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- Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian) 171
- George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian) 148
- Edmee Moore (1908 – 1971, Canadian) 114
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1rst Week Life Drawings
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyc.03.035
- Date
- 1926
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.03.035
- Description
- life drawing female nude
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- Title
- 1rst Week Life Drawings
- Date
- 1926
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 64.5 x 49.0 cm
- Description
- life drawing female nude
- Subject
- life drawing
- female
- nude
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.03.035
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6 minute sketch
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyc.03.074
- Date
- 1917
- Medium
- coloured graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.03.074
- Description
- four small pink flowers with large green leaves and brown stem
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- Title
- 6 minute sketch
- Date
- 1917
- Medium
- coloured graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 25.2 x 19.0 cm
- Description
- four small pink flowers with large green leaves and brown stem
- Subject
- pink
- flower
- 6 minute sketch
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.03.074
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10 Minute Sketch
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyc.03.072
- Date
- 1917
- Medium
- coloured charcoal on paper (sand?)
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.03.072
- Description
- one pink flower with leaves in white outlined vase
1 image
- Title
- 10 Minute Sketch
- Date
- 1917
- Medium
- coloured charcoal on paper (sand?)
- Dimensions
- 39.0 x 21.0 cm
- Description
- one pink flower with leaves in white outlined vase
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.03.072
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12:30 Bow River
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactcoj.03.431
- Date
- c. 1920
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.431
- Description
- Pencil sketch on CPR card paper of mountains.Extensive description on inside and back of card denoting colour scheme, time of day and other details.
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- Title
- 12:30 Bow River
- Date
- c. 1920
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 14.5 x 17.5 cm
- Description
- Pencil sketch on CPR card paper of mountains.Extensive description on inside and back of card denoting colour scheme, time of day and other details.
- Subject
- landscape
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.431
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16th Century Man
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactunk.04.21
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- reproduction on paper
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.04.21
- Description
- A full-face portrait of a bearded man wearing a tam. His robe is draped open to mid chest. The name Brooke L. Cobham, is printed in top left corner.
1 image
- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- 16th Century Man
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- reproduction on paper
- Dimensions
- 28.9 x 20.3 cm
- Description
- A full-face portrait of a bearded man wearing a tam. His robe is draped open to mid chest. The name Brooke L. Cobham, is printed in top left corner.
- Subject
- portrait, male
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.04.21
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1908 Railway Tunnel (Continental Divide on back)
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactcoj.03.322
- Date
- c. 1911
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.322
- Description
- Front: the entrance to a railway tunnel is on the left, and muontain and trees surround it. Above the entrance is written “1908” and then his writing for a colour scheme in the brc.Back: mountains and trees surround a valley running through the picture. Writing in the brc: “VICTORIA RIDGE OVER 10…
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- Title
- 1908 Railway Tunnel (Continental Divide on back)
- Date
- c. 1911
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 28.0 x 35.5 cm
- Description
- Front: the entrance to a railway tunnel is on the left, and muontain and trees surround it. Above the entrance is written “1908” and then his writing for a colour scheme in the brc.Back: mountains and trees surround a valley running through the picture. Writing in the brc: “VICTORIA RIDGE OVER 10,000feet, 33 BELOW zero, CONTINENTAL DIVIDE FEB 23”
- Subject
- landscape
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.322
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Abstract Carving
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactunk.06.67
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- n.d.
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.67
- Description
- Form with three sides, broad flat base narrowing towards peak; shapes resemble iceberg floes, mountains or possibly clouds; G or 6 incised on bottom and 5 followed by illegible number.
1 image
- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Abstract Carving
- Date
- n.d.
- Dimensions
- 8.0 x 6.3 x 12.0 cm
- Description
- Form with three sides, broad flat base narrowing towards peak; shapes resemble iceberg floes, mountains or possibly clouds; G or 6 incised on bottom and 5 followed by illegible number.
- Subject
- abstract, non-representational
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.67
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Across the River
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactcoj.03.419
- Date
- c. 1920
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.419
- Description
- Pencil drawing of landscape with water in foreground and mountains in background.brc: Band of shadows across riverOther cursive writing denotes details and colour scheme.
