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Mount Victoria, Lake Louise

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

Date: 1945 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.414

Description: The snow covered mountain dominates the picture. Green forest and rocks slope to the centre. A green blue lake is the lower foreground.

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

Title: Mount Victoria, Lake Louise

Date: 1945 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 25.2 x 30.3 cm

Description: The snow covered mountain dominates the picture. Green forest and rocks slope to the centre. A green blue lake is the lower foreground.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; lake

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.414

Notes: Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018

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Mrs. Adeline Link

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1945 – 1950

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.558

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Mrs. Adeline Link

Date: 1945 – 1950

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 51.0 x 40.8 cm

Subject: portrait; female

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.558

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Near Bow Summit

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

Date: 1940 – 1950

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.407

Description: Foreground is green slopes, green forest to the left, snow covered mountain to the right centre. Top half of picture is a cloudy sky.

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

Title: Near Bow Summit

Date: 1940 – 1950

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 25.2 x 30.0 cm

Description: Foreground is green slopes, green forest to the left, snow covered mountain to the right centre. Top half of picture is a cloudy sky.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.407

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Near Nanton, 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.05.15

Description: General colour: grey, brown, blue. Cattle munch grass along the lower edge. There is a building on the right side, a few trees to its left. Way in the distance are blue mountains. The upper three quarters is clouds.

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

Title: Near Nanton, Alberta

Date: prior to 1965

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 18.1 x 23.8 cm

Description: General colour: grey, brown, blue. Cattle munch grass along the lower edge. There is a building on the right side, a few trees to its left. Way in the distance are blue mountains. The upper three quarters is clouds.

Subject: landscape; rural; animal

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

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.15

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Near Quartz Ridge

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Artist: Zelda F. Nelson-Henricks

Date: 1991

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: HeZ.05.01

Description: A mountain landscape, the foreground is covered with rocks and varied green grasses, dark green evergreens in central area, centre left to right is a mountain range with some snow, the top third is blue sky with narrow white clouds.

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Artist: Zelda F. Nelson-Henricks

Title: Near Quartz Ridge

Date: 1991

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 26.3 x 35.4 cm

Description: A mountain landscape, the foreground is covered with rocks and varied green grasses, dark green evergreens in central area, centre left to right is a mountain range with some snow, the top third is blue sky with narrow white clouds.

Subject: landscape, mountain; landscape, summer; exhibition, Sunshine Art

Credit: Purchased from Sunshine Village, Banff, 1991

Catalogue Number: HeZ.05.01

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Northern Lights

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Artist: Graham Noble Norwell (1901 – 1967, Canadian)

Date: c. 1945

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: NoG.05.02

Artist: Graham Noble Norwell (1901 – 1967, Canadian)

Title: Northern Lights

Date: c. 1945

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 16.6;26 x 20.1;31 cm

Subject: landscape; architecture, rural; sjyscape

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

Catalogue Number: NoG.05.02

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On Forty Mile Creek, Banff

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

Date: 1946

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: ShM.05.03

Description: Two large Douglas Fir trees dominate the right side of picture of a forest; a stream runs the full length of bottom of picture. Only the bottom half of the two trees is shown, some stumps and forest. The entire picture is in various tones of green.

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

Title: On Forty Mile Creek, Banff

Date: 1946

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 27.5 x 36.5 cm

Description: Two large Douglas Fir trees dominate the right side of picture of a forest; a stream runs the full length of bottom of picture. Only the bottom half of the two trees is shown, some stumps and forest. The entire picture is in various tones of green.

Subject: landscape; forest

Credit: Purchased from Masters Gallery ltd., Calgary, 1983

Catalogue Number: ShM.05.03

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On the Way to Lake Oesa

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1941

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.465

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: On the Way to Lake Oesa

Date: 1941

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.7 x 35.0 cm

Subject: landscape; rocks; Canadian Rockies; mountain

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.465

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Ringrose Peak

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1941

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.464

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Ringrose Peak

Date: 1941

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.9 x 35.2 cm

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.464

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The Rock Fall, Moraine Lake

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1945 – 1960

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.421

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: The Rock Fall, Moraine Lake

Date: 1945 – 1960

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 25.3 x 30.2 cm

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; lake

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.421

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The Rockfall, Moraine Lake

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1945 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.562

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: The Rockfall, Moraine Lake

Date: 1945 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 24.5 x 30.0 cm

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; glacier

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.562

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Ruins at Bankhead

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Artist: Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian)

Date: 1949

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: GyH.03.38

Description: Mountain peaks on left and right top of work. Suggestion of a building or dam dominates the centre of the work. On back: “Ruins at Bankhead, August 1949.”

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Artist: Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian)

Title: Ruins at Bankhead

Date: 1949

Medium: graphite on paper

Description: Mountain peaks on left and right top of work. Suggestion of a building or dam dominates the centre of the work. On back: “Ruins at Bankhead, August 1949.”

