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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Date
1930
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.430
Description
A brown cabin with white trim is in left centre, another building to the left of it. Mountain in the distance at centre right. Large evergreen trees beside the cabin. Billowy sky. A saddled brown horse is standing near a standing man in the right foreground.
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Title
At the Yoho Camp
Date
1930
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
30.4 x 30.3 cm
Description
A brown cabin with white trim is in left centre, another building to the left of it. Mountain in the distance at centre right. Large evergreen trees beside the cabin. Billowy sky. A saddled brown horse is standing near a standing man in the right foreground.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
architecture
rural
animal
horse
figure
male
camping
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.430
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Date
1934
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.393
Description
A portrait of a man. He is to the left of centre. He is wearing a brown scarf tied on his head and has a long black mustache. The painting is unfinished.
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Title
Balinese Man
Date
1934
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
27.2 x 35.0 cm
Description
A portrait of a man. He is to the left of centre. He is wearing a brown scarf tied on his head and has a long black mustache. The painting is unfinished.
Subject
portrait
male
Pacific
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.393
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Date
1931
Medium
oil on canvas on cardboard
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.328
Description
Study of water and waves meeting the beach, very high sky-line, tlc pile of rocks, the beach is on the left and the water is on the right.
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Title
Bermuda Beach
Date
1931
Medium
oil on canvas on cardboard
Dimensions
12.7 x 17.7 cm
Description
Study of water and waves meeting the beach, very high sky-line, tlc pile of rocks, the beach is on the left and the water is on the right.
Subject
seascape
Pacific
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.328
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Artist
Nicholas Raffael de Grandmaison (1892 – 1978, Canadian)
Date
c. 1950
Medium
pastel on sandpaper
Catalogue Number
DgN.03.01
Description
A head and shoulder portrait of Bill Hargrave (see de Grandmaison file for information on Mr. Hargrave). He is wearing a tam, green-yellow-red with a pom-pon, a shirt and tie, and a shawl-necked sweater
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Artist
Nicholas Raffael de Grandmaison (1892 – 1978, Canadian)
Title
Bill Hargrave
Date
c. 1950
Medium
pastel on sandpaper
Dimensions
61.0 x 50.5 cm
Description
A head and shoulder portrait of Bill Hargrave (see de Grandmaison file for information on Mr. Hargrave). He is wearing a tam, green-yellow-red with a pom-pon, a shirt and tie, and a shawl-necked sweater
Subject
portrait
male
Credit
Gift of Sonia de Grandmaison, West Vancouver, 1985
Catalogue Number
DgN.03.01
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Artist
Unknown
Date
prior to 1962
Catalogue Number
UnK.08.11 a,b
Description
hunting scenes; appliqued figures; (a) Bird Hunt (46.0x69.0) white background; bound edges; purple fabric with red and green stitching; 2 hunters, pink and black, with blue weapons; one hunter pulling 2 pink fish; blue bird on black patch; tail and back legs of animal with black patch brc; blue k…
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Artist
Unknown
Title
Caribou Hunt, Bird Hunt
Date
prior to 1962
Description
hunting scenes; appliqued figures; (a) Bird Hunt (46.0x69.0) white background; bound edges; purple fabric with red and green stitching; 2 hunters, pink and black, with blue weapons; one hunter pulling 2 pink fish; blue bird on black patch; tail and back legs of animal with black patch brc; blue knit loops at each corner; (b) Caribou Hunt; (46.0x69.0) white background, bound edges; purple fabric with red and green stitching; 3 hunters, pink and black; 2 black dogs, one pulling a sled; pink caribou with arrow in shoulder, bleeding from wound and mouth; blue knit loops at each corner.
Subject
figure
male
female
activity
hunting
animal
caribou
fish
dog
bird
Credit
Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
Catalogue Number
UnK.08.11 a,b
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Artist
Nicholas Raffael de Grandmaison (1892 – 1978, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
pastel on paper
Catalogue Number
DgN.03.09
Description
A portrait of a Earl Gammon with grey hair and slightly smiling. He is wearing a dark suit jacket which is only partially coloured in. He is also wearing a white shirt and red bow tie. He has a light green handkerchief in his pocket. The same light green colour surrounds his head. The man is visi…
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Artist
Nicholas Raffael de Grandmaison (1892 – 1978, Canadian)
Title
Earl Gammon
Date
n.d.
