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- Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian) 390
- Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian) 288
- Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British) 70
- Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian) 67
- Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian) 64
- James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian) 63
- Les Graff (1936 – , Canadian) 47
- Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian) 24
- Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian) 22
- John Donaldson Curren (1852 – 1940, Canadian) 14
- Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian) 14
- Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian) 13
- Date
- 1962
- Medium
- oil on canvas board
- Catalogue Number
- LoT.02.07
- Description
- A stylized painting of Cascade Mountain, the top almost touches the top of the painting, just off centre, fluffy white clouds in a blue sky. Some evergreen trees in foreground, a stylized rock in bottom right corner.
- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1962
- Medium
- oil on canvas board
- Dimensions
- 20 x 24.6 cm
- Description
- A stylized painting of Cascade Mountain, the top almost touches the top of the painting, just off centre, fluffy white clouds in a blue sky. Some evergreen trees in foreground, a stylized rock in bottom right corner.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- Credit
- Gift of Ken Madsen, Banff, 1983
- Catalogue Number
- LoT.02.07
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- Artist
- John Lefthand Jr.
- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Medium
- oil on canvas board
- Catalogue Number
- LeJ.02.01
- Description
- Three people on horseback, one waving a bright red flag, are chasing some bison over a cliff. The cliff, right foreground is green, the valley below is light green with two brownish hills. The sky is blue with two white clouds.
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- Artist
- John Lefthand Jr.
- Title
- Buffalo Jump
- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Medium
- oil on canvas board
- Dimensions
- 23 x 30.0 cm
- Description
- Three people on horseback, one waving a bright red flag, are chasing some bison over a cliff. The cliff, right foreground is green, the valley below is light green with two brownish hills. The sky is blue with two white clouds.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- LeJ.02.01
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Man Leading Horse
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- Artist
- John Lefthand Jr.
- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Medium
- oil on canvas board
- Catalogue Number
- LeJ.02.02
- Description
- Man dressed in brown and wearing a hat is opening a gate, leading a brown horse, saddled with a large yellow bedroll. The foreground is snow, green spruce trees to the left a leaning to the right, it appears windy. The horse's tail is blowing as is the man's scarf. A house with a yellow light comin…
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- Artist
- John Lefthand Jr.
- Title
- Man Leading Horse
- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Medium
- oil on canvas board
- Dimensions
- 23 x 30 cm
- Description
- Man dressed in brown and wearing a hat is opening a gate, leading a brown horse, saddled with a large yellow bedroll. The foreground is snow, green spruce trees to the left a leaning to the right, it appears windy. The horse's tail is blowing as is the man's scarf. A house with a yellow light coming from a window is to the center right of picture. The sky is gray/blue, some yellow clouds on the horizon. Three mountain peaks in center right of picture.
- Subject
- landscape
- winter
- animal, horse
- figure, male
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- LeJ.02.02
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- Artist
- John Lefthand Jr.
- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Medium
- oil on canvas board
- Catalogue Number
- LeJ.02.04
- Description
- An man on a large gray rock in center of picture is looking down into a valley, Four teepees and two horses are beside a river. Another man on a brown horse is leading a pinto, another horse is coming into the picture, lower right. A large taupe coloured cloud covers the entire top of picture. The …
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- Artist
- John Lefthand Jr.
- Title
- Indian Scout
- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Medium
- oil on canvas board
- Dimensions
- 23.0 x 30.0 cm
- Description
- An man on a large gray rock in center of picture is looking down into a valley, Four teepees and two horses are beside a river. Another man on a brown horse is leading a pinto, another horse is coming into the picture, lower right. A large taupe coloured cloud covers the entire top of picture. The knoll on which the rock and riders are on is very lush and green.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- LeJ.02.04
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- Artist
- Dorothy R. Morton
- Date
- 1930
- Medium
- oil pastel on paper
- Catalogue Number
- MrD.03.01
- Description
- Skyscape with distant hills, orange and yellow dominant sky colours; signed brc D.R. Morton and dated Jan. 7, 1930. Artist poss. fellow student of Whytes.
- Artist
- Dorothy R. Morton
- Title
- Skyscape
- Date
- 1930
- Medium
- oil pastel on paper
- Dimensions
- 30.4 x 22.8 cm
- Description
- Skyscape with distant hills, orange and yellow dominant sky colours; signed brc D.R. Morton and dated Jan. 7, 1930. Artist poss. fellow student of Whytes.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- MrD.03.01
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Mount Baker from B.C. Coast, Olympic Range, Siwash Indian Boat
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- Date
- 1900
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- MrT.05.01
- Description
- Foreground has yellow grasses, rocks and a bare ground leading towards light blue water to the right of the picture. On the edge of the water on the bare embankment is a canoe with two people. Green trees to left centre of foreground and across the river, low blue/purple mountains are in front of s…
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- Title
- Mount Baker from B.C. Coast, Olympic Range, Siwash Indian Boat
- Date
- 1900
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 46.5 x 66.0 cm
- Description
- Foreground has yellow grasses, rocks and a bare ground leading towards light blue water to the right of the picture. On the edge of the water on the bare embankment is a canoe with two people. Green trees to left centre of foreground and across the river, low blue/purple mountains are in front of snow-capped mountains to centre left. Cloudy sky with a few patches of blue.
