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- James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian) 17
- Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian) 12
- James McLaren Nicoll (1892 – 1986, Canadian) 12
- Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian) 5
- Joseph Francis Plaskett (1918 – 2014, Canadian) 2
- Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian) 2
- C. Zollern 1
- Dorothy V. Whyte 1
- J. Monroe Thorington (1894 – 1989, American) 1
- Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian) 1
- Robert M. Dingwall 1
- Yoshu Chikanobu (1838 – 1912, Japanese) 1
Barrier Mountain
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactnij.03.12
- Date
- prior to 1986
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- NiJ.03.12
- Description
- A pencil drawing of Barrier mountain, no clouds or foreground. The back edge has a complete border of masking tape.
- Title
- Barrier Mountain
- Date
- prior to 1986
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 22.7 x 30.1 cm
- Description
- A pencil drawing of Barrier mountain, no clouds or foreground. The back edge has a complete border of masking tape.
- Credit
- Gift of James McLaren Nicoll, 1978
- Catalogue Number
- NiJ.03.12
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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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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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Bow Lake and Crowfoot Glacier
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactmij.05.06
- Date
- 1964
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- MiJ.05.06
- Description
- The general colours are green, blue, grey, brown, mauve, purple and white. The painting is divided in half for dominance. The bottom-half is the icy blue/green and white of the frozen lake; on the viewer’s far right there are two small evergreens in the snow. The top-half comprises the mountains an…
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- Title
- Bow Lake and Crowfoot Glacier
- Date
- 1964
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 37.2 x 56.0 cm
- Description
- The general colours are green, blue, grey, brown, mauve, purple and white. The painting is divided in half for dominance. The bottom-half is the icy blue/green and white of the frozen lake; on the viewer’s far right there are two small evergreens in the snow. The top-half comprises the mountains and glacier; viewer’s right the scree slope and upward sweep of a mountain, moving to the left is the next mountain with its white and blue glacier top and blue sweep down the middle of the mountain. Lower mid-centre is the glacier snow field and to the left is a brown and white mountain. The gloomy sky is grey and white swirling clouds with hints of yellow through the grey and blue sky beyond.
- Credit
- Gift of Mary Garnham Andrews, Banff, 2009
- Catalogue Number
- MiJ.05.06
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C Level Lake, Bankhead, Cascade Mountain
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwhd.02.01
- Artist
- Dorothy V. Whyte
- Date
- 1967
- Medium
- oil on canvas board
- Catalogue Number
- WhD.02.01
- Description
- Colour: green, blue, purple. Purple bushes run along tthe lower edge. In he center banked on either side by green bushes is blue green water. The upper third is the far shore of trees and mountains in the distance. There is grey sky along the top.
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- Artist
- Dorothy V. Whyte
- Title
- C Level Lake, Bankhead, Cascade Mountain
- Date
- 1967
- Medium
- oil on canvas board
- Dimensions
- 12.7 x 17.7 cm
- Description
- Colour: green, blue, purple. Purple bushes run along tthe lower edge. In he center banked on either side by green bushes is blue green water. The upper third is the far shore of trees and mountains in the distance. There is grey sky along the top.
- Subject
- landscape, lake
- mountain
- Canadian Rockies
- Credit
- Gift of Dorothy V. Whyte, West Vancouver, 1970
- Catalogue Number
- WhD.02.01
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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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Castle Mountain Siding
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactzoc.13.01
- Artist
- C. Zollern
- Date
- 1895
- Medium
- watercolour; photograph on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ZoC.13.01
- Description
- Colour: green, yellow. Three frames inside one. Top picture is a painting of a group of wooden buildings left of center with a flag pole (flag is flying) and antlers on the roof. In front are railway tracks with a team of four workers going along on a cart. Behind is a river with a man fishing in i…
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- Artist
- C. Zollern
- Title
- Castle Mountain Siding
- Date
- 1895
- Medium
- watercolour; photograph on paper
- Dimensions
- 34.8 x 47.5 cm
- Description
- Colour: green, yellow. Three frames inside one. Top picture is a painting of a group of wooden buildings left of center with a flag pole (flag is flying) and antlers on the roof. In front are railway tracks with a team of four workers going along on a cart. Behind is a river with a man fishing in it on the right. On both sides of the river are trees and in the distance are mountains. Sky fills the top. The lower two pictures are photographs. The left is of the first Banff Springs Hotel and Rundle Mountain. The right is looking down the main street of Banff in 1895.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1974
- Catalogue Number
- ZoC.13.01
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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
- 1969
- Medium
- graphite; crayon on curfew paper
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.03.08
- Description
- A road runs through the centre of the piece. Above the road is a cloud coloured in crayon in shades of purple and pink.
