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- Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian) 23
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- R. L. Hunter 4
- Unknown 4
- Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian) 3
- Clarence Ingwall Tillenius (1913 – 2012, Canadian) 3
- John Davenall Turner (1900 – 1980, Canadian) 3
- Leonard Moore Davis (1864 – 1938, American) 3
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- Cyril Harris ( – 1966, Canadian) 1
Airdrie, Alberta
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactlac.05.24
- Date
- 1957
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- LaC.05.24
- Description
- General colour: blue grey, brown, pink. Two elevators stand at the right side on the horizon. A train chugs past on the left. The foreround is brown fields - a fence appears from the left. The sky fills the upper two thirds and is spotted with clouds.
- Title
- Airdrie, Alberta
- Date
- 1957
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 22.8 x 27.8 cm
- Description
- General colour: blue grey, brown, pink. Two elevators stand at the right side on the horizon. A train chugs past on the left. The foreround is brown fields - a fence appears from the left. The sky fills the upper two thirds and is spotted with clouds.
- Credit
- Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
- Catalogue Number
- LaC.05.24
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Alpine Flower (Epilobium palustre or Epilobium ciliatum?)
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactscm.05.26
- Date
- 1903
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.26
- Description
- A single plant fills most of the paper; a thin stem from which emanates many smaller stems with leaves; small pink flowers and buds top the stems.
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- Title
- Alpine Flower (Epilobium palustre or Epilobium ciliatum?)
- Date
- 1903
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 25.5 x 18.0 cm
- Description
- A single plant fills most of the paper; a thin stem from which emanates many smaller stems with leaves; small pink flowers and buds top the stems.
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.26
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Anemone parviflora (Alpine Anenome)
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactscm.05.24
- Date
- 1885 – 1905
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.24
- Description
- Two plants with brown roots; large leaves; a white flower with yellow bud.
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- Title
- Anemone parviflora (Alpine Anenome)
- Date
- 1885 – 1905
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 25.0 x 15.0 cm
- Description
- Two plants with brown roots; large leaves; a white flower with yellow bud.
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.24
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Anemone patens (Prairie Crocus)
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactscm.05.22
- Date
- 1906
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.22
- Description
- A single plant and 2 cuttings, light purple flowers in various stages.
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- Title
- Anemone patens (Prairie Crocus)
- Date
- 1906
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 25.5 x 17.5 cm
- Description
- A single plant and 2 cuttings, light purple flowers in various stages.
- Credit
- Gift of Leonard Leacock, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.22
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Arctostaphylos uva-ursi [Bear Berry]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactscm.05.35
- Date
- 1904
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.35
- Description
- A stem with spoon-shaped green leaves, two bunches of round red berries, and small bunches of urn shaped white flowers with pink tips. Date and artist monogram are in the BRC. Written on verso in pencil is [alpina?] from Field. Flowers last of May. Fruit July or August + beautiful red leaves.” at t…
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- Title
- Arctostaphylos uva-ursi [Bear Berry]
- Date
- 1904
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 25.0 x 16.5 cm
- Description
- A stem with spoon-shaped green leaves, two bunches of round red berries, and small bunches of urn shaped white flowers with pink tips. Date and artist monogram are in the BRC. Written on verso in pencil is [alpina?] from Field. Flowers last of May. Fruit July or August + beautiful red leaves.” at the top and “arctostaphylos uva-urs: at bottom.
- Subject
- bearberry
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1969
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.35
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Aster bigelovii (Purple Tansy Aster)
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactscm.05.04
- Date
- 1903
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.04
- Description
- A single, thick brown stem with long green bracted leaves, is topped with a cluster of purple flowers with yellow centres.
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- Title
- Aster bigelovii (Purple Tansy Aster)
- Date
- 1903
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 25.5 x 17.5 cm
- Description
- A single, thick brown stem with long green bracted leaves, is topped with a cluster of purple flowers with yellow centres.
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.04
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Aster foliaceus (Leafy Aster)
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactscm.05.18
- Date
- 1903
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.18
- Description
- A thick green stem comes from the centre bottom of painting spreading out near the top with smaller stems which have delicate yellow and pink flowers; 6 yellow centers with pink fringes; others are pink buds.
