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- Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
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Alasi Tukalak Carving, Povungnituk
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyc.01.248
- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.248
- Description
- A solitary woman is kneeling in the foreground clutching a grey object in her left hand and pointing to it with her right hand. The woman is seen in profile. Her skin is brown and her hair is black. She wears a blue jacket over an orange-pink skirt. On her head is a red-pink scarf with green detail…
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- Title
- Alasi Tukalak Carving, Povungnituk
- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 25.4 x 30.3 cm
- Description
- A solitary woman is kneeling in the foreground clutching a grey object in her left hand and pointing to it with her right hand. The woman is seen in profile. Her skin is brown and her hair is black. She wears a blue jacket over an orange-pink skirt. On her head is a red-pink scarf with green details. A light blue-grey building is found in the upper left corner. Cast shadows are blue.
- Subject
- figure, female
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.248
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Archangel Michael
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactunk.14.01
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- c. 1780
- Medium
- tempera on wood
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.14.01
- Description
- Wooden icon showing a painted winged figure [St. Michael?] on a winged horse in the centre with another figure looking on from upper left corner.
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Archangel Michael
- Date
- c. 1780
- Medium
- tempera on wood
- Dimensions
- 318 x 1.3 x 24.0 cm
- Description
- Wooden icon showing a painted winged figure [St. Michael?] on a winged horse in the centre with another figure looking on from upper left corner.
- Subject
- religious
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.14.01
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At Lake O'Hara
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyc.01.060
- Date
- 1969
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.060
- Description
- Lake O’Hara beyond a rocky outcrop in foreground.
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- Title
- At Lake O'Hara
- Date
- 1969
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 22.8 x 28.0 cm
- Description
- Lake O’Hara beyond a rocky outcrop in foreground.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- Lake O’Hara
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.060
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Banff Springs Famous Painting Copies and Train Poster
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- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 2 colour poster prints, paper, depicting copies of famous art pieces (previously framed and used as decorations in the Banff Springs Hotel), and one b&w poster of a steam train. Content pertains to paintings 'Girl with a Pearl Earring' by Vermeer and 'La Divina Commedia di Dante' b…
- Date Range
- [ca. 1945 - ca. 1965]
- 1975
- Reference Code
- V500 / III / D / 5 / PA - 67 to 69 O.S.
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Poster
- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M300 / S20 / V500
- Sous-Fonds
- V500
- Sub-Series
- V500 / III / D / 5 : Personal Interest and Gifts
- Accession Number
- 7784
- Reference Code
- V500 / III / D / 5 / PA - 67 to 69 O.S.
- GMD
- Poster
- Responsibility
- Nicholas Morant
- Date Range
- [ca. 1945 - ca. 1965]
- 1975
- Physical Description
- 3 Posters: colour, b&w
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 2 colour poster prints, paper, depicting copies of famous art pieces (previously framed and used as decorations in the Banff Springs Hotel), and one b&w poster of a steam train. Content pertains to paintings 'Girl with a Pearl Earring' by Vermeer and 'La Divina Commedia di Dante' by Domenico di Michelino; also train image with faded print effect by Midwestern Rail Association.
- Notes
- Painting reprint posters were stored together in a cardboard poster tube with the following text labels on the outside: "NICHOLAS MORANT BOX 1288 BANFF, ALBERTA CANADA" "OLD BSH PRINTS. BSH HOTEL - II Bldg." "O.H.M.S. FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR CANADIAN NATIONAL PARKS BRANCH OTTAWA, CANADA" 'J.C. Campbell, Esq., c/o Banff Springs Hotel, Banff, Alberta." (Handwritten): "These prints were originally exquisitely framed for use in rooms, suites and public rooms at the B.S.H." "OLD B.S.H. PRINTS includes PIX of 'II' Hotel" Train poster stored in poster tube labelled "DRAWINGS more to come (1, 2, 3)" with shipping address label: "Reed-Grove Ltd. 2111 East Avenue Rochester, New York 14610" "To Mr. + Mrs. Nichlas (sic) Morant Box 1288, Banff Alberta Canada". Customs label: "PARCEL POST CUSTOMS DECLARATION - UNITED STATES OF AMERICA QTY: 1 DETAILED LIST OF CONTENTS: DRAWINGS VALUE (US $): 10 FIRST CLASS"
- Name Access
- di Michelino, Domenico
- Vermeer
- Subject Access
- Midwestern Rail Association
- Trains
- Banff Springs Hotel
- Arts
- Painting
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- Access Restrictions
- Items in this file are not to be accessed or distributed without the explicit permission of their identified copyright owners.
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Items in this file are not to be reproduced without the explicit permission of their identified copyright owners.
- Language
- Latin
- Conservation
- Items must be stored flat within acid-free casing to prevent surface damage.
