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- Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian) 67
- Edmee Moore (1908 – 1971, Canadian) 31
- Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian) 4
- Peter or Catharine Whyte 4
- Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian) 2
- D. H. Pinder 2
- J. Monroe Thorington (1894 – 1989, American) 2
- James Edward Hervey MacDonald, R. C. A. (1873 – 1932, Canadian) 2
- Tom W. McLean (1881 – 1951, Canadian) 2
- Charles Morrise Brousson ( – 1941) 1
- Elizabeth Fulda (1879 – 1968, American) 1
- Frank Shirley Panabaker (1904 – 1992, Canadian) 1
- Date
- 1920
- Medium
- oil on wood
- Catalogue Number
- BrC.02.01
- Description
- A primitive painting on a piece of wood. The foreground is beige and brown bank with a white and brown tepee on the left. Beyond this the creek, blue and white extends to mid centre. The top half of the painting is a slope covered with trees to left and a mountain, blue, white and green, to the ri…
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- Title
- Cultus Creek
- Date
- 1920
- Medium
- oil on wood
- Dimensions
- 10.5 x 15.1 cm
- Description
- A primitive painting on a piece of wood. The foreground is beige and brown bank with a white and brown tepee on the left. Beyond this the creek, blue and white extends to mid centre. The top half of the painting is a slope covered with trees to left and a mountain, blue, white and green, to the right. A cloudy grey sky.
- Credit
- Gift of Earle Birney, Toronto, 1969
- Catalogue Number
- BrC.02.01
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- Date
- 1922
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ThM.05.02
- Description
- Colour: white, blue, pink, green. Looking from a glacier across a wide plain.Blowing snow obscures a distant snowy peak.
- Title
- Mount Barnard
- Date
- 1922
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 13.5 x 22.5 cm
- Description
- Colour: white, blue, pink, green. Looking from a glacier across a wide plain.Blowing snow obscures a distant snowy peak.
- Credit
- Gift of anonymous, 1971
- Catalogue Number
- ThM.05.02
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Freshfield Group
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- Date
- 1922
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ThM.05.01
- Description
- General colour: white, blue, purple. A distant mountain skyline with dotted routes marked on the right and at center. The name of each peak is marked at the end of a line which comes down perpendicular to the mountains, from the sky which is blue except for couds hanging just above the peaks.
- Title
- Freshfield Group
- Date
- 1922
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 37.5 x 24.5 cm
- Description
- General colour: white, blue, purple. A distant mountain skyline with dotted routes marked on the right and at center. The name of each peak is marked at the end of a line which comes down perpendicular to the mountains, from the sky which is blue except for couds hanging just above the peaks.
- Credit
- Gift of anonymous, 1971
- Catalogue Number
- ThM.05.01
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- Artist
- H. L. Stratton
- Date
- 1923
- Medium
- watercolour; ink on paper board
- Catalogue Number
- StH.05.01
- Description
- Almost blacked out pianist scene. Black background and piano, black suit on pianist. Only light areas on head and hands of pianist. Initialled .HLS.23. in pencil brc, pencilled on back Stratton 383W57 St..
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- Artist
- H. L. Stratton
- Title
- Pianist
- Date
- 1923
- Medium
- watercolour; ink on paper board
- Dimensions
- 20.5 x 19.7 cm
- Description
- Almost blacked out pianist scene. Black background and piano, black suit on pianist. Only light areas on head and hands of pianist. Initialled .HLS.23. in pencil brc, pencilled on back Stratton 383W57 St..
