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Before the White Man Came

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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Date
1969
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.30
Description
The painting is dominated by a large bison midcentre left grazing in a herd in the foothills. The mountains are behind under a dark blue and yellow sky.
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Title
Before the White Man Came
Date
1969
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
11.3 x 16.3 cm
Description
The painting is dominated by a large bison midcentre left grazing in a herd in the foothills. The mountains are behind under a dark blue and yellow sky.
Subject
animal, buffalo
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
foothills
Credit
Gift of Unknown, 1978
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.30
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Big Rock at Lake O'Hara

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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Date
1968
Medium
oil on paper
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.217
Description
A rugged rocky cliff surrounded by evergreens is located along the shores of Lake O'Hara. It ranges in colour from purples to yellow and orange. Lake O'Hara is depicted in slid turquoise. The mountains appear overhead beyond the cliffs with cobalt blue peering through top centre.
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Title
Big Rock at Lake O'Hara
Date
1968
Medium
oil on paper
Dimensions
22.8 x 30.3 cm
Description
A rugged rocky cliff surrounded by evergreens is located along the shores of Lake O'Hara. It ranges in colour from purples to yellow and orange. Lake O'Hara is depicted in slid turquoise. The mountains appear overhead beyond the cliffs with cobalt blue peering through top centre.
Subject
landscape
mountain
Canadian Rockies
lake
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.217
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Date
1966
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.34
Description
Merry Xmas & Happy New Year from Mr. & Mrs. J. Simpson Sr. 1966-7.
Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Title
Canadian Rockies
Date
1966
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
17.5 x 11.0 cm
Description
Merry Xmas & Happy New Year from Mr. & Mrs. J. Simpson Sr. 1966-7.
Subject
landscape
mountain
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.34
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Date
1929 – 1930
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.330
Description
Lower third of painting is green with trees, upper two thirds is purple hills and mountain which is orange and has a patch of white on right slope, the sky is light blue-grey.
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Title
Cathedral Mountain
Date
1929 – 1930
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
13.4 x 15.0 cm
Description
Lower third of painting is green with trees, upper two thirds is purple hills and mountain which is orange and has a patch of white on right slope, the sky is light blue-grey.
Subject
landscape
mountain
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.330
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Cathedral Mountain in Wapta Muck

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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Date
1968
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.231
Description
Cathedral rises through the whisps of circling cloud covering. The green blue, splashes of paint at the base of the mountain gives the impression of a thick forest. Beige strokes of paint stretch up to the purplish mass of rock beyond the treeline. Catharine is encompassed by a grey sky.
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Title
Cathedral Mountain in Wapta Muck
Date
1968
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
25.4 x 30.3 cm
Description
Cathedral rises through the whisps of circling cloud covering. The green blue, splashes of paint at the base of the mountain gives the impression of a thick forest. Beige strokes of paint stretch up to the purplish mass of rock beyond the treeline. Catharine is encompassed by a grey sky.
Subject
landscape
mountain
Canadian Rockies
lake
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.231
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Inuit Boy at Povungnituk

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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Date
1968
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.171
Description
Portrait of an Inuk boy.
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Title
Inuit Boy at Povungnituk
Date
1968
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
35.5 x 28.0 cm
Description
Portrait of an Inuk boy.
Subject
portrait
boy
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.171
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Inuit Boy at Povungnituk

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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Date
1968
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.169
Description
Portrait of an Inuk boy.
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Title
Inuit Boy at Povungnituk
Date
1968
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
35.5 x 28.0 cm
Description
Portrait of an Inuk boy.
Subject
portrait
male
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.169
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Inuit Boy, Povungnituk

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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Date
1968
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.176
Description
Portrait of an Inuk boy.
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Title
Inuit Boy, Povungnituk
Date
1968
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
35.5 x 28.0 cm
Description
Portrait of an Inuk boy.
Subject
portrait
male
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.176
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Date
1968
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.411
Description
A full face head and shoulders portrait of a young Inuit child. She is wearing a peaked hood blue parka with brown fur trim. The painting appears unfinished.
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Title
Inuit Child
Date
1968
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
35.0 x 27.5 cm
Description
A full face head and shoulders portrait of a young Inuit child. She is wearing a peaked hood blue parka with brown fur trim. The painting appears unfinished.
Subject
portrait
child
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.411
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Inuit Girl at Povungnituk

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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Date
1968
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.172
Description
Portrait of an Inuk girl in Povungnituk.
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Title
Inuit Girl at Povungnituk
Date
1968
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
35.5 x 28.0 cm
Description
Portrait of an Inuk girl in Povungnituk.
Subject
portrait
female
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.172
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Inuk Girl Guide at Povungnituk

