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- Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian) 467
- Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian) 371
- Les Graff (1936 – , Canadian) 47
- Peter or Catharine Whyte 37
- Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American) 22
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- Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian) 19
- John Donaldson Curren (1852 – 1940, Canadian) 17
- Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian) 14
- Belmore Browne (1880 – 1954, American) 8
- Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British) 8
- Michael Cameron (1955 – , Canadian) 8
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- Unknown
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- oil on wood
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.02.01
- Description
- Colour: blue; brown; railroad goes from lower center up the left side across the middle and disappears into the bush at center; in the distance up left are trees and a building; in the upper right is a mountain; clouded blue sky fills the top quarter.
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- oil on wood
- Dimensions
- 25.4 x 27.9 cm
- Description
- Colour: blue; brown; railroad goes from lower center up the left side across the middle and disappears into the bush at center; in the distance up left are trees and a building; in the upper right is a mountain; clouded blue sky fills the top quarter.
- Subject
- landscape, mountain
- railroad
- Credit
- Gift of Unknown, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.02.01
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- Unknown
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- oil on glass
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.01.01
- Description
- Colour: green, brown, blue; two colts stand facing left on a green ground; behind and above is a blue lake shape and a grey mountain shape with a white peak.
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- oil on glass
- Dimensions
- 14.0 x 24.5 cm
- Description
- Colour: green, brown, blue; two colts stand facing left on a green ground; behind and above is a blue lake shape and a grey mountain shape with a white peak.
- Subject
- animal, horse
- Credit
- Gift of Peter Whyte, 1966
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.01.01
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- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- oil on board
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.02.04
- Description
- Colour: cobalt blue, brown. Upper two thirds is sky; pink and yellow near the horizon which is blue and brown hills sloping down to a streak of blue water across the bottom.
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- oil on board
- Dimensions
- 12.7 x 14.3 cm
- Description
- Colour: cobalt blue, brown. Upper two thirds is sky; pink and yellow near the horizon which is blue and brown hills sloping down to a streak of blue water across the bottom.
- Subject
- landscape, mountain
- Credit
- Gift of Iva (Mrs. Len) Smith, 1976
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.02.04
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- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- oil on board
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.02.12
- Description
- Colour: brown greys, blue, green. The upper two thirds is sky and hills. Lower third is blue water with a green shore in the foreground.
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- oil on board
- Dimensions
- 14.0 x 15.2 cm
- Description
- Colour: brown greys, blue, green. The upper two thirds is sky and hills. Lower third is blue water with a green shore in the foreground.
- Subject
- landscape, mountain
- lake
- Credit
- Gift of Iva (Mrs. Len) Smith, 1976
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.02.12
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- Unknown
- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- c. 1945
- Medium
- oil on canvas paper
- Dimensions
- 40.0 x 30.0 cm
- Subject
- Landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- Credit
- Gift of Unknown, 1999
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.02.15
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Japanese Paper Fabric Screen
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- c. 1976
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.08.04
- Description
- An overall positive stencil used for fabric. Given to Catharine Robb Whyte by Tosh Yamiguchi when he visited her in 1976.
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Japanese Paper Fabric Screen
- Date
- c. 1976
- Dimensions
- 41.6 x 25.2 cm
- Description
- An overall positive stencil used for fabric. Given to Catharine Robb Whyte by Tosh Yamiguchi when he visited her in 1976.
- Subject
- abstract, non-representational
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.08.04
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Lidded Basket with Stone Beaver Handle
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Medium
- grass; stone
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.08.16
- Description
- lidded basket with stone beaver handle; lyme grass covered continuous uniform coil; 3 checkboard diamond designs of 9 dark squares; fitted lid with lip; carved grey stone beaver 1.8x4.7x1.7; hole drilled through belly to fasten to lid; incised round eyes and mouth.
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- Unknown
- Title
- Lidded Basket with Stone Beaver Handle
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Medium
- grass; stone
- Dimensions
- 11.3 cm
- Description
- lidded basket with stone beaver handle; lyme grass covered continuous uniform coil; 3 checkboard diamond designs of 9 dark squares; fitted lid with lip; carved grey stone beaver 1.8x4.7x1.7; hole drilled through belly to fasten to lid; incised round eyes and mouth.
