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- Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian) 80
- Mary Garnham Andrews (1916 – 2018, Canadian) 61
- George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian) 59
- Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian) 58
- Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian) 33
- James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian) 28
- John Harold Thomas Snow (1911 – 2004, Canadian) 27
- James McLaren Nicoll (1892 – 1986, Canadian) 22
- Sarain Stump (1945 – 1974, Canadian) 21
- Clarence Ingwall Tillenius (1913 – 2012, Canadian) 20
- Patricia Askren (1951 – , American) 18
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Bald Eagles on Watch
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifacttic.02.09
- Date
- 1979
- Medium
- oil on canvas board
- Catalogue Number
- TiC.02.09
- Description
- On the left side of the painting an eagle sits on the top of a dead tree facing the right side of the image. Behind the brown, yellow and white bird there are mountains and trees. The mountains in the far distance have some snow on the peaks but the closer ones are covered with green trees. In the…
- Title
- Bald Eagles on Watch
- Date
- 1979
- Medium
- oil on canvas board
- Dimensions
- 23.0 x 30.6 cm
- Description
- On the left side of the painting an eagle sits on the top of a dead tree facing the right side of the image. Behind the brown, yellow and white bird there are mountains and trees. The mountains in the far distance have some snow on the peaks but the closer ones are covered with green trees. In the foreground a blue body of water is surrounded with a brilliant green weed or grass. From the cl to the cr a line of trees cross the bottom of the image. Some of the trees and grass between the background mountains and the foreground water are a yellow hue.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- animal
- Bald Eagle
- Credit
- Gift of Clarence Ingwall Tillenius, Winnipeg, 1996
- Catalogue Number
- TiC.02.09
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Bighorn Rams - Life Sketches
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifacttic.01.01
- Date
- 1979
- Medium
- oil on canvas board
- Catalogue Number
- TiC.01.01
- Description
- This oil sketch is a composition of several different full and half sketches of Bighorn Sheep. The top left corner has a full painted ram resting on the ground. As you move to the right of the image the rams become more like sketches or line drawings with the exception of one that is fully painted …
- Title
- Bighorn Rams - Life Sketches
- Date
- 1979
- Medium
- oil on canvas board
- Dimensions
- 40.7 x 51.0 cm
- Description
- This oil sketch is a composition of several different full and half sketches of Bighorn Sheep. The top left corner has a full painted ram resting on the ground. As you move to the right of the image the rams become more like sketches or line drawings with the exception of one that is fully painted in the upper right corner. The bottom half of the image space has many partial and unfinished drawings of the Bighorn Sheep.
- Subject
- animal
- Bighorn Sheep
- Credit
- Gift of Clarence Ingwall Tillenius, Winnipeg, 1996
- Catalogue Number
- TiC.01.01
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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…
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- 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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Trailing the Does
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifacttic.02.20
- Date
- 1979
- Medium
- oil on canvas board
- Catalogue Number
- TiC.02.20
- Description
- One deer stands alone off to the right side of the image in a patch of yellow, brown grass. The deer has his nose down to the ground smelling the scent of the does that have already past. The land around the deer is covered in snow with small bits of yellow, brown grass exposed. The snow has the t…
- Title
- Trailing the Does
- Date
- 1979
- Medium
- oil on canvas board
- Dimensions
- 25.4 x 51.0 cm
- Description
- One deer stands alone off to the right side of the image in a patch of yellow, brown grass. The deer has his nose down to the ground smelling the scent of the does that have already past. The land around the deer is covered in snow with small bits of yellow, brown grass exposed. The snow has the tracks of the earlier does. The sky above is yellow with no clouds.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- animal
- deer
- Credit
- Gift of Clarence Ingwall Tillenius, Winnipeg, 1996
- Catalogue Number
- TiC.02.20
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How to Catalogue an Artifact
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyj.13.01
- Date
- 1979 – 1979
- Medium
- mixed media; photograph; textual material on card board, foam core backing
- Catalogue Number
- WyJ.13.01
- Description
- Framed step-by-step instructions on how to catalogue an artifact ca. 1980 using Jon Whyte’s pet dog as the “artifact.” Includes Polaroid photographs of the various steps alongside typed instructions, a “ARTIFACT CLASSIFICATION CODES” sheet printed on green paper, and a “PETER AND CATHARINE WHYTE FO…
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- Title
- How to Catalogue an Artifact
- Date
- 1979 – 1979
- Medium
- mixed media; photograph; textual material on card board, foam core backing
- Dimensions
- 85.5 x 83 cm
- Description
- Framed step-by-step instructions on how to catalogue an artifact ca. 1980 using Jon Whyte’s pet dog as the “artifact.” Includes Polaroid photographs of the various steps alongside typed instructions, a “ARTIFACT CLASSIFICATION CODES” sheet printed on green paper, and a “PETER AND CATHARINE WHYTE FOUNDATION ARTIFACT FORM” sheet printed on yellow paper.
- Credit
- Gift of Harold C. Whyte, Penticton, 2003
- Catalogue Number
- WyJ.13.01
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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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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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Alberta Series #20
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactgae.05.01
- Date
- 1979
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- GaE.05.01
- Title
- Alberta Series #20
- Date
- 1979
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 26 x 36.1 cm
- Subject
- landscape, foothills
- Credit
- Gift of Ernest Garthwaite, 1981
- Catalogue Number
- GaE.05.01
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- Date
- 1979
- Medium
- coloured lithograph on paper
- Catalogue Number
- SnJ.04.12
- Description
- A man's head and shoulders, full face portrait; heavily outlined features; light purple sweater with stripes at neck; he covers most of left side; centre right trees with large light purple leaves; yellow background.
