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- Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian) 972
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- Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British) 235
- Peter or Catharine Whyte 157
- Edmee Moore (1908 – 1971, Canadian) 92
- Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian) 56
- Unknown 42
- Barbara Milne (1956 – , Canadian) 31
- John Hartman (1950 – , Canadian) 30
- George Webber 28
- Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American) 21
- Alexander Young Jackson (1882 – 1974, Canadian) 15
- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Medium
- wood; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0261 a,b
- Description
- Palmate, flat fans with carved, black gold lacquer handles with purple tassels. (a) lady in a house reading, lady is quilted to create relief. Lamp, books and table and teapot are appliqued cut outs;. Calligraphy and chop mark on right. Obverse of fan is trellis and blossoms (b) two ladies with …
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- Title
- fan
- Date
- 1870 – 1890
- Medium
- wood; fibre
- Dimensions
- 0.7 x 23.0 x 35.8 cm
- Description
- Palmate, flat fans with carved, black gold lacquer handles with purple tassels. (a) lady in a house reading, lady is quilted to create relief. Lamp, books and table and teapot are appliqued cut outs;. Calligraphy and chop mark on right. Obverse of fan is trellis and blossoms (b) two ladies with insect cage, hunting in reeds. Ladies and cage quilted to create relief. Calligraphy and chop mark on right, obverse plain. Both fans are fabric over bamboo or reed with painted and appliqued designs.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0261 a,b
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Cabin at Lake O'Hara
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- Date
- 1925
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- AbM.02.01
- Description
- General colours: brown, green, purple and red. Central image is a log cabin coming out from left side. The front door is framed on either side by colourful hanging clothes and Aivo chairs, one on each side. In the background to the right is another cabin. Behind and above are trees, a patch of grey…
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- Title
- Cabin at Lake O'Hara
- Date
- 1925
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 20.2 x 25.6 cm
- Description
- General colours: brown, green, purple and red. Central image is a log cabin coming out from left side. The front door is framed on either side by colourful hanging clothes and Aivo chairs, one on each side. In the background to the right is another cabin. Behind and above are trees, a patch of grey sky in the upper right corner and a purple mountain face in the upper left.The painting was originally given by the artist, to Syd Graves (who managed Lake O’Hara for many years). It was then given to Bill Brewster, who gave it to Rita Crick, who gave it to the Peter Whyte Gallery.
- Credit
- Gift of Rita Crick, 1978
- Catalogue Number
- AbM.02.01
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Lake Agnes, Canadian Rockies
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- Artist
- Louis Akhi
- Date
- 1910
- Medium
- oil on canvas on board
- Catalogue Number
- AkL.02.01
- Description
- A mountain top view of Lake Agnes in the Canadian Rockies. In the foreground on the right are trees and land sloping to the left of the image. Behind the lake in the background are mountains with snow and a medium to light toned sky above.
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- Artist
- Louis Akhi
- Title
- Lake Agnes, Canadian Rockies
- Date
- 1910
- Medium
- oil on canvas on board
- Dimensions
- 40.3 x 30.4 cm
- Description
- A mountain top view of Lake Agnes in the Canadian Rockies. In the foreground on the right are trees and land sloping to the left of the image. Behind the lake in the background are mountains with snow and a medium to light toned sky above.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- Lake Agnes
- Credit
- Gift of George K.K. (Tommy) Link, Tucson, USA, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- AkL.02.01
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- Date
- 1993
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ArP.05.09
- Description
- A figure dressed in a black hat, black blouse, printed black pants, red socks, black shoes is at centre top, walking on grey crumbling blocks. Below and in the foreground is a range of peaked mountains, dark colours of blue, purple and some green with some snow cover on centre mountains. A row o…
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- Title
- Trusting
- Date
- 1993
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 43.2 x 30.5 cm
- Description
- A figure dressed in a black hat, black blouse, printed black pants, red socks, black shoes is at centre top, walking on grey crumbling blocks. Below and in the foreground is a range of peaked mountains, dark colours of blue, purple and some green with some snow cover on centre mountains. A row of black trees lines a lake in the foreground, splashes of colour reflect in the lake. The sky has red, purple tones fading to white at the top.
