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1rst Week Life Drawings

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

Date: 1926

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyC.03.035

Description: life drawing female nude

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

Title: 1rst Week Life Drawings

Date: 1926

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 64.5 x 49.0 cm

Description: life drawing female nude

Subject: life drawing; female; nude

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.03.035

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Blossoms - Concord

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

Date: 1927 – 1930

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.040

Description: Two large trees on the left side of image, pink blossoms

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

Title: Blossoms - Concord

Date: 1927 – 1930

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 20.4 x 24.8 cm

Description: Two large trees on the left side of image, pink blossoms

Subject: botanical; tree; blossoms

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.040

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Cathedral Mountain

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

Date: 1929 – 1930

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.330

Description: Lower third of painting is green with trees, upper two thirds is purple hills and mountain which is orange and has a patch of white on right slope, the sky is light blue-grey.

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

Title: Cathedral Mountain

Date: 1929 – 1930

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 13.4 x 15.0 cm

Description: Lower third of painting is green with trees, upper two thirds is purple hills and mountain which is orange and has a patch of white on right slope, the sky is light blue-grey.

Subject: landscape; mountain; Canadian Rockies

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.330

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Concord, Autumn

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

Date: 1927 – 1930

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.042

Description: A large tree with golden brown foliage. In the background you see glimpses of a low lying valley with a possible lake or stream.

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

Title: Concord, Autumn

Date: 1927 – 1930

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 20.3 x 25.4 cm

Description: A large tree with golden brown foliage. In the background you see glimpses of a low lying valley with a possible lake or stream.

Subject: landscape; Concord; season; Autumn

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.042

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The Concord Home

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

Date: 1927 – 1930

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.061

Description: Robb home in Concord, surrounded by trees.

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

Title: The Concord Home

Date: 1927 – 1930

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 28.0 x 22.8 cm

Description: Robb home in Concord, surrounded by trees.

Subject: architecture; house; forest

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.061

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Fort St. James

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

Date: 1973

Medium: oil on paper

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.069

Description: Two buildings in grassy area.

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

Title: Fort St. James

Date: 1973

Medium: oil on paper

Dimensions: 22.8 x 30.3 cm

Description: Two buildings in grassy area.

Subject: architecture; rural; Fort St. James

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.069

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Frobisher Bay

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

Date: 1970

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.280

Description: View of a village under vast clouds, with a stretch of water in the distance. In the left foreground is a rectangular home, whose walls are made up of ochre, yellow and red sections. A roughly sketched rise of brown, brown-grey and blue rock lies in the right foreground. A brown road swings between…

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

Title: Frobisher Bay

Date: 1970

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 25.4 x 30.3 cm

Description: View of a village under vast clouds, with a stretch of water in the distance. In the left foreground is a rectangular home, whose walls are made up of ochre, yellow and red sections. A roughly sketched rise of brown, brown-grey and blue rock lies in the right foreground. A brown road swings between the foreground house and rocks. Beyond this, is a line of green, red and blue houses. Tall black poles rise up from among the homes. Near the centre of the picture is a short stretch of white, indicating a body of water. Above the horizon are layers of violet-grey clouds (with touches of ochre and pink). Lighter violet-grey clouds extend upwards on the right-hand side, while pale grey-yellow clouds rise on the left-hand side. An area of blue sky stretches diagonally from the upper left corner towards the lower right section of the sketch.

Subject: architecture, rural; seascape

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.280

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Garden, Concord

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

Date: 1927 – 1930

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.048

Description: Treed garden.

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

Title: Garden, Concord

Date: 1927 – 1930

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 20.3 x 25.4 cm

Description: Treed garden.

Subject: landscape; botanical; trees

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.048

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Indian Village, Hagwilget

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

Date: 1973

Medium: oil on paper

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.203

Description: A banked road in the foreground leads up to a small village. The town consists of a white church, yellow school house and several other smaller houses ranging in colour from red and green. The steeple of the church rises far above the roof line of the other houses at the back of the community. It …

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

Title: Indian Village, Hagwilget

Date: 1973

Medium: oil on paper

Dimensions: 22.8 x 30.3 cm

Description: A banked road in the foreground leads up to a small village. The town consists of a white church, yellow school house and several other smaller houses ranging in colour from red and green. The steeple of the church rises far above the roof line of the other houses at the back of the community. It is surrounded by trees with green grass in front. The mountains lie off in the distance to the right against a blue sky.

Subject: landscape; architecture; rural

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.203

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Indian Village, Hagwilget

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

Date: 1973

Medium: oil on paper

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.204

Description: The roadway passes in front of the village on the bottom left hand corner. The village comprises of several houses in a diagonal line and a white church in behind. Several other homes are located at either end of the sketch. Several large trees surround the church. Behind the church the background …

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

Title: Indian Village, Hagwilget

Date: 1973

Medium: oil on paper

Dimensions: 22.8 x 30.3 cm

Description: The roadway passes in front of the village on the bottom left hand corner. The village comprises of several houses in a diagonal line and a white church in behind. Several other homes are located at either end of the sketch. Several large trees surround the church. Behind the church the background is bluish green possibly denoting a thick forest.

