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Jim White's House at Nash's Creek
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.01.148
- Date
- 1928
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.148
- Description
- Colour: green, blue. Central image is a building with an addition on the back and two chimneys. There is grass in front. Trees behind to the left and one to the right in the distance. Pale blue sky is above.
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- Title
- Jim White's House at Nash's Creek
- Date
- 1928
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 27 x 21.9 cm
- Description
- Colour: green, blue. Central image is a building with an addition on the back and two chimneys. There is grass in front. Trees behind to the left and one to the right in the distance. Pale blue sky is above.
- Subject
- building, house
- Peter Whyte
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.148
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The Waterfall Below Oesa
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.02.013
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.02.013
- Description
- Colour: blue, purple. In the lower half, a waterfall cascade over a rock cliff (left of center). Behind, purple mountains rise and blue sky with three clouds fill in the top.
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- Title
- The Waterfall Below Oesa
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 76.5 x 63.5 cm
- Description
- Colour: blue, purple. In the lower half, a waterfall cascade over a rock cliff (left of center). Behind, purple mountains rise and blue sky with three clouds fill in the top.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- mountain
- lake
- Peter Whyte
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.02.013
- Notes
- Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Stoney Camp at Sunset
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.02.016
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.02.016
- Description
- Colour: grey, blue, green, orange. From each side teepees are situated; five on the left and eight on the right going into the distance to a point left of center, where the central space meets the hills behind. Groups of figures and dogs sit or stand around at the entrances to the teepees. There is…
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- Title
- Stoney Camp at Sunset
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 43 x 102 cm
- Description
- Colour: grey, blue, green, orange. From each side teepees are situated; five on the left and eight on the right going into the distance to a point left of center, where the central space meets the hills behind. Groups of figures and dogs sit or stand around at the entrances to the teepees. There is a larger group sitting in a circle at the lower edge in the center. The blue sky is heavy with streaks of orange and grey clouds filling the upper half of the picture.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.02.016
- Notes
- Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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- Date
- 1950 – 1957
- Medium
- oil on masonite
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.566
- Description
- A sketch or unfinished painting of a ring of nine teepees. The teepee in the foreground, viewer’s right, is the largest, has inside firelight and shadows visible. The teepee, in the foreground, viewer’s left, is partially visible, with shadows and light from within visible. There are two figures in…
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- Title
- Camp at Dusk
- Date
- 1950 – 1957
- Medium
- oil on masonite
- Dimensions
- 27.0 x 71.0 cm
- Description
- A sketch or unfinished painting of a ring of nine teepees. The teepee in the foreground, viewer’s right, is the largest, has inside firelight and shadows visible. The teepee, in the foreground, viewer’s left, is partially visible, with shadows and light from within visible. There are two figures in the foreground, one in red, and one in blue and yellow and suggestions of others in the background. There is a low blue sky dusk descending overhead.
- Subject
- landscape
- camp
- teepee
- figure
- group
- Peter Whyte
- Indigenous
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.566
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- Date
- 1931 – 1932
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.02.048
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- Title
- Self Portrait
- Date
- 1931 – 1932
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 53.5 x 43.2 cm
- Subject
- portrait
- male
- Peter Whyte
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.02.048
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- Date
- 1930 – 1930
- Medium
- ink; graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.09.05
- Description
- A sketchbook with a black spine and pressed paper cover in black and white. There is a white rectangular label with “Peter Whyte Banff” written in graphite pencil. It contains several black and white and coloured sketches done by Peter Whyte of various subjects including people, places, structures,…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1930 – 1930
- Medium
- ink; graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 26 x 20.2 cm
- Description
- A sketchbook with a black spine and pressed paper cover in black and white. There is a white rectangular label with “Peter Whyte Banff” written in graphite pencil. It contains several black and white and coloured sketches done by Peter Whyte of various subjects including people, places, structures, and transports (mostly ships) from trips through Asia, Africa, and Hawaii taken during 1930.