- Creator
- Unknown
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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- Date
- 1968 – 1971
- Medium
- oil on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.206
- Description
- Four large trees stand in the immediate foreground. They have blue trunks which compliments the similar colour bushes that surround them. The lime green grasses extend to the brushline in the background. The mountains painting with various colours of blue to denote distance appear high above the tr…
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- Title
- Bankhead
- Date
- 1968 – 1971
- Medium
- oil on paper
- Dimensions
- 22.8 x 30.3 cm
- Description
- Four large trees stand in the immediate foreground. They have blue trunks which compliments the similar colour bushes that surround them. The lime green grasses extend to the brushline in the background. The mountains painting with various colours of blue to denote distance appear high above the tree line. A yellowish white cloud colour appears against a blue sky.
- Subject
- figure, female
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.206
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- Date
- 1952
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.375
- Description
- The blue lake in the center of this image is surrounded by green trees. Behind the lake the mountains are partically covered with trees and some are light brown in color with no trees. The sky above the lake and mountains is pale blue with some white clouds. The foreground area has a road that begi…
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- Title
- Barrier Lake
- Date
- 1952
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 25.2 x 30.3 cm
- Description
- The blue lake in the center of this image is surrounded by green trees. Behind the lake the mountains are partically covered with trees and some are light brown in color with no trees. The sky above the lake and mountains is pale blue with some white clouds. The foreground area has a road that begins on the left and follows threw to the right, with a dip down in the bottom center area.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- lake
- Barrier Lake
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.375
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Below Hanging Gardens at Lake O'Hara
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyc.01.365
- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.365
- Description
- In the immediate foreground a piece of dead tree is sitting in the colorful grass. The tree extends from the br to the bl with limbs reaching upward into the painting. The top quarter of this image is a dark grey sky that looks like storm is on it's way. The mid ground area is assorted colors of gr…
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- Title
- Below Hanging Gardens at Lake O'Hara
- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 25.3 x 30.0 cm
- Description
- In the immediate foreground a piece of dead tree is sitting in the colorful grass. The tree extends from the br to the bl with limbs reaching upward into the painting. The top quarter of this image is a dark grey sky that looks like storm is on it's way. The mid ground area is assorted colors of grass and flowers ranging from different colours of orange and yellow to reds and violets and greens. On both sides of the image in the upper sections there are green trees. One tree ia located on the tr and a small group of three or four are situated in the tl area.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.365
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Big Rock at Lake O'Hara
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyc.01.217
- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- oil on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.217
- Description
- A rugged rocky cliff surrounded by evergreens is located along the shores of Lake O'Hara. It ranges in colour from purples to yellow and orange. Lake O'Hara is depicted in slid turquoise. The mountains appear overhead beyond the cliffs with cobalt blue peering through top centre.
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- Title
- Big Rock at Lake O'Hara
- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- oil on paper
- Dimensions
- 22.8 x 30.3 cm
- Description
- A rugged rocky cliff surrounded by evergreens is located along the shores of Lake O'Hara. It ranges in colour from purples to yellow and orange. Lake O'Hara is depicted in slid turquoise. The mountains appear overhead beyond the cliffs with cobalt blue peering through top centre.
- Subject
- landscape
- mountain
- Canadian Rockies
- lake
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.217
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- Date
- 1958
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.377
- Description
- Sitting in the bottom left corner is a fishing boat on an angle with a blue shadow behind it reaching over to the right side.
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- Title
- Boat
- Date
- 1958
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 25.3 x 30.3 cm
- Description
- Sitting in the bottom left corner is a fishing boat on an angle with a blue shadow behind it reaching over to the right side.
- Subject
- transportation
- boat
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.377
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- Date
- 1950 – 1960
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.241
- Description
- The light and dark turquoise of Bow Lake is placed in the middleground. At the base of the picture, the lake is described by a horizontal stroke of light grey and by a number of vertical brushstrokes of turquoise. The vegetation in front of the lake, in the lower left and right corners, contains th…
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- Title
- Bow Lake
- Date
- 1950 – 1960
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 25.4 x 30.3 cm
- Description
- The light and dark turquoise of Bow Lake is placed in the middleground. At the base of the picture, the lake is described by a horizontal stroke of light grey and by a number of vertical brushstrokes of turquoise. The vegetation in front of the lake, in the lower left and right corners, contains the same dark green, and light violet-grey found in the background. The violet-grey is used to indicate: the snow covering the dark violet-grey mountain on the right; the rock forming the more distant peak on the left; and a lighter tint of this colour forms the clouds in the upper left corner. A separate area of blue-grey clouds occupies the upper right corner.
