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Catharine Whyte Memorial Trophy
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactbec.06.06
- Date
- 1936
- Catalogue Number
- BeC.06.06
- Description
- The base of this trophy is made from wood. The shape of the base is rectangular with one large wood plaque on the front that reads “Catharine Whyte Memorial Trophy, 1906 - 1979” directly under this are five smaller shield shaped plaques. Standing on top of the base and made out of bronze is a male …
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- Title
- Catharine Whyte Memorial Trophy
- Date
- 1936
- Dimensions
- 58.0 x 39.0 cm
- Description
- The base of this trophy is made from wood. The shape of the base is rectangular with one large wood plaque on the front that reads “Catharine Whyte Memorial Trophy, 1906 - 1979” directly under this are five smaller shield shaped plaques. Standing on top of the base and made out of bronze is a male skier. This male skier is leaning against his skies with one arm wrapped around them . In the other hand, that is placed close to his hip, he holds both ski poles. This man is wearing short pants, a jacket and a peaked cap.
- Credit
- Gift of J. L. King, 1974
- Catalogue Number
- BeC.06.06
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Deception Pass
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.02.007
- Date
- 1935 – 1945
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.02.007
- Description
- Colour: blue. The lower five sixths of the canvas is blue snow with a ski trail going up from the lower right corner up and across left to the center of the crest where three figures are trudging. The sky beyond is streaked with a long horizontal cloud. In the upper left corner in the distance are …
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- Title
- Deception Pass
- Date
- 1935 – 1945
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 63.5 x 70.6 cm
- Description
- Colour: blue. The lower five sixths of the canvas is blue snow with a ski trail going up from the lower right corner up and across left to the center of the crest where three figures are trudging. The sky beyond is streaked with a long horizontal cloud. In the upper left corner in the distance are snowy peaks.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.02.007
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Downhill Skier
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.06.01
- Date
- 1937
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.06.01
- Description
- A realistic rendering of a male downhill skier in action, right leg and ski slightly in front of left, knees bent, elbows up holding metal ski poles. The ski poles have metal baskets soldered on to main shaft. The base is a triangular shaped piece 8.7 cm at the back tapering to the front which is 2…
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- Title
- Downhill Skier
- Date
- 1937
- Dimensions
- 29.0 x 9.5 x 28.0 cm
- Description
- A realistic rendering of a male downhill skier in action, right leg and ski slightly in front of left, knees bent, elbows up holding metal ski poles. The ski poles have metal baskets soldered on to main shaft. The base is a triangular shaped piece 8.7 cm at the back tapering to the front which is 2.5 cm high. The whole sculpture, excluding the poles, is painted silver.
- Credit
- Gift of Bob Leighton, 1971
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.06.01
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Filling in the Bathtubs
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.02.029
- Date
- 1937 – 1940
- Medium
- oil on board
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.02.029
- Description
- Colour: orange, green and blue on yellow and blue. Yellow slope covered with figures all carrying shovels. There are two paths coming down from the upper ridge at left. Both skiers at the end of the path are buried in snow. Two figures at the lower end of the right path are measuring the width of t…
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- Title
- Filling in the Bathtubs
- Date
- 1937 – 1940
- Medium
- oil on board
- Dimensions
- 100.1 x 74.6 cm
- Description
- Colour: orange, green and blue on yellow and blue. Yellow slope covered with figures all carrying shovels. There are two paths coming down from the upper ridge at left. Both skiers at the end of the path are buried in snow. Two figures at the lower end of the right path are measuring the width of the path. The sky is clear blue above where seven skiers stand waiting their turn.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.02.029
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Fossil Mountain
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.01.587
- Date
- 1932 – 1933
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.587
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- Title
- Fossil Mountain
- Date
- 1932 – 1933
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 12.7 x 17.7 cm
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.587
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Grandma Takes to Skiing
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.03.282
- Date
- 1931 – 1934
- Medium
- graphite; watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.282
- Description
- Watercolour and pencil drawing of an older woman wearing green pants, red coat and blue scarf and mittens occupies the foreground. She has just skied down a hill, leaving six fallen skiers in her wake. There are two people on the top right horizon watching. Bottom left: GRANDMA TAKES TO SKIING.
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- Title
- Grandma Takes to Skiing
- Date
- 1931 – 1934
- Medium
- graphite; watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 29.0 x 22.5 cm
- Description
- Watercolour and pencil drawing of an older woman wearing green pants, red coat and blue scarf and mittens occupies the foreground. She has just skied down a hill, leaving six fallen skiers in her wake. There are two people on the top right horizon watching. Bottom left: GRANDMA TAKES TO SKIING.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.282
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Mounts Temple and Hungabee, Ptarmigan Valley
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.02.046
- Date
- 1935 – 1940
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.02.046
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- Title
- Mounts Temple and Hungabee, Ptarmigan Valley
- Date
- 1935 – 1940
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 40.8 x 50.9 cm
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.02.046
- Notes
- Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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On Sky Line Slopes
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactmcr.05.01
- Date
- 1935 – 1955
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- McR.05.01
- Description
- A lady skier, wearing reddish pants and green jacket, red and green scarf, stands to left centre, she is facing to the right, a line of trees behind her, mountain peaks in background, top third is sky, picture quite faded.
