topic:"glacier" found 32 records - Research Collections - Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

Bow Lake and Crowfoot Glacier

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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.05.28

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

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.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountains; lake; Bow lake; glacier; Crowfoot Glacier

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

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.28

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Toe of Athabasca Glacier

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

Date: 1940 – 1960

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.369

Description: From the top left a glacier comes into the image and continues down to the bottom left and across to the middle right. In front of the glacier is a green body of water that is surrounded by grey and beige dirty snow and ice or earth. The shadows of the glacier are shades of blue ranging from light …

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

Title: Toe of Athabasca Glacier

Date: 1940 – 1960

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 25.3 x 30.2 cm

Description: From the top left a glacier comes into the image and continues down to the bottom left and across to the middle right. In front of the glacier is a green body of water that is surrounded by grey and beige dirty snow and ice or earth. The shadows of the glacier are shades of blue ranging from light to medium.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; glacier; Athabasca Glacier

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.369

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Alleuvial Fan, Bow Lake

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1945 – 1960

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.245

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Alleuvial Fan, Bow Lake

Date: 1945 – 1960

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.6 x 35.1 cm

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; lake; glacier

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.245

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Athabasca Glacier

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1940 – 1960

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.103

Description: Colour: blue greys. The central image is a mass of blue grey ice which takes up the middle two quarters. The upper and lower quarters being white patches of snow on a brown grey ground.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Athabasca Glacier

Date: 1940 – 1960

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 30.5 x 25.5 cm

Description: Colour: blue greys. The central image is a mass of blue grey ice which takes up the middle two quarters. The upper and lower quarters being white patches of snow on a brown grey ground.

Subject: landscape; mountain; Canadian Rockies; lake; ice; snow; glacier

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.103

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Athabasca Glacier

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1940 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.089

Description: Colour: blue, green. Central image is a fan shaped glacier emptying into a pool of warm blue water surrounded by green grass along the bottom and a third the way up. Beyond the glacier to the left is rock mountain side which goes off the left side. In the upper right corner is sky which meets dista…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Athabasca Glacier

Date: 1940 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.5 x 35 cm

Description: Colour: blue, green. Central image is a fan shaped glacier emptying into a pool of warm blue water surrounded by green grass along the bottom and a third the way up. Beyond the glacier to the left is rock mountain side which goes off the left side. In the upper right corner is sky which meets distant slopes.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; lake; glacier

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.089

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Athabasca Glacier, Columbia Icefield, Alberta

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Artist: George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)

Date: 1973

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: WbG.04.036

Description: Athabasca Glacier at centre of image, black trees in foreground.

Artist: George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)

Title: Athabasca Glacier, Columbia Icefield, Alberta

Date: 1973

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 47.0 x 40.4 cm

Description: Athabasca Glacier at centre of image, black trees in foreground.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; Athabasca Glacier

Credit: Gift of Donna Tingley, Edmonton, 2004

Catalogue Number: WbG.04.036

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Athabasca Glacier, Columbia Icefields, Alberta

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Artist: George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)

Date: 1972

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: WbG.04.016

Description: Athabasca Glacier runs across the foreground of the print. Snowcapped mountains are visible on left. They extend from the left of the image into the centre of it. The base of mountain extends into the centre of the image. At the right edge of the print near the centre, a cluster of dark evergre…

Artist: George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)

Title: Athabasca Glacier, Columbia Icefields, Alberta

Date: 1972

Medium: ink on paper

Description: Athabasca Glacier runs across the foreground of the print. Snowcapped mountains are visible on left. They extend from the left of the image into the centre of it. The base of mountain extends into the centre of the image. At the right edge of the print near the centre, a cluster of dark evergreen trees stand out. The sky is a soft blue. The glacier and surrounding area are shades of tan and brown.