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At Lake Minnewanka
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- Artist
- Doris Cormie
- Date
- 1938
- Medium
- painting on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CmD.05.05
- Description
- A watercolour landscape painting of mountains and a lake. There are three grey mountains in the background and behind them is a cloudless blue sky. In the foreground is a blue-green lake. On the bottom right, part of the shore with three large rocks, is visible. In the centre at the bottom, a few b…
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- Artist
- Doris Cormie
- Title
- At Lake Minnewanka
- Date
- 1938
- Medium
- painting on paper
- Dimensions
- 26.0 x 37.0 cm
- Description
- A watercolour landscape painting of mountains and a lake. There are three grey mountains in the background and behind them is a cloudless blue sky. In the foreground is a blue-green lake. On the bottom right, part of the shore with three large rocks, is visible. In the centre at the bottom, a few branches and two logs are breaking through the water. On the left side a large boulder sits in the water. In the middle ground there is forest along the lake shore. The forest starts out of frame on the right and extends just over halfway across the painting. Behind the forest on the left are two green hills. Greys, blues, greens and brown are the primary colours used. The artist signature is in the bottom rhc. Au verso, written in pencil along the bottom edge is, “At Lake Minnewanka aug 28/38 Doris Cormie” and also in pencil in the centre of the paper is “27” with a circle around it. Just right of centre near the top is written, “5334”.
- Subject
- landscape
- lake
- mountains
- Doris Cormie
- Credit
- Gift of Barry Hunter Gillis, Richmond, 2006
- Catalogue Number
- CmD.05.05
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- Artist
- Doris Cormie
- Date
- 1938
- Medium
- painting on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CmD.05.06
- Description
- A watercolour painting of a mountain landscape with a lake. A distinct and pointed Mt. Edith right of centre in the background dominates this painting. The mountain is beige with green and grey. Behind the mountain is a blue cloudless sky. To the left of Mt. Edith is a mountain range extending out …
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- Artist
- Doris Cormie
- Title
- Mount Edith
- Date
- 1938
- Medium
- painting on paper
- Dimensions
- 30.0 x 40.0 cm
- Description
- A watercolour painting of a mountain landscape with a lake. A distinct and pointed Mt. Edith right of centre in the background dominates this painting. The mountain is beige with green and grey. Behind the mountain is a blue cloudless sky. To the left of Mt. Edith is a mountain range extending out of frame and on the right is the side of another mountain leading out of frame. In the middle ground is a short line of shrubs and trees with two tall pine trees on the far right. In the foreground is an indigo and blue lake with the shore visible along the bottom edge, predominately on the right side. Blue, purple, green, grey and beige are the main colours used. The artist signature is at the bottom right. Au verso, written in pencil along the bottom, “Mt. Edith Cormie Aug 24/38”. Written right of centre in the bottom half of the paper is, “14 x 10 1/4 6 x 6 1/2 20 x 16 3/4”. Written on the left side mid way up is, “51” with a circle around it.
- Subject
- landscape
- mountain
- Mount. Edith
- lake
- Doris Cormie
- Credit
- Gift of Barry Hunter Gillis, Richmond, 2006
- Catalogue Number
- CmD.05.06
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Evening, Lake O'Hara
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactjkr.02.02
- Date
- 1931
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- JkR.02.02
- Description
- In the foreground on the right side of the painting there are four green trees and a shore made out of mostly rocks. To the left and along the bottom edge a lake of bluegreen water sits in front of a brown mountain range. The mountains have snow on parts of the peaks and the sky is blue with white …
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- Title
- Evening, Lake O'Hara
- Date
- 1931
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 69.9 x 90.0 cm
- Description
- In the foreground on the right side of the painting there are four green trees and a shore made out of mostly rocks. To the left and along the bottom edge a lake of bluegreen water sits in front of a brown mountain range. The mountains have snow on parts of the peaks and the sky is blue with white clouds.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- lake
- Lake O'Hara
- Credit
- Gift of Donald Grace, Saanichton, 1996
- Catalogue Number
- JkR.02.02
- Notes
- Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Airplane Lake, British Columbia
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactlae.05.02
- Date
- 1936
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- LaE.05.02
- Description
- General colour: light green, brown. The lake sits in the lower third of the picture between two points of grassy treed land. One comes from the left side across the bottom, the other from the right side, part way up to right of center. A brown mountain range rises up from the lake and to the right …
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- Title
- Airplane Lake, British Columbia
- Date
- 1936
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 26.9 x 43.5 cm
- Description
- General colour: light green, brown. The lake sits in the lower third of the picture between two points of grassy treed land. One comes from the left side across the bottom, the other from the right side, part way up to right of center. A brown mountain range rises up from the lake and to the right side. Sky beyond with two birds flying center and left.
