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- James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian) 14
- Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian) 12
- Yoshu Chikanobu (1838 – 1912, Japanese) 5
- Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian) 3
- Toyohara Kunichika 3
- Joseph Francis Plaskett (1918 – 2014, Canadian) 2
- Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian) 2
- Barbara Spohr (1955 – 1987, Canadian) 1
- Bruno Engler (1915 – 2001, Canadian) 1
- C. Zollern 1
- Dorothy V. Whyte 1
- Hosei 1
Before the White Man Came
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactsij.05.30
- Date
- 1969
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- SiJ.05.30
- Description
- The painting is dominated by a large bison midcentre left grazing in a herd in the foothills. The mountains are behind under a dark blue and yellow sky.
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- Title
- Before the White Man Came
- Date
- 1969
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 11.3 x 16.3 cm
- Description
- The painting is dominated by a large bison midcentre left grazing in a herd in the foothills. The mountains are behind under a dark blue and yellow sky.
- Credit
- Gift of Unknown, 1978
- Catalogue Number
- SiJ.05.30
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Big Rock at Lake O'Hara
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyc.01.217
- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- oil on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.217
- Description
- A rugged rocky cliff surrounded by evergreens is located along the shores of Lake O'Hara. It ranges in colour from purples to yellow and orange. Lake O'Hara is depicted in slid turquoise. The mountains appear overhead beyond the cliffs with cobalt blue peering through top centre.
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- Title
- Big Rock at Lake O'Hara
- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- oil on paper
- Dimensions
- 22.8 x 30.3 cm
- Description
- A rugged rocky cliff surrounded by evergreens is located along the shores of Lake O'Hara. It ranges in colour from purples to yellow and orange. Lake O'Hara is depicted in slid turquoise. The mountains appear overhead beyond the cliffs with cobalt blue peering through top centre.
- Subject
- landscape
- mountain
- Canadian Rockies
- lake
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.217
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Bow Lake and Crowfoot Glacier
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactmij.05.06
- Date
- 1964
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- MiJ.05.06
- Description
- The general colours are green, blue, grey, brown, mauve, purple and white. The painting is divided in half for dominance. The bottom-half is the icy blue/green and white of the frozen lake; on the viewer’s far right there are two small evergreens in the snow. The top-half comprises the mountains an…
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- Title
- Bow Lake and Crowfoot Glacier
- Date
- 1964
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 37.2 x 56.0 cm
- Description
- The general colours are green, blue, grey, brown, mauve, purple and white. The painting is divided in half for dominance. The bottom-half is the icy blue/green and white of the frozen lake; on the viewer’s far right there are two small evergreens in the snow. The top-half comprises the mountains and glacier; viewer’s right the scree slope and upward sweep of a mountain, moving to the left is the next mountain with its white and blue glacier top and blue sweep down the middle of the mountain. Lower mid-centre is the glacier snow field and to the left is a brown and white mountain. The gloomy sky is grey and white swirling clouds with hints of yellow through the grey and blue sky beyond.
- Credit
- Gift of Mary Garnham Andrews, Banff, 2009
- Catalogue Number
- MiJ.05.06
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C Level Lake, Bankhead, Cascade Mountain
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- Artist
- Dorothy V. Whyte
- Date
- 1967
- Medium
- oil on canvas board
- Catalogue Number
- WhD.02.01
- Description
- Colour: green, blue, purple. Purple bushes run along tthe lower edge. In he center banked on either side by green bushes is blue green water. The upper third is the far shore of trees and mountains in the distance. There is grey sky along the top.
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- Artist
- Dorothy V. Whyte
- Title
- C Level Lake, Bankhead, Cascade Mountain
- Date
- 1967
- Medium
- oil on canvas board
- Dimensions
- 12.7 x 17.7 cm
- Description
- Colour: green, blue, purple. Purple bushes run along tthe lower edge. In he center banked on either side by green bushes is blue green water. The upper third is the far shore of trees and mountains in the distance. There is grey sky along the top.
