre; 2 purple lines centre left; splashes of pink.