1 image
- Title
- Across the River
- Date
- c. 1920
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 20.0 x 26.0 cm
- Description
- Pencil drawing of landscape with water in foreground and mountains in background.brc: Band of shadows across riverOther cursive writing denotes details and colour scheme.
- Subject
- landscape
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.419
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Agassiz, Yale District
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactcoj.03.422
- Date
- c. 1920
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.422
- Description
- A drawing of a mountain stream by trees in foreground. Heavy shading/pencil use.Cursive writing denotes details and colour scheme.
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- Title
- Agassiz, Yale District
- Date
- c. 1920
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 20.0 x 26.0 cm
- Description
- A drawing of a mountain stream by trees in foreground. Heavy shading/pencil use.Cursive writing denotes details and colour scheme.
- Subject
- landscape
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.422
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- Date
- 1935 – 1955
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.289
- Description
- To the right of centre, the lower trunk of a large larch tree is visible. The trunk is outlined in black, and coloured brown and blue-grey (with touches of ochre and red-brown). In the upper half of the sketch, a few small branches, with brushstrokes indicating groups of yellow needles, are growing…
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- Title
- Aged Larch
- Date
- 1935 – 1955
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 25.4 x 30.3 cm
- Description
- To the right of centre, the lower trunk of a large larch tree is visible. The trunk is outlined in black, and coloured brown and blue-grey (with touches of ochre and red-brown). In the upper half of the sketch, a few small branches, with brushstrokes indicating groups of yellow needles, are growing from the tree's trunk. In the middleground are groups of younger (smaller) yellow trees, with tall dark green evergreens behind them. Beyond the trees is a flat area coloured tan-green.
- Subject
- landscape
- mountain
- Canadian Rockies
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.289
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Alasi Tukalak Carving, Povungnituk
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyc.01.248
- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.248
- Description
- A solitary woman is kneeling in the foreground clutching a grey object in her left hand and pointing to it with her right hand. The woman is seen in profile. Her skin is brown and her hair is black. She wears a blue jacket over an orange-pink skirt. On her head is a red-pink scarf with green detail…
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- Title
- Alasi Tukalak Carving, Povungnituk
- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 25.4 x 30.3 cm
- Description
- A solitary woman is kneeling in the foreground clutching a grey object in her left hand and pointing to it with her right hand. The woman is seen in profile. Her skin is brown and her hair is black. She wears a blue jacket over an orange-pink skirt. On her head is a red-pink scarf with green details. A light blue-grey building is found in the upper left corner. Cast shadows are blue.
- Subject
- figure, female
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.248
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- Date
- c. 1920
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.461
- Description
- Pencil sketch of forested area with crosshatching and dark shadowing.“Alder” is written on a tree in the middle.
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- Title
- Alder trees
- Date
- c. 1920
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 20.5 x 26.0 cm
- Description
- Pencil sketch of forested area with crosshatching and dark shadowing.“Alder” is written on a tree in the middle.
- Subject
- landscape
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.461
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All Things Bright and Beautiful (5 small sketches)
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactcoj.03.086%20a-e
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- graphite on paper board
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.086 a-e
- Description
- There are 5 sketches of people working/digging.(a) The number 2 written at left, then “The Discovery!!”(b) The number 3 is written at left, then four figures labeled a, b, c, d. Writing underneath figures a-c says “going to it”. Figure d is labeled “rest!”(c) The number 4 is written at left, the…
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- Title
- All Things Bright and Beautiful (5 small sketches)
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- graphite on paper board
- Description
- There are 5 sketches of people working/digging.(a) The number 2 written at left, then “The Discovery!!”(b) The number 3 is written at left, then four figures labeled a, b, c, d. Writing underneath figures a-c says “going to it”. Figure d is labeled “rest!”(c) The number 4 is written at left, then three figures labeled a, b, c. Above figure a is “at it again”. Above figure b is “ Rest!!” and above figure c is “going again! making (?) the dust fly!”(d) The number 5 is written at left, then four figures labeled a, b, c, d. Above figures a and b is written “going strong”. Above figure c is written “Rest!!!” Above figure d is written “Whioh (?). Whio. Whi..Wh..Lunch”(e) Image of field. “All things bright + beautiful. All things + ...”Curious scenes of some figures at different stages of working/digging at some task.
