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Ruins at Bankhead

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Artist: Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian)

Date: 1949

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: GyH.03.38

Description: Mountain peaks on left and right top of work. Suggestion of a building or dam dominates the centre of the work. On back: “Ruins at Bankhead, August 1949.”

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Artist: Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian)

Title: Ruins at Bankhead

Date: 1949

Medium: graphite on paper

Description: Mountain peaks on left and right top of work. Suggestion of a building or dam dominates the centre of the work. On back: “Ruins at Bankhead, August 1949.”

Subject: landscape; Canadian; mountain

Credit: Gift of Henry George Glyde, Victoria, 1997

Catalogue Number: GyH.03.38

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Seasons Greetings Catharine and Peter 1949

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1949

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.722

Description: Rough sketch of the 1949 Christmas card. Scene depicts what looks like Norquay in the background, their home, and animals coming to and from the cabin. There is a rabbit watching the animals visiting and leaving the house, and a figure is slipping in a chair by the chimney stack. On the top edge “S…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Seasons Greetings Catharine and Peter 1949

Date: 1949

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 21.4 x 28.0 cm

Description: Rough sketch of the 1949 Christmas card. Scene depicts what looks like Norquay in the background, their home, and animals coming to and from the cabin. There is a rabbit watching the animals visiting and leaving the house, and a figure is slipping in a chair by the chimney stack. On the top edge “SEASONS GREETINGS 1949” and on the bottom edge “CATHARINE AND PETER,” and “Peter Whyte” can be read. Near the TLC different dimensions are written out: “4 3/8 x 6 3/4” (above 6 3/4 there is a faint 6/8 written), “2 4 1/2 3 3/8,” “4 3/8 x 1 1/2.”verso: there is another rough sketch of the same scene seen on the the front side of the paper. In this image though there is no mountains in the background or the tree in front of the house.

Subject: Christmas card; mountains; tree; house; cabin; rabbit; mouse; wolf; deer; bird; figure; sleeping; chimney

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.722

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Untitled [War at Sea]

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Artist: Clive Baxter ( – 1980, Canadian)

Date: 1948

Medium: graphite; crayon on paper

Catalogue Number: BxC.03.02

Description: General colour: blue and red pencil on yellowing pape. Lower center is a ship. Above it to the left is a plane being blown up by two rocket guns at the right side. There is another ship in the distance lower right and another plane in the distance upper right of enter.Montgomery, Son of Beverly Bax…

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Artist: Clive Baxter ( – 1980, Canadian)

Title: Untitled [War at Sea]

Date: 1948

Medium: graphite; crayon on paper

Dimensions: 11.0 x 18.0 cm

Description: General colour: blue and red pencil on yellowing pape. Lower center is a ship. Above it to the left is a plane being blown up by two rocket guns at the right side. There is another ship in the distance lower right and another plane in the distance upper right of enter.Montgomery, Son of Beverly Baxter, British Statesman.

Subject: transportation; airplane; war

Credit: Gift of H. (Mrs.) T. Montgomery, Banff, 1969

Catalogue Number: BxC.03.02

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A Merry Christmas to Mother Robb from Peter

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1948

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.707

Description: Sketch of the Whyte’s home during winter with a loosely drawn version of Cascade mountain behind it. Various animals walking up to and from the house. Under BLC of the border it says “A MERRY CHRISTMAS TO MOTHER ROBB FROM PETER”, and in BRC the the suggested dimensions of “6 1/2 x 8”

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: A Merry Christmas to Mother Robb from Peter

Date: 1948

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 21.6 x 27.4 cm

Description: Sketch of the Whyte’s home during winter with a loosely drawn version of Cascade mountain behind it. Various animals walking up to and from the house. Under BLC of the border it says “A MERRY CHRISTMAS TO MOTHER ROBB FROM PETER”, and in BRC the the suggested dimensions of “6 1/2 x 8”

Subject: cabin; winter; Christmas card; Cascade mountain; trees; squirrel; birds; deer; moose; bear

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.707

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Untitled

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1948

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.708

Description: Loose sketch of 1948 Christmas card with two larger versions of the moose being practiced. In TR section there are two ink scribbles, while in BLC there is a blue watercolour marks.Verso: loose sketch of a moose head and a jeep, more black ink scribbles, BRC there is a small box, and two practice s…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1948

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 20.8 x 27.7 cm

Description: Loose sketch of 1948 Christmas card with two larger versions of the moose being practiced. In TR section there are two ink scribbles, while in BLC there is a blue watercolour marks.Verso: loose sketch of a moose head and a jeep, more black ink scribbles, BRC there is a small box, and two practice signatures near TRC

Subject: Christmas card; jeep; moose; mountains; people

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.708

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Andre and A.Y. at Sunshine

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Artist: Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)

Date: 1947

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: DaK.03.04

Description: General colour: pencil on white. Two men in suits sitting at a table. The one in front faces right and is writing. The one behind faces more out and is reading. He wears glasses. Behind them in the upper left corner are book shelves. In the upper right corner is a lamp.

