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Mount Thorington 1968

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Artist: J. Monroe Thorington (1894 – 1989, American)

Date: 1968

Medium: oil on canvas board

Catalogue Number: ThM.02.01

Description: Colour: blue, purple. Rocks come out of the snow in the lower right and across the bottom. Snow leads up to a rock peak at upper center. Distant range is off to the right. Sky fills in the upper area.

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Artist: J. Monroe Thorington (1894 – 1989, American)

Title: Mount Thorington 1968

Date: 1968

Medium: oil on canvas board

Dimensions: 44.1 x 59.7 cm

Description: Colour: blue, purple. Rocks come out of the snow in the lower right and across the bottom. Snow leads up to a rock peak at upper center. Distant range is off to the right. Sky fills in the upper area.

Subject: landscape; mountain

Credit: Gift of J. Monroe Thorington, Philadelphia, USA, 1969

Catalogue Number: ThM.02.01

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Mountain Goat

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Artist: J. Monroe Thorington (1894 – 1989, American)

Date: 1946

Medium: charcoal on paper

Catalogue Number: ThM.03.02

Description: General colour: black and white on grey. The head and shoulders of a mountain goat. His two black horns reaching up into the top of the picture and his head turned out.

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Artist: J. Monroe Thorington (1894 – 1989, American)

Title: Mountain Goat

Date: 1946

Medium: charcoal on paper

Dimensions: 45.5 x 28.8 cm

Description: General colour: black and white on grey. The head and shoulders of a mountain goat. His two black horns reaching up into the top of the picture and his head turned out.

Subject: animal; mountain goat

Credit: Gift of Lillian Gest, Philadelphia, USA, 1969

Catalogue Number: ThM.03.02

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Head of a Caribou

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Artist: J. Monroe Thorington (1894 – 1989, American)

Date: 1944

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: ThM.03.01

Description: Colour: grey on white. A caribou head looking left.

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Artist: J. Monroe Thorington (1894 – 1989, American)

Title: Head of a Caribou

Date: 1944

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 20.3 x 12.5 cm

Description: Colour: grey on white. A caribou head looking left.

Subject: animal; caribou

Credit: Gift of Forrest (Pat) Oliver Brewster, Banff, 1967

Catalogue Number: ThM.03.01

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Caribou

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Artist: J. Monroe Thorington (1894 – 1989, American)

Date: 1944

Medium: charcoal on paper

Catalogue Number: ThM.03.03

Description: General colour: white and black on grey. The left profile of a caribou drawn in the centre of the picture.

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Artist: J. Monroe Thorington (1894 – 1989, American)

Title: Caribou

Date: 1944

Medium: charcoal on paper

Dimensions: 21.5 x 14.0 cm

Description: General colour: white and black on grey. The left profile of a caribou drawn in the centre of the picture.

Subject: animal; caribou

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: ThM.03.03

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Alpine Ibex

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Artist: J. Monroe Thorington (1894 – 1989, American)

Date: 1940

Medium: charcoal on paper

Catalogue Number: ThM.03.04

Description: A charcoal drawing from the chest up of an alpine ibex. The ibex is facing to his right, long horns curve gracefully back.

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Artist: J. Monroe Thorington (1894 – 1989, American)

Title: Alpine Ibex

Date: 1940

Medium: charcoal on paper

Dimensions: 25.0 x 20.5 cm

Description: A charcoal drawing from the chest up of an alpine ibex. The ibex is facing to his right, long horns curve gracefully back.

Subject: animal; alpine ibex

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: ThM.03.04

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Oil Painting

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Artist: Peter or Catharine Whyte

Date: 1928

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: Wy?.02.013

Description: Oil portrait of a man from the waist up with short brown/black hair and fair skin in profile view. The man is seated against a background that is split vertically off center to the right; the left side, which is larger, is a deep brown/green colour, while the right side, which is smaller, contains …

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Artist: Peter or Catharine Whyte

Title: Oil Painting

Date: 1928

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 53.0 x 43.0 cm

Description: Oil portrait of a man from the waist up with short brown/black hair and fair skin in profile view. The man is seated against a background that is split vertically off center to the right; the left side, which is larger, is a deep brown/green colour, while the right side, which is smaller, contains a deep purple colour. The man is wearing a dark, presumably black garment, with a small white collar popping through at the neck. His skin is mostly fair, while his nose, lips, and ears are pink in colour. There are a series of small marks in the bottom left corner in varying shades of red, yellow ochre and brown. The bottom edge is unfinished, revealing the marks of the paintbrush over the raw canvas below.

Subject: portrait; man

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

Catalogue Number: Wy?.02.013

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Untitled [Poster for Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies Pow Wow]

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Artist: Peter or Catharine Whyte

Date: 1926

Medium: graphite; coloured conté on brown paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.957

Description: A layout design for a poster. Two figures on horseback overlook a mountain valley.

