topic:"lake" found 112 records - Research Collections - Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

Bow Lake and Mount Thompson

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

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 …

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

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.

Subject: landscape;Canadian Rockies; mountains; lake; Bow lake

Credit: Gift of James (Jr.) Simpson, Rocky Mountain House, 1997

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.27

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Evening, Lake O'Hara

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Artist: Richard Jack (1866 – 1952, Canadian)

Date: 1931

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: JkR.02.02

Description: In the foreground on the right side of the painting there are four green trees and a shore made out of mostly rocks. To the left and along the bottom edge a lake of bluegreen water sits in front of a brown mountain range. The mountains have snow on parts of the peaks and the sky is blue with white …

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Artist: Richard Jack (1866 – 1952, Canadian)

Title: Evening, Lake O'Hara

Date: 1931

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 69.9 x 90.0 cm

Description: In the foreground on the right side of the painting there are four green trees and a shore made out of mostly rocks. To the left and along the bottom edge a lake of bluegreen water sits in front of a brown mountain range. The mountains have snow on parts of the peaks and the sky is blue with white clouds.

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

Credit: Gift of Donald Grace, Saanichton, 1996

Catalogue Number: JkR.02.02

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

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Mirror Lake, Banff Alberta

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Artist: William Thomas Wood

Date: n.d.

Medium: pastel; gouache on paper

Catalogue Number: WoW.03.01

Description: This is a pastel drawing of a mountain and lake scene. The drawing can be divided into four main layers of unequal size: Lake, trees, mountains, and sky. The lake occupies the bottom 1/4 of the work and exits the picture at both the LLC and LRC. There is a greater amount of lake in the LLC than…

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Artist: William Thomas Wood

Title: Mirror Lake, Banff Alberta

Date: n.d.

Medium: pastel; gouache on paper

Description: This is a pastel drawing of a mountain and lake scene. The drawing can be divided into four main layers of unequal size: Lake, trees, mountains, and sky. The lake occupies the bottom 1/4 of the work and exits the picture at both the LLC and LRC. There is a greater amount of lake in the LLC than the LRC. The next layer is one of pine trees. The trees meet and are reflected in the lake.They reach halfways up the picture. Centered over the trees is a mountain which is occupies the next 1/4 of the piece. The mountain is made up of soft colours such as tan and grey. Above the mountain is a white sky.

Subject: landscape, Canadian Rockies, lake, Mirror Lake

Credit: Gift of Wolfgang Blonowski, Banff, 1997

Catalogue Number: WoW.03.01

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Mountain Goats, Lake McArthur, Alberta

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Artist: Dwayne Harty

Date: 2012

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: HaD.02.01

Description: An oil painting depicting three adult female mountain goats and three kids near a rocky crag in front of a mountain lake. Blue cloudy sky above mountain with glacier.

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Artist: Dwayne Harty

Title: Mountain Goats, Lake McArthur, Alberta

Date: 2012

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 77.0 x 110.0 cm

Description: An oil painting depicting three adult female mountain goats and three kids near a rocky crag in front of a mountain lake. Blue cloudy sky above mountain with glacier.

Subject: landscape; mountains; lake; animals, mountain goats; Lake McArthur; Dwayne Harty

Credit: Gift of Dwayne Harty, Moose, USA, 2012

Catalogue Number: HaD.02.01

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Path, Emerald Lake

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Artist: William Hutchinson (1874 – 1918, Canadian)

Date: 1915

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: HuW.05.04

Description: A vertical painting with blue lake in the foreground and bushes and path on the right. Mountains and sky in upper two-thirds.

Artist: William Hutchinson (1874 – 1918, Canadian)

Title: Path, Emerald Lake

Date: 1915

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 13.9 x 8.3 cm

Description: A vertical painting with blue lake in the foreground and bushes and path on the right. Mountains and sky in upper two-thirds.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; lake; Emerald Lake

Credit: Gift of Dorothy Hutchinson, Winnipeg, 1994

Catalogue Number: HuW.05.04

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Untitled

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Date: prior to 1980

Material: paper

Catalogue Number: 107.02.1029 a,b

Description: Two pastels both signed blc "P.M. Keefe 1961". A realistic rendering of a. Lake Louise and b. Morraine Lake 20.5 x 16.0

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Title: Untitled

Date: prior to 1980

Material: paper

Dimensions: 16.5 x 21.0. cm

Description: Two pastels both signed blc "P.M. Keefe 1961". A realistic rendering of a. Lake Louise and b. Morraine Lake 20.5 x 16.0

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; Lake Louise; Morraine Lake

Credit: Purchased from Phyllis Cain, Banff, 1988

Catalogue Number: 107.02.1029 a,b

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Autumn Evening

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Artist: Frederick Arthur Verner (1836 – 1928, Canadian)

Date: n.d.

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: VeR.05.02

Description: Colour: green, blue grey, orange. Two ducks are landing on a pond which fills the lower right area. Marsh in the lower left corner gives way to autumn trees across the upper half leaving blue sky visible in the upper right corner.

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Artist: Frederick Arthur Verner (1836 – 1928, Canadian)

Title: Autumn Evening

Date: n.d.

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 34.0 x 16.2 cm

Description: Colour: green, blue grey, orange. Two ducks are landing on a pond which fills the lower right area. Marsh in the lower left corner gives way to autumn trees across the upper half leaving blue sky visible in the upper right corner.

Subject: landscape; animal, bird; duck; lake

Credit: Gift of Lillian Jones, Calgary, 1975

Catalogue Number: VeR.05.02

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Autumn in the Canadian Rockies

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Artist: Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)

Date: 1944 – 1962

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: DaK.02.03

Description: More than half the painting is a lake with the reflection of fall trees, yellow and green, and a mountain range behind. The top half is yellow aspens and evergreens on lakeshore and blue, purple, grey and white mountains with a light blue sky.

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Artist: Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)

Title: Autumn in the Canadian Rockies

Date: 1944 – 1962

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 40.2 x 50.5 cm

Description: More than half the painting is a lake with the reflection of fall trees, yellow and green, and a mountain range behind. The top half is yellow aspens and evergreens on lakeshore and blue, purple, grey and white mountains with a light blue sky.