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- Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
- Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
- Les Graff (1936 – , Canadian) 47
- Peter or Catharine Whyte 41
- Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American) 22
- Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian) 19
- John Donaldson Curren (1852 – 1940, Canadian) 17
- Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian) 14
- Unknown 10
- Belmore Browne (1880 – 1954, American) 8
- Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British) 8
- Michael Cameron (1955 – , Canadian) 8
- Date
- 1929
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.02.16
- Description
- Oil portrait of a man with short, dark hair, painted from the shoulders up in three-quarter view. He is wearing a dark red garment. He has fair skin, brown eyes and rosy cheeks. He is situated in front of a dark brown background.
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- Title
- Oil Painting
- Date
- 1929
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 53.0 x 43.0 cm
- Description
- Oil portrait of a man with short, dark hair, painted from the shoulders up in three-quarter view. He is wearing a dark red garment. He has fair skin, brown eyes and rosy cheeks. He is situated in front of a dark brown background.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.02.16
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- Date
- 1928
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.02.17
- Description
- Oil portrait of a women with short, medium brown hair and fair skin in profile. She is wearing a brown garment that blends with the background that she is situated in, which is split vertically off-center to the right; the left side of the background is a deep green colour, while the right side is …
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- Title
- Oil Painting
- Date
- 1928
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 53.0 x 43.0 cm
- Description
- Oil portrait of a women with short, medium brown hair and fair skin in profile. She is wearing a brown garment that blends with the background that she is situated in, which is split vertically off-center to the right; the left side of the background is a deep green colour, while the right side is a light brown. The bottom edge of the painting is unfinished.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.02.17
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- Date
- 1925 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite; ink on monogram board
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.886
- Description
- Three sketches take up a third of the page each: 1) A hunched over person walks between two stocky men. The man on the left is wearing a hat and walking with a cane, and the gentleman on the right is carrying a newspaper and smoking. They are walking into a crowd. Beside the drawing it says “IF I C…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1925 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite; ink on monogram board
- Dimensions
- 39.0 x 26.3 cm
- Description
- Three sketches take up a third of the page each: 1) A hunched over person walks between two stocky men. The man on the left is wearing a hat and walking with a cane, and the gentleman on the right is carrying a newspaper and smoking. They are walking into a crowd. Beside the drawing it says “IF I CAN MANAGE TO SANDWICH MYSELF BETWEEN TWO GOOD STOUT FELLOW PEDESTRIANS ---------”, 2) A Neanderthal (appears to be) is running away from a long neck dinosaur. Beside the drawing it says “MY PREHISTORIC ANCESTOR DODGING A DINOSAUR -----------”, and 3) A man walks in front of a vehicle reading a newspaper. There is another car driving away in the opposite direction. Beside the drawing it says “I HOPPED OFF AS THE AVIATORS SAY AND WENT ACROSS THE STREET ----------”. verso: near the middle of the board there is a sketch of two pirates, one with a sword that has injured the other. Underneath the drawing it reads “QUICK, BRING ME A CHAIR I CAN’T STAND THE SIGHT OF BLOOD” Below the drawing it says “My prehistoric ancestor dodging a dinosaur If I can manage to sandwich myself between two good stout fellow pedestrians I hopped off as the aviators say and went across the street That he will ever become a mechanical bird and fly over is out of the question.”
