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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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Bermuda

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

Date: 1931

Medium: oil on canvas on cardboard

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.024

Description: Four sailboats on water.

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

Title: Bermuda

Date: 1931

Medium: oil on canvas on cardboard

Dimensions: 12.6 x 17.8 cm

Description: Four sailboats on water.

Subject: seascape; Caribbean; Bermuda; transportation; sailboat

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.024

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Bermuda

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

Date: 1931

Medium: oil on canvas on board

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.149

Description: White-cap surf rolling on to beach in Bermuda.

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

Title: Bermuda

Date: 1931

Medium: oil on canvas on board

Dimensions: 28.0 x 35.5 cm

Description: White-cap surf rolling on to beach in Bermuda.

Subject: seascape; Caribbean; Bermuda

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.149

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Bermuda

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

Date: 1931

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.122

Description: Two trees in foreground, Caribbean in background.

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

Title: Bermuda

Date: 1931

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 28.0 x 35.5 cm

Description: Two trees in foreground, Caribbean in background.

Subject: seascape; Caribbean; Bermuda

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.122

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Bermuda Beach

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

Date: 1931

Medium: oil on canvas on cardboard

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.328

Description: Study of water and waves meeting the beach, very high sky-line, tlc pile of rocks, the beach is on the left and the water is on the right.

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

Title: Bermuda Beach

Date: 1931

Medium: oil on canvas on cardboard

Dimensions: 12.7 x 17.7 cm

Description: Study of water and waves meeting the beach, very high sky-line, tlc pile of rocks, the beach is on the left and the water is on the right.

Subject: seascape; Pacific

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.328

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Cabin at Bow Lake

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

Date: 1945 – 1960

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.094

Description: A log cabin surrounded by trees at Bow Lake area.

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

Title: Cabin at Bow Lake

Date: 1945 – 1960

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 25.4 x 30.3 cm

Description: A log cabin surrounded by trees at Bow Lake area.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; architecture; rural; cabin

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.094

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Cabin, Bow Lake

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

Date: 1940 – 1960

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.111

Description: Num-Ti-Jah Lodge on the shore of Bow Lake.

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

Title: Cabin, Bow Lake

Date: 1940 – 1960

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 25.4 x 30.3 cm

Description: Num-Ti-Jah Lodge on the shore of Bow Lake.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; Bow Lake; architecture; Num-Ti-Jah Lodge.

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.111

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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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Hawaii

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

Date: 1933 – 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.005

Description: Three trees dot the immediate foreground on the middle to right corner. Behind the trees is the ocean with it's colours of blues and greenish yellow tints of colour. The upper half of the canvas depicts a sky of royal and cobalt bluish tints meeting the horizon line.

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

Title: Hawaii

Date: 1933 – 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 12.6 x 17.8 cm

Description: Three trees dot the immediate foreground on the middle to right corner. Behind the trees is the ocean with it's colours of blues and greenish yellow tints of colour. The upper half of the canvas depicts a sky of royal and cobalt bluish tints meeting the horizon line.

Subject: seascape; Hawaii

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.005

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Hawaii

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

Date: 1933 – 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.166

Description: Ocean and mountains on a coast in Hawaii

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

Title: Hawaii

Date: 1933 – 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 28.0 x 35.5 cm

Description: Ocean and mountains on a coast in Hawaii

Subject: landscape; Hawaii; seascape; Pacific

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.166

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Hawaiian Storm

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

Date: 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.305

Description: Small line of green across bottom of painting left to centre, dot of red/orange paint lower centre, blue-green mountains lower right to centre, lighter blue mountain behind this also on right side, grey toned sky, with horizontal sweeping lines, representing rain falling, across centre of painting.

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

Title: Hawaiian Storm

Date: 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 28.0 x 35.5 cm

Description: Small line of green across bottom of painting left to centre, dot of red/orange paint lower centre, blue-green mountains lower right to centre, lighter blue mountain behind this also on right side, grey toned sky, with horizontal sweeping lines, representing rain falling, across centre of painting.

Subject: seascape; mountain; Pacific; Hawaii

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.305

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House at Tofino

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

Date: 1943 – 1944

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.145

Description: Peter and Catharine’s house at Tofino.

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

Title: House at Tofino

Date: 1943 – 1944

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 28.0 x 35.5 cm

Description: Peter and Catharine’s house at Tofino.

Subject: landscape; Pacific; Tofino; architecture; rural; house

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.145

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House near Tofino

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

Date: 1944

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.197

Description: Yellow house in Tofino.

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

Title: House near Tofino

Date: 1944

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 22.8 x 28.0 cm

Description: Yellow house in Tofino.

Subject: architecture; house; landscape; Pacific; Vancouver Island; Tofino

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.197

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

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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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Jimmy Simpson's Cabin, the Octagon

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

Date: 1940 – 1950

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.311

Description: Large log cabin takes up most of the area, two trees to the right, one tree up left side, fireplace on side (left) of cabin, lake behind cabin, also mountains with snow, blue sky and one large cloud.

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

Title: Jimmy Simpson's Cabin, the Octagon

Date: 1940 – 1950

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 28.0 x 35.5 cm

Description: Large log cabin takes up most of the area, two trees to the right, one tree up left side, fireplace on side (left) of cabin, lake behind cabin, also mountains with snow, blue sky and one large cloud.