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Crowfoot Glacier, Bow Lake

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactsij.05.02
Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Date
1943
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.02
Description
Colour: blue, green. The land across the lower quarter is very coloured. One evergreen stands on the waters edge left of center. A little stream of water comes into the lake from the lower right. The far shore rises half way up to mountains and glacier. Blue sky goes across the top.
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Title
Crowfoot Glacier, Bow Lake
Date
1943
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
24.4 x 34.6 cm
Description
Colour: blue, green. The land across the lower quarter is very coloured. One evergreen stands on the waters edge left of center. A little stream of water comes into the lake from the lower right. The far shore rises half way up to mountains and glacier. Blue sky goes across the top.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
glacier
lake
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.02
Images
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.69
Description
A glacier extends into the centre of the painting from the right hand side. A small lake or tarn can be seen in the lower centre portion of the image. In the lower left corner there is a brown area. The same brown ground is seen above the glacier in the upper left corner and across the upper par…
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
n.d.
Medium
watercolour on paper
Description
A glacier extends into the centre of the painting from the right hand side. A small lake or tarn can be seen in the lower centre portion of the image. In the lower left corner there is a brown area. The same brown ground is seen above the glacier in the upper left corner and across the upper part of the image. A thin strip of blue sky is visible at the very top of the image.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
glacier
tarn
Credit
Gift of James (Jr.) Simpson, Rocky Mountain House, 2000
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.69
Images
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untitled [Canadian Rockies]

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactsij.05.54
Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Date
1959 – 1959
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.54
Description
This mountain scene has a lake in the foreground with yellowing grass surrounding it. The Mountain range in the background is cropped on both left and right sides leaving one visible peak on the left side. A glacier sits on the mountain. A full moon is visible in the background just above the mo…
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Title
untitled [Canadian Rockies]
Date
1959 – 1959
Medium
watercolour on paper
Description
This mountain scene has a lake in the foreground with yellowing grass surrounding it. The Mountain range in the background is cropped on both left and right sides leaving one visible peak on the left side. A glacier sits on the mountain. A full moon is visible in the background just above the mountain peak on the left side. The main colours in this piece are blues, greens and yellows which make it feel like a fall scene.
Subject
landscape
mountains
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Harry I. Van Rensselaer, 1997
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.54
Images
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Untitled [Canadian Rockies]

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactsij.05.52
Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Date
1958 – 1958
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.52
Description
Mountain scene with dominant foreground. The bottom 1/3 of the piece is a rocky ground with pine trees starting at the right side and following the rocky ground to the mountain range in the background. These trees reach the TLC and get smaller until they meet the mountains. The Mountains are not…
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Title
Untitled [Canadian Rockies]
Date
1958 – 1958
Medium
watercolour on paper
Description
Mountain scene with dominant foreground. The bottom 1/3 of the piece is a rocky ground with pine trees starting at the right side and following the rocky ground to the mountain range in the background. These trees reach the TLC and get smaller until they meet the mountains. The Mountains are not visible on the TL of the piece for the trees, but take up 2/3 of the piece on the right side. The colours in this piece are mainly yellows, browns, greens, and a little blue. The sky is yellow in colour.
Subject
landscape
mountains
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Harry I. Van Rensselaer, 1997
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.52
Images
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Untitled [Glacier and Horse]

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactsij.05.71
Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.71
Description
A blue and white glacier extends from the right of the painting into the centre of it. It appears as if it extends from the foreground in the bottom right corner up into the centre background of the image. In the foreground in the lower left corner a person kneels at the edge of the glacier while…
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Title
Untitled [Glacier and Horse]
Date
n.d.
Medium
watercolour on paper
Description
A blue and white glacier extends from the right of the painting into the centre of it. It appears as if it extends from the foreground in the bottom right corner up into the centre background of the image. In the foreground in the lower left corner a person kneels at the edge of the glacier while a horse stands behind the person. A brown area runs across the top of the glacier. A strip of blue sky is visible along the top of the image.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
glacier
animal
horse
figure
Credit
Gift of James (Jr.) Simpson, Rocky Mountain House, 2000
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.71
Images
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Untitled [Glacier and Packtrain]

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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.65
Description
A packtrain of three horses and two people, one at the front and one at the rear of the packtrain. The group is making its way across a glacier. Part of the mountain rises up and is cropped on the left of the painting. the glacier rises up slightly (could be the mountain or a rock outcrop) in th…
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Title
Untitled [Glacier and Packtrain]
Date
n.d.
Medium
watercolour on paper
Description
A packtrain of three horses and two people, one at the front and one at the rear of the packtrain. The group is making its way across a glacier. Part of the mountain rises up and is cropped on the left of the painting. the glacier rises up slightly (could be the mountain or a rock outcrop) in the centre and to the right.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
glacier
animal
horse
figure
Credit
Gift of James (Jr.) Simpson, Rocky Mountain House, 2000
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.65
Images
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