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Native Dwellings, Philippine Islands

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1929
Medium
graphite; watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.001
Description
A dwelling with a grass roof. Three palm trees behind and to the right. Four figures are in front. There is a ladder leaning up against the dwelling. The house is a golden colour, the people are blue and red, and trees are green and brown. It is sketchily rendered.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Native Dwellings, Philippine Islands
Date
1929
Medium
graphite; watercolour on paper
Dimensions
30.5 x 24.3 cm
Description
A dwelling with a grass roof. Three palm trees behind and to the right. Four figures are in front. There is a ladder leaning up against the dwelling. The house is a golden colour, the people are blue and red, and trees are green and brown. It is sketchily rendered.
Subject
house
Philippines
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.001
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Nikko, Japan, Iyeyasu's Mausoleum

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1929
Medium
graphite; watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.002
Description
A many stepped stone structure on right side with a cylinder cap and Japanese-style temple roof adornment. It is coloured with green and brown with slight highlights of red. At the base and in the foreground is a stone slab with what could be offerings and a figure of a crane-like bird coloured i…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Nikko, Japan, Iyeyasu's Mausoleum
Date
1929
Medium
graphite; watercolour on paper
Dimensions
30.5 x 24.0 cm
Description
A many stepped stone structure on right side with a cylinder cap and Japanese-style temple roof adornment. It is coloured with green and brown with slight highlights of red. At the base and in the foreground is a stone slab with what could be offerings and a figure of a crane-like bird coloured in brown and green.
Subject
mausoleum
shrine
temple
Japan
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.002
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Chinese Sampans, Hong Kong Harbour

