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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Date
1929
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.47
Description
Gold, red and green bank with evergreens to the left foreground. Green and blue lake with moonlight shining on it mid foreground reaching back to the treed shoreline. On the right is the dark flank of Sulphur Mountain and midcentre and left are dominated by moonlit Mount Rundle. The sky is bright w…
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Title
Mount Rundle
Date
1929
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
18.6 x 22.6 cm
Description
Gold, red and green bank with evergreens to the left foreground. Green and blue lake with moonlight shining on it mid foreground reaching back to the treed shoreline. On the right is the dark flank of Sulphur Mountain and midcentre and left are dominated by moonlit Mount Rundle. The sky is bright with a full moon.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
lake
mountain
Credit
Gift of Audrey Campbell, Banff, 1991
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.47
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1928
Medium
charcoal on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.006
Description
A black and white portrait of Catharine Robb. Catharine is in profile, facing toward the left. Her head and neck appear to be twisting toward the left. Her hair is pulled back in a bun. A few pieces of it have come loose around her ear. She is wearing a collared shirt.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1928
Medium
charcoal on paper
Dimensions
34.0 x 26.0 cm
Description
A black and white portrait of Catharine Robb. Catharine is in profile, facing toward the left. Her head and neck appear to be twisting toward the left. Her hair is pulled back in a bun. A few pieces of it have come loose around her ear. She is wearing a collared shirt.
Subject
portrait
female
Catharine Robb
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.006
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1928 – 1928
Medium
charcoal on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.633
Description
Standing male figure, back view, legs apart, interlaced fingers behind head. Is on matte board.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1928 – 1928
Medium
charcoal on paper
Dimensions
66 x 51.5 cm
Description
Standing male figure, back view, legs apart, interlaced fingers behind head. Is on matte board.
Subject
Life Drawing, male figure, nude
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.633
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Celebration in Remembrance

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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Date
1927
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
CoJ.05.22
Description
Scene of a boat blue/rusting in colour with waves exploding up around its sides reaching twice the height of the boat in the air - the sky is a pale grey colour.“Collings used cold colours in this starkly observed drama. The air is filled with pale puffs of explosives while white jets of water burs…
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Title
Celebration in Remembrance
Date
1927
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
22 x 15.5 cm
Description
Scene of a boat blue/rusting in colour with waves exploding up around its sides reaching twice the height of the boat in the air - the sky is a pale grey colour.“Collings used cold colours in this starkly observed drama. The air is filled with pale puffs of explosives while white jets of water burst from what appears to be a fire boat.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda Heath
Subject
landscape
boat
explosives
Credit
Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1982
Catalogue Number
CoJ.05.22
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1927
Medium
charcoal on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.011
Description
A portrait study of Catharine Robb with a dark cloth head covering and wisps of hair escaping.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1927
Medium
charcoal on paper
Dimensions
63.5 x 48.0 cm
Description
A portrait study of Catharine Robb with a dark cloth head covering and wisps of hair escaping.
Subject
study
portrait
female
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.011
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Fort Simpson, MacKenzie River

