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Lake Louise

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

Date: 1945 – 1960

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.168

Description: Lake Louise lies complacently surrounded by green mountain slopes. The prevailing rock face of the mountains beyond encompasses 2/3 of the picture frame. Blue whisps of cloud cover hovering over the mountain peaks makes the tops indistinguishable. White clouds look as if there perched on top of the…

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

Title: Lake Louise

Date: 1945 – 1960

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 28.0 x 35.5 cm

Description: Lake Louise lies complacently surrounded by green mountain slopes. The prevailing rock face of the mountains beyond encompasses 2/3 of the picture frame. Blue whisps of cloud cover hovering over the mountain peaks makes the tops indistinguishable. White clouds look as if there perched on top of the background mountains.

Subject: landscape; mountain; Canadian Rockies; lake

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.168

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Lake Louise, November

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

Date: 1945 – 1950

Medium: oil on canvas on masonite

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.106

Description: Lake Louise in winter.

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

Title: Lake Louise, November

Date: 1945 – 1950

Medium: oil on canvas on masonite

Dimensions: 25.4 x 30.3 cm

Description: Lake Louise in winter.

Subject: landscape;Canadian Rockies; Lake Louise

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.106

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Lake McArthur

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

Date: 1945 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.271

Description: View of Lake McArthur, looking east. (There is less applied paint than on the majority of Catharine Whyte's oil sketches.) In the lower right corner is the edge of a cliff of rock. The middleground contains the large bright blue surface of the lake. Half the lake's surface has long horizontal strok…

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

Title: Lake McArthur

Date: 1945 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 28.0 x 35.5 cm

Description: View of Lake McArthur, looking east. (There is less applied paint than on the majority of Catharine Whyte's oil sketches.) In the lower right corner is the edge of a cliff of rock. The middleground contains the large bright blue surface of the lake. Half the lake's surface has long horizontal strokes of light blue, while reflections are described with short vertical strokes of tan, green and darker blue. On the left-hand side of the composition are tan-coloured slopes that come down to the water's edge. The right background contains a wall of violet-grey and blue-grey rock. In the left background can be seen the lower slopes of Mount McArthur coloured brown, and partially in shadow. An unfinished patch of blue sky appears at the top of the picture.

Subject: landscape; mountain; Canadian Rockies; lake

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.271

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Lake O'Hara

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

Date: 1929 – 1930

Medium: oil on canvas on cardboard

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.037

Description: Lake O'Hara is depicted in the foreground with reflections of trees from the shoreline in it.

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

Title: Lake O'Hara

Date: 1929 – 1930

Medium: oil on canvas on cardboard

Dimensions: 15.9 x 19.1 cm

Description: Lake O'Hara is depicted in the foreground with reflections of trees from the shoreline in it.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; Lake O’Hara

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.037

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Limber Pine, Porcupine Hills

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

Date: 1946 – 1953

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.363

Description: In the foreground with it's trunk starting in the br this tree reaches up to the tc and has many limbs reaching out to both sides. Behind the tree in the background are rolling hills, golden in color. On the tops of the rolling hills are small areas of green trees. The ground area around the tree i…

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

Title: Limber Pine, Porcupine Hills

Date: 1946 – 1953

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 25.3 x 30.3 cm

Description: In the foreground with it's trunk starting in the br this tree reaches up to the tc and has many limbs reaching out to both sides. Behind the tree in the background are rolling hills, golden in color. On the tops of the rolling hills are small areas of green trees. The ground area around the tree in the foreground is also gold in color.

Subject: landscape; Canadian

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.363

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Looking West From West Road

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

Date: 1945 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.089

Description: View west from West Road or Bow Valley Parkway.

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

Title: Looking West From West Road

Date: 1945 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 25.4 x 30.3 cm

Description: View west from West Road or Bow Valley Parkway.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; Bow Valley Parkway

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.089

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[Mabel?]

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

Date: c. 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.432

Description: an unfinished painting of a woman wearing a red lei. She is painted in 3/4 view facing to viewers left. HEr brown hair is in a ponytail at the nape of her neck.

