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Athabasca Glacier

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1940 – 1960

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.103

Description: Colour: blue greys. The central image is a mass of blue grey ice which takes up the middle two quarters. The upper and lower quarters being white patches of snow on a brown grey ground.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Athabasca Glacier

Date: 1940 – 1960

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 30.5 x 25.5 cm

Description: Colour: blue greys. The central image is a mass of blue grey ice which takes up the middle two quarters. The upper and lower quarters being white patches of snow on a brown grey ground.

Subject: landscape; mountain; Canadian Rockies; lake; ice; snow; glacier

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.103

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Athabasca Glacier

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1940 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.089

Description: Colour: blue, green. Central image is a fan shaped glacier emptying into a pool of warm blue water surrounded by green grass along the bottom and a third the way up. Beyond the glacier to the left is rock mountain side which goes off the left side. In the upper right corner is sky which meets dista…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Athabasca Glacier

Date: 1940 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.5 x 35 cm

Description: Colour: blue, green. Central image is a fan shaped glacier emptying into a pool of warm blue water surrounded by green grass along the bottom and a third the way up. Beyond the glacier to the left is rock mountain side which goes off the left side. In the upper right corner is sky which meets distant slopes.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; lake; glacier

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.089

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Athabasca Glacier

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1940 – 1950

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.002

Description: Colour: blue, grey, yellow, red brown. A dead gnarled tree leans up the left side from a ground cover of yellow and red-brown bushes. At the right side are four evergreens. Behind and central is a huge glacier banked on either side by rock face. Across the top is clouds and blue sky.See sketches Wy…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Athabasca Glacier

Date: 1940 – 1950

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 63.5 x 76.0 cm

Description: Colour: blue, grey, yellow, red brown. A dead gnarled tree leans up the left side from a ground cover of yellow and red-brown bushes. At the right side are four evergreens. Behind and central is a huge glacier banked on either side by rock face. Across the top is clouds and blue sky.See sketches WyP.01.537 and WyP.01.158

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; glacier

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.002

Notes: Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018

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Athabasca Glacier, Sunwapta Lake

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1945 – 1960

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.320

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Athabasca Glacier, Sunwapta Lake

Date: 1945 – 1960

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 25.0 x 30.1 cm

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; glacier; lake

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.320

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Athabasca Glacier Toe

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Date: 1941

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.001

Description: Grey and white coloured rocks, top left of picture is brown and white .

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Title: Athabasca Glacier Toe

Date: 1941

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 21.0 x 27.7 cm

Description: Grey and white coloured rocks, top left of picture is brown and white .

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; Athabasca Glacier

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.001

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Athabasca Glacier, Willows

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1945 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.368

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Athabasca Glacier, Willows

Date: 1945 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 25.0 x 30.2 cm

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; glacier

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.368

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Athabasca Valley and River, B.C.

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Artist: William Hutchinson (1874 – 1918, Canadian)

Date: 1914

Medium: oil on paperboard

Catalogue Number: HuW.02.03

Description: Mountain range dominates top half of the picture, small glacier on one mountain. Foreground is a dark blue river with white currents. Forest at centre right and centre left. Yellow tinged river valley.

Artist: William Hutchinson (1874 – 1918, Canadian)

Title: Athabasca Valley and River, B.C.

Date: 1914

Medium: oil on paperboard

Dimensions: 90.6 x 103.5 cm

Description: Mountain range dominates top half of the picture, small glacier on one mountain. Foreground is a dark blue river with white currents. Forest at centre right and centre left. Yellow tinged river valley.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; river; valley; Athabasca

Credit: Gift of Dorothy Hutchinson, Winnipeg, 1994

Catalogue Number: HuW.02.03

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Athabaska Glacier

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Artist: Florence M Mortimer (1879 – 1959, Canadian)

Date: n.d.

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: MoF.02.01

Description: Colour: green, brown, purple, yellow. A large tree grows up the left side. The branches hang down from the upper edge. Behind, looking down over a forest is a body of water and mountains. Sky is yellow.

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Artist: Florence M Mortimer (1879 – 1959, Canadian)

Title: Athabaska Glacier

Date: n.d.

