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Mount Brett, West Road

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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Date
1940 – 1948
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.281
Description
View from the 1A highway (west of Banff) looking west. A tall yellow tree stands in the left foreground. A short stretch of violet-grey road extends from the middle of the picture's base. Grass, with touches of orange, borders the road. The middleground contains the forested base of a mountain. Thi…
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Title
Mount Brett, West Road
Date
1940 – 1948
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
25.4 x 30.3 cm
Description
View from the 1A highway (west of Banff) looking west. A tall yellow tree stands in the left foreground. A short stretch of violet-grey road extends from the middle of the picture's base. Grass, with touches of orange, borders the road. The middleground contains the forested base of a mountain. This slope curves downwards from the upper right-hand side to the left-hand side. The forest cover is made up of sections of dark green and yellow trees. In the background, blue mountain peaks are visible. To the right of centre, is a triangular peak. and behind to the left, is a horizontal summit with some bands of light blue that indicate a glacier.
Subject
landscape
mountain
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.281
Images
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