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- Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British) 4
- Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian) 3
- Nicholas Morant 2
- Allen Sapp (1928 – 2015, Canadian) 1
- Gardner Cox (1906 – 1988, American) 1
- George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian) 1
- Illingworth Holey Kerr (1905 – 1989, Canadian) 1
- Larsson, Carl 1
- Luis Fabini (1965 – , Uruguay) 1
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- Morant, Ivy 1
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Douglas Lake Ranch
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactfal.18.01
- Date
- 2014
- Medium
- archival ink jet print
- Catalogue Number
- FaL.18.01
- Description
- coloured image of cows in a snowy grassy field with man on horse centre right
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- Title
- Douglas Lake Ranch
- Date
- 2014
- Medium
- archival ink jet print
- Dimensions
- 47.62 x 71.75 cm
- Description
- coloured image of cows in a snowy grassy field with man on horse centre right
- Credit
- Gift of Luis Fabini, Montevideo, Uruguay, 2017
- Catalogue Number
- FaL.18.01
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- Date
- 1986
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- KeI.02.04
- Description
- A farm scene with pink, grey and purple foothills behind, and dust devils in front rising to a turbulent sky. The lower one-third is the grey road lined by green on both sides through the fields; on the viewer’s left are fields in gold, green, grey, purple and brown, and on the viewer’s left of the…
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- Title
- Dust Devils
- Date
- 1986
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 122.0 x 137.0 cm
- Description
- A farm scene with pink, grey and purple foothills behind, and dust devils in front rising to a turbulent sky. The lower one-third is the grey road lined by green on both sides through the fields; on the viewer’s left are fields in gold, green, grey, purple and brown, and on the viewer’s left of the road, a red shed with a purple roof, then a white farmhouse with a purple roof, and another shed partially obscured by the dust funnel rising up to mingle with clouds in the sky. Further to the left another red building with a purple roof and to the left of that another dust funnel (dust devil) rising up to the storm clouds and sheets of weather in the sky. Three-quarters of the painting is the purple,pink and grey clouds and several storm sheets creating a large foreboding sky. Signed on the bottom left corner with the artist’s logo.
- Credit
- Gift of Johannes Thiessen, Calgary, 2006
- Catalogue Number
- KeI.02.04
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1976, c1966
- Author
- Larsson, Carl
- Publisher
- New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons
- Call Number
- NC986.5 L3
- Author
- Larsson, Carl
- Responsibility
- with paintings by Carl Larsson and a text by Lennart Rudstrom based on the artist's original text ; translated by Ernest Edwin Tyden
- Publisher
- New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons
- Published Date
- 1976, c1966
- Physical Description
- lv. (unpaged) : ill.
- Subjects
- Illustrators - Sweden
- Farm life in art
- ISBN
- GB 399-61031-6
- Accession Number
- 3069
- Call Number
- NC986.5 L3
- Location
- Art Library is located in Curatorial Department - Please contact Curatorial Department for access
- Collection
- Art Library
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Farm in the Forest
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactcoj.03.198
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.198
- Description
- Group of ten trees blc and along left side, under trees there is a cart, in mid-distance there is a house, behing the house hills slope up to the bottom of a mountainous range.“This sketch belongs to a small group of ambiguous pencil drawings ranging in date from early English works to late Canadia…
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- Title
- Farm in the Forest
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 28.5 x 38.7 cm
- Description
- Group of ten trees blc and along left side, under trees there is a cart, in mid-distance there is a house, behing the house hills slope up to the bottom of a mountainous range.“This sketch belongs to a small group of ambiguous pencil drawings ranging in date from early English works to late Canadian examples. The atmosphere is invariably one o mystery, misty (as in this), or foggy, or shadowy, and the subjects lend themselves to several interpretations.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda Heath
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.198
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Grandmother Feeding Chickens
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactsaa.12.01
- Date
- 1981
- Medium
- acrylic on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- SaA.12.01
- Description
- A woman stands in a field feeding a small flock of black and white chickens. The woman is stooped over and wears a long blue skirt and red shirt. She has white hair in two long braids. In the background is a small structure, and trees beneath a blue sky.
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- Title
- Grandmother Feeding Chickens
- Date
- 1981
- Medium
- acrylic on canvas
- Dimensions
- 40.6 x 30.4 cm
- Description
- A woman stands in a field feeding a small flock of black and white chickens. The woman is stooped over and wears a long blue skirt and red shirt. She has white hair in two long braids. In the background is a small structure, and trees beneath a blue sky.
