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Aspen Trees near Massive

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Date: 1945 – 1960

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.126

Description: Looking out to Massive Mountain with aspen trees in foreground. Mount Brett and Pilot Mountain to the left of Massive Mountain.

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Title: Aspen Trees near Massive

Date: 1945 – 1960

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 28.0 x 35.5 cm

Description: Looking out to Massive Mountain with aspen trees in foreground. Mount Brett and Pilot Mountain to the left of Massive Mountain.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; Massive Mountain; Mt. Brett; Pilot Mountain

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.126

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Aspens at Muleshoe

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Date: 1945 – 1960

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.266

Description: View of a row of seven trees in the foreground with a valley beyond. The base of seven thin trees can be seen with dark brown bark becoming ochre-coloured near the trees' lower branches. The trees' leaves are bright yellow. The trees cast shadows towards the viewer coloured grey-green, ochre and or…

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Title: Aspens at Muleshoe

Date: 1945 – 1960

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 25.4 x 30.3 cm

Description: View of a row of seven trees in the foreground with a valley beyond. The base of seven thin trees can be seen with dark brown bark becoming ochre-coloured near the trees' lower branches. The trees' leaves are bright yellow. The trees cast shadows towards the viewer coloured grey-green, ochre and orange-red. The grass about the trees and in the valley is a yellow-green with touches of ochre, orange-red and grey-green. In the middleground, to the left of centre, zigzags a river (whose banks are defined by lines of brown and white). A forest of dark brown and dark green surrounds the river on the left and from behind. The background is an undefined area of green, indicating the base of the mountains lining the valley.

Subject: landscape; mountain; Canadian Rockies; lake

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.266

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Aspens, Autumn

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Date: 1945 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.183

Description: Yellow aspens.

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Title: Aspens, Autumn

Date: 1945 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 28.0 x 22.8 cm

Description: Yellow aspens.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; botanical; aspens

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.183

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Aspens near Muleshoe Lake

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Date: 1945 – 1965

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.389

Description: The foreground is a hill in colours of autumn, yellow and brown with green coniferous trees. In the background is a mountain range, blue with green trees on the lower slopes in the centre of the picture.

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Title: Aspens near Muleshoe Lake

Date: 1945 – 1965

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.6 x 35.3 cm

Description: The foreground is a hill in colours of autumn, yellow and brown with green coniferous trees. In the background is a mountain range, blue with green trees on the lower slopes in the centre of the picture.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; autumn

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.389

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Athabasca from Parkers Ridge

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Date: 1940 – 1960

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.382

Description: In the forground there are some trees on the right and one big one on the left. On the ground between the trees are different colors of weeds and flowers. In the background there are two mountains very triangle shaped. One is brown and the other on the left is smokey blue. The sky is a very pale bl…

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Title: Athabasca from Parkers Ridge

Date: 1940 – 1960

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 25.2 x 30.2 cm

Description: In the forground there are some trees on the right and one big one on the left. On the ground between the trees are different colors of weeds and flowers. In the background there are two mountains very triangle shaped. One is brown and the other on the left is smokey blue. The sky is a very pale blue.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.382

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Athabasca Glacier

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Date: 1940 – 1950

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.287

Description: View of a glacier beyond a rise of covered ground. In the foreground is an uneven hilltop covered in vegetation. Multi-coloured grasses (ochre, yellow-green, red-brown, dark brown), a group of dark evergreens (on the right), as well as, a solitary evergreen (on the left) are found on the hilltop. I…

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Title: Athabasca Glacier

Date: 1940 – 1950

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 25.4 x 30.3 cm

Description: View of a glacier beyond a rise of covered ground. In the foreground is an uneven hilltop covered in vegetation. Multi-coloured grasses (ochre, yellow-green, red-brown, dark brown), a group of dark evergreens (on the right), as well as, a solitary evergreen (on the left) are found on the hilltop. In the background is a wide valley with a large glacier. The glacier (coloured with white, grey, light blue and light brown) fills most of the lefthand side. The righthand side of the background contains a mass of dark grey and brown cliffs (with touches of grey-blue and ochre). Along the upper edge of the picture (above the glacier) are loose brushstrokes of blue, white, brown and blue-grey. These marks suggest distant cliffs among ice and clouds.

Subject: landscape; mountain; Canadian Rockies; lake

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.287

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Athabasca Glacier Toe

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Date: 1941

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.001

Description: Grey and white coloured rocks, top left of picture is brown and white .

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Title: Athabasca Glacier Toe

Date: 1941

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 21.0 x 27.7 cm

Description: Grey and white coloured rocks, top left of picture is brown and white .

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; Athabasca Glacier

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.001

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Autumn, Vermilion Lakes

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Date: 1945 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.258

Description: The foreground contains a bank of grass (coloured tan, ochre, green and brick-red), and a row of eleven tall trees with yellow foliage. On the left are three small black and green pine trees, and two are the right. The middleground contains stretches of bright blue water, and areas of ochre and gre…

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Title: Autumn, Vermilion Lakes

Date: 1945 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 25.4 x 30.3 cm

Description: The foreground contains a bank of grass (coloured tan, ochre, green and brick-red), and a row of eleven tall trees with yellow foliage. On the left are three small black and green pine trees, and two are the right. The middleground contains stretches of bright blue water, and areas of ochre and green grass. Black is used to outline the base of the separate areas. Two blue mountains are hidden by the foreground trees. Their lower slopes are green, and a thin line of yellow forest is found at their base. The sky is light blue.

Subject: landscape; mountain; Canadian Rockies; lake

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.258

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Bankhead Foundations

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Date: 1945 – 1950

Medium: oil on canvas on aluminum

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.223

Description: The great rock formation juts out of the lime coloured grass in the middle centre. Some large blue green evergreens create a natural barrier between the foreground and background. A smeared array of greens implies a deep forest beyond the rise in the foreground. The blue mountains stretch across th…

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Title: Bankhead Foundations

Date: 1945 – 1950

Medium: oil on canvas on aluminum

Dimensions: 25.4 x 30.3 cm

Description: The great rock formation juts out of the lime coloured grass in the middle centre. Some large blue green evergreens create a natural barrier between the foreground and background. A smeared array of greens implies a deep forest beyond the rise in the foreground. The blue mountains stretch across the horizon line. Pale blue sky with low lying cloud cover dominates the top 1/3 of the sketch.

Subject: landscape; mountain; Canadian Rockies; architecture

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.223

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Bear Spirit Totem

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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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Beaver Ponds, Black Spruce

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Date: 1945 – 1960

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.301

Description: Calm, pale blue pond in foreground, split tree on right reflects in pond, two large trees to left behind which are two smaller trees, these also are reflected in the pond, row of green trees through centre of painting, sloping mountains left and right to centre, small mountain centre with white (sn…

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Title: Beaver Ponds, Black Spruce

Date: 1945 – 1960

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 28.0 x 35.5 cm

Description: Calm, pale blue pond in foreground, split tree on right reflects in pond, two large trees to left behind which are two smaller trees, these also are reflected in the pond, row of green trees through centre of painting, sloping mountains left and right to centre, small mountain centre with white (snow) on it.

Subject: landscape; mountain; Canadian Rockies; lake

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.301

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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…

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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.

Subject: animal; bird; flying; flight; group; antler

Credit: Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988

Catalogue Number: UnK.06.76 a-f

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Black Bear

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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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Bone Narwhal

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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.