- Subject
- people
- men
- dinosaur
- animal
- car
- newspaper
- reading
- walking
- street
- pedestrian
- cane
- smoking
- pirates
- swords
- blood
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.886
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- Date
- 1925 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite; ink on monogram board
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.884
- Description
- A man wearing a golfing hat has a set of wings attached to his back and has swooped up above a car that is driving below him. There are two people in the vehicle, the one in the passenger seat is looking up at the guy. Above the image it says “THAT HE WILL EVER BECOME A MECHANICAL BIRD AND FLY OVER…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1925 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite; ink on monogram board
- Dimensions
- 39.0 x 26.3 cm
- Description
- A man wearing a golfing hat has a set of wings attached to his back and has swooped up above a car that is driving below him. There are two people in the vehicle, the one in the passenger seat is looking up at the guy. Above the image it says “THAT HE WILL EVER BECOME A MECHANICAL BIRD AND FLY OVER IS OUT OF THE QUESTION -----------”, and below the drawing it is signed “Peter Whyte”
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.884
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- Date
- 1925 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.883
- Description
- A man wearing a headdress (only upper and lower arm bands, a loin cloth, and moccasins) stands by a small fire with his arms crossed. There are trees off to the right of the figure, and in the background you the ink lines make out the outline of trees. Above the trees it is a night sky that has a v…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1925 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 36.7 x 29.4 cm
- Description
- A man wearing a headdress (only upper and lower arm bands, a loin cloth, and moccasins) stands by a small fire with his arms crossed. There are trees off to the right of the figure, and in the background you the ink lines make out the outline of trees. Above the trees it is a night sky that has a very large moon taking up most of the skyline.
- Subject
- person
- Indigenous
- man
- clothing
- loin cloth
- arm bands
- shoes
- moccasins
- heard dress
- ceremonial clothing
- fire
- smoke
- trees
- sky
- moon
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.883
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- Date
- 1925 – 1930
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.02.079
- Description
- An oil painting, divided into three sections, that show the development of a humorous ski accident. In the first, left-most section, the silhouette of a woman on skis on top of a snowy hill is shown. In the middle section, the woman is skiing down the hill. The last, right-most section shows a ski …
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1925 – 1930
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Description
- An oil painting, divided into three sections, that show the development of a humorous ski accident. In the first, left-most section, the silhouette of a woman on skis on top of a snowy hill is shown. In the middle section, the woman is skiing down the hill. The last, right-most section shows a ski and poles sticking out from the snow while onlookers gather at the top of the hill.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.02.079
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- Date
- 1929 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.407
- Description
- A drawing for a greeting card. WIldlife animals sit in what appears to be a canoe within larger rectangle. Left edge, right edge and bottom edge in red ink, crosses to find the centre of the card. [blc] SEAON’S GREETING’S[BRC] CATHARINE AND PETER [top centre in red ink] 67 %
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1929 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 17.8 cm
- Description
- A drawing for a greeting card. WIldlife animals sit in what appears to be a canoe within larger rectangle. Left edge, right edge and bottom edge in red ink, crosses to find the centre of the card. [blc] SEAON’S GREETING’S[BRC] CATHARINE AND PETER [top centre in red ink] 67 %
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.407
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- Date
- 1934
- Medium
- graphite; watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.400
- Description
- A war scene with one man scaling a fence, holding a gun. TO the right a figure stands in the door of a structure with a rabbit on top. blc: signed in cursive Peter Whyteblc LOCHINCH
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1934
- Medium
- graphite; watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 22.6 x 29.7 cm
- Description
- A war scene with one man scaling a fence, holding a gun. TO the right a figure stands in the door of a structure with a rabbit on top. blc: signed in cursive Peter Whyteblc LOCHINCH
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.400
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New Year 1934, Moana Hotel
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- Date
- 1934
- Medium
- graphite; watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.398
- Description
- Three watercolour and pencil drawings of two men and one woman, all with hats. In brc DIDYA SAY/ HOROSCOPE OR HOROWITZZZ ICH !!In brc, signed in cursive Peter Whytetop centre NEW YEAR 1934/ MOANA HOTEL
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- Title
- New Year 1934, Moana Hotel
- Date
- 1934
- Medium
- graphite; watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 29.9 x 22.9 cm
- Description
- Three watercolour and pencil drawings of two men and one woman, all with hats. In brc DIDYA SAY/ HOROSCOPE OR HOROWITZZZ ICH !!In brc, signed in cursive Peter Whytetop centre NEW YEAR 1934/ MOANA HOTEL
- Subject
- New Year
- Moana Hotel
- Hawaii
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.398
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If You Cant Get the New Year Spirit Why Not Take Your Own--
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- Date
- 1934
- Medium
- graphite; watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.397
- Description
