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Artist
Frederick Sproston Challener (1869 – 1959)
Date
n.d.
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
CeF.05.01
Description
A small watercolour painting of a forest with autumnul colours on the ground and in the tall trees. At the bottom right is a small hunter with two small dogs.
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Artist
Frederick Sproston Challener (1869 – 1959)
Title
[Hunter and Dogs]
Date
n.d.
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
10.8 x 8.5 cm
Description
A small watercolour painting of a forest with autumnul colours on the ground and in the tall trees. At the bottom right is a small hunter with two small dogs.
Subject
dogs
hunting
Credit
Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1981
Catalogue Number
CeF.05.01
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Three Dancing Ladies

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Artist
Frederick Sproston Challener (1869 – 1959)
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on panel
Catalogue Number
CeF.02.01
Description
A very small oil painting showing three women in long dresses holding hands and appearing to dance. The womens dresses are yellow, orange, and yellow, The background behind them is green and appears to be a forest.
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Artist
Frederick Sproston Challener (1869 – 1959)
Title
Three Dancing Ladies
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on panel
Dimensions
2.5 x 7.5 cm
Description
A very small oil painting showing three women in long dresses holding hands and appearing to dance. The womens dresses are yellow, orange, and yellow, The background behind them is green and appears to be a forest.
Credit
Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1981
Catalogue Number
CeF.02.01
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Date
n.d.
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
CoJ.04.02
Description
a reproduction watercolour showing the exterior of a grand hotel. A sign with “Savoy Hotel” can be seen on the upper floors. Large trees surround the hotel.
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Title
[Untitled]
Date
n.d.
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
22.5 x 15.5 cm
Description
a reproduction watercolour showing the exterior of a grand hotel. A sign with “Savoy Hotel” can be seen on the upper floors. Large trees surround the hotel.
Credit
Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1982
Catalogue Number
CoJ.04.02
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The Grand Foyer of the Savoy Hotel London