- Subject
- sketching
- drawing
- figure studies
- ships
- Asia
- Peter Whyte
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.09.05
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SKETCHES BANFF 1928
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.09.06
- Date
- 1928 – 1928
- Medium
- ink; graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.09.06
- Description
- A sketchbook with a black spine and pressed paper cover in black and white. There is a white rectangle label with “SKETCHES BANFF 1928” written in black ink. It contains several colour sketches that have been cut out of a different sketchbook and pasted in to this one. The last two sketches have no…
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- Title
- SKETCHES BANFF 1928
- Date
- 1928 – 1928
- Medium
- ink; graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 25.8 x 20.2 cm
- Description
- A sketchbook with a black spine and pressed paper cover in black and white. There is a white rectangle label with “SKETCHES BANFF 1928” written in black ink. It contains several colour sketches that have been cut out of a different sketchbook and pasted in to this one. The last two sketches have not been attached. Subjects are figure studies of Mounties, cowboys, climbers, Indigenous Peoples, soldiers, Asian people, and skiers.
- Subject
- sketching
- drawing
- figure studies
- Peter Whyte
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.09.06
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- Date
- 1928 – 1928
- Medium
- ink; graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.09.07
- Description
- A sketchbook with possible pressed paper cover wrapped in green fabric. Has “Sketches” printed in dark red cursive on the front cover and a 5 cm long fabric loop attached to the bottom edge of the back cover, most likely to hold a pencil. It contains several black and white ink sketches of Mounties…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1928 – 1928
- Medium
- ink; graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 23.6 x 28.5 cm
- Description
- A sketchbook with possible pressed paper cover wrapped in green fabric. Has “Sketches” printed in dark red cursive on the front cover and a 5 cm long fabric loop attached to the bottom edge of the back cover, most likely to hold a pencil. It contains several black and white ink sketches of Mounties and rodeo cowboys mostly on horseback, as well as one bull rider, Indigenous Peoples, and rough sketches done in graphite.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.09.07
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- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Medium
- graphite; watercolour; on paper;
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.09.01
- Description
- Spiral-bound sketchbook with brown thick card stock covers that belonged to Peter Whyte. Printed on the front cover is “The Beverly Spiral Sketch Book, (Rough Surface), For Pencil, Watercolors, Crayon and Ink, M” in dark brown. Sketches feature Christmas card ideas, figure studies, teepee interiors…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Medium
- graphite; watercolour; on paper;
- Dimensions
- 30.5 x 22.4 cm
- Description
- Spiral-bound sketchbook with brown thick card stock covers that belonged to Peter Whyte. Printed on the front cover is “The Beverly Spiral Sketch Book, (Rough Surface), For Pencil, Watercolors, Crayon and Ink, M” in dark brown. Sketches feature Christmas card ideas, figure studies, teepee interiors, rows of teepees with people in front/around them, animals, a house [done in watercolour paints, possibly by a child named Ian], and the funeral of Chief David Bearspaw, 1956. Some pages appear to have been torn from other sketchbooks and inserted in this one - there are also smaller papers of sketches folded up and tucked between the pages.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.09.01
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- Date
- 1910 – 1920
- Medium
- on paper; card;
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.964
- Description
- A handmade portfolio with “ART” written in black ink across the cover underneath a rectangular watercolour painting of a sailboat with pink and green rocks on the right-hand edge, black hills in the background, and “Lila” signed in the bottom left corner. The painting is bordered in black ink. The …
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- Title
- Art
- Date
- 1910 – 1920
- Medium
- on paper; card;
- Dimensions
- 33.5 x 25.8 cm
- Description
- A handmade portfolio with “ART” written in black ink across the cover underneath a rectangular watercolour painting of a sailboat with pink and green rocks on the right-hand edge, black hills in the background, and “Lila” signed in the bottom left corner. The painting is bordered in black ink. The pieces of the portfolio are made of green-grey paper wrapped around a piece of cardstock, sealed on the inside with a decorative page consisting of hand-drawn black and yellow hexagons with simple floral designs inside them. The covers are held together with a length of red cord wound through three holes punched along one edge. There is an additional hole punched in the middle of the open edge.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.964
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- Date
- 1928 – 1928
- Medium
- graphite; ink; on paper;
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.09.15
- Description
- Sketchbook wrapped in brown paper secured to the inside of the covers [most likely done by Peter as the original cover can be seen through tears in the paper] with “SKETCHES, Peter Whyte, BANFF ALBERTA CANADA” written in black ink on the front cover. Contents include sketches mostly of people [incl…
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- Title
- Sketches
- Date
- 1928 – 1928
- Medium
- graphite; ink; on paper;
- Dimensions
- 26.1 x 20.1 cm
- Description
- Sketchbook wrapped in brown paper secured to the inside of the covers [most likely done by Peter as the original cover can be seen through tears in the paper] with “SKETCHES, Peter Whyte, BANFF ALBERTA CANADA” written in black ink on the front cover. Contents include sketches mostly of people [including children, Mounties, women, golfers, climbers, cowboys, and Indigenous People], caricatures, horses, and portraits.
