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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1937
Catalogue Number
WyP.06.01
Description
A realistic rendering of a male downhill skier in action, right leg and ski slightly in front of left, knees bent, elbows up holding metal ski poles. The ski poles have metal baskets soldered on to main shaft. The base is a triangular shaped piece 8.7 cm at the back tapering to the front which is 2…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Downhill Skier
Date
1937
Dimensions
29.0 x 9.5 x 28.0 cm
Description
A realistic rendering of a male downhill skier in action, right leg and ski slightly in front of left, knees bent, elbows up holding metal ski poles. The ski poles have metal baskets soldered on to main shaft. The base is a triangular shaped piece 8.7 cm at the back tapering to the front which is 2.5 cm high. The whole sculpture, excluding the poles, is painted silver.
Subject
figure
skier
activity
skiing
Credit
Gift of Bob Leighton, 1971
Catalogue Number
WyP.06.01
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1931
Medium
oil on canvas on board
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.073
Description
Three tall evergreens dominate from foreground to top of picture. Immediate foreground is pale green with a darker green forest behind, and behind that are dark blue trees and in the background is a single grey mountain with some snow.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Mountain Landscape
Date
1931
Medium
oil on canvas on board
Dimensions
30.6 x 30.4 cm
Description
Three tall evergreens dominate from foreground to top of picture. Immediate foreground is pale green with a darker green forest behind, and behind that are dark blue trees and in the background is a single grey mountain with some snow.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountains
Credit
Gift of John P. Crabb, Winnipeg, 1994
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.073
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1930 – 1935
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.122
Description
Colours: greys, brown, blue, green. A grey-blue lake fills the lower edge. At the left on the far shore is a group of trees. A mountain rises up beyond. Snow is at the top and part-way down. There is a red brown rock at the right. Grey sky goes along the upper edge except in the upper right corner.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Lake Louise
Date
1930 – 1935
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
25.2 x 30.3 cm
Description
Colours: greys, brown, blue, green. A grey-blue lake fills the lower edge. At the left on the far shore is a group of trees. A mountain rises up beyond. Snow is at the top and part-way down. There is a red brown rock at the right. Grey sky goes along the upper edge except in the upper right corner.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
lake
Lake Louise
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.122
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Yoho Valley and Yoho Peak

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1930 – 1934
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.124
Description
Colour: blue, white, green. The lower half is frozen water with snow on it and a shore along the bottom and left side where there are trees. The upper half is a distant shore line of trees which give way to white and purple mountains in the distance. Clouded blue sky comes down right of center from…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Yoho Valley and Yoho Peak
Date
1930 – 1934
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
27.7 x 27.8 cm
Description
Colour: blue, white, green. The lower half is frozen water with snow on it and a shore along the bottom and left side where there are trees. The upper half is a distant shore line of trees which give way to white and purple mountains in the distance. Clouded blue sky comes down right of center from across the upper edge.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountains
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.124
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1930 – 1940
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.127
Description
Colour: green, blue, brown, grey. Lower half is green trees with two buildings in front at the left side. Mist comes down over the grey and blue mountain side which rises up behind to the upper right. Clouds and blue sky can be seen in the upper left corner.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Yoho Camp
Date
1930 – 1940
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
30.4 x 30.6 cm
Description
Colour: green, blue, brown, grey. Lower half is green trees with two buildings in front at the left side. Mist comes down over the grey and blue mountain side which rises up behind to the upper right. Clouds and blue sky can be seen in the upper left corner.
Subject
architecture
log buildings
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.127
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1938
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.008
Description
A lake is in foreground, some green foliage in immediate foreground. Houses jut out into the lake at left centre. A green mountain rises abruptly at centre left to top left with blue and white mountains to the right. A cloudy sky is top third .
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Andalsnes, Norway
Date
1938
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
27.5 x 35.0 cm
Description
A lake is in foreground, some green foliage in immediate foreground. Houses jut out into the lake at left centre. A green mountain rises abruptly at centre left to top left with blue and white mountains to the right. A cloudy sky is top third .
Subject
landscape
Norway
mountains
lake
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.008
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Mount Owen at Lake O'Hara

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1932
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.155
Description
Snow and some grey blue rocks in the immediate foreground. There is an ochre- coloured flank of a mountain to the left but the painting is dominated by Mount Owen. The lower slopes are brush strokes of blue, green and brown, mid-mountain there is snow and some grey/brown strokes, snowy peaks on the…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Mount Owen at Lake O'Hara
Date
1932
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
27.7 x 35.2 cm
Description
Snow and some grey blue rocks in the immediate foreground. There is an ochre- coloured flank of a mountain to the left but the painting is dominated by Mount Owen. The lower slopes are brush strokes of blue, green and brown, mid-mountain there is snow and some grey/brown strokes, snowy peaks on the mid-left. The background is grey sky.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain, Mount Owen
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.155
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1933
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.156
Description
Dark evergreens in right foreground, ochre and yellow meadow to the left and directly above trees, town of Banff is in middle far right. Snow-covered Mount Rundle upper right. The treeline cuts through the centre of the painting, grey brown flank of Tunnel Mountain to the left.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Banff
Date
1933
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
27.7 x 35.2 cm
Description
Dark evergreens in right foreground, ochre and yellow meadow to the left and directly above trees, town of Banff is in middle far right. Snow-covered Mount Rundle upper right. The treeline cuts through the centre of the painting, grey brown flank of Tunnel Mountain to the left.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
town, Banff
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.156
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Stormy Day, Glacier Peak

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1930 – 1935
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.157
Description
Storm clouds and glacier top one-third, grey brown mountain with some trees and four small waterfalls to the right.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Stormy Day, Glacier Peak
Date
1930 – 1935
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
27.8 x 35.4 cm
Description
Storm clouds and glacier top one-third, grey brown mountain with some trees and four small waterfalls to the right.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain, Glacier Peak
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.157
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Third Vermilion Lake

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1932
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.160
Description
A fall scene, very colourful. Brilliant gold and green vegetation, two dark evergreens and one yellow aspen to the immediate right, green bank and some evergreens to the left. In the middle flows the lake getting larger in the centre. Gold green and blue mountains with gold bank are the upper half,…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Third Vermilion Lake
Date
1932
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
27.8 x 34.5 cm
Description
A fall scene, very colourful. Brilliant gold and green vegetation, two dark evergreens and one yellow aspen to the immediate right, green bank and some evergreens to the left. In the middle flows the lake getting larger in the centre. Gold green and blue mountains with gold bank are the upper half, very little sky, light blue with two white clouds.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
lake, Third Vermilion Lake
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.160
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