topic:"War" found 35 records - Research Collections - Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

Dorothy Carleton

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifacttsb.02.01%20a%2cb

Artist: Bev Tosh (1948 – , Canadian)

Date: 2014

Medium: oil on plywood

Catalogue Number: TsB.02.01 a,b

Description: (a) portrait of Dorothy Carleton facing the viewer, her face in the top 1/3 and shoulders fade into the prominent wood grain, the bottom 2/3 is lightly painted white dress on wood grain. There is ar rainbow in top left corner to represent Dorothy’s statement of “living at the end of the rainbow”, t…

1 image

Artist: Bev Tosh (1948 – , Canadian)

Title: Dorothy Carleton

Date: 2014

Medium: oil on plywood

Dimensions: 121.92 x 31.43 cm

Description: (a) portrait of Dorothy Carleton facing the viewer, her face in the top 1/3 and shoulders fade into the prominent wood grain, the bottom 2/3 is lightly painted white dress on wood grain. There is ar rainbow in top left corner to represent Dorothy’s statement of “living at the end of the rainbow”, the street she lived on in Banff with her family according to painter Tosh.(b) 142 x 30 cm white silk panel with black typed inscription

Subject: war bride; Carleton; Tosh; portrait; bride; war

Credit: Gift of Dorothy Carleton, Banff, 2016

Catalogue Number: TsB.02.01 a,b

Images

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

The Charge at Hill 70 Heavy Artillery in Action

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.03.674

Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1959

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.674

Description: loose pencil drawing of heavy artillery with figures around it. coming out of the top of artillery are stars and the words “BANG POP”

1 image

Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: The Charge at Hill 70 Heavy Artillery in Action

Date: 1959

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 20.0 x 13.2 cm

Description: loose pencil drawing of heavy artillery with figures around it. coming out of the top of artillery are stars and the words “BANG POP”

Subject: artillery; war; army

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.674

Images

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Untitled [War at Sea]

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactbxc.03.02

Artist: Clive Baxter ( – 1980, Canadian)

Date: 1948

Medium: graphite; crayon on paper

Catalogue Number: BxC.03.02

Description: General colour: blue and red pencil on yellowing pape. Lower center is a ship. Above it to the left is a plane being blown up by two rocket guns at the right side. There is another ship in the distance lower right and another plane in the distance upper right of enter.Montgomery, Son of Beverly Bax…

1 image

Artist: Clive Baxter ( – 1980, Canadian)

Title: Untitled [War at Sea]

Date: 1948

Medium: graphite; crayon on paper

Dimensions: 11.0 x 18.0 cm

Description: General colour: blue and red pencil on yellowing pape. Lower center is a ship. Above it to the left is a plane being blown up by two rocket guns at the right side. There is another ship in the distance lower right and another plane in the distance upper right of enter.Montgomery, Son of Beverly Baxter, British Statesman.

Subject: transportation; airplane; war

Credit: Gift of H. (Mrs.) T. Montgomery, Banff, 1969

Catalogue Number: BxC.03.02

Images

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Untitled

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.09.20

Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1944 – 1944

Medium: graphite; on paper;

Catalogue Number: WyP.09.20

Description: Pressed paper coil-bound sketchbook with dark brown covers. “ARTCRAFT SKETCH BOOK ROUGH” as well as manufacturer details printed on the front cover in black. Contents include sketches of various planes and air base scenes, as well as sketches of people dated July 1944.

1 image

Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1944 – 1944

Medium: graphite; on paper;

Dimensions: 25.3 x 36.1 cm

Description: Pressed paper coil-bound sketchbook with dark brown covers. “ARTCRAFT SKETCH BOOK ROUGH” as well as manufacturer details printed on the front cover in black. Contents include sketches of various planes and air base scenes, as well as sketches of people dated July 1944.

Subject: drawing; sketching; figure studies; military; World War II; airplanes; prairies; Peter Whyte;

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.09.20

Images

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

RCAF Airfield, Tofino

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.01.090

Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1944

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.090

Description: Two grey airplanes fly over a landing strip in foreground. To the right of strip are two red vehicles, some tall green evergreens behind them. Other side of airstrip are some buildings with the silhouette of mountains in the background. A grey streaked sky is top half.

1 image

Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: RCAF Airfield, Tofino

Date: 1944

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.6 x 35.0 cm

Description: Two grey airplanes fly over a landing strip in foreground. To the right of strip are two red vehicles, some tall green evergreens behind them. Other side of airstrip are some buildings with the silhouette of mountains in the background. A grey streaked sky is top half.

Subject: transportation; World War; mountains

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.090

Images

This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.

Tofino

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.01.093

Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1944

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.093

Description: Roof tops and houses, including at church to the left, cover bottom half of picture, a grey road meanders between the buildings. Green mountains in background. Streaked grey sky covers top third.

1 image

Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Tofino

Date: 1944

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.6 x 35.1 cm

Description: Roof tops and houses, including at church to the left, cover bottom half of picture, a grey road meanders between the buildings. Green mountains in background. Streaked grey sky covers top third.