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- Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
- Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
- Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian) 11
- George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian) 9
- Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British) 8
- Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian) 6
- Hiroshi Yoshida (1876 – 1950, Japanese) 5
- W. S. Painter (1877 – 1957, Canadian) 5
- Barbara Spohr (1955 – 1987, Canadian) 4
- Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian) 4
- Peter Bax (1895 – 1952, British) 4
- Unknown 4
- Date
- 1925 – 1929
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.868
- Description
- Boxed off is a study of balance. There are six separate drawings to emphasis balance in architecture, specifically windows. Each one has a number and their style written below: “II ITALIAN BROCADES”, “V MARBLE INLAID”, “IV ITALIAN BROCADES”, “III FRENCH GOTHIC”, “VIII HARP LUTE”, and “VIII ENGLISH …
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- Title
- Balance
- Date
- 1925 – 1929
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 36.3 x 25.3 cm
- Description
- Boxed off is a study of balance. There are six separate drawings to emphasis balance in architecture, specifically windows. Each one has a number and their style written below: “II ITALIAN BROCADES”, “V MARBLE INLAID”, “IV ITALIAN BROCADES”, “III FRENCH GOTHIC”, “VIII HARP LUTE”, and “VIII ENGLISH GUITAR”. In the TRC “EB B-”, and it is signed by Peter near the BRC.
- Subject
- balance
- Gothic
- English Guitar
- Harp Lute
- French Gothic
- Italian Brocades
- Marble Inlaid
- window
- architecture
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.868
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- Date
- 1929
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.134
- Description
- Colour: blue, orange, green grey, brown. The main image is the roof and upper story of a Japanese building. At the right side, green foliage peeks around the edge of the building. Blue sky fills the upper edge and the upper right corner.
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- Title
- Nikko, Japan
- Date
- 1929
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 11 x 9 cm
- Description
- Colour: blue, orange, green grey, brown. The main image is the roof and upper story of a Japanese building. At the right side, green foliage peeks around the edge of the building. Blue sky fills the upper edge and the upper right corner.
- Subject
- architecture
- religious
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.134
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- Date
- 1929
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.135
- Description
- Colour: blue, white, orange brown. This is a street scene with buildings on either side. White laundry is strung between and orange signs hang out with East-Asian characters on them. There's a blue sign on the left building. There are people in the lower area. A man in a hat with a blue bundle is i…
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- Title
- Shanghai
- Date
- 1929
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 11 x 9 cm
- Description
- Colour: blue, white, orange brown. This is a street scene with buildings on either side. White laundry is strung between and orange signs hang out with East-Asian characters on them. There's a blue sign on the left building. There are people in the lower area. A man in a hat with a blue bundle is in the lower right corner.
- Subject
- architecture
- urban
- figure
- group
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.135
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The Fenway in Boston
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.01.140
- Date
- 1927 – 1929
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.140
- Description
- Colour: green, pale blue. The lower two thirds is a stream and grass. The upper third is a bank of trees and the top of a brick tower which is left of center. Sky is pale along the top edge.
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- Title
- The Fenway in Boston
- Date
- 1927 – 1929
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 9 x 11 cm
- Description
- Colour: green, pale blue. The lower two thirds is a stream and grass. The upper third is a bank of trees and the top of a brick tower which is left of center. Sky is pale along the top edge.
- Subject
- landscape
- river
- urban
- architecture
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.140
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Romsdal Valley, Norway
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.01.018
- Date
- 1938
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.018
- Description
- Colour: green, blue, purple. Four little buildings sit in green hills above a patch of white snow at the left side. Two more sit right of center. In the lower right corner is a dark shape. In the distance on he right side rises a mountain with snow sides. A ribbon of cloud crosses the blue sky behi…
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- Title
- Romsdal Valley, Norway
- Date
- 1938
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 35 x 27.5 cm
- Description
- Colour: green, blue, purple. Four little buildings sit in green hills above a patch of white snow at the left side. Two more sit right of center. In the lower right corner is a dark shape. In the distance on he right side rises a mountain with snow sides. A ribbon of cloud crosses the blue sky behind.
- Subject
- landscape
- mountain
- winter
- architecture
- rural
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1970
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.018
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Fire Engine, Dawson City
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.01.097
- Date
- 1956
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.097
- Description
- Colour: blue, orange red. Central image is a four wheeled vehicle with a tank and a long black handled pump. It stands in green grass. Behind is a large building: the back part of which is yellow, the front purple brown. A few figures can be seen by the door at the left side. Above are telegraph po…
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- Title
- Fire Engine, Dawson City
- Date
- 1956
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 30.5 x 25.5 cm
- Description
- Colour: blue, orange red. Central image is a four wheeled vehicle with a tank and a long black handled pump. It stands in green grass. Behind is a large building: the back part of which is yellow, the front purple brown. A few figures can be seen by the door at the left side. Above are telegraph poles and blue sky.
