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Alex Janvier : the renowed artist and master of the circle painting discusses his life and works
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue15392
- Author
- Bracken, Amber
- Responsibility
- story and photography by Amber Bracken
- Physical Description
- p.19-20 : ill.
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Notes
- In Canadian Geographic, The Canada 150 issue, (July/August 2017). A written interview done with Alex Janvier. He is a Alberta-born painter and a considered founder of comtemporary indigenous art. The interview can also be watched online at cangeo.ca/ja17/janvier.
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- Archives Library
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Art Metrople : a parallel universe
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14313
- Author
- Linklater, Liza
- Responsibility
- Liza Linklater
- Physical Description
- p.22-23 : ill
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Subjects
- Art
- Artists
- Banff Centre
- Notes
- In Vernissage; vol.8 no.4, Fall 2006
- Talks about the Art Metrople collection
- [Art Metrople archives was processed in a space in Glyde Hall, Banff Centre, in late 1980s because of the affiliation between Head Librarian Bob Faley, and Art Metrople]
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- P - General
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Banff School of Fine Arts
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions56523
- Part Of
- Ron Duke fonds
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series pertains to 101 b&w & colour prints depicting the Banff School of Fine Arts. Includes shots of active shows, production activities, campus buildings, a Scottish Dance competition, and large group portraits.
- Date Range
- [ca. 1965-1975]
- Reference Code
- V180 / V / B / v / PA - 01 to PA - 101
- Description Level
- 4 / Sub-series
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
3 images
- Part Of
- Ron Duke fonds
- Description Level
- 4 / Sub-series
- Fonds Number
- M175 / V180
- Series
- V.B. Later material / prints
- Sous-Fonds
- V180
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V180 / V / B / v / PA - 01 to PA - 101
- Date Range
- [ca. 1965-1975]
- Physical Description
- 101 photographs : b&w and col. ; 25.4 x 20.5 cm or smaller
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series pertains to 101 b&w & colour prints depicting the Banff School of Fine Arts. Includes shots of active shows, production activities, campus buildings, a Scottish Dance competition, and large group portraits.
- Subject Access
- Art
- Artists
- Banff Centre
- Banff School of Fine Arts
- Buildings
- Dance
- Music
- Portrait
- School
- Theatre
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Language
- NA
- Creator
- Duke, Ron
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of sub-series
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Bold strokes - a century after its debut exhibition, the Group of Seven remains the topic of immense fascination - and debate
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25155
- 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
- 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)
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- Archives Library
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Brushes with climate change - Rockies Repeat project explores the intersection between conservation, art, history, and culture
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25227
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Published Date
- 2020
- Author
- Campbell, Brooke
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- P
1 website
- Author
- Campbell, Brooke
- Responsibility
- Brooke Campbell
- Published Date
- 2020
- Physical Description
- p. 12 - 13
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Abstract
- Pertains to the Rockies Repeat Project which involves a group of women travelling to specific locations and re-creating the paintings of Peter Whyte and Catharine Robb Whyte with the end result of creating a documentary, exhibition and digital storytelling capsule
- Notes
- In Canada's History, Vol. 101, No.2 (April-May)
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Canadian ceramic pottery exhibition album
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54961
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one photograph album with 32 b&w photograph prints pertaining to Canadian Indigenous-inspired ceramic art by Mary (Mamie) Etta Young. Album also includes one newspaper clipping pertaining to ceramicist and art business owner Mary Young and her role in a Banff art exhibition.
- Date Range
- [1922-1923]
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / E4 / PD - 2
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Album
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Scrapbook
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / I / E : Collected material
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / I : Norman Luxton sous-fonds
- Sub-Series
- LUX / I / E4 : Photographs
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / I / E4 / PD - 2
- Date Range
- [1922-1923]
- Physical Description
- 1 album (32 photographs : b&w ; 12.5 x 10.5 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- Mary Etta (Young) Hawkins entered a partnership with Norman Luxton to open a ceramic art business in 1922. Mary Etta married Stanley Hawkins in June 1923.
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one photograph album with 32 b&w photograph prints pertaining to Canadian Indigenous-inspired ceramic art by Mary (Mamie) Etta Young. Album also includes one newspaper clipping pertaining to ceramicist and art business owner Mary Young and her role in a Banff art exhibition.
- Notes
- Date range provided is estimate by Processing Archivist based on additional research and related contents in fonds - LUX / I / E1 contains original agreement between Mary Young and Norman Luxton re: opening of ceramic business in Banff, 1922
- Name Access
- Young, Mary (Mamie)
- Subject Access
- Art
- Artists
- Museums
- Cultural pluralism
- First Nations
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Access Restrictions
- Handle with caution - loose contents
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Album pages stored together in folded acid-free paper to keep contents together in correct order.
