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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1950 – 1960
Medium
graphite; on paper;
Catalogue Number
WyP.09.16
Description
Metal coil-bound sketchbook with patterned black and white covers - the back cover has a green tint to the white parts, unsure if this was the original colour and the front cover is simply faded or if the back cover was dyed or tinted green later. Front cover has adhered paper label with manufactur…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1950 – 1960
Medium
graphite; on paper;
Dimensions
25.1 x 21.0 cm
Description
Metal coil-bound sketchbook with patterned black and white covers - the back cover has a green tint to the white parts, unsure if this was the original colour and the front cover is simply faded or if the back cover was dyed or tinted green later. Front cover has adhered paper label with manufacturer name and space for an owner’s name - brand reads “GYRAL, Patent Pending.” Contents include sketches of possible Christmas cards, figure studies, notes, skiers, church/funeral scenes from Morley, sketches for paintings, geometric plans for tepees, and more.
Subject
drawing
sketching
skiing
Indigenous Peoples
tepees
Morely
Stoney Nakoda
Peter Whyte
Catharine Robb Whyte;
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.09.16
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Lizzie von Rummel, Banff

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Artist
Joseph Francis Plaskett (1918 – 2014, Canadian)
Date
1952
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
PlJ.03.08
Description
Three-quareter view bust of Lizzie von Rummel in Banff. Colours are green, purple, blues and white. The blue and purple are combined to highlight skin tones and the green is used for her clothing. The white is used in a single line to add a highlight on the left side of her chin. The sketch is comp…
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Artist
Joseph Francis Plaskett (1918 – 2014, Canadian)
Title
Lizzie von Rummel, Banff
Date
1952
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
27.94 x 40.64 cm
Description
Three-quareter view bust of Lizzie von Rummel in Banff. Colours are green, purple, blues and white. The blue and purple are combined to highlight skin tones and the green is used for her clothing. The white is used in a single line to add a highlight on the left side of her chin. The sketch is completed on Brown paper with a light wood frame. Signature is graphite in the lower right corner.
Subject
portrait
rummel
plaskett
sketch
watercolour;
Credit
Gift of Don Cockerton, Calgary, 2017
Catalogue Number
PlJ.03.08
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Seasons Greetings Catharine and Peter 1951

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1951
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.721
Description
A detailed sketch of the 1951 Christmas card. Catharine is cooking up some food at the rear of the vehicle, while Peter is facing the mountains reading a newspaper. In the foreground there are multiple animals surrounding the couple, and mountains in the background. On the top edge “SEASONS GREETIN…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Seasons Greetings Catharine and Peter 1951
Date
1951
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
21.4 x 28.0 cm
Description
A detailed sketch of the 1951 Christmas card. Catharine is cooking up some food at the rear of the vehicle, while Peter is facing the mountains reading a newspaper. In the foreground there are multiple animals surrounding the couple, and mountains in the background. On the top edge “SEASONS GREETINGS,” and “CATHARINE AND PETER” and “Peter Whyte 1951” is written on the bottom edge.
Subject
Christmas card
car
reading
mountains
cooking
couple
moose
deer
bird
rabbit
wolf
bear
squirrel
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.721
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1951
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.720
Description
A rough sketch of the 1951 Christmas card. Catharine is cooking at the back of the vehicle while Peter appears to be reading at the front. They are surrounding by animals with birds flying in the sky.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1951
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
21.7 x 27.9 cm
Description
A rough sketch of the 1951 Christmas card. Catharine is cooking at the back of the vehicle while Peter appears to be reading at the front. They are surrounding by animals with birds flying in the sky.
Subject
Christmas card
cooking
car
reading
rabbit
bear
moose
bird
wolf
chimney
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.720
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1954 – 1961
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.787
Description
Two sketches for Christmas cards on the top half of the page. The larger of the two is a group of animals in a nondescript room, each doing something a different at there own tables. The smaller of the two drawings is the same scene repeated, however there is an additional animal that appears to be…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1954 – 1961
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
16.9 x 24.0 cm
Description
Two sketches for Christmas cards on the top half of the page. The larger of the two is a group of animals in a nondescript room, each doing something a different at there own tables. The smaller of the two drawings is the same scene repeated, however there is an additional animal that appears to be looking out a window. verso: in the BLC there are two postage stamps, one 2 cent Jefferson stamp and a 4 cent Lincoln stamp. On top of them there is a black ink stamped on top. In the BRC is says “The Junior League of Boston, Inc. 117 NEWBERRY STREET, BOSTON 16, MASSACHUSETTS”. Near the middle is says “MRS. Peter Whyte Box 370 Banff, Alberta Canada”
Subject
Christmas card
table
window
room
tasks
moose
bear
deer
squirrel
rabbit
lights
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.787
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Artist
Wadym Dobrolige (1913 – 1973)
Date
1955 – 1955
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
DoW.02.02
Description
Image is of a group of men working on the railroad. A foreman stands at the far left directing 6 men holding a steel rail. In the middle of the work is a man, holding a nail while his partner is in mid-swing to hammer it into place. To the right are other workers in various stages, and an engin…
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Artist
Wadym Dobrolige (1913 – 1973)
Title
Railroad Workers
Date
1955 – 1955
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
64 x 360 cm
Description
Image is of a group of men working on the railroad. A foreman stands at the far left directing 6 men holding a steel rail. In the middle of the work is a man, holding a nail while his partner is in mid-swing to hammer it into place. To the right are other workers in various stages, and an engine coming towards the men. In the background are rolling hills and mountains. (Castle Mountain?)Artist signature is in lower right corner “Wadym D. 55”cascade hotel mural
Subject
railroad
builders
train
engine
cascade hotel mural
Credit
Gift of Leo Wedro, Calgary, 1990
Catalogue Number
DoW.02.02
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Rock Pools, York River

