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- Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian) 11
- Sarain Stump (1945 – 1974, Canadian) 4
- Clarence Ingwall Tillenius (1913 – 2012, Canadian) 2
- Edward Hardy Harrison (1926 – , Canadian) 2
- Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian) 2
- Jim Stewart (1949 – , Canadian) 2
- Josie Wiedel 2
- Phil Michaud (1935 – 2010, Canadian) 2
- Alexandra M. Haeseker (1945 – , Canadian) 1
- Dorothy Elsie Knowles Perehudoff (1927 – 2023, Canadian) 1
- Dulcie Dixon Foo Fat (1946 – , Canadian) 1
- Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian) 1
- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- metal; skin; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0161
- Description
- A brown suede purse which hangs by two straps from a fabric belt. There is a small money holder with a metal frame that fits inside a pocket. The money holder fastens with two snaps. The lining of the purse is stamped with a patent note.
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- Title
- Purse
- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- metal; skin; fibre
- Dimensions
- 24.0 x 1.0 x 14.5 cm
- Description
- A brown suede purse which hangs by two straps from a fabric belt. There is a small money holder with a metal frame that fits inside a pocket. The money holder fastens with two snaps. The lining of the purse is stamped with a patent note.
- Subject
- tourism
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0161
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- Date
- 1970
- Material
- skin; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.3009
- Description
- Thick leather fold-over purse decorated with four rows of brass tacks curved arond a cross at the centre of the top flap. Back of purse has a 2.5 cm wide leather strap for slipping belt through. Tag printed with “ALBERTA STONEY INDIAN HAND CRAFTS MORLEY - ALBERTA” with a teepee and symbols. Th…
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- Title
- Purse
- Date
- 1970
- Material
- skin; metal
- Dimensions
- 11.0 x 14.5 cm
- Description
- Thick leather fold-over purse decorated with four rows of brass tacks curved arond a cross at the centre of the top flap. Back of purse has a 2.5 cm wide leather strap for slipping belt through. Tag printed with “ALBERTA STONEY INDIAN HAND CRAFTS MORLEY - ALBERTA” with a teepee and symbols. The reverse of the tag has CRW's writing: "Purse for belt belonged to Edwin Dixons mother - Belt he wore & is worn out Mina Lefthand - blind since he was 7."
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.3009
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Lookout #2, Pacific Rim
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- Date
- 1983
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- HaA.05.01
- Description
- An English Sheepdog, facing to the left, is standing on a beach near the water's edge. The sand is gray/blue, the ocean is green/blue with white highlights.
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- Title
- Lookout #2, Pacific Rim
- Date
- 1983
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 49.0 x 70.7 cm
- Description
- An English Sheepdog, facing to the left, is standing on a beach near the water's edge. The sand is gray/blue, the ocean is green/blue with white highlights.
- Subject
- seascape
- animal, dog
- Credit
- Purchased from Mira Godard Gallery, Gallery, 1983
- Catalogue Number
- HaA.05.01
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Wolf Attacking Cow
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- Date
- prior to 1996
- Medium
- oil on panel
- Catalogue Number
- TiC.02.04
- Description
- This painting shows a close up view of a wolf running along side of a bison. The wolf is attacking the cow. Both the bison and the wolf are running to the left side of the painting from the right. In the upper right corner there are two more bison running in the same direction. The ground looks as…
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- Title
- Wolf Attacking Cow
- Date
- prior to 1996
- Medium
- oil on panel
- Dimensions
- 30.4 x 60.9 cm
- Description
- This painting shows a close up view of a wolf running along side of a bison. The wolf is attacking the cow. Both the bison and the wolf are running to the left side of the painting from the right. In the upper right corner there are two more bison running in the same direction. The ground looks as if it is covered with snow and the snow has a blue colour in the shadow areas. The bison and the wolf are brown in colour.
- Credit
- Gift of Clarence Ingwall Tillenius, Winnipeg, 1996
- Catalogue Number
- TiC.02.04
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Cutting Out The Stragglers
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- Date
- prior to 1996
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- TiC.02.05
- Description
- Three wolves have singled out one bison from a herd and are making an attack. The rest of the herd are running from the right side of the image to the left. The ground is covered in snow and blue in colour. The wolves have a yellow colour intergrated with brown in their fur. In the distance are tre…
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- Title
- Cutting Out The Stragglers
- Date
- prior to 1996
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 60.9 x 121.9 cm
- Description
- Three wolves have singled out one bison from a herd and are making an attack. The rest of the herd are running from the right side of the image to the left. The ground is covered in snow and blue in colour. The wolves have a yellow colour intergrated with brown in their fur. In the distance are trees, bison and a few more wolves.
