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Aloha Tower, Hawaii

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.047

Description: Colour: blue, white, grey. At the right side is a dock. Two boats are tied up at the end of it. Across the picture on the other side of the lake are low buildings and to the left a buildng with a tower on the corner of it. Dark green slopes rise up to the right from behind. Mountains can be seen ju…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Aloha Tower, Hawaii

Date: 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.5 x 35 cm

Description: Colour: blue, white, grey. At the right side is a dock. Two boats are tied up at the end of it. Across the picture on the other side of the lake are low buildings and to the left a buildng with a tower on the corner of it. Dark green slopes rise up to the right from behind. Mountains can be seen just behind them. The sky is layers of grey and fills the upper half.

Subject: landscape; architecture; urban; mountain; seascape; transportation; Pacific; Hawaii

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.047

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

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Alpine Club Cabin, Assiniboine

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1937

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.061

Description: Colour: blue. A snow scene. Two trees stand center and left reaching to the top of the picture. Another two trees grow on the right side. Between these is a snow covered log cabin. Trees can be seen vaguely in the distance. The sky behind is warm blue and fills the upper third.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Alpine Club Cabin, Assiniboine

Date: 1937

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.5 x 35 cm

Description: Colour: blue. A snow scene. Two trees stand center and left reaching to the top of the picture. Another two trees grow on the right side. Between these is a snow covered log cabin. Trees can be seen vaguely in the distance. The sky behind is warm blue and fills the upper third.

Subject: landscape; mountain; Canadian Rockies; winter; architecture; rural

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.061

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

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Andalsnas Valley, Norway

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1938

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.260

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Andalsnas Valley, Norway

Date: 1938

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 34.8 x 27.1 cm

Subject: landscape ;mountains; architecture; building; rural

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.260

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Andalsnes, Norway

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1938

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.016

Description: Colour: grey, blue, brown. In the lower area to the left side is a brown slope. In the middle area there are three buildings; one left of center, two right of center. To the right side is a grey snow slope. Behind the houses across the picture is an abrupt rock face. Snow and rock slopes rise up to…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Andalsnes, Norway

Date: 1938

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 35 x 27.5 cm

Description: Colour: grey, blue, brown. In the lower area to the left side is a brown slope. In the middle area there are three buildings; one left of center, two right of center. To the right side is a grey snow slope. Behind the houses across the picture is an abrupt rock face. Snow and rock slopes rise up to the left and right of it. Sky is in the upper right area.

Subject: landscape; mountain; winter; architecture; rural

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.016

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At the Yoho Camp

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

Date: 1930

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.430

Description: A brown cabin with white trim is in left centre, another building to the left of it. Mountain in the distance at centre right. Large evergreen trees beside the cabin. Billowy sky. A saddled brown horse is standing near a standing man in the right foreground.

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

Title: At the Yoho Camp

Date: 1930

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 30.4 x 30.3 cm

Description: A brown cabin with white trim is in left centre, another building to the left of it. Mountain in the distance at centre right. Large evergreen trees beside the cabin. Billowy sky. A saddled brown horse is standing near a standing man in the right foreground.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; architecture; rural; animal; horse; figure; male; camping

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.430

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Banff from Tunnel Mountain

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1933

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.055

Description: Colour: blue, green, orange red. At the lower left corner is a green slope. Looking down on a town of bright buildings. Half way up are trees and a plain going off into the distance until mountain slopes take over the upper third.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Banff from Tunnel Mountain

Date: 1933

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.5 x 35 cm

Description: Colour: blue, green, orange red. At the lower left corner is a green slope. Looking down on a town of bright buildings. Half way up are trees and a plain going off into the distance until mountain slopes take over the upper third.

