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Lake O'Hara, Opabin Dome

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1929
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.142
Description
Colour: purple, green. The lower edge is blue water. A piece of land with bushes comes out into it from the right side to the center. Behind are green trees which become a purple hill with more green trees on top. At the left side is a pass between the hill and the green slope going off left. In th…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Lake O'Hara, Opabin Dome
Date
1929
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
9 x 11 cm
Description
Colour: purple, green. The lower edge is blue water. A piece of land with bushes comes out into it from the right side to the center. Behind are green trees which become a purple hill with more green trees on top. At the left side is a pass between the hill and the green slope going off left. In the upper left and right cornes are light purple mountains. Pale blue sky is upper center and left a bit.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountains
lake
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.142
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1945 – 1955
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.088
Description
Colour: green, blue grey. The foreground is green grass with a road or trail going from lower right of center to the right and then back to right of center to a gate on a fence which goes across the picture a third the way up. Behind the fence at the left side are two buildings. Trees grow behind t…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Simpson's Corral
Date
1945 – 1955
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
27.5 x 35 cm
Description
Colour: green, blue grey. The foreground is green grass with a road or trail going from lower right of center to the right and then back to right of center to a gate on a fence which goes across the picture a third the way up. Behind the fence at the left side are two buildings. Trees grow behind them at the center and to the right. Beyond are mountains and sky. A patch of lake can be seen right of the cabins and left of the gate.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
lake
architecture
rural
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.088
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Untitled [Stoney Encampment]

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1945 – 1950
Medium
oil on masonite
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.074
Description
A daytime scene of a Stoney encampment. At the left of the painting there is a looming teepee which appears to be in the immediate foreground. The encampment forms a circle in front of the viewer with the teepees at their smallest in the distance in the middle of the painting. The teepees are a…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled [Stoney Encampment]
Date
1945 – 1950
Medium
oil on masonite
Dimensions
74.0 x 165.0 cm
Description
A daytime scene of a Stoney encampment. At the left of the painting there is a looming teepee which appears to be in the immediate foreground. The encampment forms a circle in front of the viewer with the teepees at their smallest in the distance in the middle of the painting. The teepees are a variety of colours. In the middle of the painting behind the encampment are green rolling hills and beyond the hills are grey mountains. People are milling about within the encampment. The sky is blue but across the entire top of the painting there are grey clouds.
Subject
architecture
teepee
landscape
Canadian Rockies
figure
group
Credit
Gift of Mary Paris, Banff, 1989
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.074
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Stoney Camp at Sunset

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.016
Description
Colour: grey, blue, green, orange. From each side teepees are situated; five on the left and eight on the right going into the distance to a point left of center, where the central space meets the hills behind. Groups of figures and dogs sit or stand around at the entrances to the teepees. There is…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Stoney Camp at Sunset
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
43 x 102 cm
Description
Colour: grey, blue, green, orange. From each side teepees are situated; five on the left and eight on the right going into the distance to a point left of center, where the central space meets the hills behind. Groups of figures and dogs sit or stand around at the entrances to the teepees. There is a larger group sitting in a circle at the lower edge in the center. The blue sky is heavy with streaks of orange and grey clouds filling the upper half of the picture.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
camp
figure
group
Peter Whyte
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.016
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Untitled [Drawing of Discobolus, front view]

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1926
Medium
graphite on conte paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.025
Description
A male figure throwing discuss. Figure is bend forward with left arm in front. Both knees are bent. Right arm swings discus backwards, poised to throw it.Faint lines likely used to guide anatomical proportions.Faint lines or drawings around figure possibly from transfer or smudging. Faint watermark…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled [Drawing of Discobolus, front view]
Date
1926
Medium
graphite on conte paper
Dimensions
63.5 x 48.0 cm
Description
A male figure throwing discuss. Figure is bend forward with left arm in front. Both knees are bent. Right arm swings discus backwards, poised to throw it.Faint lines likely used to guide anatomical proportions.Faint lines or drawings around figure possibly from transfer or smudging. Faint watermark along top edge: USA Strathmore CharcoalBottom left corner is stamped with circular STRATHMORE PAPERE and thistle design.Top Right: Peter White - 6-4-26/ Museum of Fine Arts
Subject
study
figure
male
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.025
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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