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2 Groups of Mountain Sheep

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Artist
Peter Karsten (1937 – , Canadian)
Date
1985
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
KaP.03.05
Description
Two groups of animals, Rocky Mountain Big Horn Sheep; the top group has 5 animals in various poses on a grassy hillside; the lower group has 4 animals all facing to the left standing on a gentle grassy slope.
Artist
Peter Karsten (1937 – , Canadian)
Title
2 Groups of Mountain Sheep
Date
1985
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
25.5; 35.4 x 23.5; 26.7 cm
Description
Two groups of animals, Rocky Mountain Big Horn Sheep; the top group has 5 animals in various poses on a grassy hillside; the lower group has 4 animals all facing to the left standing on a gentle grassy slope.
Subject
animal, group, mountain sheep
Credit
Gift of Peter Karsten, Calgary, 1985
Catalogue Number
KaP.03.05
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The best of the Group of Seven

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1984
Author
Murray, Joan
Publisher
Edmonton : Hurtig
Call Number
06.1 M96t
Author
Murray, Joan
Responsibility
Joan Murray ; with an essay by Lawren Harris
Publisher
Edmonton : Hurtig
Published Date
1984
Physical Description
95 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Art
Group of Seven
Abstract
Pertains to the work and brief history of the Group of Seven, a notable collection of Canadian landscape painters. The original members of the Group of Seven consisted of the following artists, Franklin H. Carmichael, Lawren Harris, A.Y. Jackson, Frank H. (Franz) Johnston, Arthur Lismer, J.E.H. MacDonald, and F.H. Varley. Author Joan Murray provides a brief history of the Group of Seven, as well as a comprehensive analysis of the best paintings produced by each member.
Contents
Acknowledgements (pg. 6)
Seeing the light : The Group of Seven and Canadian Art - Joan Murray (pg. 7)
The story of the Group of Seven - Lawren Harris (pg. 26)
Members of the Group of Seven (pg. 33)
List of illustrations (pg. 35)
Selected bibliograpy (pg. 93)
Photograph credits (pg. 95)
ISBN
0771066740
Accession Number
2019.61
Call Number
06.1 M96t
Collection
Archives Library
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Burial of Chief David Bearspaw

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1956
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.030
Description
Colour: primaries and secondaries on blue grey background. A circle of people fill the center of the canvas. In the foreground there are dogs and three crosses at lower left. Two thirds up in the distance is a mountain range and lake. Above is sky.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Burial of Chief David Bearspaw
Date
1956
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
61.8 x 74.5 cm
Description
Colour: primaries and secondaries on blue grey background. A circle of people fill the center of the canvas. In the foreground there are dogs and three crosses at lower left. Two thirds up in the distance is a mountain range and lake. Above is sky.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
winter
figure
group
religious
funeral
Peter Whyte
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.030
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1950 – 1957
Medium
oil on masonite
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.566
Description
A sketch or unfinished painting of a ring of nine teepees. The teepee in the foreground, viewer’s right, is the largest, has inside firelight and shadows visible. The teepee, in the foreground, viewer’s left, is partially visible, with shadows and light from within visible. There are two figures in…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Camp at Dusk
Date
1950 – 1957
Medium
oil on masonite
Dimensions
27.0 x 71.0 cm
Description
A sketch or unfinished painting of a ring of nine teepees. The teepee in the foreground, viewer’s right, is the largest, has inside firelight and shadows visible. The teepee, in the foreground, viewer’s left, is partially visible, with shadows and light from within visible. There are two figures in the foreground, one in red, and one in blue and yellow and suggestions of others in the background. There is a low blue sky dusk descending overhead.
Subject
landscape
camp
teepee
figure
group
Peter Whyte
Indigenous
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.566
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1955 – 1957
Medium
oil on masonite
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.580
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Camp Scene
Date
1955 – 1957
Medium
oil on masonite
Dimensions
9.4 x 21.4 cm
Subject
landscape
camp
teepee
figure
group
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.580
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1955 – 1957
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.582
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Camp Scene
Date
1955 – 1957
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
9.7 x 21.4 cm
Subject
camp
teepee
figure
group
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.582
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1954 – 1955
Medium
oil on masonite
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.570
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Chiefs on Horseback
Date
1954 – 1955
Medium
oil on masonite
Dimensions
20.2 x 50.3 cm
Subject
landscape
animal
horse
figure
group
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.570
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1955 – 1957
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.571
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Circle of Tents
Date
1955 – 1957
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
6.5 x 19.0 cm
Subject
camp
teepee
figure
group
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.571
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Artist
John Harold Thomas Snow (1911 – 2004, Canadian)
Date
1950
Medium
coloured lithograph on paper
Catalogue Number
SnJ.04.03
Description
A black, full face portrait of a man and a woman from chest; the man's head is cut off at top of picture; irregular white lines outline features of face and clothes; background is yellow vertical lines both sides; a door with 6 pane window centre left.
Artist
John Harold Thomas Snow (1911 – 2004, Canadian)
Title
Couple
Date
1950
Medium
coloured lithograph on paper
Dimensions
35.5 x 25.5 cm
Description
A black, full face portrait of a man and a woman from chest; the man's head is cut off at top of picture; irregular white lines outline features of face and clothes; background is yellow vertical lines both sides; a door with 6 pane window centre left.
Subject
abstract
portrait, group
Credit
Gift of John Harold Thomas Snow, Calgary, 1990
Catalogue Number
SnJ.04.03
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Artist
John Harold Thomas Snow (1911 – 2004, Canadian)
Date
1983
Medium
coloured lithograph on paper
Catalogue Number
SnJ.04.24
Description
An overall, multi-coloured gallery scene; abstract pictures on the walls; 12 people and one child; 8 standing looking at the paintings; 3 seated; 2 women cente right talking; predominant colour is yellow; grey; brown; black; red.
Artist
John Harold Thomas Snow (1911 – 2004, Canadian)
Title
Exhibition
Date
1983
Medium
coloured lithograph on paper
Dimensions
53.6 x 76.0 cm
Description
An overall, multi-coloured gallery scene; abstract pictures on the walls; 12 people and one child; 8 standing looking at the paintings; 3 seated; 2 women cente right talking; predominant colour is yellow; grey; brown; black; red.
Subject
figure, group
Credit
Gift of John Harold Thomas Snow, Calgary, 1990
Catalogue Number
SnJ.04.24
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