The Whyte Museum - The place where the Legacy of the Canadian Rockies Lives Forever!
March 25, 2005 to January 9, 2006
The Lives and Legacy of Peter and Catharine Whyte
An Alberta Centennial Project
In celebration of the centenary of the Province of Alberta and the 100th anniversary of the birth of Peter Whyte, the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies presents The Lives and Legacy of Peter and Catharine Whyte, a major two-part exhibition exploring the lives and legacy of our Museum founders: Peter and Catharine Whyte. Come and be captured by their spirit and legacy.
The Lives and Legacy of Peter and Catharine Whyte Art
March 25 - January 9, 2006
Main Gallery
Artists and Museum founders Peter and Catharine Whyte played an integral role in shaping the art history of Alberta and Western Canada. The Lives and Legacy of Peter and Catharine Whyte art component will display an expansive selection of their landscape sketches and canvases, portraits studies, works painted during their world travels, as well as in and around Banff. Paintings by the Whytes’ major artistic influences: Aldro Hibbard, J.E.H. MacDonald, and Carl Rungius will also grace the gallery walls, as will a selection of works from the Whytes’ personal collection.
Mailing Address: Box 160 Banff, Alberta T1L 1A3 Street Address 111 Bear Street Banff, Alberta
Phone: 403-762-2291 (Reception) 403-762-2291 / 335 (Archives & Library) Fax: 403-762-8919
(General) 403-762-2339 (Archives & Library) Email: info@whyte.org (General) archives@whyte.org (Archives & Library)
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