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Road to Grotli, Norway

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1938
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.007
Description
Colour: blue, green. The two basic colours split the picture diagonally in half from upper left to lower right. In the lower half is a road which goes from the lower right corner up to the middle of the picture. To the left of it is a green and white embankment. In the upper half is blue snow and d…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Road to Grotli, Norway
Date
1938
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
27.5 x 35 cm
Description
Colour: blue, green. The two basic colours split the picture diagonally in half from upper left to lower right. In the lower half is a road which goes from the lower right corner up to the middle of the picture. To the left of it is a green and white embankment. In the upper half is blue snow and dark rock patches indicating a mountain side. Two patches of blue sky can be seen at the top left and top right.
Subject
landscape
mountain
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.007
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1933 – 1934
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.179
Description
Green, brown and yellow fields in the foreground, dark vegetation in front of a lagoon, the ocean is beyond. Cloudy sky meeting the ocean on the right hand corner, mountains in clouds on the left.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Kanai, Hanalei
Date
1933 – 1934
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
27.9 x 35.5 cm
Description
Green, brown and yellow fields in the foreground, dark vegetation in front of a lagoon, the ocean is beyond. Cloudy sky meeting the ocean on the right hand corner, mountains in clouds on the left.
Subject
seascape
Pacific
Hawaii
island, Kanai, Hanalei
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.179
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1945 – 1955
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.331
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Mount Deltaform
Date
1945 – 1955
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
25.3 x 30.0 cm
Subject
landscape
mountain
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.331
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Scree Slopes, Bow Lake

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1945 – 1955
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.559
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Scree Slopes, Bow Lake
Date
1945 – 1955
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
63.4 x 76.5 cm
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
forest
lake
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.559
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1933 – 1934
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.574
Description
Painting depicting a beach with people on it. Palm trees in the foreground. One in a set of 7 paintings of Hawaii.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Waikiiki
Date
1933 – 1934
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
12.7 x 17.6 cm
Description
Painting depicting a beach with people on it. Palm trees in the foreground. One in a set of 7 paintings of Hawaii.
Subject
seascape
Pacific
Hawaii
tree
palm
figure
group
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.574
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1930
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.057
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Mrs. Jonie
Date
1930
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
54.2 x 43.3 cm
Subject
portrait
female
Indigenous
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.057
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
1925 – 1929
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.078
Description
An unfinished oil painting of a North African or Middle Eastern street scene. A donkey or mule appears in the foreground among a figure with a fez hat and several men in ghutra head scarves. Paint is thickly applied in visible brushstrokes.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1925 – 1929
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
58.0 x 43.5 cm
Description
An unfinished oil painting of a North African or Middle Eastern street scene. A donkey or mule appears in the foreground among a figure with a fez hat and several men in ghutra head scarves. Paint is thickly applied in visible brushstrokes.
Subject
Middle East
North African
street
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.078
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.080
Description
Landscape with valley from above, framed by two low trees at left and two tall trees at right. Colourful buildings in foreground with brown fields in centre of painting. Snowy blue mountains in background. “PETER WHYTE” in red bottom right corner.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Oil Painting
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
26.5 x 34.0 cm
Description
Landscape with valley from above, framed by two low trees at left and two tall trees at right. Colourful buildings in foreground with brown fields in centre of painting. Snowy blue mountains in background. “PETER WHYTE” in red bottom right corner.
Subject
mountains
Banff
town
Credit
Gift of Dorothy H. Wardle, Sidney, 1976
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.080
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Native Dwellings, Philippine Islands

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1929
Medium
graphite; watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.001
Description
A dwelling with a grass roof. Three palm trees behind and to the right. Four figures are in front. There is a ladder leaning up against the dwelling. The house is a golden colour, the people are blue and red, and trees are green and brown. It is sketchily rendered.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Native Dwellings, Philippine Islands
Date
1929
Medium
graphite; watercolour on paper
Dimensions
30.5 x 24.3 cm
Description
A dwelling with a grass roof. Three palm trees behind and to the right. Four figures are in front. There is a ladder leaning up against the dwelling. The house is a golden colour, the people are blue and red, and trees are green and brown. It is sketchily rendered.
Subject
house
Philippines
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.001
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Untitled [Plaster Cast Head]

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1925
Medium
graphite on conte paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.014
Description
A portrait study of a head drawn from a classical sculpture. The young boy has lots of hair and is smiling slightly, and head is turned slightly to viewers right.In the brc: marks, almost scribbles, charcoal marks, faint traces of shapes
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled [Plaster Cast Head]
Date
1925
Medium
graphite on conte paper
Dimensions
63.5 x 48.5 cm
Description
A portrait study of a head drawn from a classical sculpture. The young boy has lots of hair and is smiling slightly, and head is turned slightly to viewers right.In the brc: marks, almost scribbles, charcoal marks, faint traces of shapes
Subject
study
portrait
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.014
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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