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Untitled

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Artist: Tom Lonsdale (1886 – 1975, Canadian)

Date: 1948

Medium: oil on board

Catalogue Number: LoT.02.09

Description: The bottom two thirds is a marshy scene with water, shrubs and a beaver dam; greens, yellow and oranges; the right side has a tall tree; the top third is mountain slopes with a snow covered mountain down the valley.

Artist: Tom Lonsdale (1886 – 1975, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1948

Medium: oil on board

Dimensions: 35.4 x 38.2 cm

Description: The bottom two thirds is a marshy scene with water, shrubs and a beaver dam; greens, yellow and oranges; the right side has a tall tree; the top third is mountain slopes with a snow covered mountain down the valley.

Subject: landscape, mountain

Credit: Gift of Mary and William Allan, Calgary, 1989

Catalogue Number: LoT.02.09

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Canmore, Alberta

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Artist: Alexander Young Jackson (1882 – 1974, Canadian)

Date: 1947

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: JaA.02.01

Description: General colour: green greys, blue. Cluster of buildings across the lower third. Mountains sweeps up behind to a clouded blue sky.

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Artist: Alexander Young Jackson (1882 – 1974, Canadian)

Title: Canmore, Alberta

Date: 1947

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 52.8 x 43.8 cm

Description: General colour: green greys, blue. Cluster of buildings across the lower third. Mountains sweeps up behind to a clouded blue sky.

Subject: landscape, mountains; architecture, urban

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1977

Catalogue Number: JaA.02.01

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

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Georgia Engelhard

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Artist: Edward Forn

Date: 1946

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: FoE.02.01

Description: A woman, Georgia Engelhard, stands in the centre of the picture, her legs cut off at centre thigh at bottom of picture, she is wearing blue pants and red checkered shirt, a blue/green hat in her right hand at her waist, she is looking straight forward, short blond hair, blue eyes and rosy cheeks, …

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Artist: Edward Forn

Title: Georgia Engelhard

Date: 1946

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 81.0 x 66.0 cm

Description: A woman, Georgia Engelhard, stands in the centre of the picture, her legs cut off at centre thigh at bottom of picture, she is wearing blue pants and red checkered shirt, a blue/green hat in her right hand at her waist, she is looking straight forward, short blond hair, blue eyes and rosy cheeks, the background top quarter is a cloudy sky, centre a range of mountains (Mount Assiniboine), a line of green and yellow trees, the bottom of the picture behind the lady is a lake

Subject: portrait; female; Georgia Engelhard

Credit: Gift of Eaton Cromwell, Bryn Mawr, USA, 1988

Catalogue Number: FoE.02.01

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Trinket Box

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Date: 1945 – 1945

Material: stone

Catalogue Number: 102.04.0201

Description: A hand-carved, well-made, lidded box carved from soft Rocky Mountain marble. The box has a front and a back. The front has bevelled corners, whereas the back has square corners. The box interior has rounded corners and the lid fits smoothly and flushly into the cutout. Base is felted with green fel…

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Title: Trinket Box

Date: 1945 – 1945

Material: stone

Dimensions: 4.3 x 5.7 x 9.2 cm

Description: A hand-carved, well-made, lidded box carved from soft Rocky Mountain marble. The box has a front and a back. The front has bevelled corners, whereas the back has square corners. The box interior has rounded corners and the lid fits smoothly and flushly into the cutout. Base is felted with green felt. The marble is black, streaked with white.

Subject: households; decorative; miniatures; Pete Neish; crafts; carving

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

Catalogue Number: 102.04.0201

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Father Jean Louis Levern

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Artist: Nicholas Raffael de Grandmaison (1892 – 1978, Canadian)

Date: 1945

Medium: painting on board

Catalogue Number: DgN.02.04

Description: An oil painting portrait of a man. An elderly man dominates the painting. The man has grey hair and is wearing a black high-necked coat with a large gold cross hanging on a black string around his neck. The background is a yellow-brown. The primary colours used are black, brown, yellow and red. The…

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Artist: Nicholas Raffael de Grandmaison (1892 – 1978, Canadian)

Title: Father Jean Louis Levern

Date: 1945

Medium: painting on board

Dimensions: 59.0 x 41.7 cm

Description: An oil painting portrait of a man. An elderly man dominates the painting. The man has grey hair and is wearing a black high-necked coat with a large gold cross hanging on a black string around his neck. The background is a yellow-brown. The primary colours used are black, brown, yellow and red. The bottom of the canvas is unfinished/ left blank except for the artist signature in pencil in the blhc and in the brhc, “F. J. Levern, A.M.I - 1945 Cardston, Alberta”. Au verso, in black ink in the top lhc, “# 47”. And left of centre near the bottom is a piece of white paper with black text taped onto the board, see Narrative.