- Subject
- landscape, lake
- mountain
- Canadian Rockies
- Credit
- Gift of Dorothy V. Whyte, West Vancouver, 1970
- Catalogue Number
- WhD.02.01
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Castle Mountain Siding
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactzoc.13.01
- Artist
- C. Zollern
- Date
- 1895
- Medium
- watercolour; photograph on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ZoC.13.01
- Description
- Colour: green, yellow. Three frames inside one. Top picture is a painting of a group of wooden buildings left of center with a flag pole (flag is flying) and antlers on the roof. In front are railway tracks with a team of four workers going along on a cart. Behind is a river with a man fishing in i…
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- Artist
- C. Zollern
- Title
- Castle Mountain Siding
- Date
- 1895
- Medium
- watercolour; photograph on paper
- Dimensions
- 34.8 x 47.5 cm
- Description
- Colour: green, yellow. Three frames inside one. Top picture is a painting of a group of wooden buildings left of center with a flag pole (flag is flying) and antlers on the roof. In front are railway tracks with a team of four workers going along on a cart. Behind is a river with a man fishing in it on the right. On both sides of the river are trees and in the distance are mountains. Sky fills the top. The lower two pictures are photographs. The left is of the first Banff Springs Hotel and Rundle Mountain. The right is looking down the main street of Banff in 1895.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1974
- Catalogue Number
- ZoC.13.01
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Cathedral Mountain in Wapta Muck
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyc.01.231
- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.231
- Description
- Cathedral rises through the whisps of circling cloud covering. The green blue, splashes of paint at the base of the mountain gives the impression of a thick forest. Beige strokes of paint stretch up to the purplish mass of rock beyond the treeline. Catharine is encompassed by a grey sky.
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- Title
- Cathedral Mountain in Wapta Muck
- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 25.4 x 30.3 cm
- Description
- Cathedral rises through the whisps of circling cloud covering. The green blue, splashes of paint at the base of the mountain gives the impression of a thick forest. Beige strokes of paint stretch up to the purplish mass of rock beyond the treeline. Catharine is encompassed by a grey sky.
- Subject
- landscape
- mountain
- Canadian Rockies
- lake
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.231
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Chopping Through Cornice on Mount Brewster
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactenb.18.05
- Date
- 1964
- Medium
- silver gelatin on paper
- Catalogue Number
- EnB.18.05
- Description
- A black and white photographic positive, a figure of a man is central in the picture, only his one boot is clearly defined, he is chopping through a cornice of snow, the mountain is from bottom left to upper right, most of it snow, flying snow backlit from the sun dominates the centre of the picture
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- Title
- Chopping Through Cornice on Mount Brewster
- Date
- 1964
- Medium
- silver gelatin on paper
- Dimensions
- 49.0 x 39.5 cm
- Description
- A black and white photographic positive, a figure of a man is central in the picture, only his one boot is clearly defined, he is chopping through a cornice of snow, the mountain is from bottom left to upper right, most of it snow, flying snow backlit from the sun dominates the centre of the picture
- Credit
- Purchased from Bruno Engler, Harvie Heights, 1985
- Catalogue Number
- EnB.18.05
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- Date
- 1969
- Medium
- graphite; crayon on curfew paper
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.03.08
- Description
- A road runs through the centre of the piece. Above the road is a cloud coloured in crayon in shades of purple and pink.
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- Title
- Clouded Road
- Date
- 1969
- Medium
- graphite; crayon on curfew paper
- Dimensions
- 26.1 x 31.5 cm
- Description
- A road runs through the centre of the piece. Above the road is a cloud coloured in crayon in shades of purple and pink.
