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The Yukon River, Dawson City

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1956
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.100
Description
Colour: green, purple, red, yellow. The lower canvas is a town. Beyond that is a pale green river which goes across, upright and then left a bit. On either side as it goes into the distance are green hills becoming purple in the distance. A grey yellow sky fills the upper area.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
The Yukon River, Dawson City
Date
1956
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
30.5 x 25.5 cm
Description
Colour: green, purple, red, yellow. The lower canvas is a town. Beyond that is a pale green river which goes across, upright and then left a bit. On either side as it goes into the distance are green hills becoming purple in the distance. A grey yellow sky fills the upper area.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
river
architecture
urban
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.100
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Funeral of Chief David Bearspaw

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1956
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.033
Description
Colour: multi colours on white. In the lower left corner is the backside of a sled pulled by two horses. There are figures sitting in the sled and walking beside it, also two dogs. Many figures are making their way from the right to the left of centre where there is a huge circle of figures. Ac…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Funeral of Chief David Bearspaw
Date
1956
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
90.5 x 100.8 cm
Description
Colour: multi colours on white. In the lower left corner is the backside of a sled pulled by two horses. There are figures sitting in the sled and walking beside it, also two dogs. Many figures are making their way from the right to the left of centre where there is a huge circle of figures. Across the right side in front of a fence is a row of eleven sleds. The hills beyond meet the lake up centre and the far shore of blue mountains two thirds up. The sky is streaked grey.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
transportation
figure
group
religious
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.033
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Burial of Chief David Bearspaw

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1956
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.030
Description
Colour: primaries and secondaries on blue grey background. A circle of people fill the center of the canvas. In the foreground there are dogs and three crosses at lower left. Two thirds up in the distance is a mountain range and lake. Above is sky.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Burial of Chief David Bearspaw
Date
1956
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
61.8 x 74.5 cm
Description
Colour: primaries and secondaries on blue grey background. A circle of people fill the center of the canvas. In the foreground there are dogs and three crosses at lower left. Two thirds up in the distance is a mountain range and lake. Above is sky.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
winter
figure
group
religious
funeral
Peter Whyte
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.030
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Lake Louise, Mount Lefroy and Mount Victoria

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1955
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.079
Description
Colour: white, blue, brown. The lower edge is rocks with a tree standing on the left side and a dead bush on the right. The lake is frozen to a third the way up. Snow and treed mountain slopes rise up beyond. The glacier can be seen on the right. A patch of blue sky is at the upper edge in the cent…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Lake Louise, Mount Lefroy and Mount Victoria
Date
1955
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
27.5 x 35 cm
Description
Colour: white, blue, brown. The lower edge is rocks with a tree standing on the left side and a dead bush on the right. The lake is frozen to a third the way up. Snow and treed mountain slopes rise up beyond. The glacier can be seen on the right. A patch of blue sky is at the upper edge in the center.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
lake
glacier
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.079
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Rough Country near Dease Lake

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Artist
Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)
Date
1952
Medium
oil on canvas board
Catalogue Number
LaE.01.01
Description
See photo
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Artist
Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)
Title
Rough Country near Dease Lake
Date
1952
Medium
oil on canvas board
Dimensions
30.3 x 40.5 cm
Description
See photo
Subject
landscape
mountain
Cassier County B.C.
Ernest Lamarque
Credit
Gift of Ernest Lamarque (Estate), 1971
Catalogue Number
LaE.01.01
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The Brewster Homestead (Banff)

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Artist
Ella May Walker (1892 – 1960, Canadian)
Date
1951
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WaE.02.01
Description
A log house dominates the pictures, out buildings to the left of the house, wood fencing both sides; green/brown grasses foreground, evergreen trees behind house; mountains to left and right top of picture; some clouds in blue sky.
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Artist
Ella May Walker (1892 – 1960, Canadian)
Title
The Brewster Homestead (Banff)
Date
1951
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
56.3 x 71.5 cm
Description
A log house dominates the pictures, out buildings to the left of the house, wood fencing both sides; green/brown grasses foreground, evergreen trees behind house; mountains to left and right top of picture; some clouds in blue sky.
Subject
architecture, rural
Mount Rundle
landscape, mountain
Credit
Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
Catalogue Number
WaE.02.01
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Mt.Eisenhower, Banff, 1950

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Artist
Gordon Rayner (1935 – 2010, Canadian)
Date
1950
Medium
painting on board
Catalogue Number
RaG.02.01
Description
A landscape oil painting of Mount Eisenhower. A mountain, that is positioned to the left on the canvas, dominates the painting. The sky in the background has heavy dark grey clouds and a mountain range can be seen at right. In front of Mount Eisenhower are green hills and in the foreground a dark s…
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Artist
Gordon Rayner (1935 – 2010, Canadian)
Title
Mt.Eisenhower, Banff, 1950
Date
1950
Medium
painting on board
Dimensions
44.2 x 59.5 cm
Description
A landscape oil painting of Mount Eisenhower. A mountain, that is positioned to the left on the canvas, dominates the painting. The sky in the background has heavy dark grey clouds and a mountain range can be seen at right. In front of Mount Eisenhower are green hills and in the foreground a dark shadow runs across the bottom of the painting. The artists signature is painted in white in the bottom rhc, “Rayner”. The colour palette consists primarily of dark grey, green and blue and the brush strokes and loose and visible. Au verso, right of centre at the top written in black marker is, “ MT. EISEHAUR (sic) ELONGATED 1950-BANFF”.
Subject
mountain
landscape
Mt. Eisenhower
Castle Mountain
Credit
Gift of Paul Sabourin, 2010
Catalogue Number
RaG.02.01
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1950 – 1955
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.116
Description
Colour: light blue, brown, black. The lower area is lake. From the center on each side rise black mountain slopes. The blue glacier sits in the middle. Above that are brown mountain slopes and blue tops. Some sky visible in te upper left and along the edge.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Lake Louise, Fall
Date
1950 – 1955
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
30.5 x 25.5 cm
Description
Colour: light blue, brown, black. The lower area is lake. From the center on each side rise black mountain slopes. The blue glacier sits in the middle. Above that are brown mountain slopes and blue tops. Some sky visible in te upper left and along the edge.
Subject
landscape
mountain
Canadian Rockies
lake
glacier
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.116
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Mount Lefroy from Beehive

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1955 – 1960
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.118
Description
Colour: pale blue, yellow, green. A single peak can be seen in the distance between two larch trees in the foreground. On the right side is a shorter larch tree and a mountain ridge in he distance.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Mount Lefroy from Beehive
Date
1955 – 1960
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
30.5 x 25.5 cm
Description
Colour: pale blue, yellow, green. A single peak can be seen in the distance between two larch trees in the foreground. On the right side is a shorter larch tree and a mountain ridge in he distance.
Subject
landscape
mountain
Canadian Rockies
winter
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.118
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1950 – 1960
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.110
Description
Colour: yellow, green. Across the bottom is grass, then a bank of yellow aspens across the main part of the picture. Above them, a hill can be seen and snowy peaks rise up behind into grey clouded sky.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Aspens
Date
1950 – 1960
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
30.5 x 25.5 cm
Description
Colour: yellow, green. Across the bottom is grass, then a bank of yellow aspens across the main part of the picture. Above them, a hill can be seen and snowy peaks rise up behind into grey clouded sky.
Subject
landscape
mountain
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.110
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