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Lake McArthur and Mount Biddle

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1929

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.130

Description: Colour: blue, purple, green, cream. The bottom edge is blue water. Brown and green shore gives way to snow patch which is partly shadowed. In the upper half is purple mountain rock face. Sky in the upper right corner is cloudless.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Lake McArthur and Mount Biddle

Date: 1929

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 10.75 x 8.5 cm

Description: Colour: blue, purple, green, cream. The bottom edge is blue water. Brown and green shore gives way to snow patch which is partly shadowed. In the upper half is purple mountain rock face. Sky in the upper right corner is cloudless.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; Mount Biddle; lake; Lake McArthur

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.130

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Goat Mountain, Spray Valley

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1929

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.131

Description: Colour: blue, green, grey. At the lower left corner is a purple rock slope with three short trees on it. Behind on either side are green shores sloping down to a snowy river which goes from the lower right corner to the center. In the upper third in the distance are blue mountains three peaks and b…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Goat Mountain, Spray Valley

Date: 1929

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 22.5 x 27.7 cm

Description: Colour: blue, green, grey. At the lower left corner is a purple rock slope with three short trees on it. Behind on either side are green shores sloping down to a snowy river which goes from the lower right corner to the center. In the upper third in the distance are blue mountains three peaks and blue sky.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; Goat Mountain; valley; Spray

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.131

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

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Lake O'Hara

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1929

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.132

Description: Colour: purple, turquoise, yellow. At the lower edge is a dark turquoise lake. The far shore goes from purple to green trees to grey to purple to yellow to brown mountain.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Lake O'Hara

Date: 1929

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 22.8 x 27.0 cm

Description: Colour: purple, turquoise, yellow. At the lower edge is a dark turquoise lake. The far shore goes from purple to green trees to grey to purple to yellow to brown mountain.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; lake; Lake O'Hara

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.132

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Storm Clouds Above Victoria Glacier, Pipestone River

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1929

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.133

Description: Colour: green, yellow, grey. In the foreground are bright purple and pink shrubs in the green grass. Three yellow larches stand left of center. A sliver of blue water can be seen across the picture and the far shore starts an inch up from the bottom. Trees and green hills fill the rest of the lower…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Storm Clouds Above Victoria Glacier, Pipestone River

Date: 1929

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 11 x 9 cm

Description: Colour: green, yellow, grey. In the foreground are bright purple and pink shrubs in the green grass. Three yellow larches stand left of center. A sliver of blue water can be seen across the picture and the far shore starts an inch up from the bottom. Trees and green hills fill the rest of the lower half. Grey sky with hints of purple mountains fill the top.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; glacier; Victoria Glacier; river; Pipestone River

Credit: Gift of Margaret White, Kamloops, 1975

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.133

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Lake O'Hara, Opabin Dome

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1929

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.142

Description: Colour: purple, green. The lower edge is blue water. A piece of land with bushes comes out into it from the right side to the center. Behind are green trees which become a purple hill with more green trees on top. At the left side is a pass between the hill and the green slope going off left. In th…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Lake O'Hara, Opabin Dome

Date: 1929

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 9 x 11 cm

Description: Colour: purple, green. The lower edge is blue water. A piece of land with bushes comes out into it from the right side to the center. Behind are green trees which become a purple hill with more green trees on top. At the left side is a pass between the hill and the green slope going off left. In the upper left and right cornes are light purple mountains. Pale blue sky is upper center and left a bit.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountains; lake

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.142

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

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Mount Thompson

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1929

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.143

Description: Colour: green, purple blue. In the lower third grass grows along the bottom edge and a row of trees cross form left to right leaving a gap between them at the right side. Behind is a purple blue mountain which rises to the right leaving the upper left area to clouds and sky.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Mount Thompson

Date: 1929

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 22.5 x 27.5 cm

Description: Colour: green, purple blue. In the lower third grass grows along the bottom edge and a row of trees cross form left to right leaving a gap between them at the right side. Behind is a purple blue mountain which rises to the right leaving the upper left area to clouds and sky.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountains

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.143

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

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Jim White's House in Nash's Creek N.B.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1929

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.153

Description: Colour: blue, brown, yellow green. The upper two thirds is blue water, blue far shore and blue sky. The lower third is grass, shrubs and bushes. A blue roofed buildng sits in the lower right corner partly hidden by a foreground hillside.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Jim White's House in Nash's Creek N.B.

Date: 1929

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27 x 21.9 cm

Description: Colour: blue, brown, yellow green. The upper two thirds is blue water, blue far shore and blue sky. The lower third is grass, shrubs and bushes. A blue roofed buildng sits in the lower right corner partly hidden by a foreground hillside.

Subject: landscape; hills; creek, architecture; rural

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.153

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Alexander River

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1929

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.150

Description: Colour: green, purple. Across the bottom and angling up left is grass with trees, three at left and two at right, along the river's edge. The green river comes in from the right side, goes left and then up right side to disappear into the far shore of dark trees. The right shore juts in from that s…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Alexander River

Date: 1929

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 30.5 x 28 cm

Description: Colour: green, purple. Across the bottom and angling up left is grass with trees, three at left and two at right, along the river's edge. The green river comes in from the right side, goes left and then up right side to disappear into the far shore of dark trees. The right shore juts in from that side, halfway up. In the background across the top are purple mountains. Five peaks meet a green grey sky.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; river

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.150

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Below Bow Falls

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1929

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.149

Description: Colour: green, grey, blue. The lower area is a river running from the lower right corner up left to center. Snow banks on either side give way to a rocky hillside on the left and a row of trees to the right. Behind in the centre is a treed slope going right to mountain and left to a distant mountai…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Below Bow Falls

Date: 1929

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 21.6 x 16.8 cm

Description: Colour: green, grey, blue. The lower area is a river running from the lower right corner up left to center. Snow banks on either side give way to a rocky hillside on the left and a row of trees to the right. Behind in the centre is a treed slope going right to mountain and left to a distant mountain. Blue sky along the top.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountains; falls; winter

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.149

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Lake O'Hara

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1929

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.039

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Lake O'Hara

Date: 1929

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 22.5 x 27.6 cm

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; lake; forest; mountains

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.039

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Castleguard River Region

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1929

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.145

Description: The lower third is tall dark trees with a gap at the right side. Behind are blue trees. In the centre behind them is a brown hill and a ridge of purple mountains. Cloudy sky fills the top quarter.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Castleguard River Region

Date: 1929

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 22.9 x 27.8 cm

Description: The lower third is tall dark trees with a gap at the right side. Behind are blue trees. In the centre behind them is a brown hill and a ridge of purple mountains. Cloudy sky fills the top quarter.