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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
1950 – 1957
Medium
oil on masonite
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.566
Description
A sketch or unfinished painting of a ring of nine teepees. The teepee in the foreground, viewer’s right, is the largest, has inside firelight and shadows visible. The teepee, in the foreground, viewer’s left, is partially visible, with shadows and light from within visible. There are two figures in…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Camp at Dusk
Date
1950 – 1957
Medium
oil on masonite
Dimensions
27.0 x 71.0 cm
Description
A sketch or unfinished painting of a ring of nine teepees. The teepee in the foreground, viewer’s right, is the largest, has inside firelight and shadows visible. The teepee, in the foreground, viewer’s left, is partially visible, with shadows and light from within visible. There are two figures in the foreground, one in red, and one in blue and yellow and suggestions of others in the background. There is a low blue sky dusk descending overhead.
Subject
landscape
camp
teepee
figure
group
Peter Whyte
Indigenous
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.566
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1950 – 1960
Medium
graphite; on paper;
Catalogue Number
WyP.09.16
Description
Metal coil-bound sketchbook with patterned black and white covers - the back cover has a green tint to the white parts, unsure if this was the original colour and the front cover is simply faded or if the back cover was dyed or tinted green later. Front cover has adhered paper label with manufactur…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1950 – 1960
Medium
graphite; on paper;
Dimensions
25.1 x 21.0 cm
Description
Metal coil-bound sketchbook with patterned black and white covers - the back cover has a green tint to the white parts, unsure if this was the original colour and the front cover is simply faded or if the back cover was dyed or tinted green later. Front cover has adhered paper label with manufacturer name and space for an owner’s name - brand reads “GYRAL, Patent Pending.” Contents include sketches of possible Christmas cards, figure studies, notes, skiers, church/funeral scenes from Morley, sketches for paintings, geometric plans for tepees, and more.
Subject
drawing
sketching
skiing
Indigenous Peoples
tepees
Morely
Stoney Nakoda
Peter Whyte
Catharine Robb Whyte;
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.09.16
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1956 – 1956
Medium
graphite; watercolour; on paper;
Catalogue Number
WyP.09.23
Description
Flip book-style coil-bound sketchbook with pressed paper covers. “REEVES, Series 60, SKETCH BOOK” printed on the cover in black. Also written on the cover in pencil [upside-down at the bottom] is “MRS. ELMER GAUMDROUE, (MUSEUM) DAWSON, Y.T. YUKON.” Contents include sketches of various buildings ar…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1956 – 1956
Medium
graphite; watercolour; on paper;
Dimensions
26.1 x 17.3 cm
Description
Flip book-style coil-bound sketchbook with pressed paper covers. “REEVES, Series 60, SKETCH BOOK” printed on the cover in black. Also written on the cover in pencil [upside-down at the bottom] is “MRS. ELMER GAUMDROUE, (MUSEUM) DAWSON, Y.T. YUKON.” Contents include sketches of various buildings around the town of Dawson, Yukon done during July 1956, a car Peter & Catharine helped pull out of a ditch in Northern BC, figure studies of people and animals, and buildings/attractions around Fairbanks and Homer, Alaska.
Subject
sketching
drawing
buildings
travel
automobiles
tourism
Dawson City
Yukon
Alaska
Peter Whyte
Catharine Robb Whyte;
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.09.23
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1958 – 1960
Medium
graphite; ink; on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.09.09
Description
A flip book-style sketchbook with thick cardstock covers bound with brown fabric tape belonging to Peter Whyte. A decorative coat of arms with “Carnet, Croquis” is printed in black ink in the top left corner of the front cover and a “Made in France” sticker is adhered to the back cover on the fabri…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1958 – 1960
Medium
graphite; ink; on paper
Dimensions
0.8 x 12.3 x 19.3 cm
Description
A flip book-style sketchbook with thick cardstock covers bound with brown fabric tape belonging to Peter Whyte. A decorative coat of arms with “Carnet, Croquis” is printed in black ink in the top left corner of the front cover and a “Made in France” sticker is adhered to the back cover on the fabric tape. Throughout the front and back covers are very faint pencil marks that appear to be math equations. Sketches pertain to boats [there are also 2 photograph prints of boat sketches also done by Peter inserted at the back of the book], figures [mostly First Nations people], a crude map of “Rivers Manitoba,” a hill with buildings and the inscription “Gaspe, June-30-58,” and birds.
Subject
drawing
sketches
boats
Indigenous Peoples
birds
Peter Whyte;
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.09.09
Images
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