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- Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian) 127
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- Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian) 4
- Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American) 4
- Clarence Ingwall Tillenius (1913 – 2012, Canadian) 4
- Guy Wesley 3
- Maureen Enns (1949 – , Canadian) 3
- Nicholas Raffael de Grandmaison (1892 – 1978, Canadian) 2
- Robert J. McGuinness (1886 – 1961, Canadian) 2
- A Hunter 1
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Untitled [cowboy roping horse]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactbec.05.01
- Date
- 1930
- Medium
- watercolour on pressed paper
- Catalogue Number
- BeC.05.01
- Description
- A cowboy wearing a blue shirt, brown vest, green neckerchief, orange/yellow chaps, a holster and gun, in bottom right of picture, has roped a horse on front legs, center left. The roped horse is falling forward. Six other horses are running in the background, a lot of dust in corral. The sky is yel…
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- Title
- Untitled [cowboy roping horse]
- Date
- 1930
- Medium
- watercolour on pressed paper
- Dimensions
- 32.5 x 25.4 cm
- Description
- A cowboy wearing a blue shirt, brown vest, green neckerchief, orange/yellow chaps, a holster and gun, in bottom right of picture, has roped a horse on front legs, center left. The roped horse is falling forward. Six other horses are running in the background, a lot of dust in corral. The sky is yellow. The roped horse has a brand on left shoulder: lazy N over bar one.
- Subject
- figure, cowboy
- animal, horse
- Credit
- Gift of Les Peters, Great Falls, USA, 1983
- Catalogue Number
- BeC.05.01
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- Date
- c. 1940
- Medium
- pastel on paper
- Catalogue Number
- DgN.03.05
- Description
- Head and shoulders portrait of John Brewster as an elderly man. The head is drawn in good detail, full faced, shirt and tie evident, shoulders sketched in lightly. The face is round, hair over ears, otherwise bald, brown eyes, mustache, and amicable look.
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- Title
- John Brewster
- Date
- c. 1940
- Medium
- pastel on paper
- Dimensions
- 35; 50.4 x 34.2; 38 cm
- Description
- Head and shoulders portrait of John Brewster as an elderly man. The head is drawn in good detail, full faced, shirt and tie evident, shoulders sketched in lightly. The face is round, hair over ears, otherwise bald, brown eyes, mustache, and amicable look.
- Credit
- Gift of Dorothy Cranstone, Banff, 1983
- Catalogue Number
- DgN.03.05
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Jim Brewster of Banff
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactdgn.03.06
- Date
- 1935 – 1945
- Medium
- pastel on paper
- Catalogue Number
- DgN.03.06
- Description
- A realistic rendering of a head and shoulder portrait of Jim Brewster; a three-quarter view; he has on a light brown hat, blue jacket, white shirt, red tie; streaks of colour in background.
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- Title
- Jim Brewster of Banff
- Date
- 1935 – 1945
- Medium
- pastel on paper
- Dimensions
- 76.0 x 56.0 cm
- Description
- A realistic rendering of a head and shoulder portrait of Jim Brewster; a three-quarter view; he has on a light brown hat, blue jacket, white shirt, red tie; streaks of colour in background.
- Subject
- portrait
- male
- portrait: Jim Brewster
- Credit
- Gift of Lubov de Grandmaison, 1990
- Catalogue Number
- DgN.03.06
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Tom Wilson’s Cabin - Kootenay Plains
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactema.05.01
- Date
- 1996
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- EmA.05.01
- Description
- A medium size log cabin is surrounded by green grass and trees. The roof of the cabin has grass growing on it and the sky above is gray with many clouds. Most of the trees around this cabin are located at the back and the green grass is in the foreground.
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- Title
- Tom Wilson’s Cabin - Kootenay Plains
- Date
- 1996
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 25.9 x 35.0 cm
- Description
- A medium size log cabin is surrounded by green grass and trees. The roof of the cabin has grass growing on it and the sky above is gray with many clouds. Most of the trees around this cabin are located at the back and the green grass is in the foreground.
