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Emerald Lake

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1950 – 1960

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.216

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Emerald Lake

Date: 1950 – 1960

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.4 x 35.2 cm

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; lake, Emerald Lake; mountain

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.216

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Emerald Lake

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1950 – 1960

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.329

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Emerald Lake

Date: 1950 – 1960

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 25.0 x 30.0 cm

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; lake

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.329

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Emerald Lake

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1950 – 1960

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.347

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Emerald Lake

Date: 1950 – 1960

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 25.1 x 29.9 cm

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; lake

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.347

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Fall in the Hills

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Artist: R. L. Hunter

Date: prior to 1979

Medium: felt pen; graphite; coloured graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: HlR.03.05

Description: The bottom third is a shallow blue river, 2 moose, male and female, are fording, up to their bellies, the hills in the background are autumn colours with some black to the right, the sky is clear blue

Artist: R. L. Hunter

Title: Fall in the Hills

Date: prior to 1979

Medium: felt pen; graphite; coloured graphite on paper

Dimensions: 45.0 x 60.2 cm

Description: The bottom third is a shallow blue river, 2 moose, male and female, are fording, up to their bellies, the hills in the background are autumn colours with some black to the right, the sky is clear blue

Subject: landscape; mountain; animals; animal; moose

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

Catalogue Number: HlR.03.05

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Falls and Mist

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Artist: Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)

Date: 1951

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: PhW.05.04

Description: General colour: tan with bits of green and purple. White apron comes down from the top left across the center to the bottom right corner. Yellow rocks jut from the right side. In the foreground to the left are boulders and bits of green shrubbery and grass.

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Artist: Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)

Title: Falls and Mist

Date: 1951

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 36.8 x 53.6 cm

Description: General colour: tan with bits of green and purple. White apron comes down from the top left across the center to the bottom right corner. Yellow rocks jut from the right side. In the foreground to the left are boulders and bits of green shrubbery and grass.

Subject: landscape; mountain; waterfall

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1969

Catalogue Number: PhW.05.04

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Funeral of Chief David Bearspaw

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1956

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.033

Description: Colour: multi colours on white. In the lower left corner is the backside of a sled pulled by two horses. There are figures sitting in the sled and walking beside it, also two dogs. Many figures are making their way from the right to the left of centre where there is a huge circle of figures. Ac…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Funeral of Chief David Bearspaw

Date: 1956

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 90.5 x 100.8 cm

Description: Colour: multi colours on white. In the lower left corner is the backside of a sled pulled by two horses. There are figures sitting in the sled and walking beside it, also two dogs. Many figures are making their way from the right to the left of centre where there is a huge circle of figures. Across the right side in front of a fence is a row of eleven sleds. The hills beyond meet the lake up centre and the far shore of blue mountains two thirds up. The sky is streaked grey.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; transportation; figure; group; religious

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.033

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Hunter's Worries

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Artist: R. L. Hunter

Date: prior to 1979

Medium: felt pen; coloured graphite; graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: HlR.03.04

Description: An man kneeling on a grassy knoll, with a brown and white pinto horse standing near, is looking down at a moose drinking in a river, the river runs in lower left corner, green grass and trees across foreground, grey cliffs along river and in background, big white clouds in blue sky

Artist: R. L. Hunter

Title: Hunter's Worries

Date: prior to 1979

Medium: felt pen; coloured graphite; graphite on paper

Dimensions: 45.0 x 60.3 cm

Description: An man kneeling on a grassy knoll, with a brown and white pinto horse standing near, is looking down at a moose drinking in a river, the river runs in lower left corner, green grass and trees across foreground, grey cliffs along river and in background, big white clouds in blue sky

Subject: landscape; mountain; people; activity; hunting; Indigenous

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

Catalogue Number: HlR.03.04

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Indian Days

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1950 – 1960

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.551

Description: Three decorated tepees stand in a row, blue mountains in the background, green grass in foreground. People in various colours of dress are sitting around the teepees.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Indian Days

Date: 1950 – 1960

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 30.3 x 40.1 cm

Description: Three decorated tepees stand in a row, blue mountains in the background, green grass in foreground. People in various colours of dress are sitting around the teepees.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; teepee; Indian Days; figure; group

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.551

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Kananaskis

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1950 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.337

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Kananaskis

Date: 1950 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 25.2 x 30.3 cm

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; lake

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.337

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Kananaskis

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1950 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.341

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Kananaskis

Date: 1950 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 25.2 x 30.1 cm

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; lake

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.341

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Kananaskis Lakes

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

Date: 1950 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.404

Description: A blue lake is centre foreground surrounded by mountains. Evergreen trees in both right and left foreground. Cloudy sky.

