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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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Lake O’Hara — late afternoon

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Artist: James Edward Hervey MacDonald, R. C. A. (1873 – 1932, Canadian)

Date: 1928

Medium: oil on board

Catalogue Number: MaJ.02.01

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Artist: James Edward Hervey MacDonald, R. C. A. (1873 – 1932, Canadian)

Title: Lake O’Hara — late afternoon

Date: 1928

Medium: oil on board

Dimensions: 26.3 x 21.0 cm

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies

Credit: Gift of George K.K. (Tommy) Link, Tucson, USA, 1979

Catalogue Number: MaJ.02.01

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

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Towards Ringrose from Opabin

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Artist: James Edward Hervey MacDonald, R. C. A. (1873 – 1932, Canadian)

Date: 1929

Medium: oil on board

Catalogue Number: MaJ.02.02

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Artist: James Edward Hervey MacDonald, R. C. A. (1873 – 1932, Canadian)

Title: Towards Ringrose from Opabin

Date: 1929

Medium: oil on board

Dimensions: 20.6 x 26.0 cm

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies

Credit: Gift of George K.K. (Tommy) Link, Tucson, USA, 1979

Catalogue Number: MaJ.02.02

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

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Lake Oesa

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Artist: James Edward Hervey MacDonald, R. C. A. (1873 – 1932, Canadian)

Date: 1927

Medium: oil on board

Catalogue Number: MaJ.02.03

Description: The shore of Lake Oesa is visible in the foreground at the bottom of the painting. It is quite rocky. A small shrub or plant is sprouting out of the rock on the right side of the shore. The turquoise Lake Oesa stretches across the canvas. The lake meets up with the headwall of the glacier which …

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Artist: James Edward Hervey MacDonald, R. C. A. (1873 – 1932, Canadian)

Title: Lake Oesa

Date: 1927

Medium: oil on board

Dimensions: 26.0 x 20.6 cm

Description: The shore of Lake Oesa is visible in the foreground at the bottom of the painting. It is quite rocky. A small shrub or plant is sprouting out of the rock on the right side of the shore. The turquoise Lake Oesa stretches across the canvas. The lake meets up with the headwall of the glacier which forms the upper half of the painting. It is painted in shades of dark blue and purple. At the top of the painting, blue and white areas of the glacier are visible.

Subject: landscape; water; Canadian Rockies; Lake Oesa

Credit: Gift of George K.K. (Tommy) Link, Tucson, USA, 1979

Catalogue Number: MaJ.02.03

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

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Cathedral Mountain from Opabin Pass

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Artist: James Edward Hervey MacDonald, R. C. A. (1873 – 1932, Canadian)

Date: 1929

Medium: oil on board

Catalogue Number: MaJ.02.04

Description: Copy of inscription au verso:To Pete and Catherine (sic) Whyte, with congratulations (better late than never) with the hope that life will always be as pleasant for them both as for Pete in the sketch. From this humble fellow member in the Opabin Shale Splitter’s J .E. H. MacDonaldOct. 1, 1930

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Artist: James Edward Hervey MacDonald, R. C. A. (1873 – 1932, Canadian)

Title: Cathedral Mountain from Opabin Pass

Date: 1929

Medium: oil on board

Dimensions: 20.8 x 26.0 cm

Description: Copy of inscription au verso:To Pete and Catherine (sic) Whyte, with congratulations (better late than never) with the hope that life will always be as pleasant for them both as for Pete in the sketch. From this humble fellow member in the Opabin Shale Splitter’s J .E. H. MacDonaldOct. 1, 1930

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies

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

Catalogue Number: MaJ.02.04

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

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Mount Yukness, Lake O'Hara

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Artist: Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)

Date: 1936

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: PhW.05.11

Description: Blue/green lake in foreground; shoreline with rocks and evergreen trees centre right; indigo coloured mountain dominates the centre and top right of picture; snow capped mountains behind and right of picture; pale blue sky. Credit both The Banff Centre and Mrs. J. I. Brewster in any exhibition or p…

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Artist: Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)

Title: Mount Yukness, Lake O'Hara

Date: 1936

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 26.2 x 37.8 cm

Description: Blue/green lake in foreground; shoreline with rocks and evergreen trees centre right; indigo coloured mountain dominates the centre and top right of picture; snow capped mountains behind and right of picture; pale blue sky. Credit both The Banff Centre and Mrs. J. I. Brewster in any exhibition or publication of the collection, either in whole or in part. Banff Centre catalogue numbers: 81 0315 A; 20668.

Subject: landscape; mountain; lake

Credit: Gift of Banff Centre Brewster Donation, Banff, 1986

Catalogue Number: PhW.05.11

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, Rocky Mountains

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Artist: Herbert Raine (1875 – 1951, Canadian/British)

Date: c. 1932

Medium: etching on drypoint

Catalogue Number: RaH.04.01

Description: Black and white drypoint etching of Lake O’Hara. O’Hara is visible at the bottom of the print. Coniferous trees surround it. The edge of Opabin Plateau is visible above the lake. The view may be from Sargent’s Point. Mts. Lefroy and Victoria are seen above the lake.

