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- Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
- Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British) 545
- Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian) 339
- Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian) 162
- George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian) 124
- Les Graff (1936 – , Canadian) 101
- Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian) 78
- Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian) 67
- James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian) 63
- Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian) 56
- Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian) 52
- Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian) 43
- Date
- 1921
- Medium
- on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.356 a,b
- Description
- Handmade greetings card with envelope addressed to Catharine Robb in Concord Massachusetts. Paper card has rough edges. Card is one-sided with a hand-coloured graphite drawing of a beachside landscape. The drawing contains a yellow hut surrounded by green palm trees and lavender mountains in the ba…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1921
- Medium
- on paper
- Dimensions
- 15.3 x 10.0 cm
- Description
- Handmade greetings card with envelope addressed to Catharine Robb in Concord Massachusetts. Paper card has rough edges. Card is one-sided with a hand-coloured graphite drawing of a beachside landscape. The drawing contains a yellow hut surrounded by green palm trees and lavender mountains in the background.On the top of the card, a handwritten inscription reads:Happy New Year, CatharineAt the bottom left of the card, HAWAIIAN ISLANDS is writtenSigned at the bottom right:: Peter DECEMBER 21 (below the name)Envelope addressed to:Miss Catharine RobbConcordMassachusetts M.S.A.
- Subject
- landscape
- beach
- hut
- trees, palm
- Peter Whyte
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.356 a,b
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Mt. Sir Donald
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- Date
- 1921
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.283
- Description
- Pencil drawing of a mountain capped with snow. The silhouette of trees act as a screen in the foreground. A hand drawn frame in pencil encircles the drawing.MT. SIR DONALD [centre bottom] CANADIAN ROCKIES [brc]appears to have an erased signature in bottom right corner, with “Pete...” Peter White 1…
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- Title
- Mt. Sir Donald
- Date
- 1921
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 29.5 x 21.0 cm
- Description
- Pencil drawing of a mountain capped with snow. The silhouette of trees act as a screen in the foreground. A hand drawn frame in pencil encircles the drawing.MT. SIR DONALD [centre bottom] CANADIAN ROCKIES [brc]appears to have an erased signature in bottom right corner, with “Pete...” Peter White 1921 [brc, above CANADIAN ROCKIES]
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.283
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- Date
- 1921
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.926
- Description
- A pathway that is lined with rocks on either side sits in between a park full of trees and a body of water that has a sailboat on it. In the background there is a treed mountain with clouds rolling in on the left
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1921
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 22.6 x 15.0 cm
- Description
- A pathway that is lined with rocks on either side sits in between a park full of trees and a body of water that has a sailboat on it. In the background there is a treed mountain with clouds rolling in on the left
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.926
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- Date
- 1921
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.953 p
- Description
- Mountain landscape
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1921
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 21.5 x 29.5 cm
- Description
- Mountain landscape
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.953 p
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- Date
- 1927
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.128
- Description
- Colour: green, blue. The lower area is two green slopes coming down from either side. The left crosses in front of right at center. Behind is two mountains with lower blue slopes and snow on top. Blue sky fills both upper corners and top edge.
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- Title
- Goat Mountain
- Date
- 1927
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 14.5 x 19.8 cm
- Description
- Colour: green, blue. The lower area is two green slopes coming down from either side. The left crosses in front of right at center. Behind is two mountains with lower blue slopes and snow on top. Blue sky fills both upper corners and top edge.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- Goat Mountain
- Credit
- Gift of Dorothy V. Whyte, West Vancouver, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.128
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Fairholme Range
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- Date
- 1927
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.154
- Description
- Colour: blue, green, brown. The foreground is snow with a stream of water running up into the centre from the lower left of centre edge. Halfway up are brown bushes and green trees. Three tall ones reach up the left side and one on the right. In the background are blue sloped white capped mount…
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- Title
- Fairholme Range
- Date
- 1927
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 15.0 x 19.3 cm
- Description
- Colour: blue, green, brown. The foreground is snow with a stream of water running up into the centre from the lower left of centre edge. Halfway up are brown bushes and green trees. Three tall ones reach up the left side and one on the right. In the background are blue sloped white capped mountains and blue sky along the top.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.154
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Hills near Concord, Mass.
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- Date
- 1928
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.141
- Description
- Colour: green, blue, brown. Two tall trees stand on the left side with a shorter evergreen to the right of them. The lower right corner is grass and halfway up, an evergreen. Across the middle is a blue strip of water or land and above is pale blue sky.
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- Title
- Hills near Concord, Mass.