Subject: portrait; man; priest; Nicolas de Grandmaison

Credit: Gift of Nicolas Jr. de Grandmaison, Vancouver, 2011

Catalogue Number: DgN.02.04

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Fort MacLeod

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

Date: 1944

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.058

Description: House in foreground, big sky with clouds, in Fort Macleod area.

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

Title: Fort MacLeod

Date: 1944

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 22.8 x 28.0 cm

Description: House in foreground, big sky with clouds, in Fort Macleod area.

Subject: landscape; prairie; architecture, rural

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.058

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Fort MacLeod

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

Date: 1944

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.059

Description: Grain elevators on prairie in Fort Macleod area.

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

Title: Fort MacLeod

Date: 1944

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 22.8 x 28.0 cm

Description: Grain elevators on prairie in Fort Macleod area.

Subject: landscape; prairie; architecture, rural; grain elevators

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.059

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House near Tofino

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

Date: 1944

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.197

Description: Yellow house in Tofino.

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

Title: House near Tofino

Date: 1944

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 22.8 x 28.0 cm

Description: Yellow house in Tofino.

Subject: architecture; house; landscape; Pacific; Vancouver Island; Tofino

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.197

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

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Whytes' House at Tofino

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

Date: 1944

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.199

Description: Peter and Catharine’s house in Tofino.

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

Title: Whytes' House at Tofino

Date: 1944

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 22.8 x 28.0 cm

Description: Peter and Catharine’s house in Tofino.

Subject: landscape; Pacific; Vancouver Island; Tofino; architecture; house

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.199

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Whytes' House at Tofino

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

Date: 1944

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.198

Description: Peter and Catharine’s home in Tofino.

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

Title: Whytes' House at Tofino

Date: 1944

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 22.8 x 28.0 cm

Description: Peter and Catharine’s home in Tofino.

Subject: landscape; Pacific; Vancouver Island; Tofino; architecture; house

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.198

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Whytes' House at Tofino

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

Date: 1944

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.196

Description: Peter and Catharine’s home in Tofino on Vancouver Island.

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

Title: Whytes' House at Tofino

Date: 1944

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 22.8 x 28.0 cm

Description: Peter and Catharine’s home in Tofino on Vancouver Island.

Subject: landscape; Pacific; Vancouver Island; architecture, house

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.196

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Canmore

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

Date: 1944

Medium: oil on board

Catalogue Number: GyH.02.12

Description: A stump sits in the left foreground of the image. Mountain range in back, yellow and brown tones throughout.

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

Title: Canmore

Date: 1944

Medium: oil on board

Dimensions: 25 x 35 cm

Description: A stump sits in the left foreground of the image. Mountain range in back, yellow and brown tones throughout.

Subject: landscape; Canadian; mountain; stump; Canmore

Credit: Gift of Henry George Glyde, Victoria, 1997

Catalogue Number: GyH.02.12

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RCAF Airfield, Tofino

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1944

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.090

Description: Two grey airplanes fly over a landing strip in foreground. To the right of strip are two red vehicles, some tall green evergreens behind them. Other side of airstrip are some buildings with the silhouette of mountains in the background. A grey streaked sky is top half.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: RCAF Airfield, Tofino

Date: 1944

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.6 x 35.0 cm

Description: Two grey airplanes fly over a landing strip in foreground. To the right of strip are two red vehicles, some tall green evergreens behind them. Other side of airstrip are some buildings with the silhouette of mountains in the background. A grey streaked sky is top half.

Subject: transportation; World War; mountains

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.090

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Tofino

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1944

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.092

Description: A grey road runs from left of centre bottom to the left at the centre, on either side are buildings including a church to the left. To the right at centre is the blue ocean and rimming it to the left are green trees. Two large stumps are at left and right in foreground. Cloudy streaked sky is t…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Tofino

Date: 1944

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.5 x 35.1 cm

Description: A grey road runs from left of centre bottom to the left at the centre, on either side are buildings including a church to the left. To the right at centre is the blue ocean and rimming it to the left are green trees. Two large stumps are at left and right in foreground. Cloudy streaked sky is top quarter.

Subject: architecture; urban; Pacific Ocean

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.092

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Tofino

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1944

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.093

Description: Roof tops and houses, including at church to the left, cover bottom half of picture, a grey road meanders between the buildings. Green mountains in background. Streaked grey sky covers top third.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Tofino

Date: 1944

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.6 x 35.1 cm

Description: Roof tops and houses, including at church to the left, cover bottom half of picture, a grey road meanders between the buildings. Green mountains in background. Streaked grey sky covers top third.