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 84.2 x 74.3 cm

Description: Colour: green, brown, purple, yellow. A large tree grows up the left side. The branches hang down from the upper edge. Behind, looking down over a forest is a body of water and mountains. Sky is yellow.

Subject: landscape; mountain

Credit: Gift of eisler, Edmonton, 1972

Catalogue Number: MoF.02.01

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Autumn Evening

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Artist: Frederick Arthur Verner (1836 – 1928, Canadian)

Date: n.d.

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: VeR.05.02

Description: Colour: green, blue grey, orange. Two ducks are landing on a pond which fills the lower right area. Marsh in the lower left corner gives way to autumn trees across the upper half leaving blue sky visible in the upper right corner.

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Artist: Frederick Arthur Verner (1836 – 1928, Canadian)

Title: Autumn Evening

Date: n.d.

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 34.0 x 16.2 cm

Description: Colour: green, blue grey, orange. Two ducks are landing on a pond which fills the lower right area. Marsh in the lower left corner gives way to autumn trees across the upper half leaving blue sky visible in the upper right corner.

Subject: landscape; animal, bird; duck; lake

Credit: Gift of Lillian Jones, Calgary, 1975

Catalogue Number: VeR.05.02

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Autumn Foothills

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Artist: Takao Tanabe (1926 – , Canadian)

Date: 1979

Medium: acrylic on canvas

Catalogue Number: TaT.12.01

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Artist: Takao Tanabe (1926 – , Canadian)

Title: Autumn Foothills

Date: 1979

Medium: acrylic on canvas

Dimensions: 109.00 x 228.6 cm

Subject: landscape; foothills; prairies

Credit: Gift of Canada Council, Ottawa, 1979

Catalogue Number: TaT.12.01

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Autumn Leaves Falling

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Artist: Clarence Ingwall Tillenius (1913 – 2012, Canadian)

Date: 1988

Medium: oil on canvas board

Catalogue Number: TiC.02.08

Description: The small red fox on the left side of the image is standing on a grey slab of stone.Two other similar slabs are near by and are seperated from the first by two wide cracks. All around the grey rock area the trees are turning fall colors. The red, yellow and orange leaves are falling off the trees …

Artist: Clarence Ingwall Tillenius (1913 – 2012, Canadian)

Title: Autumn Leaves Falling

Date: 1988

Medium: oil on canvas board

Dimensions: 25.4 x 51.0 cm

Description: The small red fox on the left side of the image is standing on a grey slab of stone.Two other similar slabs are near by and are seperated from the first by two wide cracks. All around the grey rock area the trees are turning fall colors. The red, yellow and orange leaves are falling off the trees onto the ground. Some of the trees on the left and a few in the background on the right have white bark. The fox in the foreground on the left is looking back over his shoulder to the right.

Subject: landscape; Canadian;animal;fox

Credit: Gift of Clarence Ingwall Tillenius, Winnipeg, 1996

Catalogue Number: TiC.02.08

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Autumn, Sawback Range

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Date: 1935 – 1950

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.227

Description: A row of yellow and lime green leaved trees create a line of colour behind an open field. The Sawbacks are located behind the treeline. The vein-like sculptural rock forms, rise high above the field. A cobalt blue sky creates a solid colour behind the mountains.

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Title: Autumn, Sawback Range

Date: 1935 – 1950

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 25.4 x 30.3 cm

Description: A row of yellow and lime green leaved trees create a line of colour behind an open field. The Sawbacks are located behind the treeline. The vein-like sculptural rock forms, rise high above the field. A cobalt blue sky creates a solid colour behind the mountains.

Subject: landscape; mountain; Canadian Rockies

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.227

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Autumn, Vermilion Lakes

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Date: 1945 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.258

Description: The foreground contains a bank of grass (coloured tan, ochre, green and brick-red), and a row of eleven tall trees with yellow foliage. On the left are three small black and green pine trees, and two are the right. The middleground contains stretches of bright blue water, and areas of ochre and gre…

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Title: Autumn, Vermilion Lakes

Date: 1945 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 25.4 x 30.3 cm

Description: The foreground contains a bank of grass (coloured tan, ochre, green and brick-red), and a row of eleven tall trees with yellow foliage. On the left are three small black and green pine trees, and two are the right. The middleground contains stretches of bright blue water, and areas of ochre and green grass. Black is used to outline the base of the separate areas. Two blue mountains are hidden by the foreground trees. Their lower slopes are green, and a thin line of yellow forest is found at their base. The sky is light blue.

