Search Results - Research Collections - Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

Alberta Harvest

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwbg.04.005

Artist: George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)

Date: 1971

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: WbG.04.005

Description: An Alberta harvest scene. In the foreground is an area of wheat that has been cut down in concentric circles. A circular area of wheat has been left standing in the centre of the circles. This field of wheat is a vivid orange and a pale yellow. At the centre-right of the image is a black oil de…

Artist: George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)

Title: Alberta Harvest

Date: 1971

Medium: ink on paper

Description: An Alberta harvest scene. In the foreground is an area of wheat that has been cut down in concentric circles. A circular area of wheat has been left standing in the centre of the circles. This field of wheat is a vivid orange and a pale yellow. At the centre-right of the image is a black oil derrick. To the left of the derrick and further in the distance are several grain elevators, of which a few are bright red. In the distance are the Rocky Mountains. A soft grey-blue sky makes up the top portion of the print.

Subject: landscape; prairies; Canadian Rockies; architecture; rural; grain elevators; activity; farming; oil well

Credit: Gift of George Weber, 1973

Catalogue Number: WbG.04.005

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Archangel Michael

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactunk.14.01

Artist: Unknown

Date: c. 1780

Medium: tempera on wood

Catalogue Number: UnK.14.01

Description: Wooden icon showing a painted winged figure [St. Michael?] on a winged horse in the centre with another figure looking on from upper left corner.

1 image

Artist: Unknown

Title: Archangel Michael

Date: c. 1780

Medium: tempera on wood

Dimensions: 318 x 1.3 x 24.0 cm

Description: Wooden icon showing a painted winged figure [St. Michael?] on a winged horse in the centre with another figure looking on from upper left corner.

Subject: religious

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

Catalogue Number: UnK.14.01

Images

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Athabasca Glacier, Columbia Icefield, Alberta

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwbg.04.036

Artist: George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)

Date: 1973

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: WbG.04.036

Description: Athabasca Glacier at centre of image, black trees in foreground.

Artist: George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)

Title: Athabasca Glacier, Columbia Icefield, Alberta

Date: 1973

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 47.0 x 40.4 cm

Description: Athabasca Glacier at centre of image, black trees in foreground.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; Athabasca Glacier

Credit: Gift of Donna Tingley, Edmonton, 2004

Catalogue Number: WbG.04.036

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Athabasca Glacier, Columbia Icefields, Alberta

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwbg.04.016

Artist: George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)

Date: 1972

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: WbG.04.016

Description: Athabasca Glacier runs across the foreground of the print. Snowcapped mountains are visible on left. They extend from the left of the image into the centre of it. The base of mountain extends into the centre of the image. At the right edge of the print near the centre, a cluster of dark evergre…

Artist: George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)

Title: Athabasca Glacier, Columbia Icefields, Alberta

Date: 1972

Medium: ink on paper

Description: Athabasca Glacier runs across the foreground of the print. Snowcapped mountains are visible on left. They extend from the left of the image into the centre of it. The base of mountain extends into the centre of the image. At the right edge of the print near the centre, a cluster of dark evergreen trees stand out. The sky is a soft blue. The glacier and surrounding area are shades of tan and brown.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; Athabasca Glacier; Columbia Icefields

Credit: Gift of George Weber, 1973

Catalogue Number: WbG.04.016

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Banff Springs Famous Painting Copies and Train Poster

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54193

Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 2 colour poster prints, paper, depicting copies of famous art pieces (previously framed and used as decorations in the Banff Springs Hotel), and one b&w poster of a steam train. Content pertains to paintings 'Girl with a Pearl Earring' by Vermeer and 'La Divina Commedia di Dante' b…

Date Range: [ca. 1945 - ca. 1965]; 1975

Reference Code: V500 / III / D / 5 / PA - 67 to 69 O.S.

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Poster

Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M300 / S20 / V500

Sous-Fonds: V500

Sub-Series: V500 / III / D / 5 : Personal Interest and Gifts

Accession Number: 7784

Reference Code: V500 / III / D / 5 / PA - 67 to 69 O.S.

GMD: Poster

Responsibility: Nicholas Morant

Date Range: [ca. 1945 - ca. 1965]; 1975

Physical Description: 3 Posters: colour, b&w

Scope & Content: File consists of 2 colour poster prints, paper, depicting copies of famous art pieces (previously framed and used as decorations in the Banff Springs Hotel), and one b&w poster of a steam train. Content pertains to paintings 'Girl with a Pearl Earring' by Vermeer and 'La Divina Commedia di Dante' by Domenico di Michelino; also train image with faded print effect by Midwestern Rail Association.

