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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1945 – 1955
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.117
Description
Colour: Warm blues, black, grey. A lake crosses the lower edge. Two black strips of trees go up each side from the center at the bottom of the glacier. Behind the glacier is a rock fall leading to a snow ridge and to the left a rock peak. The sky is the same colour as the snow-grey.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Lake Louise
Date
1945 – 1955
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
30.5 x 25.5 cm
Description
Colour: Warm blues, black, grey. A lake crosses the lower edge. Two black strips of trees go up each side from the center at the bottom of the glacier. Behind the glacier is a rock fall leading to a snow ridge and to the left a rock peak. The sky is the same colour as the snow-grey.
Subject
landscape
mountain
Canadian Rockies
lake
glacier
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.117
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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