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- Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian) 10
- Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British) 8
- Barbara Spohr (1955 – 1987, Canadian) 3
- Hiroshi Yoshida (1876 – 1950, Japanese) 2
- Linda Evans (1949 – , Canadian) 2
- Wilfred Lambert 2
- Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian) 1
- Duncan Crockford (1920 – 1992) 1
- Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, R. C. A. (1846 – 1923, Canadian) 1
- Homer Ransford Watson (1855 – 1936, Canadian) 1
- Kobayashi Kiyochika (1847 – 1915, Japanese) 1
- Patricia Askren (1951 – , American) 1
The Backyard Rink
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactevl.04.02
- Date
- 1987
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- EvL.04.02
- Description
- It is dusk and winter in the mountains. In the foreground is a fence with a willow tree to the right. There is a cat perched on the fence watching the children in the background playing hockey. There is a house with a lighted window to the left. A string of lights from the house across the yard …
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- Title
- The Backyard Rink
- Date
- 1987
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 42.0 x 58.0 cm
- Description
- It is dusk and winter in the mountains. In the foreground is a fence with a willow tree to the right. There is a cat perched on the fence watching the children in the background playing hockey. There is a house with a lighted window to the left. A string of lights from the house across the yard illuminates the ice rink which dominates the middle right. Three boys are playing hockey and a girl in a yellow snowsuit is sitting on the ice. Trees and mountains are in the background.
- Subject
- landscape
- mountain
- tree
- winter ice rink
- children
- activity, ice hockey
- animal, cat
- architecture
- Credit
- Gift of Linda Evans, Canmore, 1993
- Catalogue Number
- EvL.04.02
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Bow River Valley
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactcrd.02.02
- Date
- 1981
- Medium
- painting on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- CrD.02.02
- Description
- A landscape oil painting. In the background is a blue sky with big fluffy white clouds and a mountain range with rolling hills in front. After the hills is a line of forest and in the foreground are two small ponds separated by a thin strip of land with tall grass and the ponds are surrounded by a …
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- Title
- Bow River Valley
- Date
- 1981
- Medium
- painting on canvas
- Dimensions
- 46.0 x 61.0 cm
- Description
- A landscape oil painting. In the background is a blue sky with big fluffy white clouds and a mountain range with rolling hills in front. After the hills is a line of forest and in the foreground are two small ponds separated by a thin strip of land with tall grass and the ponds are surrounded by a lone, green pine tree on the left and three golden-leaved poplar trees on the right. The artist signature is painted in the bottom rhc in red, “DUNCAN /81”. Au verso, on the top edge of the canvas in black pen is written, “EARLY AUTUMN, MORLEY, ALBERTA”. On the top left corner of the canvas is written, “2500.00”. In the centre at the bottom of the frame is a white label with blue ink, “Gainsborough Galleries (1974) Ltd. FINE ART DEALERS & FRAME MAKERS 805 611-8th AVENUE S.W. CALGARY - ALBERTA T2P 1H1 “EARLY AUTUMN, MORLEY, ALBERTA” An Original Oil Painting By DUNCAN CROCKFORD XD/167”.
- Subject
- landscape
- lake
- Duncan Crockford
- Credit
- Gift of William Randall (Estate), Halifax, 2011
- Catalogue Number
- CrD.02.02
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Canadian Rockies
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwah.02.01
- Date
- c. 1921
- Medium
- oil on board
- Catalogue Number
- WaH.02.01
- Description
- This painting is of a mountain scene. There is a row of mountains which make up 2/3 of the painting and are cropped at either side of the piece. These mountains are painted with mostly greys and greenish blues. Above the row of mountains is a small portion of blue-grey sky. At the base of the m…
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- Title
- Canadian Rockies
- Date
- c. 1921
- Medium
- oil on board
- Description
- This painting is of a mountain scene. There is a row of mountains which make up 2/3 of the painting and are cropped at either side of the piece. These mountains are painted with mostly greys and greenish blues. Above the row of mountains is a small portion of blue-grey sky. At the base of the mountains a lake and foreground make up the other 1/3 of the piece with the foreground being twice the size of the portion of visible lake. On the brc and blc are shrubby looking trees painted in a dark colour. The foreground is very rocky and painted with browns, greens and a terra-cotta colour.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- lake
- Credit
- Gift of Donald Grace, Saanichton, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- WaH.02.01
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The Development of Society: A Collection of Towers
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactarp.05.08
- 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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- 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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- 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.