- Subject
- landscape
- mountain
- lake
- Ernest Lamarque
- Credit
- Gift of Ernest Lamarque (Estate), 1971
- Catalogue Number
- LaE.05.02
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- Date
- c. 1940
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- LiL.05.01
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- Title
- Mara Lake
- Date
- c. 1940
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 54.3 x 60.8 cm
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- LiL.05.01
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York Boat on Lake Winnipeg
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactphw.04.17
- Date
- 1930
- Medium
- woodcut on paper
- Catalogue Number
- PhW.04.17
- Description
- Colour: green grey, pink, brown with blue and orange. Central image is the left profile of a boat coming through waves. Its sail is only partly in view. There are eight figures in the boat - one with a feather headdress. In the lower right corner is a sea gull-wings spread. On the horizon at the ri…
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- Title
- York Boat on Lake Winnipeg
- Date
- 1930
- Medium
- woodcut on paper
- Dimensions
- 25.4 x 35.1 cm
- Description
- Colour: green grey, pink, brown with blue and orange. Central image is the left profile of a boat coming through waves. Its sail is only partly in view. There are eight figures in the boat - one with a feather headdress. In the lower right corner is a sea gull-wings spread. On the horizon at the right side is a rock island with a couple of wind blown trees on it. The sky above is yellow with dark grey at the upper edge.
- Subject
- landscape
- lake
- figure, group
- boat
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1977
- Catalogue Number
- PhW.04.17
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Lake McArthur, Canadian Rockies
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactphw.04.23
- Date
- 1931
- Medium
- woodcut on paper
- Catalogue Number
- PhW.04.23
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- Title
- Lake McArthur, Canadian Rockies
- Date
- 1931
- Medium
- woodcut on paper
- Dimensions
- 18.8 x 23.2 cm
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- mountain
- lake
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1977
- Catalogue Number
- PhW.04.23
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Lake of the Woods
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactphw.04.24
- Date
- 1931
- Medium
- woodcut on paper
- Catalogue Number
- PhW.04.24
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- Title
- Lake of the Woods
- Date
- 1931
- Medium
- woodcut on paper
- Dimensions
- 16.7 x 24.0 cm
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1977
- Catalogue Number
- PhW.04.24
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- Date
- 1931
- Medium
- woodcut on paper
- Catalogue Number
- PhW.04.25
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- Title
- Summer Night
- Date
- 1931
- Medium
- woodcut on paper
- Dimensions
- 17.5 x 24.0 cm
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1977
- Catalogue Number
- PhW.04.25
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Warren's Landing, Lake Winnipeg
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactphw.04.26
- Date
- 1931
- Medium
- woodcut on paper
- Catalogue Number
- PhW.04.26
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- Title
- Warren's Landing, Lake Winnipeg
- Date
- 1931
- Medium
- woodcut on paper
- Dimensions
- 16.5 x 24.0 cm
- Subject
- architecture
- rural
- lake
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1977
- Catalogue Number
- PhW.04.26
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Snake Island, Lake Winnipeg
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactphw.04.30
- Date
- 1931
- Medium
- woodcut on paper
- Catalogue Number
- PhW.04.30
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- Title
- Snake Island, Lake Winnipeg
- Date
- 1931
- Medium
- woodcut on paper
- Dimensions
- 13.3 x 19.7 cm
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1977
- Catalogue Number
- PhW.04.30
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Warren's Landing, Lake Winnipeg
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactphw.04.31
- Date
- 1931
- Medium
- colour woodcut on paper
- Catalogue Number
- PhW.04.31
- Description
- This print is a duplicate of PhW.04.26.
