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- James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian) 20
- Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian) 14
- Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian) 10
- Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian) 9
- Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian) 8
- Patricia Askren (1951 – , American) 5
- Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian) 4
- Clive Baxter ( – 1980, Canadian) 2
- Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian) 2
- Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian) 1
- Barbara Spohr (1955 – 1987, Canadian) 1
- Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian) 1
- Date
- 1972
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- GyH.03.31
- Description
- A mountain landscape sketch. Two peaks rise on the left, a rounded peak with tree coverage sits in the bottom right. Bottom left “5 Mile Banff July ‘72”, bottom right “Glyde.”
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- Title
- 5 Mile Banff
- Date
- 1972
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Description
- A mountain landscape sketch. Two peaks rise on the left, a rounded peak with tree coverage sits in the bottom right. Bottom left “5 Mile Banff July ‘72”, bottom right “Glyde.”
- Credit
- Gift of Henry George Glyde, Victoria, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- GyH.03.31
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Andre and A.Y. at Sunshine
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- Date
- 1947
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- DaK.03.04
- Description
- General colour: pencil on white. Two men in suits sitting at a table. The one in front faces right and is writing. The one behind faces more out and is reading. He wears glasses. Behind them in the upper left corner are book shelves. In the upper right corner is a lamp.
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- Title
- Andre and A.Y. at Sunshine
- Date
- 1947
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 29.0 x 36.5 cm
- Description
- General colour: pencil on white. Two men in suits sitting at a table. The one in front faces right and is writing. The one behind faces more out and is reading. He wears glasses. Behind them in the upper left corner are book shelves. In the upper right corner is a lamp.
- Credit
- Purchased from Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper, 1970
- Catalogue Number
- DaK.03.04
- Notes
- Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Ashcroft Country, B.C.
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactlae.05.57
- Date
- 1948
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- LaE.05.57
- Description
- See photo blhc: brhc: “E Lamarque”
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- Title
- Ashcroft Country, B.C.
- Date
- 1948
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 22.8 x 30.3 cm
- Description
- See photo blhc: brhc: “E Lamarque”
- Credit
- Gift of Ernest Lamarque (Estate), 1971
- Catalogue Number
- LaE.05.57
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Balancing Nude
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- Date
- 1971
- Medium
- coloured graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CaR.03.02
- Description
- A seated nude (no furniture indicated) facing left, legs crossed, chin rests on her right hand, left arm lays across her right knee which is crossed over left. The model has long hair, face and one foot are indistinct. The drawing is done in a brown, red colour with light yellow highlights. Tit…
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- Title
- Balancing Nude
- Date
- 1971
- Medium
- coloured graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 34.1 x 45.3 cm
- Description
- A seated nude (no furniture indicated) facing left, legs crossed, chin rests on her right hand, left arm lays across her right knee which is crossed over left. The model has long hair, face and one foot are indistinct. The drawing is done in a brown, red colour with light yellow highlights. Titled and signed on back as well.
- Credit
- Gift of Unknown, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- CaR.03.02
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Banff Campgrounds
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactshm.05.02
- Date
- 1947
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ShM.05.02
- Description
- A brown picnic shelter and a pitched white tent are side by side on a green slope, the slope runs down to the right. Some large evergreen trees are behind them and a blue sky with fluffy white clouds covers the top half of the picture.
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- Title
- Banff Campgrounds
- Date
- 1947
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 26.0 x 36.0 cm
- Description
- A brown picnic shelter and a pitched white tent are side by side on a green slope, the slope runs down to the right. Some large evergreen trees are behind them and a blue sky with fluffy white clouds covers the top half of the picture.
- Subject
- landscape
- mountain
- architecture, rural
- Credit
- Purchased from Masters Gallery ltd., Calgary, 1983
- Catalogue Number
- ShM.05.02
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- Date
- 1940
- Medium
- ink and colour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- SeT.05.01
- Description
- Black bear in center of picture walking to the right, foreground light, background grey with green leaves in top left of picture.
