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Chief David Bearspaw

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.01.529
Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1932 – 1935
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.529
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Chief David Bearspaw
Date
1932 – 1935
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
35.3 x 28.0 cm
Subject
portrait, male, Stoney
character, Chief David Bearspaw
Indigenous
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.529
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Chief Hector Crawler

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.02.017
Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1931
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.017
Description
Colour: grey, yellow, red, black. The head and upper torso of an Indigenous man wearing a large feather headdress and a beaded buckskin jacket. A white beaded neckpiece hangs down in front. The background in grey.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Chief Hector Crawler
Date
1931
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
76.5 x 63.0 cm
Description
Colour: grey, yellow, red, black. The head and upper torso of an Indigenous man wearing a large feather headdress and a beaded buckskin jacket. A white beaded neckpiece hangs down in front. The background in grey.
Subject
portrait, male
Indigenous
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.017
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Date
1968
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.299
Description
Facial portrait of a man wearing a fur jacket. The man's face has close-set eyes and strong jaws. His solemn gaze does not seem to be directed at the viewer. His face is coloured red-brown with tints of red and violet-grey blended in. The figure's face is outlined in black and his short hair is bl…
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Title
Joseph Amarualik
Date
1968
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
35.5 x 28.0 cm
Description
Facial portrait of a man wearing a fur jacket. The man's face has close-set eyes and strong jaws. His solemn gaze does not seem to be directed at the viewer. His face is coloured red-brown with tints of red and violet-grey blended in. The figure's face is outlined in black and his short hair is black and brown. The man's fur collar is coloured light tan with touches of ochre. The collar has white and yellow highlights, and shadows of brown and grey-brown. The background is light grey-tan.
Subject
portrait, male
Indigenous
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.299
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Lukasie Angiyou, Povungnituk

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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Date
1968
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.297
Description
Facial portrait of a boy. The boy is smiling. His skin is coloured red-brown with tints of red blended in. The boy's features are defined with brown paint. The boy has a cap of blue-black hair. His shoulders are visible and he is wearing a blue shirt with a vest of light grey-tan. Touches of ochre …
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Title
Lukasie Angiyou, Povungnituk
Date
1968
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
35.5 x 28.0 cm
Description
Facial portrait of a boy. The boy is smiling. His skin is coloured red-brown with tints of red blended in. The boy's features are defined with brown paint. The boy has a cap of blue-black hair. His shoulders are visible and he is wearing a blue shirt with a vest of light grey-tan. Touches of ochre blended into the vest help separate it from the background.
Subject
portrait, male
Indigenous
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.297
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
1930 – 1936
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.023
Description
Colour: brown, yellow on white. The head and shoulders of an Indigenous man looking right. He wears a white vest over a red brown shirt. The background is yellow.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Paul Francis
Date
1930 – 1936
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
53.5 x 63 cm
Description
Colour: brown, yellow on white. The head and shoulders of an Indigenous man looking right. He wears a white vest over a red brown shirt. The background is yellow.
Subject
portrait, male
Indigenous
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.023
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Portrait of Paul Amos

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Artist
Theodore Marie Schintz (1904 – 1975, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on canvas board
Catalogue Number
ScT.02.01
Description
Colour: brown, blue. Frontal view, head and shoulders of a man. His hair in two braids has two feathers sticking up from the back. His shirt is blue and he wears a necklace of claws around his neck.
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Artist
Theodore Marie Schintz (1904 – 1975, Canadian)
Title
Portrait of Paul Amos
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on canvas board
Dimensions
29.8 x 38.0 cm
Description
Colour: brown, blue. Frontal view, head and shoulders of a man. His hair in two braids has two feathers sticking up from the back. His shirt is blue and he wears a necklace of claws around his neck.
Subject
portrait, male
Indigenous
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
ScT.02.01
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Shorty White-Grass A-PO-TO-YE-SEE

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Artist
Wilfred Langdon Kihn (1898 – 1957, American)
Date
1924
Medium
pastel on paper
Catalogue Number
KiW.03.02
Description
A very brightly coloured pastel drawing. The portrait of the man dominates almost the entire picture. A dark blue background behind his head, the face is drawin in good detail, black braids to the front. A red undershirt, yellow vest with white/red/purple diamond designs over shoulders. A necklace …
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Artist
Wilfred Langdon Kihn (1898 – 1957, American)
Title
Shorty White-Grass A-PO-TO-YE-SEE
Date
1924
Medium
pastel on paper
Dimensions
49.8 x 38.0 cm
Description
A very brightly coloured pastel drawing. The portrait of the man dominates almost the entire picture. A dark blue background behind his head, the face is drawin in good detail, black braids to the front. A red undershirt, yellow vest with white/red/purple diamond designs over shoulders. A necklace of black-tipped weasel tails and long, black horse tails. He is wearing a brown (buckskin ?) shirt. On the back of the heavy card backing: Shorty White-Grass A-PO-TO-YE-SEE Blackfeet Tribe of Browning Mont. in blue; in black: #54.
Subject
portrait, male
Indigenous
Credit
Gift of Banff Centre Brewster Donation, Banff, 1986
Catalogue Number
KiW.03.02
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Artist
Earl F. Spencer
Date
1959
Medium
oil on canvas on board
Catalogue Number
SpE.02.05
Description
Portrait of a Sioux man wearing a large headdress, and multi-coloured beaded jacket.
Artist
Earl F. Spencer
Title
A Sioux Chief
Date
1959
Medium
oil on canvas on board
Dimensions
35.5 x 25.0 cm
Description
Portrait of a Sioux man wearing a large headdress, and multi-coloured beaded jacket.
Subject
portrait, male
Indigenous
Sioux
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
SpE.02.05
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Stoney Indian - Banff

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Artist
Reinhold H. Palenske (1884 – 1955, American)
Date
n.d.
Medium
etching on paper
Catalogue Number
PeR.04.15
Description
A young man beating a drum. The head is in good detail, top right of picture, he holds the drum high and beating it with his left hand, done in lighter detail. His hair is braided and bound, hanging in front of his shoulders, he is wearing several necklaces, one of which is made of bear's teeth. In…
Artist
Reinhold H. Palenske (1884 – 1955, American)
Title
Stoney Indian - Banff
Date
n.d.
Medium
etching on paper
Dimensions
15; 15.6 x 12.5; 12.5 cm
Description
A young man beating a drum. The head is in good detail, top right of picture, he holds the drum high and beating it with his left hand, done in lighter detail. His hair is braided and bound, hanging in front of his shoulders, he is wearing several necklaces, one of which is made of bear's teeth. Inscribed: Stoney Indian - Banff - To Faith from R. H. Palenske.
Subject
portrait, male
Indigenous
Credit
Gift of Anne Faith Shepard, 1983
Catalogue Number
PeR.04.15
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Artist
Laurier Hunter
Date
n.d.
Medium
pastel on paper
Catalogue Number
HuL.03.01
Description
General colour: blue, white on black. The head of an man with braided hair decorated with blue ties and headband. The left side of his face is in shadow.
Artist
Laurier Hunter
Title
Untitled
Date
n.d.
Medium
pastel on paper
Dimensions
23.0 x 30.0 cm
Description
General colour: blue, white on black. The head of an man with braided hair decorated with blue ties and headband. The left side of his face is in shadow.
Subject
portrait, male
Indigenous
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1969
Catalogue Number
HuL.03.01
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