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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: c. 1925

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.954 o

Description: chair and 3-d plus sign

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: 30 Min.

Date: c. 1925

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 29.5 x 23.0 cm

Description: chair and 3-d plus sign

Subject: chair

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.954 o

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30 Min.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1925

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.954 y

Description: Wall with two windows

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: 30 Min.

Date: 1925

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 23.0 x 29.5 cm

Description: Wall with two windows

Subject: window

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.954 y

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50 Min.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: c. 1926

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.954 w

Description: hatching chair, jack, box with shaded people in background

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: 50 Min.

Date: c. 1926

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 29.5 x 23.0 cm

Description: hatching chair, jack, box with shaded people in background

Subject: chair; box; jack

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.954 w

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1908 Railway Tunnel (Continental Divide on back)

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Date: c. 1911

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.322

Description: Front: the entrance to a railway tunnel is on the left, and muontain and trees surround it. Above the entrance is written “1908” and then his writing for a colour scheme in the brc.Back: mountains and trees surround a valley running through the picture. Writing in the brc: “VICTORIA RIDGE OVER 10…

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Title: 1908 Railway Tunnel (Continental Divide on back)

Date: c. 1911

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 28.0 x 35.5 cm

Description: Front: the entrance to a railway tunnel is on the left, and muontain and trees surround it. Above the entrance is written “1908” and then his writing for a colour scheme in the brc.Back: mountains and trees surround a valley running through the picture. Writing in the brc: “VICTORIA RIDGE OVER 10,000feet, 33 BELOW zero, CONTINENTAL DIVIDE FEB 23”

Subject: landscape

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.322

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Above Bow Falls

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

Date: 1952

Medium: oil on board

Catalogue Number: GyH.02.15

Description: A low and wide, white and blue waterfall between gray rocks with evergreen trees mountains in the background.

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

Title: Above Bow Falls

Date: 1952

Medium: oil on board

Dimensions: 31.0 x 39.0 cm

Description: A low and wide, white and blue waterfall between gray rocks with evergreen trees mountains in the background.

Subject: Banff; Bow Falls; Rocky Mountains; water; waterfall

Credit: Gift of Fred Burghardt, Edmonton, 2018

Catalogue Number: GyH.02.15

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Above Geiranger Fjord, Norway

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1938

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.261

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Above Geiranger Fjord, Norway

Date: 1938

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.2 x 34.7 cm

Subject: landscape; mountain; camp

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.261

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Above the West Road

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

Date: n.d.

Medium: oil on masonite

Catalogue Number: GyH.02.07

Description: The mountain landscape is painted in shades of brown, yellow, grey and red. The sky is rendered in a light blue with dark grey clouds on the left. The foreground encompasses yellow rolling hills with suggestions of trees on the lower right. Between the mountains and the foreground is a line of burg…

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

Title: Above the West Road

Date: n.d.

Medium: oil on masonite

Dimensions: 33 x 40.5 cm

Description: The mountain landscape is painted in shades of brown, yellow, grey and red. The sky is rendered in a light blue with dark grey clouds on the left. The foreground encompasses yellow rolling hills with suggestions of trees on the lower right. Between the mountains and the foreground is a line of burgundy. On the back “Above the West Road Banff 24 H. G. Glyde.”

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountains

Credit: Gift of Henry George Glyde, Victoria, 1997

Catalogue Number: GyH.02.07

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Abraham Lake #3

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Artist: Les Graff (1936 – , Canadian)

Date: 2000 – 2000

Medium: oil on masonite board

Catalogue Number: Grl.01.07

Description: An oil sketch of a lake landscape. The primary colours used are green, grey, blue and brown. The sky is dominated with thick grey strokes of colour. Surrounding the water at the top and bottom are thick strokes of green. The blue of the water is a streak across the middle of the work. The artist’s …

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Artist: Les Graff (1936 – , Canadian)

Title: Abraham Lake #3

Date: 2000 – 2000

Medium: oil on masonite board

Dimensions: 40.5 x 40.5 cm

Description: An oil sketch of a lake landscape. The primary colours used are green, grey, blue and brown. The sky is dominated with thick grey strokes of colour. Surrounding the water at the top and bottom are thick strokes of green. The blue of the water is a streak across the middle of the work. The artist’s signature is in the brhc in green paint.

