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Melting Snow, near Andalsnes, Norway

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1938

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.017

Description: Colour: greys, blue. Two large round chunks of ice sit in a pool of water surrounded at the bottom and top by snow banks. Three dark rock patches show through the snow on the left side. A long snow slope crosses the picture in the upper half. Grey sky fills the upper left corner over to right of ce…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Melting Snow, near Andalsnes, Norway

Date: 1938

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 35 x 27.5 cm

Description: Colour: greys, blue. Two large round chunks of ice sit in a pool of water surrounded at the bottom and top by snow banks. Three dark rock patches show through the snow on the left side. A long snow slope crosses the picture in the upper half. Grey sky fills the upper left corner over to right of center.

Subject: landscape; mountain; winter; lake

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.017

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Merok, Norway

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1938

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.012

Description: Colour: green, grey. Upper canvas is green and blue mountain slopes and grey sky. Lower canvas is mostly grey water with buildings. A dock in the right corner and a tree in the left corner and part way up the left.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Merok, Norway

Date: 1938

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 35 x 27.5 cm

Description: Colour: green, grey. Upper canvas is green and blue mountain slopes and grey sky. Lower canvas is mostly grey water with buildings. A dock in the right corner and a tree in the left corner and part way up the left.

Subject: landscape; mountain; winter; architecture; rural; lake

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.012

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Andalsnes, Norway

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1938

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.008

Description: A lake is in foreground, some green foliage in immediate foreground. Houses jut out into the lake at left centre. A green mountain rises abruptly at centre left to top left with blue and white mountains to the right. A cloudy sky is top third .

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Andalsnes, Norway

Date: 1938

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.5 x 35.0 cm

Description: A lake is in foreground, some green foliage in immediate foreground. Houses jut out into the lake at left centre. A green mountain rises abruptly at centre left to top left with blue and white mountains to the right. A cloudy sky is top third .

Subject: landscape; Norway; mountains; lake

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.008

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Lake McArthur

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1938

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.253

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Lake McArthur

Date: 1938

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.7 x 35.1 cm

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; lake; mountain

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.253

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Mount Assiniboine

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1937

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.064

Description: Colour: purple blue, brown. Autumn grass, water and a far shore of evergreen and lach fill the lower half. Beyond, a mountain face rises up to central peak and another right of center in the distance. Sky has a few clouds.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Mount Assiniboine

Date: 1937

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.5 x 35 cm

Description: Colour: purple blue, brown. Autumn grass, water and a far shore of evergreen and lach fill the lower half. Beyond, a mountain face rises up to central peak and another right of center in the distance. Sky has a few clouds.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; lake

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.064

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

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Cathedral Mountain, Lake O'Hara from Opabin

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1937

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.070

Description: Colour: blue, green, yellow. Looking down from a rocky perch, there are two yellow larch trees oon the left side and three evergreens and a dead tree on the right side. In the lower center is the lake. Mountains rise up from it to the right and into the distance left of center. Sky is grey storm cl…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Cathedral Mountain, Lake O'Hara from Opabin

Date: 1937

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.5 x 35 cm

Description: Colour: blue, green, yellow. Looking down from a rocky perch, there are two yellow larch trees oon the left side and three evergreens and a dead tree on the right side. In the lower center is the lake. Mountains rise up from it to the right and into the distance left of center. Sky is grey storm clouds with some blue.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; lake

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.070

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Mount Assiniboine

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

Date: 1937

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.128

Description: Mt. Assiniboine stands erect in the distance. The slopes in front of it weave their way into the foreground. Lake Assiniboine can be seen in front. The immediate foreground depicts a yellow ochre shoreline.

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

Title: Mount Assiniboine

Date: 1937

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 28.0 x 35.5 cm

Description: Mt. Assiniboine stands erect in the distance. The slopes in front of it weave their way into the foreground. Lake Assiniboine can be seen in front. The immediate foreground depicts a yellow ochre shoreline.

