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Road to Grotli, Norway

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1938
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.007
Description
Colour: blue, green. The two basic colours split the picture diagonally in half from upper left to lower right. In the lower half is a road which goes from the lower right corner up to the middle of the picture. To the left of it is a green and white embankment. In the upper half is blue snow and d…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Road to Grotli, Norway
Date
1938
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
27.5 x 35 cm
Description
Colour: blue, green. The two basic colours split the picture diagonally in half from upper left to lower right. In the lower half is a road which goes from the lower right corner up to the middle of the picture. To the left of it is a green and white embankment. In the upper half is blue snow and dark rock patches indicating a mountain side. Two patches of blue sky can be seen at the top left and top right.
Subject
landscape
mountain
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.007
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Date
1938
Material
cardboard
Catalogue Number
110.01.0116
Description
Yellow and blue cardboard Kleenex brand tissue box. The top reads “Kleenex tissues NOW WET-STRENGTH with new super softness” Both sides, one in English and one in French, say the brand name as well as how many tissues are in the box. On the bottom there is an advertisement for toilet tissue that is…
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Title
Tissue Box
Date
1938
Material
cardboard
Dimensions
9.5 x 11.5 x 25.0 cm
Description
Yellow and blue cardboard Kleenex brand tissue box. The top reads “Kleenex tissues NOW WET-STRENGTH with new super softness” Both sides, one in English and one in French, say the brand name as well as how many tissues are in the box. On the bottom there is an advertisement for toilet tissue that is “soft, like KLEENEX tissue!” with a picture of a young boy,
Subject
Whyte Home
hygiene
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
110.01.0116
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Artist
Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)
Date
1937
Medium
etching on paper
Catalogue Number
RuC.04.03
Description
Colour: black on white. A bull moose stands facing viewer’s right in long grass by the edge of the water showing in the lower right cornerSame as Ruc.04.38
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Artist
Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)
Title
Coming to the Call
Date
1937
Medium
etching on paper
Dimensions
27.0 x 36.0 cm
Description
Colour: black on white. A bull moose stands facing viewer’s right in long grass by the edge of the water showing in the lower right cornerSame as Ruc.04.38
Subject
animal, moose
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
RuC.04.03
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Date
1937 – 1937
Material
fabric
Catalogue Number
105.02.0140 a,b
Description
A pair of ribbons made from shiny red fabric. Both ribbons are printed with “MEMBER SKI RUNNERS BANFF 1937” and have rough edges.
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Title
Membership Ribbon
Date
1937 – 1937
Material
fabric
Dimensions
4.0 x 8.0 cm
Description
A pair of ribbons made from shiny red fabric. Both ribbons are printed with “MEMBER SKI RUNNERS BANFF 1937” and have rough edges.
Subject
Whyte home
skiing
sports
Banff
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
105.02.0140 a,b
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1936
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.440
Description
Front: R.M.S. SCYTHIA MONDAY, MARCH 16, 1934 MENUmenu contents2 portraits and on figure to either side of menuBack: 4 portraits, 1 chef, 1 lady
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1936
Medium
graphite on paper
Description
Front: R.M.S. SCYTHIA MONDAY, MARCH 16, 1934 MENUmenu contents2 portraits and on figure to either side of menuBack: 4 portraits, 1 chef, 1 lady
Subject
chef
drawing
menu
march 16
1934
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.440
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Date
1935 – 1935
Material
metal; tin;
Catalogue Number
110.01.0285
Description
Commemorative tin chocolate box celebrating the Silver Jubilee of King George V and Queen Mary. Box has a hinged lid with the Royal crest and portraits of the King and Queen printed on the lid and the manufacturer details on the bottom. The box is empty.
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Title
Commemorative Tin
Date
1935 – 1935
Material
metal; tin;
Dimensions
1.7 x 6.5 x 19.3 cm
Description
Commemorative tin chocolate box celebrating the Silver Jubilee of King George V and Queen Mary. Box has a hinged lid with the Royal crest and portraits of the King and Queen printed on the lid and the manufacturer details on the bottom. The box is empty.
Subject
Crosby family
Abegweit
commemorative items
British Royal Family
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth
Silver Jubilee
chocolate box
Credit
Gift of Robert Crosby Family, Banff, 1998
Catalogue Number
110.01.0285
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Date
1935 – 1935
Material
metal; tin;
Catalogue Number
110.01.0286
Description
Commemorative tin box celebrating the Silver Jubilee for King George V and Queen Mary. The box is predominantly blue with small gold fleur-de-lis throughout, a gold shield with a decorative “GvM” on it with lions on either side and a rose above [possibly the manufacturer’s logo] on the front and ba…
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Title
Tin Box
Date
1935 – 1935
Material
metal; tin;
Dimensions
6.7 x 9.4 x 15.0 cm
Description
Commemorative tin box celebrating the Silver Jubilee for King George V and Queen Mary. The box is predominantly blue with small gold fleur-de-lis throughout, a gold shield with a decorative “GvM” on it with lions on either side and a rose above [possibly the manufacturer’s logo] on the front and back, four shields with the Scottish cross on it below either a thistle or a clover on the short sides, and portraits of the King and Queen with the Royal flag and silver label on the lid. The lid is hinged along the back and is empty.
Subject
Crosby Family
Abegweit
Royal Family
commemorative
Credit
Gift of Robert Crosby Family, Banff, 1998
Catalogue Number
110.01.0286
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1934 – 1934
Medium
graphite; watercolour; on paper;
Catalogue Number
WyP.09.26
Description
Fabric-wrapped cardboard cover Japanese sketchbook with high-quality paper pages. All pages stacked folded over each other like an accordion. Contents include figure studies and caricatures/stylized portraits of Japanese men and women, often holding umbrella - almost all of the images of women have…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1934 – 1934
Medium
graphite; watercolour; on paper;
Dimensions
24.2 x 18.22 cm
Description
Fabric-wrapped cardboard cover Japanese sketchbook with high-quality paper pages. All pages stacked folded over each other like an accordion. Contents include figure studies and caricatures/stylized portraits of Japanese men and women, often holding umbrella - almost all of the images of women have been coloured in with watercolour paint.
Subject
sketching
drawing
portrait
figure study
Japan
painting
Peter Whyte
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.09.26
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Date
1934
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.129
Description
Side view portrait of a boy. He is wearing a yellow ochre bandana in his hair and a white shirt. The figure is placed against a raw canvas backdrop.
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Title
Balinese Boy
Date
1934
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
35.5 x 28.0 cm
Description
Side view portrait of a boy. He is wearing a yellow ochre bandana in his hair and a white shirt. The figure is placed against a raw canvas backdrop.
Subject
portrait, boy
Bali
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.129
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1934
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.081
Description
Drawing of people on a beach. Small preliminary sketch of man lying down in TRC.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1934
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
23 x 30 cm
Description
Drawing of people on a beach. Small preliminary sketch of man lying down in TRC.
Subject
beach
bathing suit
umbrella
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.081
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Date
1933 – 1933
Material
metal
Catalogue Number
109.03.0018
Description
Silver French coin. 5 Francs. Front: “LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE 5 FRANCS” above floral garland. Reverse: The bust of Marianne facing right with “REPVBLIQVE FRANÇAISE 1933”
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Title
Coin Money
Date
1933 – 1933
Material
metal
Dimensions
2.3 x 2.3 cm
Description
Silver French coin. 5 Francs. Front: “LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE 5 FRANCS” above floral garland. Reverse: The bust of Marianne facing right with “REPVBLIQVE FRANÇAISE 1933”
Subject
Whyte home
currency
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
109.03.0018
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Mrs.Tom Poucette; Nancy Abraham