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- Title
- On Sky Line Slopes
- Date
- 1935 – 1955
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 76.5 x 55.8 cm
- Description
- A lady skier, wearing reddish pants and green jacket, red and green scarf, stands to left centre, she is facing to the right, a line of trees behind her, mountain peaks in background, top third is sky, picture quite faded.
- Credit
- Gift of Steve T. Hincks, Banff, 1989
- Catalogue Number
- McR.05.01
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- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.233
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- Title
- Powder
- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 27.7 x 35.7 cm
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.233
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- Date
- 1938
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.482
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- Title
- Skiers
- Date
- 1938
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 27.6 x 35.2 cm
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.482
- Notes
- Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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- Date
- 1936 – 1938
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.561
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- Title
- Skiers
- Date
- 1936 – 1938
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 40.6 x 50.7 cm
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.561
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Skiers at Skoki
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.01.235
- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.235
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- Title
- Skiers at Skoki
- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.235
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Skiers, Grandma
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.01.540
- Date
- 1931 – 1934
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.540
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- Title
- Skiers, Grandma
- Date
- 1931 – 1934
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 35.3 x 27.7 cm
- Subject
- Canadian Rockies
- mountain
- sports
- winter
- skiing
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.540
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Skiing the High Country
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.02.006
- Date
- 1935 – 1945
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.02.006
- Description
- Colour: blue. A ski trail comes up from the lower right across to center where there are three figures going over the crest of the hill. Behind are peaks and slopes meeting a bright sky which becomes darker near the top. The sky fills a little less than two thirds of the picture.
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- Title
- Skiing the High Country
- Date
- 1935 – 1945
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 53 x 64 cm
- Description
- Colour: blue. A ski trail comes up from the lower right across to center where there are three figures going over the crest of the hill. Behind are peaks and slopes meeting a bright sky which becomes darker near the top. The sky fills a little less than two thirds of the picture.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.02.006
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Three Skiers, Snowstorm
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.02.063
- Date
- 1935 – 1945
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.02.063
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- Title
- Three Skiers, Snowstorm
- Date
- 1935 – 1945
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 76.0 x 63.3 cm
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.02.063
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- Date
- 1931 – 1934
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.300
- Description
- Ski scene sktech. Skier in crouched position at bottom of hill and in foreground. Five skiers behind lying at various spots who appear to have been hit by first skier. Four small figures in trc of image.
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1931 – 1934
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 16.0 x 10.2 cm
- Description
- Ski scene sktech. Skier in crouched position at bottom of hill and in foreground. Five skiers behind lying at various spots who appear to have been hit by first skier. Four small figures in trc of image.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.300
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- Date
- 1935 – 1955
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- McR.05.02
- Description
- The top half is all sky, faded streaks of colour, a mountain range, Mount Assiniboine in background, runs from edge to edge centre, four skiers centre left, all facing to the right, in action poses, that is speeding downhill.
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1935 – 1955
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 55.7 x 76.5 cm
- Description
- The top half is all sky, faded streaks of colour, a mountain range, Mount Assiniboine in background, runs from edge to edge centre, four skiers centre left, all facing to the right, in action poses, that is speeding downhill.
- Credit
- Gift of Steve T. Hincks, Banff, 1989
- Catalogue Number
- McR.05.02
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- Date
- 1933
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.697
- Description
- TL: figure on skis carrying a gun looking at a group marching over a hill, TR: figure skiing down a hill, BL: a hill, and BR: a skier pulling a sled carrying supplies with the label “OATMEAL” above
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1933
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 25.6 x 20.4 cm
- Description
- TL: figure on skis carrying a gun looking at a group marching over a hill, TR: figure skiing down a hill, BL: a hill, and BR: a skier pulling a sled carrying supplies with the label “OATMEAL” above
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.697
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- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.806
- Description
- In the drawing on the top half of the paper there are four figures in a line moving across a landscape with a mountain range infront of them. The drawing in the lower half is broken into three boxes, the first has what looks like Pete’s grandmother going up over a hill with her skis in the air and …
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 21.3 x 26.4 cm
- Description
- In the drawing on the top half of the paper there are four figures in a line moving across a landscape with a mountain range infront of them. The drawing in the lower half is broken into three boxes, the first has what looks like Pete’s grandmother going up over a hill with her skis in the air and her poles supporting her, while in the second drawing there is a skier going down a hill, with another at the top behind them, and in the background there is a mountain, and in the the final drawing it is a male figure (potentially Peter) on a set of skis holding poles with Pete’s grandma standing beside him on her own skis with poles looking up at him.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.806
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- Date
- 1930 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.807
- Description
- A robust Scottish man is skiing through a mountain pass area towards Skoki, indicated by a sign pointing in the same direction that he is travelling. The man is dressed up in a kilt and a Balmoral hat; and he has medals on his shirt. In the background there are lines suggesting the path that he too…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1930 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 27.7 x 21.5 cm
- Description
- A robust Scottish man is skiing through a mountain pass area towards Skoki, indicated by a sign pointing in the same direction that he is travelling. The man is dressed up in a kilt and a Balmoral hat; and he has medals on his shirt. In the background there are lines suggesting the path that he took and there is people in the background coming up over a ridge.
- Subject
- Skoki
- mountains
- snow
- winter
- mountain pass
- skiing
- skis
- poles
- man
- Scottish
- scarf
- kilt
- Balmoral hat
- medals
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.807
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