topic:"figure" found 32 records - Research Collections - Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

Violation

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Artist: Jane Zednik (1953 – , Canadian)

Date: 1979

Medium: oil on paper

Catalogue Number: ZeJ.02.01

Description: A woman in black dress and a man in a blue suit fly, twisting through the air. A yellow house in the background with a grey road leading up to it. Dark green grass and two trees surround the house.

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Artist: Jane Zednik (1953 – , Canadian)

Title: Violation

Date: 1979

Medium: oil on paper

Description: A woman in black dress and a man in a blue suit fly, twisting through the air. A yellow house in the background with a grey road leading up to it. Dark green grass and two trees surround the house.

Subject: figure; male; female; abstract; whimsey

Credit: Gift of Harold C. Whyte, Penticton, 2003

Catalogue Number: ZeJ.02.01

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Bear Dancer II

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Artist: Colleen Campbell (1945 – , Canadian )

Date: 1979

Medium: graphite; watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: CmC.03.02

Description: Located in the center and filling most of the image area is an Inuit dancer. He stands with his side toward the viewer. His tunic is a yellow colour and he holds a drum stick in his right hand high above his head. He has medium length straight hair depicted in graphite and a colourful belt tied aro…

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Artist: Colleen Campbell (1945 – , Canadian )

Title: Bear Dancer II

Date: 1979

Medium: graphite; watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 105.0 x 75.5 cm

Description: Located in the center and filling most of the image area is an Inuit dancer. He stands with his side toward the viewer. His tunic is a yellow colour and he holds a drum stick in his right hand high above his head. He has medium length straight hair depicted in graphite and a colourful belt tied around his waist. His tunic has fringes at the sides and bottom and he has a decorative strip around the top of his mukluk. He is holding a large round drum in his left hand.

Subject: figure; male; Inuit

Credit: Gift of Dora Helen Mackie, Calgary, 1998

Catalogue Number: CmC.03.02

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Andre and A.Y. at Sunshine

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Artist: Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)

Date: 1947

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: DaK.03.04

Description: General colour: pencil on white. Two men in suits sitting at a table. The one in front faces right and is writing. The one behind faces more out and is reading. He wears glasses. Behind them in the upper left corner are book shelves. In the upper right corner is a lamp.

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Artist: Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)

Title: Andre and A.Y. at Sunshine

Date: 1947

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 29.0 x 36.5 cm

Description: General colour: pencil on white. Two men in suits sitting at a table. The one in front faces right and is writing. The one behind faces more out and is reading. He wears glasses. Behind them in the upper left corner are book shelves. In the upper right corner is a lamp.

Subject: figure; male

Credit: Purchased from Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper, 1970

Catalogue Number: DaK.03.04

Notes: Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018

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Untitled

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1927

Medium: graphite on conte paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.015

Description: A well rendered drawing of a male life model. There is a cord wrapped around his right hand and extends to the viewers’ bottom right corner, and draws his right arm across his body. His left arm lightly grasps the cord. His face is turned to the viewer’s left and is a side view. A small curl of…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1927

Medium: graphite on conte paper

Dimensions: 63.0 x 48.0 cm

Description: A well rendered drawing of a male life model. There is a cord wrapped around his right hand and extends to the viewers’ bottom right corner, and draws his right arm across his body. His left arm lightly grasps the cord. His face is turned to the viewer’s left and is a side view. A small curl of hair curls towards his forehead.There is a lightly sketched line that parallels his right leg.

Subject: figure; male

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.015

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Untitled [Drawing of Discobolus, front view]

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1926

Medium: graphite on conte paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.025

Description: A male figure throwing discuss. Figure is bend forward with left arm in front. Both knees are bent. Right arm swings discus backwards, poised to throw it.Faint lines likely used to guide anatomical proportions.Faint lines or drawings around figure possibly from transfer or smudging. Faint watermark…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Untitled [Drawing of Discobolus, front view]

Date: 1926

Medium: graphite on conte paper

Dimensions: 63.5 x 48.0 cm

Description: A male figure throwing discuss. Figure is bend forward with left arm in front. Both knees are bent. Right arm swings discus backwards, poised to throw it.Faint lines likely used to guide anatomical proportions.Faint lines or drawings around figure possibly from transfer or smudging. Faint watermark along top edge: USA Strathmore CharcoalBottom left corner is stamped with circular STRATHMORE PAPERE and thistle design.Top Right: Peter White - 6-4-26/ Museum of Fine Arts

Subject: study; figure; male

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.025

Notes: Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018

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Indian Scouts

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Artist: Norah Drummond-Davies (1862 – 1949, Canadian)

Date: n.d.

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: DmN.02.01

Description: Colour: brown, green, blue. Three scouts (two on horses) stand on a rise of grass and rocks, overlooking a distant valley to the right and behind. The sky is yellow near the horizon.

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Artist: Norah Drummond-Davies (1862 – 1949, Canadian)

Title: Indian Scouts

Date: n.d.

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 69.5 x 54.2 cm

Description: Colour: brown, green, blue. Three scouts (two on horses) stand on a rise of grass and rocks, overlooking a distant valley to the right and behind. The sky is yellow near the horizon.

Subject: landscape; animal, horse; figure; group; male

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1967

Catalogue Number: DmN.02.01

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English Plough Horses

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Artist: Norah Drummond-Davies (1862 – 1949, Canadian)

Date: n.d.

Medium: oil on masonite

Catalogue Number: DmN.02.02

Description: General colour: brown. Central image is two horses, (one white, one brown) pulling a plough (man walks behind) towards the left side of the picture. In the upper right corner is a large tree and some bush. On the left side is more woods and sky beyond.

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Artist: Norah Drummond-Davies (1862 – 1949, Canadian)

Title: English Plough Horses

Date: n.d.

Medium: oil on masonite

Dimensions: 24.8 x 35.5 cm

Description: General colour: brown. Central image is two horses, (one white, one brown) pulling a plough (man walks behind) towards the left side of the picture. In the upper right corner is a large tree and some bush. On the left side is more woods and sky beyond.