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

Title: [Mabel?]

Date: c. 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 63.0 x 53.0 cm

Description: an unfinished painting of a woman wearing a red lei. She is painted in 3/4 view facing to viewers left. HEr brown hair is in a ponytail at the nape of her neck.

Subject: portrait; woman; Hawai’i

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.432

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Man's Head and Torso

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

Date: 1928 – 1930

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.02.10

Description: A portrait of a young man. He is facing to the right, has red hair and a mustache. His shoulders and arms are well defined, he is wearing a dark coloured belt. The background is dark blue. Unfinished near the bottom.

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

Title: Man's Head and Torso

Date: 1928 – 1930

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 75.0 x 60.0 cm

Description: A portrait of a young man. He is facing to the right, has red hair and a mustache. His shoulders and arms are well defined, he is wearing a dark coloured belt. The background is dark blue. Unfinished near the bottom.

Subject: portrait; male

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.02.10

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Man's Portrait

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

Date: 1928 – 1930

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.02.08

Description: A head and shoulders portrait of an elderly man. He is facing to the right showing a partial left profile. His hair is white, small glasses. Wearing a large light green jacket with and orange tie.

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

Title: Man's Portrait

Date: 1928 – 1930

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 52.0 x 42.0 cm

Description: A head and shoulders portrait of an elderly man. He is facing to the right showing a partial left profile. His hair is white, small glasses. Wearing a large light green jacket with and orange tie.

Subject: portrait; male

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.02.08

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Massive

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

Date: 1945 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas on aluminum

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.113

Description: A grove of yellow and lime green leaved trees rooted in a reddish green grassy soil dominates the foreground. The Sawback Mountain weave gently back into the distance in a geometric design. The slopes in the foreground are covered with a dark green carpet of evergreens. A rugged white peaked mounta…

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

Title: Massive

Date: 1945 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas on aluminum

Dimensions: 25.4 x 30.3 cm

Description: A grove of yellow and lime green leaved trees rooted in a reddish green grassy soil dominates the foreground. The Sawback Mountain weave gently back into the distance in a geometric design. The slopes in the foreground are covered with a dark green carpet of evergreens. A rugged white peaked mountain is carved out of the bluish sky visible at the V-shaped slopes.

Subject: landscape; mountain; Canadian Rockies

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.113

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Massive, Autumn

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

Date: 1945 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas on aluminum

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.256

Description: The foreground contains a strip a ground made up of a wash of pink and ochre, with strokes of green, orange-pink and grey upon it. Trees with thin black trunks, and yellow or yellow-green foliage, float on this ground. A mountainside slopes down from the left behind the forest. This mountainside is…

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

Title: Massive, Autumn

Date: 1945 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas on aluminum

Dimensions: 25.4 x 30.3 cm

Description: The foreground contains a strip a ground made up of a wash of pink and ochre, with strokes of green, orange-pink and grey upon it. Trees with thin black trunks, and yellow or yellow-green foliage, float on this ground. A mountainside slopes down from the left behind the forest. This mountainside is mainly a flat green-blue. A second mountainside slopes down from the right behind this. The second mountainside has more detail, with its upper edge defined in ochre and violet-grey. The background contains two peaks of blue and grey rock. They are connected by two bands of snow, which are divided by exposed rock. The sky is light blue.

Subject: landscape; mountain; Canadian Rockies

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.256

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Molar Mountain, Mount Hector, Bow Peak

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

Date: 1940 – 1960

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.362

Description: In the foreground there is a green section of grass that starts at the bl and ends at the br. There are two trees in the front grass area, one on each side of the image. Behind the grass is a lake of light blue and behind that is a mountain range and trees in the distance. The sky is a light blue w…

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

Title: Molar Mountain, Mount Hector, Bow Peak

Date: 1940 – 1960

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 25.5 x 30.3 cm

Description: In the foreground there is a green section of grass that starts at the bl and ends at the br. There are two trees in the front grass area, one on each side of the image. Behind the grass is a lake of light blue and behind that is a mountain range and trees in the distance. The sky is a light blue with grey and white clouds.