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Bow River Boat House 1952

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Artist: Cyril Harris ( – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1952

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: HaC.03.01

Description: General colour: brown on white. Three buildings - lake in front - trees behind - a flag pole with flag rises behind the house at the right. The house at the left has a chimney and is long and narrow.

Artist: Cyril Harris ( – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Bow River Boat House 1952

Date: 1952

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 15.1 x 21.5 cm

Description: General colour: brown on white. Three buildings - lake in front - trees behind - a flag pole with flag rises behind the house at the right. The house at the left has a chimney and is long and narrow.

Subject: landscape; lake; architecture, rural

Credit: Gift of Cyril Paris, Banff, 1968

Catalogue Number: HaC.03.01

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Lake Louise, Mount Lefroy and Mount Victoria

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.079

Description: Colour: white, blue, brown. The lower edge is rocks with a tree standing on the left side and a dead bush on the right. The lake is frozen to a third the way up. Snow and treed mountain slopes rise up beyond. The glacier can be seen on the right. A patch of blue sky is at the upper edge in the cent…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Lake Louise, Mount Lefroy and Mount Victoria

Date: 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.5 x 35 cm

Description: Colour: white, blue, brown. The lower edge is rocks with a tree standing on the left side and a dead bush on the right. The lake is frozen to a third the way up. Snow and treed mountain slopes rise up beyond. The glacier can be seen on the right. A patch of blue sky is at the upper edge in the center.

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

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.079

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

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Lakescape and Trees

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Artist: Tom Lonsdale (1886 – 1975, Canadian)

Date: 1956

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: LoT.02.01

Description: Reverend Tom Lonsdale died on August 29, 1975. His obituary may be found in the Crag & Canyon issue no. 35, September 3, 1975.

Artist: Tom Lonsdale (1886 – 1975, Canadian)

Title: Lakescape and Trees

Date: 1956

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 29.3 x 39.5 cm

Description: Reverend Tom Lonsdale died on August 29, 1975. His obituary may be found in the Crag & Canyon issue no. 35, September 3, 1975.

Subject: landscape; lake; trees

Credit: Gift of Cecil Philpott, 1979

Catalogue Number: LoT.02.01

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Lake Louise, Fall

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1950 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.116

Description: Colour: light blue, brown, black. The lower area is lake. From the center on each side rise black mountain slopes. The blue glacier sits in the middle. Above that are brown mountain slopes and blue tops. Some sky visible in te upper left and along the edge.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Lake Louise, Fall

Date: 1950 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 30.5 x 25.5 cm

Description: Colour: light blue, brown, black. The lower area is lake. From the center on each side rise black mountain slopes. The blue glacier sits in the middle. Above that are brown mountain slopes and blue tops. Some sky visible in te upper left and along the edge.

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

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.116

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Seven Horses, Three Men, Riding

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Artist: John Lefthand Jr.

Date: 1950 – 1970

Medium: oil on canvas board

Catalogue Number: LeJ.02.03

Description: Starting centre bottom on foreground there are two men on horseback, in front of which are two packhorses, then two horses, centre horizon line is the last man on horseback, hills to either side of the group.

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Artist: John Lefthand Jr.

Title: Seven Horses, Three Men, Riding

Date: 1950 – 1970

Medium: oil on canvas board

Dimensions: 23.0 x 30.0 cm

Description: Starting centre bottom on foreground there are two men on horseback, in front of which are two packhorses, then two horses, centre horizon line is the last man on horseback, hills to either side of the group.

Subject: landscape; figure, group; animal, horse

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

Catalogue Number: LeJ.02.03

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Man Leading Horse

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Artist: John Lefthand Jr.

Date: 1950 – 1970

Medium: oil on canvas board

Catalogue Number: LeJ.02.02

Description: Man dressed in brown and wearing a hat is opening a gate, leading a brown horse, saddled with a large yellow bedroll. The foreground is snow, green spruce trees to the left a leaning to the right, it appears windy. The horse's tail is blowing as is the man's scarf. A house with a yellow light comin…

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Artist: John Lefthand Jr.

Title: Man Leading Horse

Date: 1950 – 1970

Medium: oil on canvas board

Dimensions: 23 x 30 cm

Description: Man dressed in brown and wearing a hat is opening a gate, leading a brown horse, saddled with a large yellow bedroll. The foreground is snow, green spruce trees to the left a leaning to the right, it appears windy. The horse's tail is blowing as is the man's scarf. A house with a yellow light coming from a window is to the center right of picture. The sky is gray/blue, some yellow clouds on the horizon. Three mountain peaks in center right of picture.

