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- Peter or Catharine Whyte 35
- Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian) 28
- Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian) 10
- Nicholas Raffael de Grandmaison (1892 – 1978, Canadian) 9
- Gerda Christoffersen ( – 2012, Canadian) 5
- Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British) 2
- Dorothy Marie Oxborough (1922 – 2014, Canadian) 2
- A.F. Cels 1
- Bev Tosh (1948 – , Canadian) 1
- Edward Forn 1
- Frederick Andrew Bosley (1881 – 1942, American) 1
- G. H. W Ashley (1908 – , Canadian) 1
- Date
- 1936
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- GyH.03.10
- Description
- A portrait of a man, facing in three quarter profile to the left. He wears a cowboy hat and a knotted scarf around his neck. Inscribed at the bottom left “Bill Nish Warden”, signed “Glyde” at bottom right. On back “Bow Lake, 1936 with Reg Harvey.”
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- Title
- Bill Neish
- Date
- 1936
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Description
- A portrait of a man, facing in three quarter profile to the left. He wears a cowboy hat and a knotted scarf around his neck. Inscribed at the bottom left “Bill Nish Warden”, signed “Glyde” at bottom right. On back “Bow Lake, 1936 with Reg Harvey.”
- Subject
- Bill Neish
- portrait
- warden
- Credit
- Gift of Henry George Glyde, Victoria, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- GyH.03.10
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Chief Dan Wildman
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.02.075
- Date
- 1930
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.02.075
- Description
- Dan Wildman is facing toward the left side of the image and takes up most of the right side of the image. The left half of the painting is a grey-green colour. Dan Wildman is wearing traditional Stoney clothing and head dress. He wears a bear tooth necklace and extensive beadwork is visible on h…
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- Title
- Chief Dan Wildman
- Date
- 1930
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 75.0 x 62.3 cm
- Description
- Dan Wildman is facing toward the left side of the image and takes up most of the right side of the image. The left half of the painting is a grey-green colour. Dan Wildman is wearing traditional Stoney clothing and head dress. He wears a bear tooth necklace and extensive beadwork is visible on his shirt. His eyes appear as if they are slightly closed.
- Subject
- portrait
- male
- Stoney
- Dan Wildman
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.02.075
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Chief David Bearspaw
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.01.120
- Date
- 1933
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.120
- Description
- Colour: white, brown, red, orange. A man looks to the right, wearing a feather headress which runs off the picture at the upper left. While ermine streamers come down either side of his face. He wears a red neckerchief. There is blue, orange and red trim on the headress.
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- Title
- Chief David Bearspaw
- Date
- 1933
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 27.5 x 35 cm
- Description
- Colour: white, brown, red, orange. A man looks to the right, wearing a feather headress which runs off the picture at the upper left. While ermine streamers come down either side of his face. He wears a red neckerchief. There is blue, orange and red trim on the headress.
- Subject
- portrait
- male
- Chief David Bearspaw
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.120
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Chief John Hunter
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- Date
- 1949
- Medium
- pastel on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ChG.03.02
- Description
- Portrait of Chief John Hunter, facing toward the right of the image. His hair is black and in two braids. Wisps of hair are loose and blowing in the wind. His face is wrinked, particularly around his mouth. His coat is white and he is wearing orange and green scarves. In the bottom right corne…
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- Title
- Chief John Hunter
- Date
- 1949
- Medium
- pastel on paper
- Description
- Portrait of Chief John Hunter, facing toward the right of the image. His hair is black and in two braids. Wisps of hair are loose and blowing in the wind. His face is wrinked, particularly around his mouth. His coat is white and he is wearing orange and green scarves. In the bottom right corner, trees are visible. Above them are loosely drawn mountains. The sky is green (light and dark) and mauve.
