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Across the Southern States to the Blue Pacific and Vancouver

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1925 – 1966

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.375

Description: Side 1: Pencil drawing of car driving on a highway to the viewer’s right and into the distance. Other more roughly sketched vehicles are in oncoming lanes. A sign to the right of the road reads: ACROSS THE SOUTHERN STATES/ TO THE PACIFIC AND/ VANCOUVERIn the top left corner, the number 13 is circle…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Across the Southern States to the Blue Pacific and Vancouver

Date: 1925 – 1966

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 14.5 x 21.0 cm

Description: Side 1: Pencil drawing of car driving on a highway to the viewer’s right and into the distance. Other more roughly sketched vehicles are in oncoming lanes. A sign to the right of the road reads: ACROSS THE SOUTHERN STATES/ TO THE PACIFIC AND/ VANCOUVERIn the top left corner, the number 13 is circled.Side 2: Pencil drawing of a car driving through a landscape of rolling hills. Mountains are barely visible in the background. This illustration is in a rectangular box. Below this box is a rectangle that is divided into four.

Subject: car; landscape; Peter Whyte; drawing

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.375

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Andalsnes, Norway

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1938

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.263

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Andalsnes, Norway

Date: 1938

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.2 x 34.8 cm

Subject: landscape; Norway; mountain; Peter Whyte

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.263

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Ansons near Calgary

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1944

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.265

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Ansons near Calgary

Date: 1944

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.6 x 35.0 cm

Subject: military; transportation, airplane; Peter Whyte

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.265

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

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Art

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1910 – 1920

Medium: on paper; card;

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.964

Description: A handmade portfolio with “ART” written in black ink across the cover underneath a rectangular watercolour painting of a sailboat with pink and green rocks on the right-hand edge, black hills in the background, and “Lila” signed in the bottom left corner. The painting is bordered in black ink. The …

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Art

Date: 1910 – 1920

Medium: on paper; card;

Dimensions: 33.5 x 25.8 cm

Description: A handmade portfolio with “ART” written in black ink across the cover underneath a rectangular watercolour painting of a sailboat with pink and green rocks on the right-hand edge, black hills in the background, and “Lila” signed in the bottom left corner. The painting is bordered in black ink. The pieces of the portfolio are made of green-grey paper wrapped around a piece of cardstock, sealed on the inside with a decorative page consisting of hand-drawn black and yellow hexagons with simple floral designs inside them. The covers are held together with a length of red cord wound through three holes punched along one edge. There is an additional hole punched in the middle of the open edge.

Subject: art supplies; paintings; drawings; Peter Whyte; Lila White;

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.964

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Blind Date by John Windsor

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1962 – 1966

Medium: graphite; ink on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.334

Description: An ink and pencil drawing of a title page where the title is arranged as such: BLIND DATE In the foreground a male figure in shorts, knee-high socks and a cap, stands contemplating the scene with his back to the viewer. He carries luggage. Troops carrying weapons march in lockstep away fro…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Blind Date by John Windsor

Date: 1962 – 1966

Medium: graphite; ink on paper

Dimensions: 27.3 x 21.3 cm

Description: An ink and pencil drawing of a title page where the title is arranged as such: BLIND DATE In the foreground a male figure in shorts, knee-high socks and a cap, stands contemplating the scene with his back to the viewer. He carries luggage. Troops carrying weapons march in lockstep away from the viewer, and in the direction of the title text. Above the title, a tank drives to the viewer’s right, with mountains and clouds in the background.At the bottom and foreground, text reads: BY JOHN WINDSOR. The initials P.W. appear In the bottom right corner of the drawing.This part is rendered in ink and enclosed within hand drawn frame. Handwritten below the frame in pencil is the comment:Excellent- think title “BLIND DATE” should be bigger, bolder, dressier. Add “BY” John Windsor.At the topmost part of the paper, there is a pencil sketch of a tank, and a comment: “NO” with an arrow pointing to the ink-drawn tank within the frame.

Subject: wa;, military; drawin;, Blind Date; John Windsor; Peter Whyte

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.334

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Burial of Chief David Bearspaw

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1956

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.030

Description: Colour: primaries and secondaries on blue grey background. A circle of people fill the center of the canvas. In the foreground there are dogs and three crosses at lower left. Two thirds up in the distance is a mountain range and lake. Above is sky.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Burial of Chief David Bearspaw

Date: 1956

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 61.8 x 74.5 cm

Description: Colour: primaries and secondaries on blue grey background. A circle of people fill the center of the canvas. In the foreground there are dogs and three crosses at lower left. Two thirds up in the distance is a mountain range and lake. Above is sky.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; winter; figure; group; religious; funeral; Peter Whyte

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.030

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Bush Station, Tofino

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1943

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.268

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Bush Station, Tofino

Date: 1943

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 28.0 x 35.1 cm

Subject: landscape; mountain; Tofino; building,military; Peter Whyte

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.268

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Camp at Dusk

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1950 – 1957

Medium: oil on masonite

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.566

Description: A sketch or unfinished painting of a ring of nine teepees. The teepee in the foreground, viewer’s right, is the largest, has inside firelight and shadows visible. The teepee, in the foreground, viewer’s left, is partially visible, with shadows and light from within visible. There are two figures in…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Camp at Dusk

Date: 1950 – 1957

Medium: oil on masonite

Dimensions: 27.0 x 71.0 cm

Description: A sketch or unfinished painting of a ring of nine teepees. The teepee in the foreground, viewer’s right, is the largest, has inside firelight and shadows visible. The teepee, in the foreground, viewer’s left, is partially visible, with shadows and light from within visible. There are two figures in the foreground, one in red, and one in blue and yellow and suggestions of others in the background. There is a low blue sky dusk descending overhead.

