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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1934
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.023
Description
Colour: brown, green. Two banyon trees fill the outer edges of the picture and the foreground. Behind n the distance are a few figures and a building to the left. Bits of sky can be seen through the branches of the trees.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Banyan Tree, Bali
Date
1934
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
35 x 27.5 cm
Description
Colour: brown, green. Two banyon trees fill the outer edges of the picture and the foreground. Behind n the distance are a few figures and a building to the left. Bits of sky can be seen through the branches of the trees.
Subject
landscape
architecture
figure
group
Pacific
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.023
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Burial of Chief David Bearspaw

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1956
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.030
Description
Colour: primaries and secondaries on blue grey background. A circle of people fill the center of the canvas. In the foreground there are dogs and three crosses at lower left. Two thirds up in the distance is a mountain range and lake. Above is sky.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Burial of Chief David Bearspaw
Date
1956
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
61.8 x 74.5 cm
Description
Colour: primaries and secondaries on blue grey background. A circle of people fill the center of the canvas. In the foreground there are dogs and three crosses at lower left. Two thirds up in the distance is a mountain range and lake. Above is sky.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
winter
figure
group
religious
funeral
Peter Whyte
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.030
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1929
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.137
Description
Colour: blue, pink, yellow. Central image is a boat with its sail up. The head and shoulders of three figures can be seen in the boat. On the horizon to the right side is another boat. Distant mauve mountains can be seen behind and soft white blue sky above.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Chinese Junk
Date
1929
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
11 x 9 cm
Description
Colour: blue, pink, yellow. Central image is a boat with its sail up. The head and shoulders of three figures can be seen in the boat. On the horizon to the right side is another boat. Distant mauve mountains can be seen behind and soft white blue sky above.
Subject
seascape
transportation
mountains
figures
group
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.137
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1945 – 1955
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.003
Description
Colour: green, grey, blue. In the foreground there are a few trees and grass which meet a fence one third up. At the gate on the right side stands a figure. Behind the fence is a cabin left and trees left and right allowing the turquoise lake in the distance to appear left of center. The mountain p…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Corral at Bow Lake
Date
1945 – 1955
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
51 x 40.5 cm
Description
Colour: green, grey, blue. In the foreground there are a few trees and grass which meet a fence one third up. At the gate on the right side stands a figure. Behind the fence is a cabin left and trees left and right allowing the turquoise lake in the distance to appear left of center. The mountain peak beyond has snow on it and meets sky left of center in the upper area. Sky is clouded.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
lake
architecture
rural
gfigure
group
animal
horse
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.003
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Crowd Entering Tramcar, Calgary

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1944
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.230
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Crowd Entering Tramcar, Calgary
Date
1944
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
27.7 x 35.3 cm
Subject
group
transportation
landscape
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.230
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1935 – 1945
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.007
Description
Colour: blue. The lower five sixths of the canvas is blue snow with a ski trail going up from the lower right corner up and across left to the center of the crest where three figures are trudging. The sky beyond is streaked with a long horizontal cloud. In the upper left corner in the distance are …
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Deception Pass
Date
1935 – 1945
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
63.5 x 70.6 cm
Description
Colour: blue. The lower five sixths of the canvas is blue snow with a ski trail going up from the lower right corner up and across left to the center of the crest where three figures are trudging. The sky beyond is streaked with a long horizontal cloud. In the upper left corner in the distance are snowy peaks.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
winter
activity
skiing
figure
group
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.007
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Eskimo Children II, Resolute Bay, N.W.T.

