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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1929
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.003
Description
A gray watercoloured stone path leads back to a Japanese temple with two levels of curving roof. The path winds through a garden of stone sculptures that stand on pedestals before reaching the temple. The temple is coloured with red on the outside walls and windows are yellow and the sloping roof…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Temple, Japan
Date
1929
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
31.0 x 24.5 cm
Description
A gray watercoloured stone path leads back to a Japanese temple with two levels of curving roof. The path winds through a garden of stone sculptures that stand on pedestals before reaching the temple. The temple is coloured with red on the outside walls and windows are yellow and the sloping roofs are green. A stone wall is to the right of the temple and behind it is a tree trunk painted in brown with two branches in yellow and green. Framing the image to the right is the beginning of a curved gable that enters into the frame but is discontinued.
Subject
temple
shrine
Japan
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.003
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Chinese Mothers, Canton, China

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1929
Medium
graphite; watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.004
Description
A group of three adults stand center. Flanking the man in red in the center is a woman in beige to the left with a child on her back in a red pouch, and to the right another woman in light orange with a child on her back in a green pouch. Behind them is a step up on to an area where a figure in b…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Chinese Mothers, Canton, China
Date
1929
Medium
graphite; watercolour on paper
Dimensions
26.4 x 23.0 cm
Description
A group of three adults stand center. Flanking the man in red in the center is a woman in beige to the left with a child on her back in a red pouch, and to the right another woman in light orange with a child on her back in a green pouch. Behind them is a step up on to an area where a figure in blue sits playing a flute. Behind him in the background is another figure bending over a desk, pen in hand. Setting is washed in brown and green.
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.004
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Canton, China, Typical Street Scene

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1929
Medium
graphite; watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.005
Description
A street scene with various intensities of red, yellow, and blue signs on buildings on both sides of the street with laundry strung between. At the right a figure in blue with a sandy coloured hat sits in a doorway by some bundles. At the left a man in a sandy coloured hat carries two yellow bundl…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Canton, China, Typical Street Scene
Date
1929
Medium
graphite; watercolour on paper
Dimensions
31.5 x 22.1 cm
Description
A street scene with various intensities of red, yellow, and blue signs on buildings on both sides of the street with laundry strung between. At the right a figure in blue with a sandy coloured hat sits in a doorway by some bundles. At the left a man in a sandy coloured hat carries two yellow bundles on a pole that he carries across his shoulders. In the background are numerous other figures.
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.005
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Artist
Reinhold H. Palenske (1884 – 1955, American)
Date
1929
Medium
graphite on blotting paper
Catalogue Number
PeR.03.02
Description
Inscription: Dear Mr. Gibbon - When this native of the Trossachs was interviewed he said I hope some time to attend a Scotch Festival in Banff, Canada. Pal July - 1929 London. A Scottie Dog, sitting, looking straight forward, background purple and green. Blotting paper has large ink stain upper rig…
Artist
Reinhold H. Palenske (1884 – 1955, American)
Title
Scottie Dog
Date
1929
Medium
graphite on blotting paper
Dimensions
27.8 x 21 cm
Description
Inscription: Dear Mr. Gibbon - When this native of the Trossachs was interviewed he said I hope some time to attend a Scotch Festival in Banff, Canada. Pal July - 1929 London. A Scottie Dog, sitting, looking straight forward, background purple and green. Blotting paper has large ink stain upper right corner, and numerous blottings over surface.
Subject
animal, dog
Credit
Gift of John Murray Gibbon, 1982
Catalogue Number
PeR.03.02
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1929
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.728
Description
A detailed sketch of the main features of a face, it appears to be a study of a man.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1929
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
7.0 x 9.0 cm
Description
A detailed sketch of the main features of a face, it appears to be a study of a man.
Subject
face
man
eyes
nose
mouth
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.728
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1929
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.812
Description
In the BL section of the paper there is a drawing depicting a street in China. There are people out doing chores and tasks and above them there is some sort of string holding items up between the two buildings, and there is signs on the sides of the buildings that are advertising what they are for.…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1929
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
25.1 x 22.8 cm
Description
In the BL section of the paper there is a drawing depicting a street in China. There are people out doing chores and tasks and above them there is some sort of string holding items up between the two buildings, and there is signs on the sides of the buildings that are advertising what they are for. Above the drawings there is multiple numbers written out in some sort of mathematical equation (addition), the words “johnwood mass”, “wood John mass.” which is circled, “TEEI”, and “TEEPEE”. Besides the word “TEEPEE” there is a drawing of one, with squiggle marks appearing to be numbers all beside it.
Subject
numbers
tipi
math
China
street
signs
people
buildings
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.812
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Artist
Arthur Lismer (1885 – 1969, Canadian)
Date
1928
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
LiA.03.01
Description
This drawing is a stylistically loose portrayal of a mountain scene. This scene is comprised only of mountains and rock - no trees or such other landscape. There is a peak in TLC and the mountain slopes downward to another smaller peak in the TRC. The foreground of the piece is comprised of many…
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Artist
Arthur Lismer (1885 – 1969, Canadian)
Title
Mt. Biddle
Date
1928
Medium
graphite on paper
Description
This drawing is a stylistically loose portrayal of a mountain scene. This scene is comprised only of mountains and rock - no trees or such other landscape. There is a peak in TLC and the mountain slopes downward to another smaller peak in the TRC. The foreground of the piece is comprised of many loose rocks that are piled on top of one another and recede into the background. The line quality of the drawing in the foreground is much heavier and more detailed than the background. Shading in the piece is done mostly with cross-hatching.
Subject
Landscape
Canadian Rockies
Mountains
Credit
Gift of Donald Grace, Saanichton, 1997
Catalogue Number
LiA.03.01
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Nearing Calgary from Regina

