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Alpine Club Cabin, Assiniboine

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1937
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.061
Description
Colour: blue. A snow scene. Two trees stand center and left reaching to the top of the picture. Another two trees grow on the right side. Between these is a snow covered log cabin. Trees can be seen vaguely in the distance. The sky behind is warm blue and fills the upper third.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Alpine Club Cabin, Assiniboine
Date
1937
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
27.5 x 35 cm
Description
Colour: blue. A snow scene. Two trees stand center and left reaching to the top of the picture. Another two trees grow on the right side. Between these is a snow covered log cabin. Trees can be seen vaguely in the distance. The sky behind is warm blue and fills the upper third.
Subject
landscape
mountain
Canadian Rockies
winter
architecture
rural
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.061
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Date
1930 – 1950
Medium
oil on canvas on aluminum
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.240
Description
The foreground is predominant in this sketch, with dabs of bright red vegetation in the lower right quarter of the picture. Three groupings of trees, placed along a line in the upper half of the sketch, frame and divide the background into two sections. The left background section contains a peak w…
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Title
Alpine Rock Garden
Date
1930 – 1950
Medium
oil on canvas on aluminum
Dimensions
25.4 x 30.3 cm
Description
The foreground is predominant in this sketch, with dabs of bright red vegetation in the lower right quarter of the picture. Three groupings of trees, placed along a line in the upper half of the sketch, frame and divide the background into two sections. The left background section contains a peak with sunlight illuminating it from the left-hand side. The right background section contains a large white cloud, and a small triangular peak partially hidden by the grasses growing in the foreground.
Subject
landscape
mountain
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.240
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Date
1930 – 1940
Material
wood; metal
Catalogue Number
108.04.1099 a,b
Description
Pair of home made unpainted skis. Very little camber, in fact practically flat. Rounded point. Metal screwed on edges, metal bindings "Ramy-Wike made in France".
Title
Alpine Skis
Date
1930 – 1940
Material
wood; metal
Dimensions
7.0 x 190.0 cm
Description
Pair of home made unpainted skis. Very little camber, in fact practically flat. Rounded point. Metal screwed on edges, metal bindings "Ramy-Wike made in France".
Subject
sports
winter
skiing
Credit
Gift of Eddie Hunter, Banff, 1995
Catalogue Number
108.04.1099 a,b
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Date
1930 – 1950
Material
wood; metal
Catalogue Number
108.04.0033 a,b
Description
Wood skis with screwed on metal edges," Monarch" and under toe is embossed " Northland, USA Laconia N.H." Binding is " Monarch/Automatic".
Title
Alpine Skis
Date
1930 – 1950
Material
wood; metal
Dimensions
7.5 x 200.0 cm
Description
Wood skis with screwed on metal edges," Monarch" and under toe is embossed " Northland, USA Laconia N.H." Binding is " Monarch/Automatic".
Subject
activities
sports
winter
skiing
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
108.04.0033 a,b
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Date
1930 – 1931
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.334
Description
Patch of dark green blc, blue mountains with brush strokes of blue-green suggesting a green area below slopes, cloudy sky in light blue and off white.
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Title
Alpine Valley
Date
1930 – 1931
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
12.7 x 17.7 cm
Description
Patch of dark green blc, blue mountains with brush strokes of blue-green suggesting a green area below slopes, cloudy sky in light blue and off white.
Subject
landscape
mountain
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.334
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Artist
Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)
Date
1994
Medium
watercolour sumi-e on rice paper
Catalogue Number
SiR.05.59
Description
A thin green stem extends upwards from the bottom centre. Three red sketchy blooms extend from the bloom at the top. At the bottom there are three red stamps.
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Artist
Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)
Title
Amaryllis #6
Date
1994
Medium
watercolour sumi-e on rice paper
Dimensions
30.5 x 22.8 cm
Description
A thin green stem extends upwards from the bottom centre. Three red sketchy blooms extend from the bloom at the top. At the bottom there are three red stamps.
Subject
landscape
mountains
Credit
Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2010
Catalogue Number
SiR.05.59
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Artist
Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)
Date
1994
Medium
watercolour on rice paper
Catalogue Number
SiR.05.69
Description
A thin green stem extends upwards from the bottom centre. Three red sketchy blooms extend from the bloom at the top. At the bottom there are three red stamps.
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Artist
Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)
Title
Amaryllis #9
Date
1994
Medium
watercolour on rice paper
Dimensions
30.4 x 22.7 cm
Description
A thin green stem extends upwards from the bottom centre. Three red sketchy blooms extend from the bloom at the top. At the bottom there are three red stamps.
