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- James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian) 17
- Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian) 12
- James McLaren Nicoll (1892 – 1986, Canadian) 12
- Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian) 3
- Joseph Francis Plaskett (1918 – 2014, Canadian) 2
- Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian) 2
- Dorothy V. Whyte 1
- J. Monroe Thorington (1894 – 1989, American) 1
- Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian) 1
- Robert M. Dingwall 1
- S. K. M. 1
- Sydney C. Vick (1855 – 1922, Canadian) 1
Woman with Ulu
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyc.01.209
- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- oil on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.209
- Description
- A girl sits cross legged with hands folded on her lap. She is wearing a big white parka with a hood and brown collar. She appears from the side against a bare white canvas.
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- Title
- Woman with Ulu
- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- oil on paper
- Dimensions
- 22.8 x 30.3 cm
- Description
- A girl sits cross legged with hands folded on her lap. She is wearing a big white parka with a hood and brown collar. She appears from the side against a bare white canvas.
- Subject
- landscape
- mountain
- Canadian Rockies
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.209
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Big Rock at Lake O'Hara
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyc.01.217
- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- oil on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.217
- Description
- A rugged rocky cliff surrounded by evergreens is located along the shores of Lake O'Hara. It ranges in colour from purples to yellow and orange. Lake O'Hara is depicted in slid turquoise. The mountains appear overhead beyond the cliffs with cobalt blue peering through top centre.
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- Title
- Big Rock at Lake O'Hara
- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- oil on paper
- Dimensions
- 22.8 x 30.3 cm
- Description
- A rugged rocky cliff surrounded by evergreens is located along the shores of Lake O'Hara. It ranges in colour from purples to yellow and orange. Lake O'Hara is depicted in slid turquoise. The mountains appear overhead beyond the cliffs with cobalt blue peering through top centre.
- Subject
- landscape
- mountain
- Canadian Rockies
- lake
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.217
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Mount Eisenhower
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyc.01.218
- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- oil on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.218
- Description
- The rugged terrain of Mt. Eisenhower rises from the dark black-green illusive treeline. A grey-blue wash surrounds the rocky peaks.
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- Title
- Mount Eisenhower
- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- oil on paper
- Dimensions
- 22.8 x 30.3 cm
- Description
- The rugged terrain of Mt. Eisenhower rises from the dark black-green illusive treeline. A grey-blue wash surrounds the rocky peaks.
- Subject
- landscape
- mountain
- Canadian Rockies
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.218
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Mount Eisenhower
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyc.01.219
- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- oil on canvas on aluminum
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.219
- Description
- This is a very close sketch of Mt. Eisenhower. The cliffs of the mountains are gold in colour. The varying row of blue and green vertical strip of paint signify a treeline at the base of the mountain. Patches of periodic blue paint indicate a blue sky.
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- Title
- Mount Eisenhower
- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- oil on canvas on aluminum
- Dimensions
- 25.4 x 30.3 cm
- Description
- This is a very close sketch of Mt. Eisenhower. The cliffs of the mountains are gold in colour. The varying row of blue and green vertical strip of paint signify a treeline at the base of the mountain. Patches of periodic blue paint indicate a blue sky.
- Subject
- landscape
- mountain
- Canadian Rockies
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.219
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Lake O'Hara, Opabin
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyc.01.220
- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.220
- Description
- The dark evergreens create a high wall of solid green colour behind the deep blue water of Lake O'Hara. The rough terrain of the mountain peaks Hungabee and Biddle stretch across the canvas above the treeline. A grey sky forecasts the arrival of an impending storm.
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- Title
- Lake O'Hara, Opabin
- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 25.4 x 30.3 cm
- Description
- The dark evergreens create a high wall of solid green colour behind the deep blue water of Lake O'Hara. The rough terrain of the mountain peaks Hungabee and Biddle stretch across the canvas above the treeline. A grey sky forecasts the arrival of an impending storm.
- Subject
- landscape
- mountain
- Canadian Rockies
- lake
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.220
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Mount Yukness and Opabin
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyc.01.230
- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- oil on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.230
- Description
- Large rock forms comprise the immediate foreground framing the turquoise coloured lake behind it. A line strip of land populated with evergreens divides the lake latitudinally. The Yukness-Opabin are heavily populated with evergreens. The cliffs of the mountains folds behind one another. Light hazy…
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- Title
- Mount Yukness and Opabin
- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- oil on paper
- Dimensions
- 22.8 x 30.3 cm
- Description
- Large rock forms comprise the immediate foreground framing the turquoise coloured lake behind it. A line strip of land populated with evergreens divides the lake latitudinally. The Yukness-Opabin are heavily populated with evergreens. The cliffs of the mountains folds behind one another. Light hazy blue mountain peaks appear beyond the immediate mountain peaks. A light blue sky slightly covered with white fluffy clouds which are located in the top right corner.
