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The Ski Jumper, Mount Norquay, Banff

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Artist
Robert J. McGuinness (1886 – 1961, Canadian)
Date
prior to 1960
Medium
oil on board
Catalogue Number
McR.02.02
Description
General colour: brown, blue. Diagonally across the lower right corner stand a row of figures with their backs to the viewer. Above them is a skier suspended in the air at the peak of his jump. In the background is a mountain and valley below.
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Artist
Robert J. McGuinness (1886 – 1961, Canadian)
Title
The Ski Jumper, Mount Norquay, Banff
Date
prior to 1960
Medium
oil on board
Dimensions
120.7 x 120.7 cm
Description
General colour: brown, blue. Diagonally across the lower right corner stand a row of figures with their backs to the viewer. Above them is a skier suspended in the air at the peak of his jump. In the background is a mountain and valley below.
Subject
activity, ski jumping
winter
Credit
Gift of Gus Baracus, Banff, 1971
Catalogue Number
McR.02.02
Images
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Toe of Athabasca Glacier, Columbia Icefield

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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Date
1945 – 1955
Medium
oil on canvas on masonite
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.286
Description
View of the edge of a glacier. In the foreground (the lower third of the picture) are areas of grey interlocking with areas of light grey-yellow green. In the background is a rounded rise of ice with its surface coloured pale yellow and white, and crevasses of light-blue, grey-green and green-blue …
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Title
Toe of Athabasca Glacier, Columbia Icefield
Date
1945 – 1955
Medium
oil on canvas on masonite
Dimensions
25.4 x 30.3 cm
Description
View of the edge of a glacier. In the foreground (the lower third of the picture) are areas of grey interlocking with areas of light grey-yellow green. In the background is a rounded rise of ice with its surface coloured pale yellow and white, and crevasses of light-blue, grey-green and green-blue (with some outlines of dark blue). The bottom edge of the glacier is a cliff of ice, which extends from the righthand side of the picture and almost reaches the lefthand side. At the top of the sketch, a strip of blue sky is found on the left and an area of brown wash is on the right.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
lake
glacier
winter
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.286
Images
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Artist
Robert J. McGuinness (1886 – 1961, Canadian)
Date
1948 – 1949
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
McR.05.04
Description
A mountain side covered with snow covers all but the top left corner, a few rocks show through the snow, centered is a man on skis, he is wearing a yellow shirt, grey pants and hat, he is facing to the left, bent over his skis with his ski poles straight down behind him, image has a pencil drawn b…
Artist
Robert J. McGuinness (1886 – 1961, Canadian)
Title
The Gelande Jump
Date
1948 – 1949
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
36.0 x 28.3 cm
Description
A mountain side covered with snow covers all but the top left corner, a few rocks show through the snow, centered is a man on skis, he is wearing a yellow shirt, grey pants and hat, he is facing to the left, bent over his skis with his ski poles straight down behind him, image has a pencil drawn border
Subject
activity
skiing
landscape
mountain
winter
Credit
Gift of Lorna Becker, Calgary, 1991
Catalogue Number
McR.05.04
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