- Subject
- landscape
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1984
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.086 a-e
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Along the Shores of Lake Superior
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactcoj.03.528
- Date
- c. 1920
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.528
- Description
- Small sketch of trees appears in the centre of the page. This is surrounded by writing that denotes details and colour scheme.
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- Title
- Along the Shores of Lake Superior
- Date
- c. 1920
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 20.0 x 25.5 cm
- Description
- Small sketch of trees appears in the centre of the page. This is surrounded by writing that denotes details and colour scheme.
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.528
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Alpine Hill with flora
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactcoj.03.366
- Date
- c. 1920
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.366
- Description
- Image is of a hillside with some trees.Writing denotes details and colour scheme.There is a smaller framed image in the bottom right corner.
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- Title
- Alpine Hill with flora
- Date
- c. 1920
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 20.0 x 26.0 cm
- Description
- Image is of a hillside with some trees.Writing denotes details and colour scheme.There is a smaller framed image in the bottom right corner.
- Subject
- landscape
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.366
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Alpine Rock Garden
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyc.01.240
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Medium
- oil on canvas on aluminum
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.240
- Description
- The foreground is predominant in this sketch, with dabs of bright red vegetation in the lower right quarter of the picture. Three groupings of trees, placed along a line in the upper half of the sketch, frame and divide the background into two sections. The left background section contains a peak w…
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- Title
- Alpine Rock Garden
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Medium
- oil on canvas on aluminum
- Dimensions
- 25.4 x 30.3 cm
- Description
- The foreground is predominant in this sketch, with dabs of bright red vegetation in the lower right quarter of the picture. Three groupings of trees, placed along a line in the upper half of the sketch, frame and divide the background into two sections. The left background section contains a peak with sunlight illuminating it from the left-hand side. The right background section contains a large white cloud, and a small triangular peak partially hidden by the grasses growing in the foreground.
- Subject
- landscape
- mountain
- Canadian Rockies
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.240
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Alpine trees and church
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactcoj.03.458
- Date
- c. 1920
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.458
- Description
- A pencil drawing of an outline of small church in immediate right foreground. A line of pine trees forms the background.Bottom half of page is writing.Writing denotes details and colour scheme.
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- Title
- Alpine trees and church
- Date
- c. 1920
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 20.5 x 26.0 cm
- Description
- A pencil drawing of an outline of small church in immediate right foreground. A line of pine trees forms the background.Bottom half of page is writing.Writing denotes details and colour scheme.
- Subject
- landscape
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.458
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- Date
- 1930 – 1931
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.334
- Description
- Patch of dark green blc, blue mountains with brush strokes of blue-green suggesting a green area below slopes, cloudy sky in light blue and off white.
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- Title
- Alpine Valley
- Date
- 1930 – 1931
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 12.7 x 17.7 cm
- Description
- Patch of dark green blc, blue mountains with brush strokes of blue-green suggesting a green area below slopes, cloudy sky in light blue and off white.
- Subject
- landscape
- mountain
- Canadian Rockies
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.334
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An Awkward Juxtaposition
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactunk.03.11
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.03.11
- Description
- A man wearing a dark jacket, white pants, a hat down over his eyes, a cane and a cigarette in a long holder, stands facing left under a sign which reads Curios.
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- An Awkward Juxtaposition
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 25.8 x 20.2 cm
- Description
- A man wearing a dark jacket, white pants, a hat down over his eyes, a cane and a cigarette in a long holder, stands facing left under a sign which reads Curios.
- Subject
- figure, male
- cartoon
- Credit
- Gift of Iva (Mrs. Len) Smith, 1976
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.03.11
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Animalia Capillary
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactunk.05.21
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1988
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.05.21
- Description
- Twelve sketches of animals, each washed with a single colour watercolour.
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Animalia Capillary
- Date
- 1988
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 37.2 x 17.9 cm
- Description
- Twelve sketches of animals, each washed with a single colour watercolour.
- Subject
- animals, whimsey
- Credit
- Gift of Harold C. Whyte, Penticton, 2003
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.05.21
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