topic:"activity" found 23 records - Research Collections - Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

Canmore, My Home Town

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Artist: Linda Evans (1949 – , Canadian)

Date: 1987

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: EvL.04.04

Description: A stylized view of Canmore. A road winds through the town leading to the mountain and train tracks where there is a train coming through town. A lone cross country skier is in the foreground. There are children fishing in the creek, pulling a sleigh and playing hockey on the right. There are child…

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Artist: Linda Evans (1949 – , Canadian)

Title: Canmore, My Home Town

Date: 1987

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 71.2 x 52.0 cm

Description: A stylized view of Canmore. A road winds through the town leading to the mountain and train tracks where there is a train coming through town. A lone cross country skier is in the foreground. There are children fishing in the creek, pulling a sleigh and playing hockey on the right. There are children watching ducks, playing with a dog, snowman and toboganning on the left.

Subject: landscape; mountain; Nakiska; town; Canmore; winter; activity: ski jumping; toboganing; cross country skiing

Credit: Gift of Linda Evans, Canmore, 1993

Catalogue Number: EvL.04.04

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The Cook, Louis Hill, and old dog Dooley

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Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Date: 1964

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.08

Description: Colour: blue, green. A figure and a dog stand by a fire over which are hanging two pots - left of center. Right is a tent and surrounding this in the front is snow and behind snow and trees.

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Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Title: The Cook, Louis Hill, and old dog Dooley

Date: 1964

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 16.5 x 11.4 cm

Description: Colour: blue, green. A figure and a dog stand by a fire over which are hanging two pots - left of center. Right is a tent and surrounding this in the front is snow and behind snow and trees.

Subject: figure; man; animal; dog; activity; cooking; winter

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.08

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Deception Pass

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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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Design for pin

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Artist: Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)

Date: 1930 – 1940

Medium: oil; graphite; charcoal on canvas; board

Catalogue Number: RuC.01.06 a,b

Description: (a) a painting in colours blue, brown. In a circular format, a skier strides to the left side, left leg stretched out behind. There are snow-covered mountains in the background and blue sky.(b) a drawing in charcoal and pencil of the above painting: a skier strides to the left side, left leg stretc…

Artist: Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)

Title: Design for pin

Date: 1930 – 1940

Medium: oil; graphite; charcoal on canvas; board

Dimensions: 30.5 x 30.5 cm

Description: (a) a painting in colours blue, brown. In a circular format, a skier strides to the left side, left leg stretched out behind. There are snow-covered mountains in the background and blue sky.(b) a drawing in charcoal and pencil of the above painting: a skier strides to the left side, left leg stretched out behind. There are mountains in the background.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; activity, skiing; winter; figure, male

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975

Catalogue Number: RuC.01.06 a,b

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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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Fossil Mountain

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1932 – 1933

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.587

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Fossil Mountain

Date: 1932 – 1933

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 12.7 x 17.7 cm

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; activity; skiing; winter

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.587

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Going for Gold

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Artist: Harry Francis O'Hanlon (1916 – 1996, Canadian)

Date: 1985

Catalogue Number: OhH.06.02

Description: A male racer in full downhill speed; realistically rendered in garv and style. The figurine is ca. 22.0 high on a slanted oval base. The base is raised from the bottom base with a curved arm ca. 1.5 square x ca. 10.0 high; the oval bronze base is ca. 1.5 high which sits on a wooden oval base 2.5 th…

Artist: Harry Francis O'Hanlon (1916 – 1996, Canadian)

Title: Going for Gold

Date: 1985

Dimensions: 32.0 x 33.7 cm

Description: A male racer in full downhill speed; realistically rendered in garv and style. The figurine is ca. 22.0 high on a slanted oval base. The base is raised from the bottom base with a curved arm ca. 1.5 square x ca. 10.0 high; the oval bronze base is ca. 1.5 high which sits on a wooden oval base 2.5 thick and ca. 21.0 diameter.

Subject: activity; winter; skiing; figure; male

Credit: Gift of Harry Francis O'Hanlon, Calgary, 1990

Catalogue Number: OhH.06.02

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The Intruder

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Artist: Reinhold H. Palenske (1884 – 1955, American)

Date: n.d.

Medium: etching on paper

Catalogue Number: PeR.04.01

Description: General colour: black on white. Two deer leap through snow to the left - one towards the viewer - the other away. In the upper right area a skier is seen between mounds of snow. The lower part of a tree is up under. Behind, in the distance across the top are trees, hills and sky.

Artist: Reinhold H. Palenske (1884 – 1955, American)

Title: The Intruder

Date: n.d.

Medium: etching on paper

Dimensions: 20.5 x 25 cm

Description: General colour: black on white. Two deer leap through snow to the left - one towards the viewer - the other away. In the upper right area a skier is seen between mounds of snow. The lower part of a tree is up under. Behind, in the distance across the top are trees, hills and sky.