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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Date
1931
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.302
Description
Woman wearing bright yellow scarf around head and tied in the front under her chin, black braided hair tied with red hangs in front on top of her blue top. Full head and shoulder view.
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Title
Mrs.Tom Poucette; Nancy Abraham
Date
1931
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
35.5 x 28.0 cm
Description
Woman wearing bright yellow scarf around head and tied in the front under her chin, black braided hair tied with red hangs in front on top of her blue top. Full head and shoulder view.
Subject
portrait, female
Indigenous
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.302
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Untitled (Reminiscent of an old English Village)

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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Date
1931
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
CoJ.02.08
Description
A dirt road leading into a small village. Large house in center with smaller houses in the background to the left. Perspective of a viewer from the road as it leaves a wooded area and continues towards houses.
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Title
Untitled (Reminiscent of an old English Village)
Date
1931
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
63 x 75 cm
Description
A dirt road leading into a small village. Large house in center with smaller houses in the background to the left. Perspective of a viewer from the road as it leaves a wooded area and continues towards houses.
Subject
English Village
dirt road
wood
trees
houses
England
Credit
Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
Catalogue Number
CoJ.02.08
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1930
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.057
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Mrs. Jonie
Date
1930
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
54.2 x 43.3 cm
Subject
portrait
female
Indigenous
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.057
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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The Rockies from the Bow River

