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- Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian) 206
- Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian) 67
- Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian) 27
- Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian) 9
- Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian) 8
- Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian) 5
- Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British) 5
- James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian) 5
- Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian) 5
- Les Graff (1936 – , Canadian) 5
- William Hutchinson (1874 – 1918, Canadian) 5
- Barbara Spohr (1955 – 1987, Canadian) 4
- Date
- 1963
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- LaC.03.06
- Description
- General colour: pencil on white. Two points of land come in from left and right respectively with water in between and behind. The far shore starts quarter way up and becomes a mountain left of enter and right banks up each side. Sketchy clouds appear to be raining left and right.
- Title
- Bow Lake
- Date
- 1963
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 32.3 x 40.1 cm
- Description
- General colour: pencil on white. Two points of land come in from left and right respectively with water in between and behind. The far shore starts quarter way up and becomes a mountain left of enter and right banks up each side. Sketchy clouds appear to be raining left and right.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- mountains
- lake
- Credit
- Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
- Catalogue Number
- LaC.03.06
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Ghost Lake, Alberta
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- Date
- prior to 1965
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- LaC.05.12
- Description
- General colour: blue, brown. Dry lake fills lower right area. Brown shore comes down from the left side. Across the middle are blue mountains. The sky is blue with pale clouds and fill the upper third.
- Title
- Ghost Lake, Alberta
- Date
- prior to 1965
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 25.3 x 32.9 cm
- Description
- General colour: blue, brown. Dry lake fills lower right area. Brown shore comes down from the left side. Across the middle are blue mountains. The sky is blue with pale clouds and fill the upper third.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- lake
- Credit
- Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
- Catalogue Number
- LaC.05.12
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- 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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- 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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Bow Lake and Mount Thompson
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactlac.05.27
- Date
- prior to 1965
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- LaC.05.27
- Description
- The sky in this watercolour has many white and gray clouds. The mid section of the painting exhibits Mt. Thompson with snow. At the base of the mountain and off to the left side of the image is Bow Lake. The foreground has a small group of trees in the center and yellow grass, rocks and patches of …
- Title
- Bow Lake and Mount Thompson
- Date
- prior to 1965
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Description
- The sky in this watercolour has many white and gray clouds. The mid section of the painting exhibits Mt. Thompson with snow. At the base of the mountain and off to the left side of the image is Bow Lake. The foreground has a small group of trees in the center and yellow grass, rocks and patches of snow on both sides.
- Credit
- Gift of James (Jr.) Simpson, Rocky Mountain House, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- LaC.05.27
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Bow Lake and Crowfoot Glacier
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- Date
- prior to 1965
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- LaC.05.28
- Description
- In the foreground on the left is a small group of trees and rocky ground leading down to a waters edge. In the mid-ground on the right is another group of trees and ground that meets the water. Just behind the trees is Bow Lake and in the background are snow capped mountains and Crowfoot Glacier. T…
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- Title
- Bow Lake and Crowfoot Glacier
- Date
- prior to 1965
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Description
- In the foreground on the left is a small group of trees and rocky ground leading down to a waters edge. In the mid-ground on the right is another group of trees and ground that meets the water. Just behind the trees is Bow Lake and in the background are snow capped mountains and Crowfoot Glacier. The sky has many gray clouds with small areas of blue sky showing through.
- Credit
- Gift of James (Jr.) Simpson, Rocky Mountain House, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- LaC.05.28
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- Date
- 1987
- Medium
- serigraph on paper
- Catalogue Number
- SmA.04.01
- Description
- The mountain, Mount Victoria, dominates the top half and is reflected in Lake Louise the bottom half, in brown tones, the glacier is white and light blue, the sky is clear and light blue
- Title
- Lake Louise
- Date
- 1987
- Medium
- serigraph on paper
- Dimensions
- 17.8 x 13.6 cm
- Description
- The mountain, Mount Victoria, dominates the top half and is reflected in Lake Louise the bottom half, in brown tones, the glacier is white and light blue, the sky is clear and light blue
- Subject
- landscape
- mountain
- lake
- Lake Louise
- Credit
- Gift of Alice Saltiel, Canmore, 1992
- Catalogue Number
- SmA.04.01
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The Rum Runners
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactroa.13.01
- Date
- 1976
- Medium
- gelatin silver on paper
- Catalogue Number
- RoA.13.01
- Description
- Colour: black and white photo with blue and pink. Photograph of three women sitting in the stern of a boat with an awning shading them from the sun. The edges of the photo are decorated with flower and butterfly images.
