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Untitled

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Artist: Tom Lonsdale (1886 – 1975, Canadian)

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.

Artist: Tom Lonsdale (1886 – 1975, Canadian)

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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Buffalo Jump

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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.

Subject: landscape; animal, buffalo, horse; figure, male; hunting; Indigenous

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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Indian Scout

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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.

Subject: landscape; foothills; animal, horse; figure, male; Indigenous

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

Catalogue Number: LeJ.02.04

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Skyscape

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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.

Subject: landscape; skyscape

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

Catalogue Number: MrD.03.01

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Trees, Log

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Artist: Elizabeth Rummel (1897 – 1980, Canadian)

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.

Artist: Elizabeth Rummel (1897 – 1980, Canadian)

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.

Subject: landscape; forest

Credit: Gift of Haneylore Auchenbach, Canmore, 1984

Catalogue Number: RwE.02.02

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Card Sketches

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Artist: John Davenall Turner (1900 – 1980, Canadian)

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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Artist: John Davenall Turner (1900 – 1980, Canadian)

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.

Subject: landscape; Christmas

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).

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.