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Athabasca Glacier

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1940 – 1960

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.104

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Athabasca Glacier

Date: 1940 – 1960

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 25.5 x 29.9 cm

Subject: landscape; glacier; Canadian rockies

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.104

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Mount Athabasca

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1940 – 1950

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.146

Description: Large evergreen to viewer’s left, green grass some grey rocks foreground and to right. Snow-covered Mount Athabasa dominates painting; white clouds, blue sky.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Mount Athabasca

Date: 1940 – 1950

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 28.0 x 35.0 cm

Description: Large evergreen to viewer’s left, green grass some grey rocks foreground and to right. Snow-covered Mount Athabasa dominates painting; white clouds, blue sky.

Subject: landscape; mountains;

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.146

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Lake Louise

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1945 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.115

Description: Bottom two thirds is a blue green lake with reflections of trees and mountain in the centre. The trees form a V-shape with a snow covered mountain in the centre. A yellow and brown slope emerges from the lake at the left, dark green trees in background with the snow slope to the top right.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Lake Louise

Date: 1945 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 25.2 x 30.2 cm

Description: Bottom two thirds is a blue green lake with reflections of trees and mountain in the centre. The trees form a V-shape with a snow covered mountain in the centre. A yellow and brown slope emerges from the lake at the left, dark green trees in background with the snow slope to the top right.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; lake

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.115

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RCAF Airfield, Tofino

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1944

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.090

Description: Two grey airplanes fly over a landing strip in foreground. To the right of strip are two red vehicles, some tall green evergreens behind them. Other side of airstrip are some buildings with the silhouette of mountains in the background. A grey streaked sky is top half.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: RCAF Airfield, Tofino

Date: 1944

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.6 x 35.0 cm

Description: Two grey airplanes fly over a landing strip in foreground. To the right of strip are two red vehicles, some tall green evergreens behind them. Other side of airstrip are some buildings with the silhouette of mountains in the background. A grey streaked sky is top half.

Subject: transportation; World War; mountains

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.090

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RCAF Hangar, Tofino

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1943 – 1944

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.091

Description: Two large stumps surrounded by other fallen timber is in the foreground. Behind them is a low, grey building at centre . Another peaked building with some trees can be seen in the background. The sky is cloudy and covers the top half of the picture.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: RCAF Hangar, Tofino

Date: 1943 – 1944

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.6 x 35.0 cm

Description: Two large stumps surrounded by other fallen timber is in the foreground. Behind them is a low, grey building at centre . Another peaked building with some trees can be seen in the background. The sky is cloudy and covers the top half of the picture.

Subject: transportation; World War; military; Tofino

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.091

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Tofino

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1944

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.092

Description: A grey road runs from left of centre bottom to the left at the centre, on either side are buildings including a church to the left. To the right at centre is the blue ocean and rimming it to the left are green trees. Two large stumps are at left and right in foreground. Cloudy streaked sky is t…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Tofino

Date: 1944

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.5 x 35.1 cm

Description: A grey road runs from left of centre bottom to the left at the centre, on either side are buildings including a church to the left. To the right at centre is the blue ocean and rimming it to the left are green trees. Two large stumps are at left and right in foreground. Cloudy streaked sky is top quarter.

Subject: architecture; urban; Pacific Ocean

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.092

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Tofino

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1944

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.093

Description: Roof tops and houses, including at church to the left, cover bottom half of picture, a grey road meanders between the buildings. Green mountains in background. Streaked grey sky covers top third.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Tofino

Date: 1944

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.6 x 35.1 cm

Description: Roof tops and houses, including at church to the left, cover bottom half of picture, a grey road meanders between the buildings. Green mountains in background. Streaked grey sky covers top third.

Subject: transportation; World War

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.093

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Columbia Icefield, Athabasca Glacier

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1940 – 1945

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.158

Description: A large gnarled, dead grey and brown tree with long brances is centre leaning left. Fall vegetation, rust-coloured, is in the immediate foreground, evergeens to the right. The icefield dominates the painting spilling to moraine lower and right, grey-blue flanks to each side and a cloudy white sky.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Columbia Icefield, Athabasca Glacier

Date: 1940 – 1945

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.8 x 35.5 cm

Description: A large gnarled, dead grey and brown tree with long brances is centre leaning left. Fall vegetation, rust-coloured, is in the immediate foreground, evergeens to the right. The icefield dominates the painting spilling to moraine lower and right, grey-blue flanks to each side and a cloudy white sky.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; icefield, Columbia; glacier, Athabasca

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.158

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

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Ice Blocks, Athabasca Glacier

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1941

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.159

Description: The canvas is dominated by huge iceblocks in grey, blue, white and brown. Part of the rock wall and Athabasca Glacier show up in the ochre and white peaks, very little sky in mid-and right-hand corner.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Ice Blocks, Athabasca Glacier

Date: 1941

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.7 x 35.4 cm

Description: The canvas is dominated by huge iceblocks in grey, blue, white and brown. Part of the rock wall and Athabasca Glacier show up in the ochre and white peaks, very little sky in mid-and right-hand corner.