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- Title
- The Rum Runners
- Date
- 1976
- Medium
- gelatin silver on paper
- Dimensions
- 12.7 x 13.6 cm
- Description
- Colour: black and white photo with blue and pink. Photograph of three women sitting in the stern of a boat with an awning shading them from the sun. The edges of the photo are decorated with flower and butterfly images.
- Credit
- Gift of Anne (and John) Ewen, Banff, 1977
- Catalogue Number
- RoA.13.01
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Sunrise on Lake Louise, Banff National Park, Alberta
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactkga.18.01
- Date
- 2001
- Medium
- silver gelatin print
- Catalogue Number
- KgA.18.01
- Description
- black and white image of Lake Louise
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- Title
- Sunrise on Lake Louise, Banff National Park, Alberta
- Date
- 2001
- Medium
- silver gelatin print
- Dimensions
- 91.44 x 152.40 cm
- Description
- black and white image of Lake Louise
- Subject
- Lake Louise
- Banff National Park
- lake
- mountains
- Credit
- Gift of Allen King, Calgary, 2017
- Catalogue Number
- KgA.18.01
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Lake Minnewanka, Banff
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactspb.18.10
- Date
- 1980
- Medium
- type c print on photographic paper
- Catalogue Number
- SpB.18.10
- Description
- In the foreground are trees with orange leaves and dark to black coloured bark and twigs. These trees in the foreground extend all the way up to the upper third of the photograph. Looking threw the trees to the far background you can see a mountain range that starts at the right and continues to th…
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- Title
- Lake Minnewanka, Banff
- Date
- 1980
- Medium
- type c print on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- 50.6 x 40.4 cm
- Description
- In the foreground are trees with orange leaves and dark to black coloured bark and twigs. These trees in the foreground extend all the way up to the upper third of the photograph. Looking threw the trees to the far background you can see a mountain range that starts at the right and continues to the center left. Between the trees and the mountains is a still lake with reflections from the mountains behind. The sky above is a light to medium even grey.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- lake
- Minnewanka
- Credit
- Gift of Barb Spohr, Calgary, 1996
- Catalogue Number
- SpB.18.10
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- Date
- 1978
- Medium
- photograph on cardboard
- Catalogue Number
- SpB.18.27
- Description
- A colour landscape photograph. A mountain in the background fills just over half of the photograph. At the top right, a clear sky above the mountain peaks is visible, diminishing to the left, behind another mountain. The bottom half and foreground of the photograph is a placid lake, and a small pie…
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- Title
- Lake O’Hara
- Date
- 1978
- Medium
- photograph on cardboard
- Dimensions
- 47.0 x 31.0 cm
- Description
- A colour landscape photograph. A mountain in the background fills just over half of the photograph. At the top right, a clear sky above the mountain peaks is visible, diminishing to the left, behind another mountain. The bottom half and foreground of the photograph is a placid lake, and a small piece of the shore, rocks and a few small trees visible extending out into the lake. In the bottom right hand corner of the photo, written in black ink, is the title, year and artist signature, “Lake O’Hara ‘78 B. Spohr”. Au verso there is a silver sticker at the bottom in the centre with black print, “MOUNT CORY FRAMES PO 1900 - 217 Bear St. BANFF, ALBERTA T0L 0C0 Phone (403) 762-5155”. Beside the sticker to the right is writing in pencil, “ * one corner 18 5/8 other 18 3/4 } not printed evenly”.
