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Artist
Maxwell Bennett Bates (1906 – 1980, Canadian)
Date
1950 – 1950
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
BaM.04.01
Description
Black and white print of a man on a horse. There is a watermark in the paper which is placed vertically along the right side of the piece it reads: “ Howard Smith Autograph”.
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Artist
Maxwell Bennett Bates (1906 – 1980, Canadian)
Title
Horseman
Date
1950 – 1950
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
28.0 x 21.7 cm
Description
Black and white print of a man on a horse. There is a watermark in the paper which is placed vertically along the right side of the piece it reads: “ Howard Smith Autograph”.
Subject
animal
horse
figure
male
landscape
mountains
foothills
Credit
Purchased from Canadian Art Gallery, Canmore, 1998
Catalogue Number
BaM.04.01
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Homesteads #39, Alberta Foothills

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Artist
Edward Burtynsky (1955 – , Canadian)
Date
1983
Medium
photograph on board
Catalogue Number
BuE.18.35
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Artist
Edward Burtynsky (1955 – , Canadian)
Title
Homesteads #39, Alberta Foothills
Date
1983
Medium
photograph on board
Dimensions
101.6 x 127.0 cm
Subject
homesteads
Foothills
Alberta
Fort Macleod
Highway 3
Credit
Gift of Edward Burtynsky, Toronto, 2008
Catalogue Number
BuE.18.35
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New Moon-Southern Alberta

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Artist
Rick Nicholas de Grandmaison (1932 – 1985, Canadian)
Date
1976
Medium
oil on board
Catalogue Number
DgO.02.05
Description
This painting is mainly sky. Two riders on horses are seen in the left half of the painting. In front of them there is a brush area of green and brown. It looks as if they are riding in foothill / prairie area. Mountains are visible in the background. The sky is pink, yellow and blue. A crescent mo…
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Artist
Rick Nicholas de Grandmaison (1932 – 1985, Canadian)
Title
New Moon-Southern Alberta
Date
1976
Medium
oil on board
Dimensions
54.3 x 75.0 cm
Description
This painting is mainly sky. Two riders on horses are seen in the left half of the painting. In front of them there is a brush area of green and brown. It looks as if they are riding in foothill / prairie area. Mountains are visible in the background. The sky is pink, yellow and blue. A crescent moon is in the sky.
Subject
landscape
foothills
prairie
Southern Alberta
animal
horse
figure
O. N. de Grandmaison
Credit
Gift of Evelyn Carol Barrington, Invermere, 1999
Catalogue Number
DgO.02.05
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Kananaskis Moss and Pine Needles

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Artist
Dulcie Dixon Foo Fat (1946 – , Canadian)
Date
1985
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
FoD.02.01
Description
The entire canvas is filled with a realistic rendering (from a photograph) of a forest floor, light green moss dominates the centre, spreading out to top right and lower left, top left corner is mottled white, overlaid are varied coloured long grasses and pine needles
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Artist
Dulcie Dixon Foo Fat (1946 – , Canadian)
Title
Kananaskis Moss and Pine Needles
Date
1985
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
101.0 x 152.0 cm
Description
The entire canvas is filled with a realistic rendering (from a photograph) of a forest floor, light green moss dominates the centre, spreading out to top right and lower left, top left corner is mottled white, overlaid are varied coloured long grasses and pine needles
Subject
landscape
foothills
Credit
Purchased from Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, 1989
Catalogue Number
FoD.02.01
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Untitled [Five Men taking a Break]

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Artist
Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian)
Date
c. 1930
Medium
gouache; conté on card
Catalogue Number
GyH.07.01
Description
Five men are sitting in a group on logs and stumps. All are dressed as if they might be cowboys. Three men on the right appear to be talking with one another and a second group of two men on the left appear to be having a second conversation. In the foreground between the two small groups are so…
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Artist
Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian)
Title
Untitled [Five Men taking a Break]
Date
c. 1930
Medium
gouache; conté on card
Dimensions
28 x 38 cm
Description
Five men are sitting in a group on logs and stumps. All are dressed as if they might be cowboys. Three men on the right appear to be talking with one another and a second group of two men on the left appear to be having a second conversation. In the foreground between the two small groups are some cooking utensils, frying pans and tin cans. A creek on the left edge of the painting flows down between the men. Two tree trunks are on either side of the painting. A man on the left is leaning on one of them. In the background is a log cabin and a fence that runs in front of it.
Subject
figures
male
cowboys
architecture
cabin
landscape
creek
foothills
trees
Credit
Gift of Henry George Glyde, Victoria, 1997
Catalogue Number
GyH.07.01
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Lower Elevation with Heavy Snow

