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Larch in Snow (Mt. Assiniboine Trip)

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Date: 1937

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.023

Description: Yellow larch in snow.

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Title: Larch in Snow (Mt. Assiniboine Trip)

Date: 1937

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 12.6 x 17.8 cm

Description: Yellow larch in snow.

Subject: landscape; winter; botanical; larch

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.023

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September Snow, Mount Assiniboine

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Date: 1937

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.184

Description: Several white snow filled shrubs along a slope is nestled against a blue grey background. A few small twigs with yellow topped flowers scatter the snow back in front of the shrubs. A darker grey irregular shape sits just left of centre behind the shrubs possibly depicting a hole in the ice at Lake …

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Title: September Snow, Mount Assiniboine

Date: 1937

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 22.8 x 28.0 cm

Description: Several white snow filled shrubs along a slope is nestled against a blue grey background. A few small twigs with yellow topped flowers scatter the snow back in front of the shrubs. A darker grey irregular shape sits just left of centre behind the shrubs possibly depicting a hole in the ice at Lake Assiniboine.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; winter

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.184

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

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Toe of Athabasca Glacier, Columbia Icefield

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Date: 1945 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas on masonite

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.286

Description: View of the edge of a glacier. In the foreground (the lower third of the picture) are areas of grey interlocking with areas of light grey-yellow green. In the background is a rounded rise of ice with its surface coloured pale yellow and white, and crevasses of light-blue, grey-green and green-blue …

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Title: Toe of Athabasca Glacier, Columbia Icefield

Date: 1945 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas on masonite

Dimensions: 25.4 x 30.3 cm

Description: View of the edge of a glacier. In the foreground (the lower third of the picture) are areas of grey interlocking with areas of light grey-yellow green. In the background is a rounded rise of ice with its surface coloured pale yellow and white, and crevasses of light-blue, grey-green and green-blue (with some outlines of dark blue). The bottom edge of the glacier is a cliff of ice, which extends from the righthand side of the picture and almost reaches the lefthand side. At the top of the sketch, a strip of blue sky is found on the left and an area of brown wash is on the right.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; lake; glacier; winter

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.286

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Norway

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Date: 1938

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.307

Description: White patch of snow lrc to centre with a grey rock in the middle of it, water (ice) (blue) llc and extends across lower quarter of painting, large brown (rock) centre with a water-fall to left, snow covered mountains behind and larger mountain also snow covered sweeps upwards to small area of blue …

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Title: Norway

Date: 1938

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 28.0 x 35.5 cm

Description: White patch of snow lrc to centre with a grey rock in the middle of it, water (ice) (blue) llc and extends across lower quarter of painting, large brown (rock) centre with a water-fall to left, snow covered mountains behind and larger mountain also snow covered sweeps upwards to small area of blue sky top centre.

Subject: landscape; mountain; winter

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.307

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Snow Sketch, Norway

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Date: 1938

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.388

Description: A sketch of snow and what appears to be openings to water, a river or lake. Dots of paint in yellow and orange along bottom edge.

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Title: Snow Sketch, Norway

Date: 1938

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.2 x 33.7 cm

Description: A sketch of snow and what appears to be openings to water, a river or lake. Dots of paint in yellow and orange along bottom edge.

Subject: landscape; snow; winter

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.388

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Mount Assiniboine in September Snow

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1937

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.060

Description: Colour: blue. Snow in the foreground. Seven snow laden evergreens in the middle ground with four bare larch trees on the right side. In the background are two peaks - one to each side - a cloud sits in the saddle between them. Blue sky beyond is to the right.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Mount Assiniboine in September Snow

Date: 1937

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.6 x 35.2 cm

Description: Colour: blue. Snow in the foreground. Seven snow laden evergreens in the middle ground with four bare larch trees on the right side. In the background are two peaks - one to each side - a cloud sits in the saddle between them. Blue sky beyond is to the right.

Subject: landscape; mountain; Canadian Rockies; winter

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.060

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

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

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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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

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.