- Credit
- Gift of Clarence Ingwall Tillenius, Winnipeg, 1996
- Catalogue Number
- TiC.02.05
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Spring Flowers in the Mountains
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- Date
- prior to 1993
- Medium
- acrylic, charcoal on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- KnD.12.01
- Description
- In the foreground and along the right side of this painting there are green trees and green grass with flowers. The flowers in the foreground are pink and red in colour. In the center and off to the left side of this painting is a lake. The lake has many reflections from the surrounding trees. Alon…
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- Title
- Spring Flowers in the Mountains
- Date
- prior to 1993
- Medium
- acrylic, charcoal on canvas
- Dimensions
- 159.0 x 159.0 cm
- Description
- In the foreground and along the right side of this painting there are green trees and green grass with flowers. The flowers in the foreground are pink and red in colour. In the center and off to the left side of this painting is a lake. The lake has many reflections from the surrounding trees. Along the back of the lake are more trees and behind these trees is a mountain range. The sky behind the mountains is grey with a bit of cloud cover.
- Credit
- Gift of Dorothy Elsie Knowles Perehudoff, Saskatoon, 1996
- Catalogue Number
- KnD.12.01
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Kananaskis Moss and Pine Needles
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactfod.02.01
- Date
- 1985
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- FoD.02.01
- Description
- The entire canvas is filled with a realistic rendering (from a photograph) of a forest floor, light green moss dominates the centre, spreading out to top right and lower left, top left corner is mottled white, overlaid are varied coloured long grasses and pine needles
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- Title
- Kananaskis Moss and Pine Needles
- Date
- 1985
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 101.0 x 152.0 cm
- Description
- The entire canvas is filled with a realistic rendering (from a photograph) of a forest floor, light green moss dominates the centre, spreading out to top right and lower left, top left corner is mottled white, overlaid are varied coloured long grasses and pine needles
- Credit
- Purchased from Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, 1989
- Catalogue Number
- FoD.02.01
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White Pass and Yukon Route 1971
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- Date
- 1971
- Medium
- acrylic on canvas board
- Catalogue Number
- HaT.12.01
- Description
- General colour: green, pink, yellow. In the foreground are thirty-one figures; children, adults, all going somewhere or playing or chatting. There are dogs and cats and crows. Behind them on the near side of the river are six shacks and an outhouse. On the other side of the river is a white boat, a…
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- Title
- White Pass and Yukon Route 1971
- Date
- 1971
- Medium
- acrylic on canvas board
- Dimensions
- 62.5 x 79.5 cm
- Description
- General colour: green, pink, yellow. In the foreground are thirty-one figures; children, adults, all going somewhere or playing or chatting. There are dogs and cats and crows. Behind them on the near side of the river are six shacks and an outhouse. On the other side of the river is a white boat, a train,a bridge, two churches, a government school and several more shacks. Behind are green hills and pink valleys. The sky is black with a red sun.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1970
- Catalogue Number
- HaT.12.01
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The Yellow Car 1971
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- Date
- 1971
- Medium
- acrylic on canvas board
- Catalogue Number
- HaT.12.02
- Description
- General colour: purple, red, green, yellow. Central image on a green ground is a building with two additions. Three chimneys, a crossed pole on the right behind, a stand with two oil drums on it at the front. The roof is red, the walls white and purple. In front are sixteen children and adults, two…
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- Title
- The Yellow Car 1971
- Date
- 1971
- Medium
- acrylic on canvas board
- Dimensions
- 40.8 x 50.8 cm
- Description
- General colour: purple, red, green, yellow. Central image on a green ground is a building with two additions. Three chimneys, a crossed pole on the right behind, a stand with two oil drums on it at the front. The roof is red, the walls white and purple. In front are sixteen children and adults, two black dogs and a black cat, three crows picking at garbage near an overturned oil drum at right. The sky is purple with a red sun. On the horizon line at the right side is a yellow car up on blocks.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1970
- Catalogue Number
- HaT.12.02
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Part of the Sawback Range
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- Date
- 1981
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- GyH.02.02
- Description
- In the foreground are rocks of different size and colour ranging from a pale yellow to blue grey hue. The distant Rockie Mountains, are very sharp and resemble the teeth of a wood saw. The distant mountains are grey and blue, while the larger rocks in the mid ground are tones of brown and yellow. T…
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- Title
- Part of the Sawback Range
- Date
- 1981
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 60.96 x 72.20 cm
- Description
- In the foreground are rocks of different size and colour ranging from a pale yellow to blue grey hue. The distant Rockie Mountains, are very sharp and resemble the teeth of a wood saw. The distant mountains are grey and blue, while the larger rocks in the mid ground are tones of brown and yellow. The very bottom of the image is light to medium yellow in colour and is free of any rocks with a signature in the blc. Above the mountains in the background the sky is white, mid blue and blue grey in colour.
