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Winter Mountains 8/07

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Artist
Takao Tanabe (1926 – , Canadian)
Date
2007
Medium
painting on paper
Catalogue Number
TaT.05.01
Description
A watercolour painting of a winter mountain landscape. Just over half of the painting is free space. The bottom half of the painting contains the top portion of a mountain, in the middle ground, that dominates the work. The mountain is snow-covered but some of the grey rock can be seen at the top. …
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Artist
Takao Tanabe (1926 – , Canadian)
Title
Winter Mountains 8/07
Date
2007
Medium
painting on paper
Dimensions
79.0 x 58.5 cm
Description
A watercolour painting of a winter mountain landscape. Just over half of the painting is free space. The bottom half of the painting contains the top portion of a mountain, in the middle ground, that dominates the work. The mountain is snow-covered but some of the grey rock can be seen at the top. In the foreground is a slope that comes in from the right side and goes diagonally across the the bottom left corner. On the snow-covered slope and many loosely painted green pine trees. A faint purplish wash can be seen in the free space of the background. The colours used are primarily green, blue and grey. In the bottom right hand corner, written in pencil, is the artist signature, the title and date, “TT(?) Banff . Feb 07 Winter, Mts. 8/07”.
Subject
winter
mountain
Takao Tanabe
Credit
Gift of Takao Tanabe, 2012
Catalogue Number
TaT.05.01
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Winter Tunnel near Sicamous

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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Date
1927 – 1927
Medium
watercolour on board
Catalogue Number
CoJ.05.63
Description
Winter scene with a train tunnel in foreground. Snow and icicles are hanging over the entrance. On back of paper of picture frame were 4 different labels.First is at top left and is light brown in colour: “6. Collins [sic], Charles - ‘Winter; Tunnel on C.P.R. Track’. Lent by Mrs. Jonathan Rogers,…
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Title
Winter Tunnel near Sicamous
Date
1927 – 1927
Medium
watercolour on board
Dimensions
38 x 30.5 cm
Description
Winter scene with a train tunnel in foreground. Snow and icicles are hanging over the entrance. On back of paper of picture frame were 4 different labels.First is at top left and is light brown in colour: “6. Collins [sic], Charles - ‘Winter; Tunnel on C.P.R. Track’. Lent by Mrs. Jonathan Rogers, Vancouver. 1920-30Second is top right and is green: “Vancouver Art Gallery - Name of Artist or Owner: Mrs. Jonathan Rogers - Address: 2050 Nelson St - Phone No.: [Indecipherable] - Title of Work: ‘Winter, Tunnel on C.P.R. Track between Sycamous & Winnipeg” - Price or insurable value (if not for sale): $350 - To be pasted on bottom right-hand corner of back of picture.”Third is white with red border: “Mrs. Jonathan Rogers, 2050 Nelson St. Vancouver. No 6, Do not remove wire”.Fourth label is white and from the Alex Fraser Galleries in Vancouver (5669 Granville Street Vancouver 13, B.C. - AM 6-6010, Alex Fraser Formerly of Bond Street, London, England) and is located at bottom: “ ’Winter Tunnel on C.P.R. Track’, Original Water Colour, by Charles John Collings.”
Subject
landscape
watercolour
train tunnel
winter
Charles John Collings
Credit
Gift of Mark Rivette, Vernon, 2015
Catalogue Number
CoJ.05.63
Images
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