The interior stairway between the Lizzie Rummel room and the Swiss Guides Room. The large metal chandelier is visible at the upper centre of the work. A Peter Whyte painting of teepees hangs in the stairwell. Stone columns are rendered on the left and right sides. The stairs and right pillar were p…
The interior stairway between the Lizzie Rummel room and the Swiss Guides Room. The large metal chandelier is visible at the upper centre of the work. A Peter Whyte painting of teepees hangs in the stairwell. Stone columns are rendered on the left and right sides. The stairs and right pillar were painted on a separate paper, and have been cut and glued to the work.
lightly shaded line drawing of woman seated at easel painting mountains that are in the background. Open paint box on the ground to her right. “CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT” written in pencil bottom left. Signed “JD Turner” bottom right.
lightly shaded line drawing of woman seated at easel painting mountains that are in the background. Open paint box on the ground to her right. “CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT” written in pencil bottom left. Signed “JD Turner” bottom right.
Painted line drawing of a man (the artist) wearing a long blue coat over a beige collared shirt and plaid pants. He is holding a paint palette in his left hand, a paintbrush in his right, and has a pipe in his mouth. The paint brush is dripping orange paint and there is paint on his coat. beside an…
Painted line drawing of a man (the artist) wearing a long blue coat over a beige collared shirt and plaid pants. He is holding a paint palette in his left hand, a paintbrush in his right, and has a pipe in his mouth. The paint brush is dripping orange paint and there is paint on his coat. beside and slightly behind is an easel and canvas on which is painted a landscape featuring a river, trees, mountains, and an ungulate. “SELF-PORTRAIT” is written in pencil at bottom centre.
A grey fabric-bound sketchbook with “Sketches” [cursive] embossed in burgundy on the front cover and a small fabric pencil sleeve attached to the inside of the back cover that belonged to Peter Whyte. The original pages of the sketchbook seem to have been removed at some point - the book is full of…
A grey fabric-bound sketchbook with “Sketches” [cursive] embossed in burgundy on the front cover and a small fabric pencil sleeve attached to the inside of the back cover that belonged to Peter Whyte. The original pages of the sketchbook seem to have been removed at some point - the book is full of loose pieces of paper, some of which may be original to the sketchbook. Sketches feature figure studies, cars, wildlife, and graded sampler sheets done by Peter as part of his coursework at the Boston School of Fine Art.
Spiral-bound sketchbook with brown thick card stock covers that belonged to Peter Whyte. Printed on the front cover is “The Beverly Spiral Sketch Book, (Rough Surface), For Pencil, Watercolors, Crayon and Ink, M” in dark brown. Sketches feature Christmas card ideas, figure studies, teepee interiors…
Spiral-bound sketchbook with brown thick card stock covers that belonged to Peter Whyte. Printed on the front cover is “The Beverly Spiral Sketch Book, (Rough Surface), For Pencil, Watercolors, Crayon and Ink, M” in dark brown. Sketches feature Christmas card ideas, figure studies, teepee interiors, rows of teepees with people in front/around them, animals, a house [done in watercolour paints, possibly by a child named Ian], and the funeral of Chief David Bearspaw, 1956. Some pages appear to have been torn from other sketchbooks and inserted in this one - there are also smaller papers of sketches folded up and tucked between the pages.
Small handmade sketchbook with pink flowers and green leaves on a branch painted on the cover, bordered on the top and bottom by horizontal black bars and clusters of four pink dots, repeated. “Pete White” is written in faint pencil in the top left corner. A piece of yellow thread holds the book to…
Small handmade sketchbook with pink flowers and green leaves on a branch painted on the cover, bordered on the top and bottom by horizontal black bars and clusters of four pink dots, repeated. “Pete White” is written in faint pencil in the top left corner. A piece of yellow thread holds the book together. Contents include birds, plants, simple landscapes, and flowers.
Fabric-wrapped cardboard cover Japanese sketchbook with high-quality paper pages. All pages stacked folded over each other like an accordion. Contents include figure studies and caricatures/stylized portraits of Japanese men and women, often holding umbrella - almost all of the images of women have…
Fabric-wrapped cardboard cover Japanese sketchbook with high-quality paper pages. All pages stacked folded over each other like an accordion. Contents include figure studies and caricatures/stylized portraits of Japanese men and women, often holding umbrella - almost all of the images of women have been coloured in with watercolour paint.
Ink sketch of a man painting a portrait of man wearing a First Nations headdress. His back is to the viewer and he appears to be painting energetically, as suggested by his lunging stance. Tubes of paint lay askew in and around the artist’s painter’s box. The subject of the portrait is visible pe…
Ink sketch of a man painting a portrait of man wearing a First Nations headdress. His back is to the viewer and he appears to be painting energetically, as suggested by his lunging stance. Tubes of paint lay askew in and around the artist’s painter’s box. The subject of the portrait is visible peeking out from behind the canvas, where he stands with a headdress and western chaps.
A Japanese sketchbook with ecru-coloured brocade covers, no spine, with folding pages designed accordion-style, but made in such a way pages are double-backed and are two pages wide so that it is possible to paint or sketch on both sides. It contains various sketches and paintings done in pencil, i…
A Japanese sketchbook with ecru-coloured brocade covers, no spine, with folding pages designed accordion-style, but made in such a way pages are double-backed and are two pages wide so that it is possible to paint or sketch on both sides. It contains various sketches and paintings done in pencil, ink and watercolours. On the front cover, viewer’s left, there is a glued piece of off-white paper 10.4x2.0cm wide, and on the back inside cover, viewer’s left there is a chop mark (1.0x0.50cm wide) in ochre ink.