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Bow Lake, Crowfoot Glacier

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Artist: Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian)

Date: n.d.

Medium: print on paper

Catalogue Number: MiJ.04.36

Description: A mountain landscape silkscreen print. In the background there is a grey-brown sky and a blue mountain with white snow accents dominating the right side of the image and to the left of the mountain is another smaller peak. Between the two mountains is a glacier. In front of the glacier and mountain…

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Artist: Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian)

Title: Bow Lake, Crowfoot Glacier

Date: n.d.

Medium: print on paper

Dimensions: 20.5 x 34.5 cm

Description: A mountain landscape silkscreen print. In the background there is a grey-brown sky and a blue mountain with white snow accents dominating the right side of the image and to the left of the mountain is another smaller peak. Between the two mountains is a glacier. In front of the glacier and mountains is a light blue lake and in the foreground in the right corner are two dark green coniferous trees. The print is primarily blues, greens and white with about 10 colours used in total. Under the image in the bottom left corner written in pencil is, “Bow Lake, Crowfoot Glacier” and in the bottom rhc is the artist signature.

Subject: landscape; mountains; glacier; Janet Holly Middleton

Credit: Gift of Joanne Thomas , Vancouver, 2012

Catalogue Number: MiJ.04.36

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Eisenhower Castle Mountain

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Artist: Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian)

Date: n.d.

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: MiJ.04.33

Description: General colours are grey, blue, green, mauve, white and tan. A silkscreen of a view of the Bow River in front of Castle Mountain (Mt. Eisenhower). The foreground shore is two shades of tan, the water from the Bow is turquoise blue; there is a small island of snow with coniferous trees on it. To the…

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Artist: Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian)

Title: Eisenhower Castle Mountain

Date: n.d.

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 13.6 x 17.3 cm

Description: General colours are grey, blue, green, mauve, white and tan. A silkscreen of a view of the Bow River in front of Castle Mountain (Mt. Eisenhower). The foreground shore is two shades of tan, the water from the Bow is turquoise blue; there is a small island of snow with coniferous trees on it. To the viewer’s left are dark coniferous trees and also to the right. The top-half of the silkscreen print mid-centre to the viewer’s left is Castle Mountain, mauve, green, tan and grey and hills of turquoise blue, mauve and grey to the viewer’s right.

Subject: landscape; mountains; Banff National Park; Castle Mountain; Janet Holly Middleton

Credit: Gift of Mary Garnham Andrews, Banff, 2009

Catalogue Number: MiJ.04.33

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Kalamalka Lake

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Artist: Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian)

Date: 1960

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: MiJ.05.05

Description: Dominant colours are blue, green, yellow, brown, mauve, purple and grey. The painting is dominated by the lake shore foreground: on viewer’s right the tip of a grey, gnarled dead tree with branches; the tree appears to have gouache painted on to give it texture; a yellow and orange-coloured rock mi…

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Artist: Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian)

Title: Kalamalka Lake

Date: 1960

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 38.0 x 55.0 cm

Description: Dominant colours are blue, green, yellow, brown, mauve, purple and grey. The painting is dominated by the lake shore foreground: on viewer’s right the tip of a grey, gnarled dead tree with branches; the tree appears to have gouache painted on to give it texture; a yellow and orange-coloured rock mid-centre to the right; on viewer’s left wildflowers, the dead tree trunk and the bush above. Grey and brown pebbles and sand and the top of the tree in the water make up the foreground on the extreme right. The dead tree appears to be resting on the yellow and orange-coloured rock. There are yellow flowers with brown centres (Black Eyed Susans) and green leaves below the tree trunk, viewer’s left, and a bush with big brown and green leaves above that. The blue-green calm lake lies beyond the tree trunk and on the opposite shore are blue, grey and purple hills and a snow-peaked mountain; to the viewer’s extreme right is a green and purple hill. The sky above is barely discernable and is a mixture of blue and mauve.

Subject: landscape; lake; Kalamalka Lake; Janet Holly Middleton

Credit: Gift of Mary Garnham Andrews, Banff, 2009

Catalogue Number: MiJ.05.05

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Lake O’Hara

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Artist: Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian)

Date: 1978

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: MiJ.05.07

Description: A watercolour depicting a mountain landscape, with a lake below (Lake O’Hara), painted in a very loose and free style. The bottom third is a blue lake with grey and white reflections from the banks, mountains, talus slopes, and trees above. The mid two-thirds depicts sparse trees, trail, and slopes…

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Artist: Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian)

Title: Lake O’Hara

Date: 1978

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 55.0 x 71.0 cm

Description: A watercolour depicting a mountain landscape, with a lake below (Lake O’Hara), painted in a very loose and free style. The bottom third is a blue lake with grey and white reflections from the banks, mountains, talus slopes, and trees above. The mid two-thirds depicts sparse trees, trail, and slopes to the left, waterfalls (Seven Veils), snow-covered mountain with glacier in the background (Mt. Oesa), mid-to-far right a mountain in varying shades of grey rising to almost the top of the painting (Opabin Mountain). Top portion blue sky with clouds. The extreme bottom and right hand side is left mostly unpainted.Signed, in script, blue watercolour paint bottom right hand corner “Middleton 78”. The lake bleeds into the signature.

Subject: landscape; mountain; lake; Lake O’Hara; Janet Holly Middleton

Credit: Purchased from Willock & Sax, 2013

Catalogue Number: MiJ.05.07

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Mt. Eisenhower Castle near Banff

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Artist: Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian)

Date: n.d.

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: MiJ.04.34

Description: General colours are tan, grey, green, orange, black, blue and white. The foreground is the grey road to Lake Louise centre to right, on viewer’s left the ditch and bank in shades of white, black, tan, grey and rust, and dark green, with hints of orange, coniferous trees above. To the viewer’s right…

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Artist: Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian)

Title: Mt. Eisenhower Castle near Banff

Date: n.d.

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 7.80 x 21.0 cm

Description: General colours are tan, grey, green, orange, black, blue and white. The foreground is the grey road to Lake Louise centre to right, on viewer’s left the ditch and bank in shades of white, black, tan, grey and rust, and dark green, with hints of orange, coniferous trees above. To the viewer’s right is the ditch in tans, white and rust with coniferous trees behind and the grey/green valley behind. Grey and blue Castle Mountain is on the viewer’s left and mid-centre to far right is a range of white mountains with hints of grey. The top one-quarter of the print is grey/blue sky.