- Subject
- transportation
- architecture
- urban
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.097
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The Yukon River, Dawson City
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.01.100
- Date
- 1956
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.100
- Description
- Colour: green, purple, red, yellow. The lower canvas is a town. Beyond that is a pale green river which goes across, upright and then left a bit. On either side as it goes into the distance are green hills becoming purple in the distance. A grey yellow sky fills the upper area.
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- Title
- The Yukon River, Dawson City
- Date
- 1956
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 30.5 x 25.5 cm
- Description
- Colour: green, purple, red, yellow. The lower canvas is a town. Beyond that is a pale green river which goes across, upright and then left a bit. On either side as it goes into the distance are green hills becoming purple in the distance. A grey yellow sky fills the upper area.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.100
- Notes
- Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Bank in Dawson City
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.01.101
- Date
- 1956
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.101
- Description
- Colour: blue, black, green, ochre. A road goes up from the lower center towards the right. On the right side of the road are five telegraph poles receding into the distance. On the left side are buildings. The front one is white and built of stone or brick. In the background is a hillside which goe…
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- Title
- Bank in Dawson City
- Date
- 1956
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 30.5 x 25.5 cm
- Description
- Colour: blue, black, green, ochre. A road goes up from the lower center towards the right. On the right side of the road are five telegraph poles receding into the distance. On the left side are buildings. The front one is white and built of stone or brick. In the background is a hillside which goes up at an angle from the left to he upper right. Clear blue sky fills in the rest.
- Subject
- architecture
- urban
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.101
- Notes
- Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Alpine Club Cabin, Assiniboine
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.01.061
- Date
- 1937
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.061
- Description
- Colour: blue. A snow scene. Two trees stand center and left reaching to the top of the picture. Another two trees grow on the right side. Between these is a snow covered log cabin. Trees can be seen vaguely in the distance. The sky behind is warm blue and fills the upper third.
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- Title
- Alpine Club Cabin, Assiniboine
- Date
- 1937
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 27.5 x 35 cm
- Description
- Colour: blue. A snow scene. Two trees stand center and left reaching to the top of the picture. Another two trees grow on the right side. Between these is a snow covered log cabin. Trees can be seen vaguely in the distance. The sky behind is warm blue and fills the upper third.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.061
- Notes
- Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Town of Banff from Norquay Road
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.01.057
- Date
- 1933
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.057
- Description
- Colour: forest green, blue. In the lower left corner is a blue wedge of snow. The rest of the lower area shows two vertical roads. The houses of the town are left of center. There is a lake at the lower right side.
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- Title
- Town of Banff from Norquay Road
- Date
- 1933
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 27.6 x 35.0 cm
- Description
- Colour: forest green, blue. In the lower left corner is a blue wedge of snow. The rest of the lower area shows two vertical roads. The houses of the town are left of center. There is a lake at the lower right side.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.057
- Notes
- Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Banff from Tunnel Mountain
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.01.055
- Date
- 1933
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.055
- Description
- Colour: blue, green, orange red. At the lower left corner is a green slope. Looking down on a town of bright buildings. Half way up are trees and a plain going off into the distance until mountain slopes take over the upper third.
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- Title
- Banff from Tunnel Mountain
- Date
- 1933
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 27.5 x 35 cm
- Description
- Colour: blue, green, orange red. At the lower left corner is a green slope. Looking down on a town of bright buildings. Half way up are trees and a plain going off into the distance until mountain slopes take over the upper third.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.055
- Notes
- Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Simpson's Corral
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.01.088
- Date
- 1945 – 1955
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.088
- Description
- Colour: green, blue grey. The foreground is green grass with a road or trail going from lower right of center to the right and then back to right of center to a gate on a fence which goes across the picture a third the way up. Behind the fence at the left side are two buildings. Trees grow behind t…
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- Title
- Simpson's Corral
- Date
- 1945 – 1955
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 27.5 x 35 cm
- Description
- Colour: green, blue grey. The foreground is green grass with a road or trail going from lower right of center to the right and then back to right of center to a gate on a fence which goes across the picture a third the way up. Behind the fence at the left side are two buildings. Trees grow behind them at the center and to the right. Beyond are mountains and sky. A patch of lake can be seen right of the cabins and left of the gate.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.088
- Notes
- Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Building Sampans at Kewalo Basin, Hawaii
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.01.030
- Date
- 1934
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.030
- Description
- Colour: brown, blue. A building with vague outlines of boats and figures in front of it, fills the left side of the picture. To the right is a large boat and hills and sky beyond.
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- Title
- Building Sampans at Kewalo Basin, Hawaii
- Date
- 1934
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 25.5 x 35 cm
- Description
- Colour: brown, blue. A building with vague outlines of boats and figures in front of it, fills the left side of the picture. To the right is a large boat and hills and sky beyond.