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Artist: Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)

Title: Andre and A.Y. at Sunshine

Date: 1947

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 29.0 x 36.5 cm

Description: General colour: pencil on white. Two men in suits sitting at a table. The one in front faces right and is writing. The one behind faces more out and is reading. He wears glasses. Behind them in the upper left corner are book shelves. In the upper right corner is a lamp.

Subject: figure; male

Credit: Purchased from Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper, 1970

Catalogue Number: DaK.03.04

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

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Dam Falls

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Artist: George Douglas Pepper (1903 – 1962, Canadian)

Date: 1947 – 1947

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: PeG.02.03

Description: Brown and blue slate rock in the foreground with one lone stilted tree to the left; rocks are higher on the left almost meeting the walkway on the top of the dam. Lower mid-centre of the painting is the mass of swirling green, blue and white water rushing from the gates of the falls. The grey gates…

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Artist: George Douglas Pepper (1903 – 1962, Canadian)

Title: Dam Falls

Date: 1947 – 1947

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 40.5 x 51.0 cm

Description: Brown and blue slate rock in the foreground with one lone stilted tree to the left; rocks are higher on the left almost meeting the walkway on the top of the dam. Lower mid-centre of the painting is the mass of swirling green, blue and white water rushing from the gates of the falls. The grey gates with water rushing down are mid-centre to the right. The walkway on the top of the dam extends throughout top-half of the painting. An outline of a rider and two horses are off to centre right, top of a mauve mountain behind and cloudy blue sky.

Subject: Canadian Rockies; mountain; dam; water; figure, man; animal, horse

Credit: Gift of Moore Gallery Ltd, Hamilton, 1995

Catalogue Number: PeG.02.03

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Untitled

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1947

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.696

Description: Man sitting on mountain ledge painting on a canvas and easel setup, with his skis off to the side. “P.W.” is initialed below the skis

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1947

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 23.0 x 30.5 cm

Description: Man sitting on mountain ledge painting on a canvas and easel setup, with his skis off to the side. “P.W.” is initialed below the skis

Subject: mountains; painting; ski; man; painter; easel

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.696

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Seasons Greetings Catharine and Peter 1947

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1947

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.718

Description: A detailed sketch of the 1947 Christmas card. Animals join Catharine at the Dutch door of her home where she is serving them some food. On the top edge of drawing is reads “SEASONS GREETINGS” and along the bottom of the page “CATHARINE AND PETER” and “Peter Whyte 47 BANFF.” In the BLC “Catharine” i…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Seasons Greetings Catharine and Peter 1947

Date: 1947

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 14.0 x 21.3 cm

Description: A detailed sketch of the 1947 Christmas card. Animals join Catharine at the Dutch door of her home where she is serving them some food. On the top edge of drawing is reads “SEASONS GREETINGS” and along the bottom of the page “CATHARINE AND PETER” and “Peter Whyte 47 BANFF.” In the BLC “Catharine” is written.Inside the fold of the paper you can see a simple sketch of the floor plan of their cabin (main level), and inside one room it reads “kitchen.” On the bottom half of the page there is multiple squirrels drawn out. verso: there is a rough sketch of what looks like a landscape, with multiple birds drawn around it.

Subject: Christmas card; cabin; winter; food; moose; deer; bird; squirrel; floor plan; kitchen; wolf; bear; Banff

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.718

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Seasons Greetings Catharine and Peter

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1947

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.719

Description: A rough sketch of the 1947 Christmas card. A figure stands in the opening of the Dutch door while the animals surround the cabin. Written on the top edge “SEASONS GREETINGS,” along the bottom edge “CATHARINE AND PETER,” “Peter Whyte BANFF.” Near the BRC “6 1/2” and close to the TRC “3 1/2,” besides…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Seasons Greetings Catharine and Peter

Date: 1947

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 10.0 x 15.9 cm

Description: A rough sketch of the 1947 Christmas card. A figure stands in the opening of the Dutch door while the animals surround the cabin. Written on the top edge “SEASONS GREETINGS,” along the bottom edge “CATHARINE AND PETER,” “Peter Whyte BANFF.” Near the BRC “6 1/2” and close to the TRC “3 1/2,” besides both numbers it appears to say “inches.”verso: landscape with an artist sitting at the top of the hill painting, there is a plane and a mountain in the background. In the BLC there are ink scribbles and “Peter Whyte” as a practice signature and the initials “P.W.”

