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- Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian) 17
- Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian) 7
- R. L. Hunter 4
- Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian) 3
- Clarence Ingwall Tillenius (1913 – 2012, Canadian) 3
- John Davenall Turner (1900 – 1980, Canadian) 3
- Tom Lonsdale (1886 – 1975, Canadian) 3
- Unknown 3
- Rick Nicholas de Grandmaison (1932 – 1985, Canadian) 2
- Cyril Harris ( – 1966, Canadian) 1
- Edward Goodall (1909 – 1982, Canadian) 1
- J. Monroe Thorington (1894 – 1989, American) 1
Fred Brewster 1957
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactgoe.03.02
- Date
- 1957
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- GoE.03.02
- Description
- General colour: pencil on white. Head and upper torso of a man sitting in a chair. His left profile. He wears a beret on the back of his head. His shirt is plaid - sleves rolled up. He has a short mustache.
- Title
- Fred Brewster 1957
- Date
- 1957
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 24.4 x 19.3 cm
- Description
- General colour: pencil on white. Head and upper torso of a man sitting in a chair. His left profile. He wears a beret on the back of his head. His shirt is plaid - sleves rolled up. He has a short mustache.
- Credit
- Gift of Fred Brewster, Banff, 1970
- Catalogue Number
- GoE.03.02
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House in Canmore
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactnim.05.01
- Date
- 1952
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- NiM.05.01
- Description
- A cottage dominates, almost filling the picture, a picket fence runs from edge to edge in front of the house, evergreen trees at back sides, a mountain side in background
- Title
- House in Canmore
- Date
- 1952
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 30.0 x 31.7 cm
- Description
- A cottage dominates, almost filling the picture, a picket fence runs from edge to edge in front of the house, evergreen trees at back sides, a mountain side in background
- Subject
- architecture, urban
- Credit
- Purchased from Masters Gallery ltd., Calgary, 1978
- Catalogue Number
- NiM.05.01
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Hunter's Worries
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifacthlr.03.04
- Artist
- R. L. Hunter
- Date
- prior to 1979
- Medium
- felt pen; coloured graphite; graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- HlR.03.04
- Description
- An man kneeling on a grassy knoll, with a brown and white pinto horse standing near, is looking down at a moose drinking in a river, the river runs in lower left corner, green grass and trees across foreground, grey cliffs along river and in background, big white clouds in blue sky
- Artist
- R. L. Hunter
- Title
- Hunter's Worries
- Date
- prior to 1979
- Medium
- felt pen; coloured graphite; graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 45.0 x 60.3 cm
- Description
- An man kneeling on a grassy knoll, with a brown and white pinto horse standing near, is looking down at a moose drinking in a river, the river runs in lower left corner, green grass and trees across foreground, grey cliffs along river and in background, big white clouds in blue sky
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- HlR.03.04
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- Date
- 1950 – 1960
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.551
- Description
- Three decorated tepees stand in a row, blue mountains in the background, green grass in foreground. People in various colours of dress are sitting around the teepees.
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- Title
- Indian Days
- Date
- 1950 – 1960
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 30.3 x 40.1 cm
- Description
- Three decorated tepees stand in a row, blue mountains in the background, green grass in foreground. People in various colours of dress are sitting around the teepees.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.551
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Indian Life 1952
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifacthlr.03.01
- Artist
- R. L. Hunter
- Date
- 1952
- Medium
- felt maker; ink; graphite crayon on paper
- Catalogue Number
- HlR.03.01
- Description
- Four figures sitting in the centre left foreground, group of people centre of drawing around a green clump of bush and multi-coloured banners flying on the air centre. Tents and teepees set around the central banner area.
1 image
- Artist
- R. L. Hunter
- Title
- Indian Life 1952
- Date
- 1952
- Medium
- felt maker; ink; graphite crayon on paper
- Dimensions
- 45.0 x 56.0 cm
- Description
- Four figures sitting in the centre left foreground, group of people centre of drawing around a green clump of bush and multi-coloured banners flying on the air centre. Tents and teepees set around the central banner area.
- Subject
- figure
- group
- ceremonial
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- HlR.03.01
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1870 – 1875
- Medium
- charcoal; graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.03.01
- Description
- A head and shoulders portrait of John Brewster.
1 image
- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- John Brewster
- Date
- 1870 – 1875
- Medium
- charcoal; graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 47.0 x 39.0 cm
- Description
- A head and shoulders portrait of John Brewster.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.03.01
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Kananaskis Lakes
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyc.01.404
- Date
- 1950 – 1955
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.404
- Description
- A blue lake is centre foreground surrounded by mountains. Evergreen trees in both right and left foreground. Cloudy sky.