- Credit
- Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2010
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.03.08
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The Cook, Louis Hill, and old dog Dooley
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactsij.05.08
- Date
- 1964
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- SiJ.05.08
- Description
- Colour: blue, green. A figure and a dog stand by a fire over which are hanging two pots - left of center. Right is a tent and surrounding this in the front is snow and behind snow and trees.
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- Title
- The Cook, Louis Hill, and old dog Dooley
- Date
- 1964
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 16.5 x 11.4 cm
- Description
- Colour: blue, green. A figure and a dog stand by a fire over which are hanging two pots - left of center. Right is a tent and surrounding this in the front is snow and behind snow and trees.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- SiJ.05.08
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- Date
- 1878
- Medium
- coloured woodcut on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ChY.04.03 a-c
- Description
- (a) actor costumed with flowing mane, peonies on his hat and in his hand, wearing blue robes (b) 37.1 x 25.0/35.7 x 24.5 actor with long flowing white mane, also with peonies on his hat and in hand, wearing red robes (c)37.1 x 25.0/36.0 x 24.5 actor with flowing mane, purple robes, with large peoni…
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- Title
- Dancing Lions
- Date
- 1878
- Medium
- coloured woodcut on paper
- Dimensions
- 37.1 x 25.0 cm
- Description
- (a) actor costumed with flowing mane, peonies on his hat and in his hand, wearing blue robes (b) 37.1 x 25.0/35.7 x 24.5 actor with long flowing white mane, also with peonies on his hat and in hand, wearing red robes (c)37.1 x 25.0/36.0 x 24.5 actor with flowing mane, purple robes, with large peonies in the background. All actors hats have bells around the brim.
- Subject
- figure, male
- activity
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- ChY.04.03 a-c
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Evening Mt. Fuji During the Upward Wind
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- Date
- 1895
- Medium
- woodblock on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ChY.04.08 a-c
- Description
- This triptych features four women spread across three panels with Mt. Fuji softly in the background. A stretch of bushes separated the women from the background and is mostly grey. The lone Mt. Fuji is the only background with paper tone behind it. In the first panel Mt. Fuji starts and two wome…
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- Title
- Evening Mt. Fuji During the Upward Wind
- Date
- 1895
- Medium
- woodblock on paper
- Dimensions
- 37 x 72 cm
- Description
- This triptych features four women spread across three panels with Mt. Fuji softly in the background. A stretch of bushes separated the women from the background and is mostly grey. The lone Mt. Fuji is the only background with paper tone behind it. In the first panel Mt. Fuji starts and two women stand with their bodies facing eachother. The smaller woman is pointing at Mt. Fuji. In the second panel a woman stands in the rc, her body facing right and her head turned back to the left. She has her back to the mountain which is mostly featured in the second panel. In the third panel a woman sits on a bench facing left with her hand by her chest. A lamp is to the left of her bench. The ground the woman are on is mostly paper tone with a light wash.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- ChY.04.08 a-c
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Flower Viewing on the Boat
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- Date
- 1879
- Medium
- woodblock on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ChY.04.14 a-c
- Description
- This triptych features 16 women viewing flowers and fish from 2 boats and a dock. The first panel has 5 women all looking down towards the water. They are standing on a dock. In the tlc a tree is in blossom these blossoms stretch all the way into the third panel. A long boat intersects the 1st…
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- Title
- Flower Viewing on the Boat
- Date
- 1879
- Medium
- woodblock on paper
- Dimensions
- 37 x 75 cm
- Description
- This triptych features 16 women viewing flowers and fish from 2 boats and a dock. The first panel has 5 women all looking down towards the water. They are standing on a dock. In the tlc a tree is in blossom these blossoms stretch all the way into the third panel. A long boat intersects the 1st, second and third panels. in this long decorative boat are 7 woman. One woman in the second panel is standing to row. The rest are seated and mostly looking into the water. A third boat floats under a bridge in the third panel. A woman stands at the head of the boat rowing. In the brc of the third panel are many flowers from which the second boat emerges. A group of Red Carp is visible in bottom of the centre panel.
