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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
1900 – 1965
Medium
pastel on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.03.03
Description
General colour: white, blue, orange, green on brown. A mountain with purple, blue and orange slopes on the left. A bank of green on the right and snow and rock face above and center. Vague blue and cream shadings in the sky.
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Bow Glacier
Date
1900 – 1965
Medium
pastel on paper
Dimensions
24.0 x 30.4 cm
Description
General colour: white, blue, orange, green on brown. A mountain with purple, blue and orange slopes on the left. A bank of green on the right and snow and rock face above and center. Vague blue and cream shadings in the sky.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountains
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
Catalogue Number
LaC.03.03
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
1963
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.03.06
Description
General colour: pencil on white. Two points of land come in from left and right respectively with water in between and behind. The far shore starts quarter way up and becomes a mountain left of enter and right banks up each side. Sketchy clouds appear to be raining left and right.
Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Bow Lake
Date
1963
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
32.3 x 40.1 cm
Description
General colour: pencil on white. Two points of land come in from left and right respectively with water in between and behind. The far shore starts quarter way up and becomes a mountain left of enter and right banks up each side. Sketchy clouds appear to be raining left and right.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountains
lake
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
Catalogue Number
LaC.03.06
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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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Artist
Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)
Date
1971
Medium
oil on canvas board
Catalogue Number
WiS.02.09
Description
Painting of blue lake with trees on shore in middle of a green meadow. Rocks in foreground. Rolling hills and grey mountains in background. Gradient blue sky with white clouds. “SITTING WIND” lower right corner. On back: “By the Lake. F. Kaquitts (Sitting Wind) Indian name” Sept. 1971.”
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Artist
Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)
Title
By The Lake
Date
1971
Medium
oil on canvas board
Dimensions
30.5 x 40.5 cm
Description
Painting of blue lake with trees on shore in middle of a green meadow. Rocks in foreground. Rolling hills and grey mountains in background. Gradient blue sky with white clouds. “SITTING WIND” lower right corner. On back: “By the Lake. F. Kaquitts (Sitting Wind) Indian name” Sept. 1971.”
Subject
lake
mountains
landscape
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WiS.02.09
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Artist
Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)
Date
1971
Medium
oil on canvas board
Catalogue Number
WiS.02.06
Description
Close up painting of conifer trees in varying shades of green. Green slope under trees at left and sliver of grey mountains seen in background through trees. Fluffy white clouds in blue sky above. “SITTING WIND” at lower right corner. On back “Deep in the Woods. Fr. Kaquitts (Sitting Wind) Indian N…
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Artist
Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)
Title
Deep in the Woods
Date
1971
Medium
oil on canvas board
Dimensions
40.5 x 30.5 cm
Description
Close up painting of conifer trees in varying shades of green. Green slope under trees at left and sliver of grey mountains seen in background through trees. Fluffy white clouds in blue sky above. “SITTING WIND” at lower right corner. On back “Deep in the Woods. Fr. Kaquitts (Sitting Wind) Indian Name. Sept 1971.”
Subject
trees
nature
landscape
mountains
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WiS.02.06
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Artist
Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)
Date
1966
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WiS.02.19
Description
Two figures in loincloths and two saddles horses (one brown, one black) in grassy meadow on the shore of a blue lake., Figure at left is standing next to black horse while brown horse is grazing on grass in centre next to seated figure at right. Rocky mountains and grassy slopes rise from far shore…
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Artist
Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)
Title
The Hunter
Date
1966
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
59.0 x 74.5 cm
Description
Two figures in loincloths and two saddles horses (one brown, one black) in grassy meadow on the shore of a blue lake., Figure at left is standing next to black horse while brown horse is grazing on grass in centre next to seated figure at right. Rocky mountains and grassy slopes rise from far shore of lake. Thin clouds in blue sky above. “SITTING WIND” lower right corner. On back: “THE HUNTER Frank Kaquitts Aug 1966” Stamped on back of canvas supports is “ARTISTS MATERIALS GRUMBACHER NEW YORK”
Subject
landscape
indigenous
horses
lake
mountains
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WiS.02.19
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Artist
Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on canvas board
Catalogue Number
WiS.02.18
Description
Two figures in buckskin loincloths and moccasins on horseback. One horse black and white, other is brown. Figures are on a grassy meadow looking out over rolling meadows with rocky mountains in the background. Fluffy white clouds in the sky. Mountains and sky are fairly textured. “SITTING WIND” low…
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Artist
Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)
Title
Hunting Indians
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on canvas board
Dimensions
49.5 x 59.5 cm
Description
Two figures in buckskin loincloths and moccasins on horseback. One horse black and white, other is brown. Figures are on a grassy meadow looking out over rolling meadows with rocky mountains in the background. Fluffy white clouds in the sky. Mountains and sky are fairly textured. “SITTING WIND” lower right corner. Blond wood frame joined at corners.