1 image
- Title
- Kananaskis Lakes
- Date
- 1950 – 1955
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 12.7 x 17.7 cm
- Description
- A blue lake is centre foreground surrounded by mountains. Evergreen trees in both right and left foreground. Cloudy sky.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- mountain
- lake
- forest
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.404
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Kootenay Mts. near Marble Canyon
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifacttic.05.02
- Date
- 1956
- Medium
- watercolor on paper
- Catalogue Number
- TiC.05.02
- Description
- In the center of this image there is a low area of land green in colour with a bit of a rise on both sides. Dark green trees follow the land on both sides and create a line meeting in the center. Behind the trees and above them in the distance are purple, blue mountains with snow peaked tops. The …
- Title
- Kootenay Mts. near Marble Canyon
- Date
- 1956
- Medium
- watercolor on paper
- Dimensions
- 23.0 x 30.6 cm
- Description
- In the center of this image there is a low area of land green in colour with a bit of a rise on both sides. Dark green trees follow the land on both sides and create a line meeting in the center. Behind the trees and above them in the distance are purple, blue mountains with snow peaked tops. The sky above everything is partly grey and dark and other parts are a light yellow and orange colour.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- Credit
- Gift of Clarence Ingwall Tillenius, Winnipeg, 1996
- Catalogue Number
- TiC.05.02
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- Date
- 2000
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- GiK.01.01
- Description
- The scene is dominated by the rock faces, and mountains, notably the Yukness Ledges. Very little sky is visible, mostly white and blue clouds. Mauve, pink and brown mountains with a few vestiges of snow; pink and brown rock faces with dark and light green trees leading down to the shore. Seven Sist…
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- Title
- Lake O’Hara
- Date
- 2000
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 76.5 x 101.5 cm
- Description
- The scene is dominated by the rock faces, and mountains, notably the Yukness Ledges. Very little sky is visible, mostly white and blue clouds. Mauve, pink and brown mountains with a few vestiges of snow; pink and brown rock faces with dark and light green trees leading down to the shore. Seven Sisters Falls is visible mid-to viewer’s right. The bottom portion is turquoise blue water bisected by a line of brown/orange/pink rocks with seven shadowy trees and tree trunks, viewer’s right.Au verso printed in black marker, viewer’s left, Lake O’Hara 30x40; viewer’s right Lake O’Hara
- Subject
- landscape
- mountains
- water, Lake O’Hara
- Credit
- Gift of Barbara and Andrew Hyslop Zinter, 2012
- Catalogue Number
- GiK.01.01
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- Date
- 1950 – 1957
- Medium
- oil on masonite
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.565
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- Title
- Making Camp
- Date
- 1950 – 1957
- Medium
- oil on masonite
- Dimensions
- 28.5 x 69.0 cm
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.565
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- Date
- 1954
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- LaC.05.10
- Description
- General colour: blue, grey. Rocks go along the bottom edge and out from the left in big boulders. These mark the edge of a pool of water. A piece of land with boulders comes out from the right one third up. Behind are blue mountains partly hidden by enveloping clouds.
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- Title
- Molar Pass
- Date
- 1954
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 26.5 x 38.0 cm
- Description
- General colour: blue, grey. Rocks go along the bottom edge and out from the left in big boulders. These mark the edge of a pool of water. A piece of land with boulders comes out from the right one third up. Behind are blue mountains partly hidden by enveloping clouds.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- Credit
- Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
- Catalogue Number
- LaC.05.10
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- Date
- 1959
- Medium
- oil on board
- Catalogue Number
- LoT.02.03
- Description
- A brown log house with blue shutters and roof is centered in the picture. Large spruce trees around it. Snow covered ground in the foreground, a wood and wire fence in immediate foreground. Lightly cloudy sky. Possibly Moore Home.
- Title
- Moore Home
- Date
- 1959
- Medium
- oil on board
- Dimensions
- 29.5 x 40.0 cm
- Description
- A brown log house with blue shutters and roof is centered in the picture. Large spruce trees around it. Snow covered ground in the foreground, a wood and wire fence in immediate foreground. Lightly cloudy sky. Possibly Moore Home.
- Subject
- architecture
- rural
- log house
- Moore Home
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- LoT.02.03
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Moose at water's edge
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifacthlr.03.03
- Artist
- R. L. Hunter
- Date
- prior to 1979
- Medium
- felt pen; graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- HlR.03.03
- Description
- The foreground is a green grass and tree rimmed lake, a moose enters the lake near centre edge, grey mountains in background, light blue sky, large white cloud covers most of sky, edge of another cloud at right border
1 image
- Artist
- R. L. Hunter
- Title
- Moose at water's edge
- Date
- prior to 1979
- Medium
- felt pen; graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 27.8 x 42.5 cm
- Description
- The foreground is a green grass and tree rimmed lake, a moose enters the lake near centre edge, grey mountains in background, light blue sky, large white cloud covers most of sky, edge of another cloud at right border
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- HlR.03.03
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Moose Kneeling
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifacttic.03.06
- Date
- 1958 – 1968
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- TiC.03.06
- Description
- From a side view we can see this moose kneeling down on the ground eating grass. Behind this moose in the foreground, two other moose are walking and eating in the background. Around the feet on the closest moose there is some grass drawn at the ground level.
