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At the Lake O'Hara Camp

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1936

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.234

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: At the Lake O'Hara Camp

Date: 1936

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.7 x 35.3 cm

Subject: landscape; mountains; winter; architecture, camp

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.234

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Bow Lake

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Artist: Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)

Date: 1969

Medium: oil on canvas board

Catalogue Number: WiS.02.07

Description: Blue green lake along lower edge. Large brown-grey mountains with strip of trees at lakeshore in background. Glacier at centre left with waterfall. Fluffy clouds in blue sky above. “SITTING WIND” in lower right corner. On back “Bow Lake. $25.00. July, 1969. Frank Kaquitts Morley Alberta. Indian nam…

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Artist: Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)

Title: Bow Lake

Date: 1969

Medium: oil on canvas board

Dimensions: 30.5 x 40.5 cm

Description: Blue green lake along lower edge. Large brown-grey mountains with strip of trees at lakeshore in background. Glacier at centre left with waterfall. Fluffy clouds in blue sky above. “SITTING WIND” in lower right corner. On back “Bow Lake. $25.00. July, 1969. Frank Kaquitts Morley Alberta. Indian name Sitting Wind.”

Subject: Bow Lake; lake; mountains; glacier

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

Catalogue Number: WiS.02.07

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By The Lake

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Artist: Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)

Date: 1969

Medium: oil on canvas board

Catalogue Number: WiS.02.05

Description: Oil painting of large lake with cliffs at right side and lake with trees and rocks by shore at right side. Low hills in background at far shore of lake. Swirled clouds in sky above. “SITTING WIND” in lower right corner. On back: “Indian Name Sitting Wind Stoney Reserve Morley Alberta.”

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Artist: Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)

Title: By The Lake

Date: 1969

Medium: oil on canvas board

Dimensions: 30.5 x 40.5 cm

Description: Oil painting of large lake with cliffs at right side and lake with trees and rocks by shore at right side. Low hills in background at far shore of lake. Swirled clouds in sky above. “SITTING WIND” in lower right corner. On back: “Indian Name Sitting Wind Stoney Reserve Morley Alberta.”

Subject: lake; nature; landscape; mountains

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

Catalogue Number: WiS.02.05

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Geiranger Fjord, Norway

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1938

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.262

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Geiranger Fjord, Norway

Date: 1938

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.1 x 35.0 cm

Subject: landscape; river; mountains

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.262

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Grindelwald, Switzerland

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1938

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.252

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Grindelwald, Switzerland

Date: 1938

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.2 x 34.8 cm

Subject: landscape; mountains; winter; archtecture; urban

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.252

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Hawaii

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1933 – 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.222

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Hawaii

Date: 1933 – 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.6 x 35.0 cm

Subject: landscape; mountains; Hawaii

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.222

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Hawaii

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1933 – 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.226

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Hawaii

Date: 1933 – 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.6 x 35.2 cm

Subject: landscape; mountains; Hawaii

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.226

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Herbert Lake, Mount Temple

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1935 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.210

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Herbert Lake, Mount Temple

Date: 1935 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 28.0 x 35.2 cm

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountains; lake

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.210

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The Hunter

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Artist: Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)

Date: 1966

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WiS.02.19

Description: Two figures in loincloths and two saddles horses (one brown, one black) in grassy meadow on the shore of a blue lake., Figure at left is standing next to black horse while brown horse is grazing on grass in centre next to seated figure at right. Rocky mountains and grassy slopes rise from far shore…

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Artist: Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)

Title: The Hunter

Date: 1966

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 59.0 x 74.5 cm

Description: Two figures in loincloths and two saddles horses (one brown, one black) in grassy meadow on the shore of a blue lake., Figure at left is standing next to black horse while brown horse is grazing on grass in centre next to seated figure at right. Rocky mountains and grassy slopes rise from far shore of lake. Thin clouds in blue sky above. “SITTING WIND” lower right corner. On back: “THE HUNTER Frank Kaquitts Aug 1966” Stamped on back of canvas supports is “ARTISTS MATERIALS GRUMBACHER NEW YORK”

Subject: landscape; indigenous; horses; lake; mountains

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

Catalogue Number: WiS.02.19

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Kauai - Sugar Cane

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1933 – 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.167

Description: Dark trees to the left and right with an irrigation canal or a road that winds through a brilliant gold and green sugar cane field. Dark blue hills to the left, lighter blue mountains to the right, a very cloudy and dark sky.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Kauai - Sugar Cane

Date: 1933 – 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.7 x 35.3 cm

Description: Dark trees to the left and right with an irrigation canal or a road that winds through a brilliant gold and green sugar cane field. Dark blue hills to the left, lighter blue mountains to the right, a very cloudy and dark sky.