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Artist
Shirley Hard (1957 – , Canadian)
Date
1989
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
HdS.02.01
Description
A wintery scene, trees cross the slope from centre left to centre right, into the foreground and in the distance. Some deadfall and yellow coloured grasses in centre of picture, a mountain at right top. The foreground is mainly white.
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Artist
Shirley Hard (1957 – , Canadian)
Title
Lower Elevation with Heavy Snow
Date
1989
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
129.0 x 242.0 cm
Description
A wintery scene, trees cross the slope from centre left to centre right, into the foreground and in the distance. Some deadfall and yellow coloured grasses in centre of picture, a mountain at right top. The foreground is mainly white.
Subject
landscape
foothills
mountain
Credit
Purchased from Canadian Art Gallery, Canmore, 1989
Catalogue Number
HdS.02.01
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Artist
Alexander Young Jackson (1882 – 1974, Canadian)
Date
1924
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
JaA.03.06
Description
Pencil sketch of foothills with mountain range in background. A river indicated in foreground flows from left bottom corner to right, brc is river bank. Light and heavy pencil lines with shading, indicating trees and hills. Colour notes throughout. Drawing made on light sketchbook paper, serra…
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Artist
Alexander Young Jackson (1882 – 1974, Canadian)
Title
Burnt Wood
Date
1924
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
20.7 x 27.8 cm
Description
Pencil sketch of foothills with mountain range in background. A river indicated in foreground flows from left bottom corner to right, brc is river bank. Light and heavy pencil lines with shading, indicating trees and hills. Colour notes throughout. Drawing made on light sketchbook paper, serrated top edge, rounded corners bl and br.
Subject
landscape
foothills
forest
Credit
Gift of Naomi Jackson Groves, Ottawa, 1989
Catalogue Number
JaA.03.06
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Artist
Illingworth Holey Kerr (1905 – 1989, Canadian)
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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Artist
Illingworth Holey Kerr (1905 – 1989, Canadian)
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.
Subject
landscape
farm
foothills
storm
Credit
Gift of Johannes Thiessen, Calgary, 2006
Catalogue Number
KeI.02.04
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Artist
John Lefthand Jr.
Date
1950 – 1970
Medium
oil on canvas board
Catalogue Number
LeJ.02.04
Description
An man on a large gray rock in center of picture is looking down into a valley, Four teepees and two horses are beside a river. Another man on a brown horse is leading a pinto, another horse is coming into the picture, lower right. A large taupe coloured cloud covers the entire top of picture. The …
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Artist
John Lefthand Jr.
Title
Indian Scout
Date
1950 – 1970
Medium
oil on canvas board
Dimensions
23.0 x 30.0 cm
Description
An man on a large gray rock in center of picture is looking down into a valley, Four teepees and two horses are beside a river. Another man on a brown horse is leading a pinto, another horse is coming into the picture, lower right. A large taupe coloured cloud covers the entire top of picture. The knoll on which the rock and riders are on is very lush and green.
Subject
landscape
foothills
animal, horse
figure, male
Indigenous
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
LeJ.02.04
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Rider Leading Packhorse

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Artist
John Lefthand Jr.
Date
1950 – 1970
Medium
oil on canvas board
Catalogue Number
LeJ.02.05
Description
Man wearing a black hat with a feather, white jacket, brown pants with a red stripe, is riding a brown horse, white face, leading a white pack horse. They are in centre of picture heading to the left. Two large clouds in a blue sky, the grass is light green lower left and darker green rest of botto…
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Artist
John Lefthand Jr.
Title
Rider Leading Packhorse
Date
1950 – 1970
Medium
oil on canvas board
Dimensions
23.0 x 30.0 cm
Description
Man wearing a black hat with a feather, white jacket, brown pants with a red stripe, is riding a brown horse, white face, leading a white pack horse. They are in centre of picture heading to the left. Two large clouds in a blue sky, the grass is light green lower left and darker green rest of bottom of picture. A horned skull is in bottom right of picture.
Subject
landscape, foothills
animal, horse
figure, male
Indigenous
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
LeJ.02.05
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