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Lake O'Hara

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Artist: Duncan Darroch (1888 – 1967, New Zealander)

Date: 1928

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: DaD.02.02

Description: A realistic rendering of Lake O'Hara, blue lake in foreground, mountains occupying most of picture, snow covered mountain in top centre; and towards left centre; a little sky at top; signed brc: Duncan Darroch. Credit both The Banff Centre and Mrs. J.I., Brewster in any exhibition or publication of…

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Artist: Duncan Darroch (1888 – 1967, New Zealander)

Title: Lake O'Hara

Date: 1928

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 46.0 x 51.0 cm

Description: A realistic rendering of Lake O'Hara, blue lake in foreground, mountains occupying most of picture, snow covered mountain in top centre; and towards left centre; a little sky at top; signed brc: Duncan Darroch. Credit both The Banff Centre and Mrs. J.I., Brewster in any exhibition or publication of the collection, either in whole or in part. Banff Centre identification numbers: 81 0332 A; 20685.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; lake O’Hara

Credit: Gift of Banff Centre Brewster Donation, Banff, 1986

Catalogue Number: DaD.02.02

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Lake O'Hara

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Artist: Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)

Date: 1929

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: RuC.02.04

Description: General colour: lower half - green, upper half - blues, purples. A lake fills lower half of canvas. There's a cluster of trees in the lower left corner.Half way up is the far shore of trees rising to mountains. The center of the canvas leads to distant mountain and sky. In the lower right corner ar…

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Artist: Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)

Title: Lake O'Hara

Date: 1929

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 76.0 x 91.0 cm

Description: General colour: lower half - green, upper half - blues, purples. A lake fills lower half of canvas. There's a cluster of trees in the lower left corner.Half way up is the far shore of trees rising to mountains. The center of the canvas leads to distant mountain and sky. In the lower right corner are three rocks.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; Lake O'Hara

Credit: Purchased from Dorothy H. Wardle, Sidney, 1978

Catalogue Number: RuC.02.04

Notes: Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018

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Lake O'Hara

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1929

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.132

Description: Colour: purple, turquoise, yellow. At the lower edge is a dark turquoise lake. The far shore goes from purple to green trees to grey to purple to yellow to brown mountain.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Lake O'Hara

Date: 1929

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 22.8 x 27.0 cm

Description: Colour: purple, turquoise, yellow. At the lower edge is a dark turquoise lake. The far shore goes from purple to green trees to grey to purple to yellow to brown mountain.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; lake; Lake O'Hara

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.132

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Lake O'Hara

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1928

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.144

Description: Colour: green, purple, grey brown. There is a green-blue lake at the bottom. Trees on the far shore become grey-brown mountains and in the upper centre area is a glacier on a purple mountain. Blue sky fills the top right edge.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Lake O'Hara

Date: 1928

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 22.5 x 27.5 cm

Description: Colour: green, purple, grey brown. There is a green-blue lake at the bottom. Trees on the far shore become grey-brown mountains and in the upper centre area is a glacier on a purple mountain. Blue sky fills the top right edge.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountains; lake

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.144

Notes: Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018

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Lake O’Hara — late afternoon

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Artist: James Edward Hervey MacDonald, R. C. A. (1873 – 1932, Canadian)

Date: 1928

Medium: oil on board

Catalogue Number: MaJ.02.01

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Artist: James Edward Hervey MacDonald, R. C. A. (1873 – 1932, Canadian)

Title: Lake O’Hara — late afternoon

Date: 1928

Medium: oil on board

Dimensions: 26.3 x 21.0 cm

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies

Credit: Gift of George K.K. (Tommy) Link, Tucson, USA, 1979

Catalogue Number: MaJ.02.01

Notes: Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018

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Lake O'Hara in Rain

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1928 – 1930

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.276

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Lake O'Hara in Rain

Date: 1928 – 1930

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 13.0 x 15.2 cm

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; lake; mountain

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.276

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Lake O'Hara, Opabin Dome

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1929

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.142

Description: Colour: purple, green. The lower edge is blue water. A piece of land with bushes comes out into it from the right side to the center. Behind are green trees which become a purple hill with more green trees on top. At the left side is a pass between the hill and the green slope going off left. In th…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Lake O'Hara, Opabin Dome

Date: 1929

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 9 x 11 cm

Description: Colour: purple, green. The lower edge is blue water. A piece of land with bushes comes out into it from the right side to the center. Behind are green trees which become a purple hill with more green trees on top. At the left side is a pass between the hill and the green slope going off left. In the upper left and right cornes are light purple mountains. Pale blue sky is upper center and left a bit.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountains; lake

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.142

Notes: Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018

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Moraine Lake

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Artist: Fitzpatrick

Date: 1920 – 1930

Medium: ink on heavy paper

Catalogue Number: FiP.03.05

Description: A view of Moraine Lake taken from a Byron Harmon photograph.

