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Date
1850 – 1900
Material
wood
Catalogue Number
102.04.0200
Description
A lathe-turned round-dish, flat-bottomed box with a domed, lapping lid which fits flushly over a flange on the box body. Box and lid are painted a boxcar red and decorated with designs of circles and flowers, varnish over paint has oxidized. Interior of box has been painted a dark green.
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Title
Trinket Box
Date
1850 – 1900
Material
wood
Dimensions
6.3 x 13.0 cm
Description
A lathe-turned round-dish, flat-bottomed box with a domed, lapping lid which fits flushly over a flange on the box body. Box and lid are painted a boxcar red and decorated with designs of circles and flowers, varnish over paint has oxidized. Interior of box has been painted a dark green.
Subject
households
decorative
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
102.04.0200
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Date
1965 – 1970
Material
bark; grass; fibre; quill
Catalogue Number
102.04.0270 a,b
Description
Two oval, lidded, birchbark baskets with flat bases, straight sides. (A) White crosshatch and red zig-zag quillwork on exterior with black thread trim at rim and base (where sweetgrass is located, red and white flower design on lid, as well as sweetgrass. Black thread rim trim. (B) green and white…
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Title
Trinket Box
Date
1965 – 1970
Material
bark; grass; fibre; quill
Dimensions
6.0 x 7.0 x 13.5 cm
Description
Two oval, lidded, birchbark baskets with flat bases, straight sides. (A) White crosshatch and red zig-zag quillwork on exterior with black thread trim at rim and base (where sweetgrass is located, red and white flower design on lid, as well as sweetgrass. Black thread rim trim. (B) green and white "X" design in quillwork on exterior, with sweetgrass and black thread trim at rim and base. Red flower with green and white stem on lid in quillwork, as well as sweetgrass black thread rim trim. "Quest" sticker (Banff store) on base.
Subject
households
Indigenous, Ojibwa
crafts
quillwork
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
102.04.0270 a,b
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Date
1965 – 1970
Material
bark; grass; fibre; quill
Catalogue Number
102.04.0271
Description
Flat-based, straight-sided, circular, lidded basket. "Quest" sticker (Banff store) on base. Vertical red and white quillwork on base and lid exterior. Pink and green tulip-like flower on lid. Sweetgrass and black thread rim trim.
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Title
Trinket Box
Date
1965 – 1970
Material
bark; grass; fibre; quill
Dimensions
5.5 x 7.5 cm
Description
Flat-based, straight-sided, circular, lidded basket. "Quest" sticker (Banff store) on base. Vertical red and white quillwork on base and lid exterior. Pink and green tulip-like flower on lid. Sweetgrass and black thread rim trim.
Subject
households
Indigenous
crafts
quillwork
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
102.04.0271
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Date
1969 – 1970
Material
wood; grass
Catalogue Number
102.04.0320
Description
Hinged, lidded box lined with pink cotton fabric. Light coloured wood is unvarnished on bottom. "Made in U.S.S.R." sticker on bottom. Decoration is stained yellow and red straw or grass arranged in floral and geometric diamond design throughout lid and sides.
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Title
Trinket Box
Date
1969 – 1970
Material
wood; grass
Dimensions
5.4 x 12.2 x 24.0 cm
Description
Hinged, lidded box lined with pink cotton fabric. Light coloured wood is unvarnished on bottom. "Made in U.S.S.R." sticker on bottom. Decoration is stained yellow and red straw or grass arranged in floral and geometric diamond design throughout lid and sides.