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

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.055

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

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Bank in Dawson City

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1956

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.101

Description: Colour: blue, black, green, ochre. A road goes up from the lower center towards the right. On the right side of the road are five telegraph poles receding into the distance. On the left side are buildings. The front one is white and built of stone or brick. In the background is a hillside which goe…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Bank in Dawson City

Date: 1956

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 30.5 x 25.5 cm

Description: Colour: blue, black, green, ochre. A road goes up from the lower center towards the right. On the right side of the road are five telegraph poles receding into the distance. On the left side are buildings. The front one is white and built of stone or brick. In the background is a hillside which goes up at an angle from the left to he upper right. Clear blue sky fills in the rest.

Subject: architecture; urban

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.101

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

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Banyan Tree, Bali

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.023

Description: Colour: brown, green. Two banyon trees fill the outer edges of the picture and the foreground. Behind n the distance are a few figures and a building to the left. Bits of sky can be seen through the branches of the trees.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Banyan Tree, Bali

Date: 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 35 x 27.5 cm

Description: Colour: brown, green. Two banyon trees fill the outer edges of the picture and the foreground. Behind n the distance are a few figures and a building to the left. Bits of sky can be seen through the branches of the trees.

Subject: landscape; architecture; figure; group; Pacific

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.023

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Bear Street Alley, Banff

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1933

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.052

Description: Colour: warm brown with blue. A road with buildings on both sides and hydro poles, goes from the bottom foreground to left side and disappears into a mountain side which rises up behind filling the upper half. Blue sky is in the upper right corner.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Bear Street Alley, Banff

Date: 1933

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.5 x 35 cm

Description: Colour: warm brown with blue. A road with buildings on both sides and hydro poles, goes from the bottom foreground to left side and disappears into a mountain side which rises up behind filling the upper half. Blue sky is in the upper right corner.

Subject: architecture; urban; mountain; Canadian Rockies

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.052

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Building Sampans at Kewalo Basin, Hawaii

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.030

Description: Colour: brown, blue. A building with vague outlines of boats and figures in front of it, fills the left side of the picture. To the right is a large boat and hills and sky beyond.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Building Sampans at Kewalo Basin, Hawaii

Date: 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 25.5 x 35 cm

Description: Colour: brown, blue. A building with vague outlines of boats and figures in front of it, fills the left side of the picture. To the right is a large boat and hills and sky beyond.

Subject: landscape; Pacific; architecture; transportation; Hawaii

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1970

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.030

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Bungalow Camp at Yoho, Whiskey Falls

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1930

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.034

Description: Colour: green, blue, brown. In the lower third there are numerous small cabins clustered in amongst trees and grass at the base of a mountain which on the right side is grassy slopes with a stream running down a crevice. On the left are trees becoming more blue as they go into the distance and up t…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Bungalow Camp at Yoho, Whiskey Falls

Date: 1930

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 39.5 x 49.9 cm

Description: Colour: green, blue, brown. In the lower third there are numerous small cabins clustered in amongst trees and grass at the base of a mountain which on the right side is grassy slopes with a stream running down a crevice. On the left are trees becoming more blue as they go into the distance and up the mountain. Beyond in the upper left corner is a purple mountain face and clouds with a patch of blue upper center.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; architecture; rural; camp

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.034

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Cabin at Assiniboine

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1937 – 1940

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.050

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Cabin at Assiniboine

Date: 1937 – 1940

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 40.8 x 50.8 cm

Subject: landscape; mountain; Canadian Rockies; forest; winter; architecture; rural

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.050

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Compound Entrance, Denpasar, Bali

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.019

Description: Colour: green, brown, orange. Green forest fills the backgrund. A light coloured building stands in fornt running from the left to near the right edge. In front of the building are groups of people - one to the left with two trees. Another to the right. In the lower right corner is a woman with a b…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Compound Entrance, Denpasar, Bali

Date: 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 35 x 27.5 cm

Description: Colour: green, brown, orange. Green forest fills the backgrund. A light coloured building stands in fornt running from the left to near the right edge. In front of the building are groups of people - one to the left with two trees. Another to the right. In the lower right corner is a woman with a basket on her head and a girl beside her.

