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Artist
Shibata Zeshin (1807 – 1891, Japanese)
Date
1887
Medium
woodblock on paper
Catalogue Number
ShE.04.01
Description
Three black ravens flying to the left at top of picture, the top of the background is reddish and tapers to white at bottom of picture. The birds are not completely in picture - the first raven show only the end of the tail, the second has the top of the head and back out of the picture and the thi…
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Artist
Shibata Zeshin (1807 – 1891, Japanese)
Title
Crows in Flight
Date
1887
Medium
woodblock on paper
Dimensions
36.3 x 30.3 cm
Description
Three black ravens flying to the left at top of picture, the top of the background is reddish and tapers to white at bottom of picture. The birds are not completely in picture - the first raven show only the end of the tail, the second has the top of the head and back out of the picture and the third has the tip of the top wing and tip of the tail feathers out of the picture.
Subject
animal
bird
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
ShE.04.01
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Artist
Maxwell Bennett Bates (1906 – 1980, Canadian)
Date
1950 – 1950
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
BaM.04.01
Description
Black and white print of a man on a horse. There is a watermark in the paper which is placed vertically along the right side of the piece it reads: “ Howard Smith Autograph”.
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Artist
Maxwell Bennett Bates (1906 – 1980, Canadian)
Title
Horseman
Date
1950 – 1950
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
28.0 x 21.7 cm
Description
Black and white print of a man on a horse. There is a watermark in the paper which is placed vertically along the right side of the piece it reads: “ Howard Smith Autograph”.
Subject
animal
horse
figure
male
landscape
mountains
foothills
Credit
Purchased from Canadian Art Gallery, Canmore, 1998
Catalogue Number
BaM.04.01
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Artist
Illingworth Holey Kerr (1905 – 1989, Canadian)
Date
1950
Medium
felt pen on paper
Catalogue Number
KeI.09.01
Description
Spiral sketchbook with sketches of sheep, and groups of sheep in various poses and configurations. On cover Bighorns Banff One morning above vermillion lakes. 1950 inside back cover Above Vermillion Lakes 1955 Illingworth Kerr
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Artist
Illingworth Holey Kerr (1905 – 1989, Canadian)
Title
Bighorns, Banff
Date
1950
Medium
felt pen on paper
Dimensions
17.7` x 25.7 cm
Description
Spiral sketchbook with sketches of sheep, and groups of sheep in various poses and configurations. On cover Bighorns Banff One morning above vermillion lakes. 1950 inside back cover Above Vermillion Lakes 1955 Illingworth Kerr
Subject
landscape
animal
Bighorn sheep
Banff National Park
Credit
Gift of Canadian Art Gallery, Canmore, 1992
Catalogue Number
KeI.09.01
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Artist
Clarence Ingwall Tillenius (1913 – 2012, Canadian)
Date
1950
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
TiC.03.01
Description
Running from the left side of the drawing toward the cc is a bison. Along side of it on the right side of the image a man with a gun riding a horse is trying to kill it. Both the horse and the bison are in full run with grass under foot and trees or shrubs in the distance.
Artist
Clarence Ingwall Tillenius (1913 – 2012, Canadian)
Title
Buffalo Hunt
Date
1950
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
30.6 x 51.0 cm
Description
Running from the left side of the drawing toward the cc is a bison. Along side of it on the right side of the image a man with a gun riding a horse is trying to kill it. Both the horse and the bison are in full run with grass under foot and trees or shrubs in the distance.
Subject
figure
male
animal
buffalo
horse
Credit
Gift of Clarence Ingwall Tillenius, Winnipeg, 1996
Catalogue Number
TiC.03.01
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Artist
Bess Harris (1891 – 1969, Canadian)
Date
1954
Medium
pastel on paper
Catalogue Number
HrB.03.01
Description
An abstract pastel drawing of what looks to be the skull of a cow or bison. The skull is surrounded by loosely concentric rings.
Artist
Bess Harris (1891 – 1969, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1954
Medium
pastel on paper
Description
An abstract pastel drawing of what looks to be the skull of a cow or bison. The skull is surrounded by loosely concentric rings.
Subject
abstract
animal
bovine
skull
Credit
Gift of George K.K. (Tommy) Link, Tucson, USA, 1979
Catalogue Number
HrB.03.01
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Season’s Greetings Peter and Catharine