- Credit
- Gift of Alex Emond, Banff, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- EmA.05.01
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King of the Rockies
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactenm.12.01
- Date
- 1993
- Medium
- oil; acrylic on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- EnM.12.01
- Description
- The center of the painting is a bear turned so it is looking to the left and out of the image frame. Behind the bear is a mountain range with some snow and ice throughout. In the bottom left corner there is a skull from a bighorn sheep. The lower right hand corner has bear foot prints in black with…
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- Title
- King of the Rockies
- Date
- 1993
- Medium
- oil; acrylic on canvas
- Dimensions
- 213.3 x 152.4 cm
- Description
- The center of the painting is a bear turned so it is looking to the left and out of the image frame. Behind the bear is a mountain range with some snow and ice throughout. In the bottom left corner there is a skull from a bighorn sheep. The lower right hand corner has bear foot prints in black with red around them. The bear has a brown colour fur and the ground that it is standing on is blue green. The sky is also a green colour while the mountains have green shadows and white highlights. Located directly behind the bear are two black lines that crisscross as they get higher to the top of the painting.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- animal
- bear
- Credit
- Gift of Maureen Enns, Cochrane, 1996
- Catalogue Number
- EnM.12.01
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- Date
- 1993
- Medium
- acrylic; charcoal; paper; glue on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- EnM.12.03
- Description
- Predominant colours are black, dark blue, grey and white. There is an outline of one large grizzly bear on the top two-thirds (viewer’s left) of the painting, side view, painted black, and the back part is flat background painted dark blue; this extends to the bottom left. The right side is backgro…
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- Title
- Flint’s Park
- Date
- 1993
- Medium
- acrylic; charcoal; paper; glue on canvas
- Dimensions
- 104.0 x 104.0 cm
- Description
- Predominant colours are black, dark blue, grey and white. There is an outline of one large grizzly bear on the top two-thirds (viewer’s left) of the painting, side view, painted black, and the back part is flat background painted dark blue; this extends to the bottom left. The right side is background and is painted white from top to the paw (viewer’s right) to the bottom of the painting. Overlapping this a large cutout of a bear, grey, white, and black charcoal, dominates the painting. Across the top of his body is a stencilled sign: “FLINTS PARK CABIN”, below this the outline of a Bighorn sheep’s head, and below this “WARDEN SERVICE” “BANFF NATIONAL PARK” is stencilled across his legs. Under this bear, to the viewer’s right, is the cutout of a grizzly bear’s head, painted black, and his left paw which is clutching a wire. The painting is signed in the brc “Enns ‘93”. On the unpainted part of the paper llhc: “Flint’s Park - B.N.P.” and lrhc: “Maureen Enns 1993”.
- Credit
- Gift of Masters Gallery ltd., Calgary, 2010
- Catalogue Number
- EnM.12.03
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Blondie and Friend Icefields Parkway 1991
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactenm.12.05
- Date
- 1991
- Medium
- acrylic; charcoal on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- EnM.12.05
- Description
- Two bears done in charcoal and outlined in red paint walk in front of mountains that are in the background. The mountain range is outlined in white paint.
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- Title
- Blondie and Friend Icefields Parkway 1991
- Date
- 1991
- Medium
- acrylic; charcoal on canvas
- Dimensions
- 43.0 x 73.0 cm
- Description
- Two bears done in charcoal and outlined in red paint walk in front of mountains that are in the background. The mountain range is outlined in white paint.
- Subject
- mountains
- animal, bears
- Maureen Enns
- Credit
- Gift of Maureen Enns, Cochrane, 2010
- Catalogue Number
- EnM.12.05
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Bill Neish's Horse 1936
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactgyh.03.01
- Date
- 1936
- Medium
- ink; graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- GyH.03.01
- Description
- General colour: brown on white. A horse saddled and carrying a rifle, saddle bags, and another case. Stands facing left. His ears are perked. Around the edges are notes by the artist regarding colouration.
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- Title
- Bill Neish's Horse 1936
- Date
- 1936
- Medium
- ink; graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 28.0 x 38.0 cm
- Description
- General colour: brown on white. A horse saddled and carrying a rifle, saddle bags, and another case. Stands facing left. His ears are perked. Around the edges are notes by the artist regarding colouration.
