topic:"Military" found 38 records - Research Collections - Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

Ansons near Calgary

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1944

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.265

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Ansons near Calgary

Date: 1944

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.6 x 35.0 cm

Subject: military; transportation, airplane; Peter Whyte

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.265

Notes: Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018

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Barracks near Calgary

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1944

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.232

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Barracks near Calgary

Date: 1944

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.6 x 35.3 cm

Subject: landscape; urban; architecture, barracks; military

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.232

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Blind Date

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1962 – 1966

Medium: graphite; ink on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.437

Description: A pencil and ink drawing of the cover illustration of BLIND DATE BY JOHN WINDSOR. A young man is turned away from the viewer and towards a tank, which sits at the horizon. A group of soldiers march from the foreground in the direction of the tank.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Blind Date

Date: 1962 – 1966

Medium: graphite; ink on paper

Dimensions: 27.0 x 20.5 cm

Description: A pencil and ink drawing of the cover illustration of BLIND DATE BY JOHN WINDSOR. A young man is turned away from the viewer and towards a tank, which sits at the horizon. A group of soldiers march from the foreground in the direction of the tank.

Subject: Blind Date; military; tank

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.437

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Blind Date by John Windsor

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1962 – 1966

Medium: graphite; ink on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.334

Description: An ink and pencil drawing of a title page where the title is arranged as such: BLIND DATE In the foreground a male figure in shorts, knee-high socks and a cap, stands contemplating the scene with his back to the viewer. He carries luggage. Troops carrying weapons march in lockstep away fro…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Blind Date by John Windsor

Date: 1962 – 1966

Medium: graphite; ink on paper

Dimensions: 27.3 x 21.3 cm

Description: An ink and pencil drawing of a title page where the title is arranged as such: BLIND DATE In the foreground a male figure in shorts, knee-high socks and a cap, stands contemplating the scene with his back to the viewer. He carries luggage. Troops carrying weapons march in lockstep away from the viewer, and in the direction of the title text. Above the title, a tank drives to the viewer’s right, with mountains and clouds in the background.At the bottom and foreground, text reads: BY JOHN WINDSOR. The initials P.W. appear In the bottom right corner of the drawing.This part is rendered in ink and enclosed within hand drawn frame. Handwritten below the frame in pencil is the comment:Excellent- think title “BLIND DATE” should be bigger, bolder, dressier. Add “BY” John Windsor.At the topmost part of the paper, there is a pencil sketch of a tank, and a comment: “NO” with an arrow pointing to the ink-drawn tank within the frame.