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- Title
- Bear
- Date
- 1940
- Medium
- ink and colour on paper
- Dimensions
- 39 x 50.5 cm
- Description
- Black bear in center of picture walking to the right, foreground light, background grey with green leaves in top left of picture.
- Subject
- animal, bear
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- SeT.05.01
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Bear Dancer II
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- Date
- 1979
- Medium
- graphite; watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CmC.03.02
- Description
- Located in the center and filling most of the image area is an Inuit dancer. He stands with his side toward the viewer. His tunic is a yellow colour and he holds a drum stick in his right hand high above his head. He has medium length straight hair depicted in graphite and a colourful belt tied aro…
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- Title
- Bear Dancer II
- Date
- 1979
- Medium
- graphite; watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 105.0 x 75.5 cm
- Description
- Located in the center and filling most of the image area is an Inuit dancer. He stands with his side toward the viewer. His tunic is a yellow colour and he holds a drum stick in his right hand high above his head. He has medium length straight hair depicted in graphite and a colourful belt tied around his waist. His tunic has fringes at the sides and bottom and he has a decorative strip around the top of his mukluk. He is holding a large round drum in his left hand.
- Credit
- Gift of Dora Helen Mackie, Calgary, 1998
- Catalogue Number
- CmC.03.02
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Bow Lake and Crowfoot Glacier
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactlac.05.28
- Date
- prior to 1965
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- LaC.05.28
- Description
- In the foreground on the left is a small group of trees and rocky ground leading down to a waters edge. In the mid-ground on the right is another group of trees and ground that meets the water. Just behind the trees is Bow Lake and in the background are snow capped mountains and Crowfoot Glacier. T…
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- Title
- Bow Lake and Crowfoot Glacier
- Date
- prior to 1965
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Description
- In the foreground on the left is a small group of trees and rocky ground leading down to a waters edge. In the mid-ground on the right is another group of trees and ground that meets the water. Just behind the trees is Bow Lake and in the background are snow capped mountains and Crowfoot Glacier. The sky has many gray clouds with small areas of blue sky showing through.
- Credit
- Gift of James (Jr.) Simpson, Rocky Mountain House, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- LaC.05.28
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Cannery at Kimsquit, Mouth of Dean River, B.C.
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactlae.05.59
- Date
- 1942
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- LaE.05.59
- Description
- A watercolour on soft board; blue water, brown dock and white and brown buildings in the foreground; a shore with green trees behind. A massive mountain looms behind. There are vestiges of snow on top and water coming down a canyon viewer’s left. The sky is a dull blue colour.
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- Title
- Cannery at Kimsquit, Mouth of Dean River, B.C.
- Date
- 1942
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 50.6 x 35.5 cm
- Description
- A watercolour on soft board; blue water, brown dock and white and brown buildings in the foreground; a shore with green trees behind. A massive mountain looms behind. There are vestiges of snow on top and water coming down a canyon viewer’s left. The sky is a dull blue colour.
- Credit
- Gift of Ernest Lamarque (Estate), 1971
- Catalogue Number
- LaE.05.59
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Consolation Lake
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- Date
- 1971
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- SiJ.05.46
- Description
- Vivid colours depicting a lake in the foreground, green growth to the front and right of water, dark trees and mountain slope. Multi coloured bank, growth trees to the left. Varied coloured mountains in the background, yellow and blue sky.
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- Title
- Consolation Lake
- Date
- 1971
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 21.0 x 27.1 cm
- Description
- Vivid colours depicting a lake in the foreground, green growth to the front and right of water, dark trees and mountain slope. Multi coloured bank, growth trees to the left. Varied coloured mountains in the background, yellow and blue sky.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- lake
- mountain
- Credit
- Gift of Audrey Campbell, Banff, 1991
- Catalogue Number
- SiJ.05.46
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Crowfoot Glacier, Bow Lake
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- Date
- 1943
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- SiJ.05.02
- Description
- Colour: blue, green. The land across the lower quarter is very coloured. One evergreen stands on the waters edge left of center. A little stream of water comes into the lake from the lower right. The far shore rises half way up to mountains and glacier. Blue sky goes across the top.
