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The art of the old west : from the collection of the Gilcrease Institute

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20609
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1981
Author
Rossi, Paul A., 1929-
Publisher
New York : Promontory Press
Call Number
ND50 R67
Author
Rossi, Paul A., 1929-
Responsibility
Selections and text by Paul A. Rossi and David C. Hunt
Publisher
New York : Promontory Press
Published Date
1981
Physical Description
335p. : ill. (some col.), port.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Art and history
Art and war
Indians - Art
Hunting in art
Art
The West in art
Painting
Drawing
Notes
Full title of Institute: Thomas Gilcrease Institute of American History and Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Includes bibliographical references
Call Number
ND50 R67
Location
Art Library is located in Curatorial Department - Please contact Curatorial Department for access
Collection
Art Library
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Anthropocene : Burtynsky, Baichwal, de Pencier

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19825
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2018
Author
Hackett, Sophie (curator), Andrea Kunard (curator), Urs Stahel (curator)
Publisher
Toronto : Art Gallery of Ontario ; Fredericton, New Brunswick : Goose Lane Editions
Call Number
06.4 H11a
  1 website  
Author
Hackett, Sophie (curator), Andrea Kunard (curator), Urs Stahel (curator)
Responsibility
Curated by Sophie Hackett, Andrea Kunard, Urs Stahel
Publisher
Toronto : Art Gallery of Ontario ; Fredericton, New Brunswick : Goose Lane Editions
Published Date
2018
Physical Description
251 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Photographers
Photography
Photography, Aerial
Art
Exhibitions
Exhibition catalogue
Environment
Subjects
Art - Exhibitions
Art and photography
Art and society
Artists
Color photography
Design, Industrial - Pictoral works
Education
Photographers
Photographs - Catalogues
Photography
Photography - Collections
Photography - Exhibitions
Photography - Landscapes
Photography, Documentary
Recycling (Waste), etc.
Video art - Exhibitions
Abstract
"A catalogue to accompany the exhibition Anthropocene, a collaboration by the artists and filmmakers Jennifer Baichwal, Edward Burtynsky, and Nicholas de Pencier, including film, photography, virtual reality, and augmented reality. Anthropocene is organized by the Art Gallery of Ontario and the Canadian Photography Institute of the National Gallery of Canada, in partnership with Manifattura di Arti, Sperimentazione e Tecnologia (Fondazione MAST)."-- Provided by publisher.
Contents
Foreword / Stephan Jost, Marc Mayer, and Isabella Sera`gnaoli -- Far and near : new views of the anthropocene / Sophie Hackett -- The anthropocene and its "golden spike" / Colin Waters & Jan Zalasiewicz -- "How anthropo-scenic!" : concerns and debates about the age of the human / Karla McManus -- Works -- Life in the anthropocene / Edward Burtynsky -- Our embedded signal / Jennifer Baichwal -- Evidence / Nicholas de Pencier -- Adams, Adams, Baltz, Burtynsky : the role of landscape in North America photography / Urs Stahel -- The art museum and the anthropocene / Andrea Kunard.
ISBN
978-1-988788-04-3
Accession Number
2019.36
Call Number
06.4 H11a
Collection
Art Library
URL Notes
Website for the Anthropocene multidisciplinary work by Edward Burtynsky, Jennifer Baichwal, Nicholas de Pencier
Websites
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Bold strokes - a century after its debut exhibition, the Group of Seven remains the topic of immense fascination - and debate

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Medium
Library - Periodical
Published Date
2020
Author
Reid, Mark Collin
Call Number
P
  1 website  
Author
Reid, Mark Collin
Responsibility
Mark Collin Read
Published Date
2020
Physical Description
p.28 - 35
Medium
Library - Periodical
Subjects
Art
Art Canadian 20th century-Exhibitions
Art galleries
Artists
Group of Seven
Abstract
Pertains to the 100th anniversary of the Group of Seven's debut exhibition - interview with Ian A.C. Dejardin - executive director of the McMichael Canadian Art Collection
Notes
In Canada's History, Vol. 100, No.3 (June-July)
Call Number
P
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Available online
Websites
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Painting in Canada : a history