Subject: landscape; Canadian; mountain

Credit: Gift of Henry George Glyde, Victoria, 1997

Catalogue Number: GyH.03.38

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Scree Slopes, Bow Lake

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1945 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.559

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Scree Slopes, Bow Lake

Date: 1945 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 63.4 x 76.5 cm

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; forest; lake

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.559

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Seasons Greetings Catharine and Peter

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1947

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.719

Description: A rough sketch of the 1947 Christmas card. A figure stands in the opening of the Dutch door while the animals surround the cabin. Written on the top edge “SEASONS GREETINGS,” along the bottom edge “CATHARINE AND PETER,” “Peter Whyte BANFF.” Near the BRC “6 1/2” and close to the TRC “3 1/2,” besides…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Seasons Greetings Catharine and Peter

Date: 1947

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 10.0 x 15.9 cm

Description: A rough sketch of the 1947 Christmas card. A figure stands in the opening of the Dutch door while the animals surround the cabin. Written on the top edge “SEASONS GREETINGS,” along the bottom edge “CATHARINE AND PETER,” “Peter Whyte BANFF.” Near the BRC “6 1/2” and close to the TRC “3 1/2,” besides both numbers it appears to say “inches.”verso: landscape with an artist sitting at the top of the hill painting, there is a plane and a mountain in the background. In the BLC there are ink scribbles and “Peter Whyte” as a practice signature and the initials “P.W.”

Subject: painting; person; plane; mountain; easel; cabin; moose; deer, wolf; squirrel; bird; bear; winter

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.719

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Seasons Greetings Catharine and Peter 1947

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1947

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.718

Description: A detailed sketch of the 1947 Christmas card. Animals join Catharine at the Dutch door of her home where she is serving them some food. On the top edge of drawing is reads “SEASONS GREETINGS” and along the bottom of the page “CATHARINE AND PETER” and “Peter Whyte 47 BANFF.” In the BLC “Catharine” i…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Seasons Greetings Catharine and Peter 1947

Date: 1947

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 14.0 x 21.3 cm

Description: A detailed sketch of the 1947 Christmas card. Animals join Catharine at the Dutch door of her home where she is serving them some food. On the top edge of drawing is reads “SEASONS GREETINGS” and along the bottom of the page “CATHARINE AND PETER” and “Peter Whyte 47 BANFF.” In the BLC “Catharine” is written.Inside the fold of the paper you can see a simple sketch of the floor plan of their cabin (main level), and inside one room it reads “kitchen.” On the bottom half of the page there is multiple squirrels drawn out. verso: there is a rough sketch of what looks like a landscape, with multiple birds drawn around it.

Subject: Christmas card; cabin; winter; food; moose; deer; bird; squirrel; floor plan; kitchen; wolf; bear; Banff

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.718

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Seasons Greetings Catharine and Peter 1949

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1949

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.722

Description: Rough sketch of the 1949 Christmas card. Scene depicts what looks like Norquay in the background, their home, and animals coming to and from the cabin. There is a rabbit watching the animals visiting and leaving the house, and a figure is slipping in a chair by the chimney stack. On the top edge “S…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Seasons Greetings Catharine and Peter 1949

Date: 1949

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 21.4 x 28.0 cm

Description: Rough sketch of the 1949 Christmas card. Scene depicts what looks like Norquay in the background, their home, and animals coming to and from the cabin. There is a rabbit watching the animals visiting and leaving the house, and a figure is slipping in a chair by the chimney stack. On the top edge “SEASONS GREETINGS 1949” and on the bottom edge “CATHARINE AND PETER,” and “Peter Whyte” can be read. Near the TLC different dimensions are written out: “4 3/8 x 6 3/4” (above 6 3/4 there is a faint 6/8 written), “2 4 1/2 3 3/8,” “4 3/8 x 1 1/2.”verso: there is another rough sketch of the same scene seen on the the front side of the paper. In this image though there is no mountains in the background or the tree in front of the house.

Subject: Christmas card; mountains; tree; house; cabin; rabbit; mouse; wolf; deer; bird; figure; sleeping; chimney

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.722

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Ship

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Artist: Peter von Tiesenhausen (1959 – , Canadian)

Date: 1995

Medium: gesso on wood

Catalogue Number: VtP.02.02

Description: A lozenged shaped piece of burnt wood, uneven surface, painted white. The white colour is irregular. Centered is a drawing of a ship. The ship is not typical. Black lines indicate only the skeletal shape, looking more like an unfinished woven basket with the ribs long and pointing out and up.

Artist: Peter von Tiesenhausen (1959 – , Canadian)

Title: Ship

Date: 1995

Medium: gesso on wood

Dimensions: 23.0 x 99.0 cm

Description: A lozenged shaped piece of burnt wood, uneven surface, painted white. The white colour is irregular. Centered is a drawing of a ship. The ship is not typical. Black lines indicate only the skeletal shape, looking more like an unfinished woven basket with the ribs long and pointing out and up.