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- Title
- Crowfoot Glacier, Bow Lake
- Date
- 1943
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 24.4 x 34.6 cm
- Description
- Colour: blue, green. The land across the lower quarter is very coloured. One evergreen stands on the waters edge left of center. A little stream of water comes into the lake from the lower right. The far shore rises half way up to mountains and glacier. Blue sky goes across the top.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- mountain
- glacier
- lake
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- SiJ.05.02
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Deer in the Woods, 1949
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- Date
- 1949
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- PhW.05.01
- Description
- Colour: white, brown. Lower half is snow. In the upper half are four tree trunks left of center behind which are two deer - one facing right and the other behind her and left, facing right but looking out. Along the upper edge of the picture are the lower sections of the trunks.
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- Title
- Deer in the Woods, 1949
- Date
- 1949
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 26.4 x 37.2 cm
- Description
- Colour: white, brown. Lower half is snow. In the upper half are four tree trunks left of center behind which are two deer - one facing right and the other behind her and left, facing right but looking out. Along the upper edge of the picture are the lower sections of the trunks.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1969
- Catalogue Number
- PhW.05.01
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Deer on Banff Avenue
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- Date
- 1947
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- PhW.05.02
- Description
- Colour: grey, brown, blue, green, yellow. A deer right of center crosses the road which fills the lower half. Across the middle going into the distance at the left are a row of store front with cars parked in front - one car appears to be travelling to the left. Behind the buildings are mountains a…
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- Title
- Deer on Banff Avenue
- Date
- 1947
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 36.8 x 37.9 cm
- Description
- Colour: grey, brown, blue, green, yellow. A deer right of center crosses the road which fills the lower half. Across the middle going into the distance at the left are a row of store front with cars parked in front - one car appears to be travelling to the left. Behind the buildings are mountains and sky.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1969
- Catalogue Number
- PhW.05.02
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- Date
- 1978
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.05.05
- Description
- Minimally painted red canyon; pencil drawn image frame 46.0x13.7 has tlc painted shapes of red and green; a line drops off from this to left of brc; red/yellow at bottom goes into red/purple then fades off into white; pencil lettered under image DWN UNDE
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- Title
- Down Under
- Date
- 1978
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 56.0 x 19.0 cm
- Description
- Minimally painted red canyon; pencil drawn image frame 46.0x13.7 has tlc painted shapes of red and green; a line drops off from this to left of brc; red/yellow at bottom goes into red/purple then fades off into white; pencil lettered under image DWN UNDE
- Credit
- Purchased from Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, 1990
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.05.05
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Fairholme Range
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- Date
- prior to 1963
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- PhW.05.12
- Description
- The Bourgeau Range covers the bottom half of the picture, in front of which are green trees and some yellow trees; one stand of yellow trees covers the picture vertically left side; a road, brown, is in the immediate foreground; 5 deers are across the road. Credit The Banff Centre and Mrs. J. I. Br…
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- Title
- Fairholme Range
- Date
- prior to 1963
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 35.4 x 53.2 cm
- Description
- The Bourgeau Range covers the bottom half of the picture, in front of which are green trees and some yellow trees; one stand of yellow trees covers the picture vertically left side; a road, brown, is in the immediate foreground; 5 deers are across the road. Credit The Banff Centre and Mrs. J. I. Brewster in any exhibition or publication of the collection, either in whole or in part. Banff Centre catalogue numbers: 81 0311 A: 20664.
