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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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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.

Subject: portrait; male; Stoney; Dan Wildman

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.075

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Lake O'Hara

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1930

Medium: oil on canvas board

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.359

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Lake O'Hara

Date: 1930

Medium: oil on canvas board

Dimensions: 30.3 x 30.4 cm

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; lake

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.359

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

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William Twin

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1931

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.027

Description: Colour: brown, black, white, red. The head and upper torso of a man sitting facing right but not quite in profile. His hair is in braids and he wears a Hudson Bay coat, a red scarf at the neck and a rifle rests across his lap.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: William Twin

Date: 1931

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 75.9 x 62.8 cm

Description: Colour: brown, black, white, red. The head and upper torso of a man sitting facing right but not quite in profile. His hair is in braids and he wears a Hudson Bay coat, a red scarf at the neck and a rifle rests across his lap.

Subject: portrait, male, Indigenous

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.027

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

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Chief Hector Crawler

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1931

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.017

Description: Colour: grey, yellow, red, black. The head and upper torso of an Indigenous man wearing a large feather headdress and a beaded buckskin jacket. A white beaded neckpiece hangs down in front. The background in grey.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Chief Hector Crawler

Date: 1931

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 76.5 x 63.0 cm

Description: Colour: grey, yellow, red, black. The head and upper torso of an Indigenous man wearing a large feather headdress and a beaded buckskin jacket. A white beaded neckpiece hangs down in front. The background in grey.

Subject: portrait, male; Indigenous

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.017

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

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Mrs. Tom Simeon

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1931

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.025

Description: Colour: red, brown, black. The right profile of the head and upper torso of an Indigenous woman. Her hair is in braids and she wears a yellow band around her head and a red garment with a white beaded belt. The background is tan.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Mrs. Tom Simeon

Date: 1931

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 75 x 62 cm

Description: Colour: red, brown, black. The right profile of the head and upper torso of an Indigenous woman. Her hair is in braids and she wears a yellow band around her head and a red garment with a white beaded belt. The background is tan.

Subject: portrait; female; Cinderella Simeon; Indigenous

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.025

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

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Mountain Landscape

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1931

Medium: oil on canvas on board

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.073

Description: Three tall evergreens dominate from foreground to top of picture. Immediate foreground is pale green with a darker green forest behind, and behind that are dark blue trees and in the background is a single grey mountain with some snow.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Mountain Landscape

Date: 1931

Medium: oil on canvas on board

Dimensions: 30.6 x 30.4 cm

Description: Three tall evergreens dominate from foreground to top of picture. Immediate foreground is pale green with a darker green forest behind, and behind that are dark blue trees and in the background is a single grey mountain with some snow.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountains

Credit: Gift of John P. Crabb, Winnipeg, 1994

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.073

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Nassau

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1931

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.169

Description: A stretch of golden sandy beach to the left, grey blue waves lapping at the beach to the right, blue green ocean behind. Two small rocks and one large rust-brown coloured rock reaching to the top left hand corner of the canvas. Blue-grey sky on ocean horizon.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Nassau

Date: 1931

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.8 x 35.4 cm

Description: A stretch of golden sandy beach to the left, grey blue waves lapping at the beach to the right, blue green ocean behind. Two small rocks and one large rust-brown coloured rock reaching to the top left hand corner of the canvas. Blue-grey sky on ocean horizon.

Subject: seascape; Atlantic; Nassau; ocean; beach

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.169

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Watlins Island - Santiago - Columbus Island

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1931

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.170

Description: Golden beach with dark shadows and a woman in the foreground. She is wearing long red skirt and a blue blouse, her left arm is holding a large white bundle on her head. She is walking toward the water and the large dark trees where there are many other people on the beach, mostly dark shapes, excep…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Watlins Island - Santiago - Columbus Island

Date: 1931

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.7 x 35.4 cm

Description: Golden beach with dark shadows and a woman in the foreground. She is wearing long red skirt and a blue blouse, her left arm is holding a large white bundle on her head. She is walking toward the water and the large dark trees where there are many other people on the beach, mostly dark shapes, except for three people under a tree to the left wearing pink and blue. To the right is a red and blue boat on the beach against the blue and white water and white sky.

Subject: seascape; Pacific; Santiago; island, Watlins; Columbus

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.170

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Watlins Island - Santiago - Columbus Island

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1931

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.171

Description: Golden beach with dark shadows from three large trees and a woman in the foreground. The branches and leaves comprise the top half of the painting.The woman is wearing long red skirt and a blue blouse, her left arm is extended to hold a large white bundle on her head. She is walking toward the wate…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Watlins Island - Santiago - Columbus Island

Date: 1931

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.7 x 35.5 cm

Description: Golden beach with dark shadows from three large trees and a woman in the foreground. The branches and leaves comprise the top half of the painting.The woman is wearing long red skirt and a blue blouse, her left arm is extended to hold a large white bundle on her head. She is walking toward the water and the large dark trees where there are many other people on the beach, mostly dark shapes, except for three people under a tree to the left wearing pink and blue. To the right is a red and blue boat on the beach against the blue and white water and white sky. The sky has some grey in it and a long dark blue stripe for the horizon.