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Untitled [Poster of Geisha]

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Artist: Unknown

Date: 1878 – 1878

Medium: print on paper

Catalogue Number: UnK.04.07 a-c

Description: This triptych features 7 women in a room with a brightly coloured floral rug (red,white and green) a large window spreads through all three panels, through which can be seen land with buildings and water. It is snowing out side. Most of the women have musical instruments. Next to each woman is a…

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Artist: Unknown

Title: Untitled [Poster of Geisha]

Date: 1878 – 1878

Medium: print on paper

Description: This triptych features 7 women in a room with a brightly coloured floral rug (red,white and green) a large window spreads through all three panels, through which can be seen land with buildings and water. It is snowing out side. Most of the women have musical instruments. Next to each woman is a descriptor of their role in Japanese. In the first panel are two women standing facing to their own right. The centre panel features three women sitting; two facing left, one right. 2 of these women have musical instruments. The third panel features two women sitting facing left. A green panel is behind them with a scroll on the far wall.

Subject: gathering; figures; women;Geisha

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

Catalogue Number: UnK.04.07 a-c

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Banff Springs Hotel, Rocky Mountains 1887

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Artist: C. Firth

Date: 1887

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: FiC.05.01

Description: Scene showing Banff springs hotel at right perched on a hillside. In the background the Bow River winds through a valley between Tunnel Mountain and Mt. Roundly. More mountains in distance. Trees in foreground. My. Roundly is hazy, almost unfinished in appearance.

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Artist: C. Firth

Title: Banff Springs Hotel, Rocky Mountains 1887

Date: 1887

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 12.0 x 16.0 cm

Description: Scene showing Banff springs hotel at right perched on a hillside. In the background the Bow River winds through a valley between Tunnel Mountain and Mt. Roundly. More mountains in distance. Trees in foreground. My. Roundly is hazy, almost unfinished in appearance.

Subject: mountains; Banff; Bow River; Alberta; Banff Springs Hotel

Credit: Gift of Dorothy and Jim McLeod, Calgary, 2021

Catalogue Number: FiC.05.01

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Bow River NWT, 1887

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Artist: C. Firth

Date: 1887

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: FiC.05.02

Description: Large river [The Bow River] with snow-capped mountains at back and stands of conifers on the banks. River winds from left foreground into right background. Stand of trees at right foreground.

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Artist: C. Firth

Title: Bow River NWT, 1887

Date: 1887

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 12.0 x 16.0 cm

Description: Large river [The Bow River] with snow-capped mountains at back and stands of conifers on the banks. River winds from left foreground into right background. Stand of trees at right foreground.

Subject: mountains; Banff; Bow River; Alberta

Credit: Gift of Dorothy and Jim McLeod, Calgary, 2021

Catalogue Number: FiC.05.02

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Silver City and Castle Mountain, B.C., 1887

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Artist: C. Firth

Date: 1887

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: FiC.05.03

Description: Collection of low log buildings in an open field with A large mountain [Castle Mountain] rising up in the distance. Mountain appears hazy, almost unfinished.

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Artist: C. Firth

Title: Silver City and Castle Mountain, B.C., 1887

Date: 1887

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 12.0 x 16.0 cm

Description: Collection of low log buildings in an open field with A large mountain [Castle Mountain] rising up in the distance. Mountain appears hazy, almost unfinished.

Subject: mountains; castle mountain; log cabins; town

Credit: Gift of Dorothy and Jim McLeod, Calgary, 2021

Catalogue Number: FiC.05.03

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Happy Birthday To You

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1940

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.579

Description: Pencil drawing of a figure in a beret and a long coat. His face is simply made from horizontal lines for the brow and mouth, and a vertical line to describe the nose. At the top, a message reads HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. PW. It is signed again P.W. [brc] Verso: written in pen, in another hand and curs…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Happy Birthday To You

Date: 1940

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 15.5 x 10.0 cm

Description: Pencil drawing of a figure in a beret and a long coat. His face is simply made from horizontal lines for the brow and mouth, and a vertical line to describe the nose. At the top, a message reads HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. PW. It is signed again P.W. [brc] Verso: written in pen, in another hand and cursive: ‘by Peter Whyte/ Dec. 9. 1940.; #84; #94; S/S; p. 98 [underlined]

Subject: birthday; greatcoat; trench coat; beret; soldier

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.579

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Happy Birthday to You 1940

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1940

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.745

Description: On the top half of the page there is three quick sketches: the one on the left is a full profile view of the figure, the middle drawing is a the full figure from his back, and the one on the right is just of the man’s head. He is wearing an army coat and a beret. In the middle of the page it says “…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Happy Birthday to You 1940

Date: 1940

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 25.3 x 20.3 cm

Description: On the top half of the page there is three quick sketches: the one on the left is a full profile view of the figure, the middle drawing is a the full figure from his back, and the one on the right is just of the man’s head. He is wearing an army coat and a beret. In the middle of the page it says “Happy Birthday to you 1940” and is signed “Peter”

Subject: army, man, coat, birthday; corporal; beret

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.745

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Untitled

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1940

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.802

Description: An artist (possibly Peter) is painting a person dressed up in Indiginous regalia on canvas that is resting on an easel. Below the artist’s foot there is a case that has paint supplies, with tubes of paint around it, and one open and has been squeezed onto the floor.verso: along the right side of th…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1940