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20037
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1977
Author
Harper, J. Russell
Publisher
Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press
Edition
2d ed.
Call Number
06.1 H11p
  1 website  
Author
Harper, J. Russell
Responsibility
J. Russell Harper
Edition
2d ed.
Publisher
Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press
Published Date
1977
Physical Description
vii, 463 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Art
Canadian art
Subjects
Art History
Painting
Paintings, Canadian
Abstract
Through a lively combination of entertaining anecdotes, descriptions of the cultural background, biographical accounts, and critical judgement, the reader comes to know intimately the artists, their paintings, and their environments.
Contents
The age of Laval -- Votive painting in New France -- Local painters in New France -- Early painting in British North America -- The aftermath of the Seven Years' War -- British Army topographers in Eastern Canada -- The Golden Age in Quebec: the beginning -- The Golden Age in Quebec: maturity -- Along the Atlantic seaboard -- Portraits for the masses -- Kreighoff and genre in Quebec -- Pre-confederation years in Ontario -- The lure of the West -- The last frozen barrier -- Art in the New Dominion -- The British tradition at confederation -- A news search for Canada -- The dignity of labour -- French academic influences -- Contrasts in Quebec -- Painting as an aesthetic experience -- Nationalism and the 'Group' -- Contemporaries of the 'Group' -- Regionalism in the thirties -- Transformation in the West -- Towards non-objectivity: beginnings -- Reawakening in Montral -- Anglophone revolt in the fifties.
Notes
Abstract taken from Aurora, check link for more details
ISBN
0802022715
Accession Number
2019.61
Call Number
06.1 H11p
Collection
Archives Library
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Letters to Mother [March - July 1938]

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Part Of
Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
Scope & Content
File pertains to 22 hand-written letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from March 2 to July 2, 1938. Topics include skiing and watching skiing events in Switzerland, descriptions of meals, local community events and activities [such as Carnivals], meeting with frie…
Date Range
1938
Reference Code
M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 104
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Postcard
Private record
  1 image     1 Electronic Resource  
Part Of
Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M36 / V683 / S37
Series
I.A.2. Catharine Robb Whyte papers / photographs
Sous-Fonds
M36
Accession Number
.
Reference Code
M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 104
GMD
Postcard
Private record
Date Range
1938
Physical Description
1.8 cm of textual records (81 pages ; 22.4 x 29.2 cm or smaller)
History / Biographical
See fonds level description.
Scope & Content
File pertains to 22 hand-written letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from March 2 to July 2, 1938. Topics include skiing and watching skiing events in Switzerland, descriptions of meals, local community events and activities [such as Carnivals], meeting with friends, news pertaining to Hitler's movements in Europe, weather, people and events in Concord, photography, leaving Switzerland in April in order to drive to Norway for the summer [includes driving through Germany, Denmark, and Sweden], descriptions of European roads [particularly the Autobahn] and various road-side amenities, visiting art galleries and museums, going to the movies, various holidays [mostly American], descriptions of ski hills and conditions in Norway, sightseeing, painting/sketching, architecture and buildings, exploring the islands off of Norway's northern coast [mostly by the ferry "Princess Ragnhild"] for a few weeks in late May to early June, camping, leaving Norway for Scotland in late June, and heading for Concord in early July. Also includes postcards.
Notes
Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. Most letters are written on hotel/lodge letterhead. Some letters are marked with a small x in pencil, indicating where Jon Whyte made notes for use in his project "Catharine Robb Whyte, Peter Whyte: Commemorative Portfolio," originally published in 1981. 104 - 08 contains a list of distances and geographic features between various towns and cities in Germany and Switzerland on the last two pages.
Name Access
Whyte, Catharine
Whyte, Peter
Robb, Edith Morse
Robb, Russell, Jr.
Robb, Kitty
Caird, Jean
Johnsen, Hanne
Feuz, Edward
Strom, Erling
Subject Access
Activities
Animals
Architecture
Art
Art galleries
Artists
Automobiles
Backcountry skiing
Banff
Birds
Birthday
Boats
Businesses
Camping
Carnival
Children
Correspondence
Family
Family and personal life
First Nations
Gallery
Home
Hospital
Hiking
Indigenous Peoples
Leisure
Mountain
Movies
Museums
Painting
Personal and Family Life
Photography
Scenery
Skiing
Ski areas
Ski jumping
Swiss Guides
Theatre
Trains
Transportation
Travel
Travel and Exploration
Vikings
Weather
Wildlife
Winter
Winter sports
Geographic Access
Engelberg
Wengen
Wengernalp
Grindelwald
Switzerland
Cologne
Hamburg
Germany
Copenhagen
Denmark
Finse
Oslo
Trondhjem
Andalsnes
Norway
Edinburgh
Scotland
United Kingdom
Great Britain
Europe
Concord
Massachusetts
United States of America
Language
English
Creator
Robb Whyte, Catharine
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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Letters to Mother [August - October 1934]

