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Untitled

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1930 – 1940

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.806

Description: In the drawing on the top half of the paper there are four figures in a line moving across a landscape with a mountain range infront of them. The drawing in the lower half is broken into three boxes, the first has what looks like Pete’s grandmother going up over a hill with her skis in the air and …

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1930 – 1940

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 21.3 x 26.4 cm

Description: In the drawing on the top half of the paper there are four figures in a line moving across a landscape with a mountain range infront of them. The drawing in the lower half is broken into three boxes, the first has what looks like Pete’s grandmother going up over a hill with her skis in the air and her poles supporting her, while in the second drawing there is a skier going down a hill, with another at the top behind them, and in the background there is a mountain, and in the the final drawing it is a male figure (potentially Peter) on a set of skis holding poles with Pete’s grandma standing beside him on her own skis with poles looking up at him.

Subject: ski; skiing; jump; poles; scarf; grandma; man; woman; snow; winter; mountains

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.806

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Camp in Sifton Pass, B.C.

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Artist: Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)

Date: 1935

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaE.05.06

Description: General colour: green. At the left side pitched in the grass is a lean to with two figures by a campfire. Smoke goes left and up into trees which rise on the left side becoming smaller as they go right across the picture into the distance. Two mountains can be seen on the right side in the distance…

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Artist: Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)

Title: Camp in Sifton Pass, B.C.

Date: 1935

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 18.4 x 26.3 cm

Description: General colour: green. At the left side pitched in the grass is a lean to with two figures by a campfire. Smoke goes left and up into trees which rise on the left side becoming smaller as they go right across the picture into the distance. Two mountains can be seen on the right side in the distance. Sky fills the upper half.

Subject: landscape; mountains; camping; people; Ernest Lamarque

Credit: Gift of Ernest Lamarque (Estate), 1971

Catalogue Number: LaE.05.06

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Caribou Highway

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Artist: Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)

Date: prior to 1958

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaE.05.07

Description: General colour: green, yellow, blue. A road and railrway tracks come in and out on the left side. Trees grow near the river which appears at the bottom right corner and goes up into the center. The right bank starts as rocks, becomes trees, becomes slope, becomes mountain peak. Sky at the top.

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Artist: Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)

Title: Caribou Highway

Date: prior to 1958

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 43.2 x 28.2 cm

Description: General colour: green, yellow, blue. A road and railrway tracks come in and out on the left side. Trees grow near the river which appears at the bottom right corner and goes up into the center. The right bank starts as rocks, becomes trees, becomes slope, becomes mountain peak. Sky at the top.

Subject: landscape; river; mountains; Ernest Lamarque

Credit: Gift of Ernest Lamarque (Estate), 1971

Catalogue Number: LaE.05.07

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On the Way to Chilliwack Lake, B.C.

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Artist: Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)

Date: 1930

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaE.05.10

Description: General colour: white, brown on gold green. Lower third is snow with five trees and a cabin. A treed slope rises up to the right. To the left are tall branchless trees and a couple of cabins. Three snowy peaks can be seen in the distance. Sky fills the upper third.signed ll: “LE” lr “1930”

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Artist: Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)

Title: On the Way to Chilliwack Lake, B.C.

Date: 1930

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 14.8 x 19.9 cm

Description: General colour: white, brown on gold green. Lower third is snow with five trees and a cabin. A treed slope rises up to the right. To the left are tall branchless trees and a couple of cabins. Three snowy peaks can be seen in the distance. Sky fills the upper third.signed ll: “LE” lr “1930”

Subject: landscape; mountains; architecture, rural; Ernest Lamarque

Credit: Gift of Ernest Lamarque (Estate), 1971

Catalogue Number: LaE.05.10

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Source Of Muskwa River, Northern B.C.

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Artist: Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)

Date: 1937

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaE.05.11

Description: General colour: green, blue, grey. Looking down on a green valley - trees at lower left - patches of water lower right. The glacier is on the right side - mountains rise up on both sides filling the center of the picture and into the distance. Sky fills top.Signature ll: E. Lamarque 1939

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Artist: Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)

Title: Source Of Muskwa River, Northern B.C.

Date: 1937

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 26.0 x 40.9 cm

Description: General colour: green, blue, grey. Looking down on a green valley - trees at lower left - patches of water lower right. The glacier is on the right side - mountains rise up on both sides filling the center of the picture and into the distance. Sky fills top.Signature ll: E. Lamarque 1939

Subject: landscape; mountains; glacier; Ernest Lamarque

Credit: Gift of Ernest Lamarque (Estate), 1971

Catalogue Number: LaE.05.11

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Tide Flats, Bella Coola

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Artist: Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)

Date: 1935

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaE.05.13

Description: General colour: green, grey. Lower third is green water - five posts are reflected in it on the left side. Across the bank are five tumps. Two mountains rise up in the background - the sky appears misty. Only one peak (on the right side) can be seen.signed in black lr: E. Lamarque 1935

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Artist: Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)

Title: Tide Flats, Bella Coola

Date: 1935

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 25.4 x 35.2 cm

Description: General colour: green, grey. Lower third is green water - five posts are reflected in it on the left side. Across the bank are five tumps. Two mountains rise up in the background - the sky appears misty. Only one peak (on the right side) can be seen.signed in black lr: E. Lamarque 1935

Subject: landscape; mountains; seascape, Pacific; Ernest Lamarque

Credit: Gift of Ernest Lamarque (Estate), 1971

Catalogue Number: LaE.05.13

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Untitled

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Artist: Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)

Date: 1930 – 1930

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaE.05.14

Description: General colour: blue, brown. A small cabin stonds on a piece of flat land which goes along the bottom edge. Behind is water and the hills of the far shore go up to blue mt. peaks to the left side. The blue sky has clouds.