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1954
Medium
graphite; ink on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.937
Description
The 1954 Christmas card. Peter and Catharine sit on stools at their easels painting the mountain landscape in front of them. There is a group of animals standing around watching them. Written below the drawing it says “SEASON’S GREETINGS 1954 PETER AND CATHARINE”.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Season’s Greetings Peter and Catharine
Date
1954
Medium
graphite; ink on paper
Dimensions
19.8 x 30.3 cm
Description
The 1954 Christmas card. Peter and Catharine sit on stools at their easels painting the mountain landscape in front of them. There is a group of animals standing around watching them. Written below the drawing it says “SEASON’S GREETINGS 1954 PETER AND CATHARINE”.
Subject
people
man
woman
animal
moose
rabbit
wolf
squirrel
bird
bear
deer
mountain
Rocky Mountains
painting
pain
furniture
stool
paint
canvas
easel
Christmas card
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.937
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Season’s Greetings Peter and Catharine

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1954
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.04.36
Description
On the bottom half of the paper there is a final printed version of the 1954 Christmas card. Peter and Catharine are sitting on stools working on paintings at their easels. They are painting a mountain and lake landscape that is in front of them. There is a group of animals sitting around them watc…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Season’s Greetings Peter and Catharine
Date
1954
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
21.5 x 16.2 cm
Description
On the bottom half of the paper there is a final printed version of the 1954 Christmas card. Peter and Catharine are sitting on stools working on paintings at their easels. They are painting a mountain and lake landscape that is in front of them. There is a group of animals sitting around them watching them paint. Below the print it says “SEASON’S GREETINGS 1954 PETER AND CATHARINE”.verso: multiple watercolour paint swatches on the back.
Subject
Christmas card
painting
easel
canvas
paint
brush
people
man
woman
animal
moose
deer
squirrel
wolf
rabbit
bear
bird
landscape
mountain
water
lake
Rocky Mountains
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.04.36
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Season’s Greetings Catharine and Peter

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1955
Medium
graphite; ink on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.936
Description
The 1955 Christmas card design. Peter is standing beside Catharine who is sitting on a tree stump. They are watching a group of animals paint the mountain scene in the background. Below the drawing it says “SEASON’S GREETINGS 1955 CATHARINE AND PETER”verso: ink marks along the left edge
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Season’s Greetings Catharine and Peter
Date
1955
Medium
graphite; ink on paper
Dimensions
18.4 x 28.8 cm
Description
The 1955 Christmas card design. Peter is standing beside Catharine who is sitting on a tree stump. They are watching a group of animals paint the mountain scene in the background. Below the drawing it says “SEASON’S GREETINGS 1955 CATHARINE AND PETER”verso: ink marks along the left edge
Subject
Christmas card
people
man
woman
animal
moose
deer
bear
squirrel
bird
rabbit
wolf
landscape
mountain
Rocky Mountains
painting
canvas
brush
paint
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.936
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Season’s Greetings Catharine and Peter

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1955
Medium
coloured ink on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.04.37
Description
A final version of the 1955 Christmas card. Peter is standing beside Catharine who is sitting on a stump. Peter appears to be holding Catharine’s hand. They are watching a group of animals sitting at easels painting landscapes on canvas. In the background there is a mountain range.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Season’s Greetings Catharine and Peter
Date
1955
Medium
coloured ink on paper
Dimensions
10.8 x 15.7 cm
Description
A final version of the 1955 Christmas card. Peter is standing beside Catharine who is sitting on a stump. Peter appears to be holding Catharine’s hand. They are watching a group of animals sitting at easels painting landscapes on canvas. In the background there is a mountain range.
Subject
Christmas card
animal
moose
bear
deer
wolf
squirrel
rabbit
bird
mountains
Rocky Mountains
painting
paint
canvas
easel
art
people
man
woman
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.04.37
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Seasons Greetings Catharine and Peter

