Search Results - Research Collections - Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

Elk head

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactruc.03.05

Artist: Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)

Date: 1939

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: RuC.03.05

Description: A finely detailed drawing of an elk head, facing to the left, head slightly tilted up

1 image

Artist: Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)

Title: Elk head

Date: 1939

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 29.0 x 23.0 cm

Description: A finely detailed drawing of an elk head, facing to the left, head slightly tilted up

Subject: animal, elk; Wapiti

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: RuC.03.05

Images

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Untitled

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactshk.03.01

Artist: Kathleen Shackleton (1884 – 1961)

Date: 1938

Medium: pastel on paper

Catalogue Number: ShK.03.01

Description: Centered in the image frame is a portrait of a man. The male figure in this image is wearing a brimed hat and has a pipe in his mouth. The portrait is not a straight on angle the angle here is a three quarter angle. The subject Mr. Carl Rungius is looking to his right with his left side of his face…

1 image

Artist: Kathleen Shackleton (1884 – 1961)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1938

Medium: pastel on paper

Dimensions: 34.4 x 31.6 cm

Description: Centered in the image frame is a portrait of a man. The male figure in this image is wearing a brimed hat and has a pipe in his mouth. The portrait is not a straight on angle the angle here is a three quarter angle. The subject Mr. Carl Rungius is looking to his right with his left side of his face facing us. The subject here is wearing a collared coat and round glasses.

Subject: figure; male; portrait; Carl Rungius

Credit: Gift of Jack Hutchison, Vancouver, 1996

Catalogue Number: ShK.03.01

Images

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Bill Neish's Horse 1936

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactgyh.03.01

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

Date: 1936

Medium: ink; graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: GyH.03.01

Description: General colour: brown on white. A horse saddled and carrying a rifle, saddle bags, and another case. Stands facing left. His ears are perked. Around the edges are notes by the artist regarding colouration.

1 image

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

Title: Bill Neish's Horse 1936

Date: 1936

Medium: ink; graphite on paper

Dimensions: 28.0 x 38.0 cm

Description: General colour: brown on white. A horse saddled and carrying a rifle, saddle bags, and another case. Stands facing left. His ears are perked. Around the edges are notes by the artist regarding colouration.

Subject: animal; horse

Credit: Gift of Helen Collinson, Edmonton, 1974

Catalogue Number: GyH.03.01

Images

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Untitled

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactlac.03.02

Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Date: 1929

Medium: pastel on paper

Catalogue Number: LaC.03.02

Description: General colour: blue. A foreground rock cliff goes up right side from the lower corner. Center mountain face has a jagged ridge. Clouds come down to the peak at the upper right of center, edge. In the lower left corner is a distant mountain. Blue sky with one cloud fills the upper left area. There …

1 image

Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1929

Medium: pastel on paper

Dimensions: 55.0 x 43.5 cm

Description: General colour: blue. A foreground rock cliff goes up right side from the lower corner. Center mountain face has a jagged ridge. Clouds come down to the peak at the upper right of center, edge. In the lower left corner is a distant mountain. Blue sky with one cloud fills the upper left area. There is also a patch of blue in the upper right corner.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountains

Credit: Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973

Catalogue Number: LaC.03.02

Images

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Fish Houses

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwos.03.02

Artist: Stanley Wingate Woodward (1890 – 1970, American)

Date: 1929

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WoS.03.02

Description: Robb on back of frame, so was possibly purchased by Catharine before her marriage (1930) or was purchased by Catharine's mother, Edith Morse Robb.

1 image

Artist: Stanley Wingate Woodward (1890 – 1970, American)

Title: Fish Houses

Date: 1929

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 24.0 x 18.8 cm

Description: Robb on back of frame, so was possibly purchased by Catharine before her marriage (1930) or was purchased by Catharine's mother, Edith Morse Robb.

Subject: architecture, urban

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

Catalogue Number: WoS.03.02

Images

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Untitled

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.03.235

Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1929

Medium: ink; watercolour; on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.235

Description: Drawing of two men standing beside a teepee, one smoking a pipe, as two figures on horses approach. “Greetings” written in black ink below image. Coloured in with watercolour. Left figure wears yellow, green and red striped coat (Hudson’s Bay blanket?), brimmed hat with red feather, has a yellow …

1 image

Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1929

Medium: ink; watercolour; on paper

Dimensions: 15.3 x 9.3 cm

Description: Drawing of two men standing beside a teepee, one smoking a pipe, as two figures on horses approach. “Greetings” written in black ink below image. Coloured in with watercolour. Left figure wears yellow, green and red striped coat (Hudson’s Bay blanket?), brimmed hat with red feather, has a yellow face(?). Figure at right wears green brimmed hat and gray waistcoat and pants, hands are yellow and face is black.

