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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
Images
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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
Images
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Artist
Tsering Dorjee (1948 – , Tibetan)
Date
1996
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
DoT.02.01
Description
A full length portrait of Tibetan Bhuddist monks or priests. All are dressed in red and gold ceremonial robes. The man at the right of the painting has his eyes closed. His arm is extended and he holds an ornate tray or bowl which the man on the left is pouring water into from an ornate ewer. T…
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Artist
Tsering Dorjee (1948 – , Tibetan)
Title
Parade
Date
1996
Medium
oil on canvas
Description
A full length portrait of Tibetan Bhuddist monks or priests. All are dressed in red and gold ceremonial robes. The man at the right of the painting has his eyes closed. His arm is extended and he holds an ornate tray or bowl which the man on the left is pouring water into from an ornate ewer. The man in the middle has a moustache and looks directly at the viewer. An image of a Bhuddist deity is visible in the dark behind the man on the left and the man in the middle.
Subject
figure
group
religious
Tibetan Bhuddism
Credit
Purchased from Tsering Dorjee, Lhasa, Tibet, 2001
Catalogue Number
DoT.02.01
Images
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