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Artist
John Lefthand Jr.
Date
1950 – 1970
Medium
oil on canvas board
Catalogue Number
LeJ.02.06
Description
Two jumping bison, facing left are being chased by an man on a brown horse, he has a bow and arrow ready to shoot at the bison. The horizon runs across page just below centre line. The plain is brown, the sky is blue to the right and white/yellow the left half of picture.
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Artist
John Lefthand Jr.
Title
Buffalo Hunt
Date
1950 – 1970
Medium
oil on canvas board
Dimensions
23.0 x 30.0 cm
Description
Two jumping bison, facing left are being chased by an man on a brown horse, he has a bow and arrow ready to shoot at the bison. The horizon runs across page just below centre line. The plain is brown, the sky is blue to the right and white/yellow the left half of picture.
Subject
landscape, prairie
animal, buffalo, horse
figure, male
hunting
Indigenous
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
LeJ.02.06
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Artist
John Lefthand Jr.
Date
1950 – 1970
Medium
oil on canvas board
Catalogue Number
LeJ.02.01
Description
Three people on horseback, one waving a bright red flag, are chasing some bison over a cliff. The cliff, right foreground is green, the valley below is light green with two brownish hills. The sky is blue with two white clouds.
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Artist
John Lefthand Jr.
Title
Buffalo Jump
Date
1950 – 1970
Medium
oil on canvas board
Dimensions
23 x 30.0 cm
Description
Three people on horseback, one waving a bright red flag, are chasing some bison over a cliff. The cliff, right foreground is green, the valley below is light green with two brownish hills. The sky is blue with two white clouds.
Subject
landscape
animal, buffalo, horse
figure, male
hunting
Indigenous
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
LeJ.02.01
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1950 – 1957
Medium
oil on masonite
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.566
Description
A sketch or unfinished painting of a ring of nine teepees. The teepee in the foreground, viewer’s right, is the largest, has inside firelight and shadows visible. The teepee, in the foreground, viewer’s left, is partially visible, with shadows and light from within visible. There are two figures in…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Camp at Dusk
Date
1950 – 1957
Medium
oil on masonite
Dimensions
27.0 x 71.0 cm
Description
A sketch or unfinished painting of a ring of nine teepees. The teepee in the foreground, viewer’s right, is the largest, has inside firelight and shadows visible. The teepee, in the foreground, viewer’s left, is partially visible, with shadows and light from within visible. There are two figures in the foreground, one in red, and one in blue and yellow and suggestions of others in the background. There is a low blue sky dusk descending overhead.
Subject
landscape
camp
teepee
figure
group
Peter Whyte
Indigenous
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.566
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Chief David Bearspaw

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1932 – 1935
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.529
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Chief David Bearspaw
Date
1932 – 1935
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
35.3 x 28.0 cm
Subject
portrait, male, Stoney
character, Chief David Bearspaw
Indigenous
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.529
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1945 – 1950
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.062
Description
A front facing portrait of Chief George McLean (Walking Buffalo) in full regalia, including a large headdress, orange beaded shirt, and blue belt.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Chief George McLean
Date
1945 – 1950
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
75.5 x 63.0 cm
Description
A front facing portrait of Chief George McLean (Walking Buffalo) in full regalia, including a large headdress, orange beaded shirt, and blue belt.
Subject
portrait
male
Indigenous
costumes
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.062
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Chief Hector Crawler

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1931
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.017
Description
Colour: grey, yellow, red, black. The head and upper torso of an Indigenous man wearing a large feather headdress and a beaded buckskin jacket. A white beaded neckpiece hangs down in front. The background in grey.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Chief Hector Crawler
Date
1931
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
76.5 x 63.0 cm
Description
Colour: grey, yellow, red, black. The head and upper torso of an Indigenous man wearing a large feather headdress and a beaded buckskin jacket. A white beaded neckpiece hangs down in front. The background in grey.
Subject
portrait, male
Indigenous
HECTOR CRAWLER
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.017
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Artist
Earl F. Spencer
Date
1962
Medium
oil on canvas on board
Catalogue Number
SpE.02.03
Description
Study of an man sitting on a rock, he holds a pipe across his knees, his hair is braided and he wears one feather in it.
Artist
Earl F. Spencer
Title
Chief Sitting Bull
Date
1962
Medium
oil on canvas on board
Dimensions
40.5 x 30.5 cm
Description
Study of an man sitting on a rock, he holds a pipe across his knees, his hair is braided and he wears one feather in it.