- Date
- 1928
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 9 x 11 cm
- Description
- Colour: green, blue, brown. Two tall trees stand on the left side with a shorter evergreen to the right of them. The lower right corner is grass and halfway up, an evergreen. Across the middle is a blue strip of water or land and above is pale blue sky.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.141
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- Date
- 1928
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.144
- Description
- Colour: green, purple, grey brown. There is a green-blue lake at the bottom. Trees on the far shore become grey-brown mountains and in the upper centre area is a glacier on a purple mountain. Blue sky fills the top right edge.
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- Title
- Lake O'Hara
- Date
- 1928
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 22.5 x 27.5 cm
- Description
- Colour: green, purple, grey brown. There is a green-blue lake at the bottom. Trees on the far shore become grey-brown mountains and in the upper centre area is a glacier on a purple mountain. Blue sky fills the top right edge.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- mountains
- lake
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.144
- Notes
- Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Jim White's House at Nash's Creek
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- Date
- 1928
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.148
- Description
- Colour: green, blue. Central image is a building with an addition on the back and two chimneys. There is grass in front. Trees behind to the left and one to the right in the distance. Pale blue sky is above.
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- Title
- Jim White's House at Nash's Creek
- Date
- 1928
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 27 x 21.9 cm
- Description
- Colour: green, blue. Central image is a building with an addition on the back and two chimneys. There is grass in front. Trees behind to the left and one to the right in the distance. Pale blue sky is above.
- Subject
- building, house
- Peter Whyte
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.148
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SKETCHES BANFF 1928
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- Date
- 1928 – 1928
- Medium
- ink; graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.09.06
- Description
- A sketchbook with a black spine and pressed paper cover in black and white. There is a white rectangle label with “SKETCHES BANFF 1928” written in black ink. It contains several colour sketches that have been cut out of a different sketchbook and pasted in to this one. The last two sketches have no…
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- Title
- SKETCHES BANFF 1928
- Date
- 1928 – 1928
- Medium
- ink; graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 25.8 x 20.2 cm
- Description
- A sketchbook with a black spine and pressed paper cover in black and white. There is a white rectangle label with “SKETCHES BANFF 1928” written in black ink. It contains several colour sketches that have been cut out of a different sketchbook and pasted in to this one. The last two sketches have not been attached. Subjects are figure studies of Mounties, cowboys, climbers, Indigenous Peoples, soldiers, Asian people, and skiers.
- Subject
- sketching
- drawing
- figure studies
- Peter Whyte
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.09.06
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- Date
- 1928 – 1928
- Medium
- ink; graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.09.07
- Description
- A sketchbook with possible pressed paper cover wrapped in green fabric. Has “Sketches” printed in dark red cursive on the front cover and a 5 cm long fabric loop attached to the bottom edge of the back cover, most likely to hold a pencil. It contains several black and white ink sketches of Mounties…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1928 – 1928
- Medium
- ink; graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 23.6 x 28.5 cm
- Description
- A sketchbook with possible pressed paper cover wrapped in green fabric. Has “Sketches” printed in dark red cursive on the front cover and a 5 cm long fabric loop attached to the bottom edge of the back cover, most likely to hold a pencil. It contains several black and white ink sketches of Mounties and rodeo cowboys mostly on horseback, as well as one bull rider, Indigenous Peoples, and rough sketches done in graphite.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.09.07
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- Date
- 1928 – 1928
- Medium
- graphite; ink; on paper;
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.09.15
- Description
- Sketchbook wrapped in brown paper secured to the inside of the covers [most likely done by Peter as the original cover can be seen through tears in the paper] with “SKETCHES, Peter Whyte, BANFF ALBERTA CANADA” written in black ink on the front cover. Contents include sketches mostly of people [incl…
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- Title
- Sketches
- Date
- 1928 – 1928
- Medium
- graphite; ink; on paper;
- Dimensions
- 26.1 x 20.1 cm
- Description
- Sketchbook wrapped in brown paper secured to the inside of the covers [most likely done by Peter as the original cover can be seen through tears in the paper] with “SKETCHES, Peter Whyte, BANFF ALBERTA CANADA” written in black ink on the front cover. Contents include sketches mostly of people [including children, Mounties, women, golfers, climbers, cowboys, and Indigenous People], caricatures, horses, and portraits.