- Subject
- portrait
- male
- Chief John Hunter
- Credit
- Gift of Doris Gammon, Banff, 2000
- Catalogue Number
- ChG.03.02
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Dorothy Carleton
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- Artist
- Bev Tosh (1948 – , Canadian)
- Date
- 2014
- Medium
- oil on plywood
- Catalogue Number
- TsB.02.01 a,b
- Description
- (a) portrait of Dorothy Carleton facing the viewer, her face in the top 1/3 and shoulders fade into the prominent wood grain, the bottom 2/3 is lightly painted white dress on wood grain. There is ar rainbow in top left corner to represent Dorothy’s statement of “living at the end of the rainbow”, t…
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- Artist
- Bev Tosh (1948 – , Canadian)
- Title
- Dorothy Carleton
- Date
- 2014
- Medium
- oil on plywood
- Dimensions
- 121.92 x 31.43 cm
- Description
- (a) portrait of Dorothy Carleton facing the viewer, her face in the top 1/3 and shoulders fade into the prominent wood grain, the bottom 2/3 is lightly painted white dress on wood grain. There is ar rainbow in top left corner to represent Dorothy’s statement of “living at the end of the rainbow”, the street she lived on in Banff with her family according to painter Tosh.(b) 142 x 30 cm white silk panel with black typed inscription
- Credit
- Gift of Dorothy Carleton, Banff, 2016
- Catalogue Number
- TsB.02.01 a,b
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- 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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- 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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Elizabeth Bearspaw
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- Date
- 1974
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- DyV.02.01
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- 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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Ernest Grant, Chief of the Ravens
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- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- oil on fibre
- Catalogue Number
- CrA.02.01
- Description
- General Colour: pale blue, rust and white on black velvet. A man's face, looking to the right is placed left of center. Behind him filling the right side of the picture looms a large black raven. At the bottom of the painting is a mask with the profile of a bird hinged to both sides of it. The left…
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- Title
- Ernest Grant, Chief of the Ravens
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- oil on fibre
- Dimensions
- 39.2 x 49.2 cm
- Description
- General Colour: pale blue, rust and white on black velvet. A man's face, looking to the right is placed left of center. Behind him filling the right side of the picture looms a large black raven. At the bottom of the painting is a mask with the profile of a bird hinged to both sides of it. The left and right sides of the frame represent the two sides of a bird.
- Subject
- portrait
- male
- Ernest Grant
- Credit
- Gift of Sir Aubrey Alexander Creed, Kitimat, 1971
- Catalogue Number
- CrA.02.01
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Eskimo Children II, Resolute Bay, N.W.T.
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- 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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- 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.
- 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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Father Jean Louis Levern
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- Date
- 1945
- Medium
- painting on board
- Catalogue Number
- DgN.02.04
- Description
- An oil painting portrait of a man. An elderly man dominates the painting. The man has grey hair and is wearing a black high-necked coat with a large gold cross hanging on a black string around his neck. The background is a yellow-brown. The primary colours used are black, brown, yellow and red. The…
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- Title
- Father Jean Louis Levern
- Date
- 1945
- Medium
- painting on board
- Dimensions
- 59.0 x 41.7 cm
- Description
- An oil painting portrait of a man. An elderly man dominates the painting. The man has grey hair and is wearing a black high-necked coat with a large gold cross hanging on a black string around his neck. The background is a yellow-brown. The primary colours used are black, brown, yellow and red. The bottom of the canvas is unfinished/ left blank except for the artist signature in pencil in the blhc and in the brhc, “F. J. Levern, A.M.I - 1945 Cardston, Alberta”. Au verso, in black ink in the top lhc, “# 47”. And left of centre near the bottom is a piece of white paper with black text taped onto the board, see Narrative.
- Subject
- portrait
- man
- priest
- Nicolas de Grandmaison
- Credit
- Gift of Nicolas Jr. de Grandmaison, Vancouver, 2011
- Catalogue Number
- DgN.02.04
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- Date
- 1959
- Medium
- pastel on paper
- Catalogue Number
- DgN.03.07
- Description
- A head and shoulders portrait of Fred Brewster; an almost full face portrait, ruddy complexion, black hair, moustache, blue eyes; wearing an open necked plaid shirt; highlights behind head and ear to right.
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- Title
- Fred Brewster
- Date
- 1959
- Medium
- pastel on paper
- Dimensions
- 61.0 x 45.7 cm
- Description
- A head and shoulders portrait of Fred Brewster; an almost full face portrait, ruddy complexion, black hair, moustache, blue eyes; wearing an open necked plaid shirt; highlights behind head and ear to right.
