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Lake O'Hara, Early Snow

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1936

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.074

Description: Colour: green, white, grey. The lower third is a winter lake. A few shrubs and two snow laden trees grow at the bottom edge and right side respectively. The trees on the far shore which are reflected in the lake, go across the middle of the picture. Behind is a mountain with snow sides peaking just…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Lake O'Hara, Early Snow

Date: 1936

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.5 x 35 cm

Description: Colour: green, white, grey. The lower third is a winter lake. A few shrubs and two snow laden trees grow at the bottom edge and right side respectively. The trees on the far shore which are reflected in the lake, go across the middle of the picture. Behind is a mountain with snow sides peaking just left of center. The sky is grey blue.

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

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.074

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Larch in Snow (Mt. Assiniboine Trip)

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

Date: 1937

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.023

Description: Yellow larch in snow.

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

Title: Larch in Snow (Mt. Assiniboine Trip)

Date: 1937

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 12.6 x 17.8 cm

Description: Yellow larch in snow.

Subject: landscape; winter; botanical; larch

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.023

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A Merry Christmas to Mother Robb from Peter

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1948

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.707

Description: Sketch of the Whyte’s home during winter with a loosely drawn version of Cascade mountain behind it. Various animals walking up to and from the house. Under BLC of the border it says “A MERRY CHRISTMAS TO MOTHER ROBB FROM PETER”, and in BRC the the suggested dimensions of “6 1/2 x 8”

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: A Merry Christmas to Mother Robb from Peter

Date: 1948

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 21.6 x 27.4 cm

Description: Sketch of the Whyte’s home during winter with a loosely drawn version of Cascade mountain behind it. Various animals walking up to and from the house. Under BLC of the border it says “A MERRY CHRISTMAS TO MOTHER ROBB FROM PETER”, and in BRC the the suggested dimensions of “6 1/2 x 8”

Subject: cabin; winter; Christmas card; Cascade mountain; trees; squirrel; birds; deer; moose; bear

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.707

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Molar Peak, Skoki

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1933 – 1940

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.288

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Molar Peak, Skoki

Date: 1933 – 1940

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 22.8 x 28.0 cm

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; winter

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.288

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Mount Assiniboine in September Snow

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1937

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.060

Description: Colour: blue. Snow in the foreground. Seven snow laden evergreens in the middle ground with four bare larch trees on the right side. In the background are two peaks - one to each side - a cloud sits in the saddle between them. Blue sky beyond is to the right.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Mount Assiniboine in September Snow

Date: 1937

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.6 x 35.2 cm

Description: Colour: blue. Snow in the foreground. Seven snow laden evergreens in the middle ground with four bare larch trees on the right side. In the background are two peaks - one to each side - a cloud sits in the saddle between them. Blue sky beyond is to the right.

Subject: landscape; mountain; Canadian Rockies; winter

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.060

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

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Mount Assiniboine Region

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1937

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.219

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Mount Assiniboine Region

Date: 1937

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.6 x 35.1 cm

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; winter

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.219

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Mount Temple, Halfway Hut

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1933 – 1940

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.283

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Mount Temple, Halfway Hut

Date: 1933 – 1940

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 22.7 x 28.0 cm

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; winter

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.283

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Mount Temple, Ptarmigan Valley

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1935 – 1940

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.541

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Mount Temple, Ptarmigan Valley

Date: 1935 – 1940

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.1 x 35.0 cm

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; winter

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.541

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Mountains in Winter 3

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Artist: Takao Tanabe (1926 – , Canadian)

Date: 2010

Medium: painting on paper

Catalogue Number: TaT.05.02

Description: A watercolour painting of a winter mountain landscape. A snowy mountain dominates the painting. The background is a dark grey-blue sky. There is a white, snow-covered mountain peak and in front of it is a grey mountain scattered with trees. In the foreground is thick black-grey forest. At the botto…

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Artist: Takao Tanabe (1926 – , Canadian)

Title: Mountains in Winter 3

Date: 2010

Medium: painting on paper

Dimensions: 79.0 x 58.5 cm

Description: A watercolour painting of a winter mountain landscape. A snowy mountain dominates the painting. The background is a dark grey-blue sky. There is a white, snow-covered mountain peak and in front of it is a grey mountain scattered with trees. In the foreground is thick black-grey forest. At the bottom, right of centre, is the title and year of the painting written in pencil, “Mts in winter 3. 2010” and in the bottom rhc is the artist signature. Au verso, at the bottom in the centre there is writing in pencil, “Takao Tanabe 2010. Mts in winter 3. 2010 w.c. 31” x 23” ”.

Subject: mountain; winter; Takao Tanabe

Credit: Gift of Takao Tanabe, 2012

Catalogue Number: TaT.05.02

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Mounts Temple and Hungabee, Ptarmigan Valley

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1935 – 1940

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.046

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Mounts Temple and Hungabee, Ptarmigan Valley

Date: 1935 – 1940

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 40.8 x 50.9 cm

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

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.046

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

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North American Ski Championships

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1949

Catalogue Number: WyP.06.03

Description: A loosely rendered skier, skiing the North American continent on a sphere 59.0 cm diameter on a black, square wood base.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: North American Ski Championships

Date: 1949

Dimensions: 53.0 x 24.5 cm

Description: A loosely rendered skier, skiing the North American continent on a sphere 59.0 cm diameter on a black, square wood base.

Subject: figure; activity; skiing; winter; North American Ski Championships; world

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1971

Catalogue Number: WyP.06.03

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Norway

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

Date: 1938

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.307

Description: White patch of snow lrc to centre with a grey rock in the middle of it, water (ice) (blue) llc and extends across lower quarter of painting, large brown (rock) centre with a water-fall to left, snow covered mountains behind and larger mountain also snow covered sweeps upwards to small area of blue …

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

Title: Norway

Date: 1938

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 28.0 x 35.5 cm

Description: White patch of snow lrc to centre with a grey rock in the middle of it, water (ice) (blue) llc and extends across lower quarter of painting, large brown (rock) centre with a water-fall to left, snow covered mountains behind and larger mountain also snow covered sweeps upwards to small area of blue sky top centre.

Subject: landscape; mountain; winter

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.307

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Norway

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1938

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.241

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Norway

Date: 1938

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.0 x 34.8 cm

Subject: landscape; mountains; winter

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.241

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Norway

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1938

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.246

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Norway

Date: 1938

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.0 x 35.0 cm

Subject: landscape; mountains; winter

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.246

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Norway

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1938

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.259

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Norway

Date: 1938

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.2 x 34.8 cm

Subject: landscape; mountains; winter

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.259

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On Sky Line Slopes

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Artist: Robert J. McGuinness (1886 – 1961, Canadian)

Date: 1935 – 1955

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: McR.05.01

Description: A lady skier, wearing reddish pants and green jacket, red and green scarf, stands to left centre, she is facing to the right, a line of trees behind her, mountain peaks in background, top third is sky, picture quite faded.

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Artist: Robert J. McGuinness (1886 – 1961, Canadian)

Title: On Sky Line Slopes

Date: 1935 – 1955

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 76.5 x 55.8 cm

Description: A lady skier, wearing reddish pants and green jacket, red and green scarf, stands to left centre, she is facing to the right, a line of trees behind her, mountain peaks in background, top third is sky, picture quite faded.