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- Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian) 41
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Mount Rundle in March
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactshm.04.06
- Date
- 1979
- Medium
- woodcut; colour linocut on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ShM.04.06
1 image
- Title
- Mount Rundle in March
- Date
- 1979
- Medium
- woodcut; colour linocut on paper
- Dimensions
- 17.5 x 29.3 cm
- Credit
- Purchased from Sundance Gallery, Calgary, 1981
- Catalogue Number
- ShM.04.06
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- Date
- 1979
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- SpJ.03.02
1 image
- Title
- Mountain
- Date
- 1979
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 22.0 x 29.0 cm
- Credit
- Gift of James Spencer, 1980
- Catalogue Number
- SpJ.03.02
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- Date
- 1979
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- SpJ.03.01
1 image
- Title
- Mountain
- Date
- 1979
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 17.5 x 22.5 cm
- Credit
- Gift of James Spencer, 1980
- Catalogue Number
- SpJ.03.01
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Mount Athabasca and Andromeda
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactspj.12.01
- Date
- 1979
- Medium
- acrylic on masonite
- Catalogue Number
- SpJ.12.01
- Description
- This painting was commisioned by the Peter Whyte Gallery to be included in the Art Bank purchase grant received by the Gallery during 1978. The reverse of the frame reads: (It is the mountain next to the Columbia Icefield, (Mt. Columbia) (Mt. Athabasca) which ever it is, that's the title. This pain…
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- Title
- Mount Athabasca and Andromeda
- Date
- 1979
- Medium
- acrylic on masonite
- Dimensions
- 30.0 x 30.0 cm
- Description
- This painting was commisioned by the Peter Whyte Gallery to be included in the Art Bank purchase grant received by the Gallery during 1978. The reverse of the frame reads: (It is the mountain next to the Columbia Icefield, (Mt. Columbia) (Mt. Athabasca) which ever it is, that's the title. This painting is acrylic on gessoed masonite. It was begun in 1978 and completed in 1979. The surface can be easily damaged which explains the plexiglas. Any problems please contact the artist. signed: J.B. Spencer. Spencer's father became ill during the production of this work, thus the delay in completion.
- Credit
- Gift of James Spencer, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- SpJ.12.01
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Mount McKinley - South Face
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwbb.18.01
- Date
- 1979
- Medium
- silver gelatin on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WbB.18.01
- Description
- A mountain dominates almost full frame except for the top quarter which is a dark sky, lighter behind peak, the mountain's face is in sunlight, dark shadows fall away to the right
1 image
- Title
- Mount McKinley - South Face
- Date
- 1979
- Medium
- silver gelatin on paper
- Dimensions
- 40.5 x 50.5 cm
- Description
- A mountain dominates almost full frame except for the top quarter which is a dark sky, lighter behind peak, the mountain's face is in sunlight, dark shadows fall away to the right
- Subject
- landscape
- mountain
- Mt McKinley
- Credit
- Gift of Bradford Washburn, Belmont, USA, 1992
- Catalogue Number
- WbB.18.01
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Autumn Foothills
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifacttat.12.01
- Date
- 1979
- Medium
- acrylic on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- TaT.12.01
1 image
- Title
- Autumn Foothills
- Date
- 1979
- Medium
- acrylic on canvas
- Dimensions
- 109.00 x 228.6 cm
- Credit
- Gift of Canada Council, Ottawa, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- TaT.12.01
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Eagles Over Mt. Rundle
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifacttic.02.15
- Date
- 1979
- Medium
- oil on canvas board
- Catalogue Number
- TiC.02.15
- Description
- In the distance a mountain begins at a low area at the right of the image. This mountain gets larger as it proceeds to the left side of the image. In the top left corner the mountain peak is covered with snow. The foreground and the area between that and the mountain is solid trees of green, yellow…
1 image
- Title
- Eagles Over Mt. Rundle
- Date
- 1979
- Medium
- oil on canvas board
- Dimensions
- 25.4 x 51.0 cm
- Description
- In the distance a mountain begins at a low area at the right of the image. This mountain gets larger as it proceeds to the left side of the image. In the top left corner the mountain peak is covered with snow. The foreground and the area between that and the mountain is solid trees of green, yellow and orange. Two eagles soar over the tops of the trees, one from the left and one from the right. The sky in the background has a bit of blue with several white and grey clouds.
