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Deer in the Woods, 1949

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Artist
Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)
Date
1949
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
PhW.05.01
Description
Colour: white, brown. Lower half is snow. In the upper half are four tree trunks left of center behind which are two deer - one facing right and the other behind her and left, facing right but looking out. Along the upper edge of the picture are the lower sections of the trunks.
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Artist
Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)
Title
Deer in the Woods, 1949
Date
1949
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
26.4 x 37.2 cm
Description
Colour: white, brown. Lower half is snow. In the upper half are four tree trunks left of center behind which are two deer - one facing right and the other behind her and left, facing right but looking out. Along the upper edge of the picture are the lower sections of the trunks.
Subject
landscape
forest
winter
animal
deer
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1969
Catalogue Number
PhW.05.01
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Pipestone Creek Facing Mount Temple

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Artist
Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)
Date
1949
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
PhW.05.05
Description
Colour: green, purple. Across the bottom and up into the right of center area is a river. Rocks sit here and there across it. On each side shrubs and trees grow. In the background to the right side is a purple green hill and in the center behind is a snow capped mountain. The sky is cloudy with a b…
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Artist
Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)
Title
Pipestone Creek Facing Mount Temple
Date
1949
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
39.1 x 55.3 cm
Description
Colour: green, purple. Across the bottom and up into the right of center area is a river. Rocks sit here and there across it. On each side shrubs and trees grow. In the background to the right side is a purple green hill and in the center behind is a snow capped mountain. The sky is cloudy with a break upper cnter and in the upper right corner.
Subject
landscape
mountain
forest
river
Credit
Gift of Louise Wilson, Banff, 1969
Catalogue Number
PhW.05.05
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Untitled [Native Man]

