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Compound Entrance, Denpasar, Bali

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.019

Description: Colour: green, brown, orange. Green forest fills the backgrund. A light coloured building stands in fornt running from the left to near the right edge. In front of the building are groups of people - one to the left with two trees. Another to the right. In the lower right corner is a woman with a b…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Compound Entrance, Denpasar, Bali

Date: 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 35 x 27.5 cm

Description: Colour: green, brown, orange. Green forest fills the backgrund. A light coloured building stands in fornt running from the left to near the right edge. In front of the building are groups of people - one to the left with two trees. Another to the right. In the lower right corner is a woman with a basket on her head and a girl beside her.

Subject: figure, group; architecture; landscape; Pacific

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.019

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Rice Paddies, Bali

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.020

Description: Colour: blue, green, brown. Banked off areas of water take up most of te picture. In the upper right area there is a house surrounded by a few trees and reflected in the brown water in front of it. A little left of center in the upper area there are two figures.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Rice Paddies, Bali

Date: 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 35 x 27.5 cm

Description: Colour: blue, green, brown. Banked off areas of water take up most of te picture. In the upper right area there is a house surrounded by a few trees and reflected in the brown water in front of it. A little left of center in the upper area there are two figures.

Subject: landscape; water; architecture; figure, group; Pacific

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.020

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Balinese Workers Coming Home from the Fields

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.022

Description: Colour: blue, brown, orange. Four figures move across the picture towards the left side. The figure at the left side carries a hoe and wears a hat. The next one carries a bundle on her head and wears an orange skirt and yellow blouse. The next wears a blue skirt and carries a large bundle on her he…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Balinese Workers Coming Home from the Fields

Date: 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 35 x 27.5 cm

Description: Colour: blue, brown, orange. Four figures move across the picture towards the left side. The figure at the left side carries a hoe and wears a hat. The next one carries a bundle on her head and wears an orange skirt and yellow blouse. The next wears a blue skirt and carries a large bundle on her head. The last is a young person and carries something on her head also.

Subject: figure, group; Balinese

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.022

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Banyan Tree, Bali

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.023

Description: Colour: brown, green. Two banyon trees fill the outer edges of the picture and the foreground. Behind n the distance are a few figures and a building to the left. Bits of sky can be seen through the branches of the trees.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Banyan Tree, Bali

Date: 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 35 x 27.5 cm

Description: Colour: brown, green. Two banyon trees fill the outer edges of the picture and the foreground. Behind n the distance are a few figures and a building to the left. Bits of sky can be seen through the branches of the trees.

Subject: landscape; architecture; figure; group; Pacific

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.023

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Plantation Houses, Hawaii

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.046

Description: Colour: white, green, brown. In the foreground are large green round shaped plants which give way to an open space which is in front of a group of white buildings. There is a woman carrying two water pails in the center. Two more figures are at the right and another group further right. At the righ…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Plantation Houses, Hawaii

Date: 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.5 x 35 cm

Description: Colour: white, green, brown. In the foreground are large green round shaped plants which give way to an open space which is in front of a group of white buildings. There is a woman carrying two water pails in the center. Two more figures are at the right and another group further right. At the right edge is a building, a line of laundry, another building back further. Behind these is a dark green forest.

Subject: architecture; rural; figure; group; Pacific; Hawaii

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.046

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Teepees at Banff Indian Days

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1932

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.056

Description: Colour: blue, red, yellow, green, tan. Five teepees (the center three going into the distance) with figures grouped around them fills the lower two thirds. The edge of a sixth teepee can be seen in the lower night corner. Behind is a bank of green trees and beyond a blue mountain side and sky in th…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Teepees at Banff Indian Days

Date: 1932

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.5 x 35 cm

Description: Colour: blue, red, yellow, green, tan. Five teepees (the center three going into the distance) with figures grouped around them fills the lower two thirds. The edge of a sixth teepee can be seen in the lower night corner. Behind is a bank of green trees and beyond a blue mountain side and sky in the upper left corner.

Subject: landscape; mountain; Canadian Rockies; camp; figure; group

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.056

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Shanghai

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1929

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.135

Description: Colour: blue, white, orange brown. This is a street scene with buildings on either side. White laundry is strung between and orange signs hang out with East-Asian characters on them. There's a blue sign on the left building. There are people in the lower area. A man in a hat with a blue bundle is i…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Shanghai

Date: 1929

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 11 x 9 cm

Description: Colour: blue, white, orange brown. This is a street scene with buildings on either side. White laundry is strung between and orange signs hang out with East-Asian characters on them. There's a blue sign on the left building. There are people in the lower area. A man in a hat with a blue bundle is in the lower right corner.

Subject: architecture; urban; figure; group

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.135

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Junks

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1929

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.139

Description: Colour: blue, purple, yellow. In the lower left corner, a section of sail can be seen. In the middleof the water on the lower right side is he frontal view of a boat. Two boats are pulld up to the dock on te left and center halfway up. Purple hills are seen behind and blue sky above.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Junks

Date: 1929

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 9 x 11 cm

Description: Colour: blue, purple, yellow. In the lower left corner, a section of sail can be seen. In the middleof the water on the lower right side is he frontal view of a boat. Two boats are pulld up to the dock on te left and center halfway up. Purple hills are seen behind and blue sky above.