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- Title
- Warren's Landing, Lake Winnipeg
- Date
- 1931
- Medium
- colour woodcut on paper
- Dimensions
- 16.5 x 24.0 cm
- Description
- This print is a duplicate of PhW.04.26.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- PhW.04.31
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Fishing Boats, Gimli Dock
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactphw.04.32
- Date
- 1937
- Medium
- wood cut on paper
- Catalogue Number
- PhW.04.32
- Description
- Docked boat, man standing on dock, dog in foreground on shoreline;
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- Title
- Fishing Boats, Gimli Dock
- Date
- 1937
- Medium
- wood cut on paper
- Dimensions
- 12.3 x 18.3 cm
- Description
- Docked boat, man standing on dock, dog in foreground on shoreline;
- Subject
- landscape
- lake
- figure, male
- animal, dog
- boat
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- PhW.04.32
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Waterfall, Lake of the Woods
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactphw.04.40
- Date
- 1934
- Medium
- wood engraving on paper
- Catalogue Number
- PhW.04.40
- Description
- Rocks, waterfall, lake with strong, black areas. Signed W.J. Phillips brc. Was mailed inside white Christmas Greetings card fold from the Phillips. This print is #203 in R. Boulet Catalogue, this print is from the later issuing, 1957.
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- Title
- Waterfall, Lake of the Woods
- Date
- 1934
- Medium
- wood engraving on paper
- Dimensions
- 12.4 x 20.0 cm
- Description
- Rocks, waterfall, lake with strong, black areas. Signed W.J. Phillips brc. Was mailed inside white Christmas Greetings card fold from the Phillips. This print is #203 in R. Boulet Catalogue, this print is from the later issuing, 1957.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- PhW.04.40
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Mistaya Valley, Peyto Lake
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactphw.04.53
- Date
- 1937
- Medium
- engraving, wood on paper
- Catalogue Number
- PhW.04.53
- Description
- The distinctive shape of Peyto Lake lies white in the foreground. The surrounding mountains are various shades of black and grey. The top right corner is white indicating sky.
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- Title
- Mistaya Valley, Peyto Lake
- Date
- 1937
- Medium
- engraving, wood on paper
- Dimensions
- 12.1 x 17.7 cm
- Description
- The distinctive shape of Peyto Lake lies white in the foreground. The surrounding mountains are various shades of black and grey. The top right corner is white indicating sky.
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- PhW.04.53
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- Date
- 1939
- Medium
- print on paper
- Catalogue Number
- PhW.04.62
- Description
- A colour woodcut print. The image is a landscape of a lake area. In the background are two small islands with trees. Behind the larger island to the right is a round, yellow setting sun. The sky in the background appears hazy yellow. In the foreground a lake and a brown vine with green leaves domin…
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- Title
- Smoke Haze
- Date
- 1939
- Medium
- print on paper
- Dimensions
- 17.8 x 25.5 cm
- Description
- A colour woodcut print. The image is a landscape of a lake area. In the background are two small islands with trees. Behind the larger island to the right is a round, yellow setting sun. The sky in the background appears hazy yellow. In the foreground a lake and a brown vine with green leaves dominates the scene coming in from out of frame at the top left of image and hanging down nearly all the way to the bottom of image. It appears that 5 or 6 colours were used in the print, primarily green, blue, brown and yellow. The artist’s signature is in the bottom rhc “WJ Phillips”. From accompanying write up it could be assumed that the image is of Lake of the Woods area near Winnipeg.