- Subject
- indigenous
- chickens
- farm
- Credit
- Gift of Ralph Young, Edmonton, 2021
- Catalogue Number
- SaA.12.01
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Merchants Farm, Ashton
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactcoj.03.041
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- graphite on paper board
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.041
- Description
- Farmland scene with a pond or stream, immediate forground left are three trees situated on a hill with a broken fence in front. - farm buildings in the middle distance, and hills beyond. - there is a drawing on the back of the piece, signed Dunsford in the bl. - a scene with buildings on a side slo…
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- Title
- Merchants Farm, Ashton
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- graphite on paper board
- Dimensions
- 20.5 x 25.5 cm
- Description
- Farmland scene with a pond or stream, immediate forground left are three trees situated on a hill with a broken fence in front. - farm buildings in the middle distance, and hills beyond. - there is a drawing on the back of the piece, signed Dunsford in the bl. - a scene with buildings on a side slope, one situated lower to the right, and one above this.“Collings adopted a method of shading by crosshatching, as illustrated here, using it extensively during the middle part of his career and much less in later years.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda Heath
- Subject
- landscape
- farm
- crosshatching
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1984
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.041
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Morant Family Photographs, Various Dates and Topics
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54108
- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 111 negative photographs, b&w, various sizes. Contents pertain to personal and family events involving numerous members of the Morant family: Nicholas Morant, David Morant, Francis Morant (Sr. and Jr.), Mollie Morant, Ivy 'Willie' Morant, 'Shandy', 'Trixie' and 'Uncle Dick'. Topics…
- Date Range
- [ca. 1925 - ca. 1935]
- 1939
- ca. 1940 - 1944
- 1943
- 1946
- [ca. 1950 - ca. 1960]
- 1963
- 1966
- 1972
- Reference Code
- V500 / III / D / 4 / NA - 1 to 111
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M300 / S20 / V500
- Sous-Fonds
- V500
- Sub-Series
- V500 / III / D / 4 : Personal and Family Photography
- Accession Number
- 7784
- Reference Code
- V500 / III / D / 4 / NA - 1 to 111
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Responsibility
- Produced by Nicholas Morant
- Date Range
- [ca. 1925 - ca. 1935]
- 1939
- ca. 1940 - 1944
- 1943
- 1946
- [ca. 1950 - ca. 1960]
- 1963
- 1966
- 1972
- Physical Description
- 111 Photographs: negatives; b&w
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 111 negative photographs, b&w, various sizes. Contents pertain to personal and family events involving numerous members of the Morant family: Nicholas Morant, David Morant, Francis Morant (Sr. and Jr.), Mollie Morant, Ivy 'Willie' Morant, 'Shandy', 'Trixie' and 'Uncle Dick'. Topics include the Morant family crest; images of 'Willie' in the kitchen, at the dentist's and working (multiple dates); David Morant as a child; Morant family Christmas in 1946; 'Willie' and Mollie Morant on the family farm; personal travel ('Vacation 1943', Mexico and Peru); etc.
- Storage Range
- In file box V500 / III / D / 4 / NA - 1 to V500 / III / D / 4 / NA - 111
- Name Access
- Morant, David
- Morant, Ivy
- Morant, Mollie
- Subject Access
- Family
- Farm
- Family crest
- Travel
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- British Columbia
- Alberta
- Banff
- Peru
- Mexico
- Access Restrictions
- Items in this file are not to be accessed or distributed without the explicit permission of their identified copyright owners.
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Items in this file are not to be reproduced without the explicit permission of their identified copyright owners.
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Negatives must be kept in protective acid-free envelopes and stored only with other similar negatives.
- Creator
- Nicholas Morant
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Northern Lights #13, Alberta
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwbg.04.030
- Date
- 1978
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WbG.04.030
- Description
- Northern lights in sky above a farm.
- Title
- Northern Lights #13, Alberta
- Date
- 1978
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 20.5 x 27.9 cm
- Description
- Northern lights in sky above a farm.
- Subject
- landscape
- rural
- farm
- night
- northern lights
- Credit
- Gift of Donna Tingley, Edmonton, 2004
- Catalogue Number
- WbG.04.030
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P-103. Metchosin farm, before and after our possession
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- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 26 b&w negative photographs. Content pertains to shots of Metchosin Farm on Vancouver Island, BC (specific dates unknown).
- Date Range
- [between 1930 and 1980]
- Reference Code
- V500 / A2 / P-103
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M300 / S20 / V500
- Sous-Fonds
- V500
- Sub-Series
- I.A. Photography : negatives and transparencies / 1.b. Darkroom files : black/white I
- Accession Number
- 7438
- Reference Code
- V500 / A2 / P-103
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Responsibility
- Produced by Nicholas Morant
- Date Range
- [between 1930 and 1980]
- Physical Description
- 26 photographs : negatives, film, b/w, 6x6 cm
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 26 b&w negative photographs. Content pertains to shots of Metchosin Farm on Vancouver Island, BC (specific dates unknown).
- Notes
- NM note: Metchosin farm original state
- Subject Access
- Farmland
- Metchosin Farm
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- British Columbia
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Nicholas Morant
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Pineapple Fields, Kauai
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.01.223
- Date
- 1933 – 1934
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.223
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- Title
- Pineapple Fields, Kauai
- Date
- 1933 – 1934
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 28.0 x 35.3 cm
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.223
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