Subject
households
decorative
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
102.04.0320
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Date
1968
Material
paint; board; wood
Catalogue Number
107.02.0079 a,b
Description
Two paintings signed by Harvey Baptiste. a) simple painting on canvas board. Large green field with brown cliffs in front and blue mountains and sky in background. b) very detailed parting of small lake with trees around it and mountain in background. Impressionist style. Painting is 19.5 cm x 23.5…
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Title
Oil Painting
Date
1968
Material
paint; board; wood
Dimensions
30.0 x 40.0 cm
Description
Two paintings signed by Harvey Baptiste. a) simple painting on canvas board. Large green field with brown cliffs in front and blue mountains and sky in background. b) very detailed parting of small lake with trees around it and mountain in background. Impressionist style. Painting is 19.5 cm x 23.5 cm and is in a thick blond wood frame. Size with frame is: 32.0 cm x 37.0 cm. Writing on back reads: “THE FLOOTING CLOUDS HARVEY [“AUBREY” is crossed out] BAPTISTE, MAY 14, 68”
Subject
Whyte home
art
paintings
landscapes
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
107.02.0079 a,b
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Artist
William Bonnetplume (1946 – 2001, Canadian)
Date
c. 1973
Medium
oil on board
Catalogue Number
BpW.02.01
Description
Dog team in a snow storm, in front of a cabin; signed brc “Wm Bonnetplume”
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Artist
William Bonnetplume (1946 – 2001, Canadian)
Title
Untitled [dog team]
Date
c. 1973
Medium
oil on board
Dimensions
35.5 x 45.3 cm
Description
Dog team in a snow storm, in front of a cabin; signed brc “Wm Bonnetplume”
Subject
animal, dogteam
figure, man
man, Inuit
architecture, cabin
landscape, winter
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
BpW.02.01
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Artist
Charles Fraser Comfort (1900 – 1994, Canadian)
Date
1968
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
CfC.01.01
Description
An oil painting entitled “Hommage” as an hommage to Manet’s “Le Dejeuner Sur L’Herbe”.Blue and white label on back reads:Royal Canadian Academy of Arts YEAR 1968ARTISTS NAME Charles F. Comfort LLD RCAADDRESS 28 Blvd. Alexandre Tache Hull P.Q.TITLE HOMMAGE PRICE: $4500.ooSIZE H X W 59” x 72” M…
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Artist
Charles Fraser Comfort (1900 – 1994, Canadian)
Title
Hommage
Date
1968
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
128.0 x 184.0 cm
Description
An oil painting entitled “Hommage” as an hommage to Manet’s “Le Dejeuner Sur L’Herbe”.Blue and white label on back reads:Royal Canadian Academy of Arts YEAR 1968ARTISTS NAME Charles F. Comfort LLD RCAADDRESS 28 Blvd. Alexandre Tache Hull P.Q.TITLE HOMMAGE PRICE: $4500.ooSIZE H X W 59” x 72” MEDIUM oil on CanvasRed sticker underneath Member R.C.Awritten trhc in black felt pen: #44 See narrative for information regarding the painting.
Subject
picnic lunch
nude, female
male
Credit
Gift of , 2003
Catalogue Number
CfC.01.01
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Artist
Duncan Crockford (1920 – 1992)
Date
1966
Medium
painting on canvas
Catalogue Number
CrD.02.01
Description
A landscape oil painting. In the background are mountains and a blue sky with white clouds. In the foreground is a field with two blonde horses grazing on the left and one brown and white one on the right. Behind the horses is a wooden fence and a small pond. Behind the pond is a small building and…
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Artist
Duncan Crockford (1920 – 1992)
Title
The Three Sisters
Date
1966
Medium
painting on canvas
Dimensions
76.5 x 91.5 cm
Description
A landscape oil painting. In the background are mountains and a blue sky with white clouds. In the foreground is a field with two blonde horses grazing on the left and one brown and white one on the right. Behind the horses is a wooden fence and a small pond. Behind the pond is a small building and a white church steeple is visible behind the building. The horses and buildings are also surrounded by forest, a mix of green coniferous and golden deciduous trees. The artist signature is painted in the bottom rhc, “Duncan /66”.
Subject
landscape
mountains
three sisters
Duncan Crockford
Credit
Gift of William Randall (Estate), Halifax, 2011
Catalogue Number
CrD.02.01
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Eskimo Children II, Resolute Bay, N.W.T.

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Artist
Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)
Date
1960
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
DaK.02.01
Description
The faces of three children look out from parka hoods. Behind in the distance are mountains.
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Artist
Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)
Title
Eskimo Children II, Resolute Bay, N.W.T.
Date
1960
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
75.0 x 62.3 cm
Description
The faces of three children look out from parka hoods. Behind in the distance are mountains.
Subject
portrait
child
group
Inuit
Credit
Purchased from Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper, 1969
Catalogue Number
DaK.02.01
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Autumn Storm, Shuswap Lake, B.C.