- Credit
- Gift of Helen Collinson, Edmonton, 1974
- Catalogue Number
- GyH.03.01
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- Date
- 1990
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- HdD.02.01
- Description
- In the center of the painting there is a white outline of a nude male figure. The face down figure has one arm outstreached in front and the other outstreached to the side. Off set to the lower left a bit, is the same male again but this time with his body painted in black, white and purple. Also…
- Title
- Emergence
- Date
- 1990
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 160.0 x 160.0 cm
- Description
- In the center of the painting there is a white outline of a nude male figure. The face down figure has one arm outstreached in front and the other outstreached to the side. Off set to the lower left a bit, is the same male again but this time with his body painted in black, white and purple. Also in the same area there is a wolf leaning down to get a drink of water and directly beneath that wolf is his reflection that looks like another wolf. Both wolves are purple with white highlights. At the top left corner there is a ring of fire, orange and red in colour. The background behind the above mentioned is black and the paint has been applied very thick (almost impasto in some places). The frame for the canvas is made out of natural wood poles and the ends stick out at each corner and cross over each other.
- Subject
- figure
- male
- animal
- wolf
- mythological
- Credit
- Gift of Dan Hudson, Canmore, 1993
- Catalogue Number
- HdD.02.01
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Near Quartz Ridge
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- Artist
- Zelda F. Nelson-Henricks
- Date
- 1991
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- HeZ.05.01
- Description
- A mountain landscape, the foreground is covered with rocks and varied green grasses, dark green evergreens in central area, centre left to right is a mountain range with some snow, the top third is blue sky with narrow white clouds.
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- Artist
- Zelda F. Nelson-Henricks
- Title
- Near Quartz Ridge
- Date
- 1991
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 26.3 x 35.4 cm
- Description
- A mountain landscape, the foreground is covered with rocks and varied green grasses, dark green evergreens in central area, centre left to right is a mountain range with some snow, the top third is blue sky with narrow white clouds.
- Credit
- Purchased from Sunshine Village, Banff, 1991
- Catalogue Number
- HeZ.05.01
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- Artist
- A Hunter
- Title
- Yoho Valley
- Date
- 1932
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 19.5 x 25.0 cm
- Subject
- landscape
- mountain
- Canadian Rockies
- forest
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- HuA.05.01
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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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Bow Valley Series
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactknd.02.01
- Date
- 1991
- Medium
- oil on linen
- Catalogue Number
- KnD.02.01
- Description
- In the foreground are trees of green with a large group of mountains in the center back area. A large tree is on the left side of this painting and there are red and pink flowers in the foreground. The mountain is a grey brown colour and the majority of the trees and shrubs are different colours of…
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- Title
- Bow Valley Series
- Date
- 1991
- Medium
- oil on linen
- Dimensions
- 81.2 x 101.6 cm
- Description
- In the foreground are trees of green with a large group of mountains in the center back area. A large tree is on the left side of this painting and there are red and pink flowers in the foreground. The mountain is a grey brown colour and the majority of the trees and shrubs are different colours of green. The sky in the background is blue with some white cloud.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian
- Yamnuska
- Dorothy Knowles
- Credit
- Gift of Dorothy Elsie Knowles Perehudoff, Saskatoon, 1996
- Catalogue Number
- KnD.02.01
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Goodsir Plateau
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactlac.05.11
- Date
- 1937
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- LaC.05.11
- Description
- General colour: grey, blue, beige, white. There is a lake in the lower left foreground; a cloudy sky in the upper right corner; a glacier rises from the lake left of center; the peaks run off the picture at the left but appear in the distance down towards the right of the picture.
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- Title
- Goodsir Plateau
- Date
- 1937
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 27.5 x 38.0 cm
- Description
- General colour: grey, blue, beige, white. There is a lake in the lower left foreground; a cloudy sky in the upper right corner; a glacier rises from the lake left of center; the peaks run off the picture at the left but appear in the distance down towards the right of the picture.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- Credit
- Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
- Catalogue Number
- LaC.05.11
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- Date
- 1937
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- LaC.05.16
- Description
- General colour: blue, brown. Central image is a man standing in a cart drawn by two horses. Behind this are two elevators. To the left is a fence and in the background another elevator. To the right is a tower and a train steaming by to the right. The sky is blue with a few clouds.