- Category
- Arts
- Cultural pluralism
- First nations
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Canadian Pacific Railway promotional prints
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions55577
- Part Of
- Canadian Pacific Railway fonds
- Scope & Content
- Series pertains to photograph prints of Canadian Pacific Railway properties and surrounding locations. Includes scenes from around the town of Banff and Banff National Park, interior and exterior views of hotels [particularly the Banff Springs Hotel and the Chateau Lake Louise], trophies, portraits…
- Date Range
- [ca.1960-1960]
- Reference Code
- V782 / II / PA115 - 01 to 309
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- GMD
- Photograph
- Part Of
- Canadian Pacific Railway fonds
- Description Level
- 3 / Series
- Fonds Number
- M584 / V782
- Sous-Fonds
- V782
- Accession Number
- 625
- Reference Code
- V782 / II / PA115 - 01 to 309
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- [ca.1960-1960]
- Physical Description
- 309 prints : b&w ; 27.9 x 20.3 cm or smaller
- Scope & Content
- Series pertains to photograph prints of Canadian Pacific Railway properties and surrounding locations. Includes scenes from around the town of Banff and Banff National Park, interior and exterior views of hotels [particularly the Banff Springs Hotel and the Chateau Lake Louise], trophies, portraits, horses and horseback riding, skiing, trains, photographs of paintings, and various scenic views.
- Notes
- Most prints have titles or captions on the backs, as well as negatives information.
- Subject Access
- Administration building
- Art
- Artists
- Banff Springs Hotel
- Buildings
- Buildings and facilities
- Camps
- Chateau Lake Louise
- Environment
- Gondolas
- Hiking
- Horses
- Horseback riding
- Hotels
- Mountains
- Outfitters
- Painting
- Skiing
- Sports and recreation
- Tourism
- Trains
- Transportation
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Moraine Lake
- Banff National Park
- Alberta
- Canada
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Not to be reproduced (see NA 31). Copyright belongs to CPR Archives, now managed by The Canadian Railway Museum (Exporail), Montreal.
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of series
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Charles John Collings (1848-1931)
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14297
- Author
- Priegert, Portia
- Responsibility
- by Portia, Priegert
- Physical Description
- p.39-41 : ill
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Notes
- In Galleries West; vol.12 no.1, Spring 2013
- A biography of artist Charles John Collings with his painting "Home in trees, Canada"
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- Archives Library
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Dwayne Harty captures Yellowstone to Yukon
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25127
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Published Date
- 2011
- Author
- Wilkinson, Todd
- Publisher
- Big Sky Journal
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- P - General
1 website
- Author
- Wilkinson, Todd
- Responsibility
- Todd Wilkinson
- Publisher
- Big Sky Journal
- Published Date
- 2011
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Subjects
- Exhibitions
- Art
- Artists
- Wildlife
- Wildlife artists
- Abstract
- Pertains to an exhibit of paintings that were on display at the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies in the summer of 2012 from the National Museum of Wildlife Art entitled "Yellowstone to Yukon : Journey of Wildlife and Art" which featured many artists including Carl Rungius, Thomas Moran, Albert Bierstadt, Thomas Hill, Louis Agassiz Fuertes, Charles M. Russell, Edward Kemeys, A.P. Proctor, Belmore Browne, John Fery, Aiden Lassell Ripley, Bob Kuhn, Tucker Smith, Ken Bunn, Ken Carlson, Michael Coleman, Jim Wilcox, Laney, Frances Yellow, Lanford Monroe, Tim Shinabarger, Nancy Glazier, Ernest Thompson Seton, Clarence Tillenius, Robert Lougheed, Robert Bateman, Charles A. Beil, Richard Loffler, Robert Muskego, Robert Hope, Walter Phillips, Maureen Enns etc.
- Notes
- In Big Sky Journal, Volume XVII, Number 3, Art 2011, p. 74-77
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- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Big Sky Journal webpage for magazines
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The frame job
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25109
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Published Date
- June 8, 2018
- Author
- Mykytyshyn, Brent
- Publisher
- Calgary Herald
- Call Number
- P
1 website
- Author
- Mykytyshyn, Brent
- Publisher
- Calgary Herald
- Published Date
- June 8, 2018
- Physical Description
- p.20-25
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Abstract
- Pertains to how the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies contracted Jarvis Hall of Jarvis Hall Gallery in Calgary, Alberta to make 35 frames in the style of Peter Whyte's original frames for the 50th anniversary of the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies exhibition Artistry Revealed
- Notes
- In Swerve, June 18, 2010
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- TBD
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- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Website for Jarvis Hall Gallery
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