- Subject
- portrait
- portrait, Fred Brewster
- Credit
- Gift of Sonia de Grandmaison, West Vancouver, 1987
- Catalogue Number
- DgN.03.07
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- 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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- 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.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.02.024
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Georgia Engelhard
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- Artist
- Edward Forn
- Date
- 1946
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- FoE.02.01
- Description
- A woman, Georgia Engelhard, stands in the centre of the picture, her legs cut off at centre thigh at bottom of picture, she is wearing blue pants and red checkered shirt, a blue/green hat in her right hand at her waist, she is looking straight forward, short blond hair, blue eyes and rosy cheeks, …
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- Artist
- Edward Forn
- Title
- Georgia Engelhard
- Date
- 1946
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 81.0 x 66.0 cm
- Description
- A woman, Georgia Engelhard, stands in the centre of the picture, her legs cut off at centre thigh at bottom of picture, she is wearing blue pants and red checkered shirt, a blue/green hat in her right hand at her waist, she is looking straight forward, short blond hair, blue eyes and rosy cheeks, the background top quarter is a cloudy sky, centre a range of mountains (Mount Assiniboine), a line of green and yellow trees, the bottom of the picture behind the lady is a lake
- Subject
- portrait
- female
- Georgia Engelhard
- Credit
- Gift of Eaton Cromwell, Bryn Mawr, USA, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- FoE.02.01
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Inuit Boy at Povungnituk
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyc.01.171
- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.171
- Description
- Portrait of an Inuk boy.
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- Title
- Inuit Boy at Povungnituk
- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 35.5 x 28.0 cm
- Description
- Portrait of an Inuk boy.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.171
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Inuit Boy at Povungnituk
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyc.01.169
- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.169
- Description
- Portrait of an Inuk boy.
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- Title
- Inuit Boy at Povungnituk
- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 35.5 x 28.0 cm
- Description
- Portrait of an Inuk boy.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.169
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Inuit Boy, Povungnituk
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyc.01.176
- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.176
- Description
- Portrait of an Inuk boy.
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- Title
- Inuit Boy, Povungnituk
- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 35.5 x 28.0 cm
- Description
- Portrait of an Inuk boy.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.176
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Inuit Girl at Povungnituk
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyc.01.172
- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.172
- Description
- Portrait of an Inuk girl in Povungnituk.
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- Title
- Inuit Girl at Povungnituk
- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 35.5 x 28.0 cm
- Description
- Portrait of an Inuk girl in Povungnituk.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.172
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Inuk Girl Guide at Povungnituk
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyc.01.170
- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.170
- Description
- Portrait of an Inuk girl in Povungnituk.
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- Title
- Inuk Girl Guide at Povungnituk
- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 35.5 x 28.0 cm
- Description
- Portrait of an Inuk girl in Povungnituk.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.170
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- Date
- 1983
- Medium
- pastel on paper
- Catalogue Number
- AsH.03.01
- Description
- Portrait of Jimmy Simpson.
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- Title
- Jimmy Simpson
- Date
- 1983
- Medium
- pastel on paper
- Dimensions
- 65.0 x 50.0 cm
- Description
- Portrait of Jimmy Simpson.
- Subject
- characters
- Jimmy Simpson
- portrait
- male
- Credit
- Gift of G. H. W Ashley, Salmon Arm, 1992
- Catalogue Number
- AsH.03.01
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Job Stevens, Stoney, Morley
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- Date
- 1930
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.129
- Description
- Colour: grey, black, brown, bits of orange, white. The left profile of a man.His black hair is short on top and at the back two braids come down over his white garment which is trimmed with orange and green. There seems to be a dark piece of cloth around his neck. The background is dark grey.
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- Title
- Job Stevens, Stoney, Morley
- Date
- 1930
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 35.4 x 27.8 cm
- Description
- Colour: grey, black, brown, bits of orange, white. The left profile of a man.His black hair is short on top and at the back two braids come down over his white garment which is trimmed with orange and green. There seems to be a dark piece of cloth around his neck. The background is dark grey.
- Subject
- portrait
- male
- Stoney
- Job Stevens
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.129
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