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Artist: Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1930 – 1930

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 18.8 x 26.4 cm

Description: General colour: blue, brown. A small cabin stonds on a piece of flat land which goes along the bottom edge. Behind is water and the hills of the far shore go up to blue mt. peaks to the left side. The blue sky has clouds.

Subject: landscape; mountains; river; architecture, rural; Ernest Lamarque

Credit: Gift of Ernest Lamarque (Estate), 1971

Catalogue Number: LaE.05.14

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Valley in Cassiar Mountains

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Artist: Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)

Date: 1935

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaE.05.01

Description: General colour: green, light purple. On the left side are boulders, dead tree trunks and two large green pines. Lower mid-centre there is a piece of canvas over poles creating a makeshift tent. There is a figure by a campfire over which hangs two black kettles. On the viewer’s right is another figu…

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Artist: Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)

Title: Valley in Cassiar Mountains

Date: 1935

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 24.0 x 34.0 cm

Description: General colour: green, light purple. On the left side are boulders, dead tree trunks and two large green pines. Lower mid-centre there is a piece of canvas over poles creating a makeshift tent. There is a figure by a campfire over which hangs two black kettles. On the viewer’s right is another figure and four horses some distance away. The top half of the picture is mountains with some snow above that, a cloudy sky.

Subject: landscape; mountains; camping; Ernest Lamarque

Credit: Gift of Ernest Lamarque (Estate), 1971

Catalogue Number: LaE.05.01

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McFarlane's Flat, Halfway River

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Artist: Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)

Date: 1934

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaE.05.60

Description: Foreground flat brown and green vegetation with tepee poles mid-left, beyond a low building viewer’s right. Trees and blue foothills/mountain viewer’s left, a hill with sparse trees viewer’s right. A dark cloudy sky above.

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Artist: Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)

Title: McFarlane's Flat, Halfway River

Date: 1934

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 34.3 x 48.4 cm

Description: Foreground flat brown and green vegetation with tepee poles mid-left, beyond a low building viewer’s right. Trees and blue foothills/mountain viewer’s left, a hill with sparse trees viewer’s right. A dark cloudy sky above.

Subject: landscape; mountains; buildings; teepee poles; Ernest Lamarque

Credit: Gift of Ernest Lamarque (Estate), 1971

Catalogue Number: LaE.05.60

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Mountain Rhythms

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Artist: Doris Huestis Mills (1894 – , Canadian)

Date: 1933

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: MiD.02.01

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Artist: Doris Huestis Mills (1894 – , Canadian)

Title: Mountain Rhythms

Date: 1933

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 53.3 x 66.0 cm

Subject: landscape; mountains; river

Credit: Gift of J. Murray Speirs, Pickering, 1981

Catalogue Number: MiD.02.01

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Mountain Landscape

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1931

Medium: oil on canvas on board

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.073

Description: Three tall evergreens dominate from foreground to top of picture. Immediate foreground is pale green with a darker green forest behind, and behind that are dark blue trees and in the background is a single grey mountain with some snow.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Mountain Landscape

Date: 1931

Medium: oil on canvas on board

Dimensions: 30.6 x 30.4 cm

Description: Three tall evergreens dominate from foreground to top of picture. Immediate foreground is pale green with a darker green forest behind, and behind that are dark blue trees and in the background is a single grey mountain with some snow.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountains

Credit: Gift of John P. Crabb, Winnipeg, 1994

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.073

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Yoho Valley and Yoho Peak

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1930 – 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.124

Description: Colour: blue, white, green. The lower half is frozen water with snow on it and a shore along the bottom and left side where there are trees. The upper half is a distant shore line of trees which give way to white and purple mountains in the distance. Clouded blue sky comes down right of center from…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Yoho Valley and Yoho Peak

Date: 1930 – 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.7 x 27.8 cm

Description: Colour: blue, white, green. The lower half is frozen water with snow on it and a shore along the bottom and left side where there are trees. The upper half is a distant shore line of trees which give way to white and purple mountains in the distance. Clouded blue sky comes down right of center from across the upper edge.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountains

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.124

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

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Kauai - Sugar Cane

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1933 – 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.167

Description: Dark trees to the left and right with an irrigation canal or a road that winds through a brilliant gold and green sugar cane field. Dark blue hills to the left, lighter blue mountains to the right, a very cloudy and dark sky.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Kauai - Sugar Cane

Date: 1933 – 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.7 x 35.3 cm

Description: Dark trees to the left and right with an irrigation canal or a road that winds through a brilliant gold and green sugar cane field. Dark blue hills to the left, lighter blue mountains to the right, a very cloudy and dark sky.