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- Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian) 47
- Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British) 20
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- Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian) 6
- James McLaren Nicoll (1892 – 1986, Canadian) 5
- Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian) 5
- Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian) 4
- Betty Trimmer 3
- Charles A. Beil (1894 – 1976, Canadian) 3
- Alex Simeon Janvier (1935 – , Canadian) 2
- Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian) 2
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Rocky Mountain Suite #2
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- Artist
- Jerry F. Grey
- Date
- c. 1974
- Medium
- watercolour; liquitex on paper
- Catalogue Number
- GrJ.05.01
- Description
- General colour: yellow. A surface gridded in varying densities of the same colour. In every square of sixteen small squares there is a white triangle in the lower left corner.
- Artist
- Jerry F. Grey
- Title
- Rocky Mountain Suite #2
- Date
- c. 1974
- Medium
- watercolour; liquitex on paper
- Dimensions
- 41.3 x 58.4 cm
- Description
- General colour: yellow. A surface gridded in varying densities of the same colour. In every square of sixteen small squares there is a white triangle in the lower left corner.
- Subject
- abstract
- non-representational
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1977
- Catalogue Number
- GrJ.05.01
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- Date
- 1963
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- JvA.05.02
- Description
- General colour: blue, orange. The drawing is contained by two horizontal lines. A blue one at the top and an orange at the bottom. Nine birds form a horizontal line across the middle. Two taller creatures stand left of centre. A dotted line runs from the right side down to the orange line and a? up…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1963
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 23.0 x 31.0 cm
- Description
- General colour: blue, orange. The drawing is contained by two horizontal lines. A blue one at the top and an orange at the bottom. Nine birds form a horizontal line across the middle. Two taller creatures stand left of centre. A dotted line runs from the right side down to the orange line and a? up to end by the last bird on the left.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1977
- Catalogue Number
- JvA.05.02
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- Date
- 1964
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- JvA.05.01
- Description
- General colour: red, blue on white. A horizontal shape cuts the picture in half. Another shape goes up from that to the upper edge left of center. A single orange line comes down to the left lower edge. Four large orange dots sit at the outsides of the main shape.
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- Title
- Follow-up
- Date
- 1964
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 37.0 x 25.5 cm
- Description
- General colour: red, blue on white. A horizontal shape cuts the picture in half. Another shape goes up from that to the upper edge left of center. A single orange line comes down to the left lower edge. Four large orange dots sit at the outsides of the main shape.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1977
- Catalogue Number
- JvA.05.01
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Banff Road, West of Calgary.
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactlac.05.25
- Date
- 1963
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- LaC.05.25
- Description
- General colour: blue, brown. Lower third is brown fields with a few vague structures here and there. Upper two thirds are blue mountain range and clouded sky.
- Title
- Banff Road, West of Calgary.
- Date
- 1963
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 20.3 x 25.3 cm
- Description
- General colour: blue, brown. Lower third is brown fields with a few vague structures here and there. Upper two thirds are blue mountain range and clouded sky.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- Credit
- Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
- Catalogue Number
- LaC.05.25
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The Top of the Hill
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactlac.05.07
- Date
- 1963
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- LaC.05.07
- Description
- General colour: grey, brown, blue. A road winds from the lower edge right to center and disappears into a grey hill with bushes on it and two trees left of center. Fence posts can be seen crossing the picture at the bottom of the hill. In the background to the left are distant mountains. The upper …
- Title
- The Top of the Hill
- Date
- 1963
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 19.0 x 24.7 cm
- Description
- General colour: grey, brown, blue. A road winds from the lower edge right to center and disappears into a grey hill with bushes on it and two trees left of center. Fence posts can be seen crossing the picture at the bottom of the hill. In the background to the left are distant mountains. The upper part is clouds and sits of blue sky.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- Credit
- Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
- Catalogue Number
- LaC.05.07
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- Date
- 1964
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- LaC.05.05
- Description
- General colour: brown, blue. Lower half is fields, farm buildings left, center and right. Two horses stand lower left. Upper half is distant blue mountains and clouded sky.
- Title
- The Homestead
- Date
- 1964
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 15.2 x 22.8 cm
- Description
- General colour: brown, blue. Lower half is fields, farm buildings left, center and right. Two horses stand lower left. Upper half is distant blue mountains and clouded sky.
- Subject
- landscape
- foothills
- architecture, rural
- Credit
- Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
- Catalogue Number
- LaC.05.05
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Kananaskis Lake
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactlac.05.13
- Date
- 1965
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- LaC.05.13
- Description
- General colour: blue, brown. Near shore is brown and fills lower area. Two posts sunk in the sand at the left side. The water reaches the far shore (one third up) of blue hills. The sky is full of rain clouds. On the left side a dark cloud appears to be loosing rain on the lake.
- Title
- Kananaskis Lake
- Date
- 1965
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 29.1 x 38.7 cm
- Description
- General colour: blue, brown. Near shore is brown and fills lower area. Two posts sunk in the sand at the left side. The water reaches the far shore (one third up) of blue hills. The sky is full of rain clouds. On the left side a dark cloud appears to be loosing rain on the lake.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- Credit
- Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
- Catalogue Number
- LaC.05.13
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- Date
- prior to 1986
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- NiJ.03.07
- Description
- Colour: pencil on white. Bare branched trees lean to the right from the left side over a rocky ground. Bushes are behind at left on a short horizon line appears right of enter.
- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- prior to 1986
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 22.5 x 30.0 cm
- Description
- Colour: pencil on white. Bare branched trees lean to the right from the left side over a rocky ground. Bushes are behind at left on a short horizon line appears right of enter.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1971
- Catalogue Number
- NiJ.03.07
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Ceremonial Dancer
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- Date
- 1967
- Medium
- watercolour, ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- TaG.05.01
- Description
- Colour: brown, black, turquoise, orange on white. A single figure in ceremonial dress whirls two turquoise blue hoops round his wrists. The black and white feathers of his headdress and tail are tipped with orange.
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- Title
- Ceremonial Dancer
- Date
- 1967
- Medium
- watercolour, ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 17.6 x 22.8 cm
- Description
- Colour: brown, black, turquoise, orange on white. A single figure in ceremonial dress whirls two turquoise blue hoops round his wrists. The black and white feathers of his headdress and tail are tipped with orange.
- Subject
- figure, male
- activity, dancing
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1970
- Catalogue Number
- TaG.05.01
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- Artist
- Betty Trimmer
- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- acrylic on canvas on masonite
- Catalogue Number
- TrB.12.01
- Description
- Black markings on an orange, green and yellow ground. Painting floating in black frame.
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- Artist
- Betty Trimmer
- Title
- Wapiti Print
- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- acrylic on canvas on masonite
- Dimensions
- 73.6 x 109.2 cm
- Description
- Black markings on an orange, green and yellow ground. Painting floating in black frame.
- Subject
- abstract
- animal, elk
- Credit
- Gift of Colin (Mrs.) Trimmer, Banff, 1969
- Catalogue Number
- TrB.12.01
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- Artist
- Betty Trimmer
- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- acrylic on canvas on masonite
- Catalogue Number
- TrB.12.02
- Description
- Black markings on a rose, aqua and blue ground.
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- Artist
- Betty Trimmer
- Title
- Wapiti Print
- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- acrylic on canvas on masonite
- Dimensions
- 55.9 x 88.9 cm
- Description
- Black markings on a rose, aqua and blue ground.
- Subject
- abstract
- animal, elk
- Credit
- Gift of Colin (Mrs.) Trimmer, Banff, 1969
- Catalogue Number
- TrB.12.02
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- Artist
- Betty Trimmer
- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- acrylic on canvas on masonite
- Catalogue Number
- TrB.12.03
- Description
- Black markings on a peach rose, peach yellow and green ground.
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- Artist
- Betty Trimmer
- Title
- Wapiti Print
- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- acrylic on canvas on masonite
- Dimensions
- 48.2 x 88.9 cm
- Description
- Black markings on a peach rose, peach yellow and green ground.
- Subject
- abstract
- animal, elk
- Credit
- Gift of Unknown, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- TrB.12.03
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- Date
- c. 1890
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.097
- Description
- Profile portrait of the bust of a woman with her head gazing downwards.“The woman’s head is bowed as though she is preoccupied with something in front of her; perhaps it is the artist’s wife, Mellora, playing the piano. The woman’s eyes and mouth, and tendrils of hair at the nape are treated sensit…
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- Title
- Melora
- Date
- c. 1890
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 25 x 18 cm
- Description
- Profile portrait of the bust of a woman with her head gazing downwards.“The woman’s head is bowed as though she is preoccupied with something in front of her; perhaps it is the artist’s wife, Mellora, playing the piano. The woman’s eyes and mouth, and tendrils of hair at the nape are treated sensitively while flowers in the background underscore her femininity.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda Heath
- Subject
- portrait
- Mellora Collings
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1984
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.097
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Father and Son
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactaug.06.01
- Artist
- Augaahs
- Date
- c. 1965
- Medium
- fossilized whalebone
- Catalogue Number
- AuG.06.01
- Description
- Two figures facing the same direction, the one behind is pushing the other; both dressed in parkas with the hood off the head; pants are indicated cut off at the knees; facial features are carved in, the eyes are hols, nose protruding,mouth indicated only in front figure; the arms of the back perso…
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- Artist
- Augaahs
- Title
- Father and Son
- Date
- c. 1965
- Medium
- fossilized whalebone
- Dimensions
- 52.0 x 23.0 x 39.0 cm
- Description
- Two figures facing the same direction, the one behind is pushing the other; both dressed in parkas with the hood off the head; pants are indicated cut off at the knees; facial features are carved in, the eyes are hols, nose protruding,mouth indicated only in front figure; the arms of the back person are extended to the front person giving an indication of pushing; both figures are bent forward at the waist. The fossilized whalebone has an open texture overall.