Subject: landscape; mountain; Canadian Rockies; lake

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.258

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Avalanche Slope

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Artist: Rick Nicholas de Grandmaison (1932 – 1985, Canadian)

Date: 1955 – 1970

Medium: oil on masonite

Catalogue Number: DgO.02.02

Description: tlc and along top is a cloudy sky, below that is a mountain face. The slope runs tr to bl. The mountain has a long expanse of white from tr to bl interspersed with trees and shadows. Stylized tree forms all along bottom edge.

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Artist: Rick Nicholas de Grandmaison (1932 – 1985, Canadian)

Title: Avalanche Slope

Date: 1955 – 1970

Medium: oil on masonite

Dimensions: 120.0 x 120.00 cm

Description: tlc and along top is a cloudy sky, below that is a mountain face. The slope runs tr to bl. The mountain has a long expanse of white from tr to bl interspersed with trees and shadows. Stylized tree forms all along bottom edge.

Subject: Canadian Rockies; landscape; winter

Credit: Gift of John P. Crabb, Winnipeg, 1995

Catalogue Number: DgO.02.02

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Back of Sawback

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Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Date: prior to 1965

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.06

Description: General colour: brown, blue. A lake in the center surrounded by dry mountain cliffs. Central peak is right of center and the other is at the left side. The sky is dark in the upper right corner and clouds fill the upper left.

Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Title: Back of Sawback

Date: prior to 1965

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 18.5 x 25.3 cm

Description: General colour: brown, blue. A lake in the center surrounded by dry mountain cliffs. Central peak is right of center and the other is at the left side. The sky is dark in the upper right corner and clouds fill the upper left.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies

Credit: Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.06

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Baker Creek

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Artist: Belmore Browne (1880 – 1954, American)

Date: c. 1930

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: BwB.02.01

Description: General colour: blue, purple, green. Creek is surrounded on all sides by snow covered rocks and shrubs. The water comes down from the upper right of center to the lower center and of right near the bottom. In the lower left corner is a bare branched bush. Across the top is snow covered evergreens. …

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Artist: Belmore Browne (1880 – 1954, American)

Title: Baker Creek

Date: c. 1930

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 90.2 x 100.2 cm

Description: General colour: blue, purple, green. Creek is surrounded on all sides by snow covered rocks and shrubs. The water comes down from the upper right of center to the lower center and of right near the bottom. In the lower left corner is a bare branched bush. Across the top is snow covered evergreens. Clear sky and a distant hill in the upper right corner.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; winter; Baker Creek

Credit: Gift of Evelyn Browne, Durham, USA, 1968

Catalogue Number: BwB.02.01

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Bald Eagles on Watch

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Artist: Clarence Ingwall Tillenius (1913 – 2012, Canadian)

Date: 1979

Medium: oil on canvas board

Catalogue Number: TiC.02.09

Description: On the left side of the painting an eagle sits on the top of a dead tree facing the right side of the image. Behind the brown, yellow and white bird there are mountains and trees. The mountains in the far distance have some snow on the peaks but the closer ones are covered with green trees. In the…

Artist: Clarence Ingwall Tillenius (1913 – 2012, Canadian)

Title: Bald Eagles on Watch

Date: 1979

Medium: oil on canvas board

Dimensions: 23.0 x 30.6 cm

Description: On the left side of the painting an eagle sits on the top of a dead tree facing the right side of the image. Behind the brown, yellow and white bird there are mountains and trees. The mountains in the far distance have some snow on the peaks but the closer ones are covered with green trees. In the foreground a blue body of water is surrounded with a brilliant green weed or grass. From the cl to the cr a line of trees cross the bottom of the image. Some of the trees and grass between the background mountains and the foreground water are a yellow hue.