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- Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian) 526
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- Peter or Catharine Whyte 61
- James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian) 53
- Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British) 35
- Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian) 32
- Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian) 32
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- 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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Crowsnest Pass
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- Date
- c. 1984
- Medium
- oil on linen
- Catalogue Number
- AgG.02.01
- Description
- Off in the distance is wall of blue mountains. Darker blue areas on the mountains represent the tree line. In the middle and foreground are rolling areas of yellow land separated by rows and lines of dark green trees. The sky is covered in white clouds with bits of blue showing through.
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- Title
- Crowsnest Pass
- Date
- c. 1984
- Medium
- oil on linen
- Dimensions
- 46.0 x 61.0 cm
- Description
- Off in the distance is wall of blue mountains. Darker blue areas on the mountains represent the tree line. In the middle and foreground are rolling areas of yellow land separated by rows and lines of dark green trees. The sky is covered in white clouds with bits of blue showing through.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- Crowsnest Pass
- Credit
- Gift of Kay Angliss, Penticton, 1998
- Catalogue Number
- AgG.02.01
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Summit of the Rockies and Mt. Field
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- Date
- c. 1886
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- AiJ.05.01
- Description
- The scene is comprised mainly of a mountain and a lake. The lake takes up approx. 1/2 of the work, and is cropped in the brc by the frame. The blc is the shoreline of the lake. On the right and left side of the piece, just above the lake, the beginning of two treed mountain sides head out of the…
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- Title
- Summit of the Rockies and Mt. Field
- Date
- c. 1886
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Description
- The scene is comprised mainly of a mountain and a lake. The lake takes up approx. 1/2 of the work, and is cropped in the brc by the frame. The blc is the shoreline of the lake. On the right and left side of the piece, just above the lake, the beginning of two treed mountain sides head out of the picture frame. These two slopes frame a clear mountain in the background which is centered in the middle of the piece. They sky is quite cloudy.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- Mt. Field
- Credit
- Gift of Donald Grace, Saanichton, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- AiJ.05.01
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The Rockies in Summer
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- Date
- c. 1939
- Medium
- oil on canvas board
- Catalogue Number
- AkA.02.01
- Description
- Painting of mountains in summertime. At the bottom of the mountains are hills that become rocky at the centre of the image. Impasto is noticeable at the centre of the painting.
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- Title
- The Rockies in Summer
- Date
- c. 1939
- Medium
- oil on canvas board
- Description
- Painting of mountains in summertime. At the bottom of the mountains are hills that become rocky at the centre of the image. Impasto is noticeable at the centre of the painting.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- summer
- Credit
- Purchased from The Collector’s Gallery, Calgary, 2004
- Catalogue Number
- AkA.02.01
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- Date
- c. 1939
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- AkA.02.02
- Description
- A classic view of Lake Louise. Dark green trees and mountainsides are on either side of the painting. Victoria Glacier is painted in shades of tan and slate. Bright turquoise Lake Louise is in the bottom foreground.
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- Title
- Lake Louise
- Date
- c. 1939
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 66.5 x 79.5 cm
- Description
- A classic view of Lake Louise. Dark green trees and mountainsides are on either side of the painting. Victoria Glacier is painted in shades of tan and slate. Bright turquoise Lake Louise is in the bottom foreground.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- Lake Louise
- Credit
- Purchased from The Collector’s Gallery, Calgary, 2004
- Catalogue Number
- AkA.02.02
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In the Rockies
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- Date
- c. 1939
- Medium
- oil on canvas board
- Catalogue Number
- AkA.02.04
- Description
- Trees in foreground on either side of image. Open area leads to a river, mountains in background.
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- Title
- In the Rockies
- Date
- c. 1939
- Medium
- oil on canvas board
- Dimensions
- 30.4 x 40.5 cm
- Description
- Trees in foreground on either side of image. Open area leads to a river, mountains in background.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- Credit
- Purchased from The Collector’s Gallery, Calgary, 2005
- Catalogue Number
- AkA.02.04
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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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Sunrise - Lake Louise
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- Artist
- Douglas Allen (1935 – )
- Date
- 1982
- Medium
- commercial reproduction on paper
- Catalogue Number
- AlD.04.01
- Description
- Lake Louise in foreground. Victoria Glacier, Mt. Lefroy and Mt. Victoria in background. Glacier is pink.
