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Artist
Reinhold H. Palenske (1884 – 1955, American)
Date
1927
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
PeR.03.03
Description
A head and shoulders portrait of a First Nations Chief in full headdress. He is turned slightly to the right, his right hand is raised in salute. Written in the lower right corner is “To my fine old friend Col. Moore Anis-ta-ma-ka Pal. Banff, Sept. 7 1927.”
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Artist
Reinhold H. Palenske (1884 – 1955, American)
Title
Anis-Ta-ma-Ka
Date
1927
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
20.0 x 24.0 cm
Description
A head and shoulders portrait of a First Nations Chief in full headdress. He is turned slightly to the right, his right hand is raised in salute. Written in the lower right corner is “To my fine old friend Col. Moore Anis-ta-ma-ka Pal. Banff, Sept. 7 1927.”
Subject
portrait
male
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
PeR.03.03
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Artist
Reinhold H. Palenske (1884 – 1955, American)
Date
1927
Medium
coloured graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
PeR.03.01
Description
General colour: white, black, orange. The man's white fur hat fills upper third of the drawing. His eyes look out. He wears an orange tie. There is some purple colour on his left lapel. The title is in orange in the lower left corner. In the lower right corner, the words are in black.
Artist
Reinhold H. Palenske (1884 – 1955, American)
Title
Blood Indian Chief
Date
1927
Medium
coloured graphite on paper
Dimensions
29.2 x 45.1 cm
Description
General colour: white, black, orange. The man's white fur hat fills upper third of the drawing. His eyes look out. He wears an orange tie. There is some purple colour on his left lapel. The title is in orange in the lower left corner. In the lower right corner, the words are in black.
Subject
portrait
male
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
PeR.03.01
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Artist
Reinhold H. Palenske (1884 – 1955, American)
Date
n.d.
Medium
etching on paper
Catalogue Number
PeR.04.08
Artist
Reinhold H. Palenske (1884 – 1955, American)
Title
California Polo
Date
n.d.
Medium
etching on paper
Dimensions
25 x 24.5 cm
Subject
animal, horse
figure, male
Credit
Gift of Joe A. Brewster, Banff, 1980
Catalogue Number
PeR.04.08
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Cowboy on Bucking Bronco

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Artist
Reinhold H. Palenske (1884 – 1955, American)
Date
c. 1930
Medium
etching
Catalogue Number
PeR.04.07
Description
Centered in the picture is a bucking horse, all four feet off the ground. A cowboy holds the halter rope in his left hand while his right hand holds his cowboy hat high in the air.
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Artist
Reinhold H. Palenske (1884 – 1955, American)
Title
Cowboy on Bucking Bronco
Date
c. 1930
Medium
etching
Dimensions
25.0 x 29.8 cm
Description
Centered in the picture is a bucking horse, all four feet off the ground. A cowboy holds the halter rope in his left hand while his right hand holds his cowboy hat high in the air.
Subject
animal
horse
figure
man
activity
stampede
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
PeR.04.07
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Artist
Reinhold H. Palenske (1884 – 1955, American)
Date
c. 1930
Medium
drypoint
Catalogue Number
PeR.04.06
Description
A mother moose and calf are running in the water. The river covers the bottom half of the picture, a large tree at the left and top, far river bank evident.
Artist
Reinhold H. Palenske (1884 – 1955, American)
Title
Heading for Safety
Date
c. 1930
Medium
drypoint
Dimensions
22.0 x 18.0 cm
Description
A mother moose and calf are running in the water. The river covers the bottom half of the picture, a large tree at the left and top, far river bank evident.
Subject
landscape
animal
moose
river
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
PeR.04.06
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His Royal Highness the Duke of Kent