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 17.8 x 14.1 cm

Description: An artist (possibly Peter) is painting a person dressed up in Indiginous regalia on canvas that is resting on an easel. Below the artist’s foot there is a case that has paint supplies, with tubes of paint around it, and one open and has been squeezed onto the floor.verso: along the right side of the paper is says “#79 5/5 p 79 148 06 142”

Subject: chief; Indiginous; Indiginous regalia; painting; paint; brushes; canvas; easel; artist; men; case

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.802

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Ice Blocks, Athabasca Glacier

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1941

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.159

Description: The canvas is dominated by huge iceblocks in grey, blue, white and brown. Part of the rock wall and Athabasca Glacier show up in the ochre and white peaks, very little sky in mid-and right-hand corner.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Ice Blocks, Athabasca Glacier

Date: 1941

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.7 x 35.4 cm

Description: The canvas is dominated by huge iceblocks in grey, blue, white and brown. Part of the rock wall and Athabasca Glacier show up in the ochre and white peaks, very little sky in mid-and right-hand corner.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; iceblocks; glacier, Athabasca

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.159

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

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Ringrose Peak

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1941

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.464

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Ringrose Peak

Date: 1941

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.9 x 35.2 cm

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.464

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On the Way to Lake Oesa

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1941

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.465

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: On the Way to Lake Oesa

Date: 1941

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.7 x 35.0 cm

Subject: landscape; rocks; Canadian Rockies; mountain

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.465

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Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1941

Medium: graphite on paper envelope

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.483

Description: An image of mountain animals and a teepee. [Several phrases are repeated in columns, written in cursive] Canadian Rockies; Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies

Date: 1941

Medium: graphite on paper envelope

Dimensions: 26.5 x 17.8 cm

Description: An image of mountain animals and a teepee. [Several phrases are repeated in columns, written in cursive] Canadian Rockies; Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies

Subject: Canadian Rockies; Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.483

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Ice Blocks, Toe, Athabasca Glacier

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1942

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.012

Description: Colour: blue. Huge chunks of ice fill the lower three quarters of the picture. Behind to the left is a dark ridge of rock. Behind at center is a purple ridge of mountain with sky in the upper right corner and across the upper edge to left of center.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Ice Blocks, Toe, Athabasca Glacier

Date: 1942

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 63 x 76 cm

Description: Colour: blue. Huge chunks of ice fill the lower three quarters of the picture. Behind to the left is a dark ridge of rock. Behind at center is a purple ridge of mountain with sky in the upper right corner and across the upper edge to left of center.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; glacier

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.012

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

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Bush Station, Tofino

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1943

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.268

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Bush Station, Tofino

Date: 1943

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 28.0 x 35.1 cm

Subject: landscape; mountain; Tofino; building,military; Peter Whyte

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.268

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Fighter Aircraft, Vancouver Island

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1943

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.560

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Fighter Aircraft, Vancouver Island

Date: 1943

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 40.5 x 50.8 cm

Subject: mountain; World War II; transportation; airplane; automobile

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.560

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Untitled

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1944 – 1944

Medium: graphite; on paper;

Catalogue Number: WyP.09.20

Description: Pressed paper coil-bound sketchbook with dark brown covers. “ARTCRAFT SKETCH BOOK ROUGH” as well as manufacturer details printed on the front cover in black. Contents include sketches of various planes and air base scenes, as well as sketches of people dated July 1944.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1944 – 1944

Medium: graphite; on paper;

Dimensions: 25.3 x 36.1 cm

Description: Pressed paper coil-bound sketchbook with dark brown covers. “ARTCRAFT SKETCH BOOK ROUGH” as well as manufacturer details printed on the front cover in black. Contents include sketches of various planes and air base scenes, as well as sketches of people dated July 1944.

Subject: drawing; sketching; figure studies; military; World War II; airplanes; prairies; Peter Whyte;

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.09.20

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RCAF Airfield, Tofino

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1944

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.090

Description: Two grey airplanes fly over a landing strip in foreground. To the right of strip are two red vehicles, some tall green evergreens behind them. Other side of airstrip are some buildings with the silhouette of mountains in the background. A grey streaked sky is top half.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: RCAF Airfield, Tofino

Date: 1944

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.6 x 35.0 cm

Description: Two grey airplanes fly over a landing strip in foreground. To the right of strip are two red vehicles, some tall green evergreens behind them. Other side of airstrip are some buildings with the silhouette of mountains in the background. A grey streaked sky is top half.

Subject: transportation; World War; mountains

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.090

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Tofino

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1944

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.092

Description: A grey road runs from left of centre bottom to the left at the centre, on either side are buildings including a church to the left. To the right at centre is the blue ocean and rimming it to the left are green trees. Two large stumps are at left and right in foreground. Cloudy streaked sky is t…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Tofino

Date: 1944

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.5 x 35.1 cm

Description: A grey road runs from left of centre bottom to the left at the centre, on either side are buildings including a church to the left. To the right at centre is the blue ocean and rimming it to the left are green trees. Two large stumps are at left and right in foreground. Cloudy streaked sky is top quarter.

Subject: architecture; urban; Pacific Ocean

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.092

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Tofino

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1944

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.093

Description: Roof tops and houses, including at church to the left, cover bottom half of picture, a grey road meanders between the buildings. Green mountains in background. Streaked grey sky covers top third.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Tofino

Date: 1944

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.6 x 35.1 cm

Description: Roof tops and houses, including at church to the left, cover bottom half of picture, a grey road meanders between the buildings. Green mountains in background. Streaked grey sky covers top third.