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Artist
A.J. Casson (1898 – 1992)
Date
1957
Medium
painting on paper
Catalogue Number
CaA.05.01
Description
A watercolour landscape painting. A large dark green/blue pool in the centre is surrounded by rocks and dominates the painting. Just above and to the left is another small pool. The rocks surrounding the pool are beige and brown with dark blue accents and outlines. There are a couple small patches …
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Artist
A.J. Casson (1898 – 1992)
Title
Rock Pools, York River
Date
1957
Medium
painting on paper
Dimensions
27.0 x 34.0 cm
Description
A watercolour landscape painting. A large dark green/blue pool in the centre is surrounded by rocks and dominates the painting. Just above and to the left is another small pool. The rocks surrounding the pool are beige and brown with dark blue accents and outlines. There are a couple small patches of green grass amongst the rocks. Faint pencil marks of letters can be seen scattered on rocks and pencil marks of outline sketch. The artist signature is in the bottom rhc, “A.J.CASSON”. Au verso there are two stickers. The one in the top left corner is brown with black print, “ROBERTS GALLERY LIMITED Dealers in Fine Paintings and Frames since 1842 641 YONGE ST. - - - TORONTO. Title: ROCK POOLS - YORK RIVER - 1957 Artist: A.J. CASSON Price: $175.00 Stock No: 3858b Height: 10 7/8 Width: 13 5/8”. The other sticker is white with green ink and blue pen and is in the top rhc, “ROBERTS GALLERY LIMITED 641 YONGE STREET TORONTO M4Y 1Z9 MUSEUM MAT (has blue pen check mark beside) MUSEUM BACK (check mark beside) WC mounted INSPECTED BY: (illegible signature) BY ARTIST”.
Subject
rock pool
A.J. Casson
Credit
Gift of David McClintock Denovan, Calgary, 2012
Catalogue Number
CaA.05.01
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Artist
Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian)
Date
1959
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
MiJ.05.04
Description
Dominant colours are purple, green, blue, brown, grey, yellow, and white. The painting is dominated by Mount Rundle and a cloud-filled blue sky. The foreground is grey rocks, a dead tree with the brown tree trunk and branches reaching right, above that coniferous trees viewer’s right; the middle fo…
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Artist
Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian)
Title
Mount Rundle
Date
1959
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
50.5 x 70.5 cm
Description
Dominant colours are purple, green, blue, brown, grey, yellow, and white. The painting is dominated by Mount Rundle and a cloud-filled blue sky. The foreground is grey rocks, a dead tree with the brown tree trunk and branches reaching right, above that coniferous trees viewer’s right; the middle foreground is made up of grey pebbles and small rocks with coniferous trees behind, the sun is shining on the mid- foreground and the viewer’s right highlighting the ground and trees. To the viewer’s right there is a pile of grey, brown, and beige rocks with two coniferous trees above and some yellow and brown bushes to the right of that; to the very far right the Bow River is visible and also above the bushes it is snaking its way through the valley toward Canmore. A purple-hued with some blue Tunnel (Buffalo) Mountain is in front of Mount Rundle. Mount Rundle is purple, grey, blue, pink and white with green patches to the right. The ranges on the viewer’s left are purple, grey and white and to the right of Mount Rundle they are blue, grey and white. The sky above which comprises one-third of the painting has more clouds than blue sky. The clouds are white, grey, brown growing into purple, grey and yellowish hues to the viewer’s right.
Subject
landscape
mountain
Rundle Mountain
Janet Holly Middleton
Credit
Gift of Mary Garnham Andrews, Banff, 2009
Catalogue Number
MiJ.05.04
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1950 – 1960
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.378
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Pilot Mountain
Date
1950 – 1960
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
22.7 x 27.8 cm
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.378
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1955 – 1960
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.364
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Cathedral Mountain
Date
1955 – 1960
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
30.3 x 25.2 cm
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.364
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Mount Weed, Bow Summit

