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Artist
Ken Christopher (1942 – , Canadian)
Date
1994
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
ChK.02.01
Description
With in the image frame of this painting there are three horses with three people sitting on horseback. The three figures are female and are centered. The background area is full of trees and the bottom area around the ground is brown in colour. The three horses and riders are facing away from the …
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Artist
Ken Christopher (1942 – , Canadian)
Title
Three Companeros
Date
1994
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
42.0 x 48.0 cm
Description
With in the image frame of this painting there are three horses with three people sitting on horseback. The three figures are female and are centered. The background area is full of trees and the bottom area around the ground is brown in colour. The three horses and riders are facing away from the viewer and are riding off through the forest. The horses are brown. One of the riders has a white shirt or jacket and another has a light colour hat.
Subject
animal
horses
landscape
forest
activity
trail riding
figure
group
female
Credit
Gift of Robert Blair, Calgary, 1996
Catalogue Number
ChK.02.01
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Artist
Harry Francis O'Hanlon (1916 – 1996, Canadian)
Date
1987
Catalogue Number
OhH.06.01
Description
A female racer in full speed around a pole, realistically rendered in full racing garb and style. The figurine is 21.0 high on an oval base which itself is raised from the base with a single curved arm ca. 10.0 high x ca. 1.5. The bronze base is ca. 2.0 thick and sits on an oval wooden base 2.0 th…
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Artist
Harry Francis O'Hanlon (1916 – 1996, Canadian)
Title
Winning the Gold
Date
1987
Dimensions
39.5 x 34.0 cm
Description
A female racer in full speed around a pole, realistically rendered in full racing garb and style. The figurine is 21.0 high on an oval base which itself is raised from the base with a single curved arm ca. 10.0 high x ca. 1.5. The bronze base is ca. 2.0 thick and sits on an oval wooden base 2.0 thick; the bases are irregular oval shaped.
Subject
activity
winter
skiing
figure
female
Credit
Gift of Harry Francis O'Hanlon, Calgary, 1990
Catalogue Number
OhH.06.01
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Artist
Barbara Spohr (1955 – 1987, Canadian)
Date
1984
Medium
type c print on photographic paper
Catalogue Number
SpB.18.19
Description
In the foreground a marching band marches with red uniforms. Just behind the band there is a blue camper truck parked in front of a Macleods store. This rectangular photograph has a orange border with text above and below the image. The band marching starts from the right side and continues across …
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Artist
Barbara Spohr (1955 – 1987, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1984
Medium
type c print on photographic paper
Dimensions
40.5 x 50.6 cm
Description
In the foreground a marching band marches with red uniforms. Just behind the band there is a blue camper truck parked in front of a Macleods store. This rectangular photograph has a orange border with text above and below the image. The band marching starts from the right side and continues across to the left.
Subject
architecture
Macleods store
activity
marching
figure
group
band
transportation
camper truck
Credit
Gift of Barb Spohr, Calgary, 1996
Catalogue Number
SpB.18.19
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The Cook, Louis Hill, and old dog Dooley

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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Date
1964
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.08
Description
Colour: blue, green. A figure and a dog stand by a fire over which are hanging two pots - left of center. Right is a tent and surrounding this in the front is snow and behind snow and trees.
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Title
The Cook, Louis Hill, and old dog Dooley
Date
1964
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
16.5 x 11.4 cm
Description
Colour: blue, green. A figure and a dog stand by a fire over which are hanging two pots - left of center. Right is a tent and surrounding this in the front is snow and behind snow and trees.
Subject
figure
man
animal
dog
activity
cooking
winter
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.08
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Woman Sewing Skin Boots