- Credit
- Gift of Clarence Ingwall Tillenius, Winnipeg, 1996
- Catalogue Number
- TiC.02.15
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Ode to Road: Mountain Wall
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactsir.06.07
- Date
- 1979
- Medium
- hand-formed acrylic sheet; airbrushed paint
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.06.07
- Description
- A clear sheet of acrylic rises from a black stand. A small segment of black and yellow road sits in the middle.
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- Title
- Ode to Road: Mountain Wall
- Date
- 1979
- Medium
- hand-formed acrylic sheet; airbrushed paint
- Dimensions
- 125 x 35 cm
- Description
- A clear sheet of acrylic rises from a black stand. A small segment of black and yellow road sits in the middle.
- Credit
- Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2010
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.06.07
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- Date
- 1979
- Medium
- arches paper
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.15.11
- Description
- “CHRSTMS 79” written at bottom centre. “the Sinclairs” written on inside.
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- Title
- CHRSTMS 79
- Date
- 1979
- Medium
- arches paper
- Description
- “CHRSTMS 79” written at bottom centre. “the Sinclairs” written on inside.
- Credit
- Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2014
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.15.11
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Beaver Pond, Banff Area
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactgot.02.01
- Date
- 1978
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- GoT.02.01
- Description
- The painting of the water and foliage covers the picture from frame to frame.
1 image
- Title
- Beaver Pond, Banff Area
- Date
- 1978
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 43.7 x 59.5 cm
- Description
- The painting of the water and foliage covers the picture from frame to frame.
- Credit
- Purchased from Canadian Art Gallery, Canmore, 1978
- Catalogue Number
- GoT.02.01
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Small lake in Mountains
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactunk.03.13
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1978
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.03.13
- Description
- A pencil drawing of a small lake in the foreground, the immediate foreground is marshy and some trees, this surrounds the lake; mountains in background; a few clouds indicated. A small brass plaque with the drawing reads: To Lillian Gest In Appreciation The Lake O'Hara Trails Club 1979.
1 image
- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Small lake in Mountains
- Date
- 1978
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 22.5; 26.7 x 26.7; 32.1 cm
- Description
- A pencil drawing of a small lake in the foreground, the immediate foreground is marshy and some trees, this surrounds the lake; mountains in background; a few clouds indicated. A small brass plaque with the drawing reads: To Lillian Gest In Appreciation The Lake O'Hara Trails Club 1979.
- Credit
- Gift of Lillian Gest, Philadelphia, USA, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.03.13
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Rocky Mountains
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactsnj.02.01
- Date
- 1978
- Medium
- oil on wood panel
- Catalogue Number
- SnJ.02.01
- Description
- Blue sky is visible at the top of the painting.Snow-capped mountains are quite angular and stretch across the painting in the upper part of it. Green hills give way to a flatter area in the foreground. A river appears to flow through this flat area. Brown and wheat-coloured areas are visible at…
1 image
- Title
- Rocky Mountains
- Date
- 1978
- Medium
- oil on wood panel
- Dimensions
- 30.0 x 40.3 cm
- Description
- Blue sky is visible at the top of the painting.Snow-capped mountains are quite angular and stretch across the painting in the upper part of it. Green hills give way to a flatter area in the foreground. A river appears to flow through this flat area. Brown and wheat-coloured areas are visible at the bottom of the painting. Leaveless trees stand in the flat area. The entire scene appears as if it is early spring-time.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- season
- spring
- Credit
- Purchased from Canadian Art Gallery, Canmore, 2003
- Catalogue Number
- SnJ.02.01
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- Date
- 1978
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.05.05
- Description