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

Title: Kananaskis Lakes

Date: 1950 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 12.7 x 17.7 cm

Description: A blue lake is centre foreground surrounded by mountains. Evergreen trees in both right and left foreground. Cloudy sky.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; lake; forest

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.404

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Kicking Horse River, Chancellor Peak Campground

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1950 – 1960

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.215

Description: A landscape of mountains, sky and a river. The foreground is dominated by brown and grey rocks and by white and turquoise frothing, raging water. The upper half of the painting are dark green pine trees with mauve and white mountains beyond. Mid- to-top is blue sky with one long white cloud.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Kicking Horse River, Chancellor Peak Campground

Date: 1950 – 1960

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.8 x 35.5 cm

Description: A landscape of mountains, sky and a river. The foreground is dominated by brown and grey rocks and by white and turquoise frothing, raging water. The upper half of the painting are dark green pine trees with mauve and white mountains beyond. Mid- to-top is blue sky with one long white cloud.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; river

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.215

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

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Kitwanga

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

Date: prior to 1973

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.081

Description: Three totem poles, mountains behind.

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

Title: Kitwanga

Date: prior to 1973

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 25.4 x 30.3 cm

Description: Three totem poles, mountains behind.

Subject: religious; totem pole; landscape; mountain

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.081

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Lake Louise

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1950 – 1960

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.413

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Lake Louise

Date: 1950 – 1960

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 25.2 x 30.2 cm

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; lake

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.413

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Lake Louise, Fall

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1950 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.116

Description: Colour: light blue, brown, black. The lower area is lake. From the center on each side rise black mountain slopes. The blue glacier sits in the middle. Above that are brown mountain slopes and blue tops. Some sky visible in te upper left and along the edge.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Lake Louise, Fall

Date: 1950 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 30.5 x 25.5 cm

Description: Colour: light blue, brown, black. The lower area is lake. From the center on each side rise black mountain slopes. The blue glacier sits in the middle. Above that are brown mountain slopes and blue tops. Some sky visible in te upper left and along the edge.

Subject: landscape; mountain; Canadian Rockies; lake; glacier

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.116

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Lake Louise, Mount Lefroy and Mount Victoria

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.079

Description: Colour: white, blue, brown. The lower edge is rocks with a tree standing on the left side and a dead bush on the right. The lake is frozen to a third the way up. Snow and treed mountain slopes rise up beyond. The glacier can be seen on the right. A patch of blue sky is at the upper edge in the cent…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Lake Louise, Mount Lefroy and Mount Victoria

Date: 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.5 x 35 cm

Description: Colour: white, blue, brown. The lower edge is rocks with a tree standing on the left side and a dead bush on the right. The lake is frozen to a third the way up. Snow and treed mountain slopes rise up beyond. The glacier can be seen on the right. A patch of blue sky is at the upper edge in the center.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; lake; glacier

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.079

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

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Moose at water's edge

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Artist: R. L. Hunter

Date: prior to 1979

Medium: felt pen; graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: HlR.03.03

Description: The foreground is a green grass and tree rimmed lake, a moose enters the lake near centre edge, grey mountains in background, light blue sky, large white cloud covers most of sky, edge of another cloud at right border

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Artist: R. L. Hunter

Title: Moose at water's edge

Date: prior to 1979

Medium: felt pen; graphite on paper

Dimensions: 27.8 x 42.5 cm

Description: The foreground is a green grass and tree rimmed lake, a moose enters the lake near centre edge, grey mountains in background, light blue sky, large white cloud covers most of sky, edge of another cloud at right border