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1929
Medium
graphite; watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.438
Description
A watercolour and pencil drawing of covered boats in Hong Kong Harbour.[blc] CHINESE SANPANS/ HONG KONG HARBOUR[brc, in cursive] Peter Whyte/ OCTOBER 1929
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Chinese Sampans, Hong Kong Harbour
Date
1929
Medium
graphite; watercolour on paper
Dimensions
20.0 x 23.5 cm
Description
A watercolour and pencil drawing of covered boats in Hong Kong Harbour.[blc] CHINESE SANPANS/ HONG KONG HARBOUR[brc, in cursive] Peter Whyte/ OCTOBER 1929
Subject
travel
Hong Kong
China
harbour
Sanpans
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.438
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1929
Medium
graphite; watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.727
Description
An artist is sitting on a stool in front of a massive canvas resting on an easel. The figure is painting a mountain scene with tubs of paint around him, and a supply box off to his left.verso: signed by Peter Whyte with the presumed date: “1928 or 29 by Peter Whyte”
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1929
Medium
graphite; watercolour on paper
Dimensions
8.1 x 5.7 cm
Description
An artist is sitting on a stool in front of a massive canvas resting on an easel. The figure is painting a mountain scene with tubs of paint around him, and a supply box off to his left.verso: signed by Peter Whyte with the presumed date: “1928 or 29 by Peter Whyte”
Subject
painting
easel
stool
artist
man
paint
tube
supply box
mountains
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.727
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1929
Medium
ink; graphite; watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.738
Description
Three quick drawings of two men and a child that are filled in with watercolour. Written above the child “These are just two or three figures that I saw in the station in Montreal on my way through, March 4th,” and below the men “This little English girl was awfully cute and I loved the knees. I ha…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1929
Medium
ink; graphite; watercolour on paper
Dimensions
15.0 x 10.0 cm
Description
Three quick drawings of two men and a child that are filled in with watercolour. Written above the child “These are just two or three figures that I saw in the station in Montreal on my way through, March 4th,” and below the men “This little English girl was awfully cute and I loved the knees. I have some more sketches but they are all in my sketch book. Peter”
Subject
men
girl
child
Montreal
station
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.738
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1929
Medium
ink; graphite; watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.739
Description
Quick sketches filled in with watercolour of three men. Below man on the right there is another sketch of a man from bust up, but it is upside down. Written at the top of the paper “Sketched in the Windsor Street Station, Montreal, on a rainy March day,” and at the bottom of the page “A British Tar…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1929
Medium
ink; graphite; watercolour on paper
Dimensions
15.2 x 10.0 cm
Description
Quick sketches filled in with watercolour of three men. Below man on the right there is another sketch of a man from bust up, but it is upside down. Written at the top of the paper “Sketched in the Windsor Street Station, Montreal, on a rainy March day,” and at the bottom of the page “A British Tar on his way to the West coast. H.M.S. Vivid. March 4th 1929”
Subject
Windsor station
Montreal
rainy
men
British Tar
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.739
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1929
Medium
ink; graphite; watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.740
Description
Three loose sketches: two are profile drawings of two men from the bust up (both wearing blue coats and hats) in the BRC and centre right, and near the centre of the page there is a profile drawing of a man in a tan coat and hat smoking a cigarette Written in the TRC “H.M.S. Vivid again. I like the…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1929
Medium
ink; graphite; watercolour on paper
Dimensions
15.0 x 10.0 cm
Description
Three loose sketches: two are profile drawings of two men from the bust up (both wearing blue coats and hats) in the BRC and centre right, and near the centre of the page there is a profile drawing of a man in a tan coat and hat smoking a cigarette Written in the TRC “H.M.S. Vivid again. I like their hats,” and in the BLC “United States Immigration office. Windsor Station Montreal”
Subject
navy
men
cigarette
hat
coat
immigration
Windsor station
Montreal
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.740
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1930
Medium
ink; watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.731
Description
A group of children signing together in a background while a lady plays a grand piano in the foreground. There are lines extending from the piano to emphasis music being played, and these lines direct the viewers attention to a little stick figure dancing on the ground to the right of the piano. ve…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1930
Medium
ink; watercolour on paper
Dimensions
10.0 x 15.0 cm
Description
A group of children signing together in a background while a lady plays a grand piano in the foreground. There are lines extending from the piano to emphasis music being played, and these lines direct the viewers attention to a little stick figure dancing on the ground to the right of the piano. verso: in the TRC “Concord November 1930”
Subject
woman
children
grand piano
music
singing
stick figure
dancing
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.731
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1930
Medium
ink; watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.736
Description
A woman sits in her chair sewing, there appears to be a window behind her and a painting hanging on the wall. A cat sleeps on a bed near her feet, while in the foreground there is a box and what could be papers on the floor. verso: signed on the top end of the paper, “Nov. 1930 Peter Whyte”
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1930
Medium
ink; watercolour on paper
Dimensions
11.4 x 8.9 cm
Description
A woman sits in her chair sewing, there appears to be a window behind her and a painting hanging on the wall. A cat sleeps on a bed near her feet, while in the foreground there is a box and what could be papers on the floor. verso: signed on the top end of the paper, “Nov. 1930 Peter Whyte”
Subject
painting
window
woman
sewing
chair
cat
papers
box
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.736
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1934
Medium
graphite; watercolour
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.279
Description
A watercolour and pencil beach scene with two figures in foreground. The figure on the left is a man in blue and yellow swimming trunks, with his hand on his pot-bellied stomach. The figure on the right is a woman in red heels and a yellow skirt. Her top is tied behind her back and is red. She …
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1934
Medium
graphite; watercolour
Dimensions
22.5 x 29.5 cm
Description
A watercolour and pencil beach scene with two figures in foreground. The figure on the left is a man in blue and yellow swimming trunks, with his hand on his pot-bellied stomach. The figure on the right is a woman in red heels and a yellow skirt. Her top is tied behind her back and is red. She wears a conical hat that is purple underneath and yellow on the outside. She looks down at a camera in her hands as she takes a picture of the man. Figures are in the background and horizon with umbrellas. At top and to the left is the inscription “CAN YOU SEE ME ALRIGHT[sic] DEAR?”
Subject
beach
camera;
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.279
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