- Subject
- gathering
- women
- activity
- boating
- flower viewing
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- ChY.04.14 a-c
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Foot of Three Sisters
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactplj.03.01
- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- pastel on paper
- Catalogue Number
- PlJ.03.01
- Description
- General colour: black, blue, brown on grey paper. Mountains go into the distance from right to left diagonally upper to lower area. Sky is dark blue with flames of yellow on grey.
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- Title
- Foot of Three Sisters
- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- pastel on paper
- Dimensions
- 49.7 x 65.9 cm
- Description
- General colour: black, blue, brown on grey paper. Mountains go into the distance from right to left diagonally upper to lower area. Sky is dark blue with flames of yellow on grey.
- Credit
- Purchased from Joseph Francis Plaskett, 1972
- Catalogue Number
- PlJ.03.01
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Garden of Autumn Grass
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- Artist
- Hosei
- Date
- 1897 – 1897
- Medium
- woodblock on paper
- Catalogue Number
- HoS.04.01 a-c
- Description
- This panel of 3 pieces features four women in a garden. The first panel depicts a young woman standing at the right side of the panel with her head turned to the right. To her left is a large space of garden. The second panel contains 2 women. The one on the bl is crouching down with her head tur…
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- Artist
- Hosei
- Title
- Garden of Autumn Grass
- Date
- 1897 – 1897
- Medium
- woodblock on paper
- Dimensions
- 37.5 x 72.5 cm
- Description
- This panel of 3 pieces features four women in a garden. The first panel depicts a young woman standing at the right side of the panel with her head turned to the right. To her left is a large space of garden. The second panel contains 2 women. The one on the bl is crouching down with her head turned to the right. She holds a small flower. The woman in the tr is sitting on a bench facing left, with her back to the viewer. In the third panel the bench continues, with a woman sitting on the left end of it. She is holding a fan, looking downwards and facing the viewer.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- HoS.04.01 a-c
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Harpooning a Walrus
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- Artist
- Isah Aviliaju
- Date
- 1962
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- AvI.04.01
- Description
- A hunting scene. A hunter to the right of the picture is throwing a spear into the side of a walrus. A float is attached to the spear line. The images are in positive detail. The shape of the stone is indicated at the sides. A rectangular shape under the foot of the hunter has inscribed: Isah …
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- Artist
- Isah Aviliaju
- Title
- Harpooning a Walrus
- Date
- 1962
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 43.5 x 61.0 cm
- Description
- A hunting scene. A hunter to the right of the picture is throwing a spear into the side of a walrus. A float is attached to the spear line. The images are in positive detail. The shape of the stone is indicated at the sides. A rectangular shape under the foot of the hunter has inscribed: Isah (Inuit symbols)Bottom text reads “20/30 ᑯᓕᓴᔭᒧ ᓴᓇᓯᒪᔪ ᐊᒍᑎ ᐊᐃᕕᒥ ᓇᐅᓕᓯᒪᔪ ᐊᐃᓴ ᐊᕕᓕᐊᔪ ᐳᕕᓂᑐ ᑯᐃᐱ ᑲᓇᑕ 1962”Text in image reads “ISAH ᐊᕕᓕᐊᔪ”
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- AvI.04.01
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Kabuki Theatre Poster
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- Artist
- Toyohara Kunichika
- Date
- 1879 – 1879
- Medium
- woodblock on paper
- Catalogue Number
- KoT.04.02 a-c
- Description
- This triptych is a Kabuki Theater Poster. The first panel features two actors dressed as women. Both are holding fans and standing in front of a red background. The actor on the left is taunting the actor in the second panel who has blue hair and is wearing a white Kimono while holding a string of…
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- Artist
- Toyohara Kunichika
- Title
- Kabuki Theatre Poster
- Date
- 1879 – 1879
- Medium
- woodblock on paper
- Dimensions
- 36.0 x 73.5 cm
- Description