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- Artist
- Douglas Allen (1935 – )
- Title
- Sunrise - Lake Louise
- Date
- 1982
- Medium
- commercial reproduction on paper
- Dimensions
- 39.3 x 43.0 cm
- Description
- Lake Louise in foreground. Victoria Glacier, Mt. Lefroy and Mt. Victoria in background. Glacier is pink.
- Credit
- Gift of Harold C. Whyte, Penticton, 2003
- Catalogue Number
- AlD.04.01
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Untitled [Ceramic Couch with Two People]
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- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- ceramic
- Catalogue Number
- AmP.06.01
- Description
- A man and a woman lying on a couch. The couch is in three parts at the back, three seat cushions, and three base parts. The woman has long hair. The man has his hand under the woman’s shirt.
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- Title
- Untitled [Ceramic Couch with Two People]
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- ceramic
- Dimensions
- 14.0 x 20.5 x 12.5 cm
- Description
- A man and a woman lying on a couch. The couch is in three parts at the back, three seat cushions, and three base parts. The woman has long hair. The man has his hand under the woman’s shirt.
- Credit
- Gift of Harold C. Whyte, Penticton, 2002
- Catalogue Number
- AmP.06.01
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- Artist
- Annie
- Date
- c. 1965
- Catalogue Number
- AnI.06.01
- Description
- Prob. purchased by CRW on 1968 Povungnituk trip; see reference p. 168, object 348 of Sculpture of the [Eskimo]. Swinton, Geo.Women in detailed amautig (parke), slightly hunched, holding pelts in mittens at front; Annie 71730 scratched on bottom; details include ties on kamiks (boots), pelt fur and …
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- Artist
- Annie
- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- c. 1965
- Dimensions
- 12.9 x 4.7 x 5.5 cm
- Description
- Prob. purchased by CRW on 1968 Povungnituk trip; see reference p. 168, object 348 of Sculpture of the [Eskimo]. Swinton, Geo.Women in detailed amautig (parke), slightly hunched, holding pelts in mittens at front; Annie 71730 scratched on bottom; details include ties on kamiks (boots), pelt fur and opening for child represented in amautiz hood.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- AnI.06.01
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Tunnel Contour in Four Parts
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- Date
- 1977
- Medium
- acrylic; wax on paper
- Catalogue Number
- AnS.12.01 a-d
- Description
- General colour: green. Superimposed on horizontal lines placed at regular intervals up the picture, are curved lines indicating topographic or contour symbols. When all four are hung together the lines meet to form one autonomous image.
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- Title
- Tunnel Contour in Four Parts
- Date
- 1977
- Medium
- acrylic; wax on paper
- Dimensions
- 76.0 x 55.7 cm
- Description
- General colour: green. Superimposed on horizontal lines placed at regular intervals up the picture, are curved lines indicating topographic or contour symbols. When all four are hung together the lines meet to form one autonomous image.
- Credit
- Purchased from Stephen Andrews, Banff, 1977
- Catalogue Number
- AnS.12.01 a-d
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- Date
- 1982
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ArP.05.06
- Description
- A blond woman wearing a mask, blue sweater, white and brown shirt and brown boots in centre of the room. Papers are spread on floor, paints and brushes, various pieces of brown furniture, a green plant, a television with a man's face on screen. She has a bowl in her right hand from which has spill…
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- Title
- Indoor World
- Date
- 1982
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 38.0 x 56.3 cm
- Description
- A blond woman wearing a mask, blue sweater, white and brown shirt and brown boots in centre of the room. Papers are spread on floor, paints and brushes, various pieces of brown furniture, a green plant, a television with a man's face on screen. She has a bowl in her right hand from which has spilled an apple and orange and a teacup. Two rooms on either side with furniture.