- Credit
- Gift of D. S. Harvie, 1969
- Catalogue Number
- AuG.06.01
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Indian Head Banff Indian Days Coin Model
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- Date
- 1969 – 1976
- Medium
- plaster
- Catalogue Number
- BeC.17.01
- Description
- A realistic rendering of a male, facing to the left; his hair is long and flowing with one rolled braid in front of left ear; feather tied to hair right side of head; a rosette at his neck; signed C. A. Beil R. C. A. Beil provided a design for the Banff Indian Days programe for their coin; valued a…
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- Title
- Indian Head Banff Indian Days Coin Model
- Date
- 1969 – 1976
- Medium
- plaster
- Dimensions
- 20.5 x n/a cm
- Description
- A realistic rendering of a male, facing to the left; his hair is long and flowing with one rolled braid in front of left ear; feather tied to hair right side of head; a rosette at his neck; signed C. A. Beil R. C. A. Beil provided a design for the Banff Indian Days programe for their coin; valued at one dollar. The original model was reduced to coin size at the minting plant. Part of the display Charlie Beil - Man of Versality? which is one part of four Charlie Beil - A Western Sculptor.
- Subject
- figure, male
- Indigenous
- Credit
- Gift of Devonian Group of Charitable Foundations, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- BeC.17.01
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Saddle Bronc Rider Banff Indian Days Coin Model
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- Date
- 1969 – 1976
- Medium
- plaster
- Catalogue Number
- BeC.17.02
- Description
- A realistic rendering of a saddle bronc rider; horse is bucking, all feet off the ground, facing to the left; signed lower right: C. A. Beil R. C. A. Beil contributed a coin design to the Banff Indian Days program between the years of 1969 to 1976. The original model was reduced to coin size at the…
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- Title
- Saddle Bronc Rider Banff Indian Days Coin Model
- Date
- 1969 – 1976
- Medium
- plaster
- Dimensions
- 20.5 x 20.5 cm
- Description
- A realistic rendering of a saddle bronc rider; horse is bucking, all feet off the ground, facing to the left; signed lower right: C. A. Beil R. C. A. Beil contributed a coin design to the Banff Indian Days program between the years of 1969 to 1976. The original model was reduced to coin size at the minting plant. Part of the display Charlie Beil - Man of Versatility which is one part of four Charlie Beil - A Western Sculptor.
- Subject
- animal, horse
- Indigenous
- Credit
- Gift of Devonian Group of Charitable Foundations, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- BeC.17.02
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Bull Rider Banff Indian Days Coin Model
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- Date
- 1969 – 1976
- Medium
- plaster
- Catalogue Number
- BeC.17.03
- Description
- A realistic rendering of a bull rider; the bull is bucking has his left front foot on the ground, facing to the right; signed bl: C. A. Beil R. Part of the display Charlie Beil - Man of Versatility which is one part of four Charlie Beil - A Western Sculptor. C. A. Beil contributed a coin design to …
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- Title
- Bull Rider Banff Indian Days Coin Model
- Date
- 1969 – 1976
- Medium
- plaster
- Dimensions
- 20.5 x 20.5 cm
- Description
- A realistic rendering of a bull rider; the bull is bucking has his left front foot on the ground, facing to the right; signed bl: C. A. Beil R. Part of the display Charlie Beil - Man of Versatility which is one part of four Charlie Beil - A Western Sculptor. C. A. Beil contributed a coin design to the Banff Indian Days program between the years of 1969 to 1976. The original model was reduced to coin size at the minting plant.
- Subject
- animal, bull
- Indigenous
- Credit
- Gift of Devonian Group of Charitable Foundations, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- BeC.17.03
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- Artist
- Mignon Fox Linck
- Date
- c. 1966
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- LiM.05.01
- Description
- The mountain dominates the entire picture from side to side with a little dark blue sky at the top and the lake in the immediate foreground. Written in pen on the back of the dust jacket in pen and ink: With love to Lillian you Glacier Peak affectionally Mignon.
- Artist
- Mignon Fox Linck
- Title
- Lake O'Hara
- Date
- c. 1966
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 14.9 x 22.5 cm
- Description
- The mountain dominates the entire picture from side to side with a little dark blue sky at the top and the lake in the immediate foreground. Written in pen on the back of the dust jacket in pen and ink: With love to Lillian you Glacier Peak affectionally Mignon.
- Credit
- Gift of Lillian Gest, Philadelphia, USA, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- LiM.05.01
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Honey Onyx Sphere
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- Date
- c. 1970
- Medium
- sculpture
- Catalogue Number
- PyT.06.01
- Description
- Sphere made of pale orange-yellow honey onyx on base.
- Title
- Honey Onyx Sphere
- Date
- c. 1970
- Medium
- sculpture
- Dimensions
- 2.5 x 12.0 diameter base; 12.0 diameter sphere cm
- Description
- Sphere made of pale orange-yellow honey onyx on base.
- Credit
- Gift of Vera Pyrcz, Edmonton, 1976
- Catalogue Number
- PyT.06.01
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- Date
- c. 1970
- Catalogue Number
- NuD.06.01
- Description
- A black stone carving of a walrus lying on it’s side.
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- Title
- Cow Walrus
- Date
- c. 1970
- Dimensions
- 6.5 x 10.0 x 15.5 cm
- Description
- A black stone carving of a walrus lying on it’s side.
- Subject
- animal, walrus
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- NuD.06.01
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