topic:" lake" found 36 records - Research Collections - Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

Barrier Lake

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

Date: 1952

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.375

Description: The blue lake in the center of this image is surrounded by green trees. Behind the lake the mountains are partically covered with trees and some are light brown in color with no trees. The sky above the lake and mountains is pale blue with some white clouds. The foreground area has a road that begi…

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

Title: Barrier Lake

Date: 1952

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 25.2 x 30.3 cm

Description: The blue lake in the center of this image is surrounded by green trees. Behind the lake the mountains are partically covered with trees and some are light brown in color with no trees. The sky above the lake and mountains is pale blue with some white clouds. The foreground area has a road that begins on the left and follows threw to the right, with a dip down in the bottom center area.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; lake; Barrier Lake

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.375

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Sunrise on Lake Louise, Banff National Park, Alberta

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Artist: Allan King (1948 – , Canadian)

Date: 2001

Medium: silver gelatin print

Catalogue Number: KgA.18.01

Description: black and white image of Lake Louise

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Artist: Allan King (1948 – , Canadian)

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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West End of Abraham Lake

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Artist: Les Graff (1936 – , Canadian)

Date: 2003 – 2003

Medium: oil on masonite board

Catalogue Number: GrL.01.31

Description: An oil sketch of a mountain landscape. The primary colours used are green, yellow, blue, white and beige. The centre of the piece is dominated by a yellow and green land mass, below which are two beige sections. On the bottom left there is a blue sections representing the lake and on the bottom rig…

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Artist: Les Graff (1936 – , Canadian)

Title: West End of Abraham Lake

Date: 2003 – 2003

Medium: oil on masonite board

Dimensions: 35.6 x 45.7 cm

Description: An oil sketch of a mountain landscape. The primary colours used are green, yellow, blue, white and beige. The centre of the piece is dominated by a yellow and green land mass, below which are two beige sections. On the bottom left there is a blue sections representing the lake and on the bottom right is a white section. The artist’s signature is in the brhc in beige paint. Au verso, written in black ink in the tlhc, “47/W”.

Subject: landscape; lake; Lake Abraham; mountain

Credit: Gift of Les Graff, Bashaw, 2007

Catalogue Number: GrL.01.31

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Abraham Lake #3

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Artist: Les Graff (1936 – , Canadian)

Date: 2000 – 2000

Medium: oil on masonite board

Catalogue Number: Grl.01.07

Description: An oil sketch of a lake landscape. The primary colours used are green, grey, blue and brown. The sky is dominated with thick grey strokes of colour. Surrounding the water at the top and bottom are thick strokes of green. The blue of the water is a streak across the middle of the work. The artist’s …

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Artist: Les Graff (1936 – , Canadian)

Title: Abraham Lake #3

Date: 2000 – 2000

Medium: oil on masonite board

Dimensions: 40.5 x 40.5 cm

Description: An oil sketch of a lake landscape. The primary colours used are green, grey, blue and brown. The sky is dominated with thick grey strokes of colour. Surrounding the water at the top and bottom are thick strokes of green. The blue of the water is a streak across the middle of the work. The artist’s signature is in the brhc in green paint.

Subject: landscape; lake

Credit: Gift of Les Graff, Bashaw, 2006

Catalogue Number: Grl.01.07

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Abraham Lake/East

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Artist: Les Graff (1936 – , Canadian)

Date: 2001 – 2001

Medium: oil on masonite board

Catalogue Number: GrL.01.17

Description: An oil sketch of a mountain landscape. The primary colours used are blue, orange, red and brown. The image is composed of a mountain range in the background, with a body of water and a segment of land in the foreground. The artist’s signature is in the brhc in grey paint. Au verso, written in black…

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Artist: Les Graff (1936 – , Canadian)

Title: Abraham Lake/East

Date: 2001 – 2001

Medium: oil on masonite board

Dimensions: 40 x 40.5 cm

Description: An oil sketch of a mountain landscape. The primary colours used are blue, orange, red and brown. The image is composed of a mountain range in the background, with a body of water and a segment of land in the foreground. The artist’s signature is in the brhc in grey paint. Au verso, written in black ink in the trhc, “45/W”.

Subject: landscape; mountain; lake

Credit: Gift of Les Graff, Bashaw, 2006

Catalogue Number: GrL.01.17

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Bow Glacier, Bow Lake

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1950 – 1960

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.371

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Bow Glacier, Bow Lake

Date: 1950 – 1960

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 12.5 x 17.5 cm

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; lake

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.371

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Bow Lake

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

Date: 1950 – 1960

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.241

Description: The light and dark turquoise of Bow Lake is placed in the middleground. At the base of the picture, the lake is described by a horizontal stroke of light grey and by a number of vertical brushstrokes of turquoise. The vegetation in front of the lake, in the lower left and right corners, contains th…

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

Title: Bow Lake

Date: 1950 – 1960

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 25.4 x 30.3 cm

Description: The light and dark turquoise of Bow Lake is placed in the middleground. At the base of the picture, the lake is described by a horizontal stroke of light grey and by a number of vertical brushstrokes of turquoise. The vegetation in front of the lake, in the lower left and right corners, contains the same dark green, and light violet-grey found in the background. The violet-grey is used to indicate: the snow covering the dark violet-grey mountain on the right; the rock forming the more distant peak on the left; and a lighter tint of this colour forms the clouds in the upper left corner. A separate area of blue-grey clouds occupies the upper right corner.