- Subject
- whimsey
- figure
- female
- Pat Askren
- Credit
- Gift of Jon Whyte, Banff, 1992
- Catalogue Number
- ArP.05.06
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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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Untitled [Mt. Assiniboine]
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- Date
- 1932
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- AsH.02.01
- Description
- Mt. Assiniboine and Lake Magog.
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- Title
- Untitled [Mt. Assiniboine]
- Date
- 1932
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 41.0 x 48.5 cm
- Description
- Mt. Assiniboine and Lake Magog.
- Credit
- Gift of Douglas Hare, Banff, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- AsH.02.01
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Woman Sewing Skin Boots
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- Date
- 1960
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- AsM.04.01
- Description
- A positive, black image of a woman, dressed in a parka, sewing a skin boot; 3 utensils are near her; titled, numbered, dated and signed in pencil from the left; pasted on the tr back a 2.5 x 1.9 label: Canadian Eskimo Art”.Bottom text reads “Woman Sewing Skin Boots Stone Cut 9/50 Cape Dorset 1960 M…
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- Title
- Woman Sewing Skin Boots
- Date
- 1960
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 31.0 x 48.8 cm
- Description
- A positive, black image of a woman, dressed in a parka, sewing a skin boot; 3 utensils are near her; titled, numbered, dated and signed in pencil from the left; pasted on the tr back a 2.5 x 1.9 label: Canadian Eskimo Art”.Bottom text reads “Woman Sewing Skin Boots Stone Cut 9/50 Cape Dorset 1960 M. Ashevak”The series of chops in the top left are as follows: the first red chop denotes Miri (Mary) Ashevak Ezekial, the artist; the second red chop denotes Lukta Qiatsuk, the printer; the black igloo chop denotes that the print was made in the West Baffin Eskimo Cooperative in Cape Dorset.
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- AsM.04.01
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Father and Son
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- Artist
- Augaahs
- Date
- c. 1965
- Medium
- fossilized whalebone
- Catalogue Number
- AuG.06.01
- Description
- Two figures facing the same direction, the one behind is pushing the other; both dressed in parkas with the hood off the head; pants are indicated cut off at the knees; facial features are carved in, the eyes are hols, nose protruding,mouth indicated only in front figure; the arms of the back perso…
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- Artist
- Augaahs
- Title
- Father and Son
- Date
- c. 1965
- Medium
- fossilized whalebone
- Dimensions
- 52.0 x 23.0 x 39.0 cm
- Description
- Two figures facing the same direction, the one behind is pushing the other; both dressed in parkas with the hood off the head; pants are indicated cut off at the knees; facial features are carved in, the eyes are hols, nose protruding,mouth indicated only in front figure; the arms of the back person are extended to the front person giving an indication of pushing; both figures are bent forward at the waist. The fossilized whalebone has an open texture overall.
- Credit
- Gift of D. S. Harvie, 1969
- Catalogue Number
- AuG.06.01
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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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Maligne Lake, Jasper, 1935
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- Date
- 1935 – 1935
- Medium
- oil on board
- Catalogue Number
- BaF.02.01
- Description
- Maligne Lake with Spirit Island at centre foreground. The lake takes up half of the painting, while the mountains and sky fill the other half.
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- Title
- Maligne Lake, Jasper, 1935
- Date
- 1935 – 1935
- Medium
- oil on board
- Dimensions
- 44.2 x 44.2 cm
- Description
- Maligne Lake with Spirit Island at centre foreground. The lake takes up half of the painting, while the mountains and sky fill the other half.
- Credit
- Gift of Donald Grace, Saanichton, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- BaF.02.01
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- Date
- 1950 – 1950
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- BaM.04.01
- Description
- Black and white print of a man on a horse. There is a watermark in the paper which is placed vertically along the right side of the piece it reads: “ Howard Smith Autograph”.
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- Title
- Horseman
- Date
- 1950 – 1950
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 28.0 x 21.7 cm
- Description
- Black and white print of a man on a horse. There is a watermark in the paper which is placed vertically along the right side of the piece it reads: “ Howard Smith Autograph”.
- Credit
- Purchased from Canadian Art Gallery, Canmore, 1998
- Catalogue Number
- BaM.04.01
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