Subject: seascape; Pacific; Hawaii, Kauai; mountains; sugar cane

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.167

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Kauai Island, Hawaii

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1933 – 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.224

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Kauai Island, Hawaii

Date: 1933 – 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.9 x 35.2 cm

Subject: landscape; mountains; Hawaii

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.224

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Klosters, Switzerland

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1938

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.236

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Klosters, Switzerland

Date: 1938

Medium: oil on canvas

Subject: landscape; mountains; winter; buildings, chalets

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.236

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Lonely Place

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Artist: Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)

Date: 1969

Medium: oil on canvas board

Catalogue Number: WiS.02.10

Description: Painting of a blue lake across width of canvas. Foreground has sandy shore with driftwood log at left and grasses and single tree at right. Two green mountains in background, separated from lake by strip of brush and trees. Fluffy white clouds with small patches of blue sky above. “SITTING WIND” at…

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Artist: Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)

Title: Lonely Place

Date: 1969

Medium: oil on canvas board

Dimensions: 30.5 x 40.5 cm

Description: Painting of a blue lake across width of canvas. Foreground has sandy shore with driftwood log at left and grasses and single tree at right. Two green mountains in background, separated from lake by strip of brush and trees. Fluffy white clouds with small patches of blue sky above. “SITTING WIND” at owner right corner. On back: “Frank Kaquitts Morley Alberta, Indian Res. Morley. Indian Name Sitting Wind” “Lonely place, July 1969”

Subject: lake; mountains; landscape; nature

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

Catalogue Number: WiS.02.10

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Mount Wilson From Graveyard

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Artist: Margaret Dorothy Shelton (1915 – 1984, Canadian)

Date: 1968

Medium: oil on masonite

Catalogue Number: ShM.02.01

Description: The bottom third of the painting features a lake or body of water surrounded on both sides by trees. Rocks and pieces of stumps and wood are situated across the foreground. The background shows a very large mountain range green, blue and light blue grey in colour. The sky around the mountains and t…

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Artist: Margaret Dorothy Shelton (1915 – 1984, Canadian)

Title: Mount Wilson From Graveyard

Date: 1968

Medium: oil on masonite

Dimensions: 40.6 x 50.8 cm

Description: The bottom third of the painting features a lake or body of water surrounded on both sides by trees. Rocks and pieces of stumps and wood are situated across the foreground. The background shows a very large mountain range green, blue and light blue grey in colour. The sky around the mountains and trees is sky blue with some clouds.

Subject: landscape; Canadian; mountains

Credit: Gift of Wilf Johnson, Calgary, 1996

Catalogue Number: ShM.02.01

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Mountain Landscape

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1931

Medium: oil on canvas on board

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.073

Description: Three tall evergreens dominate from foreground to top of picture. Immediate foreground is pale green with a darker green forest behind, and behind that are dark blue trees and in the background is a single grey mountain with some snow.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Mountain Landscape

Date: 1931

Medium: oil on canvas on board

Dimensions: 30.6 x 30.4 cm

Description: Three tall evergreens dominate from foreground to top of picture. Immediate foreground is pale green with a darker green forest behind, and behind that are dark blue trees and in the background is a single grey mountain with some snow.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountains

Credit: Gift of John P. Crabb, Winnipeg, 1994

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.073

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Mountain Rhythms

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Artist: Doris Huestis Mills (1894 – , Canadian)

Date: 1933

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: MiD.02.01

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Artist: Doris Huestis Mills (1894 – , Canadian)

Title: Mountain Rhythms

Date: 1933

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 53.3 x 66.0 cm

Subject: landscape; mountains; river

Credit: Gift of J. Murray Speirs, Pickering, 1981

Catalogue Number: MiD.02.01

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Mountain Road

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Date: 1967

Medium: oil, gesso on cotton canvas

Catalogue Number: SiR.01.01

Description: One-third painted blue top to bottom, on viewer’s left, one-third painted green, top to bottom, on viewer’s right; in the centre a grey/brown road leading to brown mountains with a white sky above. Signed blhc: “Sinclair ‘87”

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Title: Mountain Road

Date: 1967

Medium: oil, gesso on cotton canvas

Dimensions: 23.0 x 20.5 cm

Description: One-third painted blue top to bottom, on viewer’s left, one-third painted green, top to bottom, on viewer’s right; in the centre a grey/brown road leading to brown mountains with a white sky above. Signed blhc: “Sinclair ‘87”