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Hawaiian Storm

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

Date: 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.305

Description: Small line of green across bottom of painting left to centre, dot of red/orange paint lower centre, blue-green mountains lower right to centre, lighter blue mountain behind this also on right side, grey toned sky, with horizontal sweeping lines, representing rain falling, across centre of painting.

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

Title: Hawaiian Storm

Date: 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 28.0 x 35.5 cm

Description: Small line of green across bottom of painting left to centre, dot of red/orange paint lower centre, blue-green mountains lower right to centre, lighter blue mountain behind this also on right side, grey toned sky, with horizontal sweeping lines, representing rain falling, across centre of painting.

Subject: seascape; mountain; Pacific; Hawaii

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.305

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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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Honolulu, Hawaii

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.045

Description: Colour: green, blue, yellow, rust red. Looking down from a foreground of cacters in the lower left corner, on a town and a harbour. There is an island up right meeting the horizon at the three quarters mark. Above is sky.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Honolulu, Hawaii

Date: 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.5 x 35 cm

Description: Colour: green, blue, yellow, rust red. Looking down from a foreground of cacters in the lower left corner, on a town and a harbour. There is an island up right meeting the horizon at the three quarters mark. Above is sky.

Subject: seascape; architecture; urban; Pacific; Hawaii

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.045

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Howe Sound, British Columbia

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

Date: 1935

Medium: woodcut on paper

Catalogue Number: PhW.04.20

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

Title: Howe Sound, British Columbia

Date: 1935

Medium: woodcut on paper

Dimensions: 26.2 x 31.5 cm

Subject: seascape; Pacific; mountain

Credit: Gift of George K.K. (Tommy) Link, Tucson, USA, 1979

Catalogue Number: PhW.04.20

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Japanese Sampan, Hawaii

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1933

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.044

Description: Colour: blue, green, warm brown. Central image is the side view of a boat - prow to the left - stern to the right (up on blocks). In the lower right corner is a smaller boat. On the right side further up is a patch of green foliage. A crane stiches up behind. The sky is cloudy blue.See WyP.03.229 a…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Japanese Sampan, Hawaii

Date: 1933

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.5 x 35 cm

Description: Colour: blue, green, warm brown. Central image is the side view of a boat - prow to the left - stern to the right (up on blocks). In the lower right corner is a smaller boat. On the right side further up is a patch of green foliage. A crane stiches up behind. The sky is cloudy blue.See WyP.03.229 and WyP.03.096

Subject: transportation; Pacific; Hawaii

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.044

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

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Kanai, Hanalei

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1933 – 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.179

Description: Green, brown and yellow fields in the foreground, dark vegetation in front of a lagoon, the ocean is beyond. Cloudy sky meeting the ocean on the right hand corner, mountains in clouds on the left.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Kanai, Hanalei

Date: 1933 – 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.9 x 35.5 cm

Description: Green, brown and yellow fields in the foreground, dark vegetation in front of a lagoon, the ocean is beyond. Cloudy sky meeting the ocean on the right hand corner, mountains in clouds on the left.

Subject: seascape; Pacific; Hawaii; island, Kanai, Hanalei

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.179

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Kauai - Sugar Cane

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1933 – 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.167

Description: Dark trees to the left and right with an irrigation canal or a road that winds through a brilliant gold and green sugar cane field. Dark blue hills to the left, lighter blue mountains to the right, a very cloudy and dark sky.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Kauai - Sugar Cane

Date: 1933 – 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.7 x 35.3 cm

Description: Dark trees to the left and right with an irrigation canal or a road that winds through a brilliant gold and green sugar cane field. Dark blue hills to the left, lighter blue mountains to the right, a very cloudy and dark sky.

Subject: seascape; Pacific; Hawaii, Kauai; mountains; sugar cane

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.167

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Kauai, Hawaii

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1933

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.049

Description: Colour: blue, green. There is water in the lower right corner. A beach runs across from lower left to a quarter way up the right side. On the shore at the left side are buildings and a clump of frees at center. In the distance at the right are more buildings and trees. Hills rise up from these to g…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Kauai, Hawaii

Date: 1933

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.5 x 35 cm

Description: Colour: blue, green. There is water in the lower right corner. A beach runs across from lower left to a quarter way up the right side. On the shore at the left side are buildings and a clump of frees at center. In the distance at the right are more buildings and trees. Hills rise up from these to green plains and dark blue mountains beyond. The grey clouds come down over the peaks and fill the upper third.

Subject: landscape; mountain; architecture; rural; Pacific; Hawaii

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.049

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Lihue Cane Fields, Kauali, Hawaii

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.037

Description: Colour: green, teal blue. A fence runs across the bottom and off into the distance at the left. On the right side a tree grows. Hills, fields and trees fill the middle ground. Mountains rise up out of the plain in the upper half. Cloudy sky fills the upper quarter.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Lihue Cane Fields, Kauali, Hawaii

Date: 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.5 x 35 cm

Description: Colour: green, teal blue. A fence runs across the bottom and off into the distance at the left. On the right side a tree grows. Hills, fields and trees fill the middle ground. Mountains rise up out of the plain in the upper half. Cloudy sky fills the upper quarter.