- Subject
- landscape
- mountain
- Canadian Rockies
- lake
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.230
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Cathedral Mountain in Wapta Muck
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyc.01.231
- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.231
- Description
- Cathedral rises through the whisps of circling cloud covering. The green blue, splashes of paint at the base of the mountain gives the impression of a thick forest. Beige strokes of paint stretch up to the purplish mass of rock beyond the treeline. Catharine is encompassed by a grey sky.
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- Title
- Cathedral Mountain in Wapta Muck
- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 25.4 x 30.3 cm
- Description
- Cathedral rises through the whisps of circling cloud covering. The green blue, splashes of paint at the base of the mountain gives the impression of a thick forest. Beige strokes of paint stretch up to the purplish mass of rock beyond the treeline. Catharine is encompassed by a grey sky.
- Subject
- landscape
- mountain
- Canadian Rockies
- lake
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.231
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- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- oil on canvas on aluminum
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.232
- Description
- This is a very loose sketch of a rock garden. The dominate colours are red in the middle of the picture frame. It is surrounded by exuberant circular brush strokes of beige, purple and blue paint. Smaller green and yellow strokes of paint around the red mass of colour imply some sort of shrub or bu…
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- Title
- Rock Garden
- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- oil on canvas on aluminum
- Dimensions
- 25.4 x 30.3 cm
- Description
- This is a very loose sketch of a rock garden. The dominate colours are red in the middle of the picture frame. It is surrounded by exuberant circular brush strokes of beige, purple and blue paint. Smaller green and yellow strokes of paint around the red mass of colour imply some sort of shrub or bush.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.232
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Mount Athabasca
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyc.01.355
- Date
- 1967 – 1970
- Medium
- oil on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.355
- Description
- Very rough sketch of mountain scene, the blue paint has been used to create the outline of the mountains, rather than the mountains being a solid filled in mass.
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- Title
- Mount Athabasca
- Date
- 1967 – 1970
- Medium
- oil on paper
- Dimensions
- 22.8 x 30.3 cm
- Description
- Very rough sketch of mountain scene, the blue paint has been used to create the outline of the mountains, rather than the mountains being a solid filled in mass.
- Subject
- landscape
- mountain
- Canadian Rockies
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.355
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- Date
- 1967 – 1970
- Medium
- oil on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.356
- Description
- Rough lake sketch, foreground is suggested with dry brush stokes of brown, lake solid turquoise colour, pine tree on the left side (edge of lake), grey mountain centre background, which is filled in behind with dry brush strokes of dark grey.
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- Title
- Moraine Lake
- Date
- 1967 – 1970
- Medium
- oil on paper
- Dimensions
- 22.8 x 30.3 cm
- Description
- Rough lake sketch, foreground is suggested with dry brush stokes of brown, lake solid turquoise colour, pine tree on the left side (edge of lake), grey mountain centre background, which is filled in behind with dry brush strokes of dark grey.
- Subject
- landscape
- mountain
- Canadian Rockies
- lake
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.356
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Mountains and Clouds
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyc.01.357
- Date
- 1968 – 1970
- Medium
- oil on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.357
- Description
- Green mountainous area blc, become mountain range across bottom of painting, sharp peak centre right, upper two thirds of the painting are thick clouds of grey and white with hints of solid blue sky showing through, solid grey across top of painting.
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- Title
- Mountains and Clouds
- Date
- 1968 – 1970
- Medium
- oil on paper
- Dimensions
- 22.8 x 30.3 cm
- Description
- Green mountainous area blc, become mountain range across bottom of painting, sharp peak centre right, upper two thirds of the painting are thick clouds of grey and white with hints of solid blue sky showing through, solid grey across top of painting.
- Subject
- landscape
- mountain
- Canadian Rockies
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.357
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- Date
- 1968 – 1969
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.177
- Description
- Lake McArthur lies below a large navy grey mass of mountain face, which comprises 2/3 of the sketch. Various cloud formations are draped across the mountain side obscuring any actual details of the mountain. Reddish brown rocks stretch across the immediate ridges of the sketch overlooking the lake …
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- Title
- Lake McArthur
- Date
- 1968 – 1969
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 22.8 x 28.0 cm
- Description
- Lake McArthur lies below a large navy grey mass of mountain face, which comprises 2/3 of the sketch. Various cloud formations are draped across the mountain side obscuring any actual details of the mountain. Reddish brown rocks stretch across the immediate ridges of the sketch overlooking the lake below.
- Subject
- landscape
- mountain
- Canadian Rockies
- lake
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.177
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C Level Lake, Bankhead, Cascade Mountain
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- Artist
- Dorothy V. Whyte
- Date
- 1967
- Medium
- oil on canvas board
- Catalogue Number
- WhD.02.01
- Description
- Colour: green, blue, purple. Purple bushes run along tthe lower edge. In he center banked on either side by green bushes is blue green water. The upper third is the far shore of trees and mountains in the distance. There is grey sky along the top.
