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Banff Indian Days Camp

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1930 – 1940

Medium: oil and mixed media on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.040

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Banff Indian Days Camp

Date: 1930 – 1940

Medium: oil and mixed media on canvas

Dimensions: 53.4 x 63.7 cm

Subject: landscape; mountains; camp; teepees; figure; group

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.040

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Banyan Tree, Bali

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.023

Description: Colour: brown, green. Two banyon trees fill the outer edges of the picture and the foreground. Behind n the distance are a few figures and a building to the left. Bits of sky can be seen through the branches of the trees.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Banyan Tree, Bali

Date: 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 35 x 27.5 cm

Description: Colour: brown, green. Two banyon trees fill the outer edges of the picture and the foreground. Behind n the distance are a few figures and a building to the left. Bits of sky can be seen through the branches of the trees.

Subject: landscape; architecture; figure; group; Pacific

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.023

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Chinese Junk

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1929

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.137

Description: Colour: blue, pink, yellow. Central image is a boat with its sail up. The head and shoulders of three figures can be seen in the boat. On the horizon to the right side is another boat. Distant mauve mountains can be seen behind and soft white blue sky above.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Chinese Junk

Date: 1929

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 11 x 9 cm

Description: Colour: blue, pink, yellow. Central image is a boat with its sail up. The head and shoulders of three figures can be seen in the boat. On the horizon to the right side is another boat. Distant mauve mountains can be seen behind and soft white blue sky above.

Subject: seascape; transportation; mountains; figures; group

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.137

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Deception Pass

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1935 – 1945

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.007

Description: Colour: blue. The lower five sixths of the canvas is blue snow with a ski trail going up from the lower right corner up and across left to the center of the crest where three figures are trudging. The sky beyond is streaked with a long horizontal cloud. In the upper left corner in the distance are …

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Deception Pass

Date: 1935 – 1945

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 63.5 x 70.6 cm

Description: Colour: blue. The lower five sixths of the canvas is blue snow with a ski trail going up from the lower right corner up and across left to the center of the crest where three figures are trudging. The sky beyond is streaked with a long horizontal cloud. In the upper left corner in the distance are snowy peaks.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; winter; activity; skiing; figure; group

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.007

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Field Workers, Hawaii

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1933 – 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.575

Description: A painting depicting people working in a brown field. Mountains in the background. One in a set of 7 paintings of Hawaii.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Field Workers, Hawaii

Date: 1933 – 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 12.7 x 17.6 cm

Description: A painting depicting people working in a brown field. Mountains in the background. One in a set of 7 paintings of Hawaii.

Subject: landscape; mountain; Pacific; Hawaii; figure; group

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.575

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Filling in the Bathtubs

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1937 – 1940

Medium: oil on board

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.029

Description: Colour: orange, green and blue on yellow and blue. Yellow slope covered with figures all carrying shovels. There are two paths coming down from the upper ridge at left. Both skiers at the end of the path are buried in snow. Two figures at the lower end of the right path are measuring the width of t…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Filling in the Bathtubs

Date: 1937 – 1940

Medium: oil on board

Dimensions: 100.1 x 74.6 cm

Description: Colour: orange, green and blue on yellow and blue. Yellow slope covered with figures all carrying shovels. There are two paths coming down from the upper ridge at left. Both skiers at the end of the path are buried in snow. Two figures at the lower end of the right path are measuring the width of the path. The sky is clear blue above where seven skiers stand waiting their turn.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; winter; figure; group; activity; skiing; Peter Whyte

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.029

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Hogg Island, Nassau

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1931

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.205

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Hogg Island, Nassau

Date: 1931

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.8 x 35.4 cm

Subject: seascape; figures, bathers; group; architecture; hut; Nassau

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.205

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Indian Days Camp

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1930 – 1940

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.451

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Indian Days Camp

Date: 1930 – 1940

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.5 x 35.3 cm

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; lake; teepee; figure; group

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.451

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

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Indian Days Camp

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1930 – 1940

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.557

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Indian Days Camp

Date: 1930 – 1940

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 40.9 x 50.4 cm

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; camp; figure; group; teepee

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.557

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Indian Pow Wow

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1930 – 1940

Medium: oil on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.591

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Indian Pow Wow

Date: 1930 – 1940

Medium: oil on paper

Dimensions: 30.1 x 22.7 cm

Subject: figure; group

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.591

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Kanai, Sunday Football

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1933 – 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.178

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Kanai, Sunday Football

Date: 1933 – 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.6 x 35.4 cm

Subject: Kanai; activity, football; group

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.178

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Peiping

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.258

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Peiping

Date: 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.2 x 35.1 cm

Subject: urban; group; architecture; Asia

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.258

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Pete's "Grandmother"

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1925 – 1930

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.018

Description: Colour: blue, brown on white. There are many figures in various skiing conditions all over the slope. In the lower right corner with her back to us stands an elderly lady of two board skis wearing a long skirt and a hat. At the crest of the hill on the right is a cabin and a flag. On the left are d…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Pete's "Grandmother"

Date: 1925 – 1930

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 91.4 x 101.5 cm

Description: Colour: blue, brown on white. There are many figures in various skiing conditions all over the slope. In the lower right corner with her back to us stands an elderly lady of two board skis wearing a long skirt and a hat. At the crest of the hill on the right is a cabin and a flag. On the left are distant mountains and clear blue sky across the top.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; winter; activity; skiing; figure; group

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.018

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Plantation Houses, Hawaii

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.046

Description: Colour: white, green, brown. In the foreground are large green round shaped plants which give way to an open space which is in front of a group of white buildings. There is a woman carrying two water pails in the center. Two more figures are at the right and another group further right. At the righ…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Plantation Houses, Hawaii

Date: 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.5 x 35 cm

Description: Colour: white, green, brown. In the foreground are large green round shaped plants which give way to an open space which is in front of a group of white buildings. There is a woman carrying two water pails in the center. Two more figures are at the right and another group further right. At the right edge is a building, a line of laundry, another building back further. Behind these is a dark green forest.

Subject: architecture; rural; figure; group; Pacific; Hawaii

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.046

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Setting Up Camp

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1932 – 1945

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.065

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Setting Up Camp

Date: 1932 – 1945

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 61.2 x 74.0 cm

Subject: landscape; mountain; Canadian Rockies; camp; teepee; figure; group

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.065

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Seven Teepees

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1932 – 1935

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.004

Description: Indigenous encampment containing seven teepees and small groups of people, a dog, background horses and mountains. There is green grass in the foreground, white and beige teepees and grey-blue mountains in the distance.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Seven Teepees

Date: 1932 – 1935

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 56.0 x 152.5 cm

Description: Indigenous encampment containing seven teepees and small groups of people, a dog, background horses and mountains. There is green grass in the foreground, white and beige teepees and grey-blue mountains in the distance.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; lake; figure; group; teepee; Indigenous

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.004

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

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Shanghai

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1929

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.135

Description: Colour: blue, white, orange brown. This is a street scene with buildings on either side. White laundry is strung between and orange signs hang out with East-Asian characters on them. There's a blue sign on the left building. There are people in the lower area. A man in a hat with a blue bundle is i…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Shanghai

Date: 1929

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 11 x 9 cm

Description: Colour: blue, white, orange brown. This is a street scene with buildings on either side. White laundry is strung between and orange signs hang out with East-Asian characters on them. There's a blue sign on the left building. There are people in the lower area. A man in a hat with a blue bundle is in the lower right corner.