- Title
- Tinder Den
- Date
- 1937
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 27.0 x 38.0 cm
- Description
- General colour: blue, brown. Central image is a man standing in a cart drawn by two horses. Behind this are two elevators. To the left is a fence and in the background another elevator. To the right is a tower and a train steaming by to the right. The sky is blue with a few clouds.
- Subject
- landscape
- rural
- animal, horse
- figure, male
- Credit
- Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
- Catalogue Number
- LaC.05.16
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- Date
- 1930
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- LaC.05.17
- Description
- General colour: teal green lake, purple tan mountains, grey clouds. Lower right corner there is a group of scraggly trees on rock. The lake fills the lower third. Two bars of sand and grass come in from either side. The mountains sweep up to bluestery clouds which come down over the peeks.
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- Title
- Bow Lake
- Date
- 1930
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 33.9 x 44.1 cm
- Description
- General colour: teal green lake, purple tan mountains, grey clouds. Lower right corner there is a group of scraggly trees on rock. The lake fills the lower third. Two bars of sand and grass come in from either side. The mountains sweep up to bluestery clouds which come down over the peeks.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- Credit
- Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
- Catalogue Number
- LaC.05.17
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Deception Pass
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactlac.05.22
- Date
- 1934
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- LaC.05.22
- Description
- General colour: brown, blue. Lower two thirds is filled with the dry rock slopes of a mountain which peaks in the upper enter. Blue sky comes down from both upper corners. One large cloud sits upper center.
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- Title
- Deception Pass
- Date
- 1934
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 27.2 x 36.8 cm
- Description
- General colour: brown, blue. Lower two thirds is filled with the dry rock slopes of a mountain which peaks in the upper enter. Blue sky comes down from both upper corners. One large cloud sits upper center.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- Credit
- Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
- Catalogue Number
- LaC.05.22
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On Sky Line Slopes
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactmcr.05.01
- Date
- 1935 – 1955
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- McR.05.01
- Description
- A lady skier, wearing reddish pants and green jacket, red and green scarf, stands to left centre, she is facing to the right, a line of trees behind her, mountain peaks in background, top third is sky, picture quite faded.
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- Title
- On Sky Line Slopes
- Date
- 1935 – 1955
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 76.5 x 55.8 cm
- Description
- A lady skier, wearing reddish pants and green jacket, red and green scarf, stands to left centre, she is facing to the right, a line of trees behind her, mountain peaks in background, top third is sky, picture quite faded.
- Credit
- Gift of Steve T. Hincks, Banff, 1989
- Catalogue Number
- McR.05.01
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- Date
- 1935 – 1955
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- McR.05.02
- Description
- The top half is all sky, faded streaks of colour, a mountain range, Mount Assiniboine in background, runs from edge to edge centre, four skiers centre left, all facing to the right, in action poses, that is speeding downhill.
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1935 – 1955
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 55.7 x 76.5 cm
- Description
- The top half is all sky, faded streaks of colour, a mountain range, Mount Assiniboine in background, runs from edge to edge centre, four skiers centre left, all facing to the right, in action poses, that is speeding downhill.
- Credit
- Gift of Steve T. Hincks, Banff, 1989
- Catalogue Number
- McR.05.02
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- Date
- 1990
- Medium
- oil; acrylic on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- MiB.02.01
- Description
- A large red mass dominates the painting, from the foreground blue, green, yellow tube-shapes spiral upwards, top left corner is blue
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- Title
- Thunder
- Date
- 1990
- Medium
- oil; acrylic on canvas
- Dimensions
- 167.6 x 160.0 cm
- Description
- A large red mass dominates the painting, from the foreground blue, green, yellow tube-shapes spiral upwards, top left corner is blue
- Subject
- abstract
- expressionist
- Credit
- Gift of Barbara Milne, Calgary, 1992
- Catalogue Number
- MiB.02.01
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