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- Engler, Bruno 143
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Alleuvial Fan, Bow Lake
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.01.245
- Date
- 1945 – 1960
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.245
1 image
- Title
- Alleuvial Fan, Bow Lake
- Date
- 1945 – 1960
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 27.6 x 35.1 cm
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- mountain
- lake
- glacier
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.245
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Ansons near Calgary
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.01.265
- Date
- 1944
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.265
1 image
- Title
- Ansons near Calgary
- Date
- 1944
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 27.6 x 35.0 cm
- 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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Athabasca Glacier
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.01.103
- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.103
- Description
- Colour: blue greys. The central image is a mass of blue grey ice which takes up the middle two quarters. The upper and lower quarters being white patches of snow on a brown grey ground.
1 image
- Title
- Athabasca Glacier
- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 30.5 x 25.5 cm
- Description
- Colour: blue greys. The central image is a mass of blue grey ice which takes up the middle two quarters. The upper and lower quarters being white patches of snow on a brown grey ground.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.103
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Athabasca Glacier
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.01.089
- Date
- 1940 – 1955
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.089
- Description
- Colour: blue, green. Central image is a fan shaped glacier emptying into a pool of warm blue water surrounded by green grass along the bottom and a third the way up. Beyond the glacier to the left is rock mountain side which goes off the left side. In the upper right corner is sky which meets dista…
1 image
- Title
- Athabasca Glacier
- Date
- 1940 – 1955
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 27.5 x 35 cm
- Description
- Colour: blue, green. Central image is a fan shaped glacier emptying into a pool of warm blue water surrounded by green grass along the bottom and a third the way up. Beyond the glacier to the left is rock mountain side which goes off the left side. In the upper right corner is sky which meets distant slopes.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- mountain
- lake
- glacier
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.089
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Athabasca Glacier
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.02.002
- Date
- 1940 – 1950
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.02.002
- Description
- Colour: blue, grey, yellow, red brown. A dead gnarled tree leans up the left side from a ground cover of yellow and red-brown bushes. At the right side are four evergreens. Behind and central is a huge glacier banked on either side by rock face. Across the top is clouds and blue sky.See sketches Wy…
1 image
- Title
- Athabasca Glacier
- Date
- 1940 – 1950
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 63.5 x 76.0 cm
- Description
- Colour: blue, grey, yellow, red brown. A dead gnarled tree leans up the left side from a ground cover of yellow and red-brown bushes. At the right side are four evergreens. Behind and central is a huge glacier banked on either side by rock face. Across the top is clouds and blue sky.See sketches WyP.01.537 and WyP.01.158
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- mountain
- glacier
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.02.002
- Notes
- Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Athabasca Glacier
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.01.104
- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.104
1 image
- Title
- Athabasca Glacier
- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 25.5 x 29.9 cm
- Subject
- landscape
- glacier
- Canadian rockies
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.104
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Athabasca Glacier, Sunwapta Lake
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.01.320
- Date
- 1945 – 1960
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.320
1 image
- Title
- Athabasca Glacier, Sunwapta Lake
- Date
- 1945 – 1960
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 25.0 x 30.1 cm
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- glacier
- lake
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.320
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Athabasca Glacier, Willows
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.01.368
- Date
- 1945 – 1955
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.368
1 image
- Title
- Athabasca Glacier, Willows
- Date
- 1945 – 1955
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 25.0 x 30.2 cm
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- mountain
- glacier
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.368
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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
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Barracks near Calgary
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.01.232
- Date
- 1944
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.232
1 image
- Title
- Barracks near Calgary
- Date
- 1944
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 27.6 x 35.3 cm
- Subject
- landscape
- urban
- architecture, barracks
- military
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.232
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Bear Spirit Totem
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactunk.06.31
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.31
- Description
- Grey stone, flat one side with heads of bears stacked upon each other, largest bear on one end has features both sides, sharing the mouth, all have different expressions
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Bear Spirit Totem
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Dimensions
- 10.0 x 7.0 x 19.0 cm
- Description
- Grey stone, flat one side with heads of bears stacked upon each other, largest bear on one end has features both sides, sharing the mouth, all have different expressions
- Subject
- mythological
- animal
- bear
- totem
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.31
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Bird Group in Caribou Antler
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.76 a-f
- Description
- Five birds fly off with wings outstretched, three birds on the ground. The ground is a part of a caribou antler. (a) Scooping portion of caribou antler 8.5x17.5, five small holes drilled into top. (b) Sitting bird, 2.5x4.6x1.4 (c) sitting bird 2.0x4.5x1.2 (d) sitting bird 1.7x4.4x1.2 (e) 20.6 l…
1 image
- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Bird Group in Caribou Antler
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Description
- Five birds fly off with wings outstretched, three birds on the ground. The ground is a part of a caribou antler. (a) Scooping portion of caribou antler 8.5x17.5, five small holes drilled into top. (b) Sitting bird, 2.5x4.6x1.4 (c) sitting bird 2.0x4.5x1.2 (d) sitting bird 1.7x4.4x1.2 (e) 20.6 long, curved pole out of bone with 2 flying birds. Top bird has a wing span of 7.2, bottom bird 6.7 (f) 24.0 long, curbed pole out of bone with 3 flying birds. Top bird wing span 4.1, middle bird 6.7 wing span, bottom bird 3.7 wing span.