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Artist
Rick Nicholas de Grandmaison (1932 – 1985, Canadian)
Date
c. 1970
Medium
oil on canvas board
Catalogue Number
DgO.02.01
Description
Yellow/orange colour dominates from centre to top right; foreground and bottom right are brown trees, higher to the right of picture; behind these trees is a blue lake, yellow reflection; a varied coloured green mountain is in the centre left; light yellow sweeps down from top left.
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Artist
Rick Nicholas de Grandmaison (1932 – 1985, Canadian)
Title
Autumn Storm, Shuswap Lake, B.C.
Date
c. 1970
Medium
oil on canvas board
Dimensions
25.5 x 30.5 cm
Description
Yellow/orange colour dominates from centre to top right; foreground and bottom right are brown trees, higher to the right of picture; behind these trees is a blue lake, yellow reflection; a varied coloured green mountain is in the centre left; light yellow sweeps down from top left.
Subject
landscape, lake
landscape, Shuswap Lake
Credit
Gift of Jock Smith, Vancouver, 1972
Catalogue Number
DgO.02.01
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Artist
Robert M. Dingwall
Date
1961
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
DnR.02.01
Description
In the bottom third of painting is thirteen single trees and a river with islands in it. The purple shadowed mountain rises up from there. A glacier on the left, the main peak left of center and two distant peaks to the right. Skin tone and yellow tinted clouds fill the top third. The signature in …
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Artist
Robert M. Dingwall
Title
Pilot Mountain
Date
1961
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
54.9 x 70.3 cm
Description
In the bottom third of painting is thirteen single trees and a river with islands in it. The purple shadowed mountain rises up from there. A glacier on the left, the main peak left of center and two distant peaks to the right. Skin tone and yellow tinted clouds fill the top third. The signature in the lower left is signed in orange red.
Subject
landscape
mountain
glacier
Credit
Gift of eisler, Edmonton, 1972
Catalogue Number
DnR.02.01
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Winter Day near Golden, B C

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Artist
Peter Ewart (1918 – , Canadian)
Date
c. 1970
Medium
oil on board
Catalogue Number
EwP.02.02
Description
A cabin sits among trees at centre left. Foreground is snow.
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Artist
Peter Ewart (1918 – , Canadian)
Title
Winter Day near Golden, B C
Date
c. 1970
Medium
oil on board
Dimensions
23.6 x 29.2 cm
Description
A cabin sits among trees at centre left. Foreground is snow.
Subject
landscape
winter
architecture
rural
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
EwP.02.02
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Artist
Robert Genn (1936 – , Canadian)
Date
c. 1967
Medium
oil on board
Catalogue Number
GeR.02.01
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Artist
Robert Genn (1936 – , Canadian)
Title
In the Afternoon
Date
c. 1967
Medium
oil on board
Dimensions
39.3 x 49.7 cm
Subject
animal, horse
figure, group, boys
teepee
tipi
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
GeR.02.01
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Artist
Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian)
Date
1962
Medium
oil on masonite
Catalogue Number
GyH.02.01
Description
General colour: greens, pink, blue, mauve and purple. Mount Rundle in broad impressionistic strokes. “GLYDE 62” aigned in black in the brhc.
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Artist
Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian)
Title
Banff 1962
Date
1962
Medium
oil on masonite
Dimensions
26.1 x 33.6 cm
Description
General colour: greens, pink, blue, mauve and purple. Mount Rundle in broad impressionistic strokes. “GLYDE 62” aigned in black in the brhc.
Subject
landscape
Mount Rundle
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of eisler, Edmonton, 1972
Catalogue Number
GyH.02.01
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Artist
Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian)
Date
1968
Medium
oil on masonite
Catalogue Number
GyH.02.11
Description
Rocks in various shades of grey make up most of the painting. At the top of the painting, dark blue-grey mountain peaks are visible. A lighter blue sky is visible above the mountain peaks.
