topic:"Christmas" found 58 records - Research Collections - Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

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Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Date: 1940

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.27

Description: Light blue river in foreground, coursing to background of trees and mountains. Green and brown banks to either side, tall evergreens on the right, smaller ones on the left. Mauve, blue and green mountains to the mid centre left. A light blue sky.

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Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1940

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 10.7 x 16.2 cm

Description: Light blue river in foreground, coursing to background of trees and mountains. Green and brown banks to either side, tall evergreens on the right, smaller ones on the left. Mauve, blue and green mountains to the mid centre left. A light blue sky.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; card; Christmas; river

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.27

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Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Date: 1946

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.21

Description: This is a Christmas card, greeting and signature in brc. Green and blue foreground with two people standing off to the left looking at the moon high in the night sky. A blue and white mountain range is far in the distance. To the right is a brown cliff.

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Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1946

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 8.0 x 12.2 cm

Description: This is a Christmas card, greeting and signature in brc. Green and blue foreground with two people standing off to the left looking at the moon high in the night sky. A blue and white mountain range is far in the distance. To the right is a brown cliff.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; figure; people; winter; card; Christmas

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.21

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Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Date: 1942

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.28

Description: This is a hand painted Christmas card. A meadow in the foreground with a stand of trees and bushes mid centre and the greeting itself on the far right. More trees, a stream and a mountain range in the backgound. Light cloudy sky.

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Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1942

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 10.0 x 12.5 cm

Description: This is a hand painted Christmas card. A meadow in the foreground with a stand of trees and bushes mid centre and the greeting itself on the far right. More trees, a stream and a mountain range in the backgound. Light cloudy sky.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; card; Christmas

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.28

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Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Date: 1940 – 1963

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.29

Description: Mountain landscape with a ram.

Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1940 – 1963

Medium: watercolour on paper

Description: Mountain landscape with a ram.

Subject: landscape; Rocky Mountains; animal: ram; card; Christmas; Jimmy Simpson

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.29

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Season’s Greetings Catharine and Peter ‘47

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1947

Medium: ink; coloured inks; watercolours on paper; card

Catalogue Number: WyP.04.39

Description: Final print of Christmas Card, depicting a woman (Catharine?) on the interior door of the Whyte home looking at all the animals gathered outside which include: a moose, a deer, a coyote, a fox, a squirrel, and some birds. Above the scene is text that reads: “SEASONS GREETINGS”. On the bottom left …

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Season’s Greetings Catharine and Peter ‘47

Date: 1947

Medium: ink; coloured inks; watercolours on paper; card

Dimensions: 10.9 x 16.3 cm

Description: Final print of Christmas Card, depicting a woman (Catharine?) on the interior door of the Whyte home looking at all the animals gathered outside which include: a moose, a deer, a coyote, a fox, a squirrel, and some birds. Above the scene is text that reads: “SEASONS GREETINGS”. On the bottom left corner text reads: “CATHARINE AND PETER”. BRC Peter’s signature and “‘47”See WyP.03.718 and WyP.03.960 for previous tester and versions.

Subject: card; Christmas; animals; peter whyte; whyte home; catharine whyte; holidays

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: WyP.04.39

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Christmas Cards

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1930 – 1960

Medium: ink; coloured inks; watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.04.01 a-i

Description: Nine Christmas cards. (a) A convoy of vehicles, last car is a convertible filled with various Rocky Mountain animals, a signpost to left (b) various Rocky Mountain animals sit on snowmobiles racing across the horizon (c) various Rocky Mountain animals on skis, a red-sweatered rabbit on snowshoes, …

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Christmas Cards

Date: 1930 – 1960

Medium: ink; coloured inks; watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 11.0 x 16.2 cm

Description: Nine Christmas cards. (a) A convoy of vehicles, last car is a convertible filled with various Rocky Mountain animals, a signpost to left (b) various Rocky Mountain animals sit on snowmobiles racing across the horizon (c) various Rocky Mountain animals on skis, a red-sweatered rabbit on snowshoes, appears to be teaching them (d) various Rocky Mountain animals in a long canoe, the moose at the back is rowing (e) various Rocky Mountain animals working at easels with a man and woman on the left watching (f) various Rocky Mountain animals sit on a bench looking at a piece of abstract art on the wall (g) various Rocky Mountain animals on a sling being lifted by a yellow helicopter (h) various Rocky Mountain animals look at a sign Do not feed tourists danger big fine (i) various Rocky Mountain animals at easels painting, the backs of the easels are seen

Subject: card; Christmas; animals; Peter Whyte

Credit: Gift of Dorothy Cranstone, Banff, 1991

Catalogue Number: WyP.04.01 a-i

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1930 – 1960

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.774

Description: Framed by an orange border of a card face, a drawing of Catharine and Peter sitting in there home. Catharine is knitting in her chair as Peter sits and reads the paper. On the walls there is two paintings and in the big window a group of animals is watching them. The drawing is adhered onto the ora…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1930 – 1960

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 12.0 x 15.7 cm

Description: Framed by an orange border of a card face, a drawing of Catharine and Peter sitting in there home. Catharine is knitting in her chair as Peter sits and reads the paper. On the walls there is two paintings and in the big window a group of animals is watching them. The drawing is adhered onto the orange front of another piece of paper. inside the fold: the paper is actually made into a card, and on the inside in pencil is says “SEASONS GREETINGS”

Subject: orange; card; Christmas card; man; woman; reading; newspaper; house; chairs; knitting; paintings; window; moose; bird; bear; dear; wolf

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.774

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Flash Flood

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Date: 2020

Medium: on arches paper

Catalogue Number: SiR.15.57

Description: “.20 . ” engraved into bottom centre below cut out. “Sinclairs” written on inside with two dots of orange paint. “. FLASH FLOOD .” written at back bottom centre.

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Title: Flash Flood

Date: 2020

Medium: on arches paper

Dimensions: 9.5 x 15.3 cm

Description: “.20 . ” engraved into bottom centre below cut out. “Sinclairs” written on inside with two dots of orange paint. “. FLASH FLOOD .” written at back bottom centre.