- Subject
- landscape
- mountain
- lake
- Barbara Spohr
- Credit
- Gift of Michael Laub, Banff, 2007
- Catalogue Number
- SpB.18.27
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- Date
- 1978
- Medium
- photograph on cardboard
- Catalogue Number
- SpB.18.28
- Description
- A colour landscape photograph. Mountains in the background fill just over half of the photograph. There is a light haze/fog over the mountains. Above the mountain peaks a strip of clear sky is visible. The sun is rising out of frame on viewers right. There are four peaks layering in front of one a…
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- Title
- Lake O’Hara
- Date
- 1978
- Medium
- photograph on cardboard
- Dimensions
- 47.0 x 31.0 cm
- Description
- A colour landscape photograph. Mountains in the background fill just over half of the photograph. There is a light haze/fog over the mountains. Above the mountain peaks a strip of clear sky is visible. The sun is rising out of frame on viewers right. There are four peaks layering in front of one another and the closest one looks like a hill with trees on it. The bottom half and foreground of the photograph is a placid lake with a faint reflection of the mountains in it. On the horizon line, where the base of the mountains and the lake meet is a thick line of fog running across the photograph. In the bottom right hand corner of the photo, written in black ink, is the title, year and artist signature, “B. Spohr O’Hara ‘78”. Au verso there is a silver sticker at the bottom in the centre with black print, “MOUNT CORY FRAMES PO 1900 - 217 Bear St. BANFF, ALBERTA T0L 0C0 Phone (403) 762-5155”.
- Subject
- mountains
- lake
- landscape
- Barbara Spohr
- Credit
- Gift of Michael Laub, Banff, 2007
- Catalogue Number
- SpB.18.28
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- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- photography on paper
- Catalogue Number
- SpB.18.29
- Description
- A colour photographic print of an abstracted landscape. The photograph depicts the reflection of a mountain in a lake among a few protruding rocks. In the foreground there are many bits of rock and wood visible under the surface of the water and two medium and two small rocks are sticking out about…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- photography on paper
- Dimensions
- 36.0 x 35.5 cm
- Description
- A colour photographic print of an abstracted landscape. The photograph depicts the reflection of a mountain in a lake among a few protruding rocks. In the foreground there are many bits of rock and wood visible under the surface of the water and two medium and two small rocks are sticking out about the water. In the water surrounding the rocks is a clear and bright reflection of a mountain with gold yellow and white peaks and green lower down. The photo has a white matte. Au verso there is one white label with black print in the centre at the bottom, “Creative Frames By Cluff”.
- Subject
- mountain
- reflection
- lake
- Barbara Spohr
- Credit
- Gift of Michael Laub, Banff, 2007
- Catalogue Number
- SpB.18.29
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When the Ice Goes Out
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- Date
- 1929
- Medium
- oil on canvas board
- Catalogue Number
- BwB.01.01
- Description
- General colour: green, grey. Rocky point of land comes down to the water from the lower left corner across the lower edge to right center. The green water has chunks of ice floating on it. The far shore of trees, one third up, rises quickly to two mountains. One is to the right the other in the dis…
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- Title
- When the Ice Goes Out
- Date
- 1929
- Medium
- oil on canvas board
- Dimensions
- 23 x 28 cm
- Description
- General colour: green, grey. Rocky point of land comes down to the water from the lower left corner across the lower edge to right center. The green water has chunks of ice floating on it. The far shore of trees, one third up, rises quickly to two mountains. One is to the right the other in the distance at center. The grey sky fills the upper corner.
- Credit
- Gift of J. Monroe Thorington, Philadelphia, USA, 1970
- Catalogue Number
- BwB.01.01
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Sixty Dollar Tax View
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- Artist
- Bill Horne
- Date
- 1991
- Medium
- print on paper
- Catalogue Number
- HoB.04.01
- Description
- A silkscreen print of a triptych of a mountain landscape. The print consists of three images, each 10.5 x 5.0 cm, and all the same image. They are in a horizontal row on a solid maroon-coloured background. In each of the images a mountain scene is depicted. In the background is a mountain range, th…
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- Artist
- Bill Horne
- Title
- Sixty Dollar Tax View
- Date
- 1991
- Medium
- print on paper
- Dimensions
- 35.5 x 25.5 cm
- Description
- A silkscreen print of a triptych of a mountain landscape. The print consists of three images, each 10.5 x 5.0 cm, and all the same image. They are in a horizontal row on a solid maroon-coloured background. In each of the images a mountain scene is depicted. In the background is a mountain range, the mountains a purple/grey with black and white accents. The sky behind the mountains is a pale baby blue. In the foreground, below the mountains, is a teal blue lake with a burnt orange shoreline with black forest. Nine colours used in the print. Under the print written in pencil is, “4/9 Sixty Dollar Tax View Bill Horne 1991”. On the bottom rhc corner of the print is a silver ink stamp of a Canadian nickel that says, “5 CENTS CANADA 1952”. Au verso, written on the matte in pencil, “$ 60 tax”.