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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Date
n.d.
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
CoJ.04.01
Description
A reproduction of a watercolour painting showing an ornate and colourful lobby filled with palm trees and furniture.
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Title
The Grand Foyer of the Savoy Hotel London
Date
n.d.
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
24.0 x 34.0 cm
Description
A reproduction of a watercolour painting showing an ornate and colourful lobby filled with palm trees and furniture.
Subject
Savoy Hotel
Credit
Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1982
Catalogue Number
CoJ.04.01
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1950 – 1960
Medium
graphite; on paper;
Catalogue Number
WyP.09.16
Description
Metal coil-bound sketchbook with patterned black and white covers - the back cover has a green tint to the white parts, unsure if this was the original colour and the front cover is simply faded or if the back cover was dyed or tinted green later. Front cover has adhered paper label with manufactur…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1950 – 1960
Medium
graphite; on paper;
Dimensions
25.1 x 21.0 cm
Description
Metal coil-bound sketchbook with patterned black and white covers - the back cover has a green tint to the white parts, unsure if this was the original colour and the front cover is simply faded or if the back cover was dyed or tinted green later. Front cover has adhered paper label with manufacturer name and space for an owner’s name - brand reads “GYRAL, Patent Pending.” Contents include sketches of possible Christmas cards, figure studies, notes, skiers, church/funeral scenes from Morley, sketches for paintings, geometric plans for tepees, and more.
Subject
drawing
sketching
skiing
Indigenous Peoples
tepees
Morely
Stoney Nakoda
Peter Whyte
Catharine Robb Whyte;
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.09.16
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Artist
Joseph Fafard (1942 – 2019, Canadian)
Date
2009
Medium
bronze; paint
Catalogue Number
FaO.06.02
Description
A cast bronze sculpture of a calk. The calf is painted black with a white tip on its tail. Both ears have a bolt through them. The left ear has a tag that reads “FAFARD 2009”
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Artist
Joseph Fafard (1942 – 2019, Canadian)
Title
Calf
Date
2009
Medium
bronze; paint
Dimensions
105.0 x 37.0 x 121.0 cm
Description
A cast bronze sculpture of a calk. The calf is painted black with a white tip on its tail. Both ears have a bolt through them. The left ear has a tag that reads “FAFARD 2009”
Subject
calf
animal
Credit
Gift of Neil and Edith MacGillivray, Canmore, 2023
Catalogue Number
FaO.06.02
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Artist
Joseph Fafard (1942 – 2019, Canadian)
Date
2003
Medium
bronze; paint
Catalogue Number
FaO.06.01
Description
A cast bronze sculpture of a foal. The foal is painted medium-to light brown with a light face. He stands with his front legs wider than his hind legs and looks slightly to the side. Back right hoof is signed “FAFARD 2003 2/7”
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Artist
Joseph Fafard (1942 – 2019, Canadian)
Title
Foal
Date
2003
Medium
bronze; paint
Dimensions
132.0 x 49.0 x 135.0 cm
Description
A cast bronze sculpture of a foal. The foal is painted medium-to light brown with a light face. He stands with his front legs wider than his hind legs and looks slightly to the side. Back right hoof is signed “FAFARD 2003 2/7”
Subject
foal
animals
Credit
Gift of Neil and Edith MacGillivray, Canmore, 2023
Catalogue Number
FaO.06.01
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Artist
Clarence Ingwall Tillenius (1913 – 2012, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
TiC.02.21
Description
A man in cowboy clothing stands on a rocky surface with a black horse directly behind him. Behind the horse is a pack train of ~10 horses, all loaded down with cloth-covered packs. The pack train winds it’s way across a rocky slope. Mountains in background.
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Artist
Clarence Ingwall Tillenius (1913 – 2012, Canadian)
Title
Mountain Man
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
73.6 x 58.4 cm
Description
A man in cowboy clothing stands on a rocky surface with a black horse directly behind him. Behind the horse is a pack train of ~10 horses, all loaded down with cloth-covered packs. The pack train winds it’s way across a rocky slope. Mountains in background.
Subject
horses
pack train
mountain
Credit
Gift of Clarence Ingwall Tillenius, Winnipeg, 1996
Catalogue Number
TiC.02.21
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Artist
Andreas Roth
Date
1942
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
RtA.02.03
Description
Oil painting showing a red brick building (Deer Lodge) surrounded by trees. Lake Louise, the Victoria Glacier, and Mounts Lefroy and Victoria can be seen in the background.
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Artist
Andreas Roth
Title
Deer Lodge
Date
1942
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
66.0 x 80.0 cm
Description
Oil painting showing a red brick building (Deer Lodge) surrounded by trees. Lake Louise, the Victoria Glacier, and Mounts Lefroy and Victoria can be seen in the background.
Subject
Deer Lodge
Lake Louise
Credit
Gift of Robert Crosby Family, Banff, 1998
Catalogue Number
RtA.02.03
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Artist
Gennadiy Ivanov
Date
ca. 2022 – 2022
Medium
pastel on paper
Catalogue Number
IvG.03.03
Description
Landscape painting of glacial area. Background has a blue sky that is filled with tall glacial formations. Right at the centre of the middle ground are silhouettes of two people rendered in black. Off to the the right side of the foreground is a weather station. The colour palette is made up of blu…
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Artist
Gennadiy Ivanov
Title
Athabasca
Date
ca. 2022 – 2022
Medium
pastel on paper
Dimensions
34.0 x 50.0 cm
Description
Landscape painting of glacial area. Background has a blue sky that is filled with tall glacial formations. Right at the centre of the middle ground are silhouettes of two people rendered in black. Off to the the right side of the foreground is a weather station. The colour palette is made up of blue, purples, orange, black, brown, green, and white.
Subject
Glaciers
weather station
climate change
University of Saskatchewan.
Credit
Gift of Gennadiy Ivanov, Norwich, Norfolk , UK, 2023
Catalogue Number
IvG.03.03
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Athabasca Glacier Station 1

