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- Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
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- Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian) 5
- Allan Harding MacKay (1944 – , Canadian) 4
- Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British) 4
- Mary Vaux Walcott (1860 – 1940, American) 3
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Native Dwellings, Philippine Islands
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- Date
- 1929
- Medium
- graphite; watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.001
- Description
- A dwelling with a grass roof. Three palm trees behind and to the right. Four figures are in front. There is a ladder leaning up against the dwelling. The house is a golden colour, the people are blue and red, and trees are green and brown. It is sketchily rendered.
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- Title
- Native Dwellings, Philippine Islands
- Date
- 1929
- Medium
- graphite; watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 30.5 x 24.3 cm
- Description
- A dwelling with a grass roof. Three palm trees behind and to the right. Four figures are in front. There is a ladder leaning up against the dwelling. The house is a golden colour, the people are blue and red, and trees are green and brown. It is sketchily rendered.
- Subject
- house
- Philippines
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.001
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Road to Grotli, Norway
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- Date
- 1938
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.007
- Description
- Colour: blue, green. The two basic colours split the picture diagonally in half from upper left to lower right. In the lower half is a road which goes from the lower right corner up to the middle of the picture. To the left of it is a green and white embankment. In the upper half is blue snow and d…
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- Title
- Road to Grotli, Norway
- Date
- 1938
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 27.5 x 35 cm
- Description
- Colour: blue, green. The two basic colours split the picture diagonally in half from upper left to lower right. In the lower half is a road which goes from the lower right corner up to the middle of the picture. To the left of it is a green and white embankment. In the upper half is blue snow and dark rock patches indicating a mountain side. Two patches of blue sky can be seen at the top left and top right.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.007
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Untitled [Plaster Cast Head]
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- Date
- 1925
- Medium
- graphite on conte paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.014
- Description
- A portrait study of a head drawn from a classical sculpture. The young boy has lots of hair and is smiling slightly, and head is turned slightly to viewers right.In the brc: marks, almost scribbles, charcoal marks, faint traces of shapes
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- Title
- Untitled [Plaster Cast Head]
- Date
- 1925
- Medium
- graphite on conte paper
- Dimensions
- 63.5 x 48.5 cm
- Description
- A portrait study of a head drawn from a classical sculpture. The young boy has lots of hair and is smiling slightly, and head is turned slightly to viewers right.In the brc: marks, almost scribbles, charcoal marks, faint traces of shapes
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.014
- Notes
- Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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- Date
- 1926 – 1928
- Medium
- graphite on conte paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.022
- Description
- A simply drawn seated female life drawing facing the viewer. Her hair is chin-length. Right hand rests on the ledge on which she is perched and her left arm positioned by her side. Her hands and feet are incomplete. The figure’s right leg bends at the knee with her foot on a ledge and right foot re…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1926 – 1928
- Medium
- graphite on conte paper
- Dimensions
- 63.0 x 47.5 cm
- Description
- A simply drawn seated female life drawing facing the viewer. Her hair is chin-length. Right hand rests on the ledge on which she is perched and her left arm positioned by her side. Her hands and feet are incomplete. The figure’s right leg bends at the knee with her foot on a ledge and right foot resting on the ground. with Signature in tr: Peter White; ‘March 17thWatermark; Michallet/ France tlc
- Subject
- figure
- seated female
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.022
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- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.02.080
- Description
- Landscape with valley from above, framed by two low trees at left and two tall trees at right. Colourful buildings in foreground with brown fields in centre of painting. Snowy blue mountains in background. “PETER WHYTE” in red bottom right corner.
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- Title
- Oil Painting
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 26.5 x 34.0 cm
- Description
- Landscape with valley from above, framed by two low trees at left and two tall trees at right. Colourful buildings in foreground with brown fields in centre of painting. Snowy blue mountains in background. “PETER WHYTE” in red bottom right corner.
- Credit
- Gift of Dorothy H. Wardle, Sidney, 1976
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.02.080
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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
- 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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Kanai, Hanalei
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.01.179
- Date
- 1933 – 1934
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.179
- Description
- Green, brown and yellow fields in the foreground, dark vegetation in front of a lagoon, the ocean is beyond. Cloudy sky meeting the ocean on the right hand corner, mountains in clouds on the left.
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- Title
- Kanai, Hanalei
- Date
- 1933 – 1934
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 27.9 x 35.5 cm
- Description
- Green, brown and yellow fields in the foreground, dark vegetation in front of a lagoon, the ocean is beyond. Cloudy sky meeting the ocean on the right hand corner, mountains in clouds on the left.