Subject: figure, group; architecture; landscape; Pacific

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.019

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Dole Pineapple Factory, Honolulu

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.031

Description: Colour: dark grey, green. The upper half is dark grey sky. In the center are a group of buildings way in the distance and water beyond. The foreground is green slopes - a few trees and a building to the left.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Dole Pineapple Factory, Honolulu

Date: 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 25.5 x 35 cm

Description: Colour: dark grey, green. The upper half is dark grey sky. In the center are a group of buildings way in the distance and water beyond. The foreground is green slopes - a few trees and a building to the left.

Subject: landscape; Pacific; architecture; Hawaii

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1970

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.031

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Elizabeth Parker Hut, Contentment Meadows, Lake O'Hara

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1938

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.078

Description: Colour: green, purple. In the foreground is green grass and two boulders in the lower right corner. Trees fill the middle ground and right of center are three cabins. The mountains rise up behind the trees. There's a patch of blue sky in the upper left corner and a little right of center at the top.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Elizabeth Parker Hut, Contentment Meadows, Lake O'Hara

Date: 1938

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.4 cm

Description: Colour: green, purple. In the foreground is green grass and two boulders in the lower right corner. Trees fill the middle ground and right of center are three cabins. The mountains rise up behind the trees. There's a patch of blue sky in the upper left corner and a little right of center at the top.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; architecture; rural; camp

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.078

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The Entrance

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Artist: Peter Bax (1895 – 1952, British)

Date: 1930 – 1940

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: BaP.04.05

Description: 5 actors, 2 male and 3 female are lined up on scaffolding outside an open, curtained door. The scaffolding and the railing dominate the center third of the picture. The women appear to be wearing maids uniforms.

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Artist: Peter Bax (1895 – 1952, British)

Title: The Entrance

Date: 1930 – 1940

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 30.3 x 14.5 cm

Description: 5 actors, 2 male and 3 female are lined up on scaffolding outside an open, curtained door. The scaffolding and the railing dominate the center third of the picture. The women appear to be wearing maids uniforms.

Subject: figure; group; architecture; urban; Christmas

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: BaP.04.05

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Fire Engine, Dawson City

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1956

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.097

Description: Colour: blue, orange red. Central image is a four wheeled vehicle with a tank and a long black handled pump. It stands in green grass. Behind is a large building: the back part of which is yellow, the front purple brown. A few figures can be seen by the door at the left side. Above are telegraph po…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Fire Engine, Dawson City

Date: 1956

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 30.5 x 25.5 cm

Description: Colour: blue, orange red. Central image is a four wheeled vehicle with a tank and a long black handled pump. It stands in green grass. Behind is a large building: the back part of which is yellow, the front purple brown. A few figures can be seen by the door at the left side. Above are telegraph poles and blue sky.

Subject: transportation; architecture; urban

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.097

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Four Cowboys

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Artist: Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian)

Date: 1936

Medium: gouache on card

Catalogue Number: GyH.07.02

Description: Four cowboys are gathered around a teepee, the top of which is not visible, as it runs of the paper. A man at the far right sits on a boulder and plays the guitar. The next man’s back faces the viewer. The third man sits on a second boulder and appears to be playing the harmonica. The fourth ma…

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Artist: Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian)

Title: Four Cowboys

Date: 1936

Medium: gouache on card

Dimensions: 26 x 35.8 cm

Description: Four cowboys are gathered around a teepee, the top of which is not visible, as it runs of the paper. A man at the far right sits on a boulder and plays the guitar. The next man’s back faces the viewer. The third man sits on a second boulder and appears to be playing the harmonica. The fourth man stands with his leg on the same boulder, his hand resting on his leg. A tree trunk is visible behind the man on the far right. Mountains and a stormy-looking sky are seen beyond the camp setting. All of the men are wearing cowboy hats.