topic:"nature" found 69 records - Research Collections - Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

Anne and Kent

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Artist: Lorraine Gilbert

Date: 1988 – 1994

Medium: photograph on paper

Catalogue Number: GiL.18.28

Description: Photograph of tree-planters Anne and Kent next to their tent in Invermere, British Columbia.

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Artist: Lorraine Gilbert

Title: Anne and Kent

Date: 1988 – 1994

Medium: photograph on paper

Dimensions: 20” x 24” cm

Description: Photograph of tree-planters Anne and Kent next to their tent in Invermere, British Columbia.

Subject: tree-planting; forest; portrait; British Columbia; environmentalism; Canadian; nature

Credit: Gift of Lorraine Gilbert, Ottawa, 2014

Catalogue Number: GiL.18.28

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Anne in her Van

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Artist: Lorraine Gilbert

Date: 1988 – 1994

Medium: photograph on paper

Catalogue Number: GiL.18.30

Description: Photograph of Anne sitting in her van, Moh Creek, Butte Inlet, British Columbia.

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Artist: Lorraine Gilbert

Title: Anne in her Van

Date: 1988 – 1994

Medium: photograph on paper

Dimensions: 20” x 24” cm

Description: Photograph of Anne sitting in her van, Moh Creek, Butte Inlet, British Columbia.

Subject: tree-planting; forest; portrait; British Columbia; environmentalism; Canadian; nature

Credit: Gift of Lorraine Gilbert, Ottawa, 2014

Catalogue Number: GiL.18.30

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Bird on Nest

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Artist: Iola

Date: prior to 1962

Catalogue Number: IoL.06.02 a,b

Description: Grey, green stone, a bird stands watch over 4 eggs in a nest on the back of a bear (a) bird 8.0x10.5x4.5, carved wings close to body, inscribed round eyes and tail feathers, a hole is drilled into the bottom from which 2 pieces of wood emerge 1.6 (b) bear, 5.0x13.0x8.0 overall has a nest of 5.5 d…

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Artist: Iola

Title: Bird on Nest

Date: prior to 1962

Description: Grey, green stone, a bird stands watch over 4 eggs in a nest on the back of a bear (a) bird 8.0x10.5x4.5, carved wings close to body, inscribed round eyes and tail feathers, a hole is drilled into the bottom from which 2 pieces of wood emerge 1.6 (b) bear, 5.0x13.0x8.0 overall has a nest of 5.5 diameter with 4 eggs carved into it, a bear's head with ears, eyes, nostrils, mouth on one side, a tail-like protrubance other end has a hole 0.6 diamter into which the bird stands

Subject: animal; bear; bird; nest; eggs; nature

Credit: Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988

Catalogue Number: IoL.06.02 a,b

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A Bundle of Hemlocks

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Artist: Lorraine Gilbert

Date: 1988 – 1994

Medium: photograph on paper

Catalogue Number: GiL.18.52

Description: Photograph of 25 seedlings placed against a photo backdrop. Photograph taken at the tree-planting camp in Invermere, B.C.

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Artist: Lorraine Gilbert

Title: A Bundle of Hemlocks

Date: 1988 – 1994

Medium: photograph on paper

Dimensions: 20” x 24” cm

Description: Photograph of 25 seedlings placed against a photo backdrop. Photograph taken at the tree-planting camp in Invermere, B.C.

Subject: tree-planting; forest; camp; British Columbia; environmentalism; Canadian; nature

Credit: Gift of Lorraine Gilbert, Ottawa, 2014

Catalogue Number: GiL.18.52

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By The Lake

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Artist: Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)

Date: 1969

Medium: oil on canvas board

Catalogue Number: WiS.02.05

Description: Oil painting of large lake with cliffs at right side and lake with trees and rocks by shore at right side. Low hills in background at far shore of lake. Swirled clouds in sky above. “SITTING WIND” in lower right corner. On back: “Indian Name Sitting Wind Stoney Reserve Morley Alberta.”

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Artist: Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)

Title: By The Lake

Date: 1969

Medium: oil on canvas board

Dimensions: 30.5 x 40.5 cm

Description: Oil painting of large lake with cliffs at right side and lake with trees and rocks by shore at right side. Low hills in background at far shore of lake. Swirled clouds in sky above. “SITTING WIND” in lower right corner. On back: “Indian Name Sitting Wind Stoney Reserve Morley Alberta.”

Subject: lake; nature; landscape; mountains

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: WiS.02.05

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Carole and her sister Josée

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Artist: Lorraine Gilbert

Date: 1988 – 1994

Medium: photograph on paper

Catalogue Number: GiL.18.34

Description: Photograph of two sisters, Carole and Josée with their tree-planting gear in Invermere, British Columbia.

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Artist: Lorraine Gilbert

Title: Carole and her sister Josée

Date: 1988 – 1994

Medium: photograph on paper

Dimensions: 20” x 24” cm

Description: Photograph of two sisters, Carole and Josée with their tree-planting gear in Invermere, British Columbia.

Subject: tree-planting; forest; portrait; British Columbia; environmentalism; Canadian; nature

Credit: Gift of Lorraine Gilbert, Ottawa, 2014

Catalogue Number: GiL.18.34

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Clearcutting with the Tree-Eater

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Artist: Lorraine Gilbert

Date: 1988 – 1994

Medium: photograph on paper

Catalogue Number: GiL.18.15

Description: Photograph of a “tree-eater” machine clear-cutting on a mountainside in the distance. Photograph taken in Pemberton, British Columbia.

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Artist: Lorraine Gilbert

Title: Clearcutting with the Tree-Eater

Date: 1988 – 1994

Medium: photograph on paper

Dimensions: 20” x 24” cm

Description: Photograph of a “tree-eater” machine clear-cutting on a mountainside in the distance. Photograph taken in Pemberton, British Columbia.