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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Date
1945 – 1955
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.139
Description
Green slopes undulate in the foreground down to the lake of the glacier. Trees dot either side of the slopes, diminishing in size around the baby blue coloured lake. The slopes of Crowfoot Glacier rise high above the lake below. The mountain range in colour from purple to green and yellow-ochre. An…
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Title
Crowfoot Glacier
Date
1945 – 1955
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
28.0 x 35.5 cm
Description
Green slopes undulate in the foreground down to the lake of the glacier. Trees dot either side of the slopes, diminishing in size around the baby blue coloured lake. The slopes of Crowfoot Glacier rise high above the lake below. The mountain range in colour from purple to green and yellow-ochre. An ominous grey cloud cover broods over the mountain peaks.
Subject
landscape
mountain
Canadian Rockies
lake
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.139
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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