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Date
1928
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.399
Description
Landscapes where the focal point is in betwwern the artist / viewer and the hill or mountain in the background of each drawing . Writing denotes details and colour scheme.Writing on back: “nearing Calgary from Regina - March 12th - 28”
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Title
Nearing Calgary from Regina
Date
1928
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
28.0 x 35.5 cm
Description
Landscapes where the focal point is in betwwern the artist / viewer and the hill or mountain in the background of each drawing . Writing denotes details and colour scheme.Writing on back: “nearing Calgary from Regina - March 12th - 28”
Subject
landscape
Credit
Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.399
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1928
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.647
Description
Pencil drawing of the backs of several seated people. In the blc, writing read STUDENTS OF ART, suggesting that these are pupils. Signed in cursive Peter Whyte 1928 in brc.All is enclosed in a roughly sketched rectangle.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Students of Art
Date
1928
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
22.0 x 21.0 cm
Description
Pencil drawing of the backs of several seated people. In the blc, writing read STUDENTS OF ART, suggesting that these are pupils. Signed in cursive Peter Whyte 1928 in brc.All is enclosed in a roughly sketched rectangle.
Subject
students
pupils, Art
artists
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.647
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Ski Jumping Lake Placid

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1928
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.852
Description
Sketch of a ski jumping flying through the air. There is mountains ahead of him and the hill and trees off to the side. On the top portion of the drawing it says “SKI JUMPING LACK PLACID FEBRUARY 22ND 1929” and at the bottom of the page it says “INTERVALE HILL”. In the BLC it is signed “Peter Whyte…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Ski Jumping Lake Placid
Date
1928
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
26.9 x 19.0 cm
Description
Sketch of a ski jumping flying through the air. There is mountains ahead of him and the hill and trees off to the side. On the top portion of the drawing it says “SKI JUMPING LACK PLACID FEBRUARY 22ND 1929” and at the bottom of the page it says “INTERVALE HILL”. In the BLC it is signed “Peter Whyte 1928”
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.852
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