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Artist: Herbert Raine (1875 – 1951, Canadian/British)

Title: Lake O’Hara, Rocky Mountains

Date: c. 1932

Medium: etching on drypoint

Description: Black and white drypoint etching of Lake O’Hara. O’Hara is visible at the bottom of the print. Coniferous trees surround it. The edge of Opabin Plateau is visible above the lake. The view may be from Sargent’s Point. Mts. Lefroy and Victoria are seen above the lake.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; Lake O’Hara; Opabin Plateau; Sargent’s Point; Mt. Lefroy; Mt. Victoria

Credit: Purchased from Canadian Art Gallery, Canmore, 2003

Catalogue Number: RaH.04.01

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

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Figures on the Sand II

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Artist: Elizabeth Wentworth Roberts (1871 – 1927, American)

Date: c. 1920

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: RoE.02.01

Description: Purchased by Mrs. Russell Robb, 1927. See RoE.02.02 for more info.

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Artist: Elizabeth Wentworth Roberts (1871 – 1927, American)

Title: Figures on the Sand II

Date: c. 1920

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 24.3 x 49.8 cm

Description: Purchased by Mrs. Russell Robb, 1927. See RoE.02.02 for more info.

Subject: landscape; ocean; figure; child; group

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

Catalogue Number: RoE.02.01

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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Moose at Water's Edge

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

Date: 1930 – 1940

Medium: etching on paper

Catalogue Number: RuC.04.33

Description: A bull moose is standing in water in centre top of picture, water and rocks lower and centre right, marsh and trees left of picture.

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

Title: Moose at Water's Edge

Date: 1930 – 1940

Medium: etching on paper

Dimensions: 27.0 x 36.5 cm

Description: A bull moose is standing in water in centre top of picture, water and rocks lower and centre right, marsh and trees left of picture.

Subject: landscape; animal, moose

Credit: Gift of Banff Centre Brewster Donation, Banff, 1986

Catalogue Number: RuC.04.33

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

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Mountain Sheep

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

Date: 1918

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: RuC.05.01

Description: Three mountain sheep in center left of picture, two facing front, one turned away - painted by Carl Rungius. Background painted by Jimmy Simpson shows brownish rocks in foreground on which sheep are standing, a mountain side runs from top left to bottom right, is blue with yellow tint towards top l…

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

Title: Mountain Sheep

Date: 1918

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 22.0 x 29.5 cm

Description: Three mountain sheep in center left of picture, two facing front, one turned away - painted by Carl Rungius. Background painted by Jimmy Simpson shows brownish rocks in foreground on which sheep are standing, a mountain side runs from top left to bottom right, is blue with yellow tint towards top left. A snowy mountain side is in right background, some sky with yellowish clouds show through.

Subject: landscape, mountain; animal, sheep, bighorn

Credit: Purchased from Dorothy Cranstone, Banff, 1988

Catalogue Number: RuC.05.01

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

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Untitled

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Artist: Chauncey F. Ryder (1868 – 1949, American)

Date: 1922

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: RyC.02.01

Description: Flat landscape of several trees in centre moving to foreground right, few leaves on any of the trees, general green tint to the painting, dominate cream coloured sky.

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Artist: Chauncey F. Ryder (1868 – 1949, American)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1922

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 30.5 x 41.0 cm

Description: Flat landscape of several trees in centre moving to foreground right, few leaves on any of the trees, general green tint to the painting, dominate cream coloured sky.

Subject: landscape; trees; Chauncey F. Ryder

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

Catalogue Number: RyC.02.01

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

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Stream Coming from Peyto Lake

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Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Date: 1962

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.40

Description: A blue/green stream is centre bottom and dissappears in centre of picture; autumn colours on both banks; evergreen trees also both banks; mountains in background centre of picture; cloudy sky; brc inked markings appears to have been signed and dated then inked out; inscription on brc of mat: Happy …

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Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Title: Stream Coming from Peyto Lake

Date: 1962

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 14.0 x 18.0 cm

Description: A blue/green stream is centre bottom and dissappears in centre of picture; autumn colours on both banks; evergreen trees also both banks; mountains in background centre of picture; cloudy sky; brc inked markings appears to have been signed and dated then inked out; inscription on brc of mat: Happy Xmas & Happy New Year from Simpson clan 1962-63. Credit both The Banff Centre and Mrs.J. I. Brewster in any exhibition of publication of the collection, either in whole or in part. Banff Centre catalogue numbers: 81 0308 A; 20661.

Subject: landscape; mountain; river

Credit: Gift of Banff Centre Brewster Donation, Banff, 1986

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.40

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

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Clouds

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

Date: n.d.

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.003

Description: Mountains of purplish black hues are located in the lower right corner. Cloud formations in various tones of blues, greys and white take up the majority of the canvas.

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

Title: Clouds

Date: n.d.

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 25.2 x 30.0 cm

Description: Mountains of purplish black hues are located in the lower right corner. Cloud formations in various tones of blues, greys and white take up the majority of the canvas.