- Minimally painted red canyon; pencil drawn image frame 46.0x13.7 has tlc painted shapes of red and green; a line drops off from this to left of brc; red/yellow at bottom goes into red/purple then fades off into white; pencil lettered under image DWN UNDE
1 image
- Title
- Down Under
- Date
- 1978
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 56.0 x 19.0 cm
- Description
- Minimally painted red canyon; pencil drawn image frame 46.0x13.7 has tlc painted shapes of red and green; a line drops off from this to left of brc; red/yellow at bottom goes into red/purple then fades off into white; pencil lettered under image DWN UNDE
- Credit
- Purchased from Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, 1990
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.05.05
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Crevasses on Snow Dome, Mount Andromeda
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifacthrd.18.06
- Date
- 1978
- Medium
- cibachrome on paper
- Catalogue Number
- HrD.18.06
- Description
- A colour photographic positive, the entire picture is an analogous colour scheme of blue, the bottom three quarters is snow cresvasses with a mountain range to the left, the sky has clouds the full width of the picture
1 image
- Title
- Crevasses on Snow Dome, Mount Andromeda
- Date
- 1978
- Medium
- cibachrome on paper
- Dimensions
- 38.1 x 38.1 cm
- Description
- A colour photographic positive, the entire picture is an analogous colour scheme of blue, the bottom three quarters is snow cresvasses with a mountain range to the left, the sky has clouds the full width of the picture
- Subject
- landscape
- mountain
- Mount Andromeda
- winter
- Credit
- Purchased from Don Harmon, Banff, 1985
- Catalogue Number
- HrD.18.06
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- Date
- 1978
- Medium
- photograph on cardboard
- Catalogue Number
- SpB.18.27
- Description
- A colour landscape photograph. A mountain in the background fills just over half of the photograph. At the top right, a clear sky above the mountain peaks is visible, diminishing to the left, behind another mountain. The bottom half and foreground of the photograph is a placid lake, and a small pie…
1 image
- Title
- Lake O’Hara
- Date
- 1978
- Medium
- photograph on cardboard
- Dimensions
- 47.0 x 31.0 cm
- Description
- A colour landscape photograph. A mountain in the background fills just over half of the photograph. At the top right, a clear sky above the mountain peaks is visible, diminishing to the left, behind another mountain. The bottom half and foreground of the photograph is a placid lake, and a small piece of the shore, rocks and a few small trees visible extending out into the lake. In the bottom right hand corner of the photo, written in black ink, is the title, year and artist signature, “Lake O’Hara ‘78 B. Spohr”. Au verso there is a silver sticker at the bottom in the centre with black print, “MOUNT CORY FRAMES PO 1900 - 217 Bear St. BANFF, ALBERTA T0L 0C0 Phone (403) 762-5155”. Beside the sticker to the right is writing in pencil, “ * one corner 18 5/8 other 18 3/4 } not printed evenly”.
- Subject
- landscape
- mountain
- lake
- Barbara Spohr
- Credit
- Gift of Michael Laub, Banff, 2007
- Catalogue Number
- SpB.18.27
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- Date
- 1978
- Medium
- photograph on cardboard
- Catalogue Number
- SpB.18.28
- Description
- A colour landscape photograph. Mountains in the background fill just over half of the photograph. There is a light haze/fog over the mountains. Above the mountain peaks a strip of clear sky is visible. The sun is rising out of frame on viewers right. There are four peaks layering in front of one a…
1 image
- Title
- Lake O’Hara
- Date
- 1978
- Medium
- photograph on cardboard
- Dimensions
- 47.0 x 31.0 cm
- Description
- A colour landscape photograph. Mountains in the background fill just over half of the photograph. There is a light haze/fog over the mountains. Above the mountain peaks a strip of clear sky is visible. The sun is rising out of frame on viewers right. There are four peaks layering in front of one another and the closest one looks like a hill with trees on it. The bottom half and foreground of the photograph is a placid lake with a faint reflection of the mountains in it. On the horizon line, where the base of the mountains and the lake meet is a thick line of fog running across the photograph. In the bottom right hand corner of the photo, written in black ink, is the title, year and artist signature, “B. Spohr O’Hara ‘78”. Au verso there is a silver sticker at the bottom in the centre with black print, “MOUNT CORY FRAMES PO 1900 - 217 Bear St. BANFF, ALBERTA T0L 0C0 Phone (403) 762-5155”.
