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Dam Falls

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Artist: George Douglas Pepper (1903 – 1962, Canadian)

Date: 1947 – 1947

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: PeG.02.03

Description: Brown and blue slate rock in the foreground with one lone stilted tree to the left; rocks are higher on the left almost meeting the walkway on the top of the dam. Lower mid-centre of the painting is the mass of swirling green, blue and white water rushing from the gates of the falls. The grey gates…

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Artist: George Douglas Pepper (1903 – 1962, Canadian)

Title: Dam Falls

Date: 1947 – 1947

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 40.5 x 51.0 cm

Description: Brown and blue slate rock in the foreground with one lone stilted tree to the left; rocks are higher on the left almost meeting the walkway on the top of the dam. Lower mid-centre of the painting is the mass of swirling green, blue and white water rushing from the gates of the falls. The grey gates with water rushing down are mid-centre to the right. The walkway on the top of the dam extends throughout top-half of the painting. An outline of a rider and two horses are off to centre right, top of a mauve mountain behind and cloudy blue sky.

Subject: Canadian Rockies; mountain; dam; water; figure, man; animal, horse

Credit: Gift of Moore Gallery Ltd, Hamilton, 1995

Catalogue Number: PeG.02.03

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East Face of Mount Robson

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1940 – 1950

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.531

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: East Face of Mount Robson

Date: 1940 – 1950

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.3 x 35.3 cm

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.531

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Elevators, Fort McLeod

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1944

Medium: graphite on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.584

Description: Sketch only

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Elevators, Fort McLeod

Date: 1944

Medium: graphite on canvas

Dimensions: 35.6 x 46.0 cm

Description: Sketch only

Subject: architecture; rural; figure; group

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.584

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Fighter Aircraft, Vancouver Island

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1943

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.560

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Fighter Aircraft, Vancouver Island

Date: 1943

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 40.5 x 50.8 cm

Subject: mountain; World War II; transportation; airplane; automobile

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.560

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Foothills near Cowley

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Date: 1947 – 1957

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.396

Description: The bottom half of the picture is of brown foothills with yellow and green forest. In the bottom right corner is a weathered tree stump. Top half of the picture is the sky with a large white cloud from side to side.

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Title: Foothills near Cowley

Date: 1947 – 1957

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.5 x 35.3 cm

Description: The bottom half of the picture is of brown foothills with yellow and green forest. In the bottom right corner is a weathered tree stump. Top half of the picture is the sky with a large white cloud from side to side.

Subject: landscape; foothills; skyscape

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.396

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The Gelande Jump

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Artist: Robert J. McGuinness (1886 – 1961, Canadian)

Date: 1948 – 1949

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: McR.05.04

Description: A mountain side covered with snow covers all but the top left corner, a few rocks show through the snow, centered is a man on skis, he is wearing a yellow shirt, grey pants and hat, he is facing to the left, bent over his skis with his ski poles straight down behind him, image has a pencil drawn b…

Artist: Robert J. McGuinness (1886 – 1961, Canadian)

Title: The Gelande Jump

Date: 1948 – 1949

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 36.0 x 28.3 cm

Description: A mountain side covered with snow covers all but the top left corner, a few rocks show through the snow, centered is a man on skis, he is wearing a yellow shirt, grey pants and hat, he is facing to the left, bent over his skis with his ski poles straight down behind him, image has a pencil drawn border

Subject: activity; skiing; landscape; mountain; winter

Credit: Gift of Lorna Becker, Calgary, 1991

Catalogue Number: McR.05.04

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Ghost Lake, Alberta

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Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Date: prior to 1965

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.12

Description: General colour: blue, brown. Dry lake fills lower right area. Brown shore comes down from the left side. Across the middle are blue mountains. The sky is blue with pale clouds and fill the upper third.

Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Title: Ghost Lake, Alberta

Date: prior to 1965

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 25.3 x 32.9 cm

Description: General colour: blue, brown. Dry lake fills lower right area. Brown shore comes down from the left side. Across the middle are blue mountains. The sky is blue with pale clouds and fill the upper third.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; lake

Credit: Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.12

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Goodsir Plateau

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Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Date: prior to 1965

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.02

Description: An overall light brown tones; dark blue river in right foreground and lower centre; the mountains dominate the centre of the picture, some snow, cloudy sky.Credit both The Banff Centre and Mrs. J. I. Brewster in any exhibition or publication of the collection, either in whole or in part. Banff Cent…

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Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Title: Goodsir Plateau

Date: prior to 1965

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 63.5 x 57.1 cm

Description: An overall light brown tones; dark blue river in right foreground and lower centre; the mountains dominate the centre of the picture, some snow, cloudy sky.Credit both The Banff Centre and Mrs. J. I. Brewster in any exhibition or publication of the collection, either in whole or in part. Banff Centre catalogue numbers: 81 0335 A; 20688

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies

Credit: Gift of Banff Centre Brewster Donation, Banff, 1986

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.02

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Grain Elevators, Fort McLeod

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1944

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.461

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Grain Elevators, Fort McLeod

Date: 1944

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.8 x 35.2 cm

Subject: landscape; architecture; rural; prairie

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.461

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Herbert Lake

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1940 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.519

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Herbert Lake

Date: 1940 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.7 x 35.3 cm

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; lake

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.519

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House at Tofino

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Date: 1943 – 1944

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.421

Description: A brown house with white shutters and a carport is in centre right foreground. Green grass and shrubs in foreground. Behind the house is blue water with mountains in the background. Sky top right.

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Title: House at Tofino

Date: 1943 – 1944

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 12.2 x 17.7 cm

Description: A brown house with white shutters and a carport is in centre right foreground. Green grass and shrubs in foreground. Behind the house is blue water with mountains in the background. Sky top right.

Subject: architecture; urban; seascape; Pacific; mountain

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.421

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The Hump, Bow Glacier and Bow Lake

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Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Date: prior to 1965

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.14

Description: General colour: brown, blue. As the land across the bottom reaches the lake there are a few short trees mostly on the left. The far shore, one quarter way up has trees in the center and dry rock banks on either side rising up to mountains and glacier left and right of the center peak. The blue sky …

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Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Title: The Hump, Bow Glacier and Bow Lake

Date: prior to 1965

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 27.9 x 38.0 cm

Description: General colour: brown, blue. As the land across the bottom reaches the lake there are a few short trees mostly on the left. The far shore, one quarter way up has trees in the center and dry rock banks on either side rising up to mountains and glacier left and right of the center peak. The blue sky fills the upper half.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies

Credit: Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.14

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Inlet at Tofino

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Date: 1943 – 1944

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.409

Description: An unfinished painting, the shoreline is green covered mountins extending from centre right to almost the left edge. Light blue foreground of the ocean.

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Title: Inlet at Tofino

Date: 1943 – 1944

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 13.0 x 34.7 cm

Description: An unfinished painting, the shoreline is green covered mountins extending from centre right to almost the left edge. Light blue foreground of the ocean.

Subject: landscape; seascape; Pacific; ocean

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.409

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Lake

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Artist: Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)

Date: 1944 – 1962

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: DaK.02.06

Description: Bottom half is the blue lake with relflection of mountains above. Lakeshore with trees extends to the left. Mountain glacier white and grey meets water in the centre of the painting. Evergreens to the lakeshore edge on the right.

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Artist: Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)

Title: Lake

Date: 1944 – 1962

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 38.2 x 45.7 cm

Description: Bottom half is the blue lake with relflection of mountains above. Lakeshore with trees extends to the left. Mountain glacier white and grey meets water in the centre of the painting. Evergreens to the lakeshore edge on the right.

Subject: Canadian Rockies; mountains; lake

Credit: Gift of Moore Gallery Ltd, Hamilton, 1995

Catalogue Number: DaK.02.06

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Low Clouds, Bow Lake

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1945 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.453

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Low Clouds, Bow Lake

Date: 1945 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.6 x 35.2 cm

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; lake

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.453

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Maligne Canyon

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Artist: Margaret Dorothy Shelton (1915 – 1984, Canadian)

Date: 1946

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: ShM.05.04

Description: A blue river with white highlights runs from the centre to the bottom right of the picture, purple cliffs to the right centre and a rocky bank to the left centre. Trees on both sides of river, a high bank with trees is in background with a blue sky.

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Artist: Margaret Dorothy Shelton (1915 – 1984, Canadian)

Title: Maligne Canyon

Date: 1946

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 25.5 x 35.5 cm

Description: A blue river with white highlights runs from the centre to the bottom right of the picture, purple cliffs to the right centre and a rocky bank to the left centre. Trees on both sides of river, a high bank with trees is in background with a blue sky.