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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Date
1950 – 1960
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.242
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Title
Mount Weed, Bow Summit
Date
1950 – 1960
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
25.3 x 30.1 cm
Subject
landscape
mountain
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.242
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1950 – 1960
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.413
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Lake Louise
Date
1950 – 1960
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
25.2 x 30.2 cm
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
lake
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.413
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1950 – 1960
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.415
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Mount Temple
Date
1950 – 1960
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
25.0 x 30.1 cm
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.415
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1950 – 1960
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.416
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Mount Ishbel
Date
1950 – 1960
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
25.3 x 30.2 cm
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.416
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Crowfoot Glacier, Bow Lake

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1954
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.424
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Crowfoot Glacier, Bow Lake
Date
1954
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
25.1 x 30.2 cm
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
lake
glacier
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.424
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1950 – 1960
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.452
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Corral, Bow Lake
Date
1950 – 1960
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
27.5 x 35.2 cm
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
camp
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.452
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1950 – 1960
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.484
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Peyto Lake
Date
1950 – 1960
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
27.3 x 35.0 cm
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
lake
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.484
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Artist
Rick Nicholas de Grandmaison (1932 – 1985, Canadian)
Date
1955 – 1970
Medium
oil on masonite
Catalogue Number
DgO.02.02
Description
tlc and along top is a cloudy sky, below that is a mountain face. The slope runs tr to bl. The mountain has a long expanse of white from tr to bl interspersed with trees and shadows. Stylized tree forms all along bottom edge.
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Artist
Rick Nicholas de Grandmaison (1932 – 1985, Canadian)
Title
Avalanche Slope
Date
1955 – 1970
Medium
oil on masonite
Dimensions
120.0 x 120.00 cm
Description
tlc and along top is a cloudy sky, below that is a mountain face. The slope runs tr to bl. The mountain has a long expanse of white from tr to bl interspersed with trees and shadows. Stylized tree forms all along bottom edge.
Subject
Canadian Rockies
landscape
winter
Credit
Gift of John P. Crabb, Winnipeg, 1995
Catalogue Number
DgO.02.02
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Down Before the Storm

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Artist
Rick Nicholas de Grandmaison (1932 – 1985, Canadian)
Date
1955 – 1970
Medium
oil on masonite
Catalogue Number
DgO.02.03
Description
The foreground of snow covers approximately one quarter of the picture, slopes from cr to bl. Two skiers, one in a yellow jacket, stand on the edge of the slope looking inwards. The rest of the picture is mostly grey clouds, covering the slopes in the background.
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Artist
Rick Nicholas de Grandmaison (1932 – 1985, Canadian)
Title
Down Before the Storm
Date
1955 – 1970
Medium
oil on masonite
Dimensions
120.0 x 120.0 cm
Description
The foreground of snow covers approximately one quarter of the picture, slopes from cr to bl. Two skiers, one in a yellow jacket, stand on the edge of the slope looking inwards. The rest of the picture is mostly grey clouds, covering the slopes in the background.
Subject
landscape
skiing
Credit
Gift of John P. Crabb, Winnipeg, 1995
Catalogue Number
DgO.02.03
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Artist
Sonia de Grandmaison (1912 – 2000, Canadian)
Date
c. 1963
Catalogue Number
DgS.06.01
Description
A realistic rendering of Ken Madsen. Plaster cast painted brown to resemble bronze. Angled sideways on a black pedestal of wood.
Artist
Sonia de Grandmaison (1912 – 2000, Canadian)
Title
Ken Madsen
Date
c. 1963
Dimensions
21.5 x 11.5 cm
Description
A realistic rendering of Ken Madsen. Plaster cast painted brown to resemble bronze. Angled sideways on a black pedestal of wood.
Subject
figure
male
head
Ken Madsen
Credit
Gift of Ken Madsen, Banff, 1995
Catalogue Number
DgS.06.01
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