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Artist
Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)
Date
1960
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
DaK.02.01
Description
The faces of three children look out from parka hoods. Behind in the distance are mountains.
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Artist
Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)
Title
Eskimo Children II, Resolute Bay, N.W.T.
Date
1960
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
75.0 x 62.3 cm
Description
The faces of three children look out from parka hoods. Behind in the distance are mountains.
Subject
portrait
child
group
Inuit
Credit
Purchased from Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper, 1969
Catalogue Number
DaK.02.01
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Figures in Fading Light

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Artist
James Agrell Smith (1913 – 1988, Canadian)
Date
1975
Medium
ink, Sumi, graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
SmJ.03.01
Description
Two figures, a man and a woman, are seated on grass, both are facing to the left, the woman is covered by a cloak with only her head showing, the man is behind her also facing to the left, lying down resting on his elbows, the grass is bottomn quarter of picture and finely detailed, a clear backgro…
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Artist
James Agrell Smith (1913 – 1988, Canadian)
Title
Figures in Fading Light
Date
1975
Medium
ink, Sumi, graphite on paper
Dimensions
59.6 x 82.3 cm
Description
Two figures, a man and a woman, are seated on grass, both are facing to the left, the woman is covered by a cloak with only her head showing, the man is behind her also facing to the left, lying down resting on his elbows, the grass is bottomn quarter of picture and finely detailed, a clear background behind the figures.
Subject
figure
group
Credit
Purchased from James Agrell Smith, 1978
Catalogue Number
SmJ.03.01
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Figures on the Sand II

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Artist
Elizabeth Wentworth Roberts (1871 – 1927, American)
Date
c. 1920
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
RoE.02.01
Description
Purchased by Mrs. Russell Robb, 1927. See RoE.02.02 for more info.
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Artist
Elizabeth Wentworth Roberts (1871 – 1927, American)
Title
Figures on the Sand II
Date
c. 1920
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
24.3 x 49.8 cm
Description
Purchased by Mrs. Russell Robb, 1927. See RoE.02.02 for more info.
Subject
landscape
ocean
figure
child
group
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
RoE.02.01
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Filling in the Bathtubs

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1937 – 1940
Medium
oil on board
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.029
Description
Colour: orange, green and blue on yellow and blue. Yellow slope covered with figures all carrying shovels. There are two paths coming down from the upper ridge at left. Both skiers at the end of the path are buried in snow. Two figures at the lower end of the right path are measuring the width of t…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Filling in the Bathtubs
Date
1937 – 1940
Medium
oil on board
Dimensions
100.1 x 74.6 cm
Description
Colour: orange, green and blue on yellow and blue. Yellow slope covered with figures all carrying shovels. There are two paths coming down from the upper ridge at left. Both skiers at the end of the path are buried in snow. Two figures at the lower end of the right path are measuring the width of the path. The sky is clear blue above where seven skiers stand waiting their turn.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
winter
figure
group
activity
skiing
Peter Whyte
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.029
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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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Going to the Sundance

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1957
Medium
oil on masonite
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.021
Description
Colour: green, blue, black, white. A wagon pulled by horses, a rider and horse and aother wagon move from left to right on a trail through green prairie grass. The blue sky above has three large clouds.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Going to the Sundance
Date
1957
Medium
oil on masonite
Dimensions
91.8 x 181.2 cm
Description
Colour: green, blue, black, white. A wagon pulled by horses, a rider and horse and aother wagon move from left to right on a trail through green prairie grass. The blue sky above has three large clouds.
Subject
landscape
figure
group
transportation
animal
horse
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.021
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1931
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.205
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Hogg Island, Nassau
Date
1931
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
27.8 x 35.4 cm
Subject
seascape
figures, bathers
group
architecture
hut
Nassau
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.205
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Artist
R. L. Hunter
Date
1952
Medium
felt maker; ink; graphite crayon on paper
Catalogue Number
HlR.03.01
Description
Four figures sitting in the centre left foreground, group of people centre of drawing around a green clump of bush and multi-coloured banners flying on the air centre. Tents and teepees set around the central banner area.
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Artist
R. L. Hunter
Title
Indian Life 1952
Date
1952
Medium
felt maker; ink; graphite crayon on paper
Dimensions
45.0 x 56.0 cm
Description
Four figures sitting in the centre left foreground, group of people centre of drawing around a green clump of bush and multi-coloured banners flying on the air centre. Tents and teepees set around the central banner area.
Subject
figure
group
ceremonial
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
HlR.03.01
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Artist
Norah Drummond-Davies (1862 – 1949, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
DmN.02.01
Description
Colour: brown, green, blue. Three scouts (two on horses) stand on a rise of grass and rocks, overlooking a distant valley to the right and behind. The sky is yellow near the horizon.
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Artist
Norah Drummond-Davies (1862 – 1949, Canadian)
Title
Indian Scouts
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
69.5 x 54.2 cm
Description
Colour: brown, green, blue. Three scouts (two on horses) stand on a rise of grass and rocks, overlooking a distant valley to the right and behind. The sky is yellow near the horizon.
Subject
landscape
animal, horse
figure
group
male
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1967
Catalogue Number
DmN.02.01
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Kanai, Sunday Football