- Subject
- households
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.08.16
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Lidded Basket with Stone Bear Head Handle
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.08.21
- Description
- lidded basket with bear's head handle; lyme grass covered coils; flat bottom, straight sides; seven V-shaped designs of brown stripes spaced evenly around sides; lipped lid, slightly domed; grey green stone, carved polar bear's head; ears, eyes, nose defined, mouth open; 4 holes drilled at base t…
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- Unknown
- Title
- Lidded Basket with Stone Bear Head Handle
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Dimensions
- 17.6 cm
- Description
- lidded basket with bear's head handle; lyme grass covered coils; flat bottom, straight sides; seven V-shaped designs of brown stripes spaced evenly around sides; lipped lid, slightly domed; grey green stone, carved polar bear's head; ears, eyes, nose defined, mouth open; 4 holes drilled at base to attach stone head to basket lid.
- Subject
- households
- animal, bear
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.08.21
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Lidded Basket with Stone Woman's Head Handle
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.08.24 a,b
- Description
- Coiled basket with carved stone handle of woman's head, lyme grass covered coils. Flat bottom, slightly curved sides 19.0 high base, 22.5 diameter, 29.0 top lip. Double chevron brown design encircles the bowl. Lipped lid, 4 point star design around head, carved black stone head 7.2x6.0x4.0. Carved …
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- Unknown
- Title
- Lidded Basket with Stone Woman's Head Handle
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Dimensions
- 29.0 cm
- Description
- Coiled basket with carved stone handle of woman's head, lyme grass covered coils. Flat bottom, slightly curved sides 19.0 high base, 22.5 diameter, 29.0 top lip. Double chevron brown design encircles the bowl. Lipped lid, 4 point star design around head, carved black stone head 7.2x6.0x4.0. Carved features and braided hairdo. 2 drilled holes in base to secure handle to lid.
- Subject
- portrait, female
- households
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.08.24 a,b
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- prior to 1935
- Medium
- oil on slate; wood; hardware
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.02.05
- Description
- Mountain landscape with river and rail tracks, bridges. Written at bottom 7th and 8th crossing of the Kicking Horse River. Oil paint on slate slab - very heavy. Provenance and artist unknown, image apparently taken from popular postcard view.
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- prior to 1935
- Medium
- oil on slate; wood; hardware
- Dimensions
- 48.6 x 28.0 cm
- Description
- Mountain landscape with river and rail tracks, bridges. Written at bottom 7th and 8th crossing of the Kicking Horse River. Oil paint on slate slab - very heavy. Provenance and artist unknown, image apparently taken from popular postcard view.
- Subject
- landscape, mountain
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.02.05
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- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.02.07
- Description
- Illegible signature blc; woodland scene on bottom stretcher at back, Aug. 14, 1922 and S.C. Woodward although signature on blc of painting is illegible so cannot be confirmed. CR 3255 scratched out on back stretcher.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Woodland
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 29.0 x 39.4 cm
- Description
- Illegible signature blc; woodland scene on bottom stretcher at back, Aug. 14, 1922 and S.C. Woodward although signature on blc of painting is illegible so cannot be confirmed. CR 3255 scratched out on back stretcher.
- Subject
- landscape, forest
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.02.07
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Great Diamond Island
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- Unknown
- Date
- 1908
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.02.08
- Description
- Thick, large trees (3) in woods; unsigned Great Diamond Island Aug.1/08 on canvas edge plus illegible writing on side, canvas edge.
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Great Diamond Island
- Date
- 1908
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 43.2 x 30.5 cm
- Description
- Thick, large trees (3) in woods; unsigned Great Diamond Island Aug.1/08 on canvas edge plus illegible writing on side, canvas edge.
- Subject
- landscape, forest
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.02.08
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Eagle Feeding Young
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Medium
- oil on board
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.02.10
- Description
- A brownish eagle with yellow beak and feet is in the center of the picture, he is feeding a young eagle. The foreground is dark brownish hills, the sky is blue with white clouds.
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Eagle Feeding Young
- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Medium
- oil on board
- Dimensions
- 45.7 x 65.5 cm
- Description
- A brownish eagle with yellow beak and feet is in the center of the picture, he is feeding a young eagle. The foreground is dark brownish hills, the sky is blue with white clouds.
- Subject
- animal, bird
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.02.10
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Old Banff Springs Hotel
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- 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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- 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).