Subject
figure, male
Indigenous
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
SpE.02.03
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Date
n.d.
Material
paper; ink; paint; glass; wood
Catalogue Number
107.02.0089 a-d
Description
A set of 4 ink and watercolour drawings in frames. a) Portrait of Indigenous man with two braids, two feathers at back of head, and braided grass headband. Red shirt coloured with watercolour. Orange lines emanating from figure. “RL Hunter” in lower right corner. In thin gold painted wooden frame w…
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Title
Drawing
Date
n.d.
Material
paper; ink; paint; glass; wood
Dimensions
38.0 x 27.0 cm
Description
A set of 4 ink and watercolour drawings in frames. a) Portrait of Indigenous man with two braids, two feathers at back of head, and braided grass headband. Red shirt coloured with watercolour. Orange lines emanating from figure. “RL Hunter” in lower right corner. In thin gold painted wooden frame with glass. b) 30.0 cm x 37.0 cm. Ink drawing of two figures on the bank of a river. Man sitting outside of teepee at right, fire with rack of meat over top in centre, and another figure working on a hide stretched on a frame at left. “RL Hunter” in bottom right. In thin gold and black frame with glass. c) 27.0 cm x 38.0 cm. Ink and watercolour drawing of woman and young girl on black and white horse. Both figures are wearing buckskin dresses. Horse is walking through green field with red flowers. “R.L. Hunter” bottom centre. In same gold frame as A .d) 23.0 cm x 28.0. cm. Ink drawing of two figures on horseback beside a diver. Front figure is leading a packhorse and back figure is dragging a wooden frame with large hide bundle on it. “R.L. Hunter” bottom centre right. In black wooden frame with glass.
Subject
Whyte home
art
drawing
Indigenous
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
107.02.0089 a-d
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Date
n.d.
Material
paper
Catalogue Number
107.02.0097 a-c
Description
Three drawings, pencil and coloured pencil on paper from spiral bound sketchbook. All signed “N. OneSpot” in bottom corner. a) mountain goat on rocky cliff. Blue mountains in background. b) adult bear with cub walking across ground with short grasses. Rolling hills in background. c) portrait. Elk …
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Title
Drawing
Date
n.d.
Material
paper
Dimensions
22.5 x 30.0 cm
Description
Three drawings, pencil and coloured pencil on paper from spiral bound sketchbook. All signed “N. OneSpot” in bottom corner. a) mountain goat on rocky cliff. Blue mountains in background. b) adult bear with cub walking across ground with short grasses. Rolling hills in background. c) portrait. Elk with head lifted standing in front of treed slopes with blue mountain in background.
Subject
Whyte home
art
drawing
landscape
nature
Indigenous
Tsuut’ina
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
107.02.0097 a-c
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Artist
Vera Louise Drysdale (1921 – 1994, Canadian)
Date
1974
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
DyV.02.01
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Artist
Vera Louise Drysdale (1921 – 1994, Canadian)
Title
Elizabeth Bearspaw
Date
1974
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
40.5 x 31.5 cm
Subject
portrait
female
Indigenous
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
DyV.02.01
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Artist
Beatien Yazz
Date
n.d.
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
YaB.07.01
Description
A gouache painting of two people (Navajo?), a man and a woman dancing in middle of picture. They are dressed in regalia, including a belt that has eagle feathers on the back. They are both blue-skinned. In each hand they're carrying triangular shaped wire forms, festooned with streamers. Two large …
Artist
Beatien Yazz
Title
Feather Dance
Date
n.d.
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
50.5 x 76.4 cm
Description
A gouache painting of two people (Navajo?), a man and a woman dancing in middle of picture. They are dressed in regalia, including a belt that has eagle feathers on the back. They are both blue-skinned. In each hand they're carrying triangular shaped wire forms, festooned with streamers. Two large piles of logs, one at each side, have orange flames shooting upwards, thin smoke lines go to top of picture.
Subject
figure
group
activity
dance
religious
Indigenous
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
YaB.07.01
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1930 – 1940
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.024
Description
Colour: blue, brown, red. The head and shoulders on a man facing left. He has short hair and wears a hat. There is a red scarf around his neck. The background is blue.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
George McLean
Date
1930 – 1940
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
40.5 x 51 cm
Description
Colour: blue, brown, red. The head and shoulders on a man facing left. He has short hair and wears a hat. There is a red scarf around his neck. The background is blue.