- Subject
- figure, male
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- StH.05.01
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- Date
- 1923
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.743
- Description
- A rough sketch outlines a jeep driving up a mountain hill carrying luggage. In the background there is a mountain range and clouds in the sky. In the middle of the page near the bottom edge is says “SEE AMERICA FIRST” and above it you can see Peter’s signature. inside the fold along the length: qui…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1923
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 14.0 x 21.5 cm
- Description
- A rough sketch outlines a jeep driving up a mountain hill carrying luggage. In the background there is a mountain range and clouds in the sky. In the middle of the page near the bottom edge is says “SEE AMERICA FIRST” and above it you can see Peter’s signature. inside the fold along the length: quick sketches - very cartoonish - throughout the page. There are five drawings of men and one of woman, two that appear to be of wolves, one duck, a plane and a rough landscape. verso: printed advertisement for Glacier National Park, with a cartoon drawing of a man to the right of the printed image. In the BLC “magnificent” is crossed out, and near the fold in the middle of the page it says “for mudit”
- Subject
- jeep
- mountain
- travel
- cloud
- hill
- America
- luggage
- duck
- man
- woman
- wolf
- plane
- cigarette
- Glacier National Park
- advertisement
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.743
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Old Saints, Church Street
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- Date
- 1925
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- LaC.05.26
- Description
- blc is a woman in a long red dress and white apron and green shawl. She is carrying something and going to meet a young girl on a sidewalk. Crossing the street lower mid-centre is a man in brown and young girl in pink. There are buildings to the left and right of street, trees at the end. Most of t…
- Title
- Old Saints, Church Street
- Date
- 1925
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 26.5 x 35.6 cm
- Description
- blc is a woman in a long red dress and white apron and green shawl. She is carrying something and going to meet a young girl on a sidewalk. Crossing the street lower mid-centre is a man in brown and young girl in pink. There are buildings to the left and right of street, trees at the end. Most of the buildings appear to be homes but you can see a square castle or church spire poking out mid-centre. Cloudy sky. Street is in shadow from the right.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- LaC.05.26
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- Date
- 1925
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.872
- Description
- An ink drawing of a vintage car that is sitting in a grassing landscape. Behind it is a couple Corinthian Order columns that are coming out of tall grasses. In the background you can see clouds in the sky.
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1925
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 25.3 x 34.9 cm
- Description
- An ink drawing of a vintage car that is sitting in a grassing landscape. Behind it is a couple Corinthian Order columns that are coming out of tall grasses. In the background you can see clouds in the sky.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.872
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- Date
- 1925
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.954 h
- Description
- Perspective drawing box, cone, jack (six sided star shape)
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- Title
- 1 Hour
- Date
- 1925
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 23.0 x 29.5 cm
- Description
- Perspective drawing box, cone, jack (six sided star shape)
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.954 h
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West Portal Abbots Pass (study)
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactmlt.05.01
- Date
- 1926
- Medium
- watercolor on paper
- Catalogue Number
- MlT.05.01
- Description
- This study has the same composition as MlT.02.01 but the colors differ. The sky in this image is mostly grey and the mountains and landscape are more green with earth tones added throughout.
- Title
- West Portal Abbots Pass (study)
- Date
- 1926
- Medium
- watercolor on paper
- Dimensions
- 22.8 x 27.0 cm
- Description
- This study has the same composition as MlT.02.01 but the colors differ. The sky in this image is mostly grey and the mountains and landscape are more green with earth tones added throughout.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- Credit
- Gift of Donald Grace, Saanichton, 1996
- Catalogue Number
- MlT.05.01
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Untitled [Poster for Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies Pow Wow]
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- Artist
- Peter or Catharine Whyte
- Date
- 1926
- Medium
- graphite; coloured conté on brown paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.957
- Description
- A layout design for a poster. Two figures on horseback overlook a mountain valley.
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- Artist
- Peter or Catharine Whyte
- Title
- Untitled [Poster for Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies Pow Wow]
- Date
- 1926
- Medium
- graphite; coloured conté on brown paper
- Dimensions
- 96 x 61 cm
- Description
- A layout design for a poster. Two figures on horseback overlook a mountain valley.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.957
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- Date
- 1927
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- DaL.05.01
- Description
- A mountain peak dominates the centre, right side in shadow, tinges of pink top left of mountain. Mountain range left background. Left foreground and right foreground indicate green hillsides. Sky is light blue with a few patches of white top right.