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Artist: Peter or Catharine Whyte

Title: Untitled [Poster for Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies Pow Wow]

Date: 1926

Medium: graphite; coloured conté on brown paper

Dimensions: 96 x 61 cm

Description: A layout design for a poster. Two figures on horseback overlook a mountain valley.

Subject: poster; Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies; activities; pow wow

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.957

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Untitled

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Artist: Peter or Catharine Whyte

Date: 1926

Medium: conté on conte paper

Catalogue Number: Wy?.03.063

Description: A beautifully rendered drawing of a standing male figure model. “March 1st 1926” written in TRC.

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Artist: Peter or Catharine Whyte

Title: Untitled

Date: 1926

Medium: conté on conte paper

Dimensions: 63.5 x 48.0 cm

Description: A beautifully rendered drawing of a standing male figure model. “March 1st 1926” written in TRC.

Subject: figure; male

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

Catalogue Number: Wy?.03.063

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Mount Barnard

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Artist: J. Monroe Thorington (1894 – 1989, American)

Date: 1922

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: ThM.05.02

Description: Colour: white, blue, pink, green. Looking from a glacier across a wide plain.Blowing snow obscures a distant snowy peak.

Artist: J. Monroe Thorington (1894 – 1989, American)

Title: Mount Barnard

Date: 1922

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 13.5 x 22.5 cm

Description: Colour: white, blue, pink, green. Looking from a glacier across a wide plain.Blowing snow obscures a distant snowy peak.

Subject: landscape; mountain

Credit: Gift of anonymous, 1971

Catalogue Number: ThM.05.02

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Freshfield Group

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Artist: J. Monroe Thorington (1894 – 1989, American)

Date: 1922

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: ThM.05.01

Description: General colour: white, blue, purple. A distant mountain skyline with dotted routes marked on the right and at center. The name of each peak is marked at the end of a line which comes down perpendicular to the mountains, from the sky which is blue except for couds hanging just above the peaks.

Artist: J. Monroe Thorington (1894 – 1989, American)

Title: Freshfield Group

Date: 1922

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 37.5 x 24.5 cm

Description: General colour: white, blue, purple. A distant mountain skyline with dotted routes marked on the right and at center. The name of each peak is marked at the end of a line which comes down perpendicular to the mountains, from the sky which is blue except for couds hanging just above the peaks.

Subject: landscape; mountain

Credit: Gift of anonymous, 1971

Catalogue Number: ThM.05.01

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Antelope

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Artist: J. Monroe Thorington (1894 – 1989, American)

Date: n.d.

Medium: oil on canvas board

Catalogue Number: ThM.02.02

Description: General colour: green, yellow, brown, blue. An antelope stands at the left side facing right. There is grass and shurbs in the foreground which become part of a slope which fills the lower three quarters. At the horizion mountains can be seen. Sky above is blue.

Artist: J. Monroe Thorington (1894 – 1989, American)

Title: Antelope

Date: n.d.

Medium: oil on canvas board

Dimensions: 30.5 x 40.7 cm

Description: General colour: green, yellow, brown, blue. An antelope stands at the left side facing right. There is grass and shurbs in the foreground which become part of a slope which fills the lower three quarters. At the horizion mountains can be seen. Sky above is blue.

Subject: landscape, prairie; animal, antelope

Credit: Gift of J. Monroe Thorington, Philadelphia, USA, 1970

Catalogue Number: ThM.02.02

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Ink Drawing

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Artist: Peter or Catharine Whyte

Date: n.d.

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: Wy?.03.156

Description: Japanese ink drawing of a five-petal flower with a leafy stem.

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Artist: Peter or Catharine Whyte

Title: Ink Drawing

Date: n.d.

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 31.5 x 31.7 cm

Description: Japanese ink drawing of a five-petal flower with a leafy stem.

Subject: flower, stem, leaves

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

Catalogue Number: Wy?.03.156

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Ink Drawing

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Artist: Peter or Catharine Whyte

Date: n.d.

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: Wy?.03.155

Description: Japanese ink drawing of a six-petal flower with a leafy stem.

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Artist: Peter or Catharine Whyte

Title: Ink Drawing

Date: n.d.

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 32.0 x 32.5 cm

Description: Japanese ink drawing of a six-petal flower with a leafy stem.

Subject: flower, stem

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

Catalogue Number: Wy?.03.155

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Ink Drawing

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Artist: Peter or Catharine Whyte

Date: n.d.

Medium: ink

Catalogue Number: Wy?.03.157

Description: Japanese ink drawing featuring a mixed composition of horizontally lain sticks, circular leaves, and a upright Baby’s Breath on the right side.

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Artist: Peter or Catharine Whyte

Title: Ink Drawing

Date: n.d.

Medium: ink

Dimensions: 31.7 x 33.5 cm

Description: Japanese ink drawing featuring a mixed composition of horizontally lain sticks, circular leaves, and a upright Baby’s Breath on the right side.