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Artist
Robert Guest (1938 – 2017, Canadian)
Date
2011
Medium
oil on wood
Catalogue Number
GuR.02.01
Description
A landscape oil painting, on board, of forest on fire. The painting is dominated by one central tree. Fallen tree on fire diagonally across painting in foreground. Background is thick forest on fire and some blue sky with orange smoke. Primarily red, green, blue and yellow color palette. Au verso s…
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Artist
Robert Guest (1938 – 2017, Canadian)
Title
#4 Wildfires
Date
2011
Medium
oil on wood
Dimensions
19.2 x 24.3 cm
Description
A landscape oil painting, on board, of forest on fire. The painting is dominated by one central tree. Fallen tree on fire diagonally across painting in foreground. Background is thick forest on fire and some blue sky with orange smoke. Primarily red, green, blue and yellow color palette. Au verso several stickers. At top white with black printing “THIS PAINTING HAS BEEN DONATED TO THE PERMANENT COLLECTION OF THE WHYTE MUSEUM OF THE CANADIAN ROCKIES AT BANFF. IT IS A GIFT FROM THE ARTIST, ROBERT GUEST OF GRANDE CACHE. 2012.” Sticker middle right is yellow with black print, “ CAUTION! HELP AVOID FADING: Display original artwork out of direct sunlight or other strong light, and away from heat or moist conditions!” Bottom left label, white with black printing, “#4. Wildfires./2011” NEW OILPAINT SERIES - 8X10 “ PANELS AT GRANDE CACHE, BY R. GUEST.” Bottom left sticker, blue with black print, see artist bio.
Subject
landscape
forest fire
Robert Guest
Credit
Purchased from Robert Guest, Grande Cache, 2012
Catalogue Number
GuR.02.01
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Alasi Tukalak Carving, Povungnituk

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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Date
1968
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.248
Description
A solitary woman is kneeling in the foreground clutching a grey object in her left hand and pointing to it with her right hand. The woman is seen in profile. Her skin is brown and her hair is black. She wears a blue jacket over an orange-pink skirt. On her head is a red-pink scarf with green detail…
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Title
Alasi Tukalak Carving, Povungnituk
Date
1968
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
25.4 x 30.3 cm
Description
A solitary woman is kneeling in the foreground clutching a grey object in her left hand and pointing to it with her right hand. The woman is seen in profile. Her skin is brown and her hair is black. She wears a blue jacket over an orange-pink skirt. On her head is a red-pink scarf with green details. A light blue-grey building is found in the upper left corner. Cast shadows are blue.
Subject
figure, female
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.248
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Approaching Fernie on Hwy 3 West

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Artist
John Hartman (1950 – , Canadian)
Date
2011
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
HaO.05.03
Description
Watercolour of mountains on Highway 3 West entering Fernie.
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Artist
John Hartman (1950 – , Canadian)
Title
Approaching Fernie on Hwy 3 West
Date
2011
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
28 x 35.5 cm
Description
Watercolour of mountains on Highway 3 West entering Fernie.
Subject
landscape, Highway 3 West Fernie, mountains
Credit
Gift of John Hartman, Tiny, 2014
Catalogue Number
HaO.05.03
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Date
1969
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.060
Description
Lake O’Hara beyond a rocky outcrop in foreground.
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Title
At Lake O'Hara
Date
1969
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
22.8 x 28.0 cm
Description
Lake O’Hara beyond a rocky outcrop in foreground.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Lake O’Hara
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.060
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The Athabasca Glacier

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Artist
John Hartman (1950 – , Canadian)
Date
2014
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
HaO.05.29
Description
Watercolour of the Athabasca Glacier. Light blue boarders and soft colours.
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Artist
John Hartman (1950 – , Canadian)
Title
The Athabasca Glacier
Date
2014
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
22.86 x 28.58 cm
Description
Watercolour of the Athabasca Glacier. Light blue boarders and soft colours.
Subject
mountain
hartman
watercolour
landscape;
Credit
Gift of John Hartman, Tiny, 2017
Catalogue Number
HaO.05.29
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Autumn Storm, Shuswap Lake, B.C.

