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WHYTE, Catharine Robb
- Born
- Concord, Massachusetts, 1906
- Died
- Banff, Alberta, 1979
- Biography synopsis
- Catharine Whyte (nee Robb) was know for her "impressionistic," light-filled, and colourful landscape paintings of the Canadian Rockies. While studying at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston in 1925, she met Canadian artist Peter Whyte, whom she married in 1930. They moved to Banff where they painted the surrounding landscapes together for over thirty-five years. In addition to painting, Whyte and her husband were recognized for their philanthropic work; in 1968 they established a foundation and opened the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, which includes an archive, art works, and a library. Whyte has also been widely recognized for her contributions to conservation and museum work. Following her husband's death, she travelled with Kathleen Daly Pepper to an Inuit village in northern Quebec where she painted portraits of local people.
- Media used
- Painting
- File & Archive locations
- Calgary Public Library, AB - Arts Department
- Canadian Women Artists History Initiative Documentation Centre, QC
- Art Gallery of Ontario - Edward P. Taylor Research Library and Archives
- Montreal Museum of Fine Arts / Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal, QC
- University of Calgary Library, AB
- National Gallery of Canada, ON - Library and Archives
- Vancouver Art Gallery, BC - Library
- Vancouver Public Library, BC - Fine Arts and History Department
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
Writings about- Armstrong, Christopher and H.V. Nelles. The Painted Valley: Artists Along Alberta's Bow River, 1845-2000. Calgary, Alberta: University of Calgary Press, 2007
- Cavell, Edward and Whyte, Jon. Mountain Glory: The Art of Peter and Catharine Whyte Banff: Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, 1988
- Christensen, Lisa, Ewen, Anne, and Westra, Monique. Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries. Banff: Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, 2018
- MacDonald, Colin S. The Dictionary of Canadian Artists. (Volumes 1-8 by Colin S. MacDonald, and volume 9 by Anne Newlands and Judith Parker) Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada, 2009.
- Mayberry, Kim. Romance in the Rockies: The Life and Adventures of Catharine and Peter Whyte Canmore, Alberta: Heritage House Publishing Company, 2003
- Niwa, Kathleen. Rocky Mountain Palettes: The Art of Peter and Catharine Whyte Victoria, BC: University of Victoria, 1996
- Rupprecht, Markus. Drawing Home. Calgary: M.Y.R.A. Entertainment, Fresh Dog Productions, 2017
- Skidmore, Colleen. This Wild Spirit: Women in the Rocky Mountains of Canada Edmonton, Alberta: The University of Alberta Press, 2006
- Townshend, Nancy. A History of Art in Alberta, 1905-1970 Calgary, Alberta: Bayeux, 2005
- Townshend, Nancy. Art Inspired by the Canadian Rockies, Purcell Mountains and Selkirk Mountains 1809-2012 Calgary: Bayeux Press, 2012
- Welsch, Katarina. Catharine R. Whyte Et La Préservation Du Patrimoine Culturel Des Rocheuses Canadiennes : Une Visionnaire En Avance Sur Son Temps, Mais De Son Temps. Edmonton: University of Alberta, 2013
