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Opabin Dome, Lake O'Hara

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Date: 1930 – 1931

Medium: oil on board

Catalogue Number: WyC.02.04

Description: Colour: blue, white, purple. In the lower right section a peak rises four inches up to a large diagonal cloud which runs from upper left to lower right. A second cloud runs underneath it. A small third cloud appears to be breaking off to the upper right corner. Looks like Opabin Dome

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Title: Opabin Dome, Lake O'Hara

Date: 1930 – 1931

Medium: oil on board

Dimensions: 10.5 x 13.5 cm

Description: Colour: blue, white, purple. In the lower right section a peak rises four inches up to a large diagonal cloud which runs from upper left to lower right. A second cloud runs underneath it. A small third cloud appears to be breaking off to the upper right corner. Looks like Opabin Dome

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; lake

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975

Catalogue Number: WyC.02.04

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Untitled [Moon through Branches]

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Artist: Unknown

Date: n.d.

Medium: ink and colour on silk; paper

Catalogue Number: UnK.05.09

Description: Colour: black; green; white; two branches of a tree in bloom across the lower left corner in front of a huge full moon.

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Artist: Unknown

Title: Untitled [Moon through Branches]

Date: n.d.

Medium: ink and colour on silk; paper

Dimensions: 27.0 x 24.0 cm

Description: Colour: black; green; white; two branches of a tree in bloom across the lower left corner in front of a huge full moon.

Subject: landscape; night time

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1977

Catalogue Number: UnK.05.09

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Small lake in Mountains

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Artist: Unknown

Date: 1978

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: UnK.03.13

Description: A pencil drawing of a small lake in the foreground, the immediate foreground is marshy and some trees, this surrounds the lake; mountains in background; a few clouds indicated. A small brass plaque with the drawing reads: To Lillian Gest In Appreciation The Lake O'Hara Trails Club 1979.

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Artist: Unknown

Title: Small lake in Mountains

Date: 1978

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 22.5; 26.7 x 26.7; 32.1 cm

Description: A pencil drawing of a small lake in the foreground, the immediate foreground is marshy and some trees, this surrounds the lake; mountains in background; a few clouds indicated. A small brass plaque with the drawing reads: To Lillian Gest In Appreciation The Lake O'Hara Trails Club 1979.

Subject: landscape; mountains; lake

Credit: Gift of Lillian Gest, Philadelphia, USA, 1986

Catalogue Number: UnK.03.13

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Watermill and Waterfall

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Artist: Unknown

Date: c. 1930

Medium: ink and colour on silk; card

Catalogue Number: UnK.05.03

Description: A watermill is in top right of picture, a stone basement, wooden building with a large waterwheel, a waterfall comes tumbling down from wheel; a grassy slope is in the foreground, lake in foreground; a waterfall tumbles down from left top of picture; the paper is gold trimmed; the foldover paper pr…

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Artist: Unknown

Title: Watermill and Waterfall

Date: c. 1930

Medium: ink and colour on silk; card

Dimensions: 27.2 x 24.1 cm

Description: A watermill is in top right of picture, a stone basement, wooden building with a large waterwheel, a waterfall comes tumbling down from wheel; a grassy slope is in the foreground, lake in foreground; a waterfall tumbles down from left top of picture; the paper is gold trimmed; the foldover paper presentation cover has Japanese writing: Square Paper for Drawing/painting (translation by Maskao Tani, 8/86). A business card was enclosed in the case: printed: Tsunejiro Miyaoka; handwritten: To Mr. Jack White with kind remembrances, Banff.July 24th 1935.

Subject: landscape; waterfall

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: UnK.05.03

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Kabuki Theatre Poster

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Artist: Unknown

Date: n.d.