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Artist
Rick Nicholas de Grandmaison (1932 – 1985, Canadian)
Date
c. 1970
Medium
oil on canvas board
Catalogue Number
DgO.02.01
Description
Yellow/orange colour dominates from centre to top right; foreground and bottom right are brown trees, higher to the right of picture; behind these trees is a blue lake, yellow reflection; a varied coloured green mountain is in the centre left; light yellow sweeps down from top left.
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Artist
Rick Nicholas de Grandmaison (1932 – 1985, Canadian)
Title
Autumn Storm, Shuswap Lake, B.C.
Date
c. 1970
Medium
oil on canvas board
Dimensions
25.5 x 30.5 cm
Description
Yellow/orange colour dominates from centre to top right; foreground and bottom right are brown trees, higher to the right of picture; behind these trees is a blue lake, yellow reflection; a varied coloured green mountain is in the centre left; light yellow sweeps down from top left.
Subject
landscape, lake
landscape, Shuswap Lake
Credit
Gift of Jock Smith, Vancouver, 1972
Catalogue Number
DgO.02.01
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Artist
Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian)
Date
1962
Medium
oil on masonite
Catalogue Number
GyH.02.01
Description
General colour: greens, pink, blue, mauve and purple. Mount Rundle in broad impressionistic strokes. “GLYDE 62” aigned in black in the brhc.
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Artist
Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian)
Title
Banff 1962
Date
1962
Medium
oil on masonite
Dimensions
26.1 x 33.6 cm
Description
General colour: greens, pink, blue, mauve and purple. Mount Rundle in broad impressionistic strokes. “GLYDE 62” aigned in black in the brhc.
Subject
landscape
Mount Rundle
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of eisler, Edmonton, 1972
Catalogue Number
GyH.02.01
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Artist
Lynn Malin
Date
2012
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
MaY.02.01
Description
au verso “Wintered Banff Morning” oil/canvas
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Artist
Lynn Malin
Title
Banff Morning
Date
2012
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
102.0 x 130.5 cm
Description
au verso “Wintered Banff Morning” oil/canvas
Subject
landscape
mountain
town, Banff
winter, morning
Credit
Gift of Lynn Malin, 2013
Catalogue Number
MaY.02.01
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Date
1968 – 1971
Medium
oil on paper
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.206
Description
Four large trees stand in the immediate foreground. They have blue trunks which compliments the similar colour bushes that surround them. The lime green grasses extend to the brushline in the background. The mountains painting with various colours of blue to denote distance appear high above the tr…
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Title
Bankhead
Date
1968 – 1971
Medium
oil on paper
Dimensions
22.8 x 30.3 cm
Description
Four large trees stand in the immediate foreground. They have blue trunks which compliments the similar colour bushes that surround them. The lime green grasses extend to the brushline in the background. The mountains painting with various colours of blue to denote distance appear high above the tree line. A yellowish white cloud colour appears against a blue sky.
Subject
figure, female
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.206
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Before the White Man Came

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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Date
1969
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.30
Description
The painting is dominated by a large bison midcentre left grazing in a herd in the foothills. The mountains are behind under a dark blue and yellow sky.
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Title
Before the White Man Came
Date
1969
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
11.3 x 16.3 cm
Description
The painting is dominated by a large bison midcentre left grazing in a herd in the foothills. The mountains are behind under a dark blue and yellow sky.
Subject
animal, buffalo
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
foothills
Credit
Gift of Unknown, 1978
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.30
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Big Rock at Lake O'Hara

