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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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Bank in Dawson City

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1956

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.101

Description: Colour: blue, black, green, ochre. A road goes up from the lower center towards the right. On the right side of the road are five telegraph poles receding into the distance. On the left side are buildings. The front one is white and built of stone or brick. In the background is a hillside which goe…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Bank in Dawson City

Date: 1956

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 30.5 x 25.5 cm

Description: Colour: blue, black, green, ochre. A road goes up from the lower center towards the right. On the right side of the road are five telegraph poles receding into the distance. On the left side are buildings. The front one is white and built of stone or brick. In the background is a hillside which goes up at an angle from the left to he upper right. Clear blue sky fills in the rest.

Subject: architecture; urban

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.101

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

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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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Beach at Makapu'u Point, Hawaii

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1936

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.042

Description: Colour: yellow, grey, green. The lower half is sand and rocks. There is green water to the right and a large dark mountain side to the left. Above the horizon are two mountain islands and grey and green sky beyond.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Beach at Makapu'u Point, Hawaii

Date: 1936

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.5 x 35 cm

Description: Colour: yellow, grey, green. The lower half is sand and rocks. There is green water to the right and a large dark mountain side to the left. Above the horizon are two mountain islands and grey and green sky beyond.

Subject: seascape; mountain; Pacific; Hawaii

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.042

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Beach at Nassau

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1931

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.182

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Beach at Nassau

Date: 1931

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.9 x 35.4 cm

Subject: seascape; Atlantic; Nassau

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.182

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The Bear Street Alley, Banff

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1931 – 1935

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.344

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: The Bear Street Alley, Banff

Date: 1931 – 1935

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.7 x 35.3 cm

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; town; building; winter

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.344

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Bear Street Alley, Banff

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1933

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.054

Description: Colour: blue, green, brown, grey, mauve. The lower half is buildngs, rooftops and four telephone poles. The upper half is distant hills sloping up to blue and white mountains left of center near the top. There is cloudy sky across the top.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Bear Street Alley, Banff

Date: 1933

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.5 x 35.2 cm

Description: Colour: blue, green, brown, grey, mauve. The lower half is buildngs, rooftops and four telephone poles. The upper half is distant hills sloping up to blue and white mountains left of center near the top. There is cloudy sky across the top.

Subject: landscape; mountain; Canadian Rockies;architecture; rural

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.054

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Bear Street Alley, Banff

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1933

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.052

Description: Colour: warm brown with blue. A road with buildings on both sides and hydro poles, goes from the bottom foreground to left side and disappears into a mountain side which rises up behind filling the upper half. Blue sky is in the upper right corner.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Bear Street Alley, Banff

Date: 1933

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.5 x 35 cm

Description: Colour: warm brown with blue. A road with buildings on both sides and hydro poles, goes from the bottom foreground to left side and disappears into a mountain side which rises up behind filling the upper half. Blue sky is in the upper right corner.

Subject: architecture; urban; mountain; Canadian Rockies

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.052

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Bear Street Alley, Cascade Mountain

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1932 – 1933

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.533

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Bear Street Alley, Cascade Mountain

Date: 1932 – 1933

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 30.1 x 40.4 cm

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; town; Banff

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.533

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Best Wishes Peter

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1951

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.772

Description: Christmas card sketch, resembling the final version of the 1951 card. Animals gather around Catharine and Peter’s vehicle waiting for Catharine to finish cooking. Peter sits on the roof reading. One of the bears is sitting by a stool with a fork in hand. Near the middle of the bottom edge of the pa…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Best Wishes Peter

Date: 1951

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 21.5 x 28.0 cm

Description: Christmas card sketch, resembling the final version of the 1951 card. Animals gather around Catharine and Peter’s vehicle waiting for Catharine to finish cooking. Peter sits on the roof reading. One of the bears is sitting by a stool with a fork in hand. Near the middle of the bottom edge of the paper it says “BEST WISHES PETER”verso: rectangular box drawn that is blank, that could have been used for another sketch.

Subject: bears; stool; fork; moose; birds; squirrel; rabbit; tree; cooking; pot; woman; man; reading; vehicle; Christmas card

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.772

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The Big Hill, Cathedral Mountain

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1930 – 1935

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.431

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: The Big Hill, Cathedral Mountain

Date: 1930 – 1935

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.8 x 35.3 cm

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.431

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Blind Date

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1962 – 1966

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.427

Description: An ink drawing of a young man facing away from the viewer towards a tank rolling over a hill, with mountains in the background. The text BLIND DATE/ appears above the tank. JOHN WINDSOR in blcP.W. in brc

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Blind Date

Date: 1962 – 1966

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 28.0 x 20.5 cm

Description: An ink drawing of a young man facing away from the viewer towards a tank rolling over a hill, with mountains in the background. The text BLIND DATE/ appears above the tank. JOHN WINDSOR in blcP.W. in brc

Subject: Blind Date; tank; book; John Windsor

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.427

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Blind Date

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1962 – 1966

Medium: graphite; ink on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.437

Description: A pencil and ink drawing of the cover illustration of BLIND DATE BY JOHN WINDSOR. A young man is turned away from the viewer and towards a tank, which sits at the horizon. A group of soldiers march from the foreground in the direction of the tank.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Blind Date

Date: 1962 – 1966

Medium: graphite; ink on paper

Dimensions: 27.0 x 20.5 cm

Description: A pencil and ink drawing of the cover illustration of BLIND DATE BY JOHN WINDSOR. A young man is turned away from the viewer and towards a tank, which sits at the horizon. A group of soldiers march from the foreground in the direction of the tank.

Subject: Blind Date; military; tank

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.437

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Blind Date by John Windsor

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1962 – 1966

Medium: graphite; ink on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.334

Description: An ink and pencil drawing of a title page where the title is arranged as such: BLIND DATE In the foreground a male figure in shorts, knee-high socks and a cap, stands contemplating the scene with his back to the viewer. He carries luggage. Troops carrying weapons march in lockstep away fro…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Blind Date by John Windsor

Date: 1962 – 1966

Medium: graphite; ink on paper

Dimensions: 27.3 x 21.3 cm

Description: An ink and pencil drawing of a title page where the title is arranged as such: BLIND DATE In the foreground a male figure in shorts, knee-high socks and a cap, stands contemplating the scene with his back to the viewer. He carries luggage. Troops carrying weapons march in lockstep away from the viewer, and in the direction of the title text. Above the title, a tank drives to the viewer’s right, with mountains and clouds in the background.At the bottom and foreground, text reads: BY JOHN WINDSOR. The initials P.W. appear In the bottom right corner of the drawing.This part is rendered in ink and enclosed within hand drawn frame. Handwritten below the frame in pencil is the comment:Excellent- think title “BLIND DATE” should be bigger, bolder, dressier. Add “BY” John Windsor.At the topmost part of the paper, there is a pencil sketch of a tank, and a comment: “NO” with an arrow pointing to the ink-drawn tank within the frame.