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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1934
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.047
Description
Colour: blue, white, grey. At the right side is a dock. Two boats are tied up at the end of it. Across the picture on the other side of the lake are low buildings and to the left a buildng with a tower on the corner of it. Dark green slopes rise up to the right from behind. Mountains can be seen ju…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Aloha Tower, Hawaii
Date
1934
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
27.5 x 35 cm
Description
Colour: blue, white, grey. At the right side is a dock. Two boats are tied up at the end of it. Across the picture on the other side of the lake are low buildings and to the left a buildng with a tower on the corner of it. Dark green slopes rise up to the right from behind. Mountains can be seen just behind them. The sky is layers of grey and fills the upper half.
Subject
landscape
architecture
urban
mountain
seascape
transportation
Pacific
Hawaii
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.047
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Date
1931
Medium
oil on canvas on cardboard
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.024
Description
Four sailboats on water.
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Title
Bermuda
Date
1931
Medium
oil on canvas on cardboard
Dimensions
12.6 x 17.8 cm
Description
Four sailboats on water.
Subject
seascape
Caribbean
Bermuda
transportation
sailboat
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.024
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Building Sampans at Kewalo Basin, Hawaii

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1934
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.030
Description
Colour: brown, blue. A building with vague outlines of boats and figures in front of it, fills the left side of the picture. To the right is a large boat and hills and sky beyond.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Building Sampans at Kewalo Basin, Hawaii
Date
1934
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
25.5 x 35 cm
Description
Colour: brown, blue. A building with vague outlines of boats and figures in front of it, fills the left side of the picture. To the right is a large boat and hills and sky beyond.
Subject
landscape
Pacific
architecture
transportation
Hawaii
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1970
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.030
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Commodore in Dry Dock, Honolulu, Hawaii

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1933
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.041
Description
Colour: blue, brown. Central image is the frontal view of a large ship. Masts fill the upper center area. Across the middle is a dark beam of iron that joins up with another on the right side. Down the left side is one of the supports for the beam. Near the bottom surrounding the boat are ladder sh…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Commodore in Dry Dock, Honolulu, Hawaii
Date
1933
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
27.5 x 35 cm
Description
Colour: blue, brown. Central image is the frontal view of a large ship. Masts fill the upper center area. Across the middle is a dark beam of iron that joins up with another on the right side. Down the left side is one of the supports for the beam. Near the bottom surrounding the boat are ladder shaped structures and to the right, a small building on a sort of ramp which goes from the side of the ship to the right. The sky is blue.
Subject
transportation
Pacific
Hawaii
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.041
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Artist
E. B. Brackway
Date
1930 – 1960
Medium
oil on heavy paper
Catalogue Number
BrE.02.01
Description
A line of palm trees is in forefront of picture, various heights, the ocean is behind the trees, a three-masted steamship is in the left of the picture, a row of mountains to the centre right. The sky is taupe coloured with the sun not far off the horizon.
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Artist
E. B. Brackway
Title
Hawaiian Islands
Date
1930 – 1960
Medium
oil on heavy paper
Dimensions
21 x 54.4 cm
Description
A line of palm trees is in forefront of picture, various heights, the ocean is behind the trees, a three-masted steamship is in the left of the picture, a row of mountains to the centre right. The sky is taupe coloured with the sun not far off the horizon.
Subject
landscape, ocean, palmtrees, mountains
transportation, steamship
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
BrE.02.01
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Ike Mills Bringing the Skoki Stove

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1937
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.032
Description
Colour: brown, blue, white. A team of seven dogs pulls a sled with a stove on it and a driver behind wearing snow shoes, coat and hat, brandishes a whip. It is moving to the right across white snow. The sky is blue and comes down to meet a white mountain peak of snow left of center in the upper hal…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Ike Mills Bringing the Skoki Stove
Date
1937
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
45.6 x 78.6 cm
Description
Colour: brown, blue, white. A team of seven dogs pulls a sled with a stove on it and a driver behind wearing snow shoes, coat and hat, brandishes a whip. It is moving to the right across white snow. The sky is blue and comes down to meet a white mountain peak of snow left of center in the upper half. Pete painted this to go over Ike's fireplace, where it hung for 30 years.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
winter
transportation
figure, male
animal
dog
Ike Mills
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.032
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Japanese Sampan, Hawaii

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1933
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.044
Description
Colour: blue, green, warm brown. Central image is the side view of a boat - prow to the left - stern to the right (up on blocks). In the lower right corner is a smaller boat. On the right side further up is a patch of green foliage. A crane stiches up behind. The sky is cloudy blue.See WyP.03.229 a…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Japanese Sampan, Hawaii
Date
1933
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
27.5 x 35 cm
Description
Colour: blue, green, warm brown. Central image is the side view of a boat - prow to the left - stern to the right (up on blocks). In the lower right corner is a smaller boat. On the right side further up is a patch of green foliage. A crane stiches up behind. The sky is cloudy blue.See WyP.03.229 and WyP.03.096
Subject
transportation
Pacific
Hawaii
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.044
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Kura in Tomonoura, from the series: The Island Sea

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Artist
Hiroshi Yoshida (1876 – 1950, Japanese)
Date
1930
Medium
woodblock on paper
Catalogue Number
YoH.04.05
Description
Colour: blue, brown. Five boats are docked in front of a row of buildings. In the upper left is sky, in the upper right a tree appears. One boat has its sail up.
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Artist
Hiroshi Yoshida (1876 – 1950, Japanese)
Title
Kura in Tomonoura, from the series: The Island Sea
Date
1930
Medium
woodblock on paper
Dimensions
24.6 x 37.3 cm
Description
Colour: blue, brown. Five boats are docked in front of a row of buildings. In the upper left is sky, in the upper right a tree appears. One boat has its sail up.
Subject
seascape
transportation
boat
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1971
Catalogue Number
YoH.04.05
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1930 – 1966
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.365
Description
A pencil sketch of two cars whose style appears to date to the 1930s or 1940s. THe sketches are arranged vertically and the top car is rendered more roughly than the bottom car, which appears to have human figures in it.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1930 – 1966
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
27.5 x 21.0 cm
Description
A pencil sketch of two cars whose style appears to date to the 1930s or 1940s. THe sketches are arranged vertically and the top car is rendered more roughly than the bottom car, which appears to have human figures in it.
Subject
cars
vehicles
transportation
drawing
Peter Whyte
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.365
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1930 – 1939
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.392
Description
Drawings comparing modes of transportation between rickshaw and horse drawn carriage.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1930 – 1939
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
29.0 x 23.3 cm
Description
Drawings comparing modes of transportation between rickshaw and horse drawn carriage.
Subject
Travel
Transportation
Rickshaw
Carriage
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.392
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