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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Date
1968
Medium
oil on paper
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.217
Description
A rugged rocky cliff surrounded by evergreens is located along the shores of Lake O'Hara. It ranges in colour from purples to yellow and orange. Lake O'Hara is depicted in slid turquoise. The mountains appear overhead beyond the cliffs with cobalt blue peering through top centre.
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Title
Big Rock at Lake O'Hara
Date
1968
Medium
oil on paper
Dimensions
22.8 x 30.3 cm
Description
A rugged rocky cliff surrounded by evergreens is located along the shores of Lake O'Hara. It ranges in colour from purples to yellow and orange. Lake O'Hara is depicted in slid turquoise. The mountains appear overhead beyond the cliffs with cobalt blue peering through top centre.
Subject
landscape
mountain
Canadian Rockies
lake
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.217
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Boats in Harbour, 1963

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Artist
Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)
Date
1963
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
PhW.05.03
Description
Colour: grey, brown, green. The lower two thirds is calm grey water in which a row of four boats is reflected. The boats fill the upper third. The second boat from the left is called Symphony II.
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Artist
Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)
Title
Boats in Harbour, 1963
Date
1963
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
41.6 x 45.0 cm
Description
Colour: grey, brown, green. The lower two thirds is calm grey water in which a row of four boats is reflected. The boats fill the upper third. The second boat from the left is called Symphony II.
Subject
ocean
boats
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1969
Catalogue Number
PhW.05.03
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Artist
Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)
Date
1969
Medium
oil on canvas board
Catalogue Number
WiS.02.07
Description
Blue green lake along lower edge. Large brown-grey mountains with strip of trees at lakeshore in background. Glacier at centre left with waterfall. Fluffy clouds in blue sky above. “SITTING WIND” in lower right corner. On back “Bow Lake. $25.00. July, 1969. Frank Kaquitts Morley Alberta. Indian nam…
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Artist
Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)
Title
Bow Lake
Date
1969
Medium
oil on canvas board
Dimensions
30.5 x 40.5 cm
Description
Blue green lake along lower edge. Large brown-grey mountains with strip of trees at lakeshore in background. Glacier at centre left with waterfall. Fluffy clouds in blue sky above. “SITTING WIND” in lower right corner. On back “Bow Lake. $25.00. July, 1969. Frank Kaquitts Morley Alberta. Indian name Sitting Wind.”
Subject
Bow Lake
lake
mountains
glacier
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WiS.02.07
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Artist
John Hartman (1950 – , Canadian)
Date
2014
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
HaO.05.12
Description
Watercolour of Bow Lake. Light blue boarder
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Artist
John Hartman (1950 – , Canadian)
Title
Bow Lake
Date
2014
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
22.86 x 28.58 cm
Description
Watercolour of Bow Lake. Light blue boarder
Subject
mountain
bow lake
watercolour
hartman
landscape;
Credit
Gift of John Hartman, Tiny, 2017
Catalogue Number
HaO.05.12
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Date
1962
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.59
Description
Blue sky with large cloud at left, mountains in background across image with Bow Lake below them. Green grassy area with trees in foreground of image. Title and “Canadian Rockies” written on mat.
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Title
Bow Lake, 1962
Date
1962
Medium
watercolour on paper
Description
Blue sky with large cloud at left, mountains in background across image with Bow Lake below them. Green grassy area with trees in foreground of image. Title and “Canadian Rockies” written on mat.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Bow Lake
Credit
Gift of James (Jr.) Simpson, Rocky Mountain House, 2000
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.59
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Bow Lake and Crowfoot Glacier

