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The Rockies from the Bow River

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Artist: Maurice Galbraith Cullen (1866 – 1934, Canadian)

Date: 1930

Medium: oil on board

Catalogue Number: CuM.02.01

Description: A snowy mountain landscape with the Bow River in the bottom quarter and a cloudy blue sky in the top quarter.

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Artist: Maurice Galbraith Cullen (1866 – 1934, Canadian)

Title: The Rockies from the Bow River

Date: 1930

Medium: oil on board

Dimensions: 36.0 x 46.5 cm

Description: A snowy mountain landscape with the Bow River in the bottom quarter and a cloudy blue sky in the top quarter.

Subject: Mountain; Bow River; tree; evergreen; snow; winter

Credit: Gift of Barbara McMorland, Calgary, 2017

Catalogue Number: CuM.02.01

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Clump of Birches

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Artist: Edmee Moore (1908 – 1971, Canadian)

Date: 1930

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: MoE.02.09

Description: Oil painting showing birch trees with mountains in the background. The painting is in a gilt wood frame.

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Artist: Edmee Moore (1908 – 1971, Canadian)

Title: Clump of Birches

Date: 1930

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 19 x 24 cm

Description: Oil painting showing birch trees with mountains in the background. The painting is in a gilt wood frame.

Subject: landscape; mountain; forest

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: MoE.02.09

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Mount Rundle

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Artist: Edmee Moore (1908 – 1971, Canadian)

Date: 1930

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: MoE.02.10

Description: Oil painting showing Mount Rundle in the background with a body of water [Bow River?] in the foreground. The painting is in a wooden and gold frame.

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Artist: Edmee Moore (1908 – 1971, Canadian)

Title: Mount Rundle

Date: 1930

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 34.5 x 26.5 cm

Description: Oil painting showing Mount Rundle in the background with a body of water [Bow River?] in the foreground. The painting is in a wooden and gold frame.

Subject: landscape; mountain

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: MoE.02.10

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Skyscape

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Artist: Dorothy R. Morton

Date: 1930

Medium: oil pastel on paper

Catalogue Number: MrD.03.01

Description: Skyscape with distant hills, orange and yellow dominant sky colours; signed brc D.R. Morton and dated Jan. 7, 1930. Artist poss. fellow student of Whytes.

Artist: Dorothy R. Morton

Title: Skyscape

Date: 1930

Medium: oil pastel on paper

Dimensions: 30.4 x 22.8 cm

Description: Skyscape with distant hills, orange and yellow dominant sky colours; signed brc D.R. Morton and dated Jan. 7, 1930. Artist poss. fellow student of Whytes.

Subject: landscape; skyscape

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

Catalogue Number: MrD.03.01

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Mount Biddle near Lake O'Hara

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

Date: 1930

Medium: oil on canvas board

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.036

Description: Sheer face of Mount Biddle in shadow with peaks in sunshine.

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

Title: Mount Biddle near Lake O'Hara

Date: 1930

Medium: oil on canvas board

Dimensions: 15.9 x 15.9 cm

Description: Sheer face of Mount Biddle in shadow with peaks in sunshine.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; Mt. Biddle

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.036

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

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Yoho

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

Date: 1930

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.044

Description: Hazy image of Yoho area.

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

Title: Yoho

Date: 1930

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 20.3 x 25.4 cm

Description: Hazy image of Yoho area.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; Yoho

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.044

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

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Near Yoho Camp

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

Date: 1930

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.335

Description: Two evergreen trees on the left, one evergreen tree and one stump on the right, flat grassy area in foreground, row of trees in background.

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

Title: Near Yoho Camp

Date: 1930

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 12.3 x 17.9 cm

Description: Two evergreen trees on the left, one evergreen tree and one stump on the right, flat grassy area in foreground, row of trees in background.

Subject: landscape; forest; Canadian Rockies

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.335

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Yoho Camp

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

Date: 1930

Medium: oil on canvas on cardboard

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.306

Description: Yellow to blue-green meadow lower third of painting, small (path) centre moves to left corner, two small structures centre left, blue-green mass of trees through centre, grey cloud-covered mountains upper third of painting to light grey sky.