- Credit
- Gift of Banff Centre Brewster Donation, Banff, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- PhW.05.12
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Glacier Lake from the Saskatchewan River Crossing
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactsij.05.44
- Date
- 1940
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- SiJ.05.44
- Description
- Lake with reflections centre and lower right; an island protrudes from the centre right edge; yellow/brown hill bottom left with evergreens, 2 dead standing trees; mountains and green hills in background; pale blue sky. Handwritten on separate backing (in artist's hand): Jim Looking onto Glacier La…
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- Title
- Glacier Lake from the Saskatchewan River Crossing
- Date
- 1940
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 26.0 x 35.1 cm
- Description
- Lake with reflections centre and lower right; an island protrudes from the centre right edge; yellow/brown hill bottom left with evergreens, 2 dead standing trees; mountains and green hills in background; pale blue sky. Handwritten on separate backing (in artist's hand): Jim Looking onto Glacier Lake from the Saskatchewan River Crossing where you and Shane Graham camped. Credit both The Banff Centre and Mrs. J. I. Brewster in any exhibition or publication of the collection, either in whole or in part. Banff Centre catalogue numbers: 81 0309 A; 20662
- Credit
- Gift of Banff Centre Brewster Donation, Banff, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- SiJ.05.44
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Happy Birthday To You
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- Date
- 1940
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.579
- Description
- Pencil drawing of a figure in a beret and a long coat. His face is simply made from horizontal lines for the brow and mouth, and a vertical line to describe the nose. At the top, a message reads HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. PW. It is signed again P.W. [brc] Verso: written in pen, in another hand and curs…
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- Title
- Happy Birthday To You
- Date
- 1940
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 15.5 x 10.0 cm
- Description
- Pencil drawing of a figure in a beret and a long coat. His face is simply made from horizontal lines for the brow and mouth, and a vertical line to describe the nose. At the top, a message reads HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. PW. It is signed again P.W. [brc] Verso: written in pen, in another hand and cursive: ‘by Peter Whyte/ Dec. 9. 1940.; #84; #94; S/S; p. 98 [underlined]
- Subject
- birthday
- greatcoat
- trench coat
- beret
- soldier
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.579
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Happy Birthday to You 1940
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- Date
- 1940
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.745
- Description
- On the top half of the page there is three quick sketches: the one on the left is a full profile view of the figure, the middle drawing is a the full figure from his back, and the one on the right is just of the man’s head. He is wearing an army coat and a beret. In the middle of the page it says “…
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- Title
- Happy Birthday to You 1940
- Date
- 1940
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 25.3 x 20.3 cm
- Description
- On the top half of the page there is three quick sketches: the one on the left is a full profile view of the figure, the middle drawing is a the full figure from his back, and the one on the right is just of the man’s head. He is wearing an army coat and a beret. In the middle of the page it says “Happy Birthday to you 1940” and is signed “Peter”
- Subject
- army, man, coat, birthday
- corporal
- beret
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.745
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- Date
- 1977
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.05.07
- Description
- Small landscape (5.5x6.5) in molded plastic frame; top two thirds is sky near horizon medium blue deepening to very dark at top of picture; foreground has various shapes indicating hills and fields of colours ranging in the light browns and greens to white.
- Title
- Hill Slipped
- Date
- 1977
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 8.8 x 8.8 cm
- Description
- Small landscape (5.5x6.5) in molded plastic frame; top two thirds is sky near horizon medium blue deepening to very dark at top of picture; foreground has various shapes indicating hills and fields of colours ranging in the light browns and greens to white.
- Credit
- Purchased from Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, 1990
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.05.07
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The Hope Airfield, Looking West
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- Date
- 1947
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- LaE.05.40
- Description
- E. Lamarque 1946-47”
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- Title
- The Hope Airfield, Looking West
- Date
- 1947
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 17.8 x 25.3 cm
- Description
- E. Lamarque 1946-47”
- Subject
- landscape
- mountains
- airfield
- Hope
- Ernest Lamarque
- Credit
- Gift of Ernest Lamarque (Estate), 1971
- Catalogue Number
- LaE.05.40
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