- Subject
- drawing
- sketching
- portrait
- caricature
- horses
- women
- children
- automobiles
- Indigenous Peoples
- Peter Whyte
- Catharine Robb Whyte;
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.09.15
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- Date
- 1950 – 1960
- Medium
- graphite; on paper;
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.09.16
- Description
- Metal coil-bound sketchbook with patterned black and white covers - the back cover has a green tint to the white parts, unsure if this was the original colour and the front cover is simply faded or if the back cover was dyed or tinted green later. Front cover has adhered paper label with manufactur…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1950 – 1960
- Medium
- graphite; on paper;
- Dimensions
- 25.1 x 21.0 cm
- Description
- Metal coil-bound sketchbook with patterned black and white covers - the back cover has a green tint to the white parts, unsure if this was the original colour and the front cover is simply faded or if the back cover was dyed or tinted green later. Front cover has adhered paper label with manufacturer name and space for an owner’s name - brand reads “GYRAL, Patent Pending.” Contents include sketches of possible Christmas cards, figure studies, notes, skiers, church/funeral scenes from Morley, sketches for paintings, geometric plans for tepees, and more.
- Subject
- drawing
- sketching
- skiing
- Indigenous Peoples
- tepees
- Morely
- Stoney Nakoda
- Peter Whyte
- Catharine Robb Whyte;
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.09.16
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- Date
- 1928 – 1935
- Medium
- graphite; ink; on paper;
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.09.18
- Description
- Hardcover “Punch” sketchbook with the December 26, 1928 magazine cover replicated for the cover. Contents include sketches by Peter Whyte, some just figure studies, some complete with ink and occasionally colour. Sketches include people, horses, cowboys, soldiers, faces, hands, cartoon animals, men…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1928 – 1935
- Medium
- graphite; ink; on paper;
- Dimensions
- 25.9 x 20.1 cm
- Description
- Hardcover “Punch” sketchbook with the December 26, 1928 magazine cover replicated for the cover. Contents include sketches by Peter Whyte, some just figure studies, some complete with ink and occasionally colour. Sketches include people, horses, cowboys, soldiers, faces, hands, cartoon animals, men in a classroom setting, airplanes in flight, cars, children, ski jumpers, people in a restaurant, people skating, and portraits.