Subject: landscape; mountain; Canadian Rockies; winter; architecture; rural

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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September Snow on Larch, Assiniboine

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1937

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.062

Description: Colour: purple, yellow, grey. A density of snow covered trees. An evergreen without much snow on it appears at the right side.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: September Snow on Larch, Assiniboine

Date: 1937

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.5 x 35 cm

Description: Colour: purple, yellow, grey. A density of snow covered trees. An evergreen without much snow on it appears at the right side.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; winter; botanical

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.062

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Lake O'Hara, Early Snow

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1936

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.074

Description: Colour: green, white, grey. The lower third is a winter lake. A few shrubs and two snow laden trees grow at the bottom edge and right side respectively. The trees on the far shore which are reflected in the lake, go across the middle of the picture. Behind is a mountain with snow sides peaking just…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Lake O'Hara, Early Snow

Date: 1936

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.5 x 35 cm

Description: Colour: green, white, grey. The lower third is a winter lake. A few shrubs and two snow laden trees grow at the bottom edge and right side respectively. The trees on the far shore which are reflected in the lake, go across the middle of the picture. Behind is a mountain with snow sides peaking just left of center. The sky is grey blue.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; lake; winter

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.074

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Mount Lefroy from Beehive

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1955 – 1960

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.118

Description: Colour: pale blue, yellow, green. A single peak can be seen in the distance between two larch trees in the foreground. On the right side is a shorter larch tree and a mountain ridge in he distance.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Mount Lefroy from Beehive

Date: 1955 – 1960

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 30.5 x 25.5 cm

Description: Colour: pale blue, yellow, green. A single peak can be seen in the distance between two larch trees in the foreground. On the right side is a shorter larch tree and a mountain ridge in he distance.

Subject: landscape; mountain; Canadian Rockies; winter

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.118

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

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Below Bow Falls

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1929

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.149

Description: Colour: green, grey, blue. The lower area is a river running from the lower right corner up left to center. Snow banks on either side give way to a rocky hillside on the left and a row of trees to the right. Behind in the centre is a treed slope going right to mountain and left to a distant mountai…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Below Bow Falls

Date: 1929

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 21.6 x 16.8 cm

Description: Colour: green, grey, blue. The lower area is a river running from the lower right corner up left to center. Snow banks on either side give way to a rocky hillside on the left and a row of trees to the right. Behind in the centre is a treed slope going right to mountain and left to a distant mountain. Blue sky along the top.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountains; falls; winter

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.149

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Second Vermilion Lake

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1930 – 1935

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.151

Description: Colour: blue, green, brown, white. A snowy river comes up from the lower left corner to the right and then to the centre. A stand of brown bushes comes in from the left, halfway up. Green trees come in from the right two-thirds up. Beyond is a narrow snow expance and the mountain side rising up and…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Second Vermilion Lake

Date: 1930 – 1935

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.8 x 22.7 cm

Description: Colour: blue, green, brown, white. A snowy river comes up from the lower left corner to the right and then to the centre. A stand of brown bushes comes in from the left, halfway up. Green trees come in from the right two-thirds up. Beyond is a narrow snow expance and the mountain side rising up and off the top. Distant mountain-sides and sky fill the upper right corner.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; river; winter

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.151

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Sulphur Mountain from Bear and Buffalo Street

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1930 – 1933

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.162

Description: A winter scene of a very heavy snowfall on several evergreens dominate this painting. A mountain is completely snow covered in background with blue sky with a suggestion of sunlight filtering through the trees.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Sulphur Mountain from Bear and Buffalo Street

Date: 1930 – 1933

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.8 x 35.4 cm

Description: A winter scene of a very heavy snowfall on several evergreens dominate this painting. A mountain is completely snow covered in background with blue sky with a suggestion of sunlight filtering through the trees.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; town, Banff; winter; snow

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.162

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Ski Trail

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1930 – 1940

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.172

Description: Half of the painting is a blue, grey and white snow-covered hill with a trail to the right, two skiers on the top beside a snow-covered evergreen. The sky is blue with long white clouds running right across the snow-covered mountains to the left.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Ski Trail

Date: 1930 – 1940

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.5 x 35.2 cm

Description: Half of the painting is a blue, grey and white snow-covered hill with a trail to the right, two skiers on the top beside a snow-covered evergreen. The sky is blue with long white clouds running right across the snow-covered mountains to the left.