Subject: landscape; mountain; Pacific; Hawaii

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.037

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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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Miki's House, Hanalei

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1933

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.040

Description: Colour: green. A wide green field in the foreground leads up to a group of buildings in the center. There is a fence at the left side and a tree at the right. A hill rises up behind and darker hills beyond. Across the top is a grey sky.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Miki's House, Hanalei

Date: 1933

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.5 x 35 cm

Description: Colour: green. A wide green field in the foreground leads up to a group of buildings in the center. There is a fence at the left side and a tree at the right. A hill rises up behind and darker hills beyond. Across the top is a grey sky.

Subject: mountain; architecture; rural; Pacific; Hawaii

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.040

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Mount Kintamani

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

Date: 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.150

Description: A stair, a wide step main of natural land mass lead up to the horizon. Several palms are located on various strips. A wild jungle creates a natural wall on the left side of the stairway. A large tree stands at the top of the staircase on the right of centre. Behind in the distance looms a hazy blue…

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

Title: Mount Kintamani

Date: 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 28.0 x 35.5 cm

Description: A stair, a wide step main of natural land mass lead up to the horizon. Several palms are located on various strips. A wild jungle creates a natural wall on the left side of the stairway. A large tree stands at the top of the staircase on the right of centre. Behind in the distance looms a hazy blue mountain range, shrouded amongst pinkish grey cloud cover.

Subject: Pacific; landscape

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.150

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Pacific Shore, Hawaii

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

Date: 1933 – 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.390

Description: The foreground is fields of yellow and green. The shoreline is lined with larger trees. A bay of blue water is in the centre from left edge to the right edge. A green mountain is left centre. The sky is cloudy.

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

Title: Pacific Shore, Hawaii

Date: 1933 – 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.7 x 35.3 cm

Description: The foreground is fields of yellow and green. The shoreline is lined with larger trees. A bay of blue water is in the centre from left edge to the right edge. A green mountain is left centre. The sky is cloudy.

Subject: landscape; seascape; Pacific; mountain; fields; Hawaii

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.390

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Palms, Hawaii

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1934

Medium: oil

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.038

Description: Colour: blue, green. Central image is a row of palm trees which grow inside a fence that goes along a road which runs from bottom left up to right of center. There are buildings behind the palm tree on the left side. Cloudy sky and mountains behind fill the upper half.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Palms, Hawaii

Date: 1934

Medium: oil

Dimensions: 27.5 x 35 cm

Description: Colour: blue, green. Central image is a row of palm trees which grow inside a fence that goes along a road which runs from bottom left up to right of center. There are buildings behind the palm tree on the left side. Cloudy sky and mountains behind fill the upper half.

Subject: landscape; mountain; architecture; Pacific; Hawaii

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.038

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Peninsula, Alaska

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1956

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.200

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Peninsula, Alaska

Date: 1956

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 25.3 x 30.3 cm

Subject: seascape; Pacific; mountains; boat; Alaska

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.200

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Pineapple Fields, Kauai, Hawaii

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1933

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.043

Description: Colour: blue, green, warm brown. The lower two thirds is fields, fences, buildings and trees. In the distance are hills to the left and mountains to the right. The sky is grey and white in layers. One patch of blue upper left.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Pineapple Fields, Kauai, Hawaii

Date: 1933

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.5 x 35 cm

Description: Colour: blue, green, warm brown. The lower two thirds is fields, fences, buildings and trees. In the distance are hills to the left and mountains to the right. The sky is grey and white in layers. One patch of blue upper left.

Subject: landscape; mountain; architecture; rural; Pacific; Hawaii

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.043

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Plantation Houses, Hawaii

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.046

Description: Colour: white, green, brown. In the foreground are large green round shaped plants which give way to an open space which is in front of a group of white buildings. There is a woman carrying two water pails in the center. Two more figures are at the right and another group further right. At the righ…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Plantation Houses, Hawaii

Date: 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.5 x 35 cm

Description: Colour: white, green, brown. In the foreground are large green round shaped plants which give way to an open space which is in front of a group of white buildings. There is a woman carrying two water pails in the center. Two more figures are at the right and another group further right. At the right edge is a building, a line of laundry, another building back further. Behind these is a dark green forest.

Subject: architecture; rural; figure; group; Pacific; Hawaii

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.046

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Practicing For Canoe Racing, Waikiki

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1933 – 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.207

Description: In the foreground, six men with paddles in a canoe on the ocean, lots of whitecaps. The horizon has a land mass from the left to centre and a ocean liner. Big white clouds.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Practicing For Canoe Racing, Waikiki

Date: 1933 – 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.9 x 35.5 cm

Description: In the foreground, six men with paddles in a canoe on the ocean, lots of whitecaps. The horizon has a land mass from the left to centre and a ocean liner. Big white clouds.