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- Artist
- Dorothy V. Whyte
- Title
- C Level Lake, Bankhead, Cascade Mountain
- Date
- 1967
- Medium
- oil on canvas board
- Dimensions
- 12.7 x 17.7 cm
- Description
- Colour: green, blue, purple. Purple bushes run along tthe lower edge. In he center banked on either side by green bushes is blue green water. The upper third is the far shore of trees and mountains in the distance. There is grey sky along the top.
- Subject
- landscape, lake
- mountain
- Canadian Rockies
- Credit
- Gift of Dorothy V. Whyte, West Vancouver, 1970
- Catalogue Number
- WhD.02.01
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Mount Thorington 1968
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactthm.02.01
- 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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- 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.
- Credit
- Gift of J. Monroe Thorington, Philadelphia, USA, 1969
- Catalogue Number
- ThM.02.01
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South from Palliser Pass
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactsij.05.06
- Date
- 1961
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- SiJ.05.06
- Description
- Colour: green, blue. Foreground is shrubs and trees sloping down to the center. A bank of trees rises up on the right and further in the distance to the left as well. The valley leads to mountains up center. The sky across the top is yellow at the left and blue at the right.
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- Title
- South from Palliser Pass
- Date
- 1961
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 19.1 x 24.2 cm
- Description
- Colour: green, blue. Foreground is shrubs and trees sloping down to the center. A bank of trees rises up on the right and further in the distance to the left as well. The valley leads to mountains up center. The sky across the top is yellow at the left and blue at the right.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- mountain
- pass
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1967
- Catalogue Number
- SiJ.05.06
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- Date
- 1969
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- SiJ.05.07
- Description
- Colour: Blue, brown, yellow. Hooking down into a valley which goes from the lower left corner to the middle right area. The treed mountain side rises up on the right side. In the distance above the snow in the upper left area are two mountain peaks. The sky is yellow to pink brown to blue from righ…
- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1969
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 22.9 x 30.5 cm
- Description
- Colour: Blue, brown, yellow. Hooking down into a valley which goes from the lower left corner to the middle right area. The treed mountain side rises up on the right side. In the distance above the snow in the upper left area are two mountain peaks. The sky is yellow to pink brown to blue from right to left.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- mountain
- water
- Credit
- Purchased from Unknown, 1970
- Catalogue Number
- SiJ.05.07
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- Date
- 1962
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- SiJ.05.10
- Description
- Colour: blue, brown, yellow. mountain slopes leaning to the right. In the lower center is a clump of shrubs. Blue sky in the upper half has a yellow patch left of center.
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1962
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 8.3 x 15.1 cm
- Description
- Colour: blue, brown, yellow. mountain slopes leaning to the right. In the lower center is a clump of shrubs. Blue sky in the upper half has a yellow patch left of center.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- mountain
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1977
- Catalogue Number
- SiJ.05.10
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Stream Coming from Peyto Lake
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- Date
- 1962
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- SiJ.05.40
- Description
- A blue/green stream is centre bottom and dissappears in centre of picture; autumn colours on both banks; evergreen trees also both banks; mountains in background centre of picture; cloudy sky; brc inked markings appears to have been signed and dated then inked out; inscription on brc of mat: Happy …
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- Title
- Stream Coming from Peyto Lake
- Date
- 1962
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 14.0 x 18.0 cm
- Description
- A blue/green stream is centre bottom and dissappears in centre of picture; autumn colours on both banks; evergreen trees also both banks; mountains in background centre of picture; cloudy sky; brc inked markings appears to have been signed and dated then inked out; inscription on brc of mat: Happy Xmas & Happy New Year from Simpson clan 1962-63. Credit both The Banff Centre and Mrs.J. I. Brewster in any exhibition of publication of the collection, either in whole or in part. Banff Centre catalogue numbers: 81 0308 A; 20661.
- Credit
- Gift of Banff Centre Brewster Donation, Banff, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- SiJ.05.40
- Notes
- Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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- Date
- 1962
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- SiJ.05.57
- Description
- Snow covered mountains in background, snow covered foreground with one tree at left-centre and more trees in distance on far left. The sky is blue and yellow.
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1962
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Description
- Snow covered mountains in background, snow covered foreground with one tree at left-centre and more trees in distance on far left. The sky is blue and yellow.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- snowscape
- mountain
- Credit
- Gift of James (Jr.) Simpson, Rocky Mountain House, 2000
- Catalogue Number
- SiJ.05.57
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- Date
- 1964
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- SiJ.05.58
- Description
- Cloudy night sky, moon is in trc, with mountains in upper left of painting. A valley in the foreground with several trees at the centre of the painting and wooded area at the left of the image. Trees recede into the distance.
- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1964
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Description
- Cloudy night sky, moon is in trc, with mountains in upper left of painting. A valley in the foreground with several trees at the centre of the painting and wooded area at the left of the image. Trees recede into the distance.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- mountain
- forest
- Credit
- Gift of James (Jr.) Simpson, Rocky Mountain House, 2000
- Catalogue Number
- SiJ.05.58
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