- Subject
- seascape
- Pacific
- Hawaii
- island, Kanai, Hanalei
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.179
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Scree Slopes, Bow Lake
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- Date
- 1945 – 1955
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.559
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- Title
- Scree Slopes, Bow Lake
- Date
- 1945 – 1955
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 63.4 x 76.5 cm
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- mountain
- forest
- lake
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.559
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- Date
- 1933 – 1934
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.574
- Description
- Painting depicting a beach with people on it. Palm trees in the foreground. One in a set of 7 paintings of Hawaii.
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- Title
- Waikiiki
- Date
- 1933 – 1934
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 12.7 x 17.6 cm
- Description
- Painting depicting a beach with people on it. Palm trees in the foreground. One in a set of 7 paintings of Hawaii.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.574
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Mount Deltaform
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- Date
- 1945 – 1955
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.331
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- Title
- Mount Deltaform
- Date
- 1945 – 1955
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 25.3 x 30.0 cm
- Subject
- landscape
- mountain
- Canadian Rockies
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.331
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- Date
- 1930
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.02.057
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- Title
- Mrs. Jonie
- Date
- 1930
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 54.2 x 43.3 cm
- Subject
- portrait
- female
- Indigenous
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.02.057
- Notes
- Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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- Date
- 1920 – 1928
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.031
- Description
- Female figure drawing, seated 3/4 view. short hair, arm up hand touching shoulder. Female nude, facing away 3/4. Seated on simply drawn box. Right hand touching shoulder. Left hand not rendered but implied resting on box. Hair cropped at ear. Signture: noneWM: Strathmore Papere Thistle Stamp TLC
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1920 – 1928
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 74.5 x 58.0 cm
- Description
- Female figure drawing, seated 3/4 view. short hair, arm up hand touching shoulder. Female nude, facing away 3/4. Seated on simply drawn box. Right hand touching shoulder. Left hand not rendered but implied resting on box. Hair cropped at ear. Signture: noneWM: Strathmore Papere Thistle Stamp TLC
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.031
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- Date
- 1962 – 1966
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.032
- Description
- A collection of 19 drawings in cartoon style. Row 1:1. Small square measuring 7.1 cm by 10.2 cm. Image of woman in pigtails inside house at windowsill looking outside at prancing horse. “P.W.” signed in BLC.2. Small square measuring 7.2 cm by 10.2 cm. Image of train at station platform with a woode…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1962 – 1966
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 42.0 x 60.8 cm
- Description
- A collection of 19 drawings in cartoon style. Row 1:1. Small square measuring 7.1 cm by 10.2 cm. Image of woman in pigtails inside house at windowsill looking outside at prancing horse. “P.W.” signed in BLC.2. Small square measuring 7.2 cm by 10.2 cm. Image of train at station platform with a wooden cart and people in front of train on platform. Train is labeled “Hospital Train” and wooden cart is labeled “Diapers”. “P.W.” signed in BRC. 3. Small square measuring 7.2 cm by 10.2 cm. Image of 3 men in desert in front of pyramid, 2 camels in distance. “P.W.” signed in BLC. 4. Small square measuring 7.2 cm by 10.2 cm. Image of car driving along road, fence to the right, hills and mountains in distance. “P.W.” signed in BRC. 5. Drawing of man in uniform. Drawing spans the length of two rows (approx. 16 cm tall) and is not encased by square border. P.W. BRC of figureRow 2:6. Small square measuring 7.2 cm by 10.2 cm. Image of man sitting at desk working at typewriter, has stethoscope (?) in ears. Basket and box of papers on desk to the right of typewriter, roll of paper to the left. “P.W.” signed in BRC. 7. Small square measuring 7.2 cm by 10.2 cm. Image of a line of tanks strung out across hilly/mountainous landscape. “P.W.” signed in BRC. 8. Small square measuring 5.5 cm by 10.3 cm, bottom of square is missing. Image of a sunset on a lake with mountains; 6 figures silhouetted in forefront. “P.W” signed in BRC. Central figure appears to be animal with pointy ears9. Small square measuring 7.3 cm by 10.3 cm. Image of a line of men in military uniform with one man separate in front; large stone archway in background. “P.W.” signed in BLC.Row 3:10. Drawing of a man and woman holding hands and walking, back view. Drawing is not encased by square border and spans the length of two rows (approx. 