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Banff from the Green Spot

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1933 – 1937

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.379

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Banff from the Green Spot

Date: 1933 – 1937

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 22.7 x 27.8 cm

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; buildings

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.379

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

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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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Banff Morning

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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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Banff Revisited IV

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Artist: Sylvia Richman

Date: 1982

Medium: pastel on paper

Catalogue Number: RiS.03.01

Description: Mountain shapes in foreground, blue/purple, reds, green, brown, black outlines, top half of picture is multicoloured - red left center with yellows, browns and greens. Top right corner is very muted.

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Artist: Sylvia Richman

Title: Banff Revisited IV

Date: 1982

Medium: pastel on paper

Dimensions: 15.0 x 18.3 cm

Description: Mountain shapes in foreground, blue/purple, reds, green, brown, black outlines, top half of picture is multicoloured - red left center with yellows, browns and greens. Top right corner is very muted.

Subject: landscape; mountain

Credit: Gift of Sylvia Richman, 1983

Catalogue Number: RiS.03.01

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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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Barrier Mountain

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Artist: James McLaren Nicoll (1892 – 1986, Canadian)

Date: prior to 1986

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: NiJ.03.12

Description: A pencil drawing of Barrier mountain, no clouds or foreground. The back edge has a complete border of masking tape.

Artist: James McLaren Nicoll (1892 – 1986, Canadian)

Title: Barrier Mountain

Date: prior to 1986

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 22.7 x 30.1 cm

Description: A pencil drawing of Barrier mountain, no clouds or foreground. The back edge has a complete border of masking tape.

Subject: landscape; mountain

Credit: Gift of James McLaren Nicoll, 1978

Catalogue Number: NiJ.03.12

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Beach at Makapu'u Point, Hawaii

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1936

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.042

Description: Colour: yellow, grey, green. The lower half is sand and rocks. There is green water to the right and a large dark mountain side to the left. Above the horizon are two mountain islands and grey and green sky beyond.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Beach at Makapu'u Point, Hawaii

Date: 1936

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.5 x 35 cm

Description: Colour: yellow, grey, green. The lower half is sand and rocks. There is green water to the right and a large dark mountain side to the left. Above the horizon are two mountain islands and grey and green sky beyond.

Subject: seascape; mountain; Pacific; Hawaii

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.042

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The Bear Street Alley, Banff

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1931 – 1935

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.344

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: The Bear Street Alley, Banff

Date: 1931 – 1935

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.7 x 35.3 cm

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; town; building; winter

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.344

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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.01.054

Description: Colour: blue, green, brown, grey, mauve. The lower half is buildngs, rooftops and four telephone poles. The upper half is distant hills sloping up to blue and white mountains left of center near the top. There is cloudy sky across the top.

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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 35.2 cm

Description: Colour: blue, green, brown, grey, mauve. The lower half is buildngs, rooftops and four telephone poles. The upper half is distant hills sloping up to blue and white mountains left of center near the top. There is cloudy sky across the top.

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

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.054

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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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Bear Street Alley, Cascade Mountain

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1932 – 1933

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.533

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Bear Street Alley, Cascade Mountain

Date: 1932 – 1933

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 30.1 x 40.4 cm

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; town; Banff

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.533

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Bear Street Alley, Sulphur Mountain

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1922 – 1933

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.534

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Bear Street Alley, Sulphur Mountain

Date: 1922 – 1933

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 30.2 x 40.4 cm

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; winter; town, Banff

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.534

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Beaver Ponds, Black Spruce

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

Date: 1945 – 1960

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.301

Description: Calm, pale blue pond in foreground, split tree on right reflects in pond, two large trees to left behind which are two smaller trees, these also are reflected in the pond, row of green trees through centre of painting, sloping mountains left and right to centre, small mountain centre with white (sn…

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

Title: Beaver Ponds, Black Spruce

Date: 1945 – 1960

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 28.0 x 35.5 cm

Description: Calm, pale blue pond in foreground, split tree on right reflects in pond, two large trees to left behind which are two smaller trees, these also are reflected in the pond, row of green trees through centre of painting, sloping mountains left and right to centre, small mountain centre with white (snow) on it.

Subject: landscape; mountain; Canadian Rockies; lake

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.301

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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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Beyond Exceptional Pass

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Artist: Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)

Date: c. 1978

Medium: string; ink; watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: ArP.13.01

Description: A angular mountain sits on the left of the image. The mountain is in shades of pink, purple and plain paper. The bottom of the work is dominated by a horizontal cloud, with the printed words “Beyond Exceptional Pass.” Extending from the tip of the mountain on the left, to a cloud on the right, is a…

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Artist: Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)

Title: Beyond Exceptional Pass

Date: c. 1978

Medium: string; ink; watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 52 x 62.5 cm

Description: A angular mountain sits on the left of the image. The mountain is in shades of pink, purple and plain paper. The bottom of the work is dominated by a horizontal cloud, with the printed words “Beyond Exceptional Pass.” Extending from the tip of the mountain on the left, to a cloud on the right, is a fine black netting.

Subject: collage; net; cloud; mountain

Credit: Gift of Anne (and John) Ewen, Banff, 2013

Catalogue Number: ArP.13.01

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The Big Hill, Cathedral Mountain

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1930 – 1935

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.431

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: The Big Hill, Cathedral Mountain

Date: 1930 – 1935

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.8 x 35.3 cm

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.431

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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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Boat House, July 16th

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

Date: c. 1955

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: GyH.03.27

Description: A mountain is sketched in the central background with the word “Sand” inscribed on it. Below the mountain is a small boat house which is surrounded by row boats in the foreground. All of the objects in the work are annotated with colour notes. Inscribed at the bottom left “Boat House July 16th 1930…

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

Title: Boat House, July 16th

Date: c. 1955

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 25 x 35 cm

Description: A mountain is sketched in the central background with the word “Sand” inscribed on it. Below the mountain is a small boat house which is surrounded by row boats in the foreground. All of the objects in the work are annotated with colour notes. Inscribed at the bottom left “Boat House July 16th 1930 B.”