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Crowfoot Glacier, Bow Summit

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1945 – 1955
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.082
Description
Colour: green, purple. A little brook runs between rocks and grass in the lower center. Halfway up grow trees on either side. Meadows beyond reach a lake right of center where a forest goes up either side. In the background are three purple mountains with grey and blue sky beyond.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Crowfoot Glacier, Bow Summit
Date
1945 – 1955
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
27.5 x 35 cm
Description
Colour: green, purple. A little brook runs between rocks and grass in the lower center. Halfway up grow trees on either side. Meadows beyond reach a lake right of center where a forest goes up either side. In the background are three purple mountains with grey and blue sky beyond.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
lake
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1970
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.082
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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