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Hanalai - Kauai
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.01.168
- Date
- 1933 – 1934
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.168
- Description
- Golden sandy beach in the immediate foreground becoming larger to the right and extending right to meet a dark coastline that reaches around past mid-centre of the painting. White, grey, blue and green ocean waves, froth and surf meet a dark blue, grey sky with long white storm clouds.
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- Title
- Hanalai - Kauai
- Date
- 1933 – 1934
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 27.6 x 35.5 cm
- Description
- Golden sandy beach in the immediate foreground becoming larger to the right and extending right to meet a dark coastline that reaches around past mid-centre of the painting. White, grey, blue and green ocean waves, froth and surf meet a dark blue, grey sky with long white storm clouds.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.168
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Hawaiian Islands
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.03.768
- Date
- 1950
- Medium
- graphite; watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.768
- Description
- Drawing of two palm trees bearing coconuts on a beach close to the ocean’s edge. No sky is drawn in, the horizon line is the stop point. In the TRC is says “Best Wishes In the New year,” BLC “HAWAIIAN ISLANDS.”verso: “Honolulu T.H. December 20th Dear Mother + Father - Just a note to wish you all a …
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- Title
- Hawaiian Islands
- Date
- 1950
- Medium
- graphite; watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 15.0 x 10.0 cm
- Description
- Drawing of two palm trees bearing coconuts on a beach close to the ocean’s edge. No sky is drawn in, the horizon line is the stop point. In the TRC is says “Best Wishes In the New year,” BLC “HAWAIIAN ISLANDS.”verso: “Honolulu T.H. December 20th Dear Mother + Father - Just a note to wish you all a very Happy New Year and to let you know that I haven’t forgotten. Will be writing you a regular letter soon and I hope to hear from you when you have time. My very best wishes again. Always, Peter”
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.768
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Hawaiian Landscape-!!
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.03.394
- Date
- 1934
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.394
- Description
- Dogs chase eachother at the beach. Signed Peter Whyte HONOLULU -1934 in brc.
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- Title
- Hawaiian Landscape-!!
- Date
- 1934
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 23.8 x 29.9 cm
- Description
- Dogs chase eachother at the beach. Signed Peter Whyte HONOLULU -1934 in brc.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.394
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Honolulu 1934 [I]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.03.286
- Date
- 1934
- Medium
- watercolour; ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.286
- Description
- Beach scene with many people. In the foreground, a man lays in his back with arms outstretched, knees and his bald head facing the viewer. Two dogs play in the middle ground, right side, one appears to be digging. Children run and people sunbathe with umbrellas in the background.paper support has b…
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- Title
- Honolulu 1934 [I]
- Date
- 1934
- Medium
- watercolour; ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 27.5 x 35.5 cm
- Description
- Beach scene with many people. In the foreground, a man lays in his back with arms outstretched, knees and his bald head facing the viewer. Two dogs play in the middle ground, right side, one appears to be digging. Children run and people sunbathe with umbrellas in the background.paper support has been glues to stiffer matting, possibly by previous cataloguer or preparator (pre-2016)
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.286
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Honolulu 1934 [II]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.03.287
- Date
- 1934
- Medium
- ink; watercolour
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.287
- Description
- Watercolour and ink drawing of many people on a beach. A man in the right of foreground lies on his back suntanning. A larger woman in a pink bathing suit and blue cap, and blue floater in her right had. She wears blue sandals and gestures to someone farther down the beach. To the right a man in a…
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- Title
- Honolulu 1934 [II]
- Date
- 1934
- Medium
- ink; watercolour
- Dimensions
- 27.5 x 35.5 cm
- Description
- Watercolour and ink drawing of many people on a beach. A man in the right of foreground lies on his back suntanning. A larger woman in a pink bathing suit and blue cap, and blue floater in her right had. She wears blue sandals and gestures to someone farther down the beach. To the right a man in a hat is putting on his blue pants. Other people are sun tanning, sitting, or playing in the midground. In the background, people are in the water and there is a ship on the horizon.
- Subject
- beach
- leisure
- sunbathing
- Hawaii
- Honolulu
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.287
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- Date
- 1931
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.169
- Description
- A stretch of golden sandy beach to the left, grey blue waves lapping at the beach to the right, blue green ocean behind. Two small rocks and one large rust-brown coloured rock reaching to the top left hand corner of the canvas. Blue-grey sky on ocean horizon.