- Subject
- landscape
- Pacific
- architecture
- transportation
- Hawaii
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1970
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.030
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Dole Pineapple Factory, Honolulu
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.01.031
- Date
- 1934
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.031
- Description
- Colour: dark grey, green. The upper half is dark grey sky. In the center are a group of buildings way in the distance and water beyond. The foreground is green slopes - a few trees and a building to the left.
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- Title
- Dole Pineapple Factory, Honolulu
- Date
- 1934
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 25.5 x 35 cm
- Description
- Colour: dark grey, green. The upper half is dark grey sky. In the center are a group of buildings way in the distance and water beyond. The foreground is green slopes - a few trees and a building to the left.
- Subject
- landscape
- Pacific
- architecture
- Hawaii
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1970
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.031
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Wakiki, Hawaii
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.01.036
- Date
- 1934
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.036
- Description
- Colour: brown, green. Central image is two buildings which stand at center and are reflected in the water in the lower left and center area. At the right side is a large tree which fills the upper right corner. Behind the buildings are a few palm trees and blue and white sky beyond.
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- Title
- Wakiki, Hawaii
- Date
- 1934
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 27.5 x 35 cm
- Description
- Colour: brown, green. Central image is two buildings which stand at center and are reflected in the water in the lower left and center area. At the right side is a large tree which fills the upper right corner. Behind the buildings are a few palm trees and blue and white sky beyond.
- Subject
- architecture
- rural
- Pacific
- Hawaii
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.036
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- Date
- 1934
- Medium
- oil
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.038
- Description
- Colour: blue, green. Central image is a row of palm trees which grow inside a fence that goes along a road which runs from bottom left up to right of center. There are buildings behind the palm tree on the left side. Cloudy sky and mountains behind fill the upper half.
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- Title
- Palms, Hawaii
- Date
- 1934
- Medium
- oil
- Dimensions
- 27.5 x 35 cm
- Description
- Colour: blue, green. Central image is a row of palm trees which grow inside a fence that goes along a road which runs from bottom left up to right of center. There are buildings behind the palm tree on the left side. Cloudy sky and mountains behind fill the upper half.
- Subject
- landscape
- mountain
- architecture
- Pacific
- Hawaii
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.038
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Miki's House, Hanalei
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.01.040
- Date
- 1933
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.040
- Description
- Colour: green. A wide green field in the foreground leads up to a group of buildings in the center. There is a fence at the left side and a tree at the right. A hill rises up behind and darker hills beyond. Across the top is a grey sky.
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- Title
- Miki's House, Hanalei
- Date
- 1933
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 27.5 x 35 cm
- Description
- Colour: green. A wide green field in the foreground leads up to a group of buildings in the center. There is a fence at the left side and a tree at the right. A hill rises up behind and darker hills beyond. Across the top is a grey sky.
- Subject
- mountain
- architecture
- rural
- Pacific
- Hawaii
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.040
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Pineapple Fields, Kauai, Hawaii
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.01.043
- Date
- 1933
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.043
- Description
- Colour: blue, green, warm brown. The lower two thirds is fields, fences, buildings and trees. In the distance are hills to the left and mountains to the right. The sky is grey and white in layers. One patch of blue upper left.
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- Title
- Pineapple Fields, Kauai, Hawaii
- Date
- 1933
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 27.5 x 35 cm
- Description
- Colour: blue, green, warm brown. The lower two thirds is fields, fences, buildings and trees. In the distance are hills to the left and mountains to the right. The sky is grey and white in layers. One patch of blue upper left.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.043
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Honolulu, Hawaii
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.01.045
- Date
- 1934
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.045
- Description
- Colour: green, blue, yellow, rust red. Looking down from a foreground of cacters in the lower left corner, on a town and a harbour. There is an island up right meeting the horizon at the three quarters mark. Above is sky.
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- Title
- Honolulu, Hawaii
- Date
- 1934
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 27.5 x 35 cm
- Description
- Colour: green, blue, yellow, rust red. Looking down from a foreground of cacters in the lower left corner, on a town and a harbour. There is an island up right meeting the horizon at the three quarters mark. Above is sky.
- Subject
- seascape
- architecture
- urban
- Pacific
- Hawaii
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.045
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Plantation Houses, Hawaii
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.01.046
- Date
- 1934
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.046
- Description
- Colour: white, green, brown. In the foreground are large green round shaped plants which give way to an open space which is in front of a group of white buildings. There is a woman carrying two water pails in the center. Two more figures are at the right and another group further right. At the righ…
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- Title
- Plantation Houses, Hawaii
- Date
- 1934
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 27.5 x 35 cm
- Description
- Colour: white, green, brown. In the foreground are large green round shaped plants which give way to an open space which is in front of a group of white buildings. There is a woman carrying two water pails in the center. Two more figures are at the right and another group further right. At the right edge is a building, a line of laundry, another building back further. Behind these is a dark green forest.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.046
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