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Chief Dan Wildman

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1930

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.075

Description: Dan Wildman is facing toward the left side of the image and takes up most of the right side of the image. The left half of the painting is a grey-green colour. Dan Wildman is wearing traditional Stoney clothing and head dress. He wears a bear tooth necklace and extensive beadwork is visible on h…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Chief Dan Wildman

Date: 1930

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 75.0 x 62.3 cm

Description: Dan Wildman is facing toward the left side of the image and takes up most of the right side of the image. The left half of the painting is a grey-green colour. Dan Wildman is wearing traditional Stoney clothing and head dress. He wears a bear tooth necklace and extensive beadwork is visible on his shirt. His eyes appear as if they are slightly closed.

Subject: portrait; male; Stoney; Dan Wildman

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.075

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Chief David Bearspaw

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1933

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.120

Description: Colour: white, brown, red, orange. A man looks to the right, wearing a feather headress which runs off the picture at the upper left. While ermine streamers come down either side of his face. He wears a red neckerchief. There is blue, orange and red trim on the headress.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Chief David Bearspaw

Date: 1933

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.5 x 35 cm

Description: Colour: white, brown, red, orange. A man looks to the right, wearing a feather headress which runs off the picture at the upper left. While ermine streamers come down either side of his face. He wears a red neckerchief. There is blue, orange and red trim on the headress.

Subject: portrait; male; Chief David Bearspaw

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.120

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Chief David Bearspaw

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1931 – 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.058

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Chief David Bearspaw

Date: 1931 – 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 64.0 x 53.5 cm

Subject: portrait; male

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.058

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George McLean

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1930 – 1940

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.024

Description: Colour: blue, brown, red. The head and shoulders on a man facing left. He has short hair and wears a hat. There is a red scarf around his neck. The background is blue.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: George McLean

Date: 1930 – 1940

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 40.5 x 51 cm

Description: Colour: blue, brown, red. The head and shoulders on a man facing left. He has short hair and wears a hat. There is a red scarf around his neck. The background is blue.

Subject: portrait; male; George McLean; Walking Buffalo; Indigenous

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.024

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Hawaiian Sunset

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1933 – 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.577

Description: Painting showing an empty beach. Silhouettes of trees in the foreground. One in a set of 7 paintings from Hawaii.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Hawaiian Sunset

Date: 1933 – 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 12.5 x 17.6 cm

Description: Painting showing an empty beach. Silhouettes of trees in the foreground. One in a set of 7 paintings from Hawaii.

Subject: seascape; Pacific; Hawaii; botanical; trees

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.577

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Indian Chief

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1935 – 1945

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.059

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Indian Chief

Date: 1935 – 1945

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 64.0 x 53.7 cm

Subject: portrait; male; Indigenous

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.059

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Job Stevens, Stoney, Morley

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1930

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.129

Description: Colour: grey, black, brown, bits of orange, white. The left profile of a man.His black hair is short on top and at the back two braids come down over his white garment which is trimmed with orange and green. There seems to be a dark piece of cloth around his neck. The background is dark grey.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Job Stevens, Stoney, Morley

Date: 1930

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 35.4 x 27.8 cm

Description: Colour: grey, black, brown, bits of orange, white. The left profile of a man.His black hair is short on top and at the back two braids come down over his white garment which is trimmed with orange and green. There seems to be a dark piece of cloth around his neck. The background is dark grey.

Subject: portrait; male; Stoney; Job Stevens

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.129

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John Donaldson Curren

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1935 – 1940

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.064

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: John Donaldson Curren

Date: 1935 – 1940

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 63.3 x 53.3 cm

Subject: portrait; male

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.064

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Lauhala Trees, Kauai

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1933

Medium: oil on masonite

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.034

Description: Colour: blue. From a mound on the left side grow two trees; four trunks in all, numberous roots and seven slumps of grass. At the lower right in the distance, two hills can be seen. The trees reach up to the top of the picture. Blue clouded sky behind.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Lauhala Trees, Kauai

Date: 1933

Medium: oil on masonite

Dimensions: 27.5 x 35 cm

Description: Colour: blue. From a mound on the left side grow two trees; four trunks in all, numberous roots and seven slumps of grass. At the lower right in the distance, two hills can be seen. The trees reach up to the top of the picture. Blue clouded sky behind.

Subject: skyscape; botanical; Hawaii

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1970

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.034

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Mabel

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.038

Description: Unfinished portrait. Woman looking over left shoulder. Hair tied back in low ponytail. Red lei around neck.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Mabel

Date: 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 62.5 x 52.3 cm

Description: Unfinished portrait. Woman looking over left shoulder. Hair tied back in low ponytail. Red lei around neck.

Subject: portrait; female; Pacific; Hawaiian

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.038

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Mark Poucette

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1933

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.119

Description: Colour: orange, grey, white, brown, blue. The head and shoulder of a man looking left from under a large grey hat. There is royal blue scarf/neckerchief at his neck - his garment is white and the background is orange.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Mark Poucette

Date: 1933

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.5 x 35 cm

Description: Colour: orange, grey, white, brown, blue. The head and shoulder of a man looking left from under a large grey hat. There is royal blue scarf/neckerchief at his neck - his garment is white and the background is orange.

Subject: portrait; male; Mark Poucette

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.119

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Mrs. Jonie

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1930

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.057

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Mrs. Jonie

Date: 1930

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 54.2 x 43.3 cm

Subject: portrait; female; Indigenous

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.057

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

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Mrs. Tom Simeon

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1931

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.025

Description: Colour: red, brown, black. The right profile of the head and upper torso of an Indigenous woman. Her hair is in braids and she wears a yellow band around her head and a red garment with a white beaded belt. The background is tan.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Mrs. Tom Simeon

Date: 1931

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 75 x 62 cm

Description: Colour: red, brown, black. The right profile of the head and upper torso of an Indigenous woman. Her hair is in braids and she wears a yellow band around her head and a red garment with a white beaded belt. The background is tan.