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- Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian) 62
- Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian) 58
- Mary Garnham Andrews (1916 – 2018, Canadian) 47
- James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
- George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian) 19
- James McLaren Nicoll (1892 – 1986, Canadian) 17
- Serena Matilda Potts (1812 – 1898, American) 17
- Barbara Spohr (1955 – 1987, Canadian)
- Unknown 12
- Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian) 10
- Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian) 8
- Kiakshuk (1886 – 1966, Canadian) 8
708 - (winter scene) (1961); 709 - (moon over lake) (1962); 710 - Merry Christmas, Happy New Year (1
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactsij.10.01
- Date
- 1961 – 1967
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- SiJ.10.01
- Title
- 708 - (winter scene) (1961); 709 - (moon over lake) (1962); 710 - Merry Christmas, Happy New Year (1
- Date
- 1961 – 1967
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Subject
- Christmas
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- SiJ.10.01
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Before the White Man Came
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactsij.05.30
- Date
- 1969
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- SiJ.05.30
- Description
- The painting is dominated by a large bison midcentre left grazing in a herd in the foothills. The mountains are behind under a dark blue and yellow sky.
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- Title
- Before the White Man Came
- Date
- 1969
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 11.3 x 16.3 cm
- Description
- The painting is dominated by a large bison midcentre left grazing in a herd in the foothills. The mountains are behind under a dark blue and yellow sky.
- Credit
- Gift of Unknown, 1978
- Catalogue Number
- SiJ.05.30
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Bow Lake, 1962
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactsij.05.59
- Date
- 1962
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- SiJ.05.59
- Description
- Blue sky with large cloud at left, mountains in background across image with Bow Lake below them. Green grassy area with trees in foreground of image. Title and “Canadian Rockies” written on mat.
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- Title
- Bow Lake, 1962
- Date
- 1962
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Description
- Blue sky with large cloud at left, mountains in background across image with Bow Lake below them. Green grassy area with trees in foreground of image. Title and “Canadian Rockies” written on mat.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- Bow Lake
- Credit
- Gift of James (Jr.) Simpson, Rocky Mountain House, 2000
- Catalogue Number
- SiJ.05.59
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Bow Lake, Looking North, 1969
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactsij.05.62
- Date
- 1969
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- SiJ.05.62
- Description
- Bow Lake is seen in foreground of image, mountains can be seen in the distance in the upper left corner and are reflected in the lake. Trees form a line along the lake’s shore from the centre of the image out to the far right centre. They are also reflected in the lake. The sky is quite yellow o…
- Title
- Bow Lake, Looking North, 1969
- Date
- 1969
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Description
- Bow Lake is seen in foreground of image, mountains can be seen in the distance in the upper left corner and are reflected in the lake. Trees form a line along the lake’s shore from the centre of the image out to the far right centre. They are also reflected in the lake. The sky is quite yellow on the right but changes to blue on the left of the sky.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- Bow Lake
- Credit
- Gift of James (Jr.) Simpson, Rocky Mountain House, 2000
- Catalogue Number
- SiJ.05.62
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Canadian Rockies
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactsij.05.34
- Date
- 1966
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- SiJ.05.34
- Description
- Merry Xmas & Happy New Year from Mr. & Mrs. J. Simpson Sr. 1966-7.
- Title
- Canadian Rockies
- Date
- 1966
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 17.5 x 11.0 cm
- Description
- Merry Xmas & Happy New Year from Mr. & Mrs. J. Simpson Sr. 1966-7.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- SiJ.05.34
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Canadian Rockies, 1965
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactsij.05.67
- Date
- 1965
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- SiJ.05.67
- Description
- A mountain range runs horizontally across the painting in the upper centre. The mountains are painted in yellows, blues and purples. A snow covered area which looks like a glacier or lake is cropped at the left in the foreground. A few rocky outcrops stick up out of this area. A green slope ris…
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- Title
- Canadian Rockies, 1965
- Date
- 1965
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Description
- A mountain range runs horizontally across the painting in the upper centre. The mountains are painted in yellows, blues and purples. A snow covered area which looks like a glacier or lake is cropped at the left in the foreground. A few rocky outcrops stick up out of this area. A green slope rises up on the right and is cut off.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- Credit
- Gift of James (Jr.) Simpson, Rocky Mountain House, 2000
- Catalogue Number
- SiJ.05.67
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The Cook, Louis Hill, and old dog Dooley
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactsij.05.08
- Date
- 1964
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- SiJ.05.08
- Description
- Colour: blue, green. A figure and a dog stand by a fire over which are hanging two pots - left of center. Right is a tent and surrounding this in the front is snow and behind snow and trees.
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- Title
- The Cook, Louis Hill, and old dog Dooley
- Date
- 1964
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 16.5 x 11.4 cm
- Description
- Colour: blue, green. A figure and a dog stand by a fire over which are hanging two pots - left of center. Right is a tent and surrounding this in the front is snow and behind snow and trees.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- SiJ.05.08
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Mt. Bonney, British Columbia
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactsij.05.68
- Date
- 1962
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- SiJ.05.68
- Description
- Blue and green hills or mountains on either side of the image form a valley in the centre of it. A flat area with trees on it makes up the foreground and a snowcapped mountain in the centre background is framed by either side of the valley.