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.76 a-f
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1880 – 1900
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.06
- Description
- ornately carved ivory sculpture of a man and a bird under a tree.
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- 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
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Medium
- stone
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.48
- Description
- Bear standing on all four legs. The stone it is carved out of is a black colour. The toes,ears and mouth are carved with detail. The eyes and nose are carved and then coloured with a brown colour and the mouth is carved out with teeth glued in made out of wood or ivory.
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Black Bear
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Medium
- stone
- Dimensions
- 7.8 x 6.4 x 16.3 cm
- Description
- Bear standing on all four legs. The stone it is carved out of is a black colour. The toes,ears and mouth are carved with detail. The eyes and nose are carved and then coloured with a brown colour and the mouth is carved out with teeth glued in made out of wood or ivory.
- Subject
- bear
- black bear
- teeth
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.48
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.77 a,b
- Description
- Narwhal with interchangeable ivory tusk. Carved eyes and tail. Hole in bottom middle for wood stick which is inserted into a cone shaped green stone base.
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Bone Narwhal
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Dimensions
- 2.5 x 1.6 x 7.5 cm
- Description
- Narwhal with interchangeable ivory tusk. Carved eyes and tail. Hole in bottom middle for wood stick which is inserted into a cone shaped green stone base.
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.77 a,b
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Bow Falls, Bow Lake
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.01.414
- Date
- 1940 – 1955
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.414
1 image
- Title
- Bow Falls, Bow Lake
- Date
- 1940 – 1955
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 25.1 x 30.2 cm
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- mountain
- lake
- falls
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.414
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Bow Glacier, Bow Lake
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.01.087
- Date
- 1945 – 1960
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.087
- Description
- Colour: green grey, blue grey. The lower third is a lake with green grass and two trees in the right corner. The far shore is dark trees becoming brown and grey mountains. There is a glacier at the center between the two ridges. Grey clouded sky fills the upper third.
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- Title
- Bow Glacier, Bow Lake
- Date
- 1945 – 1960
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 27.5 x 35 cm
- Description
- Colour: green grey, blue grey. The lower third is a lake with green grass and two trees in the right corner. The far shore is dark trees becoming brown and grey mountains. There is a glacier at the center between the two ridges. Grey clouded sky fills the upper third.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- mountain
- lake
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.087
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Bow Glacier, Bow Lake
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.01.085
- Date
- 1945 – 1960
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.085
- Description
- Colour: green, purple. The foreground is green ground with small trees to the right and three larger trees and one smaller to the left. The large trees grow from half way up. The lake is a narrow green band across the middle. Purple mountains rise up from the lake becoming grey and white near the t…
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- Title
- Bow Glacier, Bow Lake
- Date
- 1945 – 1960
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 27.5 x 35 cm
- Description
- Colour: green, purple. The foreground is green ground with small trees to the right and three larger trees and one smaller to the left. The large trees grow from half way up. The lake is a narrow green band across the middle. Purple mountains rise up from the lake becoming grey and white near the top. The sky is green grey.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- mountain
- lake
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.085
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Bow Glacier, Bow Lake
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.01.419
- Date
- 1940 – 1955
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.419
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- Title
- Bow Glacier, Bow Lake
- Date
- 1940 – 1955
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 25.3 x 30.2 cm
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- mountain
- lake
- glacier
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.419
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Bow Glacier, Bow Lake
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.01.507
- Date
- 1945 – 1950
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.507
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- Title
- Bow Glacier, Bow Lake
- Date
- 1945 – 1950
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 25.3 x 30.1 cm
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- mountain
- lake
- glacier
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.507
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