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Dawn on the Ten Peaks, Moraine Lake

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1950 – 1960

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.328

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Dawn on the Ten Peaks, Moraine Lake

Date: 1950 – 1960

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 25.3 x 30.2 cm

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; lake

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.328

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Emerald Lake

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1950 – 1960

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.216

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Emerald Lake

Date: 1950 – 1960

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.4 x 35.2 cm

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; lake, Emerald Lake; mountain

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.216

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Emerald Lake

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1950 – 1960

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.329

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Emerald Lake

Date: 1950 – 1960

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 25.0 x 30.0 cm

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; lake

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.329

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Emerald Lake

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1950 – 1960

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.347

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Emerald Lake

Date: 1950 – 1960

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 25.1 x 29.9 cm

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; lake

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.347

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From the Little Beehive

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

Date: 1953 – 1958

Medium: oil on canvas on masonite

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.112

Description: Mt. Victoria and Mt. Lefroy seen from the Little Beehive.

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

Title: From the Little Beehive

Date: 1953 – 1958

Medium: oil on canvas on masonite

Dimensions: 25.4 x 30.3 cm

Description: Mt. Victoria and Mt. Lefroy seen from the Little Beehive.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; Little Beehive; Mt. Victoria, Mt. Lefroy

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.112

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Funeral of Chief David Bearspaw

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1956

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.033

Description: Colour: multi colours on white. In the lower left corner is the backside of a sled pulled by two horses. There are figures sitting in the sled and walking beside it, also two dogs. Many figures are making their way from the right to the left of centre where there is a huge circle of figures. Ac…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Funeral of Chief David Bearspaw

Date: 1956

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 90.5 x 100.8 cm

Description: Colour: multi colours on white. In the lower left corner is the backside of a sled pulled by two horses. There are figures sitting in the sled and walking beside it, also two dogs. Many figures are making their way from the right to the left of centre where there is a huge circle of figures. Across the right side in front of a fence is a row of eleven sleds. The hills beyond meet the lake up centre and the far shore of blue mountains two thirds up. The sky is streaked grey.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; transportation; figure; group; religious

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.033

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His Haunt

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

Date: 1893

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: CoJ.02.03

Description: Scene in a forest with a stream. Overall green value of the painting, - there is a herring standing in the steam just below center at the narrowest part where the stream seems to drop to a lower level. - dark green shadows across the top of the trees where they appear to canopy the scene. - dark br…

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

Title: His Haunt

Date: 1893

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 45.5 x 30.5 cm

Description: Scene in a forest with a stream. Overall green value of the painting, - there is a herring standing in the steam just below center at the narrowest part where the stream seems to drop to a lower level. - dark green shadows across the top of the trees where they appear to canopy the scene. - dark brown bank to the left of the steam, and a dark green/yellow to the right of the stream.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; heron; stream

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1982

Catalogue Number: CoJ.02.03

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Indian Days

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1950 – 1960

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.551

Description: Three decorated tepees stand in a row, blue mountains in the background, green grass in foreground. People in various colours of dress are sitting around the teepees.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Indian Days

Date: 1950 – 1960

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 30.3 x 40.1 cm

Description: Three decorated tepees stand in a row, blue mountains in the background, green grass in foreground. People in various colours of dress are sitting around the teepees.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; teepee; Indian Days; figure; group

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.551

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Kananaskis

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1950 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.337

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Kananaskis

Date: 1950 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 25.2 x 30.3 cm

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; lake

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.337

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Kananaskis

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1950 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.341

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Kananaskis

Date: 1950 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 25.2 x 30.1 cm

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; lake

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.341

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Kananaskis Lake

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1954 – 1957

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.310

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Kananaskis Lake

Date: 1954 – 1957

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 25.3 x 30.2 cm

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; lake; mountains

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.310

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Kananaskis Lakes

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

Date: 1950 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.404

Description: A blue lake is centre foreground surrounded by mountains. Evergreen trees in both right and left foreground. Cloudy sky.

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

Title: Kananaskis Lakes

Date: 1950 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 12.7 x 17.7 cm

Description: A blue lake is centre foreground surrounded by mountains. Evergreen trees in both right and left foreground. Cloudy sky.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; lake; forest

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.404

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Kicking Horse River, Chancellor Peak Campground

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1950 – 1960

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.215

Description: A landscape of mountains, sky and a river. The foreground is dominated by brown and grey rocks and by white and turquoise frothing, raging water. The upper half of the painting are dark green pine trees with mauve and white mountains beyond. Mid- to-top is blue sky with one long white cloud.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Kicking Horse River, Chancellor Peak Campground

Date: 1950 – 1960

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.8 x 35.5 cm

Description: A landscape of mountains, sky and a river. The foreground is dominated by brown and grey rocks and by white and turquoise frothing, raging water. The upper half of the painting are dark green pine trees with mauve and white mountains beyond. Mid- to-top is blue sky with one long white cloud.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; river

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.215

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

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Lake Louise

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1950 – 1960

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.413

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Lake Louise

Date: 1950 – 1960

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 25.2 x 30.2 cm

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; lake

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.413

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Lake Louise, Fall

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1950 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.116

Description: Colour: light blue, brown, black. The lower area is lake. From the center on each side rise black mountain slopes. The blue glacier sits in the middle. Above that are brown mountain slopes and blue tops. Some sky visible in te upper left and along the edge.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Lake Louise, Fall

Date: 1950 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 30.5 x 25.5 cm

Description: Colour: light blue, brown, black. The lower area is lake. From the center on each side rise black mountain slopes. The blue glacier sits in the middle. Above that are brown mountain slopes and blue tops. Some sky visible in te upper left and along the edge.

Subject: landscape; mountain; Canadian Rockies; lake; glacier

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.116

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Lake Louise, Mount Lefroy and Mount Victoria

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.079

Description: Colour: white, blue, brown. The lower edge is rocks with a tree standing on the left side and a dead bush on the right. The lake is frozen to a third the way up. Snow and treed mountain slopes rise up beyond. The glacier can be seen on the right. A patch of blue sky is at the upper edge in the cent…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Lake Louise, Mount Lefroy and Mount Victoria

Date: 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.5 x 35 cm

Description: Colour: white, blue, brown. The lower edge is rocks with a tree standing on the left side and a dead bush on the right. The lake is frozen to a third the way up. Snow and treed mountain slopes rise up beyond. The glacier can be seen on the right. A patch of blue sky is at the upper edge in the center.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; lake; glacier

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.079

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

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Molar Pass

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Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Date: 1954

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.10

Description: General colour: blue, grey. Rocks go along the bottom edge and out from the left in big boulders. These mark the edge of a pool of water. A piece of land with boulders comes out from the right one third up. Behind are blue mountains partly hidden by enveloping clouds.

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Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Title: Molar Pass

Date: 1954

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 26.5 x 38.0 cm

Description: General colour: blue, grey. Rocks go along the bottom edge and out from the left in big boulders. These mark the edge of a pool of water. A piece of land with boulders comes out from the right one third up. Behind are blue mountains partly hidden by enveloping clouds.