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Elizabeth Parker Hut, Contentment Meadows, Lake O'Hara

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1938

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.078

Description: Colour: green, purple. In the foreground is green grass and two boulders in the lower right corner. Trees fill the middle ground and right of center are three cabins. The mountains rise up behind the trees. There's a patch of blue sky in the upper left corner and a little right of center at the top.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Elizabeth Parker Hut, Contentment Meadows, Lake O'Hara

Date: 1938

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.4 cm

Description: Colour: green, purple. In the foreground is green grass and two boulders in the lower right corner. Trees fill the middle ground and right of center are three cabins. The mountains rise up behind the trees. There's a patch of blue sky in the upper left corner and a little right of center at the top.

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

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.078

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Elk head

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Artist: Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)

Date: 1939

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: RuC.03.05

Description: A finely detailed drawing of an elk head, facing to the left, head slightly tilted up

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Artist: Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)

Title: Elk head

Date: 1939

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 29.0 x 23.0 cm

Description: A finely detailed drawing of an elk head, facing to the left, head slightly tilted up

Subject: animal, elk; Wapiti

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: RuC.03.05

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Equipment Shed at Temple Lodge

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1938 – 1940

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.297

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Equipment Shed at Temple Lodge

Date: 1938 – 1940

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 22.7 x 27.6 cm

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; building; shed

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.297

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Evening on the Ram

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Artist: Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)

Date: 1937

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: RuC.02.08

Description: Mountains in background, trees and grasses in foreground

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Artist: Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)

Title: Evening on the Ram

Date: 1937

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 21.5 x 26.5 cm

Description: Mountains in background, trees and grasses in foreground

Subject: landscape, mountain

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: RuC.02.08

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Fairholme Range, Cascade River

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1933

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.161

Description: Late fall, some yellow aspens to the immediate right and left, middle of the the painting is brown bank of the river, ochre hues on opposite shore., brown banks, tree line and snow-covered mountain range behind, cloudy sky.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Fairholme Range, Cascade River

Date: 1933

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.8 x 35.3 cm

Description: Late fall, some yellow aspens to the immediate right and left, middle of the the painting is brown bank of the river, ochre hues on opposite shore., brown banks, tree line and snow-covered mountain range behind, cloudy sky.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountains, Fairholme Range; river, Cascade

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.161

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Filling in the Bathtubs

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1937 – 1940

Medium: oil on board

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.029

Description: Colour: orange, green and blue on yellow and blue. Yellow slope covered with figures all carrying shovels. There are two paths coming down from the upper ridge at left. Both skiers at the end of the path are buried in snow. Two figures at the lower end of the right path are measuring the width of t…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Filling in the Bathtubs

Date: 1937 – 1940

Medium: oil on board

Dimensions: 100.1 x 74.6 cm

Description: Colour: orange, green and blue on yellow and blue. Yellow slope covered with figures all carrying shovels. There are two paths coming down from the upper ridge at left. Both skiers at the end of the path are buried in snow. Two figures at the lower end of the right path are measuring the width of the path. The sky is clear blue above where seven skiers stand waiting their turn.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; winter; figure; group; activity; skiing; Peter Whyte

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.029

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Fossil Mountain from Skoki

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1933 – 1938

Medium: oil on masonite

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.394

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Fossil Mountain from Skoki

Date: 1933 – 1938

Medium: oil on masonite

Dimensions: 22.7 x 27.8 cm

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; snow

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.394

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Fossil Mountain from Skoki Lodge

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1933

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.300

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Fossil Mountain from Skoki Lodge

Date: 1933

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 22.6 x 27.8 cm

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; winter

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.300

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

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From Larch Valley, Moraine Lake

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1932

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.184

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: From Larch Valley, Moraine Lake

Date: 1932

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 28.0 x 35.4 cm

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; valley, Larch Valley

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.184

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From The West Road

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

Date: 1938 – 1950

Medium: oil on canvas on aluminum

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.229

Description: The Bow River flows from mid centre to the front right corner. It is surrounded by tall spindle trees with yellow leaves on either side as it winds through the forest. Yellow, green and orange coloured grasses occupy the left bank. The blue mountains occupy the back part of the canvas. The blue sky…

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

Title: From The West Road

Date: 1938 – 1950

Medium: oil on canvas on aluminum

Dimensions: 25.4 x 30.3 cm

Description: The Bow River flows from mid centre to the front right corner. It is surrounded by tall spindle trees with yellow leaves on either side as it winds through the forest. Yellow, green and orange coloured grasses occupy the left bank. The blue mountains occupy the back part of the canvas. The blue sky creates a foreboding atmosphere.

Subject: landscape; mountain; Canadian Rockies; lake

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.229

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Geiranger Fjord, Norway

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

Date: 1938

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.164

Description: Fjord in Norway, green valley walls surrounding it.

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

Title: Geiranger Fjord, Norway

Date: 1938

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 28.0 x 35.5 cm

Description: Fjord in Norway, green valley walls surrounding it.

Subject: landscape; Norway; fjord

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.164

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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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Geiranger Fjord, Norway

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1938

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.013

Description: colour: green, purple. Central image is teal blue water surrounded by green and rocky slopes on all sides rising to white peaks at the top of the picture and grey sky in the upper left corner.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Geiranger Fjord, Norway

Date: 1938

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 35 x 27.5 cm

Description: colour: green, purple. Central image is teal blue water surrounded by green and rocky slopes on all sides rising to white peaks at the top of the picture and grey sky in the upper left corner.

Subject: landscape; mountain; winter

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.013

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George McLean

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1930 – 1940

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.024

Description: Colour: blue, brown, red. The head and shoulders on a man facing left. He has short hair and wears a hat. There is a red scarf around his neck. The background is blue.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: George McLean

Date: 1930 – 1940

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 40.5 x 51 cm

Description: Colour: blue, brown, red. The head and shoulders on a man facing left. He has short hair and wears a hat. There is a red scarf around his neck. The background is blue.