Notes: Painting reprint posters were stored together in a cardboard poster tube with the following text labels on the outside: "NICHOLAS MORANT BOX 1288 BANFF, ALBERTA CANADA" "OLD BSH PRINTS. BSH HOTEL - II Bldg." "O.H.M.S. FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR CANADIAN NATIONAL PARKS BRANCH OTTAWA, CANADA" 'J.C. Campbell, Esq., c/o Banff Springs Hotel, Banff, Alberta." (Handwritten): "These prints were originally exquisitely framed for use in rooms, suites and public rooms at the B.S.H." "OLD B.S.H. PRINTS includes PIX of 'II' Hotel" Train poster stored in poster tube labelled "DRAWINGS more to come (1, 2, 3)" with shipping address label: "Reed-Grove Ltd. 2111 East Avenue Rochester, New York 14610" "To Mr. + Mrs. Nichlas (sic) Morant Box 1288, Banff Alberta Canada". Customs label: "PARCEL POST CUSTOMS DECLARATION - UNITED STATES OF AMERICA QTY: 1 DETAILED LIST OF CONTENTS: DRAWINGS VALUE (US $): 10 FIRST CLASS"

Name Access: di Michelino, Domenico; Vermeer

Subject Access: Midwestern Rail Association; Trains; Banff Springs Hotel; Arts; Painting

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff

Access Restrictions: Items in this file are not to be accessed or distributed without the explicit permission of their identified copyright owners.

Reproduction Restrictions: Items in this file are not to be reproduced without the explicit permission of their identified copyright owners.

Language: Latin

Conservation: Items must be stored flat within acid-free casing to prevent surface damage.

Creator: Unknown

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

The Bird Tree

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactunk.06.06

Artist: Unknown

Date: 1880 – 1900

Catalogue Number: UnK.06.06

Description: ornately carved ivory sculpture of a man and a bird under a tree.

1 image

Artist: Unknown

Title: The Bird Tree

Date: 1880 – 1900

Dimensions: 20.8 x 4.7 x 10.0 cm

Description: ornately carved ivory sculpture of a man and a bird under a tree.

Subject: figure, male; animal; mythological

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

Catalogue Number: UnK.06.06

Images

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Bow Lake and Glacier

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwbg.04.009

Artist: George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)

Date: 1971

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: WbG.04.009

Description: At the bottom of the print is the brown and tan shore of Bow Lake. Four brownish trees are at the centre of this shore area. Bow lake is turquoise green and takes up the centre portion of the print. It appears as if the shore is at a slightly higher elevation than the lake. At the centre right …

Artist: George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)

Title: Bow Lake and Glacier

Date: 1971

Medium: ink on paper

Description: At the bottom of the print is the brown and tan shore of Bow Lake. Four brownish trees are at the centre of this shore area. Bow lake is turquoise green and takes up the centre portion of the print. It appears as if the shore is at a slightly higher elevation than the lake. At the centre right of the print, Bow Glacier is visible. Brown and white mountains extend upwards from the lake across the centre of the print. The sky is pale blue and clear with two narrow streaky clouds, one above the other, extending across the print.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; Bow Lake, Bow Glacier

Credit: Gift of George Weber, 1973

Catalogue Number: WbG.04.009

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

City by Night, Edmonton

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwbg.04.013

Artist: George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)

Date: 1972

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: WbG.04.013

Description: A nightscape scene of Edmonton. The vantage point seems to be from the opposite bank of the North Saskatchewan river. The downtown area of Edmonton is an array of skyscraper and buildings lit up and stretching across the print. The legislative buildings are visible at the left of the print. Tal…

Artist: George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)

Title: City by Night, Edmonton

Date: 1972

Medium: ink on paper

Description: A nightscape scene of Edmonton. The vantage point seems to be from the opposite bank of the North Saskatchewan river. The downtown area of Edmonton is an array of skyscraper and buildings lit up and stretching across the print. The legislative buildings are visible at the left of the print. Tall, silhouetted evergreen trees are positioned in both lower corners of the prints. Smaller trees extend across the print at its bottom. The entire print is quite dark with the exception of the lighted buildings.

Subject: city; Edmonton; architecture; urban; skyscrapers; legislative building; river; North Saskatchewan

Credit: Gift of George Weber, 1973

Catalogue Number: WbG.04.013

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Copper Tree

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactunk.06.15

Artist: Unknown

Date: 1970

Catalogue Number: UnK.06.15

Description: Metal tree. Gift to Catharine Robb Whyte from Brad White, Christmas, c.1975.

1 image

Artist: Unknown

Title: Copper Tree

Date: 1970

Dimensions: 19.0 cm

Description: Metal tree. Gift to Catharine Robb Whyte from Brad White, Christmas, c.1975.