Subject: landscape; camp; teepee; figure; group; Peter Whyte; Indigenous

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.566

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Cathedral Mountain, Yoho Valley

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1930

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.547

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Cathedral Mountain, Yoho Valley

Date: 1930

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 38.2 x 37.3 cm

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; Peter Whyte

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.547

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Christmas Cards

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1930 – 1960

Medium: ink; coloured inks; watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.04.01 a-i

Description: Nine Christmas cards. (a) A convoy of vehicles, last car is a convertible filled with various Rocky Mountain animals, a signpost to left (b) various Rocky Mountain animals sit on snowmobiles racing across the horizon (c) various Rocky Mountain animals on skis, a red-sweatered rabbit on snowshoes, …

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Christmas Cards

Date: 1930 – 1960

Medium: ink; coloured inks; watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 11.0 x 16.2 cm

Description: Nine Christmas cards. (a) A convoy of vehicles, last car is a convertible filled with various Rocky Mountain animals, a signpost to left (b) various Rocky Mountain animals sit on snowmobiles racing across the horizon (c) various Rocky Mountain animals on skis, a red-sweatered rabbit on snowshoes, appears to be teaching them (d) various Rocky Mountain animals in a long canoe, the moose at the back is rowing (e) various Rocky Mountain animals working at easels with a man and woman on the left watching (f) various Rocky Mountain animals sit on a bench looking at a piece of abstract art on the wall (g) various Rocky Mountain animals on a sling being lifted by a yellow helicopter (h) various Rocky Mountain animals look at a sign Do not feed tourists danger big fine (i) various Rocky Mountain animals at easels painting, the backs of the easels are seen

Subject: card; Christmas; animals; Peter Whyte

Credit: Gift of Dorothy Cranstone, Banff, 1991

Catalogue Number: WyP.04.01 a-i

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Cliff and Me in our Hup

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1917 – 1966

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.523

Description: A pencil drawing of the front of a car with two masked figures seated inside. They drive towards the viewer. Verso: Pencil drawing of a car’s profile, facing left. There is one figure inside

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Cliff and Me in our Hup

Date: 1917 – 1966

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 22.5 x 15.1 cm

Description: A pencil drawing of the front of a car with two masked figures seated inside. They drive towards the viewer. Verso: Pencil drawing of a car’s profile, facing left. There is one figure inside

Subject: Cliff Whyte; Peter Whyte; car; road trip; Hup; Hupmobile

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.523

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Commonwealth Air Training Field

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1944

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.271

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Commonwealth Air Training Field

Date: 1944

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.3 x 35.2 cm

Subject: transportation, airplane; military; landscape; mountain; building, military; Peter Whyte

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.271

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Filling in the Bathtubs

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1937 – 1940

Medium: oil on board

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.029

Description: Colour: orange, green and blue on yellow and blue. Yellow slope covered with figures all carrying shovels. There are two paths coming down from the upper ridge at left. Both skiers at the end of the path are buried in snow. Two figures at the lower end of the right path are measuring the width of t…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Filling in the Bathtubs

Date: 1937 – 1940

Medium: oil on board

Dimensions: 100.1 x 74.6 cm

Description: Colour: orange, green and blue on yellow and blue. Yellow slope covered with figures all carrying shovels. There are two paths coming down from the upper ridge at left. Both skiers at the end of the path are buried in snow. Two figures at the lower end of the right path are measuring the width of the path. The sky is clear blue above where seven skiers stand waiting their turn.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; winter; figure; group; activity; skiing; Peter Whyte

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.029

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Gelandesprung

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1938

Catalogue Number: WyP.06.04

Description: A realistic rendering of a man doing a jump turn, skis pointed off to the right, arms at sides with poles back into snow, snow trails from skis onto base which a is a wedge-shaped form, inscribed at front of base: “Peter Whyte '38”. Modelled by Peter Whyte and cast by Charlie Beil.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Gelandesprung

Date: 1938

Dimensions: 48.0 x 37.0 x 40.0 cm

Description: A realistic rendering of a man doing a jump turn, skis pointed off to the right, arms at sides with poles back into snow, snow trails from skis onto base which a is a wedge-shaped form, inscribed at front of base: “Peter Whyte '38”. Modelled by Peter Whyte and cast by Charlie Beil.

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.06.04

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Jim White's House at Nash's Creek

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1928

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.148

Description: Colour: green, blue. Central image is a building with an addition on the back and two chimneys. There is grass in front. Trees behind to the left and one to the right in the distance. Pale blue sky is above.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Jim White's House at Nash's Creek

Date: 1928

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27 x 21.9 cm

Description: Colour: green, blue. Central image is a building with an addition on the back and two chimneys. There is grass in front. Trees behind to the left and one to the right in the distance. Pale blue sky is above.