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Part Of
Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
Scope & Content
File pertains to 23 hand-written letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from August 1 to October 8, 1934. Topics include travelling from Bali to Djokja [the Dutch name for present-day Yogyakarta] in Indonesia, travelling by car [via ferries] and by train, descriptio…
Date Range
1934
Reference Code
M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 96
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
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Part Of
Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M36 / V683 / S37
Series
I.A.2. Catharine Robb Whyte papers / photographs
Sous-Fonds
M36
Accession Number
.
Reference Code
M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 96
GMD
Private record
Date Range
1934
Physical Description
1.8 cm of textual records (87 pages ; 21 x 29.7 cm or smaller)
History / Biographical
See fonds level description.
Scope & Content
File pertains to 23 hand-written letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from August 1 to October 8, 1934. Topics include travelling from Bali to Djokja [the Dutch name for present-day Yogyakarta] in Indonesia, travelling by car [via ferries] and by train, descriptions of the countrysides they travelled through and of local towns and villages, language barriers, descriptions of meals and various types of local dishes, travelling through the island of Java on the way to Sumatra, comments on and descriptions of other people encountered while travelling, weather, photography, developing films [photographs], people and events in Concord, travelling across Sumatra by car, volcanoes, local wildlife [mostly birds and monkeys], observations on local farms and farming techniques/products, books and magazines Pete and Catharine are reading, leaving Sumatra for France on the M.S. Sibajak in early September via the Suez Canal, descriptions of their cabin and the ship itself, life and activities aboard ship, comments and observations about other passengers, day trips on land along the way, going through the Canal, arriving in Marseille France and setting out for Swizerland by train in mid-September, travelling around Switzerland by train, meeting up with Edward Feuz while visiting Interlaken, exploring the local towns, architecture, skiing, exploring different ski areas and watching various races and events as they find them [also includes comparisons of slopes and snow conditions between the Alps and the Rockies], meeting other skiers, various dealings with banks, travelling through Austia to Munich Germany in late September-early October, visiting an area in Austria where the Olympics will be held in 1936, visiting museums and war memorials [WWI], attending Oktoberfest in Munich, travelling to Paris via Nuremburg and Cologne by train in early October, exploring Paris and visiting various city landmarks and churches [this was Pete's first trip to Paris], going to the movies, going to London and then Edinburgh with Jean Caird before sailing back to North America from London in mid-October.
Notes
Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous peoples of Indonesia used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. Most letters are written on hotel/lodge letterhead. Most letters have been numbered in red pencil in the upper margin for an unknown project. Some letters are marked with a small x in pencil, indicating where Jon Whyte made notes for use in his project "Catharine Robb Whyte, Peter Whyte: Commemorative Portfolio," originally published in 1981. Some letters have been numbered in pencil in the upper margin of the first page for an unknown project. 96 - 01 appears to be missing the last page[s]. 96 - 06 page 11 contains a sketch of the layout of the hotel they stayed in. 96 - 18 appears to be missing the last page[s].
Name Access
Whyte, Catharine
Whyte, Peter
Robb, Edith Morse
Robb, Russell, Jr.
Robb, Kitty
Caird, Jean
Feuz, Edward
Subject Access
Activities
Animals
Architecture
Art
Art galleries
Artists
Automobiles
Birds
Birthday
Boats
Businesses
Children
Churches
Correspondence
Family
Family and personal life
Festivals
Farming
Food
Gallery
Home
Hiking
Indigenous Peoples
Leisure
Memorial
Mountain
Movies
Museums
Oktoberfest
Painting
Personal and Family Life
Photography
Scenery
Skiing
Ski areas
Ski jumping
Swiss Alps
Swiss Guides
Theatre
Trains
Transportation
Travel
Travel and Exploration
Weather
Wildlife
Winter
Winter sports
Geographic Access
Bali
Java
Sumatra
Indonesia
Suez Canal
Egypt
Marseille
Paris
France
Interlaken
Arosa
Zurich
Switzerland
St. Anton am Arlberg
Austria
Munich
Wetzlar
Germany
London
England
Edinburgh
Scotland
United Kingdom
Concord
Massachusetts
United States of America
Language
English
German
Conservation
Locate missing page[s] of letters 96 - 01 and 18.
Creator
Robb Whyte, Catharine
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
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Land, spirit, power : First Nations at the National Gallery of Canada