- Subject
- drawing
- sketching
- portrait
- caricature
- horses
- women
- children
- automobiles
- Indigenous Peoples
- Peter Whyte
- Catharine Robb Whyte;
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.09.15
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- Date
- 1928
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.02.070
- Description
- The mountain dominates left and centre, colours blues and white, another snow covered mountain is behind and to the right of Mount Lefroy. Patches of cloud in a blue sky at very top of picture. Right foreground is a flat topped rock. Treed mountain slope angles to top left from rock. Immediat…
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- Title
- Mount Lefroy
- Date
- 1928
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 22.7 x 28.0 cm
- Description
- The mountain dominates left and centre, colours blues and white, another snow covered mountain is behind and to the right of Mount Lefroy. Patches of cloud in a blue sky at very top of picture. Right foreground is a flat topped rock. Treed mountain slope angles to top left from rock. Immediate foreground is a patch of water with tall grasses on edge.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- Mount Lefroy
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.02.070
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Rundle Mountain
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- Date
- 1928
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.278
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- Title
- Rundle Mountain
- Date
- 1928
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 15.0 x 20.3 cm
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- mountain
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.278
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Spring, near the Second Vermilion Lake
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- Date
- 1928
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.279
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- Title
- Spring, near the Second Vermilion Lake
- Date
- 1928
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 15.6 x 20.1 cm
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- lake
- mountain
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.279
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Vermilion Lakes, Spring
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- Date
- 1928
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.280
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- Title
- Vermilion Lakes, Spring
- Date
- 1928
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 16.3 x 20.3 cm
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- lake
- mountain
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.280
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- Date
- 1928
- Medium
- conté on brown paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.016
- Description
- A well rendered drawing of a standing male life model with hands behind head. His bent arm and elbow conceals his face, his back is to the viewer and he is lunging forward but away from the viewer with his left foot. He has a flexed right leg. He is turned 3/4 away from viewer.There are various …
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1928
- Medium
- conté on brown paper
- Dimensions
- 65.5 x 49.5 cm
- Description
- A well rendered drawing of a standing male life model with hands behind head. His bent arm and elbow conceals his face, his back is to the viewer and he is lunging forward but away from the viewer with his left foot. He has a flexed right leg. He is turned 3/4 away from viewer.There are various scribble and doodles around edges.
- Subject
- figure
- male
- Peter Whyte
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.016
- Notes
- Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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- Date
- 1928
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.330
- Description
- A drawing in ink and pencil of a heavy set, bearded man constraining his belly with a belt attached to a hand-cranked contraption. He leans towards a smiling woman. The woman holds a bundle of cloth. Dolls sit on display behind her. Wearing spectacles, a full-length dress, and hair in a bun, this w…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1928
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 24.0 x 26.0 cm
- Description
- A drawing in ink and pencil of a heavy set, bearded man constraining his belly with a belt attached to a hand-cranked contraption. He leans towards a smiling woman. The woman holds a bundle of cloth. Dolls sit on display behind her. Wearing spectacles, a full-length dress, and hair in a bun, this woman appears to be the man’s mother. Signed at the bottom right of the drawing: “Peter Whyte 28”Below the drawing, text explains that the man is attempting to reduce the size of his belly.“THESE MODERN CHIMNEYS ARE SO SMALL MA, THAT I HAVE TO DO IT”-----A hand-drawn pencil line frames the drawing and text.
- Subject
- chimneys
- humour
- Peter Whyte
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.330
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The Smith Brothers Limited
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- Date
- 1928
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.331
- Description
- Ink and pencil drawing of a train being investigated by nine men, in various positions, with magnifying glasses. One train car is labeled NYC 10079. A factory building, with a sign that reads CIGARETTES, towers above the train from the background. Peter Whyte’s signature, with “28” is in the botto…
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- Title
- The Smith Brothers Limited
- Date
- 1928
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 30.3 x 23.5 cm
- Description
- Ink and pencil drawing of a train being investigated by nine men, in various positions, with magnifying glasses. One train car is labeled NYC 10079. A factory building, with a sign that reads CIGARETTES, towers above the train from the background. Peter Whyte’s signature, with “28” is in the bottom right corner of the drawing. A hand drawn line frames the drawing.Intersecting with the bottom of the hand-drawn frame is the title, hand written in pencil as: THE SMITH BROTHERS LIMITED
- Subject
- train
- industry
- investigation
- Peter Whyte
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.331
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Lake McArthur and Mount Biddle
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- Date
- 1929
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.130
- Description
- Colour: blue, purple, green, cream. The bottom edge is blue water. Brown and green shore gives way to snow patch which is partly shadowed. In the upper half is purple mountain rock face. Sky in the upper right corner is cloudless.
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- Title
- Lake McArthur and Mount Biddle
- Date
- 1929
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 10.75 x 8.5 cm
- Description
- Colour: blue, purple, green, cream. The bottom edge is blue water. Brown and green shore gives way to snow patch which is partly shadowed. In the upper half is purple mountain rock face. Sky in the upper right corner is cloudless.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.130
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