- Credit
- Gift of Tim Wake, Whistler, 1990
- Catalogue Number
- LaW.04.15
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A Flat in Caribou Country
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactcoj.03.353
- 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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- 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.
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.353
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The Happy Dog, Nelson B.C.
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactspb.18.24
- Date
- 1986
- Medium
- type c print on photographic paper
- Catalogue Number
- SpB.18.24
- Description
- Around the centered photographic image, is a border pink in colour. In the rectangular image in the center is a red dog standing on a dock looking at the viewer. The dog is standing showing a side view with his head turned to look and his tail up in the air. Behind the dog you can see a town with h…
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- Title
- The Happy Dog, Nelson B.C.
- Date
- 1986
- Medium
- type c print on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- 50.7 x 60.8 cm
- Description
- Around the centered photographic image, is a border pink in colour. In the rectangular image in the center is a red dog standing on a dock looking at the viewer. The dog is standing showing a side view with his head turned to look and his tail up in the air. Behind the dog you can see a town with hills in the background and a grey sky. In the lower right hand corner of the border area is the title.
- Subject
- animal
- dog
- architecture
- Credit
- Gift of Barb Spohr, Calgary, 1996
- Catalogue Number
- SpB.18.24
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Hector Lake, Kicking Horse Pass, BC
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactbes.05.07
- Date
- 1887
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- BeS.05.07
- Description
- Mountain landscape with large glassy lake in centre of painting. Abstract foliage and stand of dead trees in foreground at right. Brown treed slopes on opposite shore with large snow-capped mountains in distance. Small white and red buildings on far shore of lake. Title written in bottom left corne…
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- Title
- Hector Lake, Kicking Horse Pass, BC
- Date
- 1887
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 32.8 x 48.0 cm
- Description
- Mountain landscape with large glassy lake in centre of painting. Abstract foliage and stand of dead trees in foreground at right. Brown treed slopes on opposite shore with large snow-capped mountains in distance. Small white and red buildings on far shore of lake. Title written in bottom left corner. “F.M. Bell-Smith 1887” at bottom right.
- Credit
- Gift of Mark Cullen, 2021
- Catalogue Number
- BeS.05.07
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Kicking Horse Lake Looking East, Hector on the Canadian Pacific Railway
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactnow.18.01
- Artist
- William Notman (1826 – 1891)
- Date
- 1887
- Medium
- photographic print on paper
- Catalogue Number
- NoW.18.01
- Description
- Mountain landscape with large lake dominating the centre. A small white building and storage tank [possibly a refueling station] can be seen on the far side of the lake. Train tracks run the width of foreground and seated figure [known to be Fredrick M. Bell-Smith] at easel in bottom right corner. …
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- Artist
- William Notman (1826 – 1891)
- Title
- Kicking Horse Lake Looking East, Hector on the Canadian Pacific Railway
- Date
- 1887
- Medium
- photographic print on paper
- Dimensions
- 22.6 x 27.8 cm
- Description
- Mountain landscape with large lake dominating the centre. A small white building and storage tank [possibly a refueling station] can be seen on the far side of the lake. Train tracks run the width of foreground and seated figure [known to be Fredrick M. Bell-Smith] at easel in bottom right corner. Title typed in bottom left corner. Manufacturer’s mark “WM. NOTMAN & SON, MONTREAL” typed in bottom right.