Subject: landscape; winter; animal, horse; figure, male

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

Catalogue Number: LeJ.02.02

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Indian Scout

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Artist: John Lefthand Jr.

Date: 1950 – 1970

Medium: oil on canvas board

Catalogue Number: LeJ.02.04

Description: An man on a large gray rock in center of picture is looking down into a valley, Four teepees and two horses are beside a river. Another man on a brown horse is leading a pinto, another horse is coming into the picture, lower right. A large taupe coloured cloud covers the entire top of picture. The …

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Artist: John Lefthand Jr.

Title: Indian Scout

Date: 1950 – 1970

Medium: oil on canvas board

Dimensions: 23.0 x 30.0 cm

Description: An man on a large gray rock in center of picture is looking down into a valley, Four teepees and two horses are beside a river. Another man on a brown horse is leading a pinto, another horse is coming into the picture, lower right. A large taupe coloured cloud covers the entire top of picture. The knoll on which the rock and riders are on is very lush and green.

Subject: landscape; foothills; animal, horse; figure, male; Indigenous

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

Catalogue Number: LeJ.02.04

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Rider Leading Packhorse

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Artist: John Lefthand Jr.

Date: 1950 – 1970

Medium: oil on canvas board

Catalogue Number: LeJ.02.05

Description: Man wearing a black hat with a feather, white jacket, brown pants with a red stripe, is riding a brown horse, white face, leading a white pack horse. They are in centre of picture heading to the left. Two large clouds in a blue sky, the grass is light green lower left and darker green rest of botto…

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Artist: John Lefthand Jr.

Title: Rider Leading Packhorse

Date: 1950 – 1970

Medium: oil on canvas board

Dimensions: 23.0 x 30.0 cm

Description: Man wearing a black hat with a feather, white jacket, brown pants with a red stripe, is riding a brown horse, white face, leading a white pack horse. They are in centre of picture heading to the left. Two large clouds in a blue sky, the grass is light green lower left and darker green rest of bottom of picture. A horned skull is in bottom right of picture.

Subject: landscape, foothills; animal, horse; figure, male; Indigenous

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

Catalogue Number: LeJ.02.05

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Bow Lake

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

Date: 1950 – 1960

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.241

Description: The light and dark turquoise of Bow Lake is placed in the middleground. At the base of the picture, the lake is described by a horizontal stroke of light grey and by a number of vertical brushstrokes of turquoise. The vegetation in front of the lake, in the lower left and right corners, contains th…

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

Title: Bow Lake

Date: 1950 – 1960

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 25.4 x 30.3 cm

Description: The light and dark turquoise of Bow Lake is placed in the middleground. At the base of the picture, the lake is described by a horizontal stroke of light grey and by a number of vertical brushstrokes of turquoise. The vegetation in front of the lake, in the lower left and right corners, contains the same dark green, and light violet-grey found in the background. The violet-grey is used to indicate: the snow covering the dark violet-grey mountain on the right; the rock forming the more distant peak on the left; and a lighter tint of this colour forms the clouds in the upper left corner. A separate area of blue-grey clouds occupies the upper right corner.

Subject: landscape; mountain; Canadian Rockies; lake

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.241

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Tack Shed at Num-Ti-Jah

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

Date: 1950 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas on masonite

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.283

Description: View of a cabin with tall mountains in the distance. In the centre of the background is found a distinctive triangular peak covered in snow. The peak's exposed rock is coloured brown-grey. Two mountains, partially obscured by trees, are located on either side of the centre peak-on the left, a blue-…

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

Title: Tack Shed at Num-Ti-Jah

Date: 1950 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas on masonite

Dimensions: 25.4 x 30.3 cm

Description: View of a cabin with tall mountains in the distance. In the centre of the background is found a distinctive triangular peak covered in snow. The peak's exposed rock is coloured brown-grey. Two mountains, partially obscured by trees, are located on either side of the centre peak-on the left, a blue-grey mountainside slopes downwards and on the right is a rounded summit with a line white snow dividing the crown from the lower slopes. In the right foreground, a brown cabin (with a red-brown roof and an open front door) sits in a meadow surrounded by tall evergreens. To the left of the front of the cabin, a brown horse is tied to a wooden railing.