Subject
Indigenous
landscape
mountains
horses
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WiS.02.18
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Indian Village Of Koksilah

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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
1935
Catalogue Number
LaC.03.04
Description
General colour: brown ink on white. A pencil grid of three quarter inch squares has been laid over a birds eye view of an indian village. Left of center is a church. A road goes up and right from it. There are buildings here and there. Tree branches in the lower left corner and trees spaced across …
Title
Indian Village Of Koksilah
Date
1935
Dimensions
26.6 x 28.5 cm
Description
General colour: brown ink on white. A pencil grid of three quarter inch squares has been laid over a birds eye view of an indian village. Left of center is a church. A road goes up and right from it. There are buildings here and there. Tree branches in the lower left corner and trees spaced across the upper area.
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
Catalogue Number
LaC.03.04
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Artist
Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)
Date
1969
Medium
oil on canvas board
Catalogue Number
WiS.02.10
Description
Painting of a blue lake across width of canvas. Foreground has sandy shore with driftwood log at left and grasses and single tree at right. Two green mountains in background, separated from lake by strip of brush and trees. Fluffy white clouds with small patches of blue sky above. “SITTING WIND” at…
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Artist
Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)
Title
Lonely Place
Date
1969
Medium
oil on canvas board
Dimensions
30.5 x 40.5 cm
Description
Painting of a blue lake across width of canvas. Foreground has sandy shore with driftwood log at left and grasses and single tree at right. Two green mountains in background, separated from lake by strip of brush and trees. Fluffy white clouds with small patches of blue sky above. “SITTING WIND” at owner right corner. On back: “Frank Kaquitts Morley Alberta, Indian Res. Morley. Indian Name Sitting Wind” “Lonely place, July 1969”
Subject
lake
mountains
landscape
nature
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WiS.02.10
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
1929
Catalogue Number
LaC.03.01
Description
General colour: blue. The lake at the bottom is banked on the right by trees and on the left in the distance by a mountain face rising out of the water. Glacier is center with five peaks visible: The central one being left of center at the very top. Sky is yellow grey and mostly in the upper right …
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Title
Moraine Lake
Date
1929
Dimensions
40.3 x 51.9 cm
Description
General colour: blue. The lake at the bottom is banked on the right by trees and on the left in the distance by a mountain face rising out of the water. Glacier is center with five peaks visible: The central one being left of center at the very top. Sky is yellow grey and mostly in the upper right corner.
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
Catalogue Number
LaC.03.01
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
1927
Medium
pastel on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.03.09
Description
The mountains dominate the picture, of blue/purple tones. Left foreground is a small lake with reflections of the mountains, immediate right foreground has yellow/brown tones, treed shoreline. Little sky showing, cloudy. Credit both The Banff Centre and Mrs. J. I. Brewster in any exhibition publica…
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Moraine Lake
Date
1927
Medium
pastel on paper
Dimensions
42.2 x 57.0 cm
Description
The mountains dominate the picture, of blue/purple tones. Left foreground is a small lake with reflections of the mountains, immediate right foreground has yellow/brown tones, treed shoreline. Little sky showing, cloudy. Credit both The Banff Centre and Mrs. J. I. Brewster in any exhibition publication of the collection, either in whole or in part. Banff Centre catalogue numbers: 81 0334 A; 20687.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountains
lake
Credit
Gift of Banff Centre Brewster Donation, Banff, 1986
Catalogue Number
LaC.03.09
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
prior to 1965
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
LaC.02.01
Description
General colour: brown, blue. Trees in the lower right corner. A mountain slope in the lower left corner. Behind rises a mountain with snow on the brown cliffs becoming blue cliffs in the background. Blue sky with a few clouds in each corner fills the upper area.
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Mount Babel
Date
prior to 1965
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
40.2 x 45.3 cm
Description
General colour: brown, blue. Trees in the lower right corner. A mountain slope in the lower left corner. Behind rises a mountain with snow on the brown cliffs becoming blue cliffs in the background. Blue sky with a few clouds in each corner fills the upper area.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of W. (Mrs.) B. Milne, Nanaimo, 1969
Catalogue Number
LaC.02.01
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
1928
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
LaC.02.04
Description
Mountain scene with large prominent peak [Mt. Edith] at right centre. brown rocky slopes with sparse trees on either side, forming a large canyon. a river is in the foreground at the bottom of the canyon. blue sky with pink showing underneath sparsely applied paint. signed “A.C. Leighton bottom” ri…
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Mount Edith
Date
1928
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
60.0 x 76.0 cm
Description
Mountain scene with large prominent peak [Mt. Edith] at right centre. brown rocky slopes with sparse trees on either side, forming a large canyon. a river is in the foreground at the bottom of the canyon. blue sky with pink showing underneath sparsely applied paint. signed “A.C. Leighton bottom” right corner. plaque on back of frame reads “Mount Edith, 1928 by A. C. Leighton” and a paper label adds “Banff” to the above.