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25118
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1992
Author
Nemiroff, Diana
Houle, Robert
Townsend-Gault, Charlotte
Publisher
[Ottawa] : The Gallery
Call Number
06.1 N34l
  1 website  
Author
Nemiroff, Diana
Houle, Robert
Townsend-Gault, Charlotte
Responsibility
Diana Nemiroff
Robert Houle
Charlotte Townsend-Gault
Publisher
[Ottawa] : The Gallery
Published Date
1992
Physical Description
231 pages : illustrations
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Art
Art galleries
Artists
Arts
Exhibition catalogue
Exhibitions
First Nations
Abstract
Pertains to an exhibition held at the National Gallery of Canada that focussed on art by Indigenous Peoples
Contents
Foreward
Acknowledgements
Land, Spirit, Power
Modernism, Nationalism, and Beyond - a critical history of exhibitions of First Nations art - Diana Nemiroff
The Spiritual Legacy of the Ancient Ones - Robert Houle
Kinds of Knowing - Charlotte Townsend-Gault
Notes
Carl Beam
Rebecca Belmore
Dempsey Bob
Domingo Cisneros
Robert Davidson
Jimmie Durham
Dorothy Grant
Hachivi Edgar Heap of Birds
Faye HeavyShield
Alex Janvier
Zacharias Kunuk
James Lavadour
Truman Lowe
James Luna
Teresa Marshall
Alanis Obomsawin
Kay WalkingStick
Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun
ISBN
0888846509
Accession Number
P2020-1
Call Number
06.1 N34l
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
National Gallery of Canada information on exhibition
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Call of the wild - National Museum of Wildlife Art Volume 6, Number 1, 2010

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2010
Author
National Museum of Wildlife Art
Publisher
National Museum of Wildlife Art
Call Number
06.1 N19c 2010 PAM
  1 website  
Author
National Museum of Wildlife Art
Publisher
National Museum of Wildlife Art
Published Date
2010
Physical Description
54 pages ; illus.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Series
Volume 6, Number 1
Subjects
Wildlife
Wildlife artists
Art
Art galleries
Artists
Abstract
Pertains to wildlife art and wildlife artists at the National Museum of Wildlife Art in Jackson, Wyoming
Contents
Museum announces inaugural Bull-Bransom award for children's book illustration
Authentic and artistic: Karl Bodmer's western wildlife
When two prints are not the same
Wild at heart, a rich history of fauna in art
Picture this: a change of seasons
Exclusive: Maurice Sendak on the wild side of humanity
Me & Mike : Mike Forsberg's Great Plains
Secrets of the night - dusk to dawn: nocturnes from the collection
Incomparable inspiration: African adventures with William R. Leigh and his contemporaries
Collection spotlight: Rembrandt, Bugatti and the Antwerp School
Accession Number
TBD
Call Number
06.1 N19c 2010 PAM
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
National Museum of Wildlife Art website
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Call of the wild - National Museum of Wildlife Art Volume 5, Number 1, 2009

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25122
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2009
Author
National Museum of Wildlife Art
Publisher
National Museum of Wildlife Art
Call Number
06.1 N19c 2009 PAM
  1 website  
Author
National Museum of Wildlife Art
Publisher
National Museum of Wildlife Art
Published Date
2009
Physical Description
46 pages ; illus.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Series
Volume 5, Number 1
Subjects
Wildlife
Wildlife artists
Art
Art galleries
Artists
Abstract
Pertains to wildlife art and wildlife artists at the National Museum of Wildlife Art in Jackson, Wyoming
Contents
Patrons without peer: selections from the McCoy Collection
He speaks for the trees: Dr. Suess and the Lorax
On the natural world
Collection spotlight: Dan Ostermiller's "The Emperor"
Walter Hood to design sculpture trail for museum
Wildlife in American art
Community focus committee: engaging the community
Notes
Features article on page 18 entitled "Looking at Wildlfe - the maturing Carl Rungius" - the National Museum of Wildlife Art holds the largest collection of Carl Rungius pieces in the United States
Accession Number
TBD
Call Number
06.1 N19c 2009 PAM
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
National Museum of Wildlife Art website
Websites
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Winter at the Whyte Museum

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Medium
Library - Periodical
Published Date
2013
Author
Alexander, Rob
Publisher
Rocky Mountain Outlook
Call Number
P - General
Author
Alexander, Rob
Responsibility
Rob Alexander
Publisher
Rocky Mountain Outlook
Published Date
2013
Physical Description
21 pages ; illus.
Medium
Library - Periodical
Series
Winter 2013
Subjects
Art
Art galleries
Artists
Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies
Exhibitions
Abstract
Pertains to the exhibition at the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies in the winter of 2013 that features paintings about winter
Notes
In Winter Mountain Guide 2013, p. 12-13
Call Number
P - General
Collection
Archives Library
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