- Subject
- mountains
- lake
- CPR
- Fredrick Bell-Smith
- Credit
- Gift of Mark Cullen, 2021
- Catalogue Number
- NoW.18.01
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- Date
- c. 1921
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.950 r
- Description
- Lake Louise
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- Title
- Lake Louise
- Date
- c. 1921
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 16.5 x 25.5 cm
- Description
- Lake Louise
- Subject
- Lake Louise
- mountain
- lake
- tree
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.950 r
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Lake Louise, Evening
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactfet.07.01
- Date
- 1982
- Medium
- gouache on paper
- Catalogue Number
- FeT.07.01
- Description
- Green foreground and blue lake across bottom two thirds of picture; sides of two dark green mountains meet off centre with white glacier and clouds in chasm,a little blue sky shows through.
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- Title
- Lake Louise, Evening
- Date
- 1982
- Medium
- gouache on paper
- Dimensions
- 13.8 x 27.7 cm
- Description
- Green foreground and blue lake across bottom two thirds of picture; sides of two dark green mountains meet off centre with white glacier and clouds in chasm,a little blue sky shows through.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- lake
- Credit
- Purchased from Virginia Christopher Galleries, Calgary, 1982
- Catalogue Number
- FeT.07.01
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Lake Minnewanka, Banff
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactspb.18.10
- Date
- 1980
- Medium
- type c print on photographic paper
- Catalogue Number
- SpB.18.10
- Description
- In the foreground are trees with orange leaves and dark to black coloured bark and twigs. These trees in the foreground extend all the way up to the upper third of the photograph. Looking threw the trees to the far background you can see a mountain range that starts at the right and continues to th…
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- Title
- Lake Minnewanka, Banff
- Date
- 1980
- Medium
- type c print on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- 50.6 x 40.4 cm
- Description
- In the foreground are trees with orange leaves and dark to black coloured bark and twigs. These trees in the foreground extend all the way up to the upper third of the photograph. Looking threw the trees to the far background you can see a mountain range that starts at the right and continues to the center left. Between the trees and the mountains is a still lake with reflections from the mountains behind. The sky above is a light to medium even grey.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- lake
- Minnewanka
- Credit
- Gift of Barb Spohr, Calgary, 1996
- Catalogue Number
- SpB.18.10
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Map of Manitoba
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.03.560
- Date
- 1917 – 1929
- Medium
- ink; graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.560
- Description
- Pencil and ink drawing of a map of Manitoba with rivers, lakes and urban centres labeled. [Below drawing, surrounded by circle of short marks] MAP of MANITOBA
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- Title
- Map of Manitoba
- Date
- 1917 – 1929
- Medium
- ink; graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 22.5 x 15.1 cm
- Description
- Pencil and ink drawing of a map of Manitoba with rivers, lakes and urban centres labeled. [Below drawing, surrounded by circle of short marks] MAP of MANITOBA
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.560
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Map of Ontario
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.03.559
- Date
- 1917 – 1929
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.559
- Description
- Pencil and ink drawing of Ontario, the Manitoba border, and Great Lakes with rivers and urban centres labeled.title: MAP OF ONTARIO [top left, surrounded by short marks]
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- Title
- Map of Ontario
- Date
- 1917 – 1929
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 15.1 x 22.5 cm
- Description
- Pencil and ink drawing of Ontario, the Manitoba border, and Great Lakes with rivers and urban centres labeled.title: MAP OF ONTARIO [top left, surrounded by short marks]
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.559
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- Artist
- Wilfred Lambert
- Date
- 1981
- Medium
- print on paper
- Catalogue Number
- LaW.04.19
- Description
- Block printed colour scene of a lake surrounded by mountains, viewed from a rocky outcrop. Mountains in foreground and mid-ground are grey, mountains in distance are blue with snow patches. “Misty Morning 15/200” is written in pencil at bottom left, “Wilfred Lambert /81” is written in lower right. …
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- Artist
- Wilfred Lambert
- Title
- Misty Morning
- Date
- 1981
- Medium
- print on paper
- Dimensions
- 39.5 x 33.0 cm
- Description
- Block printed colour scene of a lake surrounded by mountains, viewed from a rocky outcrop. Mountains in foreground and mid-ground are grey, mountains in distance are blue with snow patches. “Misty Morning 15/200” is written in pencil at bottom left, “Wilfred Lambert /81” is written in lower right. a red “W” in a circle is in the lower left corner.