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1956
Medium
graphite; ink on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.938
Description
A Christmas card design of a group of vehicles in a convoy travelling down a road to the mountains. The last car is filled with a group of animals, and beside this vehicle there is a post with a bunch of signs pointing to directions to different cities. These signs say “HOMER, FAIRBANKS, EDMONTON, …
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Seasons Greetings Catharine and Peter
Date
1956
Medium
graphite; ink on paper
Dimensions
18.2 x 28.6 cm
Description
A Christmas card design of a group of vehicles in a convoy travelling down a road to the mountains. The last car is filled with a group of animals, and beside this vehicle there is a post with a bunch of signs pointing to directions to different cities. These signs say “HOMER, FAIRBANKS, EDMONTON, DAWSON CITY, BANFF, ANCHORAGE, VALDEZ, WHITEHORSE, FORT ST. JOHN, AND SEWARD”. The licence plate on the last vehicle says “B.N.P. 1956 CANADA”. While below the drawing it says “SEASONS GREETINGS CATHARINE AND PETER”. Around the edges of the drawing it says “6 inches” and “3 3/4”
Subject
travel
driving
vehicle
car
Christmas card
sign
mountain
Rocky Mountain
animal
moose
bird
bear
deer
wolf
rabbit
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.938
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Date
1956
Material
metal
Catalogue Number
104.43.1003
Description
A plate of copper engraved with drawing of a deer standing in snow to one side of snow covered log house in background. Picture framed by bare branches of trees and bushes. Message below in mirror writing reads "Julia and Julius wish you joy and may one of your trails in use lead this way". Meta…
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Title
Engraving Plate
Date
1956
Material
metal
Dimensions
12.8 x 17.8 cm
Description
A plate of copper engraved with drawing of a deer standing in snow to one side of snow covered log house in background. Picture framed by bare branches of trees and bushes. Message below in mirror writing reads "Julia and Julius wish you joy and may one of your trails in use lead this way". Metal of plate has developed dull patina and is etched with fingerprints.
Subject
animal
deer
Charlie Beil
landscape
artists
Credit
Gift of Les Peters, Great Falls, USA, 1983
Catalogue Number
104.43.1003
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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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Date
1958 – 1958
Material
wood; fibre
Catalogue Number
102.04.0384 a,b
Description
A pair of carved bookends of mountain goats standing on blocks of wood. Goats simply carved from 4.5 cm wide block of wide grained (fir?) wood which has had the grain darkened and raised, then shellacked. Both goats are rearing slightly with their front legs on a rock. Base plinth is plain block of…
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Title
Bookend
Date
1958 – 1958
Material
wood; fibre
Dimensions
20.5 x 12.2 x 18.9 cm
Description
A pair of carved bookends of mountain goats standing on blocks of wood. Goats simply carved from 4.5 cm wide block of wide grained (fir?) wood which has had the grain darkened and raised, then shellacked. Both goats are rearing slightly with their front legs on a rock. Base plinth is plain block of wood 4.5 cm high which has been bevelled along the upper edges. Bases covered on bottom with green felt.
Subject
households
decorative
animal
mountain goat
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
102.04.0384 a,b
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Ruffed Grouse in Winter