- A man and a woman with their backs to the viewer are dressed in fancy outfits. There is a flask in the man’s back pocket. Signed Peter Whyte in cursive in brc.Top centre title: If You Cant Get the New Year Spirit Why Not Take Your Own--MOANA HOTEL HONOLULU [brc]; JANUARY 1ST [blc]
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- Title
- If You Cant Get the New Year Spirit Why Not Take Your Own--
- Date
- 1934
- Medium
- graphite; watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 30.8 x 23.8 cm
- Description
- A man and a woman with their backs to the viewer are dressed in fancy outfits. There is a flask in the man’s back pocket. Signed Peter Whyte in cursive in brc.Top centre title: If You Cant Get the New Year Spirit Why Not Take Your Own--MOANA HOTEL HONOLULU [brc]; JANUARY 1ST [blc]
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.397
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Chief Dan Wildman
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- Date
- 1930
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.02.01
- Description
- Colour: brown, grey, red. Head and upper torso of a man facing left. He wears a large feather headress and a buckskin jacket with beaded trim. He wears a claw or teeth necklace. The background is grey.
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- Title
- Chief Dan Wildman
- Date
- 1930
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 63.4 x 76.7 cm
- Description
- Colour: brown, grey, red. Head and upper torso of a man facing left. He wears a large feather headress and a buckskin jacket with beaded trim. He wears a claw or teeth necklace. The background is grey.
- Subject
- portrait, male
- Dan Wildman
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1971
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.02.01
- Notes
- Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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John Donaldson Curren
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- Date
- 1931 – 1936
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.02.02
- Description
- Colour: grey, black, flesh. Slightly turned to the left is the head of an elderly man who wears a dark suit and sports a white walrus mustache.
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- Title
- John Donaldson Curren
- Date
- 1931 – 1936
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 53.5 x 43.2 cm
- Description
- Colour: grey, black, flesh. Slightly turned to the left is the head of an elderly man who wears a dark suit and sports a white walrus mustache.
- Subject
- portrait, male
- John Donaldson Curren
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.02.02
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John Donaldson Curren
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- Date
- 1931 – 1936
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.02.03
- Description
- Colour: brown, grey, flesh. The frontal view of the hand and shoulders of an elderly man who wears a shirt and tie under a brown sweater under a suit jacket.He looks left, his white hair stands on end and his mouth is smothered in a large walrus mustache.
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- Title
- John Donaldson Curren
- Date
- 1931 – 1936
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 43.1 x 52.9 cm
- Description
- Colour: brown, grey, flesh. The frontal view of the hand and shoulders of an elderly man who wears a shirt and tie under a brown sweater under a suit jacket.He looks left, his white hair stands on end and his mouth is smothered in a large walrus mustache.
- Subject
- portrait, male
- John Donaldson Curren
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1974
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.02.03
- Notes
- Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Opabin Dome, Lake O'Hara
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- Date
- 1930 – 1931
- Medium
- oil on board
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.02.04
- Description
- Colour: blue, white, purple. In the lower right section a peak rises four inches up to a large diagonal cloud which runs from upper left to lower right. A second cloud runs underneath it. A small third cloud appears to be breaking off to the upper right corner. Looks like Opabin Dome
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- Title
- Opabin Dome, Lake O'Hara
- Date
- 1930 – 1931
- Medium
- oil on board
- Dimensions
- 10.5 x 13.5 cm
- Description
- Colour: blue, white, purple. In the lower right section a peak rises four inches up to a large diagonal cloud which runs from upper left to lower right. A second cloud runs underneath it. A small third cloud appears to be breaking off to the upper right corner. Looks like Opabin Dome
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- mountain
- lake
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.02.04
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- Date
- 1932
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.02.05
- Description
- Colour: brown, blue. An older man sits in a chair - a Hudson Bay blanket showing on the left side. His right leg is up. His left hand is on the arm of the chair. His right hand holds a pipe to his mouth - ring on fourth finger. He wears a navy blue suit and a grey felt hat. He's looking to the righ…
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- Title
- Tom Wilson
- Date
- 1932
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 74.9 x 62.2 cm
- Description
- Colour: brown, blue. An older man sits in a chair - a Hudson Bay blanket showing on the left side. His right leg is up. His left hand is on the arm of the chair. His right hand holds a pipe to his mouth - ring on fourth finger. He wears a navy blue suit and a grey felt hat. He's looking to the right although facing out. The background is brown.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1974
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.02.05
- Notes
- Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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- Date
- 1932 – 1935
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.02.004
- Description
- Indigenous encampment containing seven teepees and small groups of people, a dog, background horses and mountains. There is green grass in the foreground, white and beige teepees and grey-blue mountains in the distance.