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Artist
Gerda Christoffersen ( – 2012, Canadian)
Date
1949
Medium
pastel on paper
Catalogue Number
ChG.03.01
Description
A portrait of an Indigenous man. His hair is grey and worn in two braids. He is wearing several strings of beads around his neck. His shirt or tunic is purple. A purple and orange checked blanket is wrapped around his shoulders. It is visible in both the bottom left corner and the bottom right…
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Artist
Gerda Christoffersen ( – 2012, Canadian)
Title
Untitled [Native Man]
Date
1949
Medium
pastel on paper
Description
A portrait of an Indigenous man. His hair is grey and worn in two braids. He is wearing several strings of beads around his neck. His shirt or tunic is purple. A purple and orange checked blanket is wrapped around his shoulders. It is visible in both the bottom left corner and the bottom right corner. Behind his shoulder on the left, a tipi is visible. Smoke is coming out of the top of it. Brown, craggy mountains are visible across the horizon. The sky moves up from yellow to green to blue. Clouds at the top of the image are orange.
Subject
portrait
male
Indigenous
Credit
Gift of Doris Gammon, Banff, 2000
Catalogue Number
ChG.03.01
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Artist
Gerda Christoffersen ( – 2012, Canadian)
Date
1949
Medium
pastel on paper
Catalogue Number
ChG.03.02
Description
Portrait of Chief John Hunter, facing toward the right of the image. His hair is black and in two braids. Wisps of hair are loose and blowing in the wind. His face is wrinked, particularly around his mouth. His coat is white and he is wearing orange and green scarves. In the bottom right corne…
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Artist
Gerda Christoffersen ( – 2012, Canadian)
Title
Chief John Hunter
Date
1949
Medium
pastel on paper
Description
Portrait of Chief John Hunter, facing toward the right of the image. His hair is black and in two braids. Wisps of hair are loose and blowing in the wind. His face is wrinked, particularly around his mouth. His coat is white and he is wearing orange and green scarves. In the bottom right corner, trees are visible. Above them are loosely drawn mountains. The sky is green (light and dark) and mauve.
Subject
portrait
male
Chief John Hunter
Credit
Gift of Doris Gammon, Banff, 2000
Catalogue Number
ChG.03.02
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Date
1949
Medium
watercolour on heavy paper
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.32
Description
A Gift for You card To Catharine & Pete from Jim & Billie S 1949
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1949
Medium
watercolour on heavy paper
Dimensions
14.7 x 19.5 cm
Description
A Gift for You card To Catharine & Pete from Jim & Billie S 1949
Subject
landscape
mountain
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.32
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Artist
Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)
Date
1949
Medium
coloured woodcut on paper
Catalogue Number
PhW.04.39
Description
Landscape of Mount Rundle from the first Vermilion Lake. Dominant mauve, green colours. Signed W.J. Phillips brc. Was mailed in off-white A Happy Christmas card from the Phillips, print was glued at its top edge to inside of card. This print is #242 in R. Boulet Catalogue.
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Artist
Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)
Title
Rundle, Winter
Date
1949
Medium
coloured woodcut on paper
Dimensions
15.5 x 19.7 cm
Description
Landscape of Mount Rundle from the first Vermilion Lake. Dominant mauve, green colours. Signed W.J. Phillips brc. Was mailed in off-white A Happy Christmas card from the Phillips, print was glued at its top edge to inside of card. This print is #242 in R. Boulet Catalogue.
Subject
landscape
mountain
Mount Rundle
lake
Vermilion Lakes
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
PhW.04.39
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Date
1949
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.12
Description
Mountains to the the left, a small hill mid-centre right with some rocks in the foreground hiding part of of a small blue lake. Clear blue sky.
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1949
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
11.5 x 16.5 cm
Description
Mountains to the the left, a small hill mid-centre right with some rocks in the foreground hiding part of of a small blue lake. Clear blue sky.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.12
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Date
1949
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.49
Description
Green meadow in the foreground, a few dark evergreens to the left, with brown trees above, darker trees meet the mountain and what appears to be a green ledge mid centre. A touch of blue lower mid third could be a stream, a stand of brown trees to the right meeting the mountains which are mostly wh…
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1949
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
12.7 x 14.9 cm
Description
Green meadow in the foreground, a few dark evergreens to the left, with brown trees above, darker trees meet the mountain and what appears to be a green ledge mid centre. A touch of blue lower mid third could be a stream, a stand of brown trees to the right meeting the mountains which are mostly white, tinged with blue. A very light blue sky.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
Credit
Gift of Albert Roberge, Edmonton, 1993
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.49
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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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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1949
Medium
graphite; ink on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.237
Description
Sketch and well-rendered versions of a Peter and Catharine Christmas card. The left is a rough colour sketch of a woman skiing down a hill meeting a man at the bottom with a camera. Hill is scattered with skiers that have fallen. A house or cabin peeks over the hill to the right in the background…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1949
Medium
graphite; ink on paper
Dimensions
23.5 x 30.5 cm
Description
Sketch and well-rendered versions of a Peter and Catharine Christmas card. The left is a rough colour sketch of a woman skiing down a hill meeting a man at the bottom with a camera. Hill is scattered with skiers that have fallen. A house or cabin peeks over the hill to the right in the background. The woman leaves a curving line in the snow down the hill. The right side is a more final version in ink with more details. “Greetings 1949” printed in BRC.
Subject
Christmas Card
Peter
Catharine
skiing
snow
ski hill
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.237
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Rocky Mountain Sheep

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Artist
Norah Drummond-Davies (1862 – 1949, Canadian)
Date
1949
Medium
print on paper
Catalogue Number
DmN.04.02
Description
A coloured print of two sheep on a rock ledge in the foreground and four in the background (two clear sheep, two muted) on a grassy ledge. Left hand side a canyon, snow-covered mountain beyond and background sheep. Mid-to right the two larger sheep, rocks, tree branch, tree trunk and stunted tree i…
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Artist
Norah Drummond-Davies (1862 – 1949, Canadian)
Title
Rocky Mountain Sheep
Date
1949
Medium
print on paper
Dimensions
13.7 x 35.2 cm
Description
A coloured print of two sheep on a rock ledge in the foreground and four in the background (two clear sheep, two muted) on a grassy ledge. Left hand side a canyon, snow-covered mountain beyond and background sheep. Mid-to right the two larger sheep, rocks, tree branch, tree trunk and stunted tree in the background. Blue and white hazy sky across the top.
Subject
landscape
mountains
Rocky Mountain sheep
Credit
Gift of Helen Shandruk, Banff, 1995
Catalogue Number
DmN.04.02
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1949
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.401
Description
side 1: woodland animals are moving in and out of a houseSEASONS GREETINGS [tlc]CATHARINE AND PETER [blc] [brc] P.W. -49[verso central, cursive] Crag and Canyon
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1949
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
22.8 x 27.8 cm
Description
side 1: woodland animals are moving in and out of a houseSEASONS GREETINGS [tlc]CATHARINE AND PETER [blc] [brc] P.W. -49[verso central, cursive] Crag and Canyon
Subject
woodland animals, Christmas Card
Crag and Canyon
Seasons Greetings
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.401
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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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Seasons Greetings Catharine and Peter 1949