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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Date
1968
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.170
Description
Portrait of an Inuk girl in Povungnituk.
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Title
Inuk Girl Guide at Povungnituk
Date
1968
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
35.5 x 28.0 cm
Description
Portrait of an Inuk girl in Povungnituk.
Subject
portrait
girl
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.170
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Date
1968 – 1969
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.177
Description
Lake McArthur lies below a large navy grey mass of mountain face, which comprises 2/3 of the sketch. Various cloud formations are draped across the mountain side obscuring any actual details of the mountain. Reddish brown rocks stretch across the immediate ridges of the sketch overlooking the lake …
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Title
Lake McArthur
Date
1968 – 1969
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
22.8 x 28.0 cm
Description
Lake McArthur lies below a large navy grey mass of mountain face, which comprises 2/3 of the sketch. Various cloud formations are draped across the mountain side obscuring any actual details of the mountain. Reddish brown rocks stretch across the immediate ridges of the sketch overlooking the lake below.
Subject
landscape
mountain
Canadian Rockies
lake
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.177
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Date
1968
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.220
Description
The dark evergreens create a high wall of solid green colour behind the deep blue water of Lake O'Hara. The rough terrain of the mountain peaks Hungabee and Biddle stretch across the canvas above the treeline. A grey sky forecasts the arrival of an impending storm.
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Title
Lake O'Hara, Opabin
Date
1968
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
25.4 x 30.3 cm
Description
The dark evergreens create a high wall of solid green colour behind the deep blue water of Lake O'Hara. The rough terrain of the mountain peaks Hungabee and Biddle stretch across the canvas above the treeline. A grey sky forecasts the arrival of an impending storm.
Subject
landscape
mountain
Canadian Rockies
lake
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.220
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Date
c. 1934
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.432
Description
an unfinished painting of a woman wearing a red lei. She is painted in 3/4 view facing to viewers left. HEr brown hair is in a ponytail at the nape of her neck.
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Title
[Mabel?]
Date
c. 1934
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
63.0 x 53.0 cm
Description
an unfinished painting of a woman wearing a red lei. She is painted in 3/4 view facing to viewers left. HEr brown hair is in a ponytail at the nape of her neck.
Subject
portrait
woman
Hawai’i
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.432
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Man's Head and Torso

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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Date
1928 – 1930
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyC.02.10
Description
A portrait of a young man. He is facing to the right, has red hair and a mustache. His shoulders and arms are well defined, he is wearing a dark coloured belt. The background is dark blue. Unfinished near the bottom.
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Title
Man's Head and Torso
Date
1928 – 1930
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
75.0 x 60.0 cm
Description
A portrait of a young man. He is facing to the right, has red hair and a mustache. His shoulders and arms are well defined, he is wearing a dark coloured belt. The background is dark blue. Unfinished near the bottom.
Subject
portrait
male
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyC.02.10
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Date
1928 – 1930
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyC.02.08
Description
A head and shoulders portrait of an elderly man. He is facing to the right showing a partial left profile. His hair is white, small glasses. Wearing a large light green jacket with and orange tie.
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Title
Man's Portrait
Date
1928 – 1930
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
52.0 x 42.0 cm
Description
A head and shoulders portrait of an elderly man. He is facing to the right showing a partial left profile. His hair is white, small glasses. Wearing a large light green jacket with and orange tie.
Subject
portrait
male
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyC.02.08
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Date
1967 – 1970
Medium
oil on paper
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.356
Description
Rough lake sketch, foreground is suggested with dry brush stokes of brown, lake solid turquoise colour, pine tree on the left side (edge of lake), grey mountain centre background, which is filled in behind with dry brush strokes of dark grey.
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Title
Moraine Lake
Date
1967 – 1970
Medium
oil on paper
Dimensions
22.8 x 30.3 cm
Description
Rough lake sketch, foreground is suggested with dry brush stokes of brown, lake solid turquoise colour, pine tree on the left side (edge of lake), grey mountain centre background, which is filled in behind with dry brush strokes of dark grey.
Subject
landscape
mountain
Canadian Rockies
lake
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.356
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Date
1967 – 1970
Medium
oil on paper
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.355
Description
Very rough sketch of mountain scene, the blue paint has been used to create the outline of the mountains, rather than the mountains being a solid filled in mass.
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Title
Mount Athabasca
Date
1967 – 1970
Medium
oil on paper
Dimensions
22.8 x 30.3 cm
Description
Very rough sketch of mountain scene, the blue paint has been used to create the outline of the mountains, rather than the mountains being a solid filled in mass.
Subject
landscape
mountain
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.355
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Date
1968
Medium
oil on paper
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.218
Description
The rugged terrain of Mt. Eisenhower rises from the dark black-green illusive treeline. A grey-blue wash surrounds the rocky peaks.
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Title
Mount Eisenhower
Date
1968
Medium
oil on paper
Dimensions
22.8 x 30.3 cm
Description
The rugged terrain of Mt. Eisenhower rises from the dark black-green illusive treeline. A grey-blue wash surrounds the rocky peaks.
Subject
landscape
mountain
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.218
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Date
1968
Medium
oil on canvas on aluminum
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.219
Description
This is a very close sketch of Mt. Eisenhower. The cliffs of the mountains are gold in colour. The varying row of blue and green vertical strip of paint signify a treeline at the base of the mountain. Patches of periodic blue paint indicate a blue sky.
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Title
Mount Eisenhower
Date
1968
Medium
oil on canvas on aluminum
Dimensions
25.4 x 30.3 cm
Description
This is a very close sketch of Mt. Eisenhower. The cliffs of the mountains are gold in colour. The varying row of blue and green vertical strip of paint signify a treeline at the base of the mountain. Patches of periodic blue paint indicate a blue sky.
Subject
landscape
mountain
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.219
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