Subject: painting; person; plane; mountain; easel; cabin; moose; deer, wolf; squirrel; bird; bear; winter

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.719

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On Forty Mile Creek, Banff

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Artist: Margaret Dorothy Shelton (1915 – 1984, Canadian)

Date: 1946

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: ShM.05.03

Description: Two large Douglas Fir trees dominate the right side of picture of a forest; a stream runs the full length of bottom of picture. Only the bottom half of the two trees is shown, some stumps and forest. The entire picture is in various tones of green.

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Artist: Margaret Dorothy Shelton (1915 – 1984, Canadian)

Title: On Forty Mile Creek, Banff

Date: 1946

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 27.5 x 36.5 cm

Description: Two large Douglas Fir trees dominate the right side of picture of a forest; a stream runs the full length of bottom of picture. Only the bottom half of the two trees is shown, some stumps and forest. The entire picture is in various tones of green.

Subject: landscape; forest

Credit: Purchased from Masters Gallery ltd., Calgary, 1983

Catalogue Number: ShM.05.03

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Maligne Canyon

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Artist: Margaret Dorothy Shelton (1915 – 1984, Canadian)

Date: 1946

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: ShM.05.04

Description: A blue river with white highlights runs from the centre to the bottom right of the picture, purple cliffs to the right centre and a rocky bank to the left centre. Trees on both sides of river, a high bank with trees is in background with a blue sky.

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Artist: Margaret Dorothy Shelton (1915 – 1984, Canadian)

Title: Maligne Canyon

Date: 1946

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 25.5 x 35.5 cm

Description: A blue river with white highlights runs from the centre to the bottom right of the picture, purple cliffs to the right centre and a rocky bank to the left centre. Trees on both sides of river, a high bank with trees is in background with a blue sky.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountains; river

Credit: Gift of Masters Gallery ltd., Calgary, 1983

Catalogue Number: ShM.05.04

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Grain Elevators, Fort McLeod

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1944

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.461

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Grain Elevators, Fort McLeod

Date: 1944

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.8 x 35.2 cm

Subject: landscape; architecture; rural; prairie

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.461

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Elevators, Fort McLeod

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1944

Medium: graphite on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.584

Description: Sketch only

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Elevators, Fort McLeod

Date: 1944

Medium: graphite on canvas

Dimensions: 35.6 x 46.0 cm

Description: Sketch only

Subject: architecture; rural; figure; group

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.584

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Untitled

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1944

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.667

Description: pencil drawing of 2 figures on action, in to TRC is a small crash site with the words “BAGPIPES BAGPIPES”

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1944

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 31.5 x 24.0 cm

Description: pencil drawing of 2 figures on action, in to TRC is a small crash site with the words “BAGPIPES BAGPIPES”

Subject: bagpipes; war

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.667

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Untitled

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1944

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.668

Description: men marching to the right of the page with dog leading the way

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1944

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 24 x 31.5 cm

Description: men marching to the right of the page with dog leading the way

Subject: war; marching; dog

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.668

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Untitled [Airplane Bombing]

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Artist: Clive Baxter ( – 1980, Canadian)

Date: 1943

Medium: graphite; crayon on paper

Catalogue Number: BxC.03.01

Description: General colour: red, blue and pencil on yellowing paper. A small plane flying to the right over water, dumps a load of bundles on a ship at left. Other ships can be seen in the distance right.

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Artist: Clive Baxter ( – 1980, Canadian)

Title: Untitled [Airplane Bombing]

Date: 1943

Medium: graphite; crayon on paper

Dimensions: 10.7 x 18.4 cm

Description: General colour: red, blue and pencil on yellowing paper. A small plane flying to the right over water, dumps a load of bundles on a ship at left. Other ships can be seen in the distance right.

Subject: transportation; airplane; ship

Credit: Gift of H. (Mrs.) T. Montgomery, Banff, 1969

Catalogue Number: BxC.03.01

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Tofino Sunrise

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

Date: 1943

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.424

Description: Water inlet in foreground has forest covered islands and mountains in background. The mountains and trees are a dark blue colour. Light blue sky has long streaky orange and yellow clouds across the top which are reflected in the water.

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

Title: Tofino Sunrise

Date: 1943

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 12.7 x 17.7 cm

Description: Water inlet in foreground has forest covered islands and mountains in background. The mountains and trees are a dark blue colour. Light blue sky has long streaky orange and yellow clouds across the top which are reflected in the water.