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1949
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.724
Description
A detailed sketch of the 1949 Christmas card. Catharine is serving a group of animals some food around the Dutch door of her home. On the top edge “SEASONS GREETINGS” is written and on the bottom edge “CATHARINE AND PETER” and Peter’s signature with “49” beside it can be seen.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Seasons Greetings Catharine and Peter 1949
Date
1949
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
21.8 x 23.3 cm
Description
A detailed sketch of the 1949 Christmas card. Catharine is serving a group of animals some food around the Dutch door of her home. On the top edge “SEASONS GREETINGS” is written and on the bottom edge “CATHARINE AND PETER” and Peter’s signature with “49” beside it can be seen.
Subject
Christmas card
Dutch door
house
cabin
woman
moose
deer
bear
wolf
squirrel
bird
food
winter
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.724
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Seasons Greetings Catharine and Peter 1949

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1949
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.726
Description
A detailed sketch of the 1949 Christmas card. Catharine is seen at the Dutch door of her home offering food to the animals. On the top edge “SEASONS GREETINGS” and on the bottom edge “CATHARINE AND PETER” and signed “Peter Whyte 49.”
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Seasons Greetings Catharine and Peter 1949
Date
1949
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
21.5 x 23.3 cm
Description
A detailed sketch of the 1949 Christmas card. Catharine is seen at the Dutch door of her home offering food to the animals. On the top edge “SEASONS GREETINGS” and on the bottom edge “CATHARINE AND PETER” and signed “Peter Whyte 49.”
Subject
Christmas card
winter
house
cabin
woman
moose
deer
bear
wolf
food
bird
Dutch door
squirrel
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.726
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North American Ski Championships

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1949
Catalogue Number
WyP.06.03
Description
A loosely rendered skier, skiing the North American continent on a sphere 59.0 cm diameter on a black, square wood base.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
North American Ski Championships
Date
1949
Dimensions
53.0 x 24.5 cm
Description
A loosely rendered skier, skiing the North American continent on a sphere 59.0 cm diameter on a black, square wood base.
Subject
figure
activity
skiing
winter
North American Ski Championships
world
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1971
Catalogue Number
WyP.06.03
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Logs and Mountain on Ellesmere Island

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Artist
Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)
Date
1949
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaE.05.22
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Artist
Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)
Title
Logs and Mountain on Ellesmere Island
Date
1949
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
30.3 x 45.4 cm
Subject
landscape
mountains
water
Ernest Lamarque
Credit
Gift of Ernest Lamarque (Estate), 1971
Catalogue Number
LaE.05.22
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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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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Date
1948
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.45
Description
Mountain sides slope from left and right to a valley with greenery and trees,in the background is a mountain range with a glacier evident to the left; the sky is cloudy.
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1948
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
15.1 x 20.3 cm
Description
Mountain sides slope from left and right to a valley with greenery and trees,in the background is a mountain range with a glacier evident to the left; the sky is cloudy.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
pass
Credit
Gift of Lillian Gest, Philadelphia, USA, 1986
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.45
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Untitled [Mountain and Teepee]

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Artist
Marion Florence Nicoll (1909 – 1985, Canadian)
Date
1948 – 1948
Medium
print on paper
Catalogue Number
NiM.04.01
Description
A mountain scene printed on a cream paper with black ink. 2/3 of the piece is taken up by the mountain which begins in the tl and leads into a foothill on the center right. The mountain comes to a sharp peak, and the range continues into the background on the right side of the piece. In the foreg…
Artist
Marion Florence Nicoll (1909 – 1985, Canadian)
Title
Untitled [Mountain and Teepee]
Date
1948 – 1948
Medium
print on paper
Description
A mountain scene printed on a cream paper with black ink. 2/3 of the piece is taken up by the mountain which begins in the tl and leads into a foothill on the center right. The mountain comes to a sharp peak, and the range continues into the background on the right side of the piece. In the foreground on the right side is a teepee, beside the teepee to the left is another structure surrounded by trees. At the blc is another small tent like structure.
Subject
landscape
mountains
Canadian Rockies
foothills
with teepees
Credit
Purchased from Canadian Art Gallery, Canmore, 1998
Catalogue Number
NiM.04.01
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