- Credit
- Purchased from Canadian Art Gallery, Canmore, 1996
- Catalogue Number
- GyH.02.02
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- Date
- 1986
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- KeI.02.04
- Description
- A farm scene with pink, grey and purple foothills behind, and dust devils in front rising to a turbulent sky. The lower one-third is the grey road lined by green on both sides through the fields; on the viewer’s left are fields in gold, green, grey, purple and brown, and on the viewer’s left of the…
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- Title
- Dust Devils
- Date
- 1986
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 122.0 x 137.0 cm
- Description
- A farm scene with pink, grey and purple foothills behind, and dust devils in front rising to a turbulent sky. The lower one-third is the grey road lined by green on both sides through the fields; on the viewer’s left are fields in gold, green, grey, purple and brown, and on the viewer’s left of the road, a red shed with a purple roof, then a white farmhouse with a purple roof, and another shed partially obscured by the dust funnel rising up to mingle with clouds in the sky. Further to the left another red building with a purple roof and to the left of that another dust funnel (dust devil) rising up to the storm clouds and sheets of weather in the sky. Three-quarters of the painting is the purple,pink and grey clouds and several storm sheets creating a large foreboding sky. Signed on the bottom left corner with the artist’s logo.
- Credit
- Gift of Johannes Thiessen, Calgary, 2006
- Catalogue Number
- KeI.02.04
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Going to Church 1907
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactmci.05.01
- Date
- 1982
- Medium
- watercolour; ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- McI.05.01
- Description
- The bottom quarter of the picture shows people walking all directions, all are dressed up, some have umbrellas and some have dogs on the leash. The next quarter is the road; there are four horse and buggy teams - two horse and two one horse buggies, there are people in them. Two couples with two ch…
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- Title
- Going to Church 1907
- Date
- 1982
- Medium
- watercolour; ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 20.3 x 54.5 cm
- Description
- The bottom quarter of the picture shows people walking all directions, all are dressed up, some have umbrellas and some have dogs on the leash. The next quarter is the road; there are four horse and buggy teams - two horse and two one horse buggies, there are people in them. Two couples with two children each are crossing the road at the left. The next quarter shows a string of houses and the church, with many more people walking. The top quarter of the picture is a pale blue sky.
- Credit
- Gift of Irene McCaugherty, Fort MacLeod, 1983
- Catalogue Number
- McI.05.01
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- Artist
- James Whaite
- Date
- prior to 1916
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WhJ.05.01
- Description
- A mountain scene, left foreground is covered with logs and rocks on grass, a river bank, running from bottom right to lower left centre is a fast flowing river, lots of foliage on trees on riverbank, mountains rise behind riverbank, tree covered, clouds on mountains tops and in the sky.
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- Artist
- James Whaite
- Title
- Hope
- Date
- prior to 1916
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 62.5 x 44.1 cm
- Description
- A mountain scene, left foreground is covered with logs and rocks on grass, a river bank, running from bottom right to lower left centre is a fast flowing river, lots of foliage on trees on riverbank, mountains rise behind riverbank, tree covered, clouds on mountains tops and in the sky.
- Subject
- landscape, mountain
- river
- forest
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- WhJ.05.01
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Mount Assiniboine
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- Date
- 1971
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- MiJ.05.01
- Description
- General colour: white and grey with yellow and tints of purple and green. At the right side stands a yellow tree with snow down it's right side. At the bottom left side is a lake, frozen clear, the trees and mountains beyond are reflected in it. Two snowy peaks give way to grey sky.
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- Title
- Mount Assiniboine
- Date
- 1971
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 35.2 x 54.3 cm
- Description
- General colour: white and grey with yellow and tints of purple and green. At the right side stands a yellow tree with snow down it's right side. At the bottom left side is a lake, frozen clear, the trees and mountains beyond are reflected in it. Two snowy peaks give way to grey sky.
