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Burial of Chief David Bearspaw

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1956
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.030
Description
Colour: primaries and secondaries on blue grey background. A circle of people fill the center of the canvas. In the foreground there are dogs and three crosses at lower left. Two thirds up in the distance is a mountain range and lake. Above is sky.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Burial of Chief David Bearspaw
Date
1956
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
61.8 x 74.5 cm
Description
Colour: primaries and secondaries on blue grey background. A circle of people fill the center of the canvas. In the foreground there are dogs and three crosses at lower left. Two thirds up in the distance is a mountain range and lake. Above is sky.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
winter
figure
group
religious
funeral
Peter Whyte
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.030
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1945 – 1955
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.003
Description
Colour: green, grey, blue. In the foreground there are a few trees and grass which meet a fence one third up. At the gate on the right side stands a figure. Behind the fence is a cabin left and trees left and right allowing the turquoise lake in the distance to appear left of center. The mountain p…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Corral at Bow Lake
Date
1945 – 1955
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
51 x 40.5 cm
Description
Colour: green, grey, blue. In the foreground there are a few trees and grass which meet a fence one third up. At the gate on the right side stands a figure. Behind the fence is a cabin left and trees left and right allowing the turquoise lake in the distance to appear left of center. The mountain peak beyond has snow on it and meets sky left of center in the upper area. Sky is clouded.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
lake
architecture
rural
gfigure
group
animal
horse
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.003
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1935 – 1945
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.007
Description
Colour: blue. The lower five sixths of the canvas is blue snow with a ski trail going up from the lower right corner up and across left to the center of the crest where three figures are trudging. The sky beyond is streaked with a long horizontal cloud. In the upper left corner in the distance are …
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Deception Pass
Date
1935 – 1945
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
63.5 x 70.6 cm
Description
Colour: blue. The lower five sixths of the canvas is blue snow with a ski trail going up from the lower right corner up and across left to the center of the crest where three figures are trudging. The sky beyond is streaked with a long horizontal cloud. In the upper left corner in the distance are snowy peaks.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
winter
activity
skiing
figure
group
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.007
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Field Workers, Hawaii

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1933 – 1934
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.575
Description
A painting depicting people working in a brown field. Mountains in the background. One in a set of 7 paintings of Hawaii.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Field Workers, Hawaii
Date
1933 – 1934
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
12.7 x 17.6 cm
Description
A painting depicting people working in a brown field. Mountains in the background. One in a set of 7 paintings of Hawaii.
Subject
landscape
mountain
Pacific
Hawaii
figure
group
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.575
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Filling in the Bathtubs

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1937 – 1940
Medium
oil on board
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.029
Description
Colour: orange, green and blue on yellow and blue. Yellow slope covered with figures all carrying shovels. There are two paths coming down from the upper ridge at left. Both skiers at the end of the path are buried in snow. Two figures at the lower end of the right path are measuring the width of t…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Filling in the Bathtubs
Date
1937 – 1940
Medium
oil on board
Dimensions
100.1 x 74.6 cm
Description
Colour: orange, green and blue on yellow and blue. Yellow slope covered with figures all carrying shovels. There are two paths coming down from the upper ridge at left. Both skiers at the end of the path are buried in snow. Two figures at the lower end of the right path are measuring the width of the path. The sky is clear blue above where seven skiers stand waiting their turn.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
winter
figure
group
activity
skiing
Peter Whyte
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.029
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Funeral of Chief David Bearspaw

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1956
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.033
Description
Colour: multi colours on white. In the lower left corner is the backside of a sled pulled by two horses. There are figures sitting in the sled and walking beside it, also two dogs. Many figures are making their way from the right to the left of centre where there is a huge circle of figures. Ac…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Funeral of Chief David Bearspaw
Date
1956
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
90.5 x 100.8 cm
Description
Colour: multi colours on white. In the lower left corner is the backside of a sled pulled by two horses. There are figures sitting in the sled and walking beside it, also two dogs. Many figures are making their way from the right to the left of centre where there is a huge circle of figures. Across the right side in front of a fence is a row of eleven sleds. The hills beyond meet the lake up centre and the far shore of blue mountains two thirds up. The sky is streaked grey.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
transportation
figure
group
religious
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.033
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1950 – 1960
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.551
Description
Three decorated tepees stand in a row, blue mountains in the background, green grass in foreground. People in various colours of dress are sitting around the teepees.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Indian Days
Date
1950 – 1960
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
30.3 x 40.1 cm
Description
Three decorated tepees stand in a row, blue mountains in the background, green grass in foreground. People in various colours of dress are sitting around the teepees.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
teepee
Indian Days
figure
group
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.551
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1930 – 1940
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.451
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Indian Days Camp
Date
1930 – 1940
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
27.5 x 35.3 cm
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
lake
teepee
figure
group
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.451
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1930 – 1940
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.557
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Indian Days Camp
Date
1930 – 1940
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
40.9 x 50.4 cm
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
camp
figure
group
teepee
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.557
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Pete's "Grandmother"

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1925 – 1930
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.018
Description
Colour: blue, brown on white. There are many figures in various skiing conditions all over the slope. In the lower right corner with her back to us stands an elderly lady of two board skis wearing a long skirt and a hat. At the crest of the hill on the right is a cabin and a flag. On the left are d…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Pete's "Grandmother"
Date
1925 – 1930
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
91.4 x 101.5 cm
Description
Colour: blue, brown on white. There are many figures in various skiing conditions all over the slope. In the lower right corner with her back to us stands an elderly lady of two board skis wearing a long skirt and a hat. At the crest of the hill on the right is a cabin and a flag. On the left are distant mountains and clear blue sky across the top.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
winter
activity
skiing
figure
group
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.018
Images
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