- Subject
- mountains
- lake
- landscape
- Barbara Spohr
- Credit
- Gift of Michael Laub, Banff, 2007
- Catalogue Number
- SpB.18.28
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- Date
- 1978
- Medium
- painting on paper
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.05.11
- Description
- A watercolour landscape painting. The painting is of a road winding through a mountain landscape. The image is tall and narrow. In the background there are three mountain peaks. All the mountains have simple outlines that have been done in pencil. The largest of the peaks, on the viewer’s right, ha…
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- Title
- RD MTN TWST
- Date
- 1978
- Medium
- painting on paper
- Dimensions
- 56.0 x 19.0 cm
- Description
- A watercolour landscape painting. The painting is of a road winding through a mountain landscape. The image is tall and narrow. In the background there are three mountain peaks. All the mountains have simple outlines that have been done in pencil. The largest of the peaks, on the viewer’s right, has a dark grey-blue wash near the top. The peak on the left in the background has a brown-grey wash. There is a brown-grey road that starts in the brhc and winds to the left, then disappears into the mountains about half way up the painting. Around the image there is a thin pencil line border. Under the image, at centre, is the title written in pencil, “RD MTN TWST”. In the brhc of the paper is the artist signature written in pencil and the year, “Sinclair 78”. Au verso, written in red ink in the top rhc is, “R.S. 666”.
- Credit
- Gift of David McClintock Denovan, Calgary, 2012
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.05.11
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- Date
- 1978
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- MiJ.05.07
- Description
- A watercolour depicting a mountain landscape, with a lake below (Lake O’Hara), painted in a very loose and free style. The bottom third is a blue lake with grey and white reflections from the banks, mountains, talus slopes, and trees above. The mid two-thirds depicts sparse trees, trail, and slopes…
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- Title
- Lake O’Hara
- Date
- 1978
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 55.0 x 71.0 cm
- Description
- A watercolour depicting a mountain landscape, with a lake below (Lake O’Hara), painted in a very loose and free style. The bottom third is a blue lake with grey and white reflections from the banks, mountains, talus slopes, and trees above. The mid two-thirds depicts sparse trees, trail, and slopes to the left, waterfalls (Seven Veils), snow-covered mountain with glacier in the background (Mt. Oesa), mid-to-far right a mountain in varying shades of grey rising to almost the top of the painting (Opabin Mountain). Top portion blue sky with clouds. The extreme bottom and right hand side is left mostly unpainted.Signed, in script, blue watercolour paint bottom right hand corner “Middleton 78”. The lake bleeds into the signature.
- Credit
- Purchased from Willock & Sax, 2013
- Catalogue Number
- MiJ.05.07
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The Great Canadian Landscape: Road’s End
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactsir.06.02
- Date
- 1978
- Medium
- hand-formed acrylic sheet; airbrushed paint
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.06.02
- Description
- A blue flat segment of hand formed acrylic. A road extends through a small section of the middle, flanked by transparent brown on either side. The back features three rounded green shapes.b. wood base with cream soft cloth insert set 5cm in
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- Title
- The Great Canadian Landscape: Road’s End
- Date
- 1978
- Medium
- hand-formed acrylic sheet; airbrushed paint
- Dimensions
- 10 x 24 cm
- Description
- A blue flat segment of hand formed acrylic. A road extends through a small section of the middle, flanked by transparent brown on either side. The back features three rounded green shapes.b. wood base with cream soft cloth insert set 5cm in
- Credit
- Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2010
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.06.02
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Christmas Card 78
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactsir.15.09
- Date
- 1978
- Medium
- arches paper
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.15.09
- Description
- “Cheers” written at bottom front centre. “R W & K A SINCLAIR 1 - 18 RR #2 WINTERBURN ALBERTA T0E 2N0” on sticker on back.
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- Title
- Christmas Card 78
- Date
- 1978
- Medium
- arches paper
- Description
- “Cheers” written at bottom front centre. “R W & K A SINCLAIR 1 - 18 RR #2 WINTERBURN ALBERTA T0E 2N0” on sticker on back.
- Credit
- Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2014
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.15.09
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