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Athabasca Glacier

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1940 – 1960

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.104

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Athabasca Glacier

Date: 1940 – 1960

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 25.5 x 29.9 cm

Subject: landscape; glacier; Canadian rockies

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.104

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Athabasca Glacier, Sunwapta Lake

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1945 – 1960

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.320

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Athabasca Glacier, Sunwapta Lake

Date: 1945 – 1960

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 25.0 x 30.1 cm

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; glacier; lake

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.320

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Athabasca Glacier Toe

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

Date: 1941

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.001

Description: Grey and white coloured rocks, top left of picture is brown and white .

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

Title: Athabasca Glacier Toe

Date: 1941

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 21.0 x 27.7 cm

Description: Grey and white coloured rocks, top left of picture is brown and white .

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; Athabasca Glacier

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.001

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Athabasca Glacier, Willows

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1945 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.368

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Athabasca Glacier, Willows

Date: 1945 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 25.0 x 30.2 cm

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; glacier

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.368

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Autumn, Sawback Range

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

Date: 1935 – 1950

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.227

Description: A row of yellow and lime green leaved trees create a line of colour behind an open field. The Sawbacks are located behind the treeline. The vein-like sculptural rock forms, rise high above the field. A cobalt blue sky creates a solid colour behind the mountains.

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

Title: Autumn, Sawback Range

Date: 1935 – 1950

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 25.4 x 30.3 cm

Description: A row of yellow and lime green leaved trees create a line of colour behind an open field. The Sawbacks are located behind the treeline. The vein-like sculptural rock forms, rise high above the field. A cobalt blue sky creates a solid colour behind the mountains.

Subject: landscape; mountain; Canadian Rockies

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.227

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Autumn, Vermilion Lakes

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

Date: 1945 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.258

Description: The foreground contains a bank of grass (coloured tan, ochre, green and brick-red), and a row of eleven tall trees with yellow foliage. On the left are three small black and green pine trees, and two are the right. The middleground contains stretches of bright blue water, and areas of ochre and gre…

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

Title: Autumn, Vermilion Lakes

Date: 1945 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 25.4 x 30.3 cm

Description: The foreground contains a bank of grass (coloured tan, ochre, green and brick-red), and a row of eleven tall trees with yellow foliage. On the left are three small black and green pine trees, and two are the right. The middleground contains stretches of bright blue water, and areas of ochre and green grass. Black is used to outline the base of the separate areas. Two blue mountains are hidden by the foreground trees. Their lower slopes are green, and a thin line of yellow forest is found at their base. The sky is light blue.

Subject: landscape; mountain; Canadian Rockies; lake

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.258

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Bali

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

Date: 1934

Medium: oil on canvas on board

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.146

Description: Valley floor and mountains in Bali.

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

Title: Bali

Date: 1934

Medium: oil on canvas on board

Dimensions: 28.0 x 35.5 cm

Description: Valley floor and mountains in Bali.

Subject: landscape; Bali

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.146

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Balinese Hills

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

Date: 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.156

Description: Hills in Bali seen through palm trees in foreground.

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

Title: Balinese Hills

Date: 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 28.0 x 35.5 cm

Description: Hills in Bali seen through palm trees in foreground.

Subject: landscape; Bali

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.156

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Banff

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1933

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.156

Description: Dark evergreens in right foreground, ochre and yellow meadow to the left and directly above trees, town of Banff is in middle far right. Snow-covered Mount Rundle upper right. The treeline cuts through the centre of the painting, grey brown flank of Tunnel Mountain to the left.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Banff

Date: 1933

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.7 x 35.2 cm

Description: Dark evergreens in right foreground, ochre and yellow meadow to the left and directly above trees, town of Banff is in middle far right. Snow-covered Mount Rundle upper right. The treeline cuts through the centre of the painting, grey brown flank of Tunnel Mountain to the left.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; town, Banff