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Artist
Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)
Date
1927
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaE.05.49
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Artist
Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)
Title
Fort Simpson, MacKenzie River
Date
1927
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
8.2 x 13.1 cm
Subject
landscape
mountains
river, McKenzie
winter
fort, Simpson
Ernest Lamarque
Credit
Gift of Ernest Lamarque (Estate), 1971
Catalogue Number
LaE.05.49
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1927
Medium
charcoal on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.037
Description
Figure drawing of male, back view, right hand on hip, slipped under waistband. Left arm hangs at the side. Very lightly drawn horizontal lines appear to guide anatomical proportions.To the right of main figure is a small simple drawing , side view of face with large nose.Stamped into the page: tlc …
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1927
Medium
charcoal on paper
Dimensions
62.7 x 47.2 cm
Description
Figure drawing of male, back view, right hand on hip, slipped under waistband. Left arm hangs at the side. Very lightly drawn horizontal lines appear to guide anatomical proportions.To the right of main figure is a small simple drawing , side view of face with large nose.Stamped into the page: tlc spiral design; right edge CANSON & MONTGOLFIER FRANCE; blc INGRES
Subject
male
figure
nude
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.037
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1927
Medium
charcoal on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.038
Description
Figure drawing of standing male nude, side view, turned away from viewer 3/4. His weight is shifted onto his right leg, which is slightly bent, while his left leg is straight. His right arm grasps a strap that runs over his shoulder, causing his elbow to bend. He looks lightly to his right so that …
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1927
Medium
charcoal on paper
Dimensions
62.5 x 47.5 cm
Description
Figure drawing of standing male nude, side view, turned away from viewer 3/4. His weight is shifted onto his right leg, which is slightly bent, while his left leg is straight. His right arm grasps a strap that runs over his shoulder, causing his elbow to bend. He looks lightly to his right so that the profile of his face is visib.e Along upper right edge there are small sketches of individual ears. a line follows the curve of the figure’s right leg, and this line is echoed again closer to the right edge.“Peter Whyte NOV 15 - 1927” written in BLCWatermark/stamp: left edge CANSON & MONTGOLFIER FRANCE; trc INGRES; spiral design in brc
Subject
male
figure
nude
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.038
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1927
Medium
charcoal on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.039
Description
Figure drawing of standing female figure, front view. Her left hand is on her hip and she is holding what appears to be a cloth in right hand. She looks to viewer’s right. Her hair is parted in the centre and pulled back into a bun.Her left leg is slightly bent and her right leg is straight. A lig…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1927
Medium
charcoal on paper
Dimensions
63.0 x 48.0 cm
Description
Figure drawing of standing female figure, front view. Her left hand is on her hip and she is holding what appears to be a cloth in right hand. She looks to viewer’s right. Her hair is parted in the centre and pulled back into a bun.Her left leg is slightly bent and her right leg is straight. A light sketch of her face’s shadows appear to the right of her face, along with other non distinct marks. Curving lines parallel the legs of the main figure. Signed: Peter Whyte/ 1927 - brcWatermark/Stamp: left edge CANSON & MONTGOLFIER FRANCE; trc INGRES; brc spiral design
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.039
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1927
Medium
charcoal on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.040
Description
Figure drawing of standing male in 3/4 pose, with left side view. His right hand is on hip, left arm and left leg bent. Faint sketches on left side, angled view of head (chin, jaw, mouth). To the right of main figure is a simple sketch of right knee joint and thigh.Signed: Peter Whyte 1927 in brcWa…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1927
Medium
charcoal on paper
Dimensions
63.0 x 47.5 cm
Description
Figure drawing of standing male in 3/4 pose, with left side view. His right hand is on hip, left arm and left leg bent. Faint sketches on left side, angled view of head (chin, jaw, mouth). To the right of main figure is a simple sketch of right knee joint and thigh.Signed: Peter Whyte 1927 in brcWatermark/stamp: right edge CANSON & MONTGOLFIER FRANCE; blc INGRES; tlc spiral design
Subject
male
figure
nude
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.040
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1927
Medium
charcoal on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.041
Description
Drawing of rear view of seated male figure. Man sits on wooden chair with knees facing to the viewer’s left. He grasps the seat with his right hand and twists his torso away from the viewer. His left arm is bent. Head tilts downwards. Rear two chair legs are only partially sketched. Small sketches…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1927
Medium
charcoal on paper
Dimensions
63.0 x 48.0 cm
Description
Drawing of rear view of seated male figure. Man sits on wooden chair with knees facing to the viewer’s left. He grasps the seat with his right hand and twists his torso away from the viewer. His left arm is bent. Head tilts downwards. Rear two chair legs are only partially sketched. Small sketches to the left of main image. signed: “Peter Whyte NOV 1st 1927” brcWatermark/stamp: right edge: CANSON & MONTGOLFIER FRANCE; blc INGRES; tlc spiral design
Subject
figure
male
nude
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.041
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1927
Medium
charcoal on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.042
Description
Figure drawing of standing male, left hand on thigh. His right knee is bent. He looks towards viewer’s left, showing only the profile of his face. His right hand is hidden behind his right hip. Small sketch of face and leg to the left of main image. Dark rectangular mark brc.Signed: “Peter Whyte 19…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1927
Medium
charcoal on paper
Dimensions
63.5 x 47.5 cm
Description
Figure drawing of standing male, left hand on thigh. His right knee is bent. He looks towards viewer’s left, showing only the profile of his face. His right hand is hidden behind his right hip. Small sketch of face and leg to the left of main image. Dark rectangular mark brc.Signed: “Peter Whyte 1927/ October 19th”Watermark/stamp: right edge CANSON & MONTGOLFIER FRANCE; blc INGRES; tlc spiral design
Subject
male figure
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.042
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1927
Medium
charcoal; pastel on paper, blue
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.057
Description
Man wearing hat and carrying cane bent over walking with sack on his back.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1927
Medium
charcoal; pastel on paper, blue
Dimensions
28.5 x 22.5 cm
Description
Man wearing hat and carrying cane bent over walking with sack on his back.
Subject
man
sack
cane
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.057
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1927
Medium
charcoal; pastel; on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.058
Description
Portrait of First Nations man in headdress, side view, head and neck.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1927
Medium
charcoal; pastel; on paper
Dimensions
36 x 25.5 cm
Description
Portrait of First Nations man in headdress, side view, head and neck.
Subject
Indigenous
headdress
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.058
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1927
Medium
charcoal; pastel on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.059
Description
Portrait of First Nations man wearing headdress, side view.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1927
Medium
charcoal; pastel on paper
Dimensions
33.5 x 26 cm
Description
Portrait of First Nations man wearing headdress, side view.
Subject
Indigenous
headdress
portrait
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.059
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1927
Medium
charcoal; pastel;
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.060
Description
Portrait of man with mustache and goatee. His neck extends from right to left and his face is turned in somewhat of a 3/4 pose.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1927
Medium
charcoal; pastel;
Dimensions
33 x 25.5 cm
Description
Portrait of man with mustache and goatee. His neck extends from right to left and his face is turned in somewhat of a 3/4 pose.
Subject
portrait
man
mustache
goatee
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.060
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Winter Tunnel near Sicamous