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- Title
- Aster foliaceus (Leafy Aster)
- Date
- 1903
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 25.5 x 17.5 cm
- Description
- A thick green stem comes from the centre bottom of painting spreading out near the top with smaller stems which have delicate yellow and pink flowers; 6 yellow centers with pink fringes; others are pink buds.
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.18
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Avalanche Slope
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactdgo.02.02
- Date
- 1955 – 1970
- Medium
- oil on masonite
- Catalogue Number
- DgO.02.02
- Description
- tlc and along top is a cloudy sky, below that is a mountain face. The slope runs tr to bl. The mountain has a long expanse of white from tr to bl interspersed with trees and shadows. Stylized tree forms all along bottom edge.
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- Title
- Avalanche Slope
- Date
- 1955 – 1970
- Medium
- oil on masonite
- Dimensions
- 120.0 x 120.00 cm
- Description
- tlc and along top is a cloudy sky, below that is a mountain face. The slope runs tr to bl. The mountain has a long expanse of white from tr to bl interspersed with trees and shadows. Stylized tree forms all along bottom edge.
- Subject
- Canadian Rockies
- landscape
- winter
- Credit
- Gift of John P. Crabb, Winnipeg, 1995
- Catalogue Number
- DgO.02.02
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Beacon Hill Park, Victoria, British Columbia
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactlac.05.19
- Date
- 1957
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- LaC.05.19
- Description
- General colour: brown, grey. A row of eight trees crosses the picture - the foliage filling the upper left area and across the middle. Two or three figures can be seen in the left area. Back ground image is somewhat vague. The sky is cloudless.
- Title
- Beacon Hill Park, Victoria, British Columbia
- Date
- 1957
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 22.8 x 27.8 cm
- Description
- General colour: brown, grey. A row of eight trees crosses the picture - the foliage filling the upper left area and across the middle. Two or three figures can be seen in the left area. Back ground image is somewhat vague. The sky is cloudless.
- Subject
- seascape, Pacific
- trees
- Credit
- Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
- Catalogue Number
- LaC.05.19
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- Date
- 1900 – 1965
- Medium
- pastel on paper
- Catalogue Number
- LaC.03.03
- Description
- General colour: white, blue, orange, green on brown. A mountain with purple, blue and orange slopes on the left. A bank of green on the right and snow and rock face above and center. Vague blue and cream shadings in the sky.
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- Title
- Bow Glacier
- Date
- 1900 – 1965
- Medium
- pastel on paper
- Dimensions
- 24.0 x 30.4 cm
- Description
- General colour: white, blue, orange, green on brown. A mountain with purple, blue and orange slopes on the left. A bank of green on the right and snow and rock face above and center. Vague blue and cream shadings in the sky.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- mountains
- Credit
- Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
- Catalogue Number
- LaC.03.03
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Bow River Boat House 1952
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifacthac.03.01
- Date
- 1952
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- HaC.03.01
- Description
- General colour: brown on white. Three buildings - lake in front - trees behind - a flag pole with flag rises behind the house at the right. The house at the left has a chimney and is long and narrow.
- Title
- Bow River Boat House 1952
- Date
- 1952
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 15.1 x 21.5 cm
- Description
- General colour: brown on white. Three buildings - lake in front - trees behind - a flag pole with flag rises behind the house at the right. The house at the left has a chimney and is long and narrow.
- Subject
- landscape
- lake
- architecture, rural
- Credit
- Gift of Cyril Paris, Banff, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- HaC.03.01
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1900 – 1925
- Medium
- watercolour; gouache on paper
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.05.04
- Description
- Blue god or demon surrounded in flames, over nude figure; flames and border rust coloured; 5/ on back. CRW purchased it in Katmandu, Nepal in Autumn of 1970, approx. a month long trip which included Langtang Valley trek.
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Buddhist Icon
- Date
- 1900 – 1925
- Medium
- watercolour; gouache on paper
- Dimensions
- 8.4 x 6.6 cm
- Description
- Blue god or demon surrounded in flames, over nude figure; flames and border rust coloured; 5/ on back. CRW purchased it in Katmandu, Nepal in Autumn of 1970, approx. a month long trip which included Langtang Valley trek.
