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- Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian) 69
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- Barbara Spohr (1955 – 1987, Canadian) 11
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Above Bow Falls
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactgyh.02.15
- Date
- 1952
- Medium
- oil on board
- Catalogue Number
- GyH.02.15
- Description
- A low and wide, white and blue waterfall between gray rocks with evergreen trees mountains in the background.
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- Title
- Above Bow Falls
- Date
- 1952
- Medium
- oil on board
- Dimensions
- 31.0 x 39.0 cm
- Description
- A low and wide, white and blue waterfall between gray rocks with evergreen trees mountains in the background.
- Subject
- Banff
- Bow Falls
- Rocky Mountains
- water
- waterfall
- Credit
- Gift of Fred Burghardt, Edmonton, 2018
- Catalogue Number
- GyH.02.15
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Abstract Sketch
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactgyh.03.02
- Date
- 1967
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- GyH.03.02
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- Title
- Abstract Sketch
- Date
- 1967
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 15.2 x 8.3 cm
- Subject
- abstract
- non-representational
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- GyH.03.02
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Airdrie, Alberta
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactlac.05.24
- Date
- 1957
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- LaC.05.24
- Description
- General colour: blue grey, brown, pink. Two elevators stand at the right side on the horizon. A train chugs past on the left. The foreround is brown fields - a fence appears from the left. The sky fills the upper two thirds and is spotted with clouds.
- Title
- Airdrie, Alberta
- Date
- 1957
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 22.8 x 27.8 cm
- Description
- General colour: blue grey, brown, pink. Two elevators stand at the right side on the horizon. A train chugs past on the left. The foreround is brown fields - a fence appears from the left. The sky fills the upper two thirds and is spotted with clouds.
- Credit
- Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
- Catalogue Number
- LaC.05.24
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Aklavik, N.W.T.
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactbpw.02.02
- Date
- prior to 1977
- Medium
- oil on canvas board
- Catalogue Number
- BpW.02.02
- Description
- General colour: blue with green, yellow, brown. A figure, sled and team of four dogs fills lower right quarter of picture. A broad crack in the frozen lake runs up from the center at the bottom and disappears into the horizon of trees. The far shore and mountains beyond start two thirds up the pict…
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- Title
- Aklavik, N.W.T.
- Date
- prior to 1977
- Medium
- oil on canvas board
- Dimensions
- 35.6 x 45.6 cm
- Description
- General colour: blue with green, yellow, brown. A figure, sled and team of four dogs fills lower right quarter of picture. A broad crack in the frozen lake runs up from the center at the bottom and disappears into the horizon of trees. The far shore and mountains beyond start two thirds up the picture.
- Credit
- Purchased from William Bonnetplume, 1978
- Catalogue Number
- BpW.02.02
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Alasi Tukalak Carving, Povungnituk
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyc.01.248
- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.248
- Description
- A solitary woman is kneeling in the foreground clutching a grey object in her left hand and pointing to it with her right hand. The woman is seen in profile. Her skin is brown and her hair is black. She wears a blue jacket over an orange-pink skirt. On her head is a red-pink scarf with green detail…
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- Title
- Alasi Tukalak Carving, Povungnituk
- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 25.4 x 30.3 cm
- Description
- A solitary woman is kneeling in the foreground clutching a grey object in her left hand and pointing to it with her right hand. The woman is seen in profile. Her skin is brown and her hair is black. She wears a blue jacket over an orange-pink skirt. On her head is a red-pink scarf with green details. A light blue-grey building is found in the upper left corner. Cast shadows are blue.
- Subject
- figure, female
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.248
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Alpine Flower (Epilobium palustre or Epilobium ciliatum?)
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactscm.05.26
- Date
- 1903
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.26
- Description
- A single plant fills most of the paper; a thin stem from which emanates many smaller stems with leaves; small pink flowers and buds top the stems.
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- Title
- Alpine Flower (Epilobium palustre or Epilobium ciliatum?)
- Date
- 1903
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 25.5 x 18.0 cm
- Description
- A single plant fills most of the paper; a thin stem from which emanates many smaller stems with leaves; small pink flowers and buds top the stems.
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.26
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Anemone patens (Prairie Crocus)
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactscm.05.22
- Date
- 1906
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.22
- Description
- A single plant and 2 cuttings, light purple flowers in various stages.