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Artist
Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian)
Date
1964
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
MiJ.05.06
Description
The general colours are green, blue, grey, brown, mauve, purple and white. The painting is divided in half for dominance. The bottom-half is the icy blue/green and white of the frozen lake; on the viewer’s far right there are two small evergreens in the snow. The top-half comprises the mountains an…
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Artist
Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian)
Title
Bow Lake and Crowfoot Glacier
Date
1964
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
37.2 x 56.0 cm
Description
The general colours are green, blue, grey, brown, mauve, purple and white. The painting is divided in half for dominance. The bottom-half is the icy blue/green and white of the frozen lake; on the viewer’s far right there are two small evergreens in the snow. The top-half comprises the mountains and glacier; viewer’s right the scree slope and upward sweep of a mountain, moving to the left is the next mountain with its white and blue glacier top and blue sweep down the middle of the mountain. Lower mid-centre is the glacier snow field and to the left is a brown and white mountain. The gloomy sky is grey and white swirling clouds with hints of yellow through the grey and blue sky beyond.
Subject
landscape
mountain
Bow Glacier
Bow Lake
Janet Holly Middleton
Credit
Gift of Mary Garnham Andrews, Banff, 2009
Catalogue Number
MiJ.05.06
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Bow Lake and the Crowfoot Glacier

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Artist
John Hartman (1950 – , Canadian)
Date
2014
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
HaO.05.13
Description
Watercolour or Bow Lake and Crowfoot Glacier. Blue boarder
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Artist
John Hartman (1950 – , Canadian)
Title
Bow Lake and the Crowfoot Glacier
Date
2014
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
22.86 x 28.58 cm
Description
Watercolour or Bow Lake and Crowfoot Glacier. Blue boarder
Subject
mountain
bow lake
watercolour
hartman
landscape
Credit
Gift of John Hartman, Tiny, 2017
Catalogue Number
HaO.05.13
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Bow Lake, Looking North, 1969

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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Date
1969
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.62
Description
Bow Lake is seen in foreground of image, mountains can be seen in the distance in the upper left corner and are reflected in the lake. Trees form a line along the lake’s shore from the centre of the image out to the far right centre. They are also reflected in the lake. The sky is quite yellow o…
Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Title
Bow Lake, Looking North, 1969
Date
1969
Medium
watercolour on paper
Description
Bow Lake is seen in foreground of image, mountains can be seen in the distance in the upper left corner and are reflected in the lake. Trees form a line along the lake’s shore from the centre of the image out to the far right centre. They are also reflected in the lake. The sky is quite yellow on the right but changes to blue on the left of the sky.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Bow Lake
Credit
Gift of James (Jr.) Simpson, Rocky Mountain House, 2000
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.62
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Artist
Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)
Date
1969
Medium
oil on canvas board
Catalogue Number
WiS.02.05
Description
Oil painting of large lake with cliffs at right side and lake with trees and rocks by shore at right side. Low hills in background at far shore of lake. Swirled clouds in sky above. “SITTING WIND” in lower right corner. On back: “Indian Name Sitting Wind Stoney Reserve Morley Alberta.”
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Artist
Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)
Title
By The Lake
Date
1969
Medium
oil on canvas board
Dimensions
30.5 x 40.5 cm
Description
Oil painting of large lake with cliffs at right side and lake with trees and rocks by shore at right side. Low hills in background at far shore of lake. Swirled clouds in sky above. “SITTING WIND” in lower right corner. On back: “Indian Name Sitting Wind Stoney Reserve Morley Alberta.”
Subject
lake
nature
landscape
mountains
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WiS.02.05
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C Level Lake, Bankhead, Cascade Mountain

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Artist
Dorothy V. Whyte
Date
1967
Medium
oil on canvas board
Catalogue Number
WhD.02.01
Description
Colour: green, blue, purple. Purple bushes run along tthe lower edge. In he center banked on either side by green bushes is blue green water. The upper third is the far shore of trees and mountains in the distance. There is grey sky along the top.
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Artist
Dorothy V. Whyte
Title
C Level Lake, Bankhead, Cascade Mountain
Date
1967
Medium
oil on canvas board
Dimensions
12.7 x 17.7 cm
Description
Colour: green, blue, purple. Purple bushes run along tthe lower edge. In he center banked on either side by green bushes is blue green water. The upper third is the far shore of trees and mountains in the distance. There is grey sky along the top.
Subject
landscape, lake
mountain
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Dorothy V. Whyte, West Vancouver, 1970
Catalogue Number
WhD.02.01
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