Subject: horse; teepee; card

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.235

Images

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Untitled [Peter Whyte]

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactbrt.03.01

Artist: Terence P. Bresnahan (1907 – 1972, American)

Date: 1928

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: BrT.03.01

Description: A portrait of Peter looking to the left. Peters collar is suggested with a few lines.

1 image

Artist: Terence P. Bresnahan (1907 – 1972, American)

Title: Untitled [Peter Whyte]

Date: 1928

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 32.5 x 22.3 cm

Description: A portrait of Peter looking to the left. Peters collar is suggested with a few lines.

Subject: portrait; male; Peter Whyte

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

Catalogue Number: BrT.03.01

Images

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Moraine Lake

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactlac.03.09

Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Date: 1927

Medium: pastel on paper

Catalogue Number: LaC.03.09

Description: The mountains dominate the picture, of blue/purple tones. Left foreground is a small lake with reflections of the mountains, immediate right foreground has yellow/brown tones, treed shoreline. Little sky showing, cloudy. Credit both The Banff Centre and Mrs. J. I. Brewster in any exhibition publica…

1 image

Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Title: Moraine Lake

Date: 1927

Medium: pastel on paper

Dimensions: 42.2 x 57.0 cm

Description: The mountains dominate the picture, of blue/purple tones. Left foreground is a small lake with reflections of the mountains, immediate right foreground has yellow/brown tones, treed shoreline. Little sky showing, cloudy. Credit both The Banff Centre and Mrs. J. I. Brewster in any exhibition publication of the collection, either in whole or in part. Banff Centre catalogue numbers: 81 0334 A; 20687.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountains; lake

Credit: Gift of Banff Centre Brewster Donation, Banff, 1986

Catalogue Number: LaC.03.09

Images

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Portrait

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifacthap.03.01

Artist: Phillip Leslie Hale (1865 – 1931, American)

Date: 1927

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: HaP.03.01

Description: This drawing was purchased from the League of Boston Artists. Probably purchased by Mrs. Robb.

1 image

Artist: Phillip Leslie Hale (1865 – 1931, American)

Title: Portrait

Date: 1927

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 31.5 x 23.5 cm

Description: This drawing was purchased from the League of Boston Artists. Probably purchased by Mrs. Robb.

Subject: portrait, female

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

Catalogue Number: HaP.03.01

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

Images

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Anis-Ta-ma-Ka

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactper.03.03

Artist: Reinhold H. Palenske (1884 – 1955, American)

Date: 1927

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: PeR.03.03

Description: A head and shoulders portrait of a First Nations Chief in full headdress. He is turned slightly to the right, his right hand is raised in salute. Written in the lower right corner is “To my fine old friend Col. Moore Anis-ta-ma-ka Pal. Banff, Sept. 7 1927.”

1 image

Artist: Reinhold H. Palenske (1884 – 1955, American)

Title: Anis-Ta-ma-Ka

Date: 1927

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 20.0 x 24.0 cm

Description: A head and shoulders portrait of a First Nations Chief in full headdress. He is turned slightly to the right, his right hand is raised in salute. Written in the lower right corner is “To my fine old friend Col. Moore Anis-ta-ma-ka Pal. Banff, Sept. 7 1927.”

Subject: portrait; male

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: PeR.03.03

Images

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Rocky Mountains

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactfil.03.01

Artist: Lionel Lemoine FitzGerald (1890 – 1956, Canadian)

Date: 1925

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: FiL.03.01

Description: General colour: pencil on white. Line drawing of nuts. Some lines in the lower half are jagged to indicate trees. In the lower right are larger marks to indicate trees. In the upper left corner, the underside of clouds are outlined.

1 image

Artist: Lionel Lemoine FitzGerald (1890 – 1956, Canadian)

Title: Rocky Mountains

Date: 1925

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 20.2 x 25.1 cm

Description: General colour: pencil on white. Line drawing of nuts. Some lines in the lower half are jagged to indicate trees. In the lower right are larger marks to indicate trees. In the upper left corner, the underside of clouds are outlined.

Subject: landscape; mountains

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

Catalogue Number: FiL.03.01

Images

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Mapudre, A Mangbetou Woman

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactiaa.03.01

Artist: Alexandre Iacovleff (1887 – 1938, French)

Date: 1925

Medium: oil pastel on paper

Catalogue Number: IaA.03.01

Description: A realistic rendering of a seated woman, wearing a loincloth, headdress and jewellry at her ankles, wrists and neck.

1 image

Artist: Alexandre Iacovleff (1887 – 1938, French)

Title: Mapudre, A Mangbetou Woman

Date: 1925

Medium: oil pastel on paper

Dimensions: 73.5 x 23.0 cm

Description: A realistic rendering of a seated woman, wearing a loincloth, headdress and jewellry at her ankles, wrists and neck.