- Credit
- Purchased from Thomas N. Lackey, Halifax, 1983
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.02.11
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Sealskin Hunter and Bear
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- Unknown
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Medium
- fur; seal; grass; skin; wood
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.08.18
- Description
- A male figure wearing a parka is standing over a polar bear that he has shot. The figure is holding a wood rifle in his left hand. The parka and polar bear are made from seal fur. The polar bear is a beige color and the man's parka is a medium brown color. Both the man and the bear are placed on a …
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- Unknown
- Title
- Sealskin Hunter and Bear
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Medium
- fur; seal; grass; skin; wood
- Dimensions
- 20.5 cm
- Description
- A male figure wearing a parka is standing over a polar bear that he has shot. The figure is holding a wood rifle in his left hand. The parka and polar bear are made from seal fur. The polar bear is a beige color and the man's parka is a medium brown color. Both the man and the bear are placed on a woven grass circle. The man has painted black features and a skin fringe hanging from the edges of his parka. The polar bear has painted features and an open mouth.
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.08.18
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Lidded Basket with Four Faces
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.08.22 a,b
- Description
- Round woven basket of lyme ? grass, flat fitted lid has a stone handle. The handle is 5.0 high, has four faces carved on the sides, 3 are smiling. A round flat knob on top. Ten spear shaped open designs around side of bowl. One design has no handle .
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- Title
- Lidded Basket with Four Faces
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Dimensions
- 19.0 cm
- Description
- Round woven basket of lyme ? grass, flat fitted lid has a stone handle. The handle is 5.0 high, has four faces carved on the sides, 3 are smiling. A round flat knob on top. Ten spear shaped open designs around side of bowl. One design has no handle .
- Subject
- portrait
- households
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.08.22 a,b
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Lidded Oval Basket
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.08.15 a,b
- Description
- Long, oval basket with fitted lid. Flat lid has a half circle ivory handle. Various geometric designs in brown skin strips around centre of basket.
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- Unknown
- Title
- Lidded Oval Basket
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Dimensions
- 11.0 x 13.5 x 27.0 cm
- Description
- Long, oval basket with fitted lid. Flat lid has a half circle ivory handle. Various geometric designs in brown skin strips around centre of basket.
- Subject
- households
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.08.15 a,b
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Round Lidded Basket with Stone Head
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- Unknown
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.08.20 a,b
- Description
- Round basket has a fitted flat lid. The handle for the lid is a stone 4.0 high portrait of a man, carved features and hair. Brown strips of skin laced into a stepped pattern, three on the bowl and three on the top. Very sturdy little basket.
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- Unknown
- Title
- Round Lidded Basket with Stone Head
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Dimensions
- 12.5 cm
- Description
- Round basket has a fitted flat lid. The handle for the lid is a stone 4.0 high portrait of a man, carved features and hair. Brown strips of skin laced into a stepped pattern, three on the bowl and three on the top. Very sturdy little basket.
- Subject
- portrait, male
- households
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.08.20 a,b
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- Date
- prior to 1962
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.08.17
- Description
- Round open basket is wider at the bottom. Skin designs on sides are of various arctic animals and birds, four dogs, four birds. Three of the birds have an extra skin strip in front of them. Very sturdy basket.
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- Unknown
- Title
- Open Basket
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Dimensions
- 8.5 cm
- Description
- Round open basket is wider at the bottom. Skin designs on sides are of various arctic animals and birds, four dogs, four birds. Three of the birds have an extra skin strip in front of them. Very sturdy basket.
- Subject
- households
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.08.17
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Inuit Family Scene
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.08.19
- Description
- Oval base and igloo are woven in grass. The igloo is round shaped with an arched door. Top of igloo and door opening have brown skin strips patterns. The figures are fully dressed with fibre parka, fur pants and skin boots. The parents have crochet burgandy coloured hats, skin mitts. The faces…
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- Unknown
- Title
- Inuit Family Scene
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Dimensions
- 11.5 x 20.0 x 28.2 cm
- Description
- Oval base and igloo are woven in grass. The igloo is round shaped with an arched door. Top of igloo and door opening have brown skin strips patterns. The figures are fully dressed with fibre parka, fur pants and skin boots. The parents have crochet burgandy coloured hats, skin mitts. The faces are made of skin, with shaped noses and stitched features. The baby is bound in cotton. The mother, with her baby in her arms, is lying inside the igloo while the man is outside looking in at them. Outside of the igloo is a two coloured fur dog, pointed ears, and stitched features. A small woven basket with fur inside is in front of the dog. A pair of skin, fur and fibre muklaks lay outside.
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.08.19
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