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- Title
- Seven Teepees
- Date
- 1932 – 1935
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 56.0 x 152.5 cm
- Description
- Indigenous encampment containing seven teepees and small groups of people, a dog, background horses and mountains. There is green grass in the foreground, white and beige teepees and grey-blue mountains in the distance.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.02.004
- Notes
- Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Seven Veils Falls, Lake O'Hara
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- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.077
- Description
- Colour: green. In the foreground are rocks, trees and grass. One tree on the left side. Two larger trees and four stumps on the right side. The flat green lake fills the middle third. The upper third is gentle treed mountain slopes.
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- Title
- Seven Veils Falls, Lake O'Hara
- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 27.5 x 35.0 cm
- Description
- Colour: green. In the foreground are rocks, trees and grass. One tree on the left side. Two larger trees and four stumps on the right side. The flat green lake fills the middle third. The upper third is gentle treed mountain slopes.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- mountain
- lake
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.077
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Opabin Lake and Pass
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- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.076
- Description
- Colour: green, brown, white. In the foreground along the lower edge are trees and rocks and grass. Three trees stand right of center. Behind is a flat green lake. The far shore starts a third the way up and becomes a glacier at two thirds up. There is brown scree at the top with a patch of blue sky…
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- Title
- Opabin Lake and Pass
- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 27.5 x 35.0 cm
- Description
- Colour: green, brown, white. In the foreground along the lower edge are trees and rocks and grass. Three trees stand right of center. Behind is a flat green lake. The far shore starts a third the way up and becomes a glacier at two thirds up. There is brown scree at the top with a patch of blue sky at the upper right of center edge.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- mountain
- lake
- glacier
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.076
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Ringrose Peak and Mount Hungabee from Wiwaxy
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- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.075
- Description
- Colour: brown, blue, green. The right side is filled with dark brown mountain. ON the left side is foreground rock, a green patch of water and beyond, a mountan with a shore and rock face and two peaks. The sky is blue across the top with few clouds in the upper right corner.
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- Title
- Ringrose Peak and Mount Hungabee from Wiwaxy
- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 27.5 x 35.0 cm
- Description
- Colour: brown, blue, green. The right side is filled with dark brown mountain. ON the left side is foreground rock, a green patch of water and beyond, a mountan with a shore and rock face and two peaks. The sky is blue across the top with few clouds in the upper right corner.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- mountain
- lake
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.075
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Mount Lefroy from Odaray
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- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.072
- Description
- Colour: blue, brown, green. In the foreground are boulders with green sides and brown sides. In the lower center is blue water. Behind are purple mountains with snow in the upper area and a patch of sky along the upper edge left of center.
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- Title
- Mount Lefroy from Odaray
- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 27.5 x 35.0 cm
- Description
- Colour: blue, brown, green. In the foreground are boulders with green sides and brown sides. In the lower center is blue water. Behind are purple mountains with snow in the upper area and a patch of sky along the upper edge left of center.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- mountain
- lake
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.072
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