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Mount Biddle at Lake O'Hara

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Artist: Aldro T. Hibbard (1886 – 1972, American)

Date: 1925

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: HbA.02.01

Description: General colour: lower canvas: greens and purples, upper canvas: blues and purples. In the foreground there is water surrounded by rocks. In the middle ground there are trees rising to a mountain face which goes to the top of the canvas. Cloudy sky appears in the upper left corner.

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Artist: Aldro T. Hibbard (1886 – 1972, American)

Title: Mount Biddle at Lake O'Hara

Date: 1925

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 87 x 76.5 cm

Description: General colour: lower canvas: greens and purples, upper canvas: blues and purples. In the foreground there is water surrounded by rocks. In the middle ground there are trees rising to a mountain face which goes to the top of the canvas. Cloudy sky appears in the upper left corner.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; Lake O'Hara; Mount Biddle

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

Catalogue Number: HbA.02.01

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

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Canmore, Alberta

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Artist: Alexander Young Jackson (1882 – 1974, Canadian)

Date: 1947

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: JaA.02.01

Description: General colour: green greys, blue. Cluster of buildings across the lower third. Mountains sweeps up behind to a clouded blue sky.

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Artist: Alexander Young Jackson (1882 – 1974, Canadian)

Title: Canmore, Alberta

Date: 1947

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 52.8 x 43.8 cm

Description: General colour: green greys, blue. Cluster of buildings across the lower third. Mountains sweeps up behind to a clouded blue sky.

Subject: landscape, mountains; architecture, urban

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1977

Catalogue Number: JaA.02.01

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

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Molar Pass

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Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Date: 1929

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.09

Description: General colour: blue, brown. Rocks in lower left corner sit on a beach which goes along the bottom edge to the right. The water is calm and blue. The far shore slopes up to tall rocky cliffs on the right side. On the left these same cliffs are seen in the distance. The sky is clouded with a bit of …

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Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Title: Molar Pass

Date: 1929

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 34.2 x 41.8 cm

Description: General colour: blue, brown. Rocks in lower left corner sit on a beach which goes along the bottom edge to the right. The water is calm and blue. The far shore slopes up to tall rocky cliffs on the right side. On the left these same cliffs are seen in the distance. The sky is clouded with a bit of blue at the upper left of center edge.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies

Credit: Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.09

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

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Mt. Biddle

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Artist: Arthur Lismer (1885 – 1969, Canadian)

Date: 1928

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: LiA.03.01

Description: This drawing is a stylistically loose portrayal of a mountain scene. This scene is comprised only of mountains and rock - no trees or such other landscape. There is a peak in TLC and the mountain slopes downward to another smaller peak in the TRC. The foreground of the piece is comprised of many…

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Artist: Arthur Lismer (1885 – 1969, Canadian)

Title: Mt. Biddle

Date: 1928

Medium: graphite on paper

Description: This drawing is a stylistically loose portrayal of a mountain scene. This scene is comprised only of mountains and rock - no trees or such other landscape. There is a peak in TLC and the mountain slopes downward to another smaller peak in the TRC. The foreground of the piece is comprised of many loose rocks that are piled on top of one another and recede into the background. The line quality of the drawing in the foreground is much heavier and more detailed than the background. Shading in the piece is done mostly with cross-hatching.

Subject: Landscape; Canadian Rockies; Mountains

Credit: Gift of Donald Grace, Saanichton, 1997

Catalogue Number: LiA.03.01

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

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Massive Range

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Artist: Belmore Browne (1880 – 1954, American)

Date: 1942

Medium: oil on canvas board

Catalogue Number: BwB.02.07

Description: General colour: purple, blue and yellow. Foreground - flowers, grass, a log lies left to center. Poplars with occasional pine, in the distance make a horizon. Three chunks of mountain rise up behind and a grey clouded sky fills the top.

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Artist: Belmore Browne (1880 – 1954, American)

Title: Massive Range

Date: 1942

Medium: oil on canvas board

Dimensions: 22.0 x 27.0 cm

Description: General colour: purple, blue and yellow. Foreground - flowers, grass, a log lies left to center. Poplars with occasional pine, in the distance make a horizon. Three chunks of mountain rise up behind and a grey clouded sky fills the top.