- Subject
- landscape
- mountains
- mythological
- figure
- Credit
- Gift of Patricia Askren, Lakonias, Greece, 1993
- Catalogue Number
- ArP.05.09
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Big Bear Medicine
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- Date
- 1998
- Medium
- acrylic on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- AuD.12.01
- Description
- A large painting of an Indigenous dressed as a bear. The man’s face is visible through the mouth of the bear fur that covers him. The man’s eyes are hidden by shadows. Yellow and black paint is on the rest of his face. In the claws, the man holds a wand-like stick, at the tip of which are four …
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- Title
- Big Bear Medicine
- Date
- 1998
- Medium
- acrylic on canvas
- Dimensions
- 92.5 x 92.5 cm
- Description
- A large painting of an Indigenous dressed as a bear. The man’s face is visible through the mouth of the bear fur that covers him. The man’s eyes are hidden by shadows. Yellow and black paint is on the rest of his face. In the claws, the man holds a wand-like stick, at the tip of which are four feathers. These are in the blc of the image. On either side of the bear’s head are patches of aquamarine.
- Subject
- religious
- Indigenous
- animal
- bear
- Credit
- Purchased from Bernie Makokis, St. Paul, 2001
- Catalogue Number
- AuD.12.01
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Eagle Lodge Offering
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- Date
- 1999
- Medium
- acrylic on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- AuD.12.02
- Description
- Un-framed acrylic on canvas entitled “eagle Lodge Offering”, 1999. All four sides are painted black with staples that are visible. The main image depicts a bird with red and white coloured sticks coming out of its mouth. The bird is perched on a white textured object (possibly a skull). The bird h…
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- Title
- Eagle Lodge Offering
- Date
- 1999
- Medium
- acrylic on canvas
- Dimensions
- 62.5 x 62.5 cm
- Description
- Un-framed acrylic on canvas entitled “eagle Lodge Offering”, 1999. All four sides are painted black with staples that are visible. The main image depicts a bird with red and white coloured sticks coming out of its mouth. The bird is perched on a white textured object (possibly a skull). The bird has a dot of red paint in its eye. The colour palette of this painting is very typical Auger: red, turquoise, yellow /gold, black and white.
- Credit
- Gift of Jim and Sue Van der Sloot, Medicine Hat , 2010
- Catalogue Number
- AuD.12.02
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Drawing on Peaks
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- Date
- 1998
- Medium
- acrylic on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- AxD.12.01
- Description
- brown, blue and orange mountain peak
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- Title
- Drawing on Peaks
- Date
- 1998
- Medium
- acrylic on canvas
- Dimensions
- 172.72 x 121.92 cm
- Description
- brown, blue and orange mountain peak
- Credit
- Gift of David T. Alexander, Lake Country, 2017
- Catalogue Number
- AxD.12.01
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- Artist
- Henry Ayn
- Date
- c. 1925
- Medium
- gouache on paper
- Catalogue Number
- AyH.07.01
- Description
- Two older ladies are standing close together. Both ladies have aprons on and are carrying baskets. One lady has an umbrella tucked into her arm while the two look down at a small booklet or list. In a basket sitting on the ground in the bottom left corner of the image there are two ducks. One lady …
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- Artist
- Henry Ayn
- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- c. 1925
- Medium
- gouache on paper
- Dimensions
- 33.5 x 24.0 cm
- Description
- Two older ladies are standing close together. Both ladies have aprons on and are carrying baskets. One lady has an umbrella tucked into her arm while the two look down at a small booklet or list. In a basket sitting on the ground in the bottom left corner of the image there are two ducks. One lady is wearing a dark dress and the other is wearing a lighter coloured dress.Both women are wearing head covers of some type.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- AyH.07.01
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- Date
- 1992
- Catalogue Number
- BaE.06.01
- Description
- Slabs of clay, rolled ca. 1.0 cm thick in various widths and height of vessel, narrow at foot widen out at top into an irregular edge, earth colours with fire black near bottom and up sides
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- Title
- Vessel
- Date
- 1992
- Dimensions
- 74.5 x 38.0 cm
- Description
- Slabs of clay, rolled ca. 1.0 cm thick in various widths and height of vessel, narrow at foot widen out at top into an irregular edge, earth colours with fire black near bottom and up sides
- Subject
- abstract
- expressionist
- Credit
- Purchased from Edward Bamiling, Banff, 1992
- Catalogue Number
- BaE.06.01
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Touch of the High Country
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- Date
- 1928
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- BeC.04.29
- Description
- Two saddled horses standing on lake shore, the foreground is dark grass, a cabin with stone chimney is to left centre. Three tall trees are around cabin. A row of mountains are in background on the other side of the lake.