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1933 – 1934
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.178
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Kanai, Sunday Football
Date
1933 – 1934
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
27.6 x 35.4 cm
Subject
Kanai
activity, football
group
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.178
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The Mine Trip, Canmore

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Artist
Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)
Date
1944
Medium
crayon on paper
Catalogue Number
DaK.03.17
Description
Bird's eye view, two open rail cars, four men in car to the left, two men in other car.
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Artist
Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)
Title
The Mine Trip, Canmore
Date
1944
Medium
crayon on paper
Dimensions
29.8 x 36.4 cm
Description
Bird's eye view, two open rail cars, four men in car to the left, two men in other car.
Subject
figure
group
male
industry
coal mining
Credit
Purchased from Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper, 1989
Catalogue Number
DaK.03.17
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Artist
Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)
Date
1944
Medium
charcoal on paper
Catalogue Number
DaK.03.07
Description
General colour: charcoal on white. Three men sit at a table. The chair in front faces out. The man on the left holds a glass. Other glasses are on the table. Two other men can be seen behind presumably sitting at another table. They wear hats.
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Artist
Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)
Title
Miners at Bar
Date
1944
Medium
charcoal on paper
Dimensions
29.0 x 36.0 cm
Description
General colour: charcoal on white. Three men sit at a table. The chair in front faces out. The man on the left holds a glass. Other glasses are on the table. Two other men can be seen behind presumably sitting at another table. They wear hats.
Subject
figure
group
male
industry
coal mining
Credit
Purchased from Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper, 1970
Catalogue Number
DaK.03.07
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Artist
Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
graphite; charcoal on paper
Catalogue Number
DaK.03.11
Description
General colour: black on white. Three tracks of coal carts. Left one has six figures in two carts. The middle track has none but the right track has nine men in four carts. The tracks lead up from the lower right across the upper left into a group of buildings across the area. Mountains and trees c…
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Artist
Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)
Title
Miners in Coal Cart
Date
n.d.
Medium
graphite; charcoal on paper
Dimensions
29.0 x 37.0 cm
Description
General colour: black on white. Three tracks of coal carts. Left one has six figures in two carts. The middle track has none but the right track has nine men in four carts. The tracks lead up from the lower right across the upper left into a group of buildings across the area. Mountains and trees can be seen at the top in the distance.
Subject
figure
group
landscape
mountains
industry
coal mining
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
DaK.03.11
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On the Way to Indian Days

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1952 – 1957
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.020
Description
Colour: blue, green, yellow, black. The lower two thirds is long yellow and green grass. Where the blue sky meets the grass there is a caravan of horses and wagons. Seven horses and riders on the left side moving right and one wagon center and one wagon right pulled by two horses each and piled hig…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
On the Way to Indian Days
Date
1952 – 1957
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
51.1 x 150.8 cm
Description
Colour: blue, green, yellow, black. The lower two thirds is long yellow and green grass. Where the blue sky meets the grass there is a caravan of horses and wagons. Seven horses and riders on the left side moving right and one wagon center and one wagon right pulled by two horses each and piled high with baggage and people. At the very front on the right side runs a little black dog.
Subject
landscape
figure
group
transportation
animal
horse
Indigenous
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.020
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