Subject: landscape; lake

Credit: Gift of Les Graff, Bashaw, 2006

Catalogue Number: Grl.01.07

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Abraham Lake/East

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Artist: Les Graff (1936 – , Canadian)

Date: 2001 – 2001

Medium: oil on masonite board

Catalogue Number: GrL.01.17

Description: An oil sketch of a mountain landscape. The primary colours used are blue, orange, red and brown. The image is composed of a mountain range in the background, with a body of water and a segment of land in the foreground. The artist’s signature is in the brhc in grey paint. Au verso, written in black…

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Artist: Les Graff (1936 – , Canadian)

Title: Abraham Lake/East

Date: 2001 – 2001

Medium: oil on masonite board

Dimensions: 40 x 40.5 cm

Description: An oil sketch of a mountain landscape. The primary colours used are blue, orange, red and brown. The image is composed of a mountain range in the background, with a body of water and a segment of land in the foreground. The artist’s signature is in the brhc in grey paint. Au verso, written in black ink in the trhc, “45/W”.

Subject: landscape; mountain; lake

Credit: Gift of Les Graff, Bashaw, 2006

Catalogue Number: GrL.01.17

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Across the North Saskatchewan River/Shadows

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Artist: Les Graff (1936 – , Canadian)

Date: 2003 – 2003

Medium: oil on masonite board

Catalogue Number: GrL.01.28

Description: An oil sketch of a landscape. The primary colours used are green, grey, purple and beige. The upper third of the piece is in green, red and beige, with the shadows of the trees depicted as red lines. The majority of the canvas centre is grey, with a variety of colours on the right centre. The artis…

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Artist: Les Graff (1936 – , Canadian)

Title: Across the North Saskatchewan River/Shadows

Date: 2003 – 2003

Medium: oil on masonite board

Dimensions: 35.6 x 40.7 cm

Description: An oil sketch of a landscape. The primary colours used are green, grey, purple and beige. The upper third of the piece is in green, red and beige, with the shadows of the trees depicted as red lines. The majority of the canvas centre is grey, with a variety of colours on the right centre. The artist’s signature is in the blhc in purple paint. Au verso, written in black ink in the tlhc, “47/R”.

Subject: landscape; river; shadow

Credit: Gift of Les Graff, Bashaw, 2007

Catalogue Number: GrL.01.28

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Across the River

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.419

Description: Pencil drawing of landscape with water in foreground and mountains in background.brc: Band of shadows across riverOther cursive writing denotes details and colour scheme.

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Title: Across the River

Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 20.0 x 26.0 cm

Description: Pencil drawing of landscape with water in foreground and mountains in background.brc: Band of shadows across riverOther cursive writing denotes details and colour scheme.

Subject: landscape

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.419

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Across the Southern States to the Blue Pacific and Vancouver

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1925 – 1966

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.375

Description: Side 1: Pencil drawing of car driving on a highway to the viewer’s right and into the distance. Other more roughly sketched vehicles are in oncoming lanes. A sign to the right of the road reads: ACROSS THE SOUTHERN STATES/ TO THE PACIFIC AND/ VANCOUVERIn the top left corner, the number 13 is circle…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Across the Southern States to the Blue Pacific and Vancouver

Date: 1925 – 1966

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 14.5 x 21.0 cm

Description: Side 1: Pencil drawing of car driving on a highway to the viewer’s right and into the distance. Other more roughly sketched vehicles are in oncoming lanes. A sign to the right of the road reads: ACROSS THE SOUTHERN STATES/ TO THE PACIFIC AND/ VANCOUVERIn the top left corner, the number 13 is circled.Side 2: Pencil drawing of a car driving through a landscape of rolling hills. Mountains are barely visible in the background. This illustration is in a rectangular box. Below this box is a rectangle that is divided into four.