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- Title
- Clouded Road
- Date
- 1969
- Medium
- graphite; crayon on curfew paper
- Dimensions
- 26.1 x 31.5 cm
- Description
- A road runs through the centre of the piece. Above the road is a cloud coloured in crayon in shades of purple and pink.
- Credit
- Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2010
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.03.08
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- Date
- 2021
- Medium
- on arches paper
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.15.58
- Description
- “• 21 •” engraved at centre bottom under cut out shape of a snowy peak. “sinclairs” with two orange dots written inside. “cornice” written at back.
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- Title
- cornice
- Date
- 2021
- Medium
- on arches paper
- Dimensions
- 9.5 x 16.5 cm
- Description
- “• 21 •” engraved at centre bottom under cut out shape of a snowy peak. “sinclairs” with two orange dots written inside. “cornice” written at back.
- Credit
- Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2014
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.15.58
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Evening Mt. Fuji During the Upward Wind
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactchy.04.08%20a-c
- Date
- 1895
- Medium
- woodblock on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ChY.04.08 a-c
- Description
- This triptych features four women spread across three panels with Mt. Fuji softly in the background. A stretch of bushes separated the women from the background and is mostly grey. The lone Mt. Fuji is the only background with paper tone behind it. In the first panel Mt. Fuji starts and two wome…
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- Title
- Evening Mt. Fuji During the Upward Wind
- Date
- 1895
- Medium
- woodblock on paper
- Dimensions
- 37 x 72 cm
- Description
- This triptych features four women spread across three panels with Mt. Fuji softly in the background. A stretch of bushes separated the women from the background and is mostly grey. The lone Mt. Fuji is the only background with paper tone behind it. In the first panel Mt. Fuji starts and two women stand with their bodies facing eachother. The smaller woman is pointing at Mt. Fuji. In the second panel a woman stands in the rc, her body facing right and her head turned back to the left. She has her back to the mountain which is mostly featured in the second panel. In the third panel a woman sits on a bench facing left with her hand by her chest. A lamp is to the left of her bench. The ground the woman are on is mostly paper tone with a light wash.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- ChY.04.08 a-c
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- Date
- 2020
- Medium
- on arches paper
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.15.57
- Description
- “.20 . ” engraved into bottom centre below cut out. “Sinclairs” written on inside with two dots of orange paint. “. FLASH FLOOD .” written at back bottom centre.
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- Title
- Flash Flood
- Date
- 2020
- Medium
- on arches paper
- Dimensions
- 9.5 x 15.3 cm
- Description
- “.20 . ” engraved into bottom centre below cut out. “Sinclairs” written on inside with two dots of orange paint. “. FLASH FLOOD .” written at back bottom centre.
- Credit
- Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2014
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.15.57
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Foot of Three Sisters
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactplj.03.01
- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- pastel on paper
- Catalogue Number
- PlJ.03.01
- Description
- General colour: black, blue, brown on grey paper. Mountains go into the distance from right to left diagonally upper to lower area. Sky is dark blue with flames of yellow on grey.
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- Title
- Foot of Three Sisters
- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- pastel on paper
- Dimensions
- 49.7 x 65.9 cm
- Description
- General colour: black, blue, brown on grey paper. Mountains go into the distance from right to left diagonally upper to lower area. Sky is dark blue with flames of yellow on grey.
- Credit
- Purchased from Joseph Francis Plaskett, 1972
- Catalogue Number
- PlJ.03.01
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- Date
- 1968 – 1969
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.177
- Description
- Lake McArthur lies below a large navy grey mass of mountain face, which comprises 2/3 of the sketch. Various cloud formations are draped across the mountain side obscuring any actual details of the mountain. Reddish brown rocks stretch across the immediate ridges of the sketch overlooking the lake …
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- Title
- Lake McArthur
- Date
- 1968 – 1969
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 22.8 x 28.0 cm
- Description
- Lake McArthur lies below a large navy grey mass of mountain face, which comprises 2/3 of the sketch. Various cloud formations are draped across the mountain side obscuring any actual details of the mountain. Reddish brown rocks stretch across the immediate ridges of the sketch overlooking the lake below.