- Subject
- figure, male
- mythological
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.05.04
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- Date
- 1950
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- TiC.03.01
- Description
- Running from the left side of the drawing toward the cc is a bison. Along side of it on the right side of the image a man with a gun riding a horse is trying to kill it. Both the horse and the bison are in full run with grass under foot and trees or shrubs in the distance.
- Title
- Buffalo Hunt
- Date
- 1950
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 30.6 x 51.0 cm
- Description
- Running from the left side of the drawing toward the cc is a bison. Along side of it on the right side of the image a man with a gun riding a horse is trying to kill it. Both the horse and the bison are in full run with grass under foot and trees or shrubs in the distance.
- Credit
- Gift of Clarence Ingwall Tillenius, Winnipeg, 1996
- Catalogue Number
- TiC.03.01
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Buffalo Stampede
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.01.581
- Date
- 1955 – 1957
- Medium
- oil on masonite
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.581
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- Title
- Buffalo Stampede
- Date
- 1955 – 1957
- Medium
- oil on masonite
- Dimensions
- 9.6 x 21.7 cm
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.581
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Cadboro Bay Yacht Club, Victoria, British Columbia
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactlac.05.20
- Date
- 1957 – 1959
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- LaC.05.20
- Description
- General colour: grey. Lower edge is sand with birds - posts go out into the water at an angle from the right to left - there is a buoy or marker at the end.The horizon is one third up. Land can be seen out from the right side. The sky is filled with clouds.
- Title
- Cadboro Bay Yacht Club, Victoria, British Columbia
- Date
- 1957 – 1959
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 22.8 x 26.6 cm
- Description
- General colour: grey. Lower edge is sand with birds - posts go out into the water at an angle from the right to left - there is a buoy or marker at the end.The horizon is one third up. Land can be seen out from the right side. The sky is filled with clouds.
- Subject
- seascape, Pacific
- skyline
- Credit
- Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
- Catalogue Number
- LaC.05.20
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- Date
- 1950 – 1957
- Medium
- oil on masonite
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.566
- Description
- A sketch or unfinished painting of a ring of nine teepees. The teepee in the foreground, viewer’s right, is the largest, has inside firelight and shadows visible. The teepee, in the foreground, viewer’s left, is partially visible, with shadows and light from within visible. There are two figures in…
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- Title
- Camp at Dusk
- Date
- 1950 – 1957
- Medium
- oil on masonite
- Dimensions
- 27.0 x 71.0 cm
- Description
- A sketch or unfinished painting of a ring of nine teepees. The teepee in the foreground, viewer’s right, is the largest, has inside firelight and shadows visible. The teepee, in the foreground, viewer’s left, is partially visible, with shadows and light from within visible. There are two figures in the foreground, one in red, and one in blue and yellow and suggestions of others in the background. There is a low blue sky dusk descending overhead.
- Subject
- landscape
- camp
- teepee
- figure
- group
- Peter Whyte
- Indigenous
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.566
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- Date
- 1955 – 1957
- Medium
- oil on masonite
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.580
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- Title
- Camp Scene
- Date
- 1955 – 1957
- Medium
- oil on masonite
- Dimensions
- 9.4 x 21.4 cm
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.580
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- Date
- 1955 – 1957
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.582
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- Title
- Camp Scene
- Date
- 1955 – 1957
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 9.7 x 21.4 cm
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.582
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Campanula rotundifolia (Harebells)
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactscm.05.17
- Date
- 1903
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.17
- Description
- Six purple flowers hang from tops of long green stems; buds and small leaves on stems; brown root and a cluster of green leaves at stem end.
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- Title
- Campanula rotundifolia (Harebells)
- Date
- 1903
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 25.5 x 17.5 cm
- Description
- Six purple flowers hang from tops of long green stems; buds and small leaves on stems; brown root and a cluster of green leaves at stem end.
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.17
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- Date
- 1951 – 1959
- Medium
- ink; watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- TuJ.03.01
- Description
- TuJ.03.01 (1951) roadside church, pen & ink, signed brc J.D. Turner Xmas card sent to the Whytes.
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- Title
- Card Sketches
- Date
- 1951 – 1959
- Medium
- ink; watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 12.5 x 17.0 cm
- Description
- TuJ.03.01 (1951) roadside church, pen & ink, signed brc J.D. Turner Xmas card sent to the Whytes.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- TuJ.03.01
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