- Subject
- landscape
- mountain
- lake
- figure, male
- Credit
- Purchased from Sotheby Parke Bernet (Canada) Ltd, Toronto, 1984
- Catalogue Number
- MrT.05.01
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In the Rockies
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- Date
- 1936
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- PhW.05.10
- Description
- The painting is on heavy, brownish paper. The foreground is green, lower right are rocks and a rocky side of a mountain. Blue mountains are evident in background. The top two thirds of the painting is sky, slight washes indicate soft white clouds. Signed brc.
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- Title
- In the Rockies
- Date
- 1936
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 23.5 x 26.0 cm
- Description
- The painting is on heavy, brownish paper. The foreground is green, lower right are rocks and a rocky side of a mountain. Blue mountains are evident in background. The top two thirds of the painting is sky, slight washes indicate soft white clouds. Signed brc.
- Credit
- Purchased from Sotheby Parke Bernet (Canada) Ltd, Toronto, 1985
- Catalogue Number
- PhW.05.10
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- Date
- 1950
- Medium
- oil on board
- Catalogue Number
- RwE.02.02
- Description
- A large grey log lies in the foreground, a greenish foreground, two large leafless brown trees in center and center left. Green trees (3) in center, a mountain side to the right, the sky is orange. Titled, dated and signed on back.
- Title
- Trees, Log
- Date
- 1950
- Medium
- oil on board
- Dimensions
- 30.3 x 39.8 cm
- Description
- A large grey log lies in the foreground, a greenish foreground, two large leafless brown trees in center and center left. Green trees (3) in center, a mountain side to the right, the sky is orange. Titled, dated and signed on back.
- Credit
- Gift of Haneylore Auchenbach, Canmore, 1984
- Catalogue Number
- RwE.02.02
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Banff Campgrounds
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- Date
- 1947
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ShM.05.02
- Description
- A brown picnic shelter and a pitched white tent are side by side on a green slope, the slope runs down to the right. Some large evergreen trees are behind them and a blue sky with fluffy white clouds covers the top half of the picture.
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- Title
- Banff Campgrounds
- Date
- 1947
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 26.0 x 36.0 cm
- Description
- A brown picnic shelter and a pitched white tent are side by side on a green slope, the slope runs down to the right. Some large evergreen trees are behind them and a blue sky with fluffy white clouds covers the top half of the picture.
- Subject
- landscape
- mountain
- architecture, rural
- Credit
- Purchased from Masters Gallery ltd., Calgary, 1983
- Catalogue Number
- ShM.05.02
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- Date
- 1940
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- SiJ.05.27
- Description
- Light blue river in foreground, coursing to background of trees and mountains. Green and brown banks to either side, tall evergreens on the right, smaller ones on the left. Mauve, blue and green mountains to the mid centre left. A light blue sky.
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1940
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 10.7 x 16.2 cm
- Description
- Light blue river in foreground, coursing to background of trees and mountains. Green and brown banks to either side, tall evergreens on the right, smaller ones on the left. Mauve, blue and green mountains to the mid centre left. A light blue sky.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- card
- Christmas
- river
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- SiJ.05.27
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- Date
- 1961
- Medium
- watercolour on hard paper
- Catalogue Number
- SiJ.05.37
- Description
- A mountain scene (Mount Assiniboine?), purplish mountains with snow run across entire picture, foreground is meadow with some evergreen trees and patches of brown between the snow. The blue sky is tinged with yellow. On back: Best wishes for Xmas & New Year from Mr. & Mrs. J. Simpson Banff, 1961 Ch…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1961
- Medium
- watercolour on hard paper
- Dimensions
- 8.9 x 17.8 cm
- Description
- A mountain scene (Mount Assiniboine?), purplish mountains with snow run across entire picture, foreground is meadow with some evergreen trees and patches of brown between the snow. The blue sky is tinged with yellow. On back: Best wishes for Xmas & New Year from Mr. & Mrs. J. Simpson Banff, 1961 Christmas card sent to Syd Vallance in 1961.
- Credit
- Gift of Jean Gill, Calgary, 1981
- Catalogue Number
- SiJ.05.37
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- Date
- 1951 – 1959
- Medium
- ink; watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- TuJ.03.01
- Description
- TuJ.03.01 (1951) roadside church, pen & ink, signed brc J.D. Turner Xmas card sent to the Whytes.
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- Title
- Card Sketches
- Date
- 1951 – 1959
- Medium
- ink; watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 12.5 x 17.0 cm
- Description
- TuJ.03.01 (1951) roadside church, pen & ink, signed brc J.D. Turner Xmas card sent to the Whytes.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- TuJ.03.01
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Spring Blossoms
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- Artist
- Francois Verheyden
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- oil on board
- Catalogue Number
- VeF.02.01
- Description
- A lush spring scene of flowering trees, some white blossoms left centre, pink blossoms centre right. Green grass with yellow and pink, blueish hills in background, white clouds in a blue sky.
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- Artist
- Francois Verheyden
- Title
- Spring Blossoms
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- oil on board
- Dimensions
- 29.0 x 39.3 cm
- Description
- A lush spring scene of flowering trees, some white blossoms left centre, pink blossoms centre right. Green grass with yellow and pink, blueish hills in background, white clouds in a blue sky.
- Subject
- landscape
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- VeF.02.01
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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).
- Credit
- Purchased from Thomas N. Lackey, Halifax, 1983
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.02.11
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- 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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- 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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- 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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- 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.
- 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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- Date
- 1930 – 1945
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.011
- Description
- Lake McArthur in the immediate foreground.
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- 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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