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Native Dwellings, Philippine Islands

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

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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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

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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Job Stevens, Stoney, Morley

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1930

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.129

Description: Colour: grey, black, brown, bits of orange, white. The left profile of a man.His black hair is short on top and at the back two braids come down over his white garment which is trimmed with orange and green. There seems to be a dark piece of cloth around his neck. The background is dark grey.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Job Stevens, Stoney, Morley

Date: 1930

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 35.4 x 27.8 cm

Description: Colour: grey, black, brown, bits of orange, white. The left profile of a man.His black hair is short on top and at the back two braids come down over his white garment which is trimmed with orange and green. There seems to be a dark piece of cloth around his neck. The background is dark grey.

Subject: portrait; male; Stoney; Job Stevens

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.129

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Mark Poucette

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1933

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.119

Description: Colour: orange, grey, white, brown, blue. The head and shoulder of a man looking left from under a large grey hat. There is royal blue scarf/neckerchief at his neck - his garment is white and the background is orange.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Mark Poucette

Date: 1933

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.5 x 35 cm

Description: Colour: orange, grey, white, brown, blue. The head and shoulder of a man looking left from under a large grey hat. There is royal blue scarf/neckerchief at his neck - his garment is white and the background is orange.

Subject: portrait; male; Mark Poucette

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.119

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Chief David Bearspaw

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1933

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.120

Description: Colour: white, brown, red, orange. A man looks to the right, wearing a feather headress which runs off the picture at the upper left. While ermine streamers come down either side of his face. He wears a red neckerchief. There is blue, orange and red trim on the headress.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Chief David Bearspaw

Date: 1933

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.5 x 35 cm

Description: Colour: white, brown, red, orange. A man looks to the right, wearing a feather headress which runs off the picture at the upper left. While ermine streamers come down either side of his face. He wears a red neckerchief. There is blue, orange and red trim on the headress.

Subject: portrait; male; Chief David Bearspaw

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.120

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Road to Grotli, Norway

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

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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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

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.

Subject: landscape; mountain

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.007

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George McLean

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1930 – 1940

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.024

Description: Colour: blue, brown, red. The head and shoulders on a man facing left. He has short hair and wears a hat. There is a red scarf around his neck. The background is blue.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: George McLean

Date: 1930 – 1940

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 40.5 x 51 cm

Description: Colour: blue, brown, red. The head and shoulders on a man facing left. He has short hair and wears a hat. There is a red scarf around his neck. The background is blue.

Subject: portrait; male; George McLean; Walking Buffalo; Indigenous

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.024

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Chief Dan Wildman

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1930

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.075

Description: Dan Wildman is facing toward the left side of the image and takes up most of the right side of the image. The left half of the painting is a grey-green colour. Dan Wildman is wearing traditional Stoney clothing and head dress. He wears a bear tooth necklace and extensive beadwork is visible on h…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Chief Dan Wildman

Date: 1930

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 75.0 x 62.3 cm

Description: Dan Wildman is facing toward the left side of the image and takes up most of the right side of the image. The left half of the painting is a grey-green colour. Dan Wildman is wearing traditional Stoney clothing and head dress. He wears a bear tooth necklace and extensive beadwork is visible on his shirt. His eyes appear as if they are slightly closed.

Subject: portrait; male; Stoney; Dan Wildman

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.075

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Oil Painting

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

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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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

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.

Subject: mountains; Banff; town

Credit: Gift of Dorothy H. Wardle, Sidney, 1976

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.080

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Untitled

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

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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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

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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Untitled

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

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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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

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.

Subject: sketching; drawing; portrait; figure study; Japan; painting; Peter Whyte

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.09.26

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Untitled [Peter Whyte]

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Artist: Terence P. Bresnahan (1907 – 1972, American)

Date: 1928

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: BrT.03.01

Description: A portrait of Peter looking to the left. Peters collar is suggested with a few lines.

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Artist: Terence P. Bresnahan (1907 – 1972, American)

Title: Untitled [Peter Whyte]

Date: 1928

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 32.5 x 22.3 cm

Description: A portrait of Peter looking to the left. Peters collar is suggested with a few lines.

Subject: portrait; male; Peter Whyte

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

Catalogue Number: BrT.03.01

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Kanai, Hanalei

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

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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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

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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Untitled [Sarcee]

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1937

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.072

Description: Head and shoulders portrait dominates right side of picture. The headdress covers top and left centre. The feathers appear black with red beaded tubes at head band. He is wearing a white beaded vest with red and green design on chest. A row of teepees are in bottom left background.A gold plaque…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Untitled [Sarcee]

Date: 1937

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 76.5 x 64.2 cm

Description: Head and shoulders portrait dominates right side of picture. The headdress covers top and left centre. The feathers appear black with red beaded tubes at head band. He is wearing a white beaded vest with red and green design on chest. A row of teepees are in bottom left background.A gold plaque is affixed to the bottom of the frame Donated by A. Gordon Burton (Estate)