Medium: woodblock on paper

Catalogue Number: UnK.04.08

Description: Small Kabuki Theatre Poster. A Man stands with legs far apart leaning back far to the right with his body and face facing left. He holds an umbrella that is cropped off by the edge of the print. He stands on a green ground. The backgroung is dark and features an almost black sky, a darkbrown hi…

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Artist: Unknown

Title: Kabuki Theatre Poster

Date: n.d.

Medium: woodblock on paper

Dimensions: 24.5 x 18.5 cm

Description: Small Kabuki Theatre Poster. A Man stands with legs far apart leaning back far to the right with his body and face facing left. He holds an umbrella that is cropped off by the edge of the print. He stands on a green ground. The backgroung is dark and features an almost black sky, a darkbrown hill, a small blue mountain, and a river. There are 2 text panels down the left side. Translator of print commented : Drawn by: Ichi bai tei(?), sai(?) ho. In images of the floating world Ichibaishi is also known as Yoshimine.

Subject: figure; Japanese; Kabuki; landscape; Japan

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: UnK.04.08

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Untitled [Mountains]

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Artist: Unknown

Date: 1982

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: UnK.03.17

Description: Graphite drawing of mountains. Dark rounded shapes at bottom. Lighter, vertical peaks at the top. Beginning of drawing on verso.

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Artist: Unknown

Title: Untitled [Mountains]

Date: 1982

Medium: graphite on paper

Description: Graphite drawing of mountains. Dark rounded shapes at bottom. Lighter, vertical peaks at the top. Beginning of drawing on verso.

Subject: abstract; landscape; mountains

Credit: Gift of Harold C. Whyte, Penticton, 2003

Catalogue Number: UnK.03.17

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Peaks 3 and 4, Moraine Lake

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Date: 1945 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.083

Description: Moraine Lake and Mount Bowlen and Tonsa.

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Title: Peaks 3 and 4, Moraine Lake

Date: 1945 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Description: Moraine Lake and Mount Bowlen and Tonsa.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; Moraine Lake; Mt. Bowlen; Tonsa

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.083

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Mount Temple and Larches

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Date: 1937 – 1945

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.02.14

Description: The foreground is a trail starting at the centre, leading right, then left, towards a snow-covered Mt. Temple. There is a stand (one large and four small ones) of larches on viewer’s left, and on viewer’s right one large larch and one small, plus four evergreens. The sky is blue with white clouds.

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Title: Mount Temple and Larches

Date: 1937 – 1945

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 40.8 x 50.8 cm

Description: The foreground is a trail starting at the centre, leading right, then left, towards a snow-covered Mt. Temple. There is a stand (one large and four small ones) of larches on viewer’s left, and on viewer’s right one large larch and one small, plus four evergreens. The sky is blue with white clouds.

Subject: landscape; Mt. Temple; larch trees

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: WyC.02.14

Notes: Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018

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Innesbruck M. Theresienstrasse

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Artist: Unknown

Date: n.d.

Medium: etching on cloth

Catalogue Number: UnK.04.02

Description: A street scene in Innesbruck, Austria. Blue sky across top of picture, purple mountain range with some snow and a smaller green mountain backdrops the street scene. A tall statue is in the centre of the street.

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Artist: Unknown

Title: Innesbruck M. Theresienstrasse

Date: n.d.

Medium: etching on cloth

Dimensions: 17.0 x 20.3 cm

Description: A street scene in Innesbruck, Austria. Blue sky across top of picture, purple mountain range with some snow and a smaller green mountain backdrops the street scene. A tall statue is in the centre of the street.

Subject: architecture, urban; mountains; landscape

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: UnK.04.02

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Old Banff Springs Hotel

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Artist: Unknown

Date: n.d.

Medium: oil on wood

Catalogue Number: UnK.02.11

Description: A painting on a solid piece of wood of the early Banff Springs Hotel, probably 1888 circa. The Bow River runs in the left foreground of picture. It is a realistic painting of the mountains, Sulphur, Goat and the back of Rundle. The colours are darkish greens, blue river, the sky is yellowish (the …

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Artist: Unknown

Title: Old Banff Springs Hotel

Date: n.d.