- Title
- Andre
- Date
- 1979
- Medium
- coloured lithograph on paper
- Dimensions
- 36.0 x 50.7 cm
- Description
- A man's head and shoulders, full face portrait; heavily outlined features; light purple sweater with stripes at neck; he covers most of left side; centre right trees with large light purple leaves; yellow background.
- Subject
- portrait, male
- Credit
- Gift of John Harold Thomas Snow, Calgary, 1990
- Catalogue Number
- SnJ.04.12
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- Date
- 1979
- Medium
- coloured lithograph on paper
- Catalogue Number
- SnJ.04.17
- Description
- A long necked, long tailed bird extends from brc to top centre; brown with yellow feathers and beak; orange circles in wings; 2 orange bands on neck; comb and cheeks are orange; top third is blue sky; rest is brown/green/yellow grasses; tall sunflowers extend from the grass into the sky.
- Title
- Brown Bird
- Date
- 1979
- Medium
- coloured lithograph on paper
- Dimensions
- 46.5 x 35.5 cm
- Description
- A long necked, long tailed bird extends from brc to top centre; brown with yellow feathers and beak; orange circles in wings; 2 orange bands on neck; comb and cheeks are orange; top third is blue sky; rest is brown/green/yellow grasses; tall sunflowers extend from the grass into the sky.
- Subject
- animal, bird
- landscape
- Credit
- Gift of John Harold Thomas Snow, Calgary, 1990
- Catalogue Number
- SnJ.04.17
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Canmore, Alberta 1979
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactchl.18.01
- Date
- 1979
- Medium
- silver gelatin on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ChL.18.01
- Description
- A black and white photographic positive, trees and the forest floor are the main focus of the picture, mountains are barely visible through the clouds in the background
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- Title
- Canmore, Alberta 1979
- Date
- 1979
- Medium
- silver gelatin on paper
- Dimensions
- 19.0 x 24.3 cm
- Description
- A black and white photographic positive, trees and the forest floor are the main focus of the picture, mountains are barely visible through the clouds in the background
- Subject
- landscape, forest
- mountain
- Credit
- Purchased from Ron Brown, Jasper, 1982
- Catalogue Number
- ChL.18.01
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- Date
- 1979
- Medium
- cibachrome on paper
- Catalogue Number
- HrD.18.02
- Description
- A colour photographic positive, the mountain range in the background is reflected in the lake lower centre of picture, the mountains have snow on them, the area around the lake does not, the sky is blue with some white clouds
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- Title
- Moraine Lake
- Date
- 1979
- Medium
- cibachrome on paper
- Dimensions
- 37.5 x 48.0 cm
- Description
- A colour photographic positive, the mountain range in the background is reflected in the lake lower centre of picture, the mountains have snow on them, the area around the lake does not, the sky is blue with some white clouds
- Credit
- Purchased from Don Harmon, Banff, 1985
- Catalogue Number
- HrD.18.02
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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
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- 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
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- 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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Pictures of Peonies Viewing
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactmiw.04.01%20a-c
- Artist
- Miagawa Chikashige
- Date
- 1979
- Medium
- woodblock on paper
- Catalogue Number
- MiW.04.01 a-c
- Description
- This piece is comprised of three panels. Together the panels represent an outdoor gathering in a tent like structure celebrating flowers. There are 13 women in total in this piece. The first panel contains a group of 3 women in the foreground and a group o three in a background. In the tlc a ta…
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- Artist
- Miagawa Chikashige
- Title
- Pictures of Peonies Viewing
- Date
- 1979
- Medium
- woodblock on paper
- Dimensions
- 36.0 x 70.5 x 70.5 cm
- Description
- This piece is comprised of three panels. Together the panels represent an outdoor gathering in a tent like structure celebrating flowers. There are 13 women in total in this piece. The first panel contains a group of 3 women in the foreground and a group o three in a background. In the tlc a table is set. The second panel depicts a group of three women: one holding a small planter. There is a very large flower pot on the right side. The third panel also has three women. two are sitting and one standing with many flower pots sitting on a stand in the right side.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- MiW.04.01 a-c
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- Date
- 1979
- Medium
- serigraph on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CvE.04.01
- Description
- A solid brown rectangle printed on ivory paper.
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- Title
- Smut
- Date
- 1979
- Medium
- serigraph on paper
- Dimensions
- 56.1 x 76.1 cm
- Description
- A solid brown rectangle printed on ivory paper.
- Subject
- abstract
- Credit
- Gift of Harold C. Whyte, Penticton, 2003
- Catalogue Number
- CvE.04.01
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- Date
- 1979
- Medium
- oil on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ZeJ.02.01
- Description
- A woman in black dress and a man in a blue suit fly, twisting through the air. A yellow house in the background with a grey road leading up to it. Dark green grass and two trees surround the house.
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- Title
- Violation
- Date
- 1979
- Medium
- oil on paper
- Description
- A woman in black dress and a man in a blue suit fly, twisting through the air. A yellow house in the background with a grey road leading up to it. Dark green grass and two trees surround the house.
- Credit
- Gift of Harold C. Whyte, Penticton, 2003
- Catalogue Number
- ZeJ.02.01
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In the Rocky Mountain Foothills of Southern Alberta
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwbg.04.078
- Date
- 1979
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WbG.04.078
- Description
- Farm and foothills in Southern Alberta.
- Title
- In the Rocky Mountain Foothills of Southern Alberta
- Date
- 1979
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 20.4 x 28.0 cm
- Description
- Farm and foothills in Southern Alberta.
- Credit
- Gift of Donna Tingley, Edmonton, 2004
- Catalogue Number
- WbG.04.078
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