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- Title
- Nassau
- Date
- 1931
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 27.8 x 35.4 cm
- Description
- A stretch of golden sandy beach to the left, grey blue waves lapping at the beach to the right, blue green ocean behind. Two small rocks and one large rust-brown coloured rock reaching to the top left hand corner of the canvas. Blue-grey sky on ocean horizon.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.169
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- Date
- 1931
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.293
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- Title
- Nassau Beach
- Date
- 1931
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 23.0 x 27.7 cm
- Subject
- landscape
- ocean, Atlantic
- beach
- boat
- figure, male
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.293
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- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- oil on board
- Catalogue Number
- WiS.02.15
- Description
- Large body of water with beach in foreground. Waves breaking on rocks at left. Driftwood and two figures with canoe centre and centre left on shore. Rocky outcrop coming out of water at right side. Distant mountains in background. Dramatic thunderhead clouds with tiny sliver of blue sky above. “SIT…
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- Title
- Oil Painting
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- oil on board
- Dimensions
- 61.0 x 91.0 cm
- Description
- Large body of water with beach in foreground. Waves breaking on rocks at left. Driftwood and two figures with canoe centre and centre left on shore. Rocky outcrop coming out of water at right side. Distant mountains in background. Dramatic thunderhead clouds with tiny sliver of blue sky above. “SITTING WIND” lower right corner.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WiS.02.15
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Seasons Greetings Catharine and Pete 1950
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.03.723
- Date
- 1950
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.723
- Description
- A rough sketch for the 1950 Christmas card. Peter and Catharine can be seen walking on a beach with animals following them single file, but with the rabbit ahead of them. There is a palm tree in the foreground, and the ocean, mountain, and boat in the background. On the top edge of drawing “SEASONS…
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- Title
- Seasons Greetings Catharine and Pete 1950
- Date
- 1950
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 21.3 x 27.3 cm
- Description
- A rough sketch for the 1950 Christmas card. Peter and Catharine can be seen walking on a beach with animals following them single file, but with the rabbit ahead of them. There is a palm tree in the foreground, and the ocean, mountain, and boat in the background. On the top edge of drawing “SEASONS GREETING” and on the bottom edge “CATHARINE AND PETE 1950,” on the centre left side “Or only one color? on border,” and “Or only pen and ink with border color.” The drawings edges on the top and left side have “PORT” written in pencil, and the bottom and right side have “STBT.”
- Subject
- Christmas card
- moose
- rabbit
- bear
- deer
- wolf
- squirrel
- boat
- palm tree
- beach
- ocean
- figures
- couple
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.723
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Tofino Paintings
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyc.03.234%20a-i
- Date
- 1943 – 1977
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.03.234 a-i
- Description
- a) A yellow envelope that has a red Ottawa, Canada stamp dated for April 25, 1977 in the TRC, in the TLC printed it says “Office of The Prime Minister Ottawa, Canada K1A 0A2 Cabinet du Premier Ministre”. Tapped in the middle is the address it is being mailed to, it says “Tofino Paintings here (Banf…
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- Title
- Tofino Paintings
- Date
- 1943 – 1977
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 24.2 x 30.3 cm
- Description
- a) A yellow envelope that has a red Ottawa, Canada stamp dated for April 25, 1977 in the TRC, in the TLC printed it says “Office of The Prime Minister Ottawa, Canada K1A 0A2 Cabinet du Premier Ministre”. Tapped in the middle is the address it is being mailed to, it says “Tofino Paintings here (Banff) 1 of [sic: can’t make out the work after of] Mrs. Catharine R. Whyte, P.O. Box 370, Banff, Alberta OFFICE OF THE PRIME MINISTER - CABINET DU PREMIER MINISTRE OTTAWA K1A 0A2”. b)Sketch of a an inlet, there is a mountain to the right with some quick pencil marks to establish trees at the base and across the water near the right edge. There is also outlines for mist. Surrounding the sketch there are notes on the structure of the painting and what colours to use: “very misty, blue green about right, darker than in painting, mist behind trees, white, pale pink peach, peach - same value sky -, more orange, yellow green, white, fig, pinkish lavender hills, 4, 3, yellow, blue, pale, [sic can not make out] dark, pale yellow green blue & shy reflec., pink in stores, pale brown, 5, reflection, pink, wind pale blue, dark reflection, some pink, merges, darkest green, sky about right green in trees on island”. c) Quick sketch of a mountain, trees and a body of water. Around the drawing there is notes on colour and structure for future paintings : “misty above, faint hits light lavender hue, orange light, fog flat bluish fog, green, dark, soft lavender blue reflection, reflect of trees lighter than trees, orange wind - pale yellowish no pink”. d) A sketch of what appears to be a mountains landscape next to water. There is a printed inscription on the paper that says “Mail order Tofino, B.C. Nov. 24, 1943.”. As well there is references to colour and structure to be used on an artwork later on: “bluer flecks of pale green pink, more pinkish lavender, patch pale green sky , soft sweet pea pink, bright pinkish yellow, blueish lavender, blueish green, dark green, dark green blue, pink reflection, blue, pinkish, redish [sic] brownish purple”. Verso: another sketch of an inlet with a mountain, water and trees. Throughout the drawing it is filled with artist notes: “sweet pea cloud, soft edges, pale greenish stripe [sic] sky, sweet pea lavender, blue violet, deep pink, 2 darker blue green, 3 blackish green, steal blue, dark reflect, pink reflection, blue, pink, blueish greenish grey water wind, pinkish stripe , lavender, sand reddish brown”. e) A drawing of trees on the edge of water. In the sketch there is artist notes that say: “pinkish orangish haze on hills, greenish sky, light blue, dark green, light blue”. f) Sketch of trees on water. Around the drawing it says “sort of green relect, reflect of trees fades off, pinkist near edge, outs - [sic], dark where pebbles reflect sky are”. g) Multiple sections of trees bordered by the ocean. Around the drawing there is artist notes: “ paler sky - little orange in yellow, value trees about reflect, darker beach - little blue in white fog, light, light, dark, dark, wind whitish blue, [sic can not make out first word] reflect”. h) Sketch of a mountain with clouds all around, and trees. Throughout the drawing it says “5, 7, 8, bluish grey white, lighter grey, 6, 4, greenish, darkest, 2, 3, 3, light silver, 9”. i) Along top edge it says “Cold blue above, laven d [sic lavender] yellow greenish blue. robins egg - brilliant orange sunrise top part more pinkish blue -”.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.03.234 a-i
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