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- Title
- Mt. Bonney, British Columbia
- Date
- 1962
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Description
- Blue and green hills or mountains on either side of the image form a valley in the centre of it. A flat area with trees on it makes up the foreground and a snowcapped mountain in the centre background is framed by either side of the valley.
- Credit
- Gift of James (Jr.) Simpson, Rocky Mountain House, 2000
- Catalogue Number
- SiJ.05.68
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South from Palliser Pass
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactsij.05.06
- Date
- 1961
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- SiJ.05.06
- Description
- Colour: green, blue. Foreground is shrubs and trees sloping down to the center. A bank of trees rises up on the right and further in the distance to the left as well. The valley leads to mountains up center. The sky across the top is yellow at the left and blue at the right.
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- Title
- South from Palliser Pass
- Date
- 1961
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 19.1 x 24.2 cm
- Description
- Colour: green, blue. Foreground is shrubs and trees sloping down to the center. A bank of trees rises up on the right and further in the distance to the left as well. The valley leads to mountains up center. The sky across the top is yellow at the left and blue at the right.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- mountain
- pass
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1967
- Catalogue Number
- SiJ.05.06
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Stream Coming from Peyto Lake
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactsij.05.40
- Date
- 1962
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- SiJ.05.40
- Description
- A blue/green stream is centre bottom and dissappears in centre of picture; autumn colours on both banks; evergreen trees also both banks; mountains in background centre of picture; cloudy sky; brc inked markings appears to have been signed and dated then inked out; inscription on brc of mat: Happy …
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- Title
- Stream Coming from Peyto Lake
- Date
- 1962
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 14.0 x 18.0 cm
- Description
- A blue/green stream is centre bottom and dissappears in centre of picture; autumn colours on both banks; evergreen trees also both banks; mountains in background centre of picture; cloudy sky; brc inked markings appears to have been signed and dated then inked out; inscription on brc of mat: Happy Xmas & Happy New Year from Simpson clan 1962-63. Credit both The Banff Centre and Mrs.J. I. Brewster in any exhibition of publication of the collection, either in whole or in part. Banff Centre catalogue numbers: 81 0308 A; 20661.
- Credit
- Gift of Banff Centre Brewster Donation, Banff, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- SiJ.05.40
- Notes
- Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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- Date
- 1964
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- SiJ.05.18
- Description
- A river in the foreground with lots of growth on the bank that is lined with evergreens. There is a mountain range in the background with a light sky. This is a Christmas card, greeting and signature in brc.
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1964
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 12.0 x 16.0 cm
- Description
- A river in the foreground with lots of growth on the bank that is lined with evergreens. There is a mountain range in the background with a light sky. This is a Christmas card, greeting and signature in brc.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- SiJ.05.18
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- Date
- 1960
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- SiJ.05.22
- Description
- This is a hand painted Christmas card. A meadow in the foreground, trees to the left and a mountain range in the backgound. Light cloudy sky.
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1960
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 8.9 x 19.0 cm
- Description
- This is a hand painted Christmas card. A meadow in the foreground, trees to the left and a mountain range in the backgound. Light cloudy sky.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- mountain
- meadow
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- SiJ.05.22
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- Date
- 1962
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- SiJ.05.19
- Description
- A small sketch in the centre of a piece of white paper. Mauve, blue and green bank in the left foreground. A few strokes of blue and green for the lake reaching back to the treed shoreline. On the right is the green flank of Sulphur Mountain, midcentre and left are dominated by Mount Rundle. The sk…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1962
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 15.8 x 12.0 cm
- Description
- A small sketch in the centre of a piece of white paper. Mauve, blue and green bank in the left foreground. A few strokes of blue and green for the lake reaching back to the treed shoreline. On the right is the green flank of Sulphur Mountain, midcentre and left are dominated by Mount Rundle. The sky is light blue.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- SiJ.05.19
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- Date
- prior to 1987
- Medium
- b&w silver print on photographic paper
- Catalogue Number
- SpB.18.03
- Description
- In the center of the rectangular image frame there is a female shown from the chest up facing the viewer. This woman has her eyes closed and her head tilted a bit to her right. Behind the figure is a field of sunflowers and in the far distance is a few clumps of trees, bushes and a power line runni…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- prior to 1987
- Medium
- b&w silver print on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- 35.4 x 27.6 cm
- Description
- In the center of the rectangular image frame there is a female shown from the chest up facing the viewer. This woman has her eyes closed and her head tilted a bit to her right. Behind the figure is a field of sunflowers and in the far distance is a few clumps of trees, bushes and a power line running from the left to the right. The sky is a very even pale grey.