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- Title
- Anemone patens (Prairie Crocus)
- Date
- 1906
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 25.5 x 17.5 cm
- Description
- A single plant and 2 cuttings, light purple flowers in various stages.
- Credit
- Gift of Leonard Leacock, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.22
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Arctostaphylos uva-ursi [Bear Berry]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactscm.05.35
- Date
- 1904
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.35
- Description
- A stem with spoon-shaped green leaves, two bunches of round red berries, and small bunches of urn shaped white flowers with pink tips. Date and artist monogram are in the BRC. Written on verso in pencil is [alpina?] from Field. Flowers last of May. Fruit July or August + beautiful red leaves.” at t…
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- Title
- Arctostaphylos uva-ursi [Bear Berry]
- Date
- 1904
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 25.0 x 16.5 cm
- Description
- A stem with spoon-shaped green leaves, two bunches of round red berries, and small bunches of urn shaped white flowers with pink tips. Date and artist monogram are in the BRC. Written on verso in pencil is [alpina?] from Field. Flowers last of May. Fruit July or August + beautiful red leaves.” at the top and “arctostaphylos uva-urs: at bottom.
- Subject
- bearberry
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1969
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.35
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- Date
- 1950 – 1960
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.110
- Description
- Colour: yellow, green. Across the bottom is grass, then a bank of yellow aspens across the main part of the picture. Above them, a hill can be seen and snowy peaks rise up behind into grey clouded sky.
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- Title
- Aspens
- Date
- 1950 – 1960
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 30.5 x 25.5 cm
- Description
- Colour: yellow, green. Across the bottom is grass, then a bank of yellow aspens across the main part of the picture. Above them, a hill can be seen and snowy peaks rise up behind into grey clouded sky.
- Subject
- landscape
- mountain
- Canadian Rockies
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.110
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Aster bigelovii (Purple Tansy Aster)
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactscm.05.04
- Date
- 1903
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.04
- Description
- A single, thick brown stem with long green bracted leaves, is topped with a cluster of purple flowers with yellow centres.
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- Title
- Aster bigelovii (Purple Tansy Aster)
- Date
- 1903
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 25.5 x 17.5 cm
- Description
- A single, thick brown stem with long green bracted leaves, is topped with a cluster of purple flowers with yellow centres.
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.04
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Aster foliaceus (Leafy Aster)
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactscm.05.18
- Date
- 1903
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.18
- Description
- A thick green stem comes from the centre bottom of painting spreading out near the top with smaller stems which have delicate yellow and pink flowers; 6 yellow centers with pink fringes; others are pink buds.
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- Title
- Aster foliaceus (Leafy Aster)
- Date
- 1903
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 25.5 x 17.5 cm
- Description
- A thick green stem comes from the centre bottom of painting spreading out near the top with smaller stems which have delicate yellow and pink flowers; 6 yellow centers with pink fringes; others are pink buds.
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.18
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At Lake O'Hara
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyc.01.060
- Date
- 1969
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.060
- Description
- Lake O’Hara beyond a rocky outcrop in foreground.
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- Title
- At Lake O'Hara
- Date
- 1969
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 22.8 x 28.0 cm
- Description
- Lake O’Hara beyond a rocky outcrop in foreground.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- Lake O’Hara
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.060
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Autumn Storm, Shuswap Lake, B.C.
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactdgo.02.01
- Date
- c. 1970
- Medium
- oil on canvas board
- Catalogue Number
- DgO.02.01
- Description
- Yellow/orange colour dominates from centre to top right; foreground and bottom right are brown trees, higher to the right of picture; behind these trees is a blue lake, yellow reflection; a varied coloured green mountain is in the centre left; light yellow sweeps down from top left.
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- Title
- Autumn Storm, Shuswap Lake, B.C.
- Date
- c. 1970
- Medium
- oil on canvas board
- Dimensions
- 25.5 x 30.5 cm
- Description
- Yellow/orange colour dominates from centre to top right; foreground and bottom right are brown trees, higher to the right of picture; behind these trees is a blue lake, yellow reflection; a varied coloured green mountain is in the centre left; light yellow sweeps down from top left.
- Credit
- Gift of Jock Smith, Vancouver, 1972
- Catalogue Number
- DgO.02.01
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Avalanche Slope
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactdgo.02.02
- Date
- 1955 – 1970
- Medium
- oil on masonite
- Catalogue Number
- DgO.02.02
- Description
- tlc and along top is a cloudy sky, below that is a mountain face. The slope runs tr to bl. The mountain has a long expanse of white from tr to bl interspersed with trees and shadows. Stylized tree forms all along bottom edge.
