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Cathedral Mountain, Lake O'Hara

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1930 – 1935

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.426

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Cathedral Mountain, Lake O'Hara

Date: 1930 – 1935

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.6 x 34.9 cm

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; lake

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.426

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Cathedral Mountain, Lake O'Hara

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1930 – 1940

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.433

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Cathedral Mountain, Lake O'Hara

Date: 1930 – 1940

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.7 x 35.2 cm

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; lake

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.433

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Cathedral Mountain, Lake O'Hara

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1931

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.543

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Cathedral Mountain, Lake O'Hara

Date: 1931

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 40.7 x 40.4 cm

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; lake

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.543

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Cathedral Mountain, Lake O'Hara

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

Date: 1930 – 1940

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.309

Description: Group of six trees left side, tree on a rock brc, lake lower quarter, row of trees behind lake, Cathedral Mountain centre, blue sky across top with a patch of white to either side of the peak.

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

Title: Cathedral Mountain, Lake O'Hara

Date: 1930 – 1940

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 28.0 x 35.5 cm

Description: Group of six trees left side, tree on a rock brc, lake lower quarter, row of trees behind lake, Cathedral Mountain centre, blue sky across top with a patch of white to either side of the peak.

Subject: landscape; mountain; Canadian Rockies; lake

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.309

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Cathedral Mountain, Lake O'Hara from Opabin

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1937

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.070

Description: Colour: blue, green, yellow. Looking down from a rocky perch, there are two yellow larch trees oon the left side and three evergreens and a dead tree on the right side. In the lower center is the lake. Mountains rise up from it to the right and into the distance left of center. Sky is grey storm cl…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Cathedral Mountain, Lake O'Hara from Opabin

Date: 1937

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.5 x 35 cm

Description: Colour: blue, green, yellow. Looking down from a rocky perch, there are two yellow larch trees oon the left side and three evergreens and a dead tree on the right side. In the lower center is the lake. Mountains rise up from it to the right and into the distance left of center. Sky is grey storm clouds with some blue.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; lake

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.070

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Compound Entrance, Denpasar, Bali

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.019

Description: Colour: green, brown, orange. Green forest fills the backgrund. A light coloured building stands in fornt running from the left to near the right edge. In front of the building are groups of people - one to the left with two trees. Another to the right. In the lower right corner is a woman with a b…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Compound Entrance, Denpasar, Bali

Date: 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 35 x 27.5 cm

Description: Colour: green, brown, orange. Green forest fills the backgrund. A light coloured building stands in fornt running from the left to near the right edge. In front of the building are groups of people - one to the left with two trees. Another to the right. In the lower right corner is a woman with a basket on her head and a girl beside her.

Subject: figure, group; architecture; landscape; Pacific

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.019

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The Development of Society: A Collection of Towers

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Artist: Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)

Date: 1982

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: ArP.05.08

Description: Multi-coloured towers and animal chesspieces rising to the left on green hills against a white background.

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Artist: Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)

Title: The Development of Society: A Collection of Towers

Date: 1982

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 54.0 x 74.0 cm

Description: Multi-coloured towers and animal chesspieces rising to the left on green hills against a white background.

Subject: whimsey; architecture; animal; chesspieces; Pat Askren

Credit: Gift of Jon Whyte, Banff, 1992

Catalogue Number: ArP.05.08

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Dole Pineapple Factory, Honolulu

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.031

Description: Colour: dark grey, green. The upper half is dark grey sky. In the center are a group of buildings way in the distance and water beyond. The foreground is green slopes - a few trees and a building to the left.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Dole Pineapple Factory, Honolulu

Date: 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 25.5 x 35 cm

Description: Colour: dark grey, green. The upper half is dark grey sky. In the center are a group of buildings way in the distance and water beyond. The foreground is green slopes - a few trees and a building to the left.

Subject: landscape; Pacific; architecture; Hawaii

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.031

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Early Snow

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Artist: Wilfred Lambert

Date: 1984

Medium: print on paper

Catalogue Number: LaW.04.15

Description: Block print on paper with coloured ink. Blue-green lake [Lake Oesa?] in centre surrounded by snow covered grey-brown mountains. Pink sky above. “Early Snow 21/33” at bottom left in pencil, “Wilfred Lambet /84” in pencil at bottom right.

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Artist: Wilfred Lambert

Title: Early Snow

Date: 1984

Medium: print on paper

Dimensions: 32.0 x 42.0 cm

Description: Block print on paper with coloured ink. Blue-green lake [Lake Oesa?] in centre surrounded by snow covered grey-brown mountains. Pink sky above. “Early Snow 21/33” at bottom left in pencil, “Wilfred Lambet /84” in pencil at bottom right.

Subject: mountains; lake; snow

Credit: Gift of Tim Wake, Whistler, 1990

Catalogue Number: LaW.04.15

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Early Snow, Mount Assiniboine

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1938 – 1945

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.009

Description: Colour: blue, white. The lower third is snow with a trail going up from the bottom center to the right then left to the center where on either side there are snow laden trees. Four evergreens and one larch on the left and two evergreens and four larch on the right. Beyond is a mountain peak on the …

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Early Snow, Mount Assiniboine

Date: 1938 – 1945

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 76.6 x 64.0 cm

Description: Colour: blue, white. The lower third is snow with a trail going up from the bottom center to the right then left to the center where on either side there are snow laden trees. Four evergreens and one larch on the left and two evergreens and four larch on the right. Beyond is a mountain peak on the left side - the saddle being right of center. There is a cloud resting on the saddle between the two rises. The sky is blue.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; lake

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.009

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

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Elizabeth Parker Hut, Contentment Meadows, Lake O'Hara

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1938

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.078

Description: Colour: green, purple. In the foreground is green grass and two boulders in the lower right corner. Trees fill the middle ground and right of center are three cabins. The mountains rise up behind the trees. There's a patch of blue sky in the upper left corner and a little right of center at the top.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Elizabeth Parker Hut, Contentment Meadows, Lake O'Hara

Date: 1938

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.4 cm

Description: Colour: green, purple. In the foreground is green grass and two boulders in the lower right corner. Trees fill the middle ground and right of center are three cabins. The mountains rise up behind the trees. There's a patch of blue sky in the upper left corner and a little right of center at the top.

