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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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Going to the Sundance

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1957
Medium
oil on masonite
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.021
Description
Colour: green, blue, black, white. A wagon pulled by horses, a rider and horse and aother wagon move from left to right on a trail through green prairie grass. The blue sky above has three large clouds.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Going to the Sundance
Date
1957
Medium
oil on masonite
Dimensions
91.8 x 181.2 cm
Description
Colour: green, blue, black, white. A wagon pulled by horses, a rider and horse and aother wagon move from left to right on a trail through green prairie grass. The blue sky above has three large clouds.
Subject
landscape
figure
group
transportation
animal
horse
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.021
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Ike Mills Bringing the Skoki Stove

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1937
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.032
Description
Colour: brown, blue, white. A team of seven dogs pulls a sled with a stove on it and a driver behind wearing snow shoes, coat and hat, brandishes a whip. It is moving to the right across white snow. The sky is blue and comes down to meet a white mountain peak of snow left of center in the upper hal…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Ike Mills Bringing the Skoki Stove
Date
1937
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
45.6 x 78.6 cm
Description
Colour: brown, blue, white. A team of seven dogs pulls a sled with a stove on it and a driver behind wearing snow shoes, coat and hat, brandishes a whip. It is moving to the right across white snow. The sky is blue and comes down to meet a white mountain peak of snow left of center in the upper half. Pete painted this to go over Ike's fireplace, where it hung for 30 years.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
winter
transportation
figure, male
animal
dog
Ike Mills
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.032
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Japanese Sampan, Hawaii

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1933
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.044
Description
Colour: blue, green, warm brown. Central image is the side view of a boat - prow to the left - stern to the right (up on blocks). In the lower right corner is a smaller boat. On the right side further up is a patch of green foliage. A crane stiches up behind. The sky is cloudy blue.See WyP.03.229 a…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Japanese Sampan, Hawaii
Date
1933
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
27.5 x 35 cm
Description
Colour: blue, green, warm brown. Central image is the side view of a boat - prow to the left - stern to the right (up on blocks). In the lower right corner is a smaller boat. On the right side further up is a patch of green foliage. A crane stiches up behind. The sky is cloudy blue.See WyP.03.229 and WyP.03.096
Subject
transportation
Pacific
Hawaii
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.044
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
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.
Subject
seascape
transportation
mountains
figure
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.139
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Mine Operation, Vancouver Island

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1943 – 1944
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.228
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Mine Operation, Vancouver Island
Date
1943 – 1944
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
27.6 x 35.1 cm
Subject
seascape
transportation
boats
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.228
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Nose Section of Plane, Calgary RCAF

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1944
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.266
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Nose Section of Plane, Calgary RCAF
Date
1944
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
27.7 x 35.2 cm
Subject
military
transportation, airplane
Peter Whyte
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.266
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On the Way to Indian Days

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1952 – 1957
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.020
Description
Colour: blue, green, yellow, black. The lower two thirds is long yellow and green grass. Where the blue sky meets the grass there is a caravan of horses and wagons. Seven horses and riders on the left side moving right and one wagon center and one wagon right pulled by two horses each and piled hig…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
On the Way to Indian Days
Date
1952 – 1957
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
51.1 x 150.8 cm
Description
Colour: blue, green, yellow, black. The lower two thirds is long yellow and green grass. Where the blue sky meets the grass there is a caravan of horses and wagons. Seven horses and riders on the left side moving right and one wagon center and one wagon right pulled by two horses each and piled high with baggage and people. At the very front on the right side runs a little black dog.
Subject
landscape
figure
group
transportation
animal
horse
Indigenous
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.020
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RCAF Airfield, Tofino

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1944
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.090
Description
Two grey airplanes fly over a landing strip in foreground. To the right of strip are two red vehicles, some tall green evergreens behind them. Other side of airstrip are some buildings with the silhouette of mountains in the background. A grey streaked sky is top half.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
RCAF Airfield, Tofino
Date
1944
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
27.6 x 35.0 cm
Description
Two grey airplanes fly over a landing strip in foreground. To the right of strip are two red vehicles, some tall green evergreens behind them. Other side of airstrip are some buildings with the silhouette of mountains in the background. A grey streaked sky is top half.
Subject
transportation
World War
mountains
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.090
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1943 – 1944
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.091
Description
Two large stumps surrounded by other fallen timber is in the foreground. Behind them is a low, grey building at centre . Another peaked building with some trees can be seen in the background. The sky is cloudy and covers the top half of the picture.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
RCAF Hangar, Tofino
Date
1943 – 1944
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
27.6 x 35.0 cm
Description
Two large stumps surrounded by other fallen timber is in the foreground. Behind them is a low, grey building at centre . Another peaked building with some trees can be seen in the background. The sky is cloudy and covers the top half of the picture.
Subject
transportation
World War
military
Tofino
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.091
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