- Subject
- landscape
- mountain
- Mount Assiniboine
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- MiJ.05.01
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- Date
- 1988
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- MiJ.05.03
- Description
- The mountain, a realistic rendering of Cascade Mountain in Banff National Park, is light blue and grey, covers most of the picture, cloudy sky top edge, foreground left is a road, to the right of road is a clump of yellow trees among some evergreens and grasses
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- Title
- Cascade
- Date
- 1988
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 42.2 x 58.1 cm
- Description
- The mountain, a realistic rendering of Cascade Mountain in Banff National Park, is light blue and grey, covers most of the picture, cloudy sky top edge, foreground left is a road, to the right of road is a clump of yellow trees among some evergreens and grasses
- Subject
- landscape
- mountain
- Cascade Mountain
- Credit
- Gift of Janet Holly Middleton, Banff, 1991
- Catalogue Number
- MiJ.05.03
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- Date
- 1977
- Medium
- acrylic on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- StJ.12.01
- Description
- A shiney grey triangle is centered; background is light grey with streaks of colours, purple, pink, red, black, etc.; a red cube is below centre triangle, red lines go to both sides; brown foreground, top sides of which billow upwards above centre; 2 purple lines centre left; splashes of pink.
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- Title
- Transformer 2
- Date
- 1977
- Medium
- acrylic on canvas
- Dimensions
- 30.5 x 40.7 cm
- Description
- A shiney grey triangle is centered; background is light grey with streaks of colours, purple, pink, red, black, etc.; a red cube is below centre triangle, red lines go to both sides; brown foreground, top sides of which billow upwards above centre; 2 purple lines centre left; splashes of pink.
- Subject
- abstract
- non-representational
- Credit
- Purchased from Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, 1990
- Catalogue Number
- StJ.12.01
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- Date
- 1977
- Medium
- acrylic on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- StJ.12.02
- Description
- A golden triangle with red at each point covers top of painting to a point below centre; a grid of red lines has colours of green along bottom edge to purples and blues; 5 black lines with smaller red and yellow dots over picture in no particular order.
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- Title
- Megalith
- Date
- 1977
- Medium
- acrylic on canvas
- Dimensions
- 30.7 x 40.6 cm
- Description
- A golden triangle with red at each point covers top of painting to a point below centre; a grid of red lines has colours of green along bottom edge to purples and blues; 5 black lines with smaller red and yellow dots over picture in no particular order.
- Subject
- abstract
- non-representational
- Credit
- Purchased from Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, 1990
- Catalogue Number
- StJ.12.02
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- Date
- 1970 – 1980
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- TuJ.05.03
- Description
- Small painting with snow in the foreground, tree line, mountains and sky; there is some yellow in the foreground; pink in the sky; 2 highlights of red at centre right and centre left; this card glued onto another card, and that glued onto a folded-over card; it was a Christmas card sent to Cathari…
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- Title
- Winter Scene
- Date
- 1970 – 1980
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 11.1 x 15.6 cm
- Description
- Small painting with snow in the foreground, tree line, mountains and sky; there is some yellow in the foreground; pink in the sky; 2 highlights of red at centre right and centre left; this card glued onto another card, and that glued onto a folded-over card; it was a Christmas card sent to Catharine; written in J.D. Turner's hand on front of card: To Catherine (sic) All our best wishes at Christmas time and in the New Year Grace and Jack.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- TuJ.05.03
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From Sulphur Mountain III
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- Date
- 1987
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- KhJ.05.01
- Description
- The top part of a mountain dominates the top half of the picture, it is shrouded in clouds and fog.
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- Title
- From Sulphur Mountain III
- Date
- 1987
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 55.0 x 43.0 cm
- Description
- The top part of a mountain dominates the top half of the picture, it is shrouded in clouds and fog.
- Credit
- Purchased from Virginia Christopher Galleries, Calgary, 1987
- Catalogue Number
- KhJ.05.01
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- Artist
- Josie Wiedel
- Title
- Mount Towers
- Date
- 1977
- Medium
- watercolour; ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 37.8 x 45.4 cm
- Subject
- landscape, mountain
- Canadian Rockies
- Credit
- Gift of Josie Weidel, Banff, 1982
- Catalogue Number
- WlJ.05.02
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