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Mount Biddle at Lake O'Hara

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Artist
Aldro T. Hibbard (1886 – 1972, American)
Date
1925
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
HbA.02.01
Description
General colour: lower canvas: greens and purples, upper canvas: blues and purples. In the foreground there is water surrounded by rocks. In the middle ground there are trees rising to a mountain face which goes to the top of the canvas. Cloudy sky appears in the upper left corner.
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Artist
Aldro T. Hibbard (1886 – 1972, American)
Title
Mount Biddle at Lake O'Hara
Date
1925
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
87 x 76.5 cm
Description
General colour: lower canvas: greens and purples, upper canvas: blues and purples. In the foreground there is water surrounded by rocks. In the middle ground there are trees rising to a mountain face which goes to the top of the canvas. Cloudy sky appears in the upper left corner.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Lake O'Hara
Mount Biddle
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
HbA.02.01
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Artist
Alexander Young Jackson (1882 – 1974, Canadian)
Date
1947
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
JaA.02.01
Description
General colour: green greys, blue. Cluster of buildings across the lower third. Mountains sweeps up behind to a clouded blue sky.
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Artist
Alexander Young Jackson (1882 – 1974, Canadian)
Title
Canmore, Alberta
Date
1947
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
52.8 x 43.8 cm
Description
General colour: green greys, blue. Cluster of buildings across the lower third. Mountains sweeps up behind to a clouded blue sky.
Subject
landscape, mountains
architecture, urban
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1977
Catalogue Number
JaA.02.01
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Artist
Alexander Young Jackson (1882 – 1974, Canadian)
Date
1914
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
JaA.03.15
Description
A stylistically loose drawing of a mountain scene. The view is looking in between two mountains who are cropped at either side of the page. In between them is one mountain who's peak is in the left third of the page. Trees are scattered across the mountains in the foreground.
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Artist
Alexander Young Jackson (1882 – 1974, Canadian)
Title
Mt. Resplendent
Date
1914
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
19.0 x 25.3 cm
Description
A stylistically loose drawing of a mountain scene. The view is looking in between two mountains who are cropped at either side of the page. In between them is one mountain who's peak is in the left third of the page. Trees are scattered across the mountains in the foreground.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Mount Resplendent
Credit
Gift of Donald Grace, Saanichton, 1997
Catalogue Number
JaA.03.15
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
1929
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.09
Description
General colour: blue, brown. Rocks in lower left corner sit on a beach which goes along the bottom edge to the right. The water is calm and blue. The far shore slopes up to tall rocky cliffs on the right side. On the left these same cliffs are seen in the distance. The sky is clouded with a bit of …
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Molar Pass
Date
1929
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
34.2 x 41.8 cm
Description
General colour: blue, brown. Rocks in lower left corner sit on a beach which goes along the bottom edge to the right. The water is calm and blue. The far shore slopes up to tall rocky cliffs on the right side. On the left these same cliffs are seen in the distance. The sky is clouded with a bit of blue at the upper left of center edge.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.09
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Artist
Arthur Lismer (1885 – 1969, Canadian)
Date
1928
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
LiA.03.01
Description
This drawing is a stylistically loose portrayal of a mountain scene. This scene is comprised only of mountains and rock - no trees or such other landscape. There is a peak in TLC and the mountain slopes downward to another smaller peak in the TRC. The foreground of the piece is comprised of many…
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Artist
Arthur Lismer (1885 – 1969, Canadian)
Title
Mt. Biddle
Date
1928
Medium
graphite on paper
Description
This drawing is a stylistically loose portrayal of a mountain scene. This scene is comprised only of mountains and rock - no trees or such other landscape. There is a peak in TLC and the mountain slopes downward to another smaller peak in the TRC. The foreground of the piece is comprised of many loose rocks that are piled on top of one another and recede into the background. The line quality of the drawing in the foreground is much heavier and more detailed than the background. Shading in the piece is done mostly with cross-hatching.
Subject
Landscape
Canadian Rockies
Mountains
Credit
Gift of Donald Grace, Saanichton, 1997
Catalogue Number
LiA.03.01
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Artist
Belmore Browne (1880 – 1954, American)
Date
1942
Medium
oil on canvas board
Catalogue Number
BwB.02.07
Description
General colour: purple, blue and yellow. Foreground - flowers, grass, a log lies left to center. Poplars with occasional pine, in the distance make a horizon. Three chunks of mountain rise up behind and a grey clouded sky fills the top.
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Artist
Belmore Browne (1880 – 1954, American)
Title
Massive Range
Date
1942
Medium
oil on canvas board
Dimensions
22.0 x 27.0 cm
Description
General colour: purple, blue and yellow. Foreground - flowers, grass, a log lies left to center. Poplars with occasional pine, in the distance make a horizon. Three chunks of mountain rise up behind and a grey clouded sky fills the top.
Subject
landscape
Rocky Mountains
mountain
Massive Range
Credit
Gift of J. Monroe Thorington, Philadelphia, USA, 1974
Catalogue Number
BwB.02.07
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Artist
Belmore Browne (1880 – 1954, American)
Date
1928
Medium
oil on board
Catalogue Number
BwB.02.04
Description
Colour: blue, green. The lower half is green grass with evergreens along the shore of the lake which appears at left of center. The upper half is blue and purple and white mountains. Sky goes along the top.
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Artist
Belmore Browne (1880 – 1954, American)
Title
Bow Glacier
Date
1928
Medium
oil on board
Dimensions
29.0 x 40.0 cm
Description
Colour: blue, green. The lower half is green grass with evergreens along the shore of the lake which appears at left of center. The upper half is blue and purple and white mountains. Sky goes along the top.
Subject
landscape
mountain
Rocky Mountains
glacier
Bow Glacier
Credit
Gift of Mary Hallock, Fort St. James, 1981
Catalogue Number
BwB.02.04
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Artist
Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)
Date
1929
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
RuC.02.04
Description
General colour: lower half - green, upper half - blues, purples. A lake fills lower half of canvas. There's a cluster of trees in the lower left corner.Half way up is the far shore of trees rising to mountains. The center of the canvas leads to distant mountain and sky. In the lower right corner ar…
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Artist
Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)
Title
Lake O'Hara
Date
1929
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
76.0 x 91.0 cm
Description
General colour: lower half - green, upper half - blues, purples. A lake fills lower half of canvas. There's a cluster of trees in the lower left corner.Half way up is the far shore of trees rising to mountains. The center of the canvas leads to distant mountain and sky. In the lower right corner are three rocks.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
Lake O'Hara
Credit
Purchased from Dorothy H. Wardle, Sidney, 1978
Catalogue Number
RuC.02.04
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Moose at Water's Edge