Artist: Fitzpatrick

Title: Moraine Lake

Date: 1920 – 1930

Medium: ink on heavy paper

Dimensions: 27.8 x 42 cm

Description: A view of Moraine Lake taken from a Byron Harmon photograph.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; lake; mountains

Credit: Gift of Don Harmon, Banff, 1978

Catalogue Number: FiP.03.05

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Moraine Lake

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Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Date: 1927

Medium: pastel on paper

Catalogue Number: LaC.03.09

Description: The mountains dominate the picture, of blue/purple tones. Left foreground is a small lake with reflections of the mountains, immediate right foreground has yellow/brown tones, treed shoreline. Little sky showing, cloudy. Credit both The Banff Centre and Mrs. J. I. Brewster in any exhibition publica…

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Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Title: Moraine Lake

Date: 1927

Medium: pastel on paper

Dimensions: 42.2 x 57.0 cm

Description: The mountains dominate the picture, of blue/purple tones. Left foreground is a small lake with reflections of the mountains, immediate right foreground has yellow/brown tones, treed shoreline. Little sky showing, cloudy. Credit both The Banff Centre and Mrs. J. I. Brewster in any exhibition publication of the collection, either in whole or in part. Banff Centre catalogue numbers: 81 0334 A; 20687.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountains; lake

Credit: Gift of Banff Centre Brewster Donation, Banff, 1986

Catalogue Number: LaC.03.09

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Moraine Lake

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Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Date: 1929

Catalogue Number: LaC.03.01

Description: General colour: blue. The lake at the bottom is banked on the right by trees and on the left in the distance by a mountain face rising out of the water. Glacier is center with five peaks visible: The central one being left of center at the very top. Sky is yellow grey and mostly in the upper right …

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Title: Moraine Lake

Date: 1929

Dimensions: 40.3 x 51.9 cm

Description: General colour: blue. The lake at the bottom is banked on the right by trees and on the left in the distance by a mountain face rising out of the water. Glacier is center with five peaks visible: The central one being left of center at the very top. Sky is yellow grey and mostly in the upper right corner.

Credit: Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973

Catalogue Number: LaC.03.01

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Mount Biddle at Lake O'Hara

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Artist: Aldro T. Hibbard (1886 – 1972, American)

Date: 1925

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: HbA.02.01

Description: General colour: lower canvas: greens and purples, upper canvas: blues and purples. In the foreground there is water surrounded by rocks. In the middle ground there are trees rising to a mountain face which goes to the top of the canvas. Cloudy sky appears in the upper left corner.

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Artist: Aldro T. Hibbard (1886 – 1972, American)

Title: Mount Biddle at Lake O'Hara

Date: 1925

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 87 x 76.5 cm

Description: General colour: lower canvas: greens and purples, upper canvas: blues and purples. In the foreground there is water surrounded by rocks. In the middle ground there are trees rising to a mountain face which goes to the top of the canvas. Cloudy sky appears in the upper left corner.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; Lake O'Hara; Mount Biddle

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968

Catalogue Number: HbA.02.01

Notes: Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018

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Mount Bourgeau from the Recreation Grounds

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1928 – 1929

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.299

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Mount Bourgeau from the Recreation Grounds

Date: 1928 – 1929

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 23.0 x 28.0 cm

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; winter; building

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.299

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Mount Burgess and Emerald Lake

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Artist: John Donaldson Curren (1852 – 1940, Canadian)

Date: 1923

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: CuJ.02.05

Description: General colour: blue, green. Bottom third is water. The edge of the left shore is in the lower left corner. Tree branches come out from the edge of the left side. Across the middle is the far shore of trees. In the upper part in the center is one mountain and sky beyond.