- Subject
- landscape
- mountain
- Canadian Rockies
- lake
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.241
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Bubba Peibi
- Date
- c. 1970
- Medium
- watercolour on bark
- Dimensions
- 46.0 x 20.9 cm
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.05.02
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Cathedral Mountain
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyc.01.073
- Date
- 1968 – 1970
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.073
- Description
- Lake O’Hara in foreground, Cathedral Mountain beyond.
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- Title
- Cathedral Mountain
- Date
- 1968 – 1970
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 25.4 x 30.3 cm
- Description
- Lake O’Hara in foreground, Cathedral Mountain beyond.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.073
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Cathedral Mountain
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyc.01.159
- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.159
- Description
- Cathedral Mountain shouded in clouds, across Lake O’Hara.
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- Title
- Cathedral Mountain
- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 28.0 x 35.5 cm
- Description
- Cathedral Mountain shouded in clouds, across Lake O’Hara.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.159
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Cathedral Mountain in Wapta Muck
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyc.01.231
- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.231
- Description
- Cathedral rises through the whisps of circling cloud covering. The green blue, splashes of paint at the base of the mountain gives the impression of a thick forest. Beige strokes of paint stretch up to the purplish mass of rock beyond the treeline. Catharine is encompassed by a grey sky.
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- Title
- Cathedral Mountain in Wapta Muck
- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 25.4 x 30.3 cm
- Description
- Cathedral rises through the whisps of circling cloud covering. The green blue, splashes of paint at the base of the mountain gives the impression of a thick forest. Beige strokes of paint stretch up to the purplish mass of rock beyond the treeline. Catharine is encompassed by a grey sky.
- Subject
- landscape
- mountain
- Canadian Rockies
- lake
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.231
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- Date
- 1968 – 1969
- Medium
- oil on canvas on aluminum
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.097
- Description
- Deltaform Mountain visible in distance beyond rocks and trees in foreground.
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- Title
- Deltaform
- Date
- 1968 – 1969
- Medium
- oil on canvas on aluminum
- Dimensions
- 25.4 x 30.3 cm
- Description
- Deltaform Mountain visible in distance beyond rocks and trees in foreground.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.097
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Eagle Feeding Young
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Medium
- oil on board
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.02.10
- Description
- A brownish eagle with yellow beak and feet is in the center of the picture, he is feeding a young eagle. The foreground is dark brownish hills, the sky is blue with white clouds.
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Eagle Feeding Young
- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Medium
- oil on board
- Dimensions
- 45.7 x 65.5 cm
- Description
- A brownish eagle with yellow beak and feet is in the center of the picture, he is feeding a young eagle. The foreground is dark brownish hills, the sky is blue with white clouds.
- Subject
- animal, bird
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.02.10
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- Date
- 1965 – 1975
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.379
- Description
- The hill covered with Fireweed is surrounded by green fir, spruce or pine trees. The foreground area is covered with green grass and the sky above the pink field is light blue.
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- Title
- Fireweed
- Date
- 1965 – 1975
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 25.2 x 30.0 cm
- Description
- The hill covered with Fireweed is surrounded by green fir, spruce or pine trees. The foreground area is covered with green grass and the sky above the pink field is light blue.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- botanical
- Fireweed
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.379
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A Fishing Expedition
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- c. 1970
- Medium
- watercolour on bark
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.05.01
- Description
- Story label on back of bark. Text on back of painting indicates horizontal; but probably intends vertical. Purchased in Australia. by Catharine Robb Whyte ca.1975. Barking and support done by Kensington Art Gallery, Calgary.
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- A Fishing Expedition
- Date
- c. 1970
- Medium
- watercolour on bark
- Dimensions
- 42.7 x 22.4 cm
- Description
- Story label on back of bark. Text on back of painting indicates horizontal; but probably intends vertical. Purchased in Australia. by Catharine Robb Whyte ca.1975. Barking and support done by Kensington Art Gallery, Calgary.
- Subject
- activity, fishing
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.05.01
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Flensing with Ulu
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyc.01.361
- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- oil on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.361
- Description
- Inuit person in a crouched position doing something with his hands, his parka is cream coloured, his pants are blue-black, there are two orange-red stripes on each of the cuffs of his parka.
1 image
- Title
- Flensing with Ulu
- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- oil on paper
- Dimensions
- 22.8 x 30.3 cm
- Description
- Inuit person in a crouched position doing something with his hands, his parka is cream coloured, his pants are blue-black, there are two orange-red stripes on each of the cuffs of his parka.
- Subject
- figure, female
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.361
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From Opabin Pass, Mount Biddle
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyc.01.062
- Date
- 1969
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.062
- Description
- Mount Biddle viewed from Opabin Pass.
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- Title
- From Opabin Pass, Mount Biddle
- Date
- 1969
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 22.8 x 25.0 cm
- Description
- Mount Biddle viewed from Opabin Pass.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.062
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