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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1937
Catalogue Number
WyP.06.01
Description
A realistic rendering of a male downhill skier in action, right leg and ski slightly in front of left, knees bent, elbows up holding metal ski poles. The ski poles have metal baskets soldered on to main shaft. The base is a triangular shaped piece 8.7 cm at the back tapering to the front which is 2…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Downhill Skier
Date
1937
Dimensions
29.0 x 9.5 x 28.0 cm
Description
A realistic rendering of a male downhill skier in action, right leg and ski slightly in front of left, knees bent, elbows up holding metal ski poles. The ski poles have metal baskets soldered on to main shaft. The base is a triangular shaped piece 8.7 cm at the back tapering to the front which is 2.5 cm high. The whole sculpture, excluding the poles, is painted silver.
Subject
figure
skier
activity
skiing
Credit
Gift of Bob Leighton, 1971
Catalogue Number
WyP.06.01
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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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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1930 – 1935
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.122
Description
Colours: greys, brown, blue, green. A grey-blue lake fills the lower edge. At the left on the far shore is a group of trees. A mountain rises up beyond. Snow is at the top and part-way down. There is a red brown rock at the right. Grey sky goes along the upper edge except in the upper right corner.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Lake Louise
Date
1930 – 1935
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
25.2 x 30.3 cm
Description
Colours: greys, brown, blue, green. A grey-blue lake fills the lower edge. At the left on the far shore is a group of trees. A mountain rises up beyond. Snow is at the top and part-way down. There is a red brown rock at the right. Grey sky goes along the upper edge except in the upper right corner.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
lake
Lake Louise
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.122
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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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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1930 – 1940
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.127
Description
Colour: green, blue, brown, grey. Lower half is green trees with two buildings in front at the left side. Mist comes down over the grey and blue mountain side which rises up behind to the upper right. Clouds and blue sky can be seen in the upper left corner.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Yoho Camp
Date
1930 – 1940
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
30.4 x 30.6 cm
Description
Colour: green, blue, brown, grey. Lower half is green trees with two buildings in front at the left side. Mist comes down over the grey and blue mountain side which rises up behind to the upper right. Clouds and blue sky can be seen in the upper left corner.
Subject
architecture
log buildings
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.127
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1938
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.008
Description
A lake is in foreground, some green foliage in immediate foreground. Houses jut out into the lake at left centre. A green mountain rises abruptly at centre left to top left with blue and white mountains to the right. A cloudy sky is top third .
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Andalsnes, Norway
Date
1938
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
27.5 x 35.0 cm
Description
A lake is in foreground, some green foliage in immediate foreground. Houses jut out into the lake at left centre. A green mountain rises abruptly at centre left to top left with blue and white mountains to the right. A cloudy sky is top third .
Subject
landscape
Norway
mountains
lake
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.008
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Mount Owen at Lake O'Hara

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1932
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.155
Description
Snow and some grey blue rocks in the immediate foreground. There is an ochre- coloured flank of a mountain to the left but the painting is dominated by Mount Owen. The lower slopes are brush strokes of blue, green and brown, mid-mountain there is snow and some grey/brown strokes, snowy peaks on the…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Mount Owen at Lake O'Hara
Date
1932
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
27.7 x 35.2 cm
Description
Snow and some grey blue rocks in the immediate foreground. There is an ochre- coloured flank of a mountain to the left but the painting is dominated by Mount Owen. The lower slopes are brush strokes of blue, green and brown, mid-mountain there is snow and some grey/brown strokes, snowy peaks on the mid-left. The background is grey sky.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain, Mount Owen
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.155
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1933
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.156
Description
Dark evergreens in right foreground, ochre and yellow meadow to the left and directly above trees, town of Banff is in middle far right. Snow-covered Mount Rundle upper right. The treeline cuts through the centre of the painting, grey brown flank of Tunnel Mountain to the left.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Banff
Date
1933
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
27.7 x 35.2 cm
Description
Dark evergreens in right foreground, ochre and yellow meadow to the left and directly above trees, town of Banff is in middle far right. Snow-covered Mount Rundle upper right. The treeline cuts through the centre of the painting, grey brown flank of Tunnel Mountain to the left.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
town, Banff
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.156
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Stormy Day, Glacier Peak

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1930 – 1935
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.157
Description
Storm clouds and glacier top one-third, grey brown mountain with some trees and four small waterfalls to the right.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Stormy Day, Glacier Peak
Date
1930 – 1935
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
27.8 x 35.4 cm
Description
Storm clouds and glacier top one-third, grey brown mountain with some trees and four small waterfalls to the right.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain, Glacier Peak
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.157
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Third Vermilion Lake

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1932
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.160
Description
A fall scene, very colourful. Brilliant gold and green vegetation, two dark evergreens and one yellow aspen to the immediate right, green bank and some evergreens to the left. In the middle flows the lake getting larger in the centre. Gold green and blue mountains with gold bank are the upper half,…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Third Vermilion Lake
Date
1932
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
27.8 x 34.5 cm
Description
A fall scene, very colourful. Brilliant gold and green vegetation, two dark evergreens and one yellow aspen to the immediate right, green bank and some evergreens to the left. In the middle flows the lake getting larger in the centre. Gold green and blue mountains with gold bank are the upper half, very little sky, light blue with two white clouds.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
lake, Third Vermilion Lake
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.160
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Fairholme Range, Cascade River