Subject: figure, female

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

Catalogue Number: IaA.03.01

Images

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Shorty White-Grass A-PO-TO-YE-SEE

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactkiw.03.02

Artist: Wilfred Langdon Kihn (1898 – 1957, American)

Date: 1924

Medium: pastel on paper

Catalogue Number: KiW.03.02

Description: A very brightly coloured pastel drawing. The portrait of the man dominates almost the entire picture. A dark blue background behind his head, the face is drawin in good detail, black braids to the front. A red undershirt, yellow vest with white/red/purple diamond designs over shoulders. A necklace …

1 image

Artist: Wilfred Langdon Kihn (1898 – 1957, American)

Title: Shorty White-Grass A-PO-TO-YE-SEE

Date: 1924

Medium: pastel on paper

Dimensions: 49.8 x 38.0 cm

Description: A very brightly coloured pastel drawing. The portrait of the man dominates almost the entire picture. A dark blue background behind his head, the face is drawin in good detail, black braids to the front. A red undershirt, yellow vest with white/red/purple diamond designs over shoulders. A necklace of black-tipped weasel tails and long, black horse tails. He is wearing a brown (buckskin ?) shirt. On the back of the heavy card backing: Shorty White-Grass A-PO-TO-YE-SEE Blackfeet Tribe of Browning Mont. in blue; in black: #54.

Subject: portrait, male; Indigenous

Credit: Gift of Banff Centre Brewster Donation, Banff, 1986

Catalogue Number: KiW.03.02

Images

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Burnt Wood

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactjaa.03.06

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

Date: 1924

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: JaA.03.06

Description: Pencil sketch of foothills with mountain range in background. A river indicated in foreground flows from left bottom corner to right, brc is river bank. Light and heavy pencil lines with shading, indicating trees and hills. Colour notes throughout. Drawing made on light sketchbook paper, serra…

1 image

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

Title: Burnt Wood

Date: 1924

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 20.7 x 27.8 cm

Description: Pencil sketch of foothills with mountain range in background. A river indicated in foreground flows from left bottom corner to right, brc is river bank. Light and heavy pencil lines with shading, indicating trees and hills. Colour notes throughout. Drawing made on light sketchbook paper, serrated top edge, rounded corners bl and br.

Subject: landscape; foothills; forest

Credit: Gift of Naomi Jackson Groves, Ottawa, 1989

Catalogue Number: JaA.03.06

Images

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Larkspur and Peony

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifacthil.03.01

Artist: Laura Coombs Hills (1859 – 1952, American)

Date: c. 1926

Medium: pastel on paper

Catalogue Number: HiL.03.01

1 image

Artist: Laura Coombs Hills (1859 – 1952, American)

Title: Larkspur and Peony

Date: c. 1926

Medium: pastel on paper

Dimensions: 58.6 x 46.0 cm

Subject: botanical

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

Catalogue Number: HiL.03.01

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

Images

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

John Brewster

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactdgn.03.05

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

Date: c. 1940

Medium: pastel on paper

Catalogue Number: DgN.03.05

Description: Head and shoulders portrait of John Brewster as an elderly man. The head is drawn in good detail, full faced, shirt and tie evident, shoulders sketched in lightly. The face is round, hair over ears, otherwise bald, brown eyes, mustache, and amicable look.

1 image

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

Title: John Brewster

Date: c. 1940

Medium: pastel on paper

Dimensions: 35; 50.4 x 34.2; 38 cm

Description: Head and shoulders portrait of John Brewster as an elderly man. The head is drawn in good detail, full faced, shirt and tie evident, shoulders sketched in lightly. The face is round, hair over ears, otherwise bald, brown eyes, mustache, and amicable look.

Subject: portrait; male

Credit: Gift of Dorothy Cranstone, Banff, 1983

Catalogue Number: DgN.03.05

Images

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Untitled

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactdgn.03.02

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

Date: c. 1927

Medium: pastel on paper

Catalogue Number: DgN.03.02

1 image

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

Title: Untitled

Date: c. 1927

Medium: pastel on paper

Dimensions: 27.7 x 40.0 cm

Subject: portrait; male; Indigenous

Credit: Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1976

Catalogue Number: DgN.03.02

Images

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Jim Brewster of Banff

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactdgn.03.06

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

Date: 1935 – 1945

Medium: pastel on paper

Catalogue Number: DgN.03.06

Description: A realistic rendering of a head and shoulder portrait of Jim Brewster; a three-quarter view; he has on a light brown hat, blue jacket, white shirt, red tie; streaks of colour in background.

1 image

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

Title: Jim Brewster of Banff

Date: 1935 – 1945

Medium: pastel on paper

Dimensions: 76.0 x 56.0 cm

Description: A realistic rendering of a head and shoulder portrait of Jim Brewster; a three-quarter view; he has on a light brown hat, blue jacket, white shirt, red tie; streaks of colour in background.