- This triptych is a Kabuki Theater Poster. The first panel features two actors dressed as women. Both are holding fans and standing in front of a red background. The actor on the left is taunting the actor in the second panel who has blue hair and is wearing a white Kimono while holding a string of beads. The background in the second panel is a deep blue with a magnolia tree and flowers and a parrot in the trc. The third panel features a third actor in a green kimono. He is facing the actor in the second panel and appears to be angry. He is holding a rope with both hands and has 2 swords in his belt. He is standing in front of a red background and a portion of the background from the second panel.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- KoT.04.02 a-c
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Kabuki Theatre Poster, Three Ninja
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- Artist
- Toyohara Kunichika
- Date
- 1878
- Medium
- woodblock on paper
- Catalogue Number
- KoT.04.01 a-c
- Description
- (a)actor with sword in his mouth, holding a banner (b) 37.6 x 25.4/35.9 x 24.4 actor holding a scroll, the head of a green dragon in front of him (c) 37.5 x25.5/36.0 x 24.5 actor with clasped hands
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- Artist
- Toyohara Kunichika
- Title
- Kabuki Theatre Poster, Three Ninja
- Date
- 1878
- Medium
- woodblock on paper
- Dimensions
- 37.5 x 25.4 cm
- Description
- (a)actor with sword in his mouth, holding a banner (b) 37.6 x 25.4/35.9 x 24.4 actor holding a scroll, the head of a green dragon in front of him (c) 37.5 x25.5/36.0 x 24.5 actor with clasped hands
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- KoT.04.01 a-c
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- Date
- 1968 – 1969
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.177
- Description
- Lake McArthur lies below a large navy grey mass of mountain face, which comprises 2/3 of the sketch. Various cloud formations are draped across the mountain side obscuring any actual details of the mountain. Reddish brown rocks stretch across the immediate ridges of the sketch overlooking the lake …
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- Title
- Lake McArthur
- Date
- 1968 – 1969
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 22.8 x 28.0 cm
- Description
- Lake McArthur lies below a large navy grey mass of mountain face, which comprises 2/3 of the sketch. Various cloud formations are draped across the mountain side obscuring any actual details of the mountain. Reddish brown rocks stretch across the immediate ridges of the sketch overlooking the lake below.
- Subject
- landscape
- mountain
- Canadian Rockies
- lake
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.177
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Lake O'Hara, Opabin
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- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.220
- Description
- The dark evergreens create a high wall of solid green colour behind the deep blue water of Lake O'Hara. The rough terrain of the mountain peaks Hungabee and Biddle stretch across the canvas above the treeline. A grey sky forecasts the arrival of an impending storm.
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- Title
- Lake O'Hara, Opabin
- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 25.4 x 30.3 cm
- Description
- The dark evergreens create a high wall of solid green colour behind the deep blue water of Lake O'Hara. The rough terrain of the mountain peaks Hungabee and Biddle stretch across the canvas above the treeline. A grey sky forecasts the arrival of an impending storm.
- Subject
- landscape
- mountain
- Canadian Rockies
- lake
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.220
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- Date
- 1967 – 1970
- Medium
- oil on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.356
- Description
- Rough lake sketch, foreground is suggested with dry brush stokes of brown, lake solid turquoise colour, pine tree on the left side (edge of lake), grey mountain centre background, which is filled in behind with dry brush strokes of dark grey.
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- Title
- Moraine Lake
- Date
- 1967 – 1970
- Medium
- oil on paper
- Dimensions
- 22.8 x 30.3 cm
- Description
- Rough lake sketch, foreground is suggested with dry brush stokes of brown, lake solid turquoise colour, pine tree on the left side (edge of lake), grey mountain centre background, which is filled in behind with dry brush strokes of dark grey.
- Subject
- landscape
- mountain
- Canadian Rockies
- lake
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.356
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