Subject: landscape; Rocky Mountains; mountain; Massive Range

Credit: Gift of J. Monroe Thorington, Philadelphia, USA, 1974

Catalogue Number: BwB.02.07

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

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Bow Glacier

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Artist: Belmore Browne (1880 – 1954, American)

Date: 1928

Medium: oil on board

Catalogue Number: BwB.02.04

Description: Colour: blue, green. The lower half is green grass with evergreens along the shore of the lake which appears at left of center. The upper half is blue and purple and white mountains. Sky goes along the top.

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Artist: Belmore Browne (1880 – 1954, American)

Title: Bow Glacier

Date: 1928

Medium: oil on board

Dimensions: 29.0 x 40.0 cm

Description: Colour: blue, green. The lower half is green grass with evergreens along the shore of the lake which appears at left of center. The upper half is blue and purple and white mountains. Sky goes along the top.

Subject: landscape; mountain; Rocky Mountains; glacier; Bow Glacier

Credit: Gift of Mary Hallock, Fort St. James, 1981

Catalogue Number: BwB.02.04

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

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Lake O'Hara

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Artist: Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)

Date: 1929

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: RuC.02.04

Description: General colour: lower half - green, upper half - blues, purples. A lake fills lower half of canvas. There's a cluster of trees in the lower left corner.Half way up is the far shore of trees rising to mountains. The center of the canvas leads to distant mountain and sky. In the lower right corner ar…

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Artist: Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)

Title: Lake O'Hara

Date: 1929

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 76.0 x 91.0 cm

Description: General colour: lower half - green, upper half - blues, purples. A lake fills lower half of canvas. There's a cluster of trees in the lower left corner.Half way up is the far shore of trees rising to mountains. The center of the canvas leads to distant mountain and sky. In the lower right corner are three rocks.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; Lake O'Hara

Credit: Purchased from Dorothy H. Wardle, Sidney, 1978

Catalogue Number: RuC.02.04

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

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Sawback Range, 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.01.104

Description: Sawback Range and yellow aspens from West Raod.

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

Title: Sawback Range, West Road

Date: 1945 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 25.4 x 30.3 cm

Description: Sawback Range and yellow aspens from West Raod.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; Sawback Range; West Road

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.104

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

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House near Tofino

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

Date: 1944

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.197

Description: Yellow house in Tofino.

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

Title: House near Tofino

Date: 1944

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 22.8 x 28.0 cm

Description: Yellow house in Tofino.

Subject: architecture; house; landscape; Pacific; Vancouver Island; Tofino

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.197

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

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Crowfoot Glacier

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

Date: 1945 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.202

Description: The Crowfoot Glacier comprises 2/3 of the sketch. The glacier is visible running down the mountain side. The rough terrain of the mountains is depicted in various colour ranges of blue grey, reddish pinks, and yellows. A placid river runs below the mountains. A far bank is lined with a row of tall …

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

Title: Crowfoot Glacier

Date: 1945 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 22.8 x 28.0 cm

Description: The Crowfoot Glacier comprises 2/3 of the sketch. The glacier is visible running down the mountain side. The rough terrain of the mountains is depicted in various colour ranges of blue grey, reddish pinks, and yellows. A placid river runs below the mountains. A far bank is lined with a row of tall evergreens. The front shoreline is comprised of lime green grasses. A single rock juts out of the water to the right of centre.

Subject: landscape; mountain; Canadian Rockies; lake

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.202

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

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Teepee at Num-Ti-Jah Lodge

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

Date: 1945 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.285

Description: View of a camp in a mountain valley. In the left foreground sits a large tepee. The tepee is shaded in greys with highlights in pale yellow and white. The tent flaps and opening are dark brown. Just to the left of the tepee is a grey tree stump, and part of a log cabin (with a red-brown roof and re…

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

Title: Teepee at Num-Ti-Jah Lodge

Date: 1945 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 25.4 x 30.3 cm

Description: View of a camp in a mountain valley. In the left foreground sits a large tepee. The tepee is shaded in greys with highlights in pale yellow and white. The tent flaps and opening are dark brown. Just to the left of the tepee is a grey tree stump, and part of a log cabin (with a red-brown roof and red-brown trim) is visible behind the tepee. In the background is a large pyramidal mountain whose summit (coloured white, grey, light brown and outlined in black) mirrors to a certain extent, the form of the tepee. The lower slopes of the mountain form a range which stretches across the background. These slopes are coloured ochre, tan and violet-grey, with touches of white. The base of the mountain range is dark green. Three small clouds hover in the blue sky just above the mountain.