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

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.078

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The Entrance

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Artist: Peter Bax (1895 – 1952, British)

Date: 1930 – 1940

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: BaP.04.05

Description: 5 actors, 2 male and 3 female are lined up on scaffolding outside an open, curtained door. The scaffolding and the railing dominate the center third of the picture. The women appear to be wearing maids uniforms.

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Artist: Peter Bax (1895 – 1952, British)

Title: The Entrance

Date: 1930 – 1940

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 30.3 x 14.5 cm

Description: 5 actors, 2 male and 3 female are lined up on scaffolding outside an open, curtained door. The scaffolding and the railing dominate the center third of the picture. The women appear to be wearing maids uniforms.

Subject: figure; group; architecture; urban; Christmas

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: BaP.04.05

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Evening, Lake O'Hara

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Artist: Richard Jack (1866 – 1952, Canadian)

Date: 1931

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: JkR.02.02

Description: In the foreground on the right side of the painting there are four green trees and a shore made out of mostly rocks. To the left and along the bottom edge a lake of bluegreen water sits in front of a brown mountain range. The mountains have snow on parts of the peaks and the sky is blue with white …

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Artist: Richard Jack (1866 – 1952, Canadian)

Title: Evening, Lake O'Hara

Date: 1931

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 69.9 x 90.0 cm

Description: In the foreground on the right side of the painting there are four green trees and a shore made out of mostly rocks. To the left and along the bottom edge a lake of bluegreen water sits in front of a brown mountain range. The mountains have snow on parts of the peaks and the sky is blue with white clouds.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; lake; Lake O'Hara

Credit: Gift of Donald Grace, Saanichton, 1996

Catalogue Number: JkR.02.02

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

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Fishing Boats, Gimli Dock

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Artist: Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)

Date: 1937

Medium: wood cut on paper

Catalogue Number: PhW.04.32

Description: Docked boat, man standing on dock, dog in foreground on shoreline;

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Artist: Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)

Title: Fishing Boats, Gimli Dock

Date: 1937

Medium: wood cut on paper

Dimensions: 12.3 x 18.3 cm

Description: Docked boat, man standing on dock, dog in foreground on shoreline;

Subject: landscape; lake; figure, male; animal, dog; boat

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

Catalogue Number: PhW.04.32

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A Flat in Caribou Country

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Date: c. 1915

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.353

Description: A lake scene with trees to the left, water in the foreground, and mountains and more trees in the background.Title is in top left corner: “A Flat in Caribou Country”Other writing throughout denoting colour scheme.

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Title: A Flat in Caribou Country

Date: c. 1915

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 20.0 x 26.0 cm

Description: A lake scene with trees to the left, water in the foreground, and mountains and more trees in the background.Title is in top left corner: “A Flat in Caribou Country”Other writing throughout denoting colour scheme.

Subject: lake; landscape

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.353

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Four Cowboys

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Artist: Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian)

Date: 1936

Medium: gouache on card

Catalogue Number: GyH.07.02

Description: Four cowboys are gathered around a teepee, the top of which is not visible, as it runs of the paper. A man at the far right sits on a boulder and plays the guitar. The next man’s back faces the viewer. The third man sits on a second boulder and appears to be playing the harmonica. The fourth ma…

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Artist: Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian)

Title: Four Cowboys

Date: 1936

Medium: gouache on card

Dimensions: 26 x 35.8 cm

Description: Four cowboys are gathered around a teepee, the top of which is not visible, as it runs of the paper. A man at the far right sits on a boulder and plays the guitar. The next man’s back faces the viewer. The third man sits on a second boulder and appears to be playing the harmonica. The fourth man stands with his leg on the same boulder, his hand resting on his leg. A tree trunk is visible behind the man on the far right. Mountains and a stormy-looking sky are seen beyond the camp setting. All of the men are wearing cowboy hats.

Subject: figure; male; cowboy; landscape; Canadian Rockies; architecture; teepee; activity; music; guitar; harmonica

Credit: Gift of Henry George Glyde, Victoria, 1997

Catalogue Number: GyH.07.02

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From The West Road

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

Date: 1938 – 1950

Medium: oil on canvas on aluminum

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.229

Description: The Bow River flows from mid centre to the front right corner. It is surrounded by tall spindle trees with yellow leaves on either side as it winds through the forest. Yellow, green and orange coloured grasses occupy the left bank. The blue mountains occupy the back part of the canvas. The blue sky…

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

Title: From The West Road

Date: 1938 – 1950

Medium: oil on canvas on aluminum

Dimensions: 25.4 x 30.3 cm

Description: The Bow River flows from mid centre to the front right corner. It is surrounded by tall spindle trees with yellow leaves on either side as it winds through the forest. Yellow, green and orange coloured grasses occupy the left bank. The blue mountains occupy the back part of the canvas. The blue sky creates a foreboding atmosphere.