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Artist
Reinhold H. Palenske (1884 – 1955, American)
Date
c. 1935
Medium
etching on paper
Catalogue Number
PeR.04.04
Description
A full face, head and shoulder portrait of The Duke of Kent. He is looking to his left. He is wearing a military suit.
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Artist
Reinhold H. Palenske (1884 – 1955, American)
Title
His Royal Highness the Duke of Kent
Date
c. 1935
Medium
etching on paper
Dimensions
25.5 x 25.5 cm
Description
A full face, head and shoulder portrait of The Duke of Kent. He is looking to his left. He is wearing a military suit.
Subject
portrait
male
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
PeR.04.04
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H.R.H. The Duke of Kent

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Artist
Reinhold H. Palenske (1884 – 1955, American)
Date
1941
Medium
etching on paper
Catalogue Number
PeR.04.11
Description
Head and shoulder portrait of the Duke of Kent, 1941. To Jim Brewster from Pal. His Royal Highness - The Duke of Kent - Banff 1941 - R. H. Palenske
Artist
Reinhold H. Palenske (1884 – 1955, American)
Title
H.R.H. The Duke of Kent
Date
1941
Medium
etching on paper
Dimensions
27.8;35.8 x 25.3;31.2 cm
Description
Head and shoulder portrait of the Duke of Kent, 1941. To Jim Brewster from Pal. His Royal Highness - The Duke of Kent - Banff 1941 - R. H. Palenske
Subject
portrait, male
Credit
Gift of Joe A. Brewster, Banff, 1980
Catalogue Number
PeR.04.11
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Artist
Reinhold H. Palenske (1884 – 1955, American)
Date
n.d.
Medium
etching on paper
Catalogue Number
PeR.04.01
Description
General colour: black on white. Two deer leap through snow to the left - one towards the viewer - the other away. In the upper right area a skier is seen between mounds of snow. The lower part of a tree is up under. Behind, in the distance across the top are trees, hills and sky.
Artist
Reinhold H. Palenske (1884 – 1955, American)
Title
The Intruder
Date
n.d.
Medium
etching on paper
Dimensions
20.5 x 25 cm
Description
General colour: black on white. Two deer leap through snow to the left - one towards the viewer - the other away. In the upper right area a skier is seen between mounds of snow. The lower part of a tree is up under. Behind, in the distance across the top are trees, hills and sky.
Subject
animal, deer
activity, skiing
landscape
winter
figure, male
Credit
Gift of Fern Brewster Dooley, Banff, 1966
Catalogue Number
PeR.04.01
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Mounted Indians on the Move

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Artist
Reinhold H. Palenske (1884 – 1955, American)
Date
n.d.
Medium
etching on paper
Catalogue Number
PeR.04.24
Description
People on horseback in a line from one edge of the picture to the other, facing to the left; some riders have children with them; a dog travois, one horse travois; mountains in the background; they are riding along the edge of water in which the scene is repeated upside down.
Artist
Reinhold H. Palenske (1884 – 1955, American)
Title
Mounted Indians on the Move
Date
n.d.
Medium
etching on paper
Dimensions
22.5;27.5 x 30.0;35.0 cm
Description
People on horseback in a line from one edge of the picture to the other, facing to the left; some riders have children with them; a dog travois, one horse travois; mountains in the background; they are riding along the edge of water in which the scene is repeated upside down.
Subject
landscape
mountain
figure, group
animal, horse
Indigenous
Credit
Gift of Banff Centre Brewster Donation, Banff, 1986
Catalogue Number
PeR.04.24
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Mountie on horseback

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Artist
Reinhold H. Palenske (1884 – 1955, American)
Date
n.d.
Medium
etching on paper
Catalogue Number
PeR.04.09
Artist
Reinhold H. Palenske (1884 – 1955, American)
Title
Mountie on horseback
Date
n.d.
Medium
etching on paper
Dimensions
30.3;34.5 x 22.5;26.9 cm
Subject
landscape
mountain
animal, horse
figure, male
Credit
Gift of Joe A. Brewster, Banff, 1980
Catalogue Number
PeR.04.09
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