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Untitled

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1949

Medium: graphite; ink on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.237

Description: Sketch and well-rendered versions of a Peter and Catharine Christmas card. The left is a rough colour sketch of a woman skiing down a hill meeting a man at the bottom with a camera. Hill is scattered with skiers that have fallen. A house or cabin peeks over the hill to the right in the background…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1949

Medium: graphite; ink on paper

Dimensions: 23.5 x 30.5 cm

Description: Sketch and well-rendered versions of a Peter and Catharine Christmas card. The left is a rough colour sketch of a woman skiing down a hill meeting a man at the bottom with a camera. Hill is scattered with skiers that have fallen. A house or cabin peeks over the hill to the right in the background. The woman leaves a curving line in the snow down the hill. The right side is a more final version in ink with more details. “Greetings 1949” printed in BRC.

Subject: Christmas Card; Peter; Catharine; skiing; snow; ski hill

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.237

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Idealized Landscape

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1938

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.173

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Idealized Landscape

Date: 1938

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 35.0 x 27.5 cm

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; winter; snow; ski trail

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.173

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

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Skiers, Deception Pass

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1938

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.395

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Skiers, Deception Pass

Date: 1938

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.6 x 35.2 cm

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; snow; skiers

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.395

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

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Early Snow, Mount Assiniboine

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1937

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.164

Description: A sunny day with lots of snow, a ski trail of path leading up to a snow-covered mountain to the left. In immediate foreground is an evergreen to the left, some gold snow-covered larches on the crest of the hill especially to the right. Blue sky with a few wispy white clouds.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Early Snow, Mount Assiniboine

Date: 1937

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.2 x 35.5 cm

Description: A sunny day with lots of snow, a ski trail of path leading up to a snow-covered mountain to the left. In immediate foreground is an evergreen to the left, some gold snow-covered larches on the crest of the hill especially to the right. Blue sky with a few wispy white clouds.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain, Mount Assiniboine; snow

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.164

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The Six Minute Men Stage a Light Workout

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1928

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.857

Description: A group of men are out skating and playing hockey. One has fallen over and two of them appear to be falling or about to fall. Behind the figure in the foreground (the one in the air) there are two players that are skating and not having difficult. In the background there is a person standing in the…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: The Six Minute Men Stage a Light Workout

Date: 1928

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 21.3 x 27.6 cm

Description: A group of men are out skating and playing hockey. One has fallen over and two of them appear to be falling or about to fall. Behind the figure in the foreground (the one in the air) there are two players that are skating and not having difficult. In the background there is a person standing in the goal minding it. Near the TLC it says “THE SIX MINUTE MEN STAGE A LIGHT WORKOUT -----------”, in the BRC it says “Peter Whyte - 28 -”, and “Drawn specially for Russ.”verso: in the TLC it says “[’Russ’ - Russell Robb II CRW’s brother Jon Whyte to 27.2.75”

Subject: winter; sports; ice; snow; hockey; skates; ice skating; puck; hockey sticks; people; men

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.857

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Athabasca Glacier

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1940 – 1960

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.103

Description: Colour: blue greys. The central image is a mass of blue grey ice which takes up the middle two quarters. The upper and lower quarters being white patches of snow on a brown grey ground.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Athabasca Glacier

Date: 1940 – 1960

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 30.5 x 25.5 cm

Description: Colour: blue greys. The central image is a mass of blue grey ice which takes up the middle two quarters. The upper and lower quarters being white patches of snow on a brown grey ground.

Subject: landscape; mountain; Canadian Rockies; lake; ice; snow; glacier

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.103

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Sulphur Mountain from Bear and Buffalo Street

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1930 – 1933

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.162

Description: A winter scene of a very heavy snowfall on several evergreens dominate this painting. A mountain is completely snow covered in background with blue sky with a suggestion of sunlight filtering through the trees.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Sulphur Mountain from Bear and Buffalo Street

Date: 1930 – 1933

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.8 x 35.4 cm

Description: A winter scene of a very heavy snowfall on several evergreens dominate this painting. A mountain is completely snow covered in background with blue sky with a suggestion of sunlight filtering through the trees.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; town, Banff; winter; snow

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.162

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Ski Trail

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1930 – 1940

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.172

Description: Half of the painting is a blue, grey and white snow-covered hill with a trail to the right, two skiers on the top beside a snow-covered evergreen. The sky is blue with long white clouds running right across the snow-covered mountains to the left.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Ski Trail

Date: 1930 – 1940

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.5 x 35.2 cm

Description: Half of the painting is a blue, grey and white snow-covered hill with a trail to the right, two skiers on the top beside a snow-covered evergreen. The sky is blue with long white clouds running right across the snow-covered mountains to the left.