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

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.285

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

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Pete Painting, Pilot Mountain

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

Date: 1945 – 1950

Medium: oil on canvas on cardboard

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.293

Description: View of a lightly wooded field with a large blue mountain in the lefthand background. The foreground contains a grass-covered field (coloured in tans, ochre, red-brown and grey-brown) with trees scattered about. The foliage of the trees is coloured yellow, ochre and red-brown. Four of the tallest t…

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

Title: Pete Painting, Pilot Mountain

Date: 1945 – 1950

Medium: oil on canvas on cardboard

Dimensions: 28.0 x 35.5 cm

Description: View of a lightly wooded field with a large blue mountain in the lefthand background. The foreground contains a grass-covered field (coloured in tans, ochre, red-brown and grey-brown) with trees scattered about. The foliage of the trees is coloured yellow, ochre and red-brown. Four of the tallest trees fill the righthand side of the picture. A small figure (clothed in black) sits sketching near the lower left corner. (The paint in this corner is in bad condition.) The large background mountain is coloured medium blue at the top, with lower slopes of green. Areas of loose rock are sketched in near the centre of the mountain; These small areas are brown-grey with touches of orange indicating (larch?) trees. The sky is light blue.

Subject: landscape; mountain; Canadian Rockies; figure, male

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.293

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

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Teepee Where Pete and Gardner stayed

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

Date: 1929

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.346

Description: A cream coloured teepee with the opening on the right in a green area with many trees behind it.

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

Title: Teepee Where Pete and Gardner stayed

Date: 1929

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 22.9 x 19.0 cm

Description: A cream coloured teepee with the opening on the right in a green area with many trees behind it.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; forest; camp

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.346

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

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Bow Lake, Crowfoot Glacier

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

Date: 1940 – 1950

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.313

Description: Three small trees foreground right, small brown path blc moving towards centre, lake behind, dark mountain range peaks middle left of centre, swirling grey-toned clouds twirl around peak, trc solid grey area.

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

Title: Bow Lake, Crowfoot Glacier

Date: 1940 – 1950

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 28.0 x 35.5 cm

Description: Three small trees foreground right, small brown path blc moving towards centre, lake behind, dark mountain range peaks middle left of centre, swirling grey-toned clouds twirl around peak, trc solid grey area.

Subject: landscape; mountain; Canadian Rockies; lake

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.313

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

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Crowfoot Glacier from Bow Summit

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

Date: 1945 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.155

Description: Bow Lake and Crowfoot Glacier seen from Bow Summit

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

Title: Crowfoot Glacier from Bow Summit

Date: 1945 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 28.0 x 35.5 cm

Description: Bow Lake and Crowfoot Glacier seen from Bow Summit

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; Crowfoot Glacier; Bow Summit; Bow Lake

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.155

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

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Crowfoot Glacier

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

Date: 1945 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.139

Description: Green slopes undulate in the foreground down to the lake of the glacier. Trees dot either side of the slopes, diminishing in size around the baby blue coloured lake. The slopes of Crowfoot Glacier rise high above the lake below. The mountain range in colour from purple to green and yellow-ochre. An…

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

Title: Crowfoot Glacier

Date: 1945 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 28.0 x 35.5 cm

Description: Green slopes undulate in the foreground down to the lake of the glacier. Trees dot either side of the slopes, diminishing in size around the baby blue coloured lake. The slopes of Crowfoot Glacier rise high above the lake below. The mountain range in colour from purple to green and yellow-ochre. An ominous grey cloud cover broods over the mountain peaks.

Subject: landscape; mountain; Canadian Rockies; lake

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.139

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

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Mount Victoria, Lake Louise

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

Date: 1945 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.414

Description: The snow covered mountain dominates the picture. Green forest and rocks slope to the centre. A green blue lake is the lower foreground.

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

Title: Mount Victoria, Lake Louise

Date: 1945 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 25.2 x 30.3 cm

Description: The snow covered mountain dominates the picture. Green forest and rocks slope to the centre. A green blue lake is the lower foreground.