Subject: car; landscape; Peter Whyte; drawing

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.375

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Adventures of a Brownie

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1921

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.915

Description: A book standing upright, that has a little shading on the surface that it stands on. On the spine of the book it says “DUNLOP” and on the book cover “ADVENTURES OF A BROWNIE”.verso: a drawing of a coffee table or dining room table. In the TRC it says “Jan 5’/21”

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Adventures of a Brownie

Date: 1921

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 22.8 x 14.5 cm

Description: A book standing upright, that has a little shading on the surface that it stands on. On the spine of the book it says “DUNLOP” and on the book cover “ADVENTURES OF A BROWNIE”.verso: a drawing of a coffee table or dining room table. In the TRC it says “Jan 5’/21”

Subject: book; reading; furniture; table

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.915

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Agassiz, Yale District

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.422

Description: A drawing of a mountain stream by trees in foreground. Heavy shading/pencil use.Cursive writing denotes details and colour scheme.

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Title: Agassiz, Yale District

Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 20.0 x 26.0 cm

Description: A drawing of a mountain stream by trees in foreground. Heavy shading/pencil use.Cursive writing denotes details and colour scheme.

Subject: landscape

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.422

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Aged Larch

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

Date: 1935 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.289

Description: To the right of centre, the lower trunk of a large larch tree is visible. The trunk is outlined in black, and coloured brown and blue-grey (with touches of ochre and red-brown). In the upper half of the sketch, a few small branches, with brushstrokes indicating groups of yellow needles, are growing…

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

Title: Aged Larch

Date: 1935 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 25.4 x 30.3 cm

Description: To the right of centre, the lower trunk of a large larch tree is visible. The trunk is outlined in black, and coloured brown and blue-grey (with touches of ochre and red-brown). In the upper half of the sketch, a few small branches, with brushstrokes indicating groups of yellow needles, are growing from the tree's trunk. In the middleground are groups of younger (smaller) yellow trees, with tall dark green evergreens behind them. Beyond the trees is a flat area coloured tan-green.

Subject: landscape; mountain; Canadian Rockies

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.289

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Airfield

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Artist: William Abbott Cheever (1908 – 1986, American)

Date: n.d.

Medium: oil on board

Catalogue Number: ChA.02.03

Description: Rainy airfield with two biplanes, one with open cockpit, one with closed.

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Artist: William Abbott Cheever (1908 – 1986, American)

Title: Airfield

Date: n.d.

Medium: oil on board

Dimensions: 25.3 x 35.3 cm

Description: Rainy airfield with two biplanes, one with open cockpit, one with closed.

Subject: military; airplane; person; pilot; W.A. Cheever

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

Catalogue Number: ChA.02.03

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Aklavik, N.W.T.

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Artist: William Bonnetplume (1946 – 2001, Canadian)

Date: prior to 1977

Medium: oil on canvas board

Catalogue Number: BpW.02.02

Description: General colour: blue with green, yellow, brown. A figure, sled and team of four dogs fills lower right quarter of picture. A broad crack in the frozen lake runs up from the center at the bottom and disappears into the horizon of trees. The far shore and mountains beyond start two thirds up the pict…

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Artist: William Bonnetplume (1946 – 2001, Canadian)

Title: Aklavik, N.W.T.

Date: prior to 1977

Medium: oil on canvas board

Dimensions: 35.6 x 45.6 cm

Description: General colour: blue with green, yellow, brown. A figure, sled and team of four dogs fills lower right quarter of picture. A broad crack in the frozen lake runs up from the center at the bottom and disappears into the horizon of trees. The far shore and mountains beyond start two thirds up the picture.

Subject: animal, dogteam; figure, man; man, Inuit; landscape, winter

Credit: Purchased from William Bonnetplume, 1978

Catalogue Number: BpW.02.02

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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.