- Subject
- landscape
- lake
- vine
- sunset
- Walter J Phillips
- Credit
- Gift of Nicholas Morant, Banff, 2006
- Catalogue Number
- PhW.04.62
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Mount Yukness, Lake O'Hara
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactphw.05.11
- Date
- 1936
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- PhW.05.11
- Description
- Blue/green lake in foreground; shoreline with rocks and evergreen trees centre right; indigo coloured mountain dominates the centre and top right of picture; snow capped mountains behind and right of picture; pale blue sky. Credit both The Banff Centre and Mrs. J. I. Brewster in any exhibition or p…
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- Title
- Mount Yukness, Lake O'Hara
- Date
- 1936
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 26.2 x 37.8 cm
- Description
- Blue/green lake in foreground; shoreline with rocks and evergreen trees centre right; indigo coloured mountain dominates the centre and top right of picture; snow capped mountains behind and right of picture; pale blue sky. Credit both The Banff Centre and Mrs. J. I. Brewster in any exhibition or publication of the collection, either in whole or in part. Banff Centre catalogue numbers: 81 0315 A; 20668.
- Credit
- Gift of Banff Centre Brewster Donation, Banff, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- PhW.05.11
- Notes
- Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Mount Assiniboine
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyc.01.128
- Date
- 1937
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.128
- Description
- Mt. Assiniboine stands erect in the distance. The slopes in front of it weave their way into the foreground. Lake Assiniboine can be seen in front. The immediate foreground depicts a yellow ochre shoreline.
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- Title
- Mount Assiniboine
- Date
- 1937
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 28.0 x 35.5 cm
- Description
- Mt. Assiniboine stands erect in the distance. The slopes in front of it weave their way into the foreground. Lake Assiniboine can be seen in front. The immediate foreground depicts a yellow ochre shoreline.
- Subject
- landscape
- mountain
- Canadian Rockies
- lake
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.128
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From The West Road
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyc.01.229
- Date
- 1938 – 1950
- Medium
- oil on canvas on aluminum
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.229
- Description
- The Bow River flows from mid centre to the front right corner. It is surrounded by tall spindle trees with yellow leaves on either side as it winds through the forest. Yellow, green and orange coloured grasses occupy the left bank. The blue mountains occupy the back part of the canvas. The blue sky…
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- Title
- From The West Road
- Date
- 1938 – 1950
- Medium
- oil on canvas on aluminum
- Dimensions
- 25.4 x 30.3 cm
- Description
- The Bow River flows from mid centre to the front right corner. It is surrounded by tall spindle trees with yellow leaves on either side as it winds through the forest. Yellow, green and orange coloured grasses occupy the left bank. The blue mountains occupy the back part of the canvas. The blue sky creates a foreboding atmosphere.
- Subject
- landscape
- mountain
- Canadian Rockies
- lake
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.229
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Spring, Vermilion Lakes
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyc.01.257
- Date
- 1930 – 1945
- Medium
- oil on canvas on masonite
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.257
- Description
- The foreground contains brush. A single tree is placed on the left side, and a smaller tree plus a tree extending the width of the picture is on the right side. The vegetation is painted in browns, greens, grey and brick-red. The surface of the thawing lake beyond fills half the picture frame. The …
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- Title
- Spring, Vermilion Lakes
- Date
- 1930 – 1945
- Medium
- oil on canvas on masonite
- Dimensions
- 25.4 x 30.3 cm
- Description
- The foreground contains brush. A single tree is placed on the left side, and a smaller tree plus a tree extending the width of the picture is on the right side. The vegetation is painted in browns, greens, grey and brick-red. The surface of the thawing lake beyond fills half the picture frame. The ice on the water is a green-grey near the foreground, while it is white with streaks of green-blue near the background. Water can be seen above the centre foreground. Patches of water also stretch diagonally upwards from the centre right to the left-hand side. In the left background is the base of a large mountainside. Small blue and white peaks are found in the right background behind the tallest tree.
- Subject
- landscape
- mountain
- Canadian Rockies
- lake
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.257
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