14 cm). Situated in BLC of page. 11. Small square measuring 7.2 cm by 10.2 cm. Image of streetscape with tanks and military vehicles driving along street as people on sidewalk watch. “P.W.” in BLC. 12. Small square measuring 7.2 cm by 10.2 cm. Image of man being pulled by a goat on a leash. Signed “P.W.” in BRC. 13. Small square (situated underneath image #12) measuring 7.2 cm by 10.2 cm. Image of a train being shot at by a plane with city or town in background and 3 goats running away from train. Signed “P.W.” in BRC.14. Small square measuring 7.2 cm by 10.2 cm. Image of two injured men in hospital beds with woman nurse attending one with bandages on head. Signed “P.W.” in BRC. 15. Small square measuring 7.2 cm by 10.2 cm. Image of a classroom with teacher writing math equations on chalkboard and students sitting in desks (backs facing the viewer). One student is throwing a rock (?)/eraser (?)/ eyeball(?) on the floor. Signed “P.W.” in BLC.Row 4:16. Small square of paper measuring 9 cm by 11 cm glued onto page. Image of young boy (back to viewer) with cricket bat (?) / suitcase (?) standing in field outside of large city and a horse and rider floating above the city. Mountains in background. Signed “P.W.” in center of right edge. 17. Small square measuring 7.2 cm by 10.2 cm. Image of three men (one British police officer and 2 soldiers) walking down street. A sign attached to the side of a building reads “HOTEL”. Signed “P.W.” in BRC. 18. Small square measuring 9 cm by 7.5 cm. Image of a man in a hole in the ceiling holding a woman by her shoulders in mid-air. A fallen ladder leans against the wall on the floor below. The door downstairs is open to reveal a road through fields and hills. Signed “P.W.” in BRC.19. Small square measuring 8 cm by 10.3 cm. Image of two men in long coats (backs to the viewer) standing on boat deck overlooking coastline, water with buoy, and seagulls in the sky. WM:
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.032
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- Date
- 1923
- Medium
- ink on board
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.033
- Description
- Ink drawing of car, side view. And extra tire is visible, mounted in front of the driver’s door. Very graphic rendering, using reletitive vertical and horizontal striping for shading. Large cloud-like shapes in background. Inscription: “Drawn by Peter White, 1923, Banff” written in ink in BRC
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1923
- Medium
- ink on board
- Dimensions
- 35.5 x 55.5 cm
- Description
- Ink drawing of car, side view. And extra tire is visible, mounted in front of the driver’s door. Very graphic rendering, using reletitive vertical and horizontal striping for shading. Large cloud-like shapes in background. Inscription: “Drawn by Peter White, 1923, Banff” written in ink in BRC
- Subject
- car
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.033
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- Date
- 1927 – 1939
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.260
- Description
- Sketches of soldiers, some complete figures, some incomplete. (From his time in the army?)
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1927 – 1939
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 38.0 x 50.5 cm
- Description
- Sketches of soldiers, some complete figures, some incomplete. (From his time in the army?)
- Subject
- soldiers
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.260
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- Date
- 1916 – 1927
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.043
- Description
- Various pencil sketches of dogs in motion. There are ten partially finished figures. Some of the dogs have harnesses.
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1916 – 1927
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 30.0 x 45.0 cm
- Description
- Various pencil sketches of dogs in motion. There are ten partially finished figures. Some of the dogs have harnesses.
- Subject
- dog
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.043
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- Date
- 1916 – 1927
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.046
- Description
- Seated female looking right, no face details with right arm over back of chair. Woman wears a hat or scarf that conceals her hair. He face is turned in a 3/4 pose, looking towards the viewer’s right. Drawing is enclosed in a drawn rectangular frame. Very roughly rendered with a coarse edge.“Peter W…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1916 – 1927
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 27.5 x 21.5 cm
- Description
- Seated female looking right, no face details with right arm over back of chair. Woman wears a hat or scarf that conceals her hair. He face is turned in a 3/4 pose, looking towards the viewer’s right. Drawing is enclosed in a drawn rectangular frame. Very roughly rendered with a coarse edge.“Peter Whyte” written in BRC
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.046
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- Date
- 1916 – 1927
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.054
- Description
- Two seated females, facing each other, no facial features.
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1916 – 1927
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 27. x 21. cm
- Description
- Two seated females, facing each other, no facial features.
- Subject
- females
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.054
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- Date
- 1927
- Medium
- charcoal; pastel; on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.058
- Description
- Portrait of First Nations man in headdress, side view, head and neck.
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1927
- Medium
- charcoal; pastel; on paper
- Dimensions
- 36 x 25.5 cm
- Description
- Portrait of First Nations man in headdress, side view, head and neck.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- headdress
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.058
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