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- Title
- Touch of the High Country
- Date
- 1928
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 12.5 x 17.6 cm
- Description
- Two saddled horses standing on lake shore, the foreground is dark grass, a cabin with stone chimney is to left centre. Three tall trees are around cabin. A row of mountains are in background on the other side of the lake.
- Subject
- landscape, mountain
- animal, horse
- Credit
- Gift of Les Peters, Great Falls, USA, 1983
- Catalogue Number
- BeC.04.29
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- Date
- 1928
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- BeC.04.30
- Description
- A horse is standing right center on a hill, he stands alert, tail up, looking to his left. two other horses are lightly sketched in just over the hill. A small tree is on the hill, left center. The background shows a faint line of mountains.
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- Title
- Danger
- Date
- 1928
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 12.5 x 17.6 cm
- Description
- A horse is standing right center on a hill, he stands alert, tail up, looking to his left. two other horses are lightly sketched in just over the hill. A small tree is on the hill, left center. The background shows a faint line of mountains.
- Credit
- Gift of Les Peters, Great Falls, USA, 1983
- Catalogue Number
- BeC.04.30
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Monarch of the Past
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- Date
- 1928
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- BeC.04.31
- Description
- A large bull bison stands center left, facing to the right, looking at a skull and rib bones of a buffalo. A long line of bison are sketched going over the hill and into the distance. The bottom half of the picture is a grassy knoll. A faint line of mountain in the background.
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- Title
- Monarch of the Past
- Date
- 1928
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 12.5 x 17.6 cm
- Description
- A large bull bison stands center left, facing to the right, looking at a skull and rib bones of a buffalo. A long line of bison are sketched going over the hill and into the distance. The bottom half of the picture is a grassy knoll. A faint line of mountain in the background.
- Credit
- Gift of Les Peters, Great Falls, USA, 1983
- Catalogue Number
- BeC.04.31
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- Date
- c. 1928
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- BeC.04.32
- Description
- A Deer is standing center of picture, facing to left, looking over left shoulder. Standing in grass beside a bush.
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- c. 1928
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 12.5 x 9.8 cm
- Description
- A Deer is standing center of picture, facing to left, looking over left shoulder. Standing in grass beside a bush.
- Credit
- Gift of Les Peters, Great Falls, USA, 1983
- Catalogue Number
- BeC.04.32
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Untitled [Saddle horse]
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- Date
- c. 1928
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- BeC.04.33
- Description
- A saddle horse in middle of picture, facing to the right, fully saddled and bridled, ground tied. The foreground is grassy, a few mountains in background, the central mountain is flat topped.
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- Title
- Untitled [Saddle horse]
- Date
- c. 1928
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 9.8 x 15.0 cm
- Description
- A saddle horse in middle of picture, facing to the right, fully saddled and bridled, ground tied. The foreground is grassy, a few mountains in background, the central mountain is flat topped.
- Subject
- landscape
- mountain
- animal, horse
- Credit
- Gift of Les Peters, Great Falls, USA, 1983
- Catalogue Number
- BeC.04.33
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- Date
- c. 1928
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- BeC.04.34
- Description
- A Ram is going downhill on a snow slope, facing to the right, two others are in right foreground heading towards the back.
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- c. 1928
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 9.8 x 12.6 cm
- Description
- A Ram is going downhill on a snow slope, facing to the right, two others are in right foreground heading towards the back.
- Credit
- Gift of Les Peters, Great Falls, USA, 1983
- Catalogue Number
- BeC.04.34
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Untitled [Saddle horse in snow]
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- Date
- c. 1928
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- BeC.04.35
- Description
- A saddle horse, fully saddled and bridled, ground tied, is facing left, standing in snow. A snow covered cabin is to the centre left, smoke is coming out of chimney. A very slight indication of a mountain is evident in background behind cabin.
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- Title
- Untitled [Saddle horse in snow]
- Date
- c. 1928
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 6.3 x 9.8 cm
- Description
- A saddle horse, fully saddled and bridled, ground tied, is facing left, standing in snow. A snow covered cabin is to the centre left, smoke is coming out of chimney. A very slight indication of a mountain is evident in background behind cabin.