- Title
- Moose Kneeling
- Date
- 1958 – 1968
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 28.0 x 28.0 cm
- Description
- From a side view we can see this moose kneeling down on the ground eating grass. Behind this moose in the foreground, two other moose are walking and eating in the background. Around the feet on the closest moose there is some grass drawn at the ground level.
- Credit
- Gift of Clarence Ingwall Tillenius, Winnipeg, 1996
- Catalogue Number
- TiC.03.06
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Mount Assiniboine
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactlot.12.04
- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Medium
- acrylic on canvas board
- Catalogue Number
- LoT.12.04
- Description
- An autumn scene at Mount Assiniboine; the foreground is brightly coloured with reds, oranges, yellows; a brown mountain slopes to left; Mount Assiniboine is left centre with snow and clouds; the clouds are turbulent.
- Title
- Mount Assiniboine
- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Medium
- acrylic on canvas board
- Dimensions
- 41.6 x 50.8 cm
- Description
- An autumn scene at Mount Assiniboine; the foreground is brightly coloured with reds, oranges, yellows; a brown mountain slopes to left; Mount Assiniboine is left centre with snow and clouds; the clouds are turbulent.
- Subject
- landscape
- mountains
- Mount Assiniboine
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- LoT.12.04
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Mount Balfour from Bow Pass
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactlac.05.08
- Date
- 1954
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- LaC.05.08
- Description
- General colour: grey, blue. The foreground rocks and boulders go into the picture to the right. A hill comes down on the left. In the background, filling most of the right side are rock pinnacles running off the top of the picture. In the upper left is blue sky.
- Title
- Mount Balfour from Bow Pass
- Date
- 1954
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 22.8 x 31.2 cm
- Description
- General colour: grey, blue. The foreground rocks and boulders go into the picture to the right. A hill comes down on the left. In the background, filling most of the right side are rock pinnacles running off the top of the picture. In the upper left is blue sky.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- Credit
- Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
- Catalogue Number
- LaC.05.08
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Oak Bay From Boathouse, Victoria, B.C
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactlac.05.18
- Date
- 1957 – 1959
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- LaC.05.18
- Description
- General colour: blue, grey. A walkway with a fence runs in a crescent shape from lower center left to a third the way up the right side. A tree fills the left side and several more trees and a large white building fill the middle. Tide is out and figures walk the beach left and on the board walk al…
- Title
- Oak Bay From Boathouse, Victoria, B.C
- Date
- 1957 – 1959
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 24.0 x 31.0 cm
- Description
- General colour: blue, grey. A walkway with a fence runs in a crescent shape from lower center left to a third the way up the right side. A tree fills the left side and several more trees and a large white building fill the middle. Tide is out and figures walk the beach left and on the board walk also. Sky has clouds.
- Subject
- seascape, Pacific
- architecture, urban
- Credit
- Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
- Catalogue Number
- LaC.05.18
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Old Wreck near Sidney, B.C.
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactlac.05.21
- Date
- 1958 – 1959
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- LaC.05.21
- Description
- General colour: grey, blue. The beach runs along the bottom and up the left side a third. The wrecked timbers of a boat lie on the beach left of center. Posts go out into the water from the right side. The sky is filled with clouds. The sea is calm.
- Title
- Old Wreck near Sidney, B.C.
- Date
- 1958 – 1959
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 22.8 x 27.9 cm
- Description
- General colour: grey, blue. The beach runs along the bottom and up the left side a third. The wrecked timbers of a boat lie on the beach left of center. Posts go out into the water from the right side. The sky is filled with clouds. The sea is calm.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- Credit
- Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
- Catalogue Number
- LaC.05.21
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- Date
- 1950 – 1960
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.484
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- Title
- Peyto Lake
- Date
- 1950 – 1960
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 27.3 x 35.0 cm
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- mountain
- lake
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.484
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Prairie Highway
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifacttow.03.01
- Date
- 1951 – 1972
- Medium
- oil pastel on paper (sketchbook)
- Catalogue Number
- ToW.03.01
- Description
- Blacktop highway covers bottom of picture going to center right, a yellow line runs in middle; yellow beside road, brown hills on either side, red on horizon, blue over the red, very sketchy.
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- Title
- Prairie Highway
- Date
- 1951 – 1972
- Medium
- oil pastel on paper (sketchbook)
- Dimensions
- 22.8 x 30.5 cm
- Description
- Blacktop highway covers bottom of picture going to center right, a yellow line runs in middle; yellow beside road, brown hills on either side, red on horizon, blue over the red, very sketchy.
- Subject
- landscape, prairie
- Credit
- Purchased from Virginia Christopher Galleries, Calgary, 1984
- Catalogue Number
- ToW.03.01
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