Medium
pastel on paper
Dimensions
60.0 x 44.0 cm
Description
A portrait of a Earl Gammon with grey hair and slightly smiling. He is wearing a dark suit jacket which is only partially coloured in. He is also wearing a white shirt and red bow tie. He has a light green handkerchief in his pocket. The same light green colour surrounds his head. The man is visible from the chest up. The paper is yellowish.
Subject
portrait
male
Earl Gammon
Credit
Gift of Doris Gammon, Banff, 2000
Catalogue Number
DgN.03.09
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Artist
Unknown
Date
prior to 1962
Medium
wool; hide
Catalogue Number
UnK.08.07
Description
This square wall hanging has green and black stitching all around the edges and in the corners. In the light background the scene includes in the upper section a male with a bow and arrow aiming at a caribou. The middle section shows a woman with a child on her back and a male figure with an arm ra…
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Artist
Unknown
Title
Family Caribou Hunt
Date
prior to 1962
Medium
wool; hide
Dimensions
58.0 x 66.0 cm
Description
This square wall hanging has green and black stitching all around the edges and in the corners. In the light background the scene includes in the upper section a male with a bow and arrow aiming at a caribou. The middle section shows a woman with a child on her back and a male figure with an arm raised. Just right of the center is a tee pee. Above the tee pee area is another woman with two children. The bottom area shows a dog tied to a fixed peg in the ground and another figure working on the tee pee. All the image shapes have been cut out of fibre with the exception of the tee pee, it is made from skin. The overall colour in this wall hanging is yellow, black,green and off white.
Subject
figures
male
female
child
activity
hunting
animals
caribou
dog
architecture
teepee
Credit
Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
Catalogue Number
UnK.08.07
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Artist
Nicholas Raffael de Grandmaison (1892 – 1978, Canadian)
Date
1945
Medium
pastel on paper
Catalogue Number
DgN.03.04
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Artist
Nicholas Raffael de Grandmaison (1892 – 1978, Canadian)
Title
Guy Thomas
Date
1945
Medium
pastel on paper
Dimensions
43 x 30 cm
Subject
portrait
male
Guy Thomas
Credit
Gift of Sonia de Grandmaison, West Vancouver, 1980
Catalogue Number
DgN.03.04
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Date
1933 – 1934
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.166
Description
Ocean and mountains on a coast in Hawaii
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Title
Hawaii
Date
1933 – 1934
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
28.0 x 35.5 cm
Description
Ocean and mountains on a coast in Hawaii
Subject
landscape
Hawaii
seascape
Pacific
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.166
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Date
1933 – 1934
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.343
Description
Patches of bright greens and blue-greens in foreground, blue mountain range in background, tlc round grey cloud, trc light blue sky and a fluffy white cloud.
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Title
Hawaii
Date
1933 – 1934
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
12.9 x 17.7 cm
Description
Patches of bright greens and blue-greens in foreground, blue mountain range in background, tlc round grey cloud, trc light blue sky and a fluffy white cloud.
Subject
landscape
mountain
lake
Pacific
Hawaii
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.343
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Date
1934
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.305
Description
Small line of green across bottom of painting left to centre, dot of red/orange paint lower centre, blue-green mountains lower right to centre, lighter blue mountain behind this also on right side, grey toned sky, with horizontal sweeping lines, representing rain falling, across centre of painting.
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Title
Hawaiian Storm
Date
1934
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
28.0 x 35.5 cm
Description
Small line of green across bottom of painting left to centre, dot of red/orange paint lower centre, blue-green mountains lower right to centre, lighter blue mountain behind this also on right side, grey toned sky, with horizontal sweeping lines, representing rain falling, across centre of painting.
Subject
seascape
mountain
Pacific
Hawaii
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.305
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Date
1943 – 1944
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.145
Description
Peter and Catharine’s house at Tofino.
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Title
House at Tofino
Date
1943 – 1944
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
28.0 x 35.5 cm
Description
Peter and Catharine’s house at Tofino.
Subject
landscape
Pacific
Tofino
architecture
rural
house
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.145
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Date
1943 – 1944
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.421
Description
A brown house with white shutters and a carport is in centre right foreground. Green grass and shrubs in foreground. Behind the house is blue water with mountains in the background. Sky top right.
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Title
House at Tofino
Date
1943 – 1944
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
12.2 x 17.7 cm
Description
A brown house with white shutters and a carport is in centre right foreground. Green grass and shrubs in foreground. Behind the house is blue water with mountains in the background. Sky top right.