- Credit
- Gift of Les Peters, Great Falls, USA, 1983
- Catalogue Number
- BeC.04.35
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Untitled [Stagecoach]
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- Date
- c. 1930
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- BeC.04.36
- Description
- A drypoint etching in sepia tones. A stagecoach with 2 people in the driver's seat with 6 horses are galloping across the print, starting in the top left of picture; they are running to the right on a rutted trail towards a town nestled in a valley to the right; another trail joins it from centre f…
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- Title
- Untitled [Stagecoach]
- Date
- c. 1930
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 15.0 x 24.6 cm
- Description
- A drypoint etching in sepia tones. A stagecoach with 2 people in the driver's seat with 6 horses are galloping across the print, starting in the top left of picture; they are running to the right on a rutted trail towards a town nestled in a valley to the right; another trail joins it from centre front; a mountain range in the background; cloudy sky. Signed bottom right C. A. Beil and the Rocking R brand.
- Credit
- Gift of Banff Centre Brewster Donation, Banff, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- BeC.04.36
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Untitled [pack horse]
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- Date
- c. 1930
- Medium
- plaster
- Catalogue Number
- BeC.06.03
- Description
- This horse is brown in colour and has a red horse blanket and light coloured pack on it’s back. The horse has a light coloured nose and patch extending up between it’s eyes. The horses legs are white with a small black section just before the colour turnes to brown nearing the top portion of the a…
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- Title
- Untitled [pack horse]
- Date
- c. 1930
- Medium
- plaster
- Dimensions
- 24.8 x n/a x 32.5 cm
- Description
- This horse is brown in colour and has a red horse blanket and light coloured pack on it’s back. The horse has a light coloured nose and patch extending up between it’s eyes. The horses legs are white with a small black section just before the colour turnes to brown nearing the top portion of the all of the horses legs. The horse’s tail is black.This is one of only two castings of this horse. The other belongs to E.S. Newbury, Lowell Road, Concord, Mass.
- Subject
- animal, horse
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- BeC.06.03
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Untitled [Trophy]
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- Date
- prior to 1940
- Medium
- Bronze
- Catalogue Number
- BeC.06.17
- Description
- This bronze cast trophy features a downhill skier. It is a relief sculpture with the skier and skies emerging out of a 2 inch slab of bronze which is shaped like a mountain on the top. The portion the skier is skiing on comes out approx. 4 inches from the bronze slab, and angles down at a 45 degr…
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- Title
- Untitled [Trophy]
- Date
- prior to 1940
- Medium
- Bronze
- Dimensions
- 58.0 x 27.0 cm
- Description
- This bronze cast trophy features a downhill skier. It is a relief sculpture with the skier and skies emerging out of a 2 inch slab of bronze which is shaped like a mountain on the top. The portion the skier is skiing on comes out approx. 4 inches from the bronze slab, and angles down at a 45 degree angle mimiking a mountain ski trail.The skier is facing left, bent at the knees and waist, with poles up and back. He is wearing a hat and gazes strait ahead. This sits on a black wooden base with a plaque in centre and 12 individual name plaques.
- Credit
- Gift of Clifford J. White, Victoria, 1999
- Catalogue Number
- BeC.06.17
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Mountains near Jasper, 1914
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- Date
- 1914
- Medium
- oil on board
- Catalogue Number
- BeJ.02.01
- Description
- Oil painting depicting a mountain scene near Jasper. A dark green mountain in the foreground slopes up to the left of the image. In the bottom right corner, small brushstrokes of deep indigo blue are visible. Beyond the slope of this mountain, other mountains are visible in the distance. They a…
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- Title
- Mountains near Jasper, 1914
- Date
- 1914
- Medium
- oil on board
- Dimensions
- 35 x 39 cm
- Description
- Oil painting depicting a mountain scene near Jasper. A dark green mountain in the foreground slopes up to the left of the image. In the bottom right corner, small brushstrokes of deep indigo blue are visible. Beyond the slope of this mountain, other mountains are visible in the distance. They are painted in shades of mauve and blue. The mountain at the centre of the painting is capped by snow. The sky is a grey mauve colour.
- Credit
- Purchased from Masters Gallery ltd., Calgary, 2003
- Catalogue Number
- BeJ.02.01
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