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1927
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 8.2 x 11.3 cm
- Description
- A mountain peak dominates the centre, right side in shadow, tinges of pink top left of mountain. Mountain range left background. Left foreground and right foreground indicate green hillsides. Sky is light blue with a few patches of white top right.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- DaL.05.01
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- Date
- 1927
- Medium
- graphite; coloured graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.765
- Description
- A fast figure drawing initially done in pencil is filled with coloured pencil to add depth and dimension to the figure. The woman is shoeless, resting on a cane in her right hand, and is wearing a colourful wrap on her head. Behind her there is some sort of structure that is three-tiered.
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- Title
- Old Woman
- Date
- 1927
- Medium
- graphite; coloured graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 35.5 x 25.5 cm
- Description
- A fast figure drawing initially done in pencil is filled with coloured pencil to add depth and dimension to the figure. The woman is shoeless, resting on a cane in her right hand, and is wearing a colourful wrap on her head. Behind her there is some sort of structure that is three-tiered.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.765
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- Date
- 1927
- Medium
- oil on board
- Catalogue Number
- MaJ.02.03
- Description
- The shore of Lake Oesa is visible in the foreground at the bottom of the painting. It is quite rocky. A small shrub or plant is sprouting out of the rock on the right side of the shore. The turquoise Lake Oesa stretches across the canvas. The lake meets up with the headwall of the glacier which …
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- Title
- Lake Oesa
- Date
- 1927
- Medium
- oil on board
- Dimensions
- 26.0 x 20.6 cm
- Description
- The shore of Lake Oesa is visible in the foreground at the bottom of the painting. It is quite rocky. A small shrub or plant is sprouting out of the rock on the right side of the shore. The turquoise Lake Oesa stretches across the canvas. The lake meets up with the headwall of the glacier which forms the upper half of the painting. It is painted in shades of dark blue and purple. At the top of the painting, blue and white areas of the glacier are visible.
- Subject
- landscape
- water
- Canadian Rockies
- Lake Oesa
- Credit
- Gift of George K.K. (Tommy) Link, Tucson, USA, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- MaJ.02.03
- Notes
- Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Girl, School Portrait
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- Date
- 1928
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.02.042
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- Title
- Girl, School Portrait
- Date
- 1928
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 53.5 x 43.5 cm
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.02.042
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Student Portrait, Woman
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.02.047
- Date
- 1928
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.02.047
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- Title
- Student Portrait, Woman
- Date
- 1928
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 53.5 x 43.5 cm
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.02.047
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- Date
- 1928
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.304
- Description
- Small ink and graphite sketches of cartoon figures, feet, horses, faces, and hands.Insciption: [blc] Dec. 26th/ Canada/ Catharine; [brc in cursive]: Well I wonder [ ...]everything
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1928
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 27.5 x 21.5 cm
- Description
- Small ink and graphite sketches of cartoon figures, feet, horses, faces, and hands.Insciption: [blc] Dec. 26th/ Canada/ Catharine; [brc in cursive]: Well I wonder [ ...]everything
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.304
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- Date
- 1928
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.305
- Description
- Eighteen small cartoon sketches of faces and people. Trc is a sketch of a figure fishing, blc is a sketch of a figure on a bicycle.Inscribed:[tlc] Peter Whyte Banff Alberta Canada; Peter Whyte Banff, Alberta Canada; [trc] Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Mass
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1928
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 28.0 x 21.5 cm
- Description
- Eighteen small cartoon sketches of faces and people. Trc is a sketch of a figure fishing, blc is a sketch of a figure on a bicycle.Inscribed:[tlc] Peter Whyte Banff Alberta Canada; Peter Whyte Banff, Alberta Canada; [trc] Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Mass
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.305
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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
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.03.331
- 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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- Date
- 1928
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.950 v
- Description
- A pencil and ink drawing of two men standing above a large crowd, in pencil TLC “A COUPLE OF ENTERPRISING FOOTBALL COACHES GETTING SOME NEW IDEAS FROM THE CHRISTMAS SHOPPERS - “
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1928
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 23.0 x 30.3 cm
- Description
- A pencil and ink drawing of two men standing above a large crowd, in pencil TLC “A COUPLE OF ENTERPRISING FOOTBALL COACHES GETTING SOME NEW IDEAS FROM THE CHRISTMAS SHOPPERS - “
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.950 v
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