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Artist
Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian)
Title
Rocks near Banff
Date
1968
Medium
oil on masonite
Dimensions
33 x 40.5 cm
Description
Rocks in various shades of grey make up most of the painting. At the top of the painting, dark blue-grey mountain peaks are visible. A lighter blue sky is visible above the mountain peaks.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
rocks
abstract
Credit
Gift of Henry George Glyde, Victoria, 1997
Catalogue Number
GyH.02.11
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Valley of the Ten Peaks

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Artist
Herbert C. Hahn (1907 – , American)
Date
1969
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
HaH.02.01
Description
General colour: blue. The Valley sweeps across the bottom of the canvas from the right and then half way up left side goes diagonally up into the canvas to upper left side. Two climbers are seen in the foreground, third of the way in from right side. The mountains diminish in size and colour toward…
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Artist
Herbert C. Hahn (1907 – , American)
Title
Valley of the Ten Peaks
Date
1969
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
100.5 x 151.5 cm
Description
General colour: blue. The Valley sweeps across the bottom of the canvas from the right and then half way up left side goes diagonally up into the canvas to upper left side. Two climbers are seen in the foreground, third of the way in from right side. The mountains diminish in size and colour towards the top.
Subject
landscape
mountains
lake
activity, hikers
Credit
Gift of Herbert C. Hahn, 1971
Catalogue Number
HaH.02.01
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Vintage Steam Engine below Cascade Mountain 1889

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Artist
Herbert C. Hahn (1907 – , American)
Date
1968
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
HaH.02.02
Description
General colours: blue, white. A huge mountain fills the major part of the canvas. The lower sides are treed snowy slopes. At the center near the bottom, the black engine of an old style train is steaming towards the viewer. The track and telephone poles veer to the left.
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Artist
Herbert C. Hahn (1907 – , American)
Title
Vintage Steam Engine below Cascade Mountain 1889
Date
1968
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
75.4 x 100.6 cm
Description
General colours: blue, white. A huge mountain fills the major part of the canvas. The lower sides are treed snowy slopes. At the center near the bottom, the black engine of an old style train is steaming towards the viewer. The track and telephone poles veer to the left.
Subject
landscape, mountain
winter
train
Credit
Gift of Herbert C. Hahn, 1968
Catalogue Number
HaH.02.02
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Artist
Cornelius David Krieghoff (1815 – 1872, Canadian)
Date
prior to 1878
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
KrC.02.01
Description
General colour: grey. A heavily cloaked figure wearing snow shoes and carrying a basket on her back from her forehead and with mocassins clasped in her right hand, trudges to the right in front of chunks of snow covered ice. In the distance on the left is an embankment with a flag flying at the top…
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Artist
Cornelius David Krieghoff (1815 – 1872, Canadian)
Title
Moccasin Seller
Date
prior to 1878
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
26.3 x 21.8 cm
Description
General colour: grey. A heavily cloaked figure wearing snow shoes and carrying a basket on her back from her forehead and with mocassins clasped in her right hand, trudges to the right in front of chunks of snow covered ice. In the distance on the left is an embankment with a flag flying at the top. The sky is grey with a patch of blue in the upper left area.
Subject
figure, female
winter
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1971
Catalogue Number
KrC.02.01
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Artist
Cornelius David Krieghoff (1815 – 1872, Canadian)
Date
prior to 1878
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
KrC.02.02
Description
General colour: grey, green, blue, pink. A figure wearing snow shoes, a green coat with a red sash and a red tam with feathers in it, carries a rifle over his right shoulder and trudges to the left. Behind to the right is a snow covered rock. To the left are trees. Grey clouds in a pink and blue sk…
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Artist
Cornelius David Krieghoff (1815 – 1872, Canadian)
Title
Tracking the Moose
Date
prior to 1878
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
21.9 x 26.1 cm
Description
General colour: grey, green, blue, pink. A figure wearing snow shoes, a green coat with a red sash and a red tam with feathers in it, carries a rifle over his right shoulder and trudges to the left. Behind to the right is a snow covered rock. To the left are trees. Grey clouds in a pink and blue sky come down to meet a distant hill.
Subject
figure, male
winter
hunting
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1971
Catalogue Number
KrC.02.02
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Storm In the Foothills

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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
1963
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
LaC.02.02
Description
General colour: purple, green. The lower half of the picture is green hills in front with bushes. One clump noticably right of center. Purple hills behind with mist in the hollows. The upper half is snow capped mauve mountains, green, pink and purple arched sky, above which on the left side is rain…
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Storm In the Foothills
Date
1963
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
59.6 x 74.9 cm
Description
General colour: purple, green. The lower half of the picture is green hills in front with bushes. One clump noticably right of center. Purple hills behind with mist in the hollows. The upper half is snow capped mauve mountains, green, pink and purple arched sky, above which on the left side is raining on the hills below.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
Catalogue Number
LaC.02.02
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