- Credit
- Gift of Barb Spohr, Calgary, 1996
- Catalogue Number
- SpB.18.03
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- Date
- prior to 1987
- Medium
- b&w silver print on photographic paper
- Catalogue Number
- SpB.18.04
- Description
- In the center of this vertical image is a female figure wearing a swimsuit looking directly at the viewer. The woman's arms are extended outwards to each side and are cut off by the image frame. Around the neck of this female figure is a necklace with a star in the center. The background is a seasc…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- prior to 1987
- Medium
- b&w silver print on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- 35.4 x 27.6 cm
- Description
- In the center of this vertical image is a female figure wearing a swimsuit looking directly at the viewer. The woman's arms are extended outwards to each side and are cut off by the image frame. Around the neck of this female figure is a necklace with a star in the center. The background is a seascape with some land in the distance. This photograph has been printed in black and white.
- Credit
- Gift of Barb Spohr, Calgary, 1996
- Catalogue Number
- SpB.18.04
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- Date
- prior to 1987
- Medium
- type C - print on photographic paper
- Catalogue Number
- SpB.18.05
- Description
- In the center center there is a very large rock that extends out in a v shape to each side and then in again to the top center. In the bottom third of the photograph is another rock with the lower half of a female figure entering the frame from the bottom and about to step on the rocks. The womans …
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- prior to 1987
- Medium
- type C - print on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- 50.6 x 40.5 cm
- Description
- In the center center there is a very large rock that extends out in a v shape to each side and then in again to the top center. In the bottom third of the photograph is another rock with the lower half of a female figure entering the frame from the bottom and about to step on the rocks. The womans shoe is black with a strap in the front, her sock is white, her skirt is blue and the rest black. In the tr corner and in the tl corner are two more large rocks.
- Credit
- Gift of Barb Spohr, Calgary, 1996
- Catalogue Number
- SpB.18.05
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- Date
- prior to 1987
- Medium
- type C - print on photographic paper
- Catalogue Number
- SpB.18.06
- Description
- Hanging on the wall is a mirror. In the mirror is a figure holding a camera photographing herself. The wall paper around the mirror is a floral pattern with lots of colour. The room featured here is a bathroom. Under the mirror is a soap container attached to the wall and directly under that is a …
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- prior to 1987
- Medium
- type C - print on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- 49.0 x 35.5 cm
- Description
- Hanging on the wall is a mirror. In the mirror is a figure holding a camera photographing herself. The wall paper around the mirror is a floral pattern with lots of colour. The room featured here is a bathroom. Under the mirror is a soap container attached to the wall and directly under that is a sink that has been cut off by the image frame.
- Credit
- Gift of Barb Spohr, Calgary, 1996
- Catalogue Number
- SpB.18.06
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- Date
- prior to 1987
- Medium
- type C - print on photographic paper
- Catalogue Number
- SpB.18.07
- Description
- Down through the center of the photograph there is a figure standing with there hands reaching out together holding a green artifical seashell. There is sand in the seashell and also surrounding the figure. The woman in this photograph is dressed in black.
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- prior to 1987
- Medium
- type C - print on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- 39.0 x 37.0 cm
- Description
- Down through the center of the photograph there is a figure standing with there hands reaching out together holding a green artifical seashell. There is sand in the seashell and also surrounding the figure. The woman in this photograph is dressed in black.
- Credit
- Gift of Barb Spohr, Calgary, 1996
- Catalogue Number
- SpB.18.07
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- Date
- prior to 1987
- Medium
- type c print on photographic paper
- Catalogue Number
- SpB.18.14
- Description
- Most of this image is very dark in colour with the exception of the center area where two glasses sit on a surface with strong shadows and light. Also sitting on the table surface is a plastic bag that has the shoe man printed on it. One glass is blue in colour and the other is red. A light sourc…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- prior to 1987
- Medium
- type c print on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- 60.8 x 50.7 cm
- Description
- Most of this image is very dark in colour with the exception of the center area where two glasses sit on a surface with strong shadows and light. Also sitting on the table surface is a plastic bag that has the shoe man printed on it. One glass is blue in colour and the other is red. A light source from outside the image is casting some light through this middle area and creating some unique shadows and atmosphere
- Subject
- still life
- glasses
- table
- Credit
- Gift of Barb Spohr, Calgary, 1996
- Catalogue Number
- SpB.18.14
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- Date
- prior to 1987
- Medium
- type c print on photographic paper
- Catalogue Number
- SpB.18.17
- Description
- The border of the photograph is a blue colour with writing below and above the retangular photographic image in the center. The image in the center is a scene looking threw a window. Around the window on the inside is a number of different plants. Outside you can see a white house with trees and hi…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- prior to 1987
- Medium
- type c print on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- 50.5 x 60.7 cm
- Description
- The border of the photograph is a blue colour with writing below and above the retangular photographic image in the center. The image in the center is a scene looking threw a window. Around the window on the inside is a number of different plants. Outside you can see a white house with trees and hills in the background. The plants on the inside are almost totally in silhouette.
- Credit
- Gift of Barb Spohr, Calgary, 1996
- Catalogue Number
- SpB.18.17
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