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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1921

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.950 p

Description: Large mountain (maybe Rundle) with small log cabin in BRC

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1921

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 29.5 x 21.5 cm

Description: Large mountain (maybe Rundle) with small log cabin in BRC

Subject: mountain; tree; log cabin

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.950 p

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Untitled

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1921

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.950 o

Description: mountain range and lake with tree along left side

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1921

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 21.5 x 29.5 cm

Description: mountain range and lake with tree along left side

Subject: mountain; range; lake; tree

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.950 o

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Untitled

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1929

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.291

Description: An ink drawing of two figures in the foreground with mountaisn in the background. A figure of a boy appears to be throwing something into a lake. A female figure on the right has her left arm out and is pointing at the boy. She wears a long skirt and a hat with a feather in it. There is a tree fram…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1929

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 30.5 x 23.0 cm

Description: An ink drawing of two figures in the foreground with mountaisn in the background. A figure of a boy appears to be throwing something into a lake. A female figure on the right has her left arm out and is pointing at the boy. She wears a long skirt and a hat with a feather in it. There is a tree framing the left side of the image. There is a hand drawn frame around the drawing.[brc, outside the hand-drawn frame]: GEORGIE, STOP THROWING STONES RIGHT THIS INSTANT OR BE BREAKING SOMETHING AROUND HERE -[blc, in cursive] Peter Whyte -29

Subject: boy; woman; lake; mountain

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.291

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Lake McArthur and Mount Biddle

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1929

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.130

Description: Colour: blue, purple, green, cream. The bottom edge is blue water. Brown and green shore gives way to snow patch which is partly shadowed. In the upper half is purple mountain rock face. Sky in the upper right corner is cloudless.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Lake McArthur and Mount Biddle

Date: 1929

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 10.75 x 8.5 cm

Description: Colour: blue, purple, green, cream. The bottom edge is blue water. Brown and green shore gives way to snow patch which is partly shadowed. In the upper half is purple mountain rock face. Sky in the upper right corner is cloudless.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; Mount Biddle; lake; Lake McArthur

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.130

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Goat Mountain, Spray Valley

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1929

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.131

Description: Colour: blue, green, grey. At the lower left corner is a purple rock slope with three short trees on it. Behind on either side are green shores sloping down to a snowy river which goes from the lower right corner to the center. In the upper third in the distance are blue mountains three peaks and b…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Goat Mountain, Spray Valley

Date: 1929

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 22.5 x 27.7 cm

Description: Colour: blue, green, grey. At the lower left corner is a purple rock slope with three short trees on it. Behind on either side are green shores sloping down to a snowy river which goes from the lower right corner to the center. In the upper third in the distance are blue mountains three peaks and blue sky.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; Goat Mountain; valley; Spray

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.131

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

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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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Pete's "Grandmother"

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1925 – 1930

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.018

Description: Colour: blue, brown on white. There are many figures in various skiing conditions all over the slope. In the lower right corner with her back to us stands an elderly lady of two board skis wearing a long skirt and a hat. At the crest of the hill on the right is a cabin and a flag. On the left are d…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Pete's "Grandmother"

Date: 1925 – 1930

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 91.4 x 101.5 cm

Description: Colour: blue, brown on white. There are many figures in various skiing conditions all over the slope. In the lower right corner with her back to us stands an elderly lady of two board skis wearing a long skirt and a hat. At the crest of the hill on the right is a cabin and a flag. On the left are distant mountains and clear blue sky across the top.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; winter; activity; skiing; figure; group

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.018

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1928 – 1935

Medium: graphite; ink; on paper;

Catalogue Number: WyP.09.18

Description: Hardcover “Punch” sketchbook with the December 26, 1928 magazine cover replicated for the cover. Contents include sketches by Peter Whyte, some just figure studies, some complete with ink and occasionally colour. Sketches include people, horses, cowboys, soldiers, faces, hands, cartoon animals, men…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1928 – 1935

Medium: graphite; ink; on paper;

Dimensions: 25.9 x 20.1 cm

Description: Hardcover “Punch” sketchbook with the December 26, 1928 magazine cover replicated for the cover. Contents include sketches by Peter Whyte, some just figure studies, some complete with ink and occasionally colour. Sketches include people, horses, cowboys, soldiers, faces, hands, cartoon animals, men in a classroom setting, airplanes in flight, cars, children, ski jumpers, people in a restaurant, people skating, and portraits.