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Artist: John Donaldson Curren (1852 – 1940, Canadian)

Title: Mount Burgess and Emerald Lake

Date: 1923

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 51 x 30.5 cm

Description: General colour: blue, green. Bottom third is water. The edge of the left shore is in the lower left corner. Tree branches come out from the edge of the left side. Across the middle is the far shore of trees. In the upper part in the center is one mountain and sky beyond.

Subject: landscape

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1974

Catalogue Number: CuJ.02.05

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Mount Edith

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Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Date: 1928

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: LaC.02.04

Description: Mountain scene with large prominent peak [Mt. Edith] at right centre. brown rocky slopes with sparse trees on either side, forming a large canyon. a river is in the foreground at the bottom of the canyon. blue sky with pink showing underneath sparsely applied paint. signed “A.C. Leighton bottom” ri…

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Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Title: Mount Edith

Date: 1928

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 60.0 x 76.0 cm

Description: Mountain scene with large prominent peak [Mt. Edith] at right centre. brown rocky slopes with sparse trees on either side, forming a large canyon. a river is in the foreground at the bottom of the canyon. blue sky with pink showing underneath sparsely applied paint. signed “A.C. Leighton bottom” right corner. plaque on back of frame reads “Mount Edith, 1928 by A. C. Leighton” and a paper label adds “Banff” to the above.

Subject: mount edith; mountains; banff; landscape

Credit: Gift of Robert Fulton, Calgary, 2021

Catalogue Number: LaC.02.04

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Mount Edith and Aspens

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1928 – 1930

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.147

Description: Colour: A golden yellow hillside comes down from the left side to the lower right corner. A stand of yellow aspen fills the right side and centre. Behind, grey and green mountains can barely be seen. A patch of blue sky is in the upper left corner.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Mount Edith and Aspens

Date: 1928 – 1930

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 20.4 x 25.3 cm

Description: Colour: A golden yellow hillside comes down from the left side to the lower right corner. A stand of yellow aspen fills the right side and centre. Behind, grey and green mountains can barely be seen. A patch of blue sky is in the upper left corner.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; forest; autumn

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.147

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Mount Lefroy

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1928

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.070

Description: The mountain dominates left and centre, colours blues and white, another snow covered mountain is behind and to the right of Mount Lefroy. Patches of cloud in a blue sky at very top of picture. Right foreground is a flat topped rock. Treed mountain slope angles to top left from rock. Immediat…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Mount Lefroy

Date: 1928

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 22.7 x 28.0 cm

Description: The mountain dominates left and centre, colours blues and white, another snow covered mountain is behind and to the right of Mount Lefroy. Patches of cloud in a blue sky at very top of picture. Right foreground is a flat topped rock. Treed mountain slope angles to top left from rock. Immediate foreground is a patch of water with tall grasses on edge.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; Mount Lefroy

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.070

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Mount Rundle

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Artist: Fitzpatrick

Date: 1920 – 1930

Medium: ink on heavy paper

Catalogue Number: FiP.03.01

Description: Taken from a Byron Harmon photograph, Mount Rundle from Vermilion Lakes road.

Artist: Fitzpatrick

Title: Mount Rundle

Date: 1920 – 1930

Medium: ink on heavy paper

Dimensions: 27.9 x 42.8 cm

Description: Taken from a Byron Harmon photograph, Mount Rundle from Vermilion Lakes road.

Subject: landscape; Mount Rundle

Credit: Gift of Don Harmon, Banff, 1978

Catalogue Number: FiP.03.01

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Mount Rundle

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Date: ca. 1930 – 1935

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.260

Description: Looking east towards Rundle Mountain. In the right background is Mount Rundle with the sun illuminating it from the right. Shadowed areas are done in medium blue. The upper slopes are light grey (with touches of brick-red and ochre), while the lower slopes are green with an underpainting of blue. A…

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Title: Mount Rundle

Date: ca. 1930 – 1935

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.6 x 35.2 cm

Description: Looking east towards Rundle Mountain. In the right background is Mount Rundle with the sun illuminating it from the right. Shadowed areas are done in medium blue. The upper slopes are light grey (with touches of brick-red and ochre), while the lower slopes are green with an underpainting of blue. A patch of blue water can be seen in the lower right, behind the foreground trees. Some of the foreground trees have yellow foliage and others are pine trees. A large pine tree rises on the left side to cut off the bottom of Rundle's left slope. The sky is blue except for two white and grey clouds above the mountain.