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Artist
Maurice Galbraith Cullen (1866 – 1934, Canadian)
Date
1930
Medium
oil on board
Catalogue Number
CuM.02.01
Description
A snowy mountain landscape with the Bow River in the bottom quarter and a cloudy blue sky in the top quarter.
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Artist
Maurice Galbraith Cullen (1866 – 1934, Canadian)
Title
The Rockies from the Bow River
Date
1930
Medium
oil on board
Dimensions
36.0 x 46.5 cm
Description
A snowy mountain landscape with the Bow River in the bottom quarter and a cloudy blue sky in the top quarter.
Subject
Mountain
Bow River
tree
evergreen
snow
winter
Credit
Gift of Barbara McMorland, Calgary, 2017
Catalogue Number
CuM.02.01
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1916
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.226
Description
Drawing of 5 figures driving in a car. Two of the figures are holding onto the back of the car with their legs and bodies suspended in the air. Initials “J.W.” “C.W.” “DW” “C.W.” and “R.H.” are written next to figures.Figures may be “Jackie White”, “Cliff White”, “Reggie Holmes”, “Charlie Walker”, …
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1916
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
21.2 x 27.5 cm
Description
Drawing of 5 figures driving in a car. Two of the figures are holding onto the back of the car with their legs and bodies suspended in the air. Initials “J.W.” “C.W.” “DW” “C.W.” and “R.H.” are written next to figures.Figures may be “Jackie White”, “Cliff White”, “Reggie Holmes”, “Charlie Walker”, and “Jim Walker”.
Subject
car
road trip
motor trip
coast
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.226
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1916
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.227
Description
Drawing of a car with 5 figures, 2 holding on and flying out the back end of the car. Ahead of the car is a sign that reads “To Seattle”. Mountains and clouds in the background. Figures labeled “C.Walker”, “J.W.”, “C.W.”, “D.W.” and “R.H.” Figure labeled “D.W.” appears to be eating.Figures may be …
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1916
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
20.3 x 27.5 cm
Description
Drawing of a car with 5 figures, 2 holding on and flying out the back end of the car. Ahead of the car is a sign that reads “To Seattle”. Mountains and clouds in the background. Figures labeled “C.Walker”, “J.W.”, “C.W.”, “D.W.” and “R.H.” Figure labeled “D.W.” appears to be eating.Figures may be “Jackie White”, “Cliff White”, “Reggie Holmes”, “Charlie Walker”, and “Jim Walker”.
Subject
car
motor trip
road trip
coast
Seattle
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.227
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1916
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.229
Description
Drawing of 4 ? figures in a car. Two signs read “To Spokane” and “Speed 5 Miles”. Speech bubble from one figure says “GOOD BYE”. A passenger appears to be looking back and waving a handkerchief and figures in back are eating and drinking. No landscape.Figures may be “Jackie White”, “Cliff White”,…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Going to Spokane
Date
1916
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
21.2 x 27.5 cm
Description
Drawing of 4 ? figures in a car. Two signs read “To Spokane” and “Speed 5 Miles”. Speech bubble from one figure says “GOOD BYE”. A passenger appears to be looking back and waving a handkerchief and figures in back are eating and drinking. No landscape.Figures may be “Jackie White”, “Cliff White”, “Reggie Holmes”, “Charlie Walker”, and “Jim Walker”.
Subject
car
motor trip
road trip
coast
Spokane
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.229
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Coming Down Blewett Pass

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1916
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.230
Description
Drawing of a car with 5 figures in it. Car is going down a hill. “Coming Down Blewett Pass” is written in pencil in the TLC. Figures are labeled “Charlie” “Jim” “C.W.” “D.W.” “R.H.”Figures may be “Jackie White”, “Cliff White”, “Reggie Holmes”, “Charlie Walker”, and “Jim Walker”.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Coming Down Blewett Pass
Date
1916
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
21.2 x 27.5 cm
Description
Drawing of a car with 5 figures in it. Car is going down a hill. “Coming Down Blewett Pass” is written in pencil in the TLC. Figures are labeled “Charlie” “Jim” “C.W.” “D.W.” “R.H.”Figures may be “Jackie White”, “Cliff White”, “Reggie Holmes”, “Charlie Walker”, and “Jim Walker”.
Subject
car
motor trip
road trip
coast
Blewett Pass
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.230
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Going up Blewett Pass

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1916
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.231
Description
Drawing of a car with 2 figures sitting in the car, 2 behind pushing , and 1 in front pulling the car up a hill. Figures labeled “D. White” (pulling in front), “C. Walker” (sitting in driver’s seat), “C. White” (sitting in the back reading), “D. Walker” (pushing in back), “R. Holmes” (pushing in ba…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Going up Blewett Pass
Date
1916
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
21.2 x 27.5 cm
Description
Drawing of a car with 2 figures sitting in the car, 2 behind pushing , and 1 in front pulling the car up a hill. Figures labeled “D. White” (pulling in front), “C. Walker” (sitting in driver’s seat), “C. White” (sitting in the back reading), “D. Walker” (pushing in back), “R. Holmes” (pushing in back). “Going up Blewett Pass” written in pencil at bottom of page. Figures may be “Jackie White”, “Cliff White”, “Reggie Holmes”, “Charlie Walker”, and “Jim Walker”.
Subject
car
motor trip
road trip
coast
Blewett Pass
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.231
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