- Credit
- Gift of Tim Wake, Whistler, 1991
- Catalogue Number
- LaW.04.19
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- Date
- 1917
- Medium
- oil on paper board
- Catalogue Number
- HuW.02.04
- Description
- A solitary snow covered mountain is in top half of picture, cloudy sky top third. A lake with reflections of the mountain and trees cover bottom half of picture. A green forested peninsula juts out from right centre. The surface has an odd overall texture. It appears that the surface was roll…
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- Title
- Mount Rainier
- Date
- 1917
- Medium
- oil on paper board
- Dimensions
- 30.6 x 47.0 cm
- Description
- A solitary snow covered mountain is in top half of picture, cloudy sky top third. A lake with reflections of the mountain and trees cover bottom half of picture. A green forested peninsula juts out from right centre. The surface has an odd overall texture. It appears that the surface was rolled with a paint roller before painting the picture.
- Credit
- Gift of Dorothy Hutchinson, Winnipeg, 1994
- Catalogue Number
- HuW.02.04
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Mountain with Lake
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactmrt.05.02
- Date
- 1887 – 1897
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- MrT.05.02
- Description
- A snow covered mountain peak dominates centre of picture, in the foreground is a blue green lake, evergreen trees and rocks surround it, a pale, partly cloudy sky
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- Title
- Mountain with Lake
- Date
- 1887 – 1897
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 33.7 x 50.2 cm
- Description
- A snow covered mountain peak dominates centre of picture, in the foreground is a blue green lake, evergreen trees and rocks surround it, a pale, partly cloudy sky
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- mountain
- lake
- Credit
- Purchased from Sotheby Parke Bernet (Canada) Ltd, Toronto, 1993
- Catalogue Number
- MrT.05.02
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- Date
- 1916
- Medium
- woodblock on paper
- Catalogue Number
- YoH.04.13
- Description
- Colour: blue grey, sand, purple brown. In the upper part of the picture and down the left side are rocks. The water comes out of them from the upper left down into the lower area and half way up the right side.
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- Title
- Nakatsu River
- Date
- 1916
- Medium
- woodblock on paper
- Dimensions
- 24.8 x 37.1 cm
- Description
- Colour: blue grey, sand, purple brown. In the upper part of the picture and down the left side are rocks. The water comes out of them from the upper left down into the lower area and half way up the right side.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1971
- Catalogue Number
- YoH.04.13
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- Date
- c. 1920
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.486
- Description
- Pencil drawing of a narrow street, winding through buildings that begin in the immediate foreground. There is a tower with crenellation and cupola in distance.verso: indecipherable writing, oriented upside down at bottom
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- Title
- Narrow street
- Date
- c. 1920
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 20.5 x 19.5 cm
- Description
- Pencil drawing of a narrow street, winding through buildings that begin in the immediate foreground. There is a tower with crenellation and cupola in distance.verso: indecipherable writing, oriented upside down at bottom
- Subject
- streetscape
- tower
- architecture
- street
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.486
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Nigatsu-do Temple
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- Date
- 1912
- Medium
- woodblock on paper
- Catalogue Number
- YoH.04.02
- Description
- Colour: brown, blue. The inner roof of the temple fills the top third of the picture. It is held up by four posts. Lights hang down. There are four people by the lower left corner of the building. Evening blue sky fills the backgrund across the center third
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- Title
- Nigatsu-do Temple
- Date
- 1912
- Medium
- woodblock on paper
- Dimensions
- 25.7 x 36.7 cm
- Description
- Colour: brown, blue. The inner roof of the temple fills the top third of the picture. It is held up by four posts. Lights hang down. There are four people by the lower left corner of the building. Evening blue sky fills the backgrund across the center third
- Subject
- architecture
- figure
- group
- religious
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1971
- Catalogue Number
- YoH.04.02
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