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Artist
George Browne (1918 – 1958, American)
Date
1955 – 1956
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
BwG.02.01
Description
Colour: puprle, blue. Two birds perched in snow laden birch trees facing away from the viewer and to the right.
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Artist
George Browne (1918 – 1958, American)
Title
Ruffed Grouse in Winter
Date
1955 – 1956
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
60.0 x 49.3 cm
Description
Colour: puprle, blue. Two birds perched in snow laden birch trees facing away from the viewer and to the right.
Subject
animal
grouse
partridge
Ruffed Grouse
Credit
Gift of C. M. Smith, 1968
Catalogue Number
BwG.02.01
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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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Artist
Isa Kasudluak (1917 – 1998, Canadian)
Date
1955 – 1960
Catalogue Number
UnK.06.02
Description
Small stone bird carving. Small white circle carved for eye and slit as mouth.
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Artist
Isa Kasudluak (1917 – 1998, Canadian)
Title
Bird
Date
1955 – 1960
Dimensions
5.0 x 5.0 x 9.4 cm
Description
Small stone bird carving. Small white circle carved for eye and slit as mouth.
Subject
animal
bird
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
UnK.06.02
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Artist
Unknown
Date
1880 – 1900
Catalogue Number
UnK.06.06
Description
ornately carved ivory sculpture of a man and a bird under a tree.
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Artist
Unknown
Title
The Bird Tree
Date
1880 – 1900
Dimensions
20.8 x 4.7 x 10.0 cm
Description
ornately carved ivory sculpture of a man and a bird under a tree.
Subject
figure, male
animal
mythological
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
UnK.06.06
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Tuscan Cart and Olive Tree

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Artist
Ugo Mochi (1889 – 1977, Italian)
Date
prior to 1900
Medium
silhouette on paper
Catalogue Number
MoU.15.01
Description
A black silhouette of a man standing on a two-wheeled cart driving two oxen. Behind them is a dog with a curled tail. A tree with wide spreading limbs and many leaves is centred , some larger leaves closer to the tree trunk. The foreground is slightly bumpy with some groups of grass. The signat…
Artist
Ugo Mochi (1889 – 1977, Italian)
Title
Tuscan Cart and Olive Tree
Date
prior to 1900
Medium
silhouette on paper
Dimensions
22.5 x 38.7 cm
Description
A black silhouette of a man standing on a two-wheeled cart driving two oxen. Behind them is a dog with a curled tail. A tree with wide spreading limbs and many leaves is centred , some larger leaves closer to the tree trunk. The foreground is slightly bumpy with some groups of grass. The signature and cut number is on the foreground brc.
Subject
animal
oxen
dog
transportation
rural
male botanical
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
MoU.15.01
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Artist
R. L. Hunter
Date
prior to 1979
Medium
felt pen; graphite; coloured graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
HlR.03.05
Description
The bottom third is a shallow blue river, 2 moose, male and female, are fording, up to their bellies, the hills in the background are autumn colours with some black to the right, the sky is clear blue
Artist
R. L. Hunter
Title
Fall in the Hills
Date
prior to 1979
Medium
felt pen; graphite; coloured graphite on paper
Dimensions
45.0 x 60.2 cm
Description
The bottom third is a shallow blue river, 2 moose, male and female, are fording, up to their bellies, the hills in the background are autumn colours with some black to the right, the sky is clear blue
Subject
landscape
mountain
animals
animal
moose
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
HlR.03.05
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Artist
Clarence Ingwall Tillenius (1913 – 2012, Canadian)
Date
1958 – 1968
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
TiC.03.06
Description
From a side view we can see this moose kneeling down on the ground eating grass. Behind this moose in the foreground, two other moose are walking and eating in the background. Around the feet on the closest moose there is some grass drawn at the ground level.
Artist
Clarence Ingwall Tillenius (1913 – 2012, Canadian)
Title
Moose Kneeling
Date
1958 – 1968
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
28.0 x 28.0 cm
Description
From a side view we can see this moose kneeling down on the ground eating grass. Behind this moose in the foreground, two other moose are walking and eating in the background. Around the feet on the closest moose there is some grass drawn at the ground level.
Subject
animal
moose
Credit
Gift of Clarence Ingwall Tillenius, Winnipeg, 1996
Catalogue Number
TiC.03.06
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