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Artist
Mary Ashevak (1932 – , Canadian)
Date
1960
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
AsM.04.01
Description
A positive, black image of a woman, dressed in a parka, sewing a skin boot; 3 utensils are near her; titled, numbered, dated and signed in pencil from the left; pasted on the tr back a 2.5 x 1.9 label: Canadian Eskimo Art”.Bottom text reads “Woman Sewing Skin Boots Stone Cut 9/50 Cape Dorset 1960 M…
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Artist
Mary Ashevak (1932 – , Canadian)
Title
Woman Sewing Skin Boots
Date
1960
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
31.0 x 48.8 cm
Description
A positive, black image of a woman, dressed in a parka, sewing a skin boot; 3 utensils are near her; titled, numbered, dated and signed in pencil from the left; pasted on the tr back a 2.5 x 1.9 label: Canadian Eskimo Art”.Bottom text reads “Woman Sewing Skin Boots Stone Cut 9/50 Cape Dorset 1960 M. Ashevak”The series of chops in the top left are as follows: the first red chop denotes Miri (Mary) Ashevak Ezekial, the artist; the second red chop denotes Lukta Qiatsuk, the printer; the black igloo chop denotes that the print was made in the West Baffin Eskimo Cooperative in Cape Dorset.
Subject
figure
woman
activity
sewing
Inuit
Credit
Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
Catalogue Number
AsM.04.01
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1951
Catalogue Number
WyP.06.02
Description
The bronze modelled by Peter Whyte and cast by Charlie Beil. The bronze ski jumper is in an outstretched position, the skis resting on a sphere 20.0 diameter which stands on a flat circular base, this is all on top of a black wooden base; inscribed into the bronze base is North American Ski Champio…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Ski Jumper
Date
1951
Dimensions
36.0;18.0 x 21.0;25.3 x 41.0;24.9 cm
Description
The bronze modelled by Peter Whyte and cast by Charlie Beil. The bronze ski jumper is in an outstretched position, the skis resting on a sphere 20.0 diameter which stands on a flat circular base, this is all on top of a black wooden base; inscribed into the bronze base is North American Ski Championships. Brass plates nailed on to wooden base indicating Peter Whyte Memorial Trophy and winners.
Subject
figure
activity
ski jumping
winter
Credit
Gift of Bob Leighton, 1971
Catalogue Number
WyP.06.02
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North American Ski Championships

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1949
Catalogue Number
WyP.06.03
Description
A loosely rendered skier, skiing the North American continent on a sphere 59.0 cm diameter on a black, square wood base.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
North American Ski Championships
Date
1949
Dimensions
53.0 x 24.5 cm
Description
A loosely rendered skier, skiing the North American continent on a sphere 59.0 cm diameter on a black, square wood base.
Subject
figure
activity
skiing
winter
North American Ski Championships
world
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1971
Catalogue Number
WyP.06.03
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Artist
Richard C. Bishop (1887 – 1975, American)
Date
1944
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
BiR.04.01
Description
A realistic rendering of a pond, tall reeds bottom left and trees on the bank centre right; some ducks on the water, some setting down and two flying by. Below the print in the bottom right corner is a smaller picture 3.5 x 6.0 of two men standing in a pond, one has a gun at hip level and a pipe in…
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Artist
Richard C. Bishop (1887 – 1975, American)
Title
Settin’ Down
Date
1944
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
40.7 x 30.3 cm
Description
A realistic rendering of a pond, tall reeds bottom left and trees on the bank centre right; some ducks on the water, some setting down and two flying by. Below the print in the bottom right corner is a smaller picture 3.5 x 6.0 of two men standing in a pond, one has a gun at hip level and a pipe in his mouth, the other is in the forefront setting down a decoy, he has 2 others under his left arm.
Subject
animal
ducks
figure
male
activity
hunting
flying
Credit
Gift of Cyril Paris, Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
BiR.04.01
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Banff Trophy, J.B. Cross Dominion Slalom

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Artist
Charles A. Beil (1894 – 1976, Canadian)
Date
1940
Medium
bronze
Catalogue Number
BeC.06.05
Description
This trophy has a man skiing on the top. The man skiing is wearing a hat, jacket and pants and has two ski poles in hand. Under the skier is a section of bronze that represents the snow and ground. The base of this trophy is round and the skier on the top is heading in the left direction with one …
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Artist
Charles A. Beil (1894 – 1976, Canadian)
Title
Banff Trophy, J.B. Cross Dominion Slalom
Date
1940
Medium
bronze
Dimensions
53.0 x 39.0 cm
Description
This trophy has a man skiing on the top. The man skiing is wearing a hat, jacket and pants and has two ski poles in hand. Under the skier is a section of bronze that represents the snow and ground. The base of this trophy is round and the skier on the top is heading in the left direction with one ski partially lifted in the back.
Subject
activity
skiing
figure
male
Credit
Gift of J. L. King, 1974
Catalogue Number
BeC.06.05
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1938
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.482
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Skiers
Date
1938
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
27.6 x 35.2 cm
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
winter
figure
group
activity
skiing
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.482
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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