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Revelstoke, Lower Town

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Artist: Edward Roper (1854 – 1891, English)

Date: 1887

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: RoD.02.01

Description: Town of low wooden buildings in brown meadow with train bridge crossing river at left. Logs and blackened trees in foreground. Tree-covered and snowcapped mountains in background beneath sliver of blue sky. Signature and date (15/11/1887) in lower right corner. Gold painted wood frame with thick wh…

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Artist: Edward Roper (1854 – 1891, English)

Title: Revelstoke, Lower Town

Date: 1887

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 31.5 x 44.4 cm

Description: Town of low wooden buildings in brown meadow with train bridge crossing river at left. Logs and blackened trees in foreground. Tree-covered and snowcapped mountains in background beneath sliver of blue sky. Signature and date (15/11/1887) in lower right corner. Gold painted wood frame with thick white linen mat. White label on back for Masters Gallery Ltd.

Subject: Revelstoke; town; mountains

Credit: Gift of Robyn L Fulton, 2021

Catalogue Number: RoD.02.01

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Mountain Rhythms

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Artist: Doris Huestis Mills (1894 – , Canadian)

Date: 1933

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: MiD.02.01

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Artist: Doris Huestis Mills (1894 – , Canadian)

Title: Mountain Rhythms

Date: 1933

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 53.3 x 66.0 cm

Subject: landscape; mountains; river

Credit: Gift of J. Murray Speirs, Pickering, 1981

Catalogue Number: MiD.02.01

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Mountain Landscape

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1931

Medium: oil on canvas on board

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.073

Description: Three tall evergreens dominate from foreground to top of picture. Immediate foreground is pale green with a darker green forest behind, and behind that are dark blue trees and in the background is a single grey mountain with some snow.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Mountain Landscape

Date: 1931

Medium: oil on canvas on board

Dimensions: 30.6 x 30.4 cm

Description: Three tall evergreens dominate from foreground to top of picture. Immediate foreground is pale green with a darker green forest behind, and behind that are dark blue trees and in the background is a single grey mountain with some snow.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountains

Credit: Gift of John P. Crabb, Winnipeg, 1994

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.073

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Yoho Valley and Yoho Peak

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1930 – 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.124

Description: Colour: blue, white, green. The lower half is frozen water with snow on it and a shore along the bottom and left side where there are trees. The upper half is a distant shore line of trees which give way to white and purple mountains in the distance. Clouded blue sky comes down right of center from…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Yoho Valley and Yoho Peak

Date: 1930 – 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.7 x 27.8 cm

Description: Colour: blue, white, green. The lower half is frozen water with snow on it and a shore along the bottom and left side where there are trees. The upper half is a distant shore line of trees which give way to white and purple mountains in the distance. Clouded blue sky comes down right of center from across the upper edge.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountains

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.124

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

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Untitled

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Artist: William Hutchinson (1874 – 1918, Canadian)

Date: 1917

Medium: oil on paper board

Catalogue Number: HuW.02.05

Description: A river covers most of the foreground with reflections of trees and mountains, rapids appear at centre. Evergreen trees and shrubs line the river on both sides. Low mountains in background. The sky is cloudy with tinges of yellow and pink.

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Artist: William Hutchinson (1874 – 1918, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1917

Medium: oil on paper board

Dimensions: 24.5 x 34.8 cm

Description: A river covers most of the foreground with reflections of trees and mountains, rapids appear at centre. Evergreen trees and shrubs line the river on both sides. Low mountains in background. The sky is cloudy with tinges of yellow and pink.

Subject: landscape; river; mountains; forest

Credit: Gift of Dorothy Hutchinson, Winnipeg, 1994

Catalogue Number: HuW.02.05

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Mount Rainier

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Artist: William Hutchinson (1874 – 1918, Canadian)

Date: 1917

Medium: oil on paper board

Catalogue Number: HuW.02.04

Description: A solitary snow covered mountain is in top half of picture, cloudy sky top third. A lake with reflections of the mountain and trees cover bottom half of picture. A green forested peninsula juts out from right centre. The surface has an odd overall texture. It appears that the surface was roll…

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Artist: William Hutchinson (1874 – 1918, Canadian)

Title: Mount Rainier

Date: 1917

Medium: oil on paper board

Dimensions: 30.6 x 47.0 cm

Description: A solitary snow covered mountain is in top half of picture, cloudy sky top third. A lake with reflections of the mountain and trees cover bottom half of picture. A green forested peninsula juts out from right centre. The surface has an odd overall texture. It appears that the surface was rolled with a paint roller before painting the picture.

Subject: landscape; mountains; lake

Credit: Gift of Dorothy Hutchinson, Winnipeg, 1994

Catalogue Number: HuW.02.04

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Kauai - Sugar Cane

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1933 – 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.167

Description: Dark trees to the left and right with an irrigation canal or a road that winds through a brilliant gold and green sugar cane field. Dark blue hills to the left, lighter blue mountains to the right, a very cloudy and dark sky.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Kauai - Sugar Cane

Date: 1933 – 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.7 x 35.3 cm

Description: Dark trees to the left and right with an irrigation canal or a road that winds through a brilliant gold and green sugar cane field. Dark blue hills to the left, lighter blue mountains to the right, a very cloudy and dark sky.