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

Title: Yoho Camp

Date: 1930

Medium: oil on canvas on cardboard

Dimensions: 28.0 x 35.5 cm

Description: Yellow to blue-green meadow lower third of painting, small (path) centre moves to left corner, two small structures centre left, blue-green mass of trees through centre, grey cloud-covered mountains upper third of painting to light grey sky.

Subject: landscape; mountain; Canadian Rockies; architecture, rural

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.306

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Vermilion Lake

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

Date: 1930

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.130

Description: Ice-covered Vermilion Lake.

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

Title: Vermilion Lake

Date: 1930

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 28.0 x 35.5 cm

Description: Ice-covered Vermilion Lake.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; Vermilion Lake

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.130

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Chief Dan Wildman

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

Date: 1930

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.02.01

Description: Colour: brown, grey, red. Head and upper torso of a man facing left. He wears a large feather headress and a buckskin jacket with beaded trim. He wears a claw or teeth necklace. The background is grey.

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

Title: Chief Dan Wildman

Date: 1930

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 63.4 x 76.7 cm

Description: Colour: brown, grey, red. Head and upper torso of a man facing left. He wears a large feather headress and a buckskin jacket with beaded trim. He wears a claw or teeth necklace. The background is grey.

Subject: portrait, male; Dan Wildman

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1971

Catalogue Number: WyC.02.01

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

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Job Stevens, Stoney, Morley

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

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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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

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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Bungalow Camp at Yoho, Whiskey Falls

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1930

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.034

Description: Colour: green, blue, brown. In the lower third there are numerous small cabins clustered in amongst trees and grass at the base of a mountain which on the right side is grassy slopes with a stream running down a crevice. On the left are trees becoming more blue as they go into the distance and up t…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Bungalow Camp at Yoho, Whiskey Falls

Date: 1930

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 39.5 x 49.9 cm

Description: Colour: green, blue, brown. In the lower third there are numerous small cabins clustered in amongst trees and grass at the base of a mountain which on the right side is grassy slopes with a stream running down a crevice. On the left are trees becoming more blue as they go into the distance and up the mountain. Beyond in the upper left corner is a purple mountain face and clouds with a patch of blue upper center.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; architecture; rural; camp

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.034

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Lake O'Hara

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1930

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.001

Description: Colour: green, blue. The lower quarter is a green lake, the bottom edge being the near shore with two short trees at the right side. The far shore is green and blue trees with a rode jutting out on the left side that is lit by the sun from the right. Upper half is grey, purple mountains and a patch…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Lake O'Hara

Date: 1930

Medium: oil on canvas

Description: Colour: green, blue. The lower quarter is a green lake, the bottom edge being the near shore with two short trees at the right side. The far shore is green and blue trees with a rode jutting out on the left side that is lit by the sun from the right. Upper half is grey, purple mountains and a patch of sky along the upper edge right of center.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; lake; Lake O’Hara

Credit: Gift of Forrest (Pat) Oliver Brewster, Banff, 1967

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.001

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

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Lake O'Hara

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Artist: Richard Jack (1866 – 1952, Canadian)

Date: 1930

Medium: oil on masonite

Catalogue Number: JkR.02.01

Description: A realistic rendering of Lake O'Hara, the lake, green/blue in colour with white covers the foreground, the mountain and glacier fill most of the remaining picture with just a little sky showing. Credit both The Banff Centre and Mrs. J. I. Brewster in any exhibition or publication of the collection,…

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Artist: Richard Jack (1866 – 1952, Canadian)

Title: Lake O'Hara

Date: 1930

Medium: oil on masonite

Dimensions: 20.5 x 30.5 cm

Description: A realistic rendering of Lake O'Hara, the lake, green/blue in colour with white covers the foreground, the mountain and glacier fill most of the remaining picture with just a little sky showing. Credit both The Banff Centre and Mrs. J. I. Brewster in any exhibition or publication of the collection, either in whole or in part. Banff Centre catalogue numbers: 81 0337 A; 20689

Subject: landscape; mountain; Canadian Rockies

Credit: Gift of Banff Centre Brewster Donation, Banff, 1986

Catalogue Number: JkR.02.01

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

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Chief Dan Wildman

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

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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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

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.