Subject: landscape; mountain; Canadian Rockies; lake

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.128

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Magog and Sunburst Lakes

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1937

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.217

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Magog and Sunburst Lakes

Date: 1937

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.4 x 35.2 cm

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; lake

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.217

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Mount Assiniboine, Lake Magog

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1937

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.218

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Mount Assiniboine, Lake Magog

Date: 1937

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.5 x 35.0 cm

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; lake

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.218

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Mount Assiniboine

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1937

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.221

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Mount Assiniboine

Date: 1937

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.2 x 35. cm

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; lake

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.221

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Lake O'Hara, Early Snow

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1936

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.074

Description: Colour: green, white, grey. The lower third is a winter lake. A few shrubs and two snow laden trees grow at the bottom edge and right side respectively. The trees on the far shore which are reflected in the lake, go across the middle of the picture. Behind is a mountain with snow sides peaking just…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Lake O'Hara, Early Snow

Date: 1936

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.5 x 35 cm

Description: Colour: green, white, grey. The lower third is a winter lake. A few shrubs and two snow laden trees grow at the bottom edge and right side respectively. The trees on the far shore which are reflected in the lake, go across the middle of the picture. Behind is a mountain with snow sides peaking just left of center. The sky is grey blue.

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

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.074

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Lake O'Hara and Mount Biddle

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1936

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.036

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Lake O'Hara and Mount Biddle

Date: 1936

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 92.0 x 102.0 cm

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; lake; Peter Whyte

Credit: Gift of George K.K. (Tommy) Link, Tucson, USA, 1979

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.036

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: 1935

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.071

Description: Colour: brown, blue, green. In the lower right corner is a rock pile. Two small rocks sit at the lower left edge. The far shore is dark brown rock on the left and brown scree slope on the right giving way to a brown and blue mountain with a patch of snow in the center and to the right. Blue sky acr…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Ringrose Peak

Date: 1935

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 25.5 x 35.0 cm

Description: Colour: brown, blue, green. In the lower right corner is a rock pile. Two small rocks sit at the lower left edge. The far shore is dark brown rock on the left and brown scree slope on the right giving way to a brown and blue mountain with a patch of snow in the center and to the right. Blue sky across the top. Clouds come down on the right side. A dark mountain face fills the upper right corner and right side.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; lake

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.071

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Ringrose Peak and Lake Oesa

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1935

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.068

Description: Colour: brown, blue, green. At the bottom is green water with a bright green tree growing in the rocks at the lower left corner. The opposite shore line is brown becoming blue and white snow becoming brown rock again. Three masses of mountains one peak fill the center. Clouded sky comes down to mee…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Ringrose Peak and Lake Oesa

Date: 1935

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 25.5 x 35.0 cm

Description: Colour: brown, blue, green. At the bottom is green water with a bright green tree growing in the rocks at the lower left corner. The opposite shore line is brown becoming blue and white snow becoming brown rock again. Three masses of mountains one peak fill the center. Clouded sky comes down to meet them.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; lake

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.068

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Opabin Lake

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1935

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.065

Description: Colour: blue, green, white, brown. A shrub at the left and four large rocks fill the lower edge. Above is a green lake which is fed by a glacier center and right. At the right side above and below the glacier are large dark rocks. In the upper left area is the purple snow on rock face of the mounta…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Opabin Lake

Date: 1935

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.5 x 35 cm

Description: Colour: blue, green, white, brown. A shrub at the left and four large rocks fill the lower edge. Above is a green lake which is fed by a glacier center and right. At the right side above and below the glacier are large dark rocks. In the upper left area is the purple snow on rock face of the mountain. Grey cloud in a blue sky fills the upper center and right area.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; lake

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.065

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Mount Biddle and Lake McArthur

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1935

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.069

Description: Colour: blue, grey. The foreground boulders get bigger at both sides. The lake behind gives way to a mountain on the opposite shore, a quarter way up. The peak is left of center in the upper area. Clouds and blue sky fill that upper third.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Mount Biddle and Lake McArthur

Date: 1935

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.5 x 35 cm

Description: Colour: blue, grey. The foreground boulders get bigger at both sides. The lake behind gives way to a mountain on the opposite shore, a quarter way up. The peak is left of center in the upper area. Clouds and blue sky fill that upper third.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; lake

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.069

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

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Mount Lefroy, the Big Beehive

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1933

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.080

Description: Colour: blue, mauve, yellow. One tree trunk with yellow foliage runs from the top to near the bottom on the left side. In the middleground is a lake on the left side. A rock face rises up behind and two rock faces on the right side.In the background are three peaks - each successively further away.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Mount Lefroy, the Big Beehive

Date: 1933

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 26.0 x 34.0 cm

Description: Colour: blue, mauve, yellow. One tree trunk with yellow foliage runs from the top to near the bottom on the left side. In the middleground is a lake on the left side. A rock face rises up behind and two rock faces on the right side.In the background are three peaks - each successively further away.