Subject
architecture
urban
seascape
Pacific
mountain
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.421
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Date
1944
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.197
Description
Yellow house in Tofino.
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Title
House near Tofino
Date
1944
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
22.8 x 28.0 cm
Description
Yellow house in Tofino.
Subject
architecture
house
landscape
Pacific
Vancouver Island
Tofino
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.197
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Hunter with Two Ivory Bears

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Artist
Unknown
Date
prior to 1962
Medium
stone; ivory; bone; sinew
Catalogue Number
UnK.06.42 a-e
Description
Mottled green stone for the base is shaped with a ledge. (a) Lower base has 2 holes drilled for the man. (b) The man is dressed in full parka , his face is carved out of ivory and set into parka, carved features with red orange markings. Both hands have a hole drilled through, no fingers. The t…
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Artist
Unknown
Title
Hunter with Two Ivory Bears
Date
prior to 1962
Medium
stone; ivory; bone; sinew
Dimensions
11.5 x 6.2 x 16.5 cm
Description
Mottled green stone for the base is shaped with a ledge. (a) Lower base has 2 holes drilled for the man. (b) The man is dressed in full parka , his face is carved out of ivory and set into parka, carved features with red orange markings. Both hands have a hole drilled through, no fingers. The two bears are carved out of ivory. Both have carved features with black and claws in black. (d) One is sitting and looking over his left shoulder, (c) the other is standing on his back legs, he has a hole drilled in right chest. The bow (e) is slightly curved with notched both ends to which is tied a long piece of very thin sinew. It appears that a spear is missing.
Subject
figure
male
animal
polar bear
activity
hunting
group
Credit
Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
Catalogue Number
UnK.06.42 a-e
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Date
1943 – 1944
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.409
Description
An unfinished painting, the shoreline is green covered mountins extending from centre right to almost the left edge. Light blue foreground of the ocean.
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Title
Inlet at Tofino
Date
1943 – 1944
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
13.0 x 34.7 cm
Description
An unfinished painting, the shoreline is green covered mountins extending from centre right to almost the left edge. Light blue foreground of the ocean.
Subject
landscape
seascape
Pacific
ocean
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.409
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Inuit Boy at Povungnituk

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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Date
1968
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.169
Description
Portrait of an Inuk boy.
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Title
Inuit Boy at Povungnituk
Date
1968
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
35.5 x 28.0 cm
Description
Portrait of an Inuk boy.
Subject
portrait
male
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.169
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Inuit Boy, Povungnituk

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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Date
1968
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.176
Description
Portrait of an Inuk boy.
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Title
Inuit Boy, Povungnituk
Date
1968
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
35.5 x 28.0 cm
Description
Portrait of an Inuk boy.
Subject
portrait
male
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.176
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Jim Brewster of Banff

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Artist
Nicholas Raffael de Grandmaison (1892 – 1978, Canadian)
Date
1935 – 1945
Medium
pastel on paper
Catalogue Number
DgN.03.06
Description
A realistic rendering of a head and shoulder portrait of Jim Brewster; a three-quarter view; he has on a light brown hat, blue jacket, white shirt, red tie; streaks of colour in background.
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Artist
Nicholas Raffael de Grandmaison (1892 – 1978, Canadian)
Title
Jim Brewster of Banff
Date
1935 – 1945
Medium
pastel on paper
Dimensions
76.0 x 56.0 cm
Description
A realistic rendering of a head and shoulder portrait of Jim Brewster; a three-quarter view; he has on a light brown hat, blue jacket, white shirt, red tie; streaks of colour in background.
Subject
portrait
male
portrait: Jim Brewster
Credit
Gift of Lubov de Grandmaison, 1990
Catalogue Number
DgN.03.06
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Artist
Nicholas Raffael de Grandmaison (1892 – 1978, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
pastel on paper
Catalogue Number
DgN.03.03
Description
General colour: black, brown. Head and shoulders of a balding man who wears a shirt and tie under the vague outline of a suit and jacket. He looks out at the viewer and has a short mustache.
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Artist
Nicholas Raffael de Grandmaison (1892 – 1978, Canadian)
Title
John Brewster
Date
n.d.
Medium
pastel on paper
Dimensions
56.8 x 43.9 cm
Description
General colour: black, brown. Head and shoulders of a balding man who wears a shirt and tie under the vague outline of a suit and jacket. He looks out at the viewer and has a short mustache.
Subject
portrait
male
Credit
Gift of Dell Brewster, Banff, 1967
Catalogue Number
DgN.03.03
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