- Subject
- landscape
- lake
- mountains
- Bill Horne
- Credit
- Gift of Joanne Thomas , Vancouver, 2012
- Catalogue Number
- HoB.04.01
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Crowfoot Glacier
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- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.143
- Description
- This is a close up view of Crowfoot Glacier. The treeline can be seen weaving around the parameters of the lake. The lake consequently winds around a jutty of rock extending from the mountain. The Glacier above moves through the mountain rocks until it meets the source of the lake below. A cobalt b…
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- Title
- Crowfoot Glacier
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 28.0 x 35.5 cm
- Description
- This is a close up view of Crowfoot Glacier. The treeline can be seen weaving around the parameters of the lake. The lake consequently winds around a jutty of rock extending from the mountain. The Glacier above moves through the mountain rocks until it meets the source of the lake below. A cobalt blue sky can be seen in the top left hand corner.
- Subject
- landscape
- mountain
- Canadian Rockies
- lake
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.143
- Notes
- Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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- Date
- 1945 – 1960
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.168
- Description
- Lake Louise lies complacently surrounded by green mountain slopes. The prevailing rock face of the mountains beyond encompasses 2/3 of the picture frame. Blue whisps of cloud cover hovering over the mountain peaks makes the tops indistinguishable. White clouds look as if there perched on top of the…
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- Title
- Lake Louise
- Date
- 1945 – 1960
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 28.0 x 35.5 cm
- Description
- Lake Louise lies complacently surrounded by green mountain slopes. The prevailing rock face of the mountains beyond encompasses 2/3 of the picture frame. Blue whisps of cloud cover hovering over the mountain peaks makes the tops indistinguishable. White clouds look as if there perched on top of the background mountains.
- Subject
- landscape
- mountain
- Canadian Rockies
- lake
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.168
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Crowfoot Glacier
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- Date
- 1945 – 1955
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.202
- Description
- The Crowfoot Glacier comprises 2/3 of the sketch. The glacier is visible running down the mountain side. The rough terrain of the mountains is depicted in various colour ranges of blue grey, reddish pinks, and yellows. A placid river runs below the mountains. A far bank is lined with a row of tall …
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- Title
- Crowfoot Glacier
- Date
- 1945 – 1955
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 22.8 x 28.0 cm
- Description
- The Crowfoot Glacier comprises 2/3 of the sketch. The glacier is visible running down the mountain side. The rough terrain of the mountains is depicted in various colour ranges of blue grey, reddish pinks, and yellows. A placid river runs below the mountains. A far bank is lined with a row of tall evergreens. The front shoreline is comprised of lime green grasses. A single rock juts out of the water to the right of centre.
- Subject
- landscape
- mountain
- Canadian Rockies
- lake
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.202
- Notes
- Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Big Rock at Lake O'Hara
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- 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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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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From The West Road
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- Date
- 1938 – 1950
- Medium
- oil on canvas on aluminum
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.229
- Description
- The Bow River flows from mid centre to the front right corner. It is surrounded by tall spindle trees with yellow leaves on either side as it winds through the forest. Yellow, green and orange coloured grasses occupy the left bank. The blue mountains occupy the back part of the canvas. The blue sky…
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- Title
- From The West Road
- Date
- 1938 – 1950
- Medium
- oil on canvas on aluminum
- Dimensions
- 25.4 x 30.3 cm
- Description
- The Bow River flows from mid centre to the front right corner. It is surrounded by tall spindle trees with yellow leaves on either side as it winds through the forest. Yellow, green and orange coloured grasses occupy the left bank. The blue mountains occupy the back part of the canvas. The blue sky creates a foreboding atmosphere.
- Subject
- landscape
- mountain
- Canadian Rockies
- lake
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.229
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