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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 …
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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
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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.
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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
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Date
1929
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.47
Description
Gold, red and green bank with evergreens to the left foreground. Green and blue lake with moonlight shining on it mid foreground reaching back to the treed shoreline. On the right is the dark flank of Sulphur Mountain and midcentre and left are dominated by moonlit Mount Rundle. The sky is bright w…
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Title
Mount Rundle
Date
1929
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
18.6 x 22.6 cm
Description
Gold, red and green bank with evergreens to the left foreground. Green and blue lake with moonlight shining on it mid foreground reaching back to the treed shoreline. On the right is the dark flank of Sulphur Mountain and midcentre and left are dominated by moonlit Mount Rundle. The sky is bright with a full moon.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
lake
mountain
Credit
Gift of Audrey Campbell, Banff, 1991
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.47
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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 …
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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
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Untitled [Peter Whyte]

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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.
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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
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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…
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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
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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.
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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
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Celebration in Remembrance

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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Date
1927
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
CoJ.05.22
Description
Scene of a boat blue/rusting in colour with waves exploding up around its sides reaching twice the height of the boat in the air - the sky is a pale grey colour.“Collings used cold colours in this starkly observed drama. The air is filled with pale puffs of explosives while white jets of water burs…
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Title
Celebration in Remembrance
Date
1927
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
22 x 15.5 cm
Description
Scene of a boat blue/rusting in colour with waves exploding up around its sides reaching twice the height of the boat in the air - the sky is a pale grey colour.“Collings used cold colours in this starkly observed drama. The air is filled with pale puffs of explosives while white jets of water burst from what appears to be a fire boat.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda Heath
Subject
landscape
boat
explosives
Credit
Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1982
Catalogue Number
CoJ.05.22
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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.”
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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
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Fort Simpson, MacKenzie River

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Artist
Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)
Date
1927
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaE.05.49
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Artist
Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)
Title
Fort Simpson, MacKenzie River
Date
1927
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
8.2 x 13.1 cm
Subject
landscape
mountains
river, McKenzie
winter
fort, Simpson
Ernest Lamarque
Credit
Gift of Ernest Lamarque (Estate), 1971
Catalogue Number
LaE.05.49
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Winter Tunnel near Sicamous

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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Date
1927 – 1927
Medium
watercolour on board
Catalogue Number
CoJ.05.63
Description
Winter scene with a train tunnel in foreground. Snow and icicles are hanging over the entrance. On back of paper of picture frame were 4 different labels.First is at top left and is light brown in colour: “6. Collins [sic], Charles - ‘Winter; Tunnel on C.P.R. Track’. Lent by Mrs. Jonathan Rogers,…
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Title
Winter Tunnel near Sicamous
Date
1927 – 1927
Medium
watercolour on board
Dimensions
38 x 30.5 cm
Description
Winter scene with a train tunnel in foreground. Snow and icicles are hanging over the entrance. On back of paper of picture frame were 4 different labels.First is at top left and is light brown in colour: “6. Collins [sic], Charles - ‘Winter; Tunnel on C.P.R. Track’. Lent by Mrs. Jonathan Rogers, Vancouver. 1920-30Second is top right and is green: “Vancouver Art Gallery - Name of Artist or Owner: Mrs. Jonathan Rogers - Address: 2050 Nelson St - Phone No.: [Indecipherable] - Title of Work: ‘Winter, Tunnel on C.P.R. Track between Sycamous & Winnipeg” - Price or insurable value (if not for sale): $350 - To be pasted on bottom right-hand corner of back of picture.”Third is white with red border: “Mrs. Jonathan Rogers, 2050 Nelson St. Vancouver. No 6, Do not remove wire”.Fourth label is white and from the Alex Fraser Galleries in Vancouver (5669 Granville Street Vancouver 13, B.C. - AM 6-6010, Alex Fraser Formerly of Bond Street, London, England) and is located at bottom: “ ’Winter Tunnel on C.P.R. Track’, Original Water Colour, by Charles John Collings.”
Subject
landscape
watercolour
train tunnel
winter
Charles John Collings
Credit
Gift of Mark Rivette, Vernon, 2015
Catalogue Number
CoJ.05.63
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Moose at Glacier Lake

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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Date
1926
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.04
Description
Colour: brown, yellow. The left profile of a moose head, antlers and shoulders.
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Title
Moose at Glacier Lake
Date
1926
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
7.0 x 9.8 cm
Description
Colour: brown, yellow. The left profile of a moose head, antlers and shoulders.
Subject
animal
moose
Credit
Gift of J. Monroe Thorington, Philadelphia, USA, 1969
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.04
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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.
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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
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Artist
Thomas W. Fripp (1864 – 1934)
Date
1925
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
FrT.05.01
Description
Mountain scene with rocky cliff interspersed with stands of conifers at left foreground. Large mountain [Mt. Stephen] with snow filled central gully and snow-capped peak in background. Signed “Thos W. Fripp 1925” at bottom left.
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Artist
Thomas W. Fripp (1864 – 1934)
Title
Mt. Stephan, B.C.
Date
1925
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
51.0 x 38.0 cm
Description
Mountain scene with rocky cliff interspersed with stands of conifers at left foreground. Large mountain [Mt. Stephen] with snow filled central gully and snow-capped peak in background. Signed “Thos W. Fripp 1925” at bottom left.
Subject
mountains
Mt. Stephen
British Columbia
Credit
Gift of Rod Green, Calgary, 2021
Catalogue Number
FrT.05.01
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Foothills of the Rockies

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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Date
1925
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
CoJ.05.01
Description
Landscape, colourful rolling foothills in the forground. - in the immediate forground at the bl. is a spot of green brown grasses. - past that is a varying green plateau. - then a spot of trees onward to the purple/blue mountains in the distance. - the sky fades into a yellow to green shade.“Collin…
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Title
Foothills of the Rockies
Date
1925
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
27.3 x 37 cm
Description
Landscape, colourful rolling foothills in the forground. - in the immediate forground at the bl. is a spot of green brown grasses. - past that is a varying green plateau. - then a spot of trees onward to the purple/blue mountains in the distance. - the sky fades into a yellow to green shade.“Collings typically restricted his darkest tones in this late watercolour to minimal accents -- a streak of rich sienna merging with deep blue which works as a ‘base line’ and his the key to colour relationships in the rest of his picture. The overall pastel tones and broad, open river valley view combine to produce an effect of silent and awesome beauty.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda Heath
Subject
landscape
water
grass
plateau
Credit
Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1982
Catalogue Number
CoJ.05.01
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Mapudre, A Mangbetou Woman

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

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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 …
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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
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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…
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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
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Artist
Scott White
Date
1924
Medium
watercolour; gouache
Catalogue Number
WhS.05.01
Description
A mountain peak landscape with a glacier to the left, forest below.
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Artist
Scott White
Title
Untitled
Date
1924
Medium
watercolour; gouache
Dimensions
22.5 x 17.5 cm
Description
A mountain peak landscape with a glacier to the left, forest below.
Subject
landscape
mountain
glacier
trees
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WhS.05.01
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Ram at Castleguard Camp

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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Date
1923
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.05
Description
Colour: brown on white. The frontal view of a ram's head, shoulders and upper part of the front left leg.
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Title
Ram at Castleguard Camp
Date
1923
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
9.5 x 15.2 x n/a cm
Description
Colour: brown on white. The frontal view of a ram's head, shoulders and upper part of the front left leg.
Subject
animal
ram
Credit
Gift of anonymous, 1971
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.05
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