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Artist
Gennadiy Ivanov
Date
ca. 2019 – 2019
Medium
pastel on paper
Catalogue Number
IvG.03.02
Description
Landscape pastel drawing of a glacier area, colour palette made up of purple,orange, yellows, blues and black. In the background there are glaciers, hills,or mountains. Middle ground is filled with vertical and horizontal lines that represent the pattern of glaciers. In the foreground, off to the l…
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Artist
Gennadiy Ivanov
Title
Athabasca Glacier Station 1
Date
ca. 2019 – 2019
Medium
pastel on paper
Dimensions
49.0 x 69.0 x 49.0 cm
Description
Landscape pastel drawing of a glacier area, colour palette made up of purple,orange, yellows, blues and black. In the background there are glaciers, hills,or mountains. Middle ground is filled with vertical and horizontal lines that represent the pattern of glaciers. In the foreground, off to the left hand side is a weather station made up of black and blue.
Subject
Glaciers
weather station
climate change
University of Saskatchewan
Credit
Gift of Gennadiy Ivanov, Norwich, Norfolk , UK, 2023
Catalogue Number
IvG.03.02
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Athabasca Glacier Station 2

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Artist
Gennadiy Ivanov
Date
ca. 2019 – 2019
Medium
pastel on paper
Catalogue Number
IvG.03.01
Description
Landscape pastel drawing with a colour palette made up of purples, blues, and soft peach. in the background there are glaciers or mountains. In the middle ground, just slightly off to the right, there is a weather station composed of black and blue pastel. in the foreground are vertical lines of pu…
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Artist
Gennadiy Ivanov
Title
Athabasca Glacier Station 2
Date
ca. 2019 – 2019
Medium
pastel on paper
Dimensions
50.0 x 65.0 x 50.0 cm
Description
Landscape pastel drawing with a colour palette made up of purples, blues, and soft peach. in the background there are glaciers or mountains. In the middle ground, just slightly off to the right, there is a weather station composed of black and blue pastel. in the foreground are vertical lines of purple, white, and blue, that represent patterns of the glaciers.
Subject
Glaciers
weather stations
climate change
pastel
mountains
Athabasca.
Credit
Gift of Gennadiy Ivanov, Norwich, Norfolk , UK, 2023
Catalogue Number
IvG.03.01
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Rain Shrouds the Nigels

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Artist
David More (1947 – , Canadian)
Date
1993
Medium
Oil on board
Catalogue Number
MoI.02.04
Description
A rainbow stretches from the centre of the painting to the upper right corner. Below the rainbow is a grassy slope with red and purple accents. a rocky outcrop emerges from a cloud at left. the sky is swirls of purple.
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Artist
David More (1947 – , Canadian)
Title
Rain Shrouds the Nigels
Date
1993
Medium
Oil on board
Dimensions
28.0 x 35.0 cm
Description
A rainbow stretches from the centre of the painting to the upper right corner. Below the rainbow is a grassy slope with red and purple accents. a rocky outcrop emerges from a cloud at left. the sky is swirls of purple.
Subject
rainbow
mountains
Credit
Gift of David More, Benalto, 2021
Catalogue Number
MoI.02.04
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Top of Panther Falls

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Artist
David More (1947 – , Canadian)
Date
1993
Medium
black conte’ and watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
MoI.03.02
Description
A loose black and white sketch showing a pool surrounded by rocks and emerging in a waterfall in the foreground. The pool has been painted with light blue watercolour. There is a pile of dead logs at the edge of the pool where it begins to become a waterfall.
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Artist
David More (1947 – , Canadian)
Title
Top of Panther Falls
Date
1993
Medium
black conte’ and watercolour on paper
Dimensions
50.5 x 50.5 cm
Description
A loose black and white sketch showing a pool surrounded by rocks and emerging in a waterfall in the foreground. The pool has been painted with light blue watercolour. There is a pile of dead logs at the edge of the pool where it begins to become a waterfall.
Subject
waterfall
Credit
Gift of David More, Benalto, 2021
Catalogue Number
MoI.03.02
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Evening Forms - Slopes and Mt. Athabasca

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Artist
David More (1947 – , Canadian)
Date
1993
Medium
oil on board
Catalogue Number
MoI.02.03
Description
A mountain scene in which a grassy, lightly forested slope leads to a green and brown slope. In the background is a large, snow covered mountain. The sky is visible at top left and is mainly blue with streaks of pink.
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Artist
David More (1947 – , Canadian)
Title
Evening Forms - Slopes and Mt. Athabasca
Date
1993
Medium
oil on board
Dimensions
40.5 x 40.5 cm
Description
A mountain scene in which a grassy, lightly forested slope leads to a green and brown slope. In the background is a large, snow covered mountain. The sky is visible at top left and is mainly blue with streaks of pink.
Subject
mountains
Mt. Athabasca
Credit
Gift of David More, Benalto, 2021
Catalogue Number
MoI.02.03
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Glacier Majesty (diptych)