Subject
landscape
Credit
Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2010
Catalogue Number
SiR.05.69
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Artist
Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)
Date
1935
Medium
etching on paper
Catalogue Number
RuC.04.16
Description
Colour: black on white. Three sheep fill the center foreground, one faces right, one faces right but looks out and a third on the left side faces out. Behind on the lower side of the rock pile are three more sheep. Beyond in the upper right are mountain slopes and mountain peaks and sky.
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Artist
Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)
Title
Among the Crags
Date
1935
Medium
etching on paper
Dimensions
19.6 x 27.4 cm
Description
Colour: black on white. Three sheep fill the center foreground, one faces right, one faces right but looks out and a third on the left side faces out. Behind on the lower side of the rock pile are three more sheep. Beyond in the upper right are mountain slopes and mountain peaks and sky.
Subject
landscape, mountain
landscape, with animals
animal, sheep, Big Horn
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
RuC.04.16
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Date
1875 – 1930
Material
metal; wood; fibre
Catalogue Number
104.05.0057 a,b
Description
A very thin knife with ebony handle like rifle butt and wooden scabbard wrapped with bands of black cord. (a) dirk, short, narrow, pointed steel blade with reverse curve to sharp shoulder on under side of hilt. Small carved ebony handle shaped like a rifle butt, with carved band of scallops and d…
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Title
And Scabbard Dirk
Date
1875 – 1930
Material
metal; wood; fibre
Dimensions
2.1 x 1.0 x 15.0 cm
Description
A very thin knife with ebony handle like rifle butt and wooden scabbard wrapped with bands of black cord. (a) dirk, short, narrow, pointed steel blade with reverse curve to sharp shoulder on under side of hilt. Small carved ebony handle shaped like a rifle butt, with carved band of scallops and diamond shapes around middle. Two decorative notches carved across butt of handle. Note: handle checked along length. (b) scabbard, small, simple and straight, carved of two pieces of wood with triangular opening at mouth. Top carved to curve downward on one side to accommodate shoulder of blade. Girded with four double bands of finely braided cord, evenly spaced along length, and a fifth triple band at top beneath shoulder. Note: top fibre hands loose and slide up and down.
Subject
warfare
fighting
Japanese
Edward S. Morse
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.05.0057 a,b
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Andalsnas Valley, Norway

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1938
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.260
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Andalsnas Valley, Norway
Date
1938
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
34.8 x 27.1 cm
Subject
landscape ;mountains
architecture
building
rural
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.260
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1938
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.008
Description
A lake is in foreground, some green foliage in immediate foreground. Houses jut out into the lake at left centre. A green mountain rises abruptly at centre left to top left with blue and white mountains to the right. A cloudy sky is top third .
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Andalsnes, Norway
Date
1938
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
27.5 x 35.0 cm
Description
A lake is in foreground, some green foliage in immediate foreground. Houses jut out into the lake at left centre. A green mountain rises abruptly at centre left to top left with blue and white mountains to the right. A cloudy sky is top third .
Subject
landscape
Norway
mountains
lake
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.008
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1938
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.263
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Andalsnes, Norway
Date
1938
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
27.2 x 34.8 cm
Subject
landscape
Norway
mountain
Peter Whyte
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.263
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1938
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.016
Description
Colour: grey, blue, brown. In the lower area to the left side is a brown slope. In the middle area there are three buildings; one left of center, two right of center. To the right side is a grey snow slope. Behind the houses across the picture is an abrupt rock face. Snow and rock slopes rise up to…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Andalsnes, Norway
Date
1938
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
35 x 27.5 cm
Description
Colour: grey, blue, brown. In the lower area to the left side is a brown slope. In the middle area there are three buildings; one left of center, two right of center. To the right side is a grey snow slope. Behind the houses across the picture is an abrupt rock face. Snow and rock slopes rise up to the left and right of it. Sky is in the upper right area.
Subject
landscape
mountain
winter
architecture
rural
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.016
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Date
1930 – 1932
Material
metal
Catalogue Number
102.07.0017 a,b
Description
A pair of andirons made of railroad rail (original CPR rail), cut to length, and a cutout made from under the leading part of the rail so that they have bent up at the front to keep the logs in.
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Title
Andiron
Date
1930 – 1932
Material
metal
Dimensions
17.0 x 10.0 x 55.0 cm
Description
A pair of andirons made of railroad rail (original CPR rail), cut to length, and a cutout made from under the leading part of the rail so that they have bent up at the front to keep the logs in.
Subject
households
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
102.07.0017 a,b
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Artist
Peter von Tiesenhausen (1959 – , Canadian)
Date
1993 – 1994
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
VtP.02.01
Description
An ice floe fans out from top right, across centre, to left foreground. The mountain is in various colours with yellow dominant. Cloudy sky tlc and top.