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Artist
Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)
Date
1930 – 1940
Medium
etching on paper
Catalogue Number
RuC.04.33
Description
A bull moose is standing in water in centre top of picture, water and rocks lower and centre right, marsh and trees left of picture.
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Artist
Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)
Title
Moose at Water's Edge
Date
1930 – 1940
Medium
etching on paper
Dimensions
27.0 x 36.5 cm
Description
A bull moose is standing in water in centre top of picture, water and rocks lower and centre right, marsh and trees left of picture.
Subject
landscape
animal, moose
Credit
Gift of Banff Centre Brewster Donation, Banff, 1986
Catalogue Number
RuC.04.33
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Artist
Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)
Date
1918
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
RuC.05.01
Description
Three mountain sheep in center left of picture, two facing front, one turned away - painted by Carl Rungius. Background painted by Jimmy Simpson shows brownish rocks in foreground on which sheep are standing, a mountain side runs from top left to bottom right, is blue with yellow tint towards top l…
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Artist
Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)
Title
Mountain Sheep
Date
1918
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
22.0 x 29.5 cm
Description
Three mountain sheep in center left of picture, two facing front, one turned away - painted by Carl Rungius. Background painted by Jimmy Simpson shows brownish rocks in foreground on which sheep are standing, a mountain side runs from top left to bottom right, is blue with yellow tint towards top left. A snowy mountain side is in right background, some sky with yellowish clouds show through.
Subject
landscape, mountain
animal, sheep, bighorn
Credit
Purchased from Dorothy Cranstone, Banff, 1988
Catalogue Number
RuC.05.01
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
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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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
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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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
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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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
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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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
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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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
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.
Subject
portrait
male
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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Mount Temple and Larches

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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Date
1937 – 1945
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyC.02.14
Description
The foreground is a trail starting at the centre, leading right, then left, towards a snow-covered Mt. Temple. There is a stand (one large and four small ones) of larches on viewer’s left, and on viewer’s right one large larch and one small, plus four evergreens. The sky is blue with white clouds.
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Title
Mount Temple and Larches
Date
1937 – 1945
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
40.8 x 50.8 cm
Description
The foreground is a trail starting at the centre, leading right, then left, towards a snow-covered Mt. Temple. There is a stand (one large and four small ones) of larches on viewer’s left, and on viewer’s right one large larch and one small, plus four evergreens. The sky is blue with white clouds.
Subject
landscape
Mt. Temple
larch trees
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyC.02.14
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Icicles (at Assiniboine)

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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Date
1937
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.014
Description
Bluish white icicles hang from the upper part of the picture frame moving downwards toward the bottom of the picture frame.
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Title
Icicles (at Assiniboine)
Date
1937
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
12.6 x 17.8 cm
Description
Bluish white icicles hang from the upper part of the picture frame moving downwards toward the bottom of the picture frame.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.014
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Mount Biddle near Lake O'Hara

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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Date
1930
Medium
oil on canvas board
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.036
Description
Sheer face of Mount Biddle in shadow with peaks in sunshine.
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Title
Mount Biddle near Lake O'Hara
Date
1930
Medium
oil on canvas board
Dimensions
15.9 x 15.9 cm
Description
Sheer face of Mount Biddle in shadow with peaks in sunshine.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Mt. Biddle
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.036
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Date
1930
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.044
Description
Hazy image of Yoho area.
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Title
Yoho
Date
1930
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
20.3 x 25.4 cm
Description
Hazy image of Yoho area.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Yoho
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.044
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.078
Description
Bow Glacier.
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Title
Bow Glacier
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
25.4 x 30.3 cm
Description
Bow Glacier.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Bow Glacier
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.078
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
oilvasWyC.01.091 on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.091
Description
Mount Eisenhower (Castle Mountain) under cloudy grey sky.
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Title
Mount Eisenhower
Date
n.d.
Medium
oilvasWyC.01.091 on canvas
Dimensions
25.4 x 30.3 cm
Description
Mount Eisenhower (Castle Mountain) under cloudy grey sky.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Mt. Eisenhower
Castle Mountain
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.091
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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High Horizons Camp, Lake O'Hara

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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.092
Description
High Horizons Camp in foreground at Lake O’Hara.
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Title
High Horizons Camp, Lake O'Hara
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
25.4 x 30.3 cm
Description
High Horizons Camp in foreground at Lake O’Hara.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Lake O’Hara
High Horizons Camp
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.092
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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