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1933
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.161
Description
Late fall, some yellow aspens to the immediate right and left, middle of the the painting is brown bank of the river, ochre hues on opposite shore., brown banks, tree line and snow-covered mountain range behind, cloudy sky.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Fairholme Range, Cascade River
Date
1933
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
27.8 x 35.3 cm
Description
Late fall, some yellow aspens to the immediate right and left, middle of the the painting is brown bank of the river, ochre hues on opposite shore., brown banks, tree line and snow-covered mountain range behind, cloudy sky.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountains, Fairholme Range
river, Cascade
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.161
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Sulphur Mountain from Bear and Buffalo Street

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1930 – 1933
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.162
Description
A winter scene of a very heavy snowfall on several evergreens dominate this painting. A mountain is completely snow covered in background with blue sky with a suggestion of sunlight filtering through the trees.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Sulphur Mountain from Bear and Buffalo Street
Date
1930 – 1933
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
27.8 x 35.4 cm
Description
A winter scene of a very heavy snowfall on several evergreens dominate this painting. A mountain is completely snow covered in background with blue sky with a suggestion of sunlight filtering through the trees.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
town, Banff
winter
snow
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.162
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1932
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.163
Description
A fall scene, the immediate foreground of red, gold and green vegetation, one large brown tree trunk to the left reaching up to the top of the painting; the four small branches have a few gold and green leaves left on them. A small larch tree, turning gold, is on the right, another small one to th…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Mount Fay
Date
1932
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
27.8 x 35.6 cm
Description
A fall scene, the immediate foreground of red, gold and green vegetation, one large brown tree trunk to the left reaching up to the top of the painting; the four small branches have a few gold and green leaves left on them. A small larch tree, turning gold, is on the right, another small one to the right and a larger one to the immediate right, gold and green vegetation in the foreground. A mountain dominates the painting, blue face and snow-covered taupe peaks, cloudy sky.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain, Mount Fay
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.163
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Early Snow, Mount Assiniboine

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1937
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.164
Description
A sunny day with lots of snow, a ski trail of path leading up to a snow-covered mountain to the left. In immediate foreground is an evergreen to the left, some gold snow-covered larches on the crest of the hill especially to the right. Blue sky with a few wispy white clouds.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Early Snow, Mount Assiniboine
Date
1937
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
27.2 x 35.5 cm
Description
A sunny day with lots of snow, a ski trail of path leading up to a snow-covered mountain to the left. In immediate foreground is an evergreen to the left, some gold snow-covered larches on the crest of the hill especially to the right. Blue sky with a few wispy white clouds.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain, Mount Assiniboine
snow
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.164
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Yoho Valley, Whiskey Falls

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1932
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.165
Description
Rushing white water over dark rocks. The sun appears to be shining on the brown and green rocks to the right.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Yoho Valley, Whiskey Falls
Date
1932
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
27.3 x 35.5 cm
Description
Rushing white water over dark rocks. The sun appears to be shining on the brown and green rocks to the right.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
valley, Yoho Valley
falls, Whiskey Falls
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.165
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Yoho Valley, Whiskey Falls

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1932
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.166
Description
White and blue water rushing down a dark background. Unpainted canvas to the right.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Yoho Valley, Whiskey Falls
Date
1932
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
27.8 x 35.2 cm
Description
White and blue water rushing down a dark background. Unpainted canvas to the right.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
valley, Yoho Valley
falls, Whiskey Falls
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.166
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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.
Subject
seascape
Pacific
Hawaii, Kauai
mountains
sugar cane
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.167
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1931
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.169
Description
A stretch of golden sandy beach to the left, grey blue waves lapping at the beach to the right, blue green ocean behind. Two small rocks and one large rust-brown coloured rock reaching to the top left hand corner of the canvas. Blue-grey sky on ocean horizon.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Nassau
Date
1931
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
27.8 x 35.4 cm
Description
A stretch of golden sandy beach to the left, grey blue waves lapping at the beach to the right, blue green ocean behind. Two small rocks and one large rust-brown coloured rock reaching to the top left hand corner of the canvas. Blue-grey sky on ocean horizon.
Subject
seascape
Atlantic
Nassau
ocean
beach
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.169
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Watlins Island - Santiago - Columbus Island

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1931
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.170
Description
Golden beach with dark shadows and a woman in the foreground. She is wearing long red skirt and a blue blouse, her left arm is holding a large white bundle on her head. She is walking toward the water and the large dark trees where there are many other people on the beach, mostly dark shapes, excep…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Watlins Island - Santiago - Columbus Island
Date
1931
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
27.7 x 35.4 cm
Description
Golden beach with dark shadows and a woman in the foreground. She is wearing long red skirt and a blue blouse, her left arm is holding a large white bundle on her head. She is walking toward the water and the large dark trees where there are many other people on the beach, mostly dark shapes, except for three people under a tree to the left wearing pink and blue. To the right is a red and blue boat on the beach against the blue and white water and white sky.
Subject
seascape
Pacific
Santiago
island, Watlins
Columbus
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.170
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1933 – 1934
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.168
Description
Golden sandy beach in the immediate foreground becoming larger to the right and extending right to meet a dark coastline that reaches around past mid-centre of the painting. White, grey, blue and green ocean waves, froth and surf meet a dark blue, grey sky with long white storm clouds.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Hanalai - Kauai
Date
1933 – 1934
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
27.6 x 35.5 cm
Description
Golden sandy beach in the immediate foreground becoming larger to the right and extending right to meet a dark coastline that reaches around past mid-centre of the painting. White, grey, blue and green ocean waves, froth and surf meet a dark blue, grey sky with long white storm clouds.
Subject
seascape
Pacific
Hawaii
ocean
beach
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.168
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