Subject: landscape; mountain; architecture; religious

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.204

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Inuit Girl, Rankin Inlet

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

Date: 1970

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.096

Description: Portrait of an Inuk girl.

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

Title: Inuit Girl, Rankin Inlet

Date: 1970

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 25.4 x 30.3 cm

Description: Portrait of an Inuk girl.

Subject: portrait, female

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.096

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Inuit Girls Sleeping, Pangnirtung

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

Date: 1970

Medium: oil on paper

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.213

Description: A small sketch of two girls lying in bed. The red blankets covering an imaginary bed are tucked underneath their necks. Their heads are turned to the side. Both of them have black hair. The background has been partially roughed in, in pencil on the bare canvas.

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

Title: Inuit Girls Sleeping, Pangnirtung

Date: 1970

Medium: oil on paper

Dimensions: 22.8 x 30.3 cm

Description: A small sketch of two girls lying in bed. The red blankets covering an imaginary bed are tucked underneath their necks. Their heads are turned to the side. Both of them have black hair. The background has been partially roughed in, in pencil on the bare canvas.

Subject: figure, group; female

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.213

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Kispiox

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

Date: 1973

Medium: oil on paper

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.068

Description: Two totems poles with mountain behind.

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

Title: Kispiox

Date: 1973

Medium: oil on paper

Dimensions: 30.3 x 22.8 cm

Description: Two totems poles with mountain behind.

Subject: religious; totem pole; landscape; mountain

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.068

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Lake O'Hara

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

Date: 1929 – 1930

Medium: oil on canvas on cardboard

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.037

Description: Lake O'Hara is depicted in the foreground with reflections of trees from the shoreline in it.

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

Title: Lake O'Hara

Date: 1929 – 1930

Medium: oil on canvas on cardboard

Dimensions: 15.9 x 19.1 cm

Description: Lake O'Hara is depicted in the foreground with reflections of trees from the shoreline in it.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; Lake O’Hara

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.037

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Looking South from Inukshuk Hill, near Rankin

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

Date: 1970

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.279

Description: The foreground contains exposed rock, coloured violet-grey, with areas of ground (composed of touches of brown, red-brown and green). In the middleground, thin lines of exposed rock lie in light grey-blue water. The horizon is a line of violet-grey. The upper two-thirds of the composition contains …

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

Title: Looking South from Inukshuk Hill, near Rankin

Date: 1970

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 25.4 x 30.3 cm

Description: The foreground contains exposed rock, coloured violet-grey, with areas of ground (composed of touches of brown, red-brown and green). In the middleground, thin lines of exposed rock lie in light grey-blue water. The horizon is a line of violet-grey. The upper two-thirds of the composition contains a mass of grey and blue-grey clouds. This mass is partially divided in two by a horizontal edge of higher blue-grey cloud meeting some lower light grey clouds.

Subject: landscape; lake

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.279

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[Mabel?]

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

Date: c. 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.432

Description: an unfinished painting of a woman wearing a red lei. She is painted in 3/4 view facing to viewers left. HEr brown hair is in a ponytail at the nape of her neck.

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

Title: [Mabel?]

Date: c. 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 63.0 x 53.0 cm

Description: an unfinished painting of a woman wearing a red lei. She is painted in 3/4 view facing to viewers left. HEr brown hair is in a ponytail at the nape of her neck.

Subject: portrait; woman; Hawai’i

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.432

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Man's Head and Torso

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

Date: 1928 – 1930

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.02.10

Description: A portrait of a young man. He is facing to the right, has red hair and a mustache. His shoulders and arms are well defined, he is wearing a dark coloured belt. The background is dark blue. Unfinished near the bottom.

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

Title: Man's Head and Torso

Date: 1928 – 1930

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 75.0 x 60.0 cm

Description: A portrait of a young man. He is facing to the right, has red hair and a mustache. His shoulders and arms are well defined, he is wearing a dark coloured belt. The background is dark blue. Unfinished near the bottom.

Subject: portrait; male

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.02.10

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Man's Portrait

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

Date: 1928 – 1930

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.02.08

Description: A head and shoulders portrait of an elderly man. He is facing to the right showing a partial left profile. His hair is white, small glasses. Wearing a large light green jacket with and orange tie.

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

Title: Man's Portrait

Date: 1928 – 1930

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 52.0 x 42.0 cm

Description: A head and shoulders portrait of an elderly man. He is facing to the right showing a partial left profile. His hair is white, small glasses. Wearing a large light green jacket with and orange tie.