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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Date
1927 – 1927
Medium
watercolour on board
Catalogue Number
CoJ.05.63
Description
Winter scene with a train tunnel in foreground. Snow and icicles are hanging over the entrance. On back of paper of picture frame were 4 different labels.First is at top left and is light brown in colour: “6. Collins [sic], Charles - ‘Winter; Tunnel on C.P.R. Track’. Lent by Mrs. Jonathan Rogers,…
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Title
Winter Tunnel near Sicamous
Date
1927 – 1927
Medium
watercolour on board
Dimensions
38 x 30.5 cm
Description
Winter scene with a train tunnel in foreground. Snow and icicles are hanging over the entrance. On back of paper of picture frame were 4 different labels.First is at top left and is light brown in colour: “6. Collins [sic], Charles - ‘Winter; Tunnel on C.P.R. Track’. Lent by Mrs. Jonathan Rogers, Vancouver. 1920-30Second is top right and is green: “Vancouver Art Gallery - Name of Artist or Owner: Mrs. Jonathan Rogers - Address: 2050 Nelson St - Phone No.: [Indecipherable] - Title of Work: ‘Winter, Tunnel on C.P.R. Track between Sycamous & Winnipeg” - Price or insurable value (if not for sale): $350 - To be pasted on bottom right-hand corner of back of picture.”Third is white with red border: “Mrs. Jonathan Rogers, 2050 Nelson St. Vancouver. No 6, Do not remove wire”.Fourth label is white and from the Alex Fraser Galleries in Vancouver (5669 Granville Street Vancouver 13, B.C. - AM 6-6010, Alex Fraser Formerly of Bond Street, London, England) and is located at bottom: “ ’Winter Tunnel on C.P.R. Track’, Original Water Colour, by Charles John Collings.”
Subject
landscape
watercolour
train tunnel
winter
Charles John Collings
Credit
Gift of Mark Rivette, Vernon, 2015
Catalogue Number
CoJ.05.63
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Moose at Glacier Lake

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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Date
1926
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.04
Description
Colour: brown, yellow. The left profile of a moose head, antlers and shoulders.
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Title
Moose at Glacier Lake
Date
1926
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
7.0 x 9.8 cm
Description
Colour: brown, yellow. The left profile of a moose head, antlers and shoulders.
Subject
animal
moose
Credit
Gift of J. Monroe Thorington, Philadelphia, USA, 1969
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.04
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Artist
Thomas W. Fripp (1864 – 1934)
Date
1925
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
FrT.05.01
Description
Mountain scene with rocky cliff interspersed with stands of conifers at left foreground. Large mountain [Mt. Stephen] with snow filled central gully and snow-capped peak in background. Signed “Thos W. Fripp 1925” at bottom left.
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Artist
Thomas W. Fripp (1864 – 1934)
Title
Mt. Stephan, B.C.
Date
1925
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
51.0 x 38.0 cm
Description
Mountain scene with rocky cliff interspersed with stands of conifers at left foreground. Large mountain [Mt. Stephen] with snow filled central gully and snow-capped peak in background. Signed “Thos W. Fripp 1925” at bottom left.
Subject
mountains
Mt. Stephen
British Columbia
Credit
Gift of Rod Green, Calgary, 2021
Catalogue Number
FrT.05.01
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Foothills of the Rockies

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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Date
1925
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
CoJ.05.01
Description
Landscape, colourful rolling foothills in the forground. - in the immediate forground at the bl. is a spot of green brown grasses. - past that is a varying green plateau. - then a spot of trees onward to the purple/blue mountains in the distance. - the sky fades into a yellow to green shade.“Collin…
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Title
Foothills of the Rockies
Date
1925
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
27.3 x 37 cm
Description
Landscape, colourful rolling foothills in the forground. - in the immediate forground at the bl. is a spot of green brown grasses. - past that is a varying green plateau. - then a spot of trees onward to the purple/blue mountains in the distance. - the sky fades into a yellow to green shade.“Collings typically restricted his darkest tones in this late watercolour to minimal accents -- a streak of rich sienna merging with deep blue which works as a ‘base line’ and his the key to colour relationships in the rest of his picture. The overall pastel tones and broad, open river valley view combine to produce an effect of silent and awesome beauty.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda Heath
Subject
landscape
water
grass
plateau
Credit
Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1982
Catalogue Number
CoJ.05.01
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