Subject
mount edith
mountains
banff
landscape
Credit
Gift of Robert Fulton, Calgary, 2021
Catalogue Number
LaC.02.04
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Artist
Unknown
Date
1899
Medium
ink; graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
UnK.03.06
Description
Colour: black on white; a wounded bison with three arrows in his side and blood coming out of his mouth, kneels in the center of the picture;to the left and right are large leafless trees; a huge sun sits halfway on the horizon of rolling hills; in the background to the right, six figures with stic…
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Artist
Unknown
Title
Neolithic Age
Date
1899
Medium
ink; graphite on paper
Dimensions
10.7 x 18.4 cm
Description
Colour: black on white; a wounded bison with three arrows in his side and blood coming out of his mouth, kneels in the center of the picture;to the left and right are large leafless trees; a huge sun sits halfway on the horizon of rolling hills; in the background to the right, six figures with sticks run up from behind a tree; to the left, in the background are two bears.
Subject
animal, buffalo
hunting
Credit
Gift of Iva (Mrs. Len) Smith, 1970
Catalogue Number
UnK.03.06
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Artist
Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on canvas board
Catalogue Number
WiS.02.11
Description
Winter scene featuring low log cabin at left side. Slightly sloping snow covered hills with river running from right corner to centre back. Snow covered conifers scattered on slopes with leafless aspens on bank of river. Figure weakling through snow holding unidentifiable object lower centre left. …
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Artist
Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)
Title
Oil Painting
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on canvas board
Dimensions
40.5 x 50.5 cm
Description
Winter scene featuring low log cabin at left side. Slightly sloping snow covered hills with river running from right corner to centre back. Snow covered conifers scattered on slopes with leafless aspens on bank of river. Figure weakling through snow holding unidentifiable object lower centre left. Two mountains in background. Pink, yellow, and blue sky above. “SITTING WIND” at lower right corner.
Subject
landscape
cabin
winter
nature
mountains
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WiS.02.11
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Artist
Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on board
Catalogue Number
WiS.02.12
Description
Large lake surrounded by low brown and green hills. Figure on horseback silhouetted on near bank. Lake and sky both yellow. “SITTING WIND” in lower right corner.
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Artist
Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)
Title
Oil Painting
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on board
Dimensions
46.0 x 61.0 cm
Description
Large lake surrounded by low brown and green hills. Figure on horseback silhouetted on near bank. Lake and sky both yellow. “SITTING WIND” in lower right corner.
Subject
landscape
sunset
nature
mountains
lake
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WiS.02.12
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Artist
Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on board
Catalogue Number
WiS.02.13
Description
Mountain scene with large grass and tree-topped cliff filling left foreground and blocky rock cliff at right foreground. River with rapids winds between the two cliffs and vanishes into middle distance. Green and yellow meadows lead to green foothills and a large blue mountain highlighted with whit…
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Artist
Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)
Title
Oil Painting
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on board
Dimensions
61.0 x 91.0 cm
Description
Mountain scene with large grass and tree-topped cliff filling left foreground and blocky rock cliff at right foreground. River with rapids winds between the two cliffs and vanishes into middle distance. Green and yellow meadows lead to green foothills and a large blue mountain highlighted with white, orange, and yellow tones. Large white and yellow clouds fill sky above with some blue. “SITTING WIND” lower right corner.
Subject
mountains
landscape
nature
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WiS.02.13
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Artist
Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on board
Catalogue Number
WiS.02.14
Description
Mountain scene. Path winds through trees and flowers on left side and across lower edge. blue-green lake behind with mountains rising sharply from its banks. Blue amend white sky above. “SITTING WIND” in lower right corner.
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Artist
Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)
Title
Oil Painting
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on board
Dimensions
61.0 x 91.0 cm
Description
Mountain scene. Path winds through trees and flowers on left side and across lower edge. blue-green lake behind with mountains rising sharply from its banks. Blue amend white sky above. “SITTING WIND” in lower right corner.
Subject
mountains
lake
nature
landscape
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WiS.02.14
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Artist
Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on board
Catalogue Number
WiS.02.15
Description
Large body of water with beach in foreground. Waves breaking on rocks at left. Driftwood and two figures with canoe centre and centre left on shore. Rocky outcrop coming out of water at right side. Distant mountains in background. Dramatic thunderhead clouds with tiny sliver of blue sky above. “SIT…
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Artist
Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)
Title
Oil Painting
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on board
Dimensions
61.0 x 91.0 cm
Description
Large body of water with beach in foreground. Waves breaking on rocks at left. Driftwood and two figures with canoe centre and centre left on shore. Rocky outcrop coming out of water at right side. Distant mountains in background. Dramatic thunderhead clouds with tiny sliver of blue sky above. “SITTING WIND” lower right corner.
Subject
lake
beach
mountains
landscape
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WiS.02.15
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Artist
Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on board
Catalogue Number
WiS.02.16
Description
Mountain scene of river winding through green and yellow meadows. Conifer trees in foreground and scattered in distance. Large blocky mountain at right side and range of mountains stretching from left edge to centre. Fluffy white clouds in blue sky above. “SITTING WIND” lower left near shrubs.
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Artist
Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)
Title
Oil Painting
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on board
Dimensions
61.0 x 91.0 cm
Description
Mountain scene of river winding through green and yellow meadows. Conifer trees in foreground and scattered in distance. Large blocky mountain at right side and range of mountains stretching from left edge to centre. Fluffy white clouds in blue sky above. “SITTING WIND” lower left near shrubs.
Subject
mountains
nature
landscape
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WiS.02.16
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