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Artist
David More (1947 – , Canadian)
Date
1993
Medium
oil on board
Catalogue Number
MoI.02.02
Description
A mountain scene showing large mountains separated by two large glaciers that reach into the foreground. Colours are browns and purples for the mountains and white, blue, and grey for the glaciers.
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Artist
David More (1947 – , Canadian)
Title
Glacier Majesty (diptych)
Date
1993
Medium
oil on board
Dimensions
40.5 x 81.0 cm
Description
A mountain scene showing large mountains separated by two large glaciers that reach into the foreground. Colours are browns and purples for the mountains and white, blue, and grey for the glaciers.
Subject
mountains
glaciers
Columbia Icefields
Credit
Gift of David More, Benalto, 2021
Catalogue Number
MoI.02.02
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Artist
David More (1947 – , Canadian)
Date
1993
Medium
oil on board
Catalogue Number
MoI.02.01
Description
A large mountain rises up at left, a glacier spills down its face into the centre of the painting. Thin conifer trees are in the foreground. The sky is dark blue.
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Artist
David More (1947 – , Canadian)
Title
Andromeda
Date
1993
Medium
oil on board
Dimensions
30.5 x 40.5 cm
Description
A large mountain rises up at left, a glacier spills down its face into the centre of the painting. Thin conifer trees are in the foreground. The sky is dark blue.
Subject
mountains
glaciers
Mount Andromeda, Banff
Credit
Gift of David More, Benalto, 2021
Catalogue Number
MoI.02.01
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Artist
Edmee Moore (1908 – 1971, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on canvas; board
Catalogue Number
MoE.01.34
Description
Unfinished oil sketch of a portrait of a woman(?). Sketched outlines of the details of the face, eyes, nose, mouth and side of face. Subject is facing towards the left.
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Artist
Edmee Moore (1908 – 1971, Canadian)
Title
Untitled Oil Sketch
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on canvas; board
Dimensions
50.5 x 40.0 cm
Description
Unfinished oil sketch of a portrait of a woman(?). Sketched outlines of the details of the face, eyes, nose, mouth and side of face. Subject is facing towards the left.
Subject
oil sketch
unfinished
incomplete
work in progress
portrait
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
MoE.01.34
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Artist
Edmee Moore (1908 – 1971, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on board;
Catalogue Number
MoE.01.33
Description
Oil sketch of a portrait of a man of Asian descent, dressed in a black vest with blue shirt underneath, fan in hand, and a green-biege hat. Man is looking towards the left and appears to be seated against a green and black backdrop.
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Artist
Edmee Moore (1908 – 1971, Canadian)
Title
Untitled Oil Sketch
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on board;
Dimensions
60.5 x 44.9 cm
Description
Oil sketch of a portrait of a man of Asian descent, dressed in a black vest with blue shirt underneath, fan in hand, and a green-biege hat. Man is looking towards the left and appears to be seated against a green and black backdrop.
Subject
oil sketch
male portrait
portrait
fan
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
MoE.01.33
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The Diva Takes a Bow

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Artist
Maureen Enns (1949 – , Canadian)
Date
2009
Medium
charcoal on primed paper
Catalogue Number
EnM.03.02
Description
A charcoal drawing of a black horse with head down is drawn in 3/4 view emerging from the left side of the paper. It’s hooves are left unfinished and dissolve into loose wisps. It’s mane is loose and flowing.
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Artist
Maureen Enns (1949 – , Canadian)
Title
The Diva Takes a Bow
Date
2009
Medium
charcoal on primed paper
Dimensions
101.6 x 76.2 cm
Description
A charcoal drawing of a black horse with head down is drawn in 3/4 view emerging from the left side of the paper. It’s hooves are left unfinished and dissolve into loose wisps. It’s mane is loose and flowing.
Subject
horse
Credit
Purchased from Maureen Enns, Cochrane, 2022
Catalogue Number
EnM.03.02
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