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.156

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Banff from the Green Spot

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1933 – 1937

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.379

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Banff from the Green Spot

Date: 1933 – 1937

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 22.7 x 27.8 cm

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; buildings

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.379

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

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Banff from Tunnel Mountain

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1933

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.055

Description: Colour: blue, green, orange red. At the lower left corner is a green slope. Looking down on a town of bright buildings. Half way up are trees and a plain going off into the distance until mountain slopes take over the upper third.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Banff from Tunnel Mountain

Date: 1933

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.5 x 35 cm

Description: Colour: blue, green, orange red. At the lower left corner is a green slope. Looking down on a town of bright buildings. Half way up are trees and a plain going off into the distance until mountain slopes take over the upper third.

Subject: landscape; mountain; Canadian Rockies; architecture; rural

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.055

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

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Bankhead Foundations

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

Date: 1945 – 1950

Medium: oil on canvas on aluminum

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.223

Description: The great rock formation juts out of the lime coloured grass in the middle centre. Some large blue green evergreens create a natural barrier between the foreground and background. A smeared array of greens implies a deep forest beyond the rise in the foreground. The blue mountains stretch across th…

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

Title: Bankhead Foundations

Date: 1945 – 1950

Medium: oil on canvas on aluminum

Dimensions: 25.4 x 30.3 cm

Description: The great rock formation juts out of the lime coloured grass in the middle centre. Some large blue green evergreens create a natural barrier between the foreground and background. A smeared array of greens implies a deep forest beyond the rise in the foreground. The blue mountains stretch across the horizon line. Pale blue sky with low lying cloud cover dominates the top 1/3 of the sketch.

Subject: landscape; mountain; Canadian Rockies; architecture

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.223

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Banyan Tree, Bali

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.023

Description: Colour: brown, green. Two banyon trees fill the outer edges of the picture and the foreground. Behind n the distance are a few figures and a building to the left. Bits of sky can be seen through the branches of the trees.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Banyan Tree, Bali

Date: 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 35 x 27.5 cm

Description: Colour: brown, green. Two banyon trees fill the outer edges of the picture and the foreground. Behind n the distance are a few figures and a building to the left. Bits of sky can be seen through the branches of the trees.

Subject: landscape; architecture; figure; group; Pacific

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.023

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Barracks near Calgary

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1944

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.232

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Barracks near Calgary

Date: 1944

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.6 x 35.3 cm

Subject: landscape; urban; architecture, barracks; military

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.232

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The Bear Street Alley, Banff

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1931 – 1935

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.344

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: The Bear Street Alley, Banff

Date: 1931 – 1935

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.7 x 35.3 cm

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; town; building; winter

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.344

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Bear Street Alley, Banff

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1933

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.054

Description: Colour: blue, green, brown, grey, mauve. The lower half is buildngs, rooftops and four telephone poles. The upper half is distant hills sloping up to blue and white mountains left of center near the top. There is cloudy sky across the top.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Bear Street Alley, Banff

Date: 1933

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.5 x 35.2 cm

Description: Colour: blue, green, brown, grey, mauve. The lower half is buildngs, rooftops and four telephone poles. The upper half is distant hills sloping up to blue and white mountains left of center near the top. There is cloudy sky across the top.

Subject: landscape; mountain; Canadian Rockies;architecture; rural

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.054

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Beaver Ponds, Black Spruce

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

Date: 1945 – 1960

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.301

Description: Calm, pale blue pond in foreground, split tree on right reflects in pond, two large trees to left behind which are two smaller trees, these also are reflected in the pond, row of green trees through centre of painting, sloping mountains left and right to centre, small mountain centre with white (sn…

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

Title: Beaver Ponds, Black Spruce

Date: 1945 – 1960

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 28.0 x 35.5 cm

Description: Calm, pale blue pond in foreground, split tree on right reflects in pond, two large trees to left behind which are two smaller trees, these also are reflected in the pond, row of green trees through centre of painting, sloping mountains left and right to centre, small mountain centre with white (snow) on it.