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Chief Dan Wildman

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

Date: 1930

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.02.01

Description: Colour: brown, grey, red. Head and upper torso of a man facing left. He wears a large feather headress and a buckskin jacket with beaded trim. He wears a claw or teeth necklace. The background is grey.

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

Title: Chief Dan Wildman

Date: 1930

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 63.4 x 76.7 cm

Description: Colour: brown, grey, red. Head and upper torso of a man facing left. He wears a large feather headress and a buckskin jacket with beaded trim. He wears a claw or teeth necklace. The background is grey.

Subject: portrait, male; Dan Wildman

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1971

Catalogue Number: WyC.02.01

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

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John Donaldson Curren

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

Date: 1931 – 1936

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.02.02

Description: Colour: grey, black, flesh. Slightly turned to the left is the head of an elderly man who wears a dark suit and sports a white walrus mustache.

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

Title: John Donaldson Curren

Date: 1931 – 1936

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 53.5 x 43.2 cm

Description: Colour: grey, black, flesh. Slightly turned to the left is the head of an elderly man who wears a dark suit and sports a white walrus mustache.

Subject: portrait, male; John Donaldson Curren

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.02.02

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John Donaldson Curren

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

Date: 1931 – 1936

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.02.03

Description: Colour: brown, grey, flesh. The frontal view of the hand and shoulders of an elderly man who wears a shirt and tie under a brown sweater under a suit jacket.He looks left, his white hair stands on end and his mouth is smothered in a large walrus mustache.

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

Title: John Donaldson Curren

Date: 1931 – 1936

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 43.1 x 52.9 cm

Description: Colour: brown, grey, flesh. The frontal view of the hand and shoulders of an elderly man who wears a shirt and tie under a brown sweater under a suit jacket.He looks left, his white hair stands on end and his mouth is smothered in a large walrus mustache.

Subject: portrait, male; John Donaldson Curren

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1974

Catalogue Number: WyC.02.03

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

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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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Tom Wilson

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

Date: 1932

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.02.05

Description: Colour: brown, blue. An older man sits in a chair - a Hudson Bay blanket showing on the left side. His right leg is up. His left hand is on the arm of the chair. His right hand holds a pipe to his mouth - ring on fourth finger. He wears a navy blue suit and a grey felt hat. He's looking to the righ…

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

Title: Tom Wilson

Date: 1932

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 74.9 x 62.2 cm

Description: Colour: brown, blue. An older man sits in a chair - a Hudson Bay blanket showing on the left side. His right leg is up. His left hand is on the arm of the chair. His right hand holds a pipe to his mouth - ring on fourth finger. He wears a navy blue suit and a grey felt hat. He's looking to the right although facing out. The background is brown.

Subject: portrait; male

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1974

Catalogue Number: WyC.02.05

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

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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.