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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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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
1951
Catalogue Number
WyP.06.02
Description
The bronze modelled by Peter Whyte and cast by Charlie Beil. The bronze ski jumper is in an outstretched position, the skis resting on a sphere 20.0 diameter which stands on a flat circular base, this is all on top of a black wooden base; inscribed into the bronze base is North American Ski Champio…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Ski Jumper
Date
1951
Dimensions
36.0;18.0 x 21.0;25.3 x 41.0;24.9 cm
Description
The bronze modelled by Peter Whyte and cast by Charlie Beil. The bronze ski jumper is in an outstretched position, the skis resting on a sphere 20.0 diameter which stands on a flat circular base, this is all on top of a black wooden base; inscribed into the bronze base is North American Ski Championships. Brass plates nailed on to wooden base indicating Peter Whyte Memorial Trophy and winners.
Subject
figure
activity
ski jumping
winter
Credit
Gift of Bob Leighton, 1971
Catalogue Number
WyP.06.02
Images
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