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- Title
- Avalanche Slope
- Date
- 1955 – 1970
- Medium
- oil on masonite
- Dimensions
- 120.0 x 120.00 cm
- Description
- tlc and along top is a cloudy sky, below that is a mountain face. The slope runs tr to bl. The mountain has a long expanse of white from tr to bl interspersed with trees and shadows. Stylized tree forms all along bottom edge.
- Subject
- Canadian Rockies
- landscape
- winter
- Credit
- Gift of John P. Crabb, Winnipeg, 1995
- Catalogue Number
- DgO.02.02
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- Date
- 1962
- Medium
- oil on masonite
- Catalogue Number
- GyH.02.01
- Description
- General colour: greens, pink, blue, mauve and purple. Mount Rundle in broad impressionistic strokes. “GLYDE 62” aigned in black in the brhc.
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- Title
- Banff 1962
- Date
- 1962
- Medium
- oil on masonite
- Dimensions
- 26.1 x 33.6 cm
- Description
- General colour: greens, pink, blue, mauve and purple. Mount Rundle in broad impressionistic strokes. “GLYDE 62” aigned in black in the brhc.
- Subject
- landscape
- Mount Rundle
- Canadian Rockies
- Credit
- Gift of eisler, Edmonton, 1972
- Catalogue Number
- GyH.02.01
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Banff Road, West of Calgary.
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactlac.05.25
- Date
- 1963
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- LaC.05.25
- Description
- General colour: blue, brown. Lower third is brown fields with a few vague structures here and there. Upper two thirds are blue mountain range and clouded sky.
- Title
- Banff Road, West of Calgary.
- Date
- 1963
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 20.3 x 25.3 cm
- Description
- General colour: blue, brown. Lower third is brown fields with a few vague structures here and there. Upper two thirds are blue mountain range and clouded sky.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- Credit
- Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
- Catalogue Number
- LaC.05.25
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Bank in Dawson City
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.01.101
- Date
- 1956
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.101
- Description
- Colour: blue, black, green, ochre. A road goes up from the lower center towards the right. On the right side of the road are five telegraph poles receding into the distance. On the left side are buildings. The front one is white and built of stone or brick. In the background is a hillside which goe…
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- Title
- Bank in Dawson City
- Date
- 1956
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 30.5 x 25.5 cm
- Description
- Colour: blue, black, green, ochre. A road goes up from the lower center towards the right. On the right side of the road are five telegraph poles receding into the distance. On the left side are buildings. The front one is white and built of stone or brick. In the background is a hillside which goes up at an angle from the left to he upper right. Clear blue sky fills in the rest.
- Subject
- architecture
- urban
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.101
- Notes
- Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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- Date
- 1968 – 1971
- Medium
- oil on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.206
- Description
- Four large trees stand in the immediate foreground. They have blue trunks which compliments the similar colour bushes that surround them. The lime green grasses extend to the brushline in the background. The mountains painting with various colours of blue to denote distance appear high above the tr…
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- Title
- Bankhead
- Date
- 1968 – 1971
- Medium
- oil on paper
- Dimensions
- 22.8 x 30.3 cm
- Description
- Four large trees stand in the immediate foreground. They have blue trunks which compliments the similar colour bushes that surround them. The lime green grasses extend to the brushline in the background. The mountains painting with various colours of blue to denote distance appear high above the tree line. A yellowish white cloud colour appears against a blue sky.
- Subject
- figure, female
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.206
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Beacon Hill Park, Victoria, British Columbia
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactlac.05.19
- Date
- 1957
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- LaC.05.19
- Description
- General colour: brown, grey. A row of eight trees crosses the picture - the foliage filling the upper left area and across the middle. Two or three figures can be seen in the left area. Back ground image is somewhat vague. The sky is cloudless.
- Title
- Beacon Hill Park, Victoria, British Columbia
- Date
- 1957
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 22.8 x 27.8 cm
- Description
- General colour: brown, grey. A row of eight trees crosses the picture - the foliage filling the upper left area and across the middle. Two or three figures can be seen in the left area. Back ground image is somewhat vague. The sky is cloudless.
- Subject
- seascape, Pacific
- trees
- Credit
- Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
- Catalogue Number
- LaC.05.19
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Big Rock at Lake O'Hara
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyc.01.217
- 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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- 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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