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Spring at the Foot of Bow Falls

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1933
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.053
Description
Colour: green, blue. The foreground is blue snow. At the right stand three trees. In the middle ground at the left side is a rocky bank with three trees on top of it. At the center and to the right is a river with snow on either side. In the upper half are rocks, trees and a mountain side reaching …
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Spring at the Foot of Bow Falls
Date
1933
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
27.5 x 35 cm
Description
Colour: green, blue. The foreground is blue snow. At the right stand three trees. In the middle ground at the left side is a rocky bank with three trees on top of it. At the center and to the right is a river with snow on either side. In the upper half are rocks, trees and a mountain side reaching up off the top edge.
Subject
landscape
mountain
Canadian Rockies
river
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.053
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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