Subject: abstract, non-representational

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

Catalogue Number: UnK.06.15

Images

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

The Docks, Summerland, BC

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwbg.04.079

Artist: George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)

Date: 1979

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: WbG.04.079

Description: Hills surrounding docks on Okanagan Lake.

Artist: George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)

Title: The Docks, Summerland, BC

Date: 1979

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 30.5 x 40.7 cm

Description: Hills surrounding docks on Okanagan Lake.

Subject: landscape; BC; Okanagan Lake; Summerland

Credit: Gift of Donna Tingley, Edmonton, 2004

Catalogue Number: WbG.04.079

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Edmonton

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwbg.04.014

Artist: George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)

Date: 1972

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: WbG.04.014

Description: A cityscape scene of Edmonton. The vantage point seems to be from the opposite bank of the North Saskatchewan river. The closest side of the riverbank is soft green and slopes downward from the bottom of the print towards the river which is bright blue. The river flows horizontally across the pr…

Artist: George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)

Title: Edmonton

Date: 1972

Medium: ink on paper

Description: A cityscape scene of Edmonton. The vantage point seems to be from the opposite bank of the North Saskatchewan river. The closest side of the riverbank is soft green and slopes downward from the bottom of the print towards the river which is bright blue. The river flows horizontally across the print. Several houses are visible at the bottom of the riverbank. Trees descend down the riverbank on either side of the print. A steel bridge crosses the river and is visible at the right of the print. The The skyscrapers of downtown Edmonton stretch across the print on the opposite side of the river. The buildings are tan. The sky is clear blue and mauve.

Subject: city; Edmonton; architecture; urban; skyscrapers; river; North Saskatchewan

Credit: Gift of George Weber, 1973

Catalogue Number: WbG.04.014

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Elevators, Radway, Alberta

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwbg.04.012

Artist: George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)

Date: 1972

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: WbG.04.012

Description: Red and white grain elevators are at the centre of the print. They bear the logos of “Alberta Pacific” and “United Grain Growers.” Four are larger and in the foreground. Another one is visible further away. Smaller outbuildings and telephone poles surround the grain elevators. The sky is a cle…

Artist: George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)

Title: Elevators, Radway, Alberta

Date: 1972

Medium: ink on paper

Description: Red and white grain elevators are at the centre of the print. They bear the logos of “Alberta Pacific” and “United Grain Growers.” Four are larger and in the foreground. Another one is visible further away. Smaller outbuildings and telephone poles surround the grain elevators. The sky is a clear blue that fades to white on the horizon. Thin streaky clouds stretch across the print. The foreground is green, white and dark brown. It looks like it has been plowed in roughly even rows.

Subject: architecture; rural; grain elevators; landscape; prairies

Credit: Gift of George Weber, 1973

Catalogue Number: WbG.04.012

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Foothills, Alberta

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwbg.04.006

Artist: George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)

Date: 1971

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: WbG.04.006

Description: Black, silouhetted trees stretch across the immediate foreground of the print. In the distance, visible throught the trees, are the green and pale yellow foothills of the Rocky Mountains. Rolling and covered in places with trees the meet up with the mountains in the far distance. A blue lake is …

Artist: George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)

Title: Foothills, Alberta

Date: 1971

Medium: ink on paper

Description: Black, silouhetted trees stretch across the immediate foreground of the print. In the distance, visible throught the trees, are the green and pale yellow foothills of the Rocky Mountains. Rolling and covered in places with trees the meet up with the mountains in the far distance. A blue lake is at the centre right of the print.The mountains are a pale pink and some are capped with snow. The sky is pale blue and makes up the upper half of the image.

Subject: landscape; foothills; Canadian Rockies; lake

Credit: Gift of George Weber, 1973

Catalogue Number: WbG.04.006

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

"Hotel Closed" Sign

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54321

Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Scope & Content: Printed paper sign, reads "POSITIVELY NO ADMITTANCE HOTEL CLOSED" (no date, no author). Part of a collection of items previously mounted or hung up in Nicholas and Ivy "Willie" Morant's Banff home.

Date Range: [ca. 1950 - ca. 1980] (?)

Reference Code: M300 / III / D / 62 (O.S.)

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Poster; Textual record

Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M300 / S20 / V500

Sous-Fonds: M300

Sub-Series: M300 / II / D : Personal and Family Materials : Collected Material

Accession Number: 7784

Reference Code: M300 / III / D / 62 (O.S.)

GMD: Poster; Textual record

Responsibility: Nicholas Morant

Date Range: [ca. 1950 - ca. 1980] (?)

Physical Description: 1 Poster/sign, printed construction paper

Scope & Content: Printed paper sign, reads "POSITIVELY NO ADMITTANCE HOTEL CLOSED" (no date, no author). Part of a collection of items previously mounted or hung up in Nicholas and Ivy "Willie" Morant's Banff home.