Medium: oil on wood

Dimensions: 37.3 x 115.2 cm

Description: A painting on a solid piece of wood of the early Banff Springs Hotel, probably 1888 circa. The Bow River runs in the left foreground of picture. It is a realistic painting of the mountains, Sulphur, Goat and the back of Rundle. The colours are darkish greens, blue river, the sky is yellowish (the sky looks unfinished).

Subject: landscape; Banff Springs Hotel; Canadian Rockies; architecture; river

Credit: Purchased from Thomas N. Lackey, Halifax, 1983

Catalogue Number: UnK.02.11

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Peyto Lake

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Date: 1936 – 1950

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.010

Description: Peyto Lake. In the mid ground is a row of mountain peaks which meet an overcast sky. T

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Title: Peyto Lake

Date: 1936 – 1950

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 12.6 x 17.8 cm

Description: Peyto Lake. In the mid ground is a row of mountain peaks which meet an overcast sky. T

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; Peyto Lake

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.010

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Mount Biddle and Mount Schaffer

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Date: 1930 – 1945

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.012

Description: Two peaked mountain comprises three-quarters of the picture. Loosely sketched dark evergreens wind down one of the mountain sides in diagonal fashion from right to left in the mid ground. A clearing depicted in the foreground.

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Title: Mount Biddle and Mount Schaffer

Date: 1930 – 1945

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 12.6 x 17.8 cm

Description: Two peaked mountain comprises three-quarters of the picture. Loosely sketched dark evergreens wind down one of the mountain sides in diagonal fashion from right to left in the mid ground. A clearing depicted in the foreground.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; Mt. Biddle; Mt. Schaffer

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.012

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Ten Peaks from Temple Lodge Area

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Date: 1938 – 1945

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.013

Description: The upper portion is predominately comprised of sky. The lower half is made up of a rolling meadows dotted with groupings of evergreens. The mountain range separates the sky from the meadows.

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Title: Ten Peaks from Temple Lodge Area

Date: 1938 – 1945

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 12.6 x 17.8 cm

Description: The upper portion is predominately comprised of sky. The lower half is made up of a rolling meadows dotted with groupings of evergreens. The mountain range separates the sky from the meadows.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.013

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Icicles (at Assiniboine)

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Date: 1937

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.014

Description: Bluish white icicles hang from the upper part of the picture frame moving downwards toward the bottom of the picture frame.

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Title: Icicles (at Assiniboine)

Date: 1937

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 12.6 x 17.8 cm

Description: Bluish white icicles hang from the upper part of the picture frame moving downwards toward the bottom of the picture frame.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.014

Notes: Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018

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Temple Mountain from Above Temple Lodge

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Date: 1938 – 1946

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.006

Description: Temple Mountain with its various bluish tones in the mid ground appears behind the sparse patches of evergreen slopes in the foregound.

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Title: Temple Mountain from Above Temple Lodge

Date: 1938 – 1946

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 12.6 x 17.8 cm

Description: Temple Mountain with its various bluish tones in the mid ground appears behind the sparse patches of evergreen slopes in the foregound.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; Mt. Temple

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.006

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Lake McArthur

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Date: 1930 – 1945

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.011

Description: Lake McArthur in the immediate foreground.

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Title: Lake McArthur

Date: 1930 – 1945

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 12.6 x 17.8 cm

Description: Lake McArthur in the immediate foreground.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; Lake McArthur

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.011

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Hawaii

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Date: 1933 – 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.017

Description: Beams of light from clouds shine onto the ground below. A winding stream zigzags it's way from the foreground to the midground where it flows into a lake.

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Title: Hawaii

Date: 1933 – 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 12.6 x 17.8 cm

Description: Beams of light from clouds shine onto the ground below. A winding stream zigzags it's way from the foreground to the midground where it flows into a lake.