- Subject
- drawing
- sketching
- figure studies
- children
- horses
- curling
- skating
- ski jumping
- Indigenous Peoples
- Inuit
- military
- Peter Whyte
- King George VI
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.09.18
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- Date
- 1956 – 1956
- Medium
- graphite; watercolour; on paper;
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.09.23
- Description
- Flip book-style coil-bound sketchbook with pressed paper covers. “REEVES, Series 60, SKETCH BOOK” printed on the cover in black. Also written on the cover in pencil [upside-down at the bottom] is “MRS. ELMER GAUMDROUE, (MUSEUM) DAWSON, Y.T. YUKON.” Contents include sketches of various buildings ar…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1956 – 1956
- Medium
- graphite; watercolour; on paper;
- Dimensions
- 26.1 x 17.3 cm
- Description
- Flip book-style coil-bound sketchbook with pressed paper covers. “REEVES, Series 60, SKETCH BOOK” printed on the cover in black. Also written on the cover in pencil [upside-down at the bottom] is “MRS. ELMER GAUMDROUE, (MUSEUM) DAWSON, Y.T. YUKON.” Contents include sketches of various buildings around the town of Dawson, Yukon done during July 1956, a car Peter & Catharine helped pull out of a ditch in Northern BC, figure studies of people and animals, and buildings/attractions around Fairbanks and Homer, Alaska.
- Subject
- sketching
- drawing
- buildings
- travel
- automobiles
- tourism
- Dawson City
- Yukon
- Alaska
- Peter Whyte
- Catharine Robb Whyte;
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.09.23
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- Date
- 1934 – 1934
- Medium
- graphite; on paper;
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.09.25
- Description
- Spiral-bound sketchbook with red and white-patterned cardboard covers and a black fabric elastic band attached to the back cover for the purpose of holding the book closed. A white paper sticker is adhered to the front cover with “Spring Block, Drawing Paper, By T.S.” printed in black on it - “Pete…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1934 – 1934
- Medium
- graphite; on paper;
- Dimensions
- 24.8 x 19.0 cm
- Description
- Spiral-bound sketchbook with red and white-patterned cardboard covers and a black fabric elastic band attached to the back cover for the purpose of holding the book closed. A white paper sticker is adhered to the front cover with “Spring Block, Drawing Paper, By T.S.” printed in black on it - “Peter Whyte” is written in pencil in the TLC. Contents include scene sketches from a 1934 trip to Japan by Peter and Catharine. Consists mostly of people sitting at tables presumably playing cards, Catharine reading the newspaper, figure studies, and a horse-drawn 2-wheel carriage.
- Subject
- sketching
- drawing
- figure study
- newspaper
- portrait
- Japan
- horses
- Peter Whyte
- Catharine Robb Whyte;
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.09.25
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- Date
- 1934 – 1934
- Medium
- graphite; watercolour; on paper;
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.09.26
- Description
- Fabric-wrapped cardboard cover Japanese sketchbook with high-quality paper pages. All pages stacked folded over each other like an accordion. Contents include figure studies and caricatures/stylized portraits of Japanese men and women, often holding umbrella - almost all of the images of women have…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1934 – 1934
- Medium
- graphite; watercolour; on paper;
- Dimensions
- 24.2 x 18.22 cm
- Description
- Fabric-wrapped cardboard cover Japanese sketchbook with high-quality paper pages. All pages stacked folded over each other like an accordion. Contents include figure studies and caricatures/stylized portraits of Japanese men and women, often holding umbrella - almost all of the images of women have been coloured in with watercolour paint.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.09.26
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Andalsnes, Norway
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.01.263
- Date
- 1938
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.263
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- Title
- Andalsnes, Norway
- Date
- 1938
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 27.2 x 34.8 cm
- Subject
- landscape
- Norway
- mountain
- Peter Whyte
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.263
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Trainer, Lincoln Park
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.01.264
- Date
- 1944
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.264
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- Title
- Trainer, Lincoln Park
- Date
- 1944
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 27.9 x 35.1 cm
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.264
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Ansons near Calgary
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- Date
- 1944
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.265
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- Title
- Ansons near Calgary
- Date
- 1944
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 27.6 x 35.0 cm
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.265
- Notes
- Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Nose Section of Plane, Calgary RCAF
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- Date
- 1944
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.266
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- Title
- Nose Section of Plane, Calgary RCAF
- Date
- 1944
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 27.7 x 35.2 cm
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.266
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