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Cloud Study

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1930 – 1940

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.513

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Cloud Study

Date: 1930 – 1940

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.7 x 35.0 cm

Subject: atmosphere; cloudscape; landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.513

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Clouds and Peaks

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1930 – 1940

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.494

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Clouds and Peaks

Date: 1930 – 1940

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 25.2 x 30.3 cm

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; skyscape

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.494

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Commodore in Dry Dock, Honolulu, Hawaii

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1933

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.041

Description: Colour: blue, brown. Central image is the frontal view of a large ship. Masts fill the upper center area. Across the middle is a dark beam of iron that joins up with another on the right side. Down the left side is one of the supports for the beam. Near the bottom surrounding the boat are ladder sh…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Commodore in Dry Dock, Honolulu, Hawaii

Date: 1933

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.5 x 35 cm

Description: Colour: blue, brown. Central image is the frontal view of a large ship. Masts fill the upper center area. Across the middle is a dark beam of iron that joins up with another on the right side. Down the left side is one of the supports for the beam. Near the bottom surrounding the boat are ladder shaped structures and to the right, a small building on a sort of ramp which goes from the side of the ship to the right. The sky is blue.

Subject: transportation; Pacific; Hawaii

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.041

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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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Curley Cornwall

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.026

Description: Colour: brown, yellow, white, red. Head and shoulders of a man looking right.He wears a yellow shirt and a red flower behind his right ear.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Curley Cornwall

Date: 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 40.5 x 50.7 cm

Description: Colour: brown, yellow, white, red. Head and shoulders of a man looking right.He wears a yellow shirt and a red flower behind his right ear.

Subject: portrait, male; Hawaiian

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.026

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Curly Cornwall

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.225

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Curly Cornwall

Date: 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 35.2 x 27.7 cm

Subject: portrait, male; Hawaiian

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.225

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Deception Pass

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1935 – 1945

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.007

Description: Colour: blue. The lower five sixths of the canvas is blue snow with a ski trail going up from the lower right corner up and across left to the center of the crest where three figures are trudging. The sky beyond is streaked with a long horizontal cloud. In the upper left corner in the distance are …

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Deception Pass

Date: 1935 – 1945

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 63.5 x 70.6 cm

Description: Colour: blue. The lower five sixths of the canvas is blue snow with a ski trail going up from the lower right corner up and across left to the center of the crest where three figures are trudging. The sky beyond is streaked with a long horizontal cloud. In the upper left corner in the distance are snowy peaks.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; winter; activity; skiing; figure; group

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.007

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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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Downhill Skier

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1937

Catalogue Number: WyP.06.01

Description: A realistic rendering of a male downhill skier in action, right leg and ski slightly in front of left, knees bent, elbows up holding metal ski poles. The ski poles have metal baskets soldered on to main shaft. The base is a triangular shaped piece 8.7 cm at the back tapering to the front which is 2…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Downhill Skier

Date: 1937

Dimensions: 29.0 x 9.5 x 28.0 cm

Description: A realistic rendering of a male downhill skier in action, right leg and ski slightly in front of left, knees bent, elbows up holding metal ski poles. The ski poles have metal baskets soldered on to main shaft. The base is a triangular shaped piece 8.7 cm at the back tapering to the front which is 2.5 cm high. The whole sculpture, excluding the poles, is painted silver.

Subject: figure; skier; activity; skiing

Credit: Gift of Bob Leighton, 1971

Catalogue Number: WyP.06.01

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Early Snow, Mount Assiniboine

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1937

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.164

Description: A sunny day with lots of snow, a ski trail of path leading up to a snow-covered mountain to the left. In immediate foreground is an evergreen to the left, some gold snow-covered larches on the crest of the hill especially to the right. Blue sky with a few wispy white clouds.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Early Snow, Mount Assiniboine

Date: 1937

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.2 x 35.5 cm

Description: A sunny day with lots of snow, a ski trail of path leading up to a snow-covered mountain to the left. In immediate foreground is an evergreen to the left, some gold snow-covered larches on the crest of the hill especially to the right. Blue sky with a few wispy white clouds.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain, Mount Assiniboine; snow

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.164

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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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Equipment Shed at Temple Lodge

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1938 – 1940

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.297

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Equipment Shed at Temple Lodge

Date: 1938 – 1940

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 22.7 x 27.6 cm

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; building; shed

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.297

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Fairholme Range, Cascade River

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1933

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.161

Description: Late fall, some yellow aspens to the immediate right and left, middle of the the painting is brown bank of the river, ochre hues on opposite shore., brown banks, tree line and snow-covered mountain range behind, cloudy sky.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Fairholme Range, Cascade River

Date: 1933

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.8 x 35.3 cm

Description: Late fall, some yellow aspens to the immediate right and left, middle of the the painting is brown bank of the river, ochre hues on opposite shore., brown banks, tree line and snow-covered mountain range behind, cloudy sky.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountains, Fairholme Range; river, Cascade

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.161

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Field Workers, Hawaii

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1933 – 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.575

Description: A painting depicting people working in a brown field. Mountains in the background. One in a set of 7 paintings of Hawaii.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Field Workers, Hawaii

Date: 1933 – 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 12.7 x 17.6 cm

Description: A painting depicting people working in a brown field. Mountains in the background. One in a set of 7 paintings of Hawaii.

Subject: landscape; mountain; Pacific; Hawaii; figure; group

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.575

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Fields and Mountain, Hawaii

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1933 – 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.578

Description: Painting showing green fields in front of tall mountains. One in a set of 7 paintings of Hawaii.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Fields and Mountain, Hawaii

Date: 1933 – 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 12.7 x 17.6 cm

Description: Painting showing green fields in front of tall mountains. One in a set of 7 paintings of Hawaii.

Subject: landscape; mountain; fields; Pacific; Hawaii

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.578

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Filling in the Bathtubs

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1937 – 1940

Medium: oil on board

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.029

Description: Colour: orange, green and blue on yellow and blue. Yellow slope covered with figures all carrying shovels. There are two paths coming down from the upper ridge at left. Both skiers at the end of the path are buried in snow. Two figures at the lower end of the right path are measuring the width of t…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Filling in the Bathtubs

Date: 1937 – 1940

Medium: oil on board

Dimensions: 100.1 x 74.6 cm

Description: Colour: orange, green and blue on yellow and blue. Yellow slope covered with figures all carrying shovels. There are two paths coming down from the upper ridge at left. Both skiers at the end of the path are buried in snow. Two figures at the lower end of the right path are measuring the width of the path. The sky is clear blue above where seven skiers stand waiting their turn.