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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1938 – 1940
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.055
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Klosters
Date
1938 – 1940
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
39.0 x 49.7 cm
Subject
architecture
urban
Switzerland
winter
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.055
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
1944
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.176
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Tofino
Date
1944
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
27.8 x 35.2 cm
Subject
landscape
architecture
rural
water
Tofino
figures
group
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.176
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
1939 – 1941
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.537
Description
Possibly the sketch for WyP.02.002Aslo see WyP.01.104 and WyP.01.158
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Athabasca Glacier
Date
1939 – 1941
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
25.2 x 30.1 cm
Description
Possibly the sketch for WyP.02.002Aslo see WyP.01.104 and WyP.01.158
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
glacier
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.537
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Ice Blocks, Toe, Athabasca Glacier

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1942
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.012
Description
Colour: blue. Huge chunks of ice fill the lower three quarters of the picture. Behind to the left is a dark ridge of rock. Behind at center is a purple ridge of mountain with sky in the upper right corner and across the upper edge to left of center.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Ice Blocks, Toe, Athabasca Glacier
Date
1942
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
63 x 76 cm
Description
Colour: blue. Huge chunks of ice fill the lower three quarters of the picture. Behind to the left is a dark ridge of rock. Behind at center is a purple ridge of mountain with sky in the upper right corner and across the upper edge to left of center.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
glacier
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.012
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Town of Banff from Norquay Road

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1933
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.057
Description
Colour: forest green, blue. In the lower left corner is a blue wedge of snow. The rest of the lower area shows two vertical roads. The houses of the town are left of center. There is a lake at the lower right side.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Town of Banff from Norquay Road
Date
1933
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
27.6 x 35.0 cm
Description
Colour: forest green, blue. In the lower left corner is a blue wedge of snow. The rest of the lower area shows two vertical roads. The houses of the town are left of center. There is a lake at the lower right side.
Subject
landscape
mountain
Canadian Rockies
river
architecture
urban
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.057
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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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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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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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1945 – 1955
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.117
Description
Colour: Warm blues, black, grey. A lake crosses the lower edge. Two black strips of trees go up each side from the center at the bottom of the glacier. Behind the glacier is a rock fall leading to a snow ridge and to the left a rock peak. The sky is the same colour as the snow-grey.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Lake Louise
Date
1945 – 1955
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
30.5 x 25.5 cm
Description
Colour: Warm blues, black, grey. A lake crosses the lower edge. Two black strips of trees go up each side from the center at the bottom of the glacier. Behind the glacier is a rock fall leading to a snow ridge and to the left a rock peak. The sky is the same colour as the snow-grey.
Subject
landscape
mountain
Canadian Rockies
lake
glacier
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.117
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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The Yukon River, Dawson City

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1956
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.100
Description
Colour: green, purple, red, yellow. The lower canvas is a town. Beyond that is a pale green river which goes across, upright and then left a bit. On either side as it goes into the distance are green hills becoming purple in the distance. A grey yellow sky fills the upper area.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
The Yukon River, Dawson City
Date
1956
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
30.5 x 25.5 cm
Description
Colour: green, purple, red, yellow. The lower canvas is a town. Beyond that is a pale green river which goes across, upright and then left a bit. On either side as it goes into the distance are green hills becoming purple in the distance. A grey yellow sky fills the upper area.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
river
architecture
urban
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.100
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
1940 – 1950
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.002
Description
Colour: blue, grey, yellow, red brown. A dead gnarled tree leans up the left side from a ground cover of yellow and red-brown bushes. At the right side are four evergreens. Behind and central is a huge glacier banked on either side by rock face. Across the top is clouds and blue sky.See sketches Wy…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Athabasca Glacier
Date
1940 – 1950
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
63.5 x 76.0 cm
Description
Colour: blue, grey, yellow, red brown. A dead gnarled tree leans up the left side from a ground cover of yellow and red-brown bushes. At the right side are four evergreens. Behind and central is a huge glacier banked on either side by rock face. Across the top is clouds and blue sky.See sketches WyP.01.537 and WyP.01.158
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
glacier
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.002
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
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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Lake Louise, Mount Lefroy and Mount Victoria

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1955
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.079
Description
Colour: white, blue, brown. The lower edge is rocks with a tree standing on the left side and a dead bush on the right. The lake is frozen to a third the way up. Snow and treed mountain slopes rise up beyond. The glacier can be seen on the right. A patch of blue sky is at the upper edge in the cent…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Lake Louise, Mount Lefroy and Mount Victoria
Date
1955
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
27.5 x 35 cm
Description
Colour: white, blue, brown. The lower edge is rocks with a tree standing on the left side and a dead bush on the right. The lake is frozen to a third the way up. Snow and treed mountain slopes rise up beyond. The glacier can be seen on the right. A patch of blue sky is at the upper edge in the center.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
lake
glacier
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.079
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
1945 – 1955
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.088
Description
Colour: green, blue grey. The foreground is green grass with a road or trail going from lower right of center to the right and then back to right of center to a gate on a fence which goes across the picture a third the way up. Behind the fence at the left side are two buildings. Trees grow behind t…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Simpson's Corral
Date
1945 – 1955
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
27.5 x 35 cm
Description
Colour: green, blue grey. The foreground is green grass with a road or trail going from lower right of center to the right and then back to right of center to a gate on a fence which goes across the picture a third the way up. Behind the fence at the left side are two buildings. Trees grow behind them at the center and to the right. Beyond are mountains and sky. A patch of lake can be seen right of the cabins and left of the gate.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
lake
architecture
rural
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.088
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Untitled [Stoney Encampment]

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1945 – 1950
Medium
oil on masonite
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.074
Description
A daytime scene of a Stoney encampment. At the left of the painting there is a looming teepee which appears to be in the immediate foreground. The encampment forms a circle in front of the viewer with the teepees at their smallest in the distance in the middle of the painting. The teepees are a…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled [Stoney Encampment]
Date
1945 – 1950
Medium
oil on masonite
Dimensions
74.0 x 165.0 cm
Description
A daytime scene of a Stoney encampment. At the left of the painting there is a looming teepee which appears to be in the immediate foreground. The encampment forms a circle in front of the viewer with the teepees at their smallest in the distance in the middle of the painting. The teepees are a variety of colours. In the middle of the painting behind the encampment are green rolling hills and beyond the hills are grey mountains. People are milling about within the encampment. The sky is blue but across the entire top of the painting there are grey clouds.
Subject
architecture
teepee
landscape
Canadian Rockies
figure
group
Credit
Gift of Mary Paris, Banff, 1989
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.074
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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