Subject
portrait
male
George McLean
Walking Buffalo
Indigenous
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.024
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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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Artist
Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on canvas board
Catalogue Number
WiS.02.18
Description
Two figures in buckskin loincloths and moccasins on horseback. One horse black and white, other is brown. Figures are on a grassy meadow looking out over rolling meadows with rocky mountains in the background. Fluffy white clouds in the sky. Mountains and sky are fairly textured. “SITTING WIND” low…
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Artist
Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)
Title
Hunting Indians
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on canvas board
Dimensions
49.5 x 59.5 cm
Description
Two figures in buckskin loincloths and moccasins on horseback. One horse black and white, other is brown. Figures are on a grassy meadow looking out over rolling meadows with rocky mountains in the background. Fluffy white clouds in the sky. Mountains and sky are fairly textured. “SITTING WIND” lower right corner. Blond wood frame joined at corners.
Subject
Indigenous
landscape
mountains
horses
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WiS.02.18
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1935 – 1945
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.059
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Indian Chief
Date
1935 – 1945
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
64.0 x 53.7 cm
Subject
portrait
male
Indigenous
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.059
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1930 – 1940
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.438
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Indian Days Camp
Date
1930 – 1940
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
27.5 x 35.0 cm
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Indigenous
teepee
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.438
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Indian Days Camp, Cascade Mountain

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1930 – 1940
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.450
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Indian Days Camp, Cascade Mountain
Date
1930 – 1940
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
27.5 x 35.4 cm
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
Indigenous
teepee
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.450
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Artist
Brian Joseph Grandbois
Date
1976
Medium
acrylic on canvas board
Catalogue Number
GrB.12.08
Description
Colours blue, black, orange, yellow, gold; a stylized head in left centre of picture; long blue and gold earrings; a continuous line runs to centre left of picture, all very stylized, could be a lance with feathers hanging from it; the design at his neck resembles a bird's head; the background is l…
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Artist
Brian Joseph Grandbois
Title
Indian Head
Date
1976
Medium
acrylic on canvas board
Dimensions
35.5 x 45.5 cm
Description
Colours blue, black, orange, yellow, gold; a stylized head in left centre of picture; long blue and gold earrings; a continuous line runs to centre left of picture, all very stylized, could be a lance with feathers hanging from it; the design at his neck resembles a bird's head; the background is left white.
Subject
mythological
Indigenous
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
GrB.12.08
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Artist
John Lefthand Jr.
Date
1950 – 1970
Medium
oil on canvas board
Catalogue Number
LeJ.02.04
Description
An man on a large gray rock in center of picture is looking down into a valley, Four teepees and two horses are beside a river. Another man on a brown horse is leading a pinto, another horse is coming into the picture, lower right. A large taupe coloured cloud covers the entire top of picture. The …
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Artist
John Lefthand Jr.
Title
Indian Scout
Date
1950 – 1970
Medium
oil on canvas board
Dimensions
23.0 x 30.0 cm
Description
An man on a large gray rock in center of picture is looking down into a valley, Four teepees and two horses are beside a river. Another man on a brown horse is leading a pinto, another horse is coming into the picture, lower right. A large taupe coloured cloud covers the entire top of picture. The knoll on which the rock and riders are on is very lush and green.
Subject
landscape
foothills
animal, horse
figure, male
Indigenous
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
LeJ.02.04
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Indian Smoke Houses, Hagwelget Canyon, B.C.

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Artist
George Douglas Pepper (1903 – 1962, Canadian)
Date
c. 1928
Medium
oil on wood panel
Catalogue Number
PeG.01.01
Description
Colour: brown, green. A green slope in the foreground goes down to three buildings center. Five totems run behind to the right, where there is another building. The green lake fills in behind, trees in the upper left and beach along the left side and rock cliffs in the upper right.
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Artist
George Douglas Pepper (1903 – 1962, Canadian)
Title
Indian Smoke Houses, Hagwelget Canyon, B.C.
Date
c. 1928
Medium
oil on wood panel
Dimensions
30.5 x 35.6 cm
Description
Colour: brown, green. A green slope in the foreground goes down to three buildings center. Five totems run behind to the right, where there is another building. The green lake fills in behind, trees in the upper left and beach along the left side and rock cliffs in the upper right.
Subject
architecture
rural
Indigenous
Credit
Purchased from Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper, 1969
Catalogue Number
PeG.01.01
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