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Artist
Peter von Tiesenhausen (1959 – , Canadian)
Title
Andromeda
Date
1993 – 1994
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
142.2 x 218.4 cm
Description
An ice floe fans out from top right, across centre, to left foreground. The mountain is in various colours with yellow dominant. Cloudy sky tlc and top.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
glacier
Credit
Purchased from Peter von Tiesenhausen, Demmitt, 1994
Catalogue Number
VtP.02.01
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Artist
David More (1947 – , Canadian)
Date
1993
Medium
oil on board
Catalogue Number
MoI.02.01
Description
A large mountain rises up at left, a glacier spills down its face into the centre of the painting. Thin conifer trees are in the foreground. The sky is dark blue.
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Artist
David More (1947 – , Canadian)
Title
Andromeda
Date
1993
Medium
oil on board
Dimensions
30.5 x 40.5 cm
Description
A large mountain rises up at left, a glacier spills down its face into the centre of the painting. Thin conifer trees are in the foreground. The sky is dark blue.
Subject
mountains
glaciers
Mount Andromeda, Banff
Credit
Gift of David More, Benalto, 2021
Catalogue Number
MoI.02.01
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Date
1890 – 1900
Material
metal; glass
Catalogue Number
104.30.0007
Description
Barometer in brass casing with brass suspension loop at top. "AJL & Co." over "B" (representing Boston) within oval on casing back. Dial shows pressure range of 26 to 31 inches. Indicators such as "stormy rain change fair very dry". Also "Made in England for Andrew J. LLoyd & Co. Boston". "Aneroid…
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Title
Aneroid Barometer
Date
1890 – 1900
Material
metal; glass
Dimensions
5.7 x 14.1 cm
Description
Barometer in brass casing with brass suspension loop at top. "AJL & Co." over "B" (representing Boston) within oval on casing back. Dial shows pressure range of 26 to 31 inches. Indicators such as "stormy rain change fair very dry". Also "Made in England for Andrew J. LLoyd & Co. Boston". "Aneroid barometer". Blue needle fluctuates with pressure and brass needle is manual needle which can be moved daily and compared with following day's reading. Manual needle movable on face. Screw adjustment on back of barometer adjusts blue needle to local conditions.
Subject
households
Russell Robb
hobbies
weather
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.30.0007
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Date
1870 – 1910
Material
glass; metal
Catalogue Number
104.30.0008
Description
Wall type aneroid barometer in a brass casing with three brackets for screw mounting, its range is 710 to 790 millimeters. It’s manufactured for the Phillipine Islands and all the surface information is in Spanish. The longer of the two brass needles under the glass is the pressure indicatior and …
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Title
Aneroid Barometer
Date
1870 – 1910
Material
glass; metal
Dimensions
5.8 x 19.1 cm
Description
Wall type aneroid barometer in a brass casing with three brackets for screw mounting, its range is 710 to 790 millimeters. It’s manufactured for the Phillipine Islands and all the surface information is in Spanish. The longer of the two brass needles under the glass is the pressure indicatior and the shorter of the needles is the setting which can be varied manually for purposes of comparison.
Subject
households
industry
weather
Russell Robb
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.30.0008
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Date
1890 – 1920
Material
metal
Catalogue Number
107.01.0014
Description
A painted casting (brass?) of a pug dog with its hind end in the air and shoulders and forelegs on the ground. The dog is grey with a black muzzle and ears, has a curly tail, and is wearing a narrow brown collar.
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Title
Animal Figurine
Date
1890 – 1920
Material
metal
Dimensions
11.0 (approx.) cm
Description
A painted casting (brass?) of a pug dog with its hind end in the air and shoulders and forelegs on the ground. The dog is grey with a black muzzle and ears, has a curly tail, and is wearing a narrow brown collar.
Subject
households
collectables
animals, dogs
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
107.01.0014
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Date
1930 – 1960
Material
ceramic
Catalogue Number
107.01.0018 a,b
Description
Two white ceramic figurines of spotted dogs on thick dark bases with a thin line around the bottom of each base. a) A dog lying down, with its tail curled around its body, and head lifted. The dog has a narrow collar and a dark muzzle.b) A dog sitting with its head turned to side. The dog has a d…
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Title
Animal Figurine
Date
1930 – 1960
Material
ceramic
Dimensions
8.3 (a); 13.0 (b) x 12.0 (a); 8.3 (b) cm
Description
Two white ceramic figurines of spotted dogs on thick dark bases with a thin line around the bottom of each base. a) A dog lying down, with its tail curled around its body, and head lifted. The dog has a narrow collar and a dark muzzle.b) A dog sitting with its head turned to side. The dog has a dark muzzle, a narrow collar with a pendant, and a chain looped around its shoulders.
Subject
households
collectables
animals, dogs
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
107.01.0018 a,b
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