- Subject
- landscape
- mountain
- Canadian Rockies
- lake
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.177
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Lake O'Hara, Opabin
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyc.01.220
- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.220
- Description
- The dark evergreens create a high wall of solid green colour behind the deep blue water of Lake O'Hara. The rough terrain of the mountain peaks Hungabee and Biddle stretch across the canvas above the treeline. A grey sky forecasts the arrival of an impending storm.
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- Title
- Lake O'Hara, Opabin
- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 25.4 x 30.3 cm
- Description
- The dark evergreens create a high wall of solid green colour behind the deep blue water of Lake O'Hara. The rough terrain of the mountain peaks Hungabee and Biddle stretch across the canvas above the treeline. A grey sky forecasts the arrival of an impending storm.
- Subject
- landscape
- mountain
- Canadian Rockies
- lake
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.220
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- Date
- 1967 – 1970
- Medium
- oil on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.356
- Description
- Rough lake sketch, foreground is suggested with dry brush stokes of brown, lake solid turquoise colour, pine tree on the left side (edge of lake), grey mountain centre background, which is filled in behind with dry brush strokes of dark grey.
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- Title
- Moraine Lake
- Date
- 1967 – 1970
- Medium
- oil on paper
- Dimensions
- 22.8 x 30.3 cm
- Description
- Rough lake sketch, foreground is suggested with dry brush stokes of brown, lake solid turquoise colour, pine tree on the left side (edge of lake), grey mountain centre background, which is filled in behind with dry brush strokes of dark grey.
- Subject
- landscape
- mountain
- Canadian Rockies
- lake
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.356
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Mount Athabasca
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyc.01.355
- Date
- 1967 – 1970
- Medium
- oil on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.355
- Description
- Very rough sketch of mountain scene, the blue paint has been used to create the outline of the mountains, rather than the mountains being a solid filled in mass.
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- Title
- Mount Athabasca
- Date
- 1967 – 1970
- Medium
- oil on paper
- Dimensions
- 22.8 x 30.3 cm
- Description
- Very rough sketch of mountain scene, the blue paint has been used to create the outline of the mountains, rather than the mountains being a solid filled in mass.
- Subject
- landscape
- mountain
- Canadian Rockies
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.355
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Mount Eisenhower
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyc.01.218
- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- oil on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.218
- Description
- The rugged terrain of Mt. Eisenhower rises from the dark black-green illusive treeline. A grey-blue wash surrounds the rocky peaks.
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- Title
- Mount Eisenhower
- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- oil on paper
- Dimensions
- 22.8 x 30.3 cm
- Description
- The rugged terrain of Mt. Eisenhower rises from the dark black-green illusive treeline. A grey-blue wash surrounds the rocky peaks.
- Subject
- landscape
- mountain
- Canadian Rockies
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.218
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Mount Eisenhower
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyc.01.219
- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- oil on canvas on aluminum
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.219
- Description
- This is a very close sketch of Mt. Eisenhower. The cliffs of the mountains are gold in colour. The varying row of blue and green vertical strip of paint signify a treeline at the base of the mountain. Patches of periodic blue paint indicate a blue sky.
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- Title
- Mount Eisenhower
- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- oil on canvas on aluminum
- Dimensions
- 25.4 x 30.3 cm
- Description
- This is a very close sketch of Mt. Eisenhower. The cliffs of the mountains are gold in colour. The varying row of blue and green vertical strip of paint signify a treeline at the base of the mountain. Patches of periodic blue paint indicate a blue sky.
- Subject
- landscape
- mountain
- Canadian Rockies
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.219
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Mount Rundle from Canmore
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactplj.03.02
- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- pastel on paper
- Catalogue Number
- PlJ.03.02
- Description
- General colour: brown, black on grey, minimum of colour in sky. Lower half - mountains. Upper half - clouds and sky. Yellow, white, peach, sand colours on grey.
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- Title
- Mount Rundle from Canmore
- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- pastel on paper
- Dimensions
- 49.7 x 65.9 cm
- Description
- General colour: brown, black on grey, minimum of colour in sky. Lower half - mountains. Upper half - clouds and sky. Yellow, white, peach, sand colours on grey.
- Credit
- Purchased from Joseph Francis Plaskett, 1972
- Catalogue Number
- PlJ.03.02
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