topic:"winter" found 8 records - Research Collections - Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

Aklavik, N.W.T.

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Artist: William Bonnetplume (1946 – 2001, Canadian)

Date: prior to 1977

Medium: oil on canvas board

Catalogue Number: BpW.02.02

Description: General colour: blue with green, yellow, brown. A figure, sled and team of four dogs fills lower right quarter of picture. A broad crack in the frozen lake runs up from the center at the bottom and disappears into the horizon of trees. The far shore and mountains beyond start two thirds up the pict…

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Artist: William Bonnetplume (1946 – 2001, Canadian)

Title: Aklavik, N.W.T.

Date: prior to 1977

Medium: oil on canvas board

Dimensions: 35.6 x 45.6 cm

Description: General colour: blue with green, yellow, brown. A figure, sled and team of four dogs fills lower right quarter of picture. A broad crack in the frozen lake runs up from the center at the bottom and disappears into the horizon of trees. The far shore and mountains beyond start two thirds up the picture.

Subject: animal, dogteam; figure, man; man, Inuit; landscape, winter

Credit: Purchased from William Bonnetplume, 1978

Catalogue Number: BpW.02.02

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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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Man Leading Horse

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Artist: John Lefthand Jr.

Date: 1950 – 1970

Medium: oil on canvas board

Catalogue Number: LeJ.02.02

Description: Man dressed in brown and wearing a hat is opening a gate, leading a brown horse, saddled with a large yellow bedroll. The foreground is snow, green spruce trees to the left a leaning to the right, it appears windy. The horse's tail is blowing as is the man's scarf. A house with a yellow light comin…

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Artist: John Lefthand Jr.

Title: Man Leading Horse

Date: 1950 – 1970

Medium: oil on canvas board

Dimensions: 23 x 30 cm

Description: Man dressed in brown and wearing a hat is opening a gate, leading a brown horse, saddled with a large yellow bedroll. The foreground is snow, green spruce trees to the left a leaning to the right, it appears windy. The horse's tail is blowing as is the man's scarf. A house with a yellow light coming from a window is to the center right of picture. The sky is gray/blue, some yellow clouds on the horizon. Three mountain peaks in center right of picture.

Subject: landscape; winter; animal, horse; figure, male

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

Catalogue Number: LeJ.02.02

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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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The Ski Jumper, Mount Norquay, Banff

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Artist: Robert J. McGuinness (1886 – 1961, Canadian)

Date: prior to 1960

Medium: oil on board

Catalogue Number: McR.02.02

Description: General colour: brown, blue. Diagonally across the lower right corner stand a row of figures with their backs to the viewer. Above them is a skier suspended in the air at the peak of his jump. In the background is a mountain and valley below.

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Artist: Robert J. McGuinness (1886 – 1961, Canadian)

Title: The Ski Jumper, Mount Norquay, Banff

Date: prior to 1960

Medium: oil on board

Dimensions: 120.7 x 120.7 cm

Description: General colour: brown, blue. Diagonally across the lower right corner stand a row of figures with their backs to the viewer. Above them is a skier suspended in the air at the peak of his jump. In the background is a mountain and valley below.

Subject: activity, ski jumping; winter

Credit: Gift of Gus Baracus, Banff, 1971

Catalogue Number: McR.02.02

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Toe of Athabasca Glacier, Columbia Icefield

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Date: 1945 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas on masonite

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.286

Description: View of the edge of a glacier. In the foreground (the lower third of the picture) are areas of grey interlocking with areas of light grey-yellow green. In the background is a rounded rise of ice with its surface coloured pale yellow and white, and crevasses of light-blue, grey-green and green-blue …

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Title: Toe of Athabasca Glacier, Columbia Icefield

Date: 1945 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas on masonite

Dimensions: 25.4 x 30.3 cm

Description: View of the edge of a glacier. In the foreground (the lower third of the picture) are areas of grey interlocking with areas of light grey-yellow green. In the background is a rounded rise of ice with its surface coloured pale yellow and white, and crevasses of light-blue, grey-green and green-blue (with some outlines of dark blue). The bottom edge of the glacier is a cliff of ice, which extends from the righthand side of the picture and almost reaches the lefthand side. At the top of the sketch, a strip of blue sky is found on the left and an area of brown wash is on the right.