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Cathedral Mountain, Lake O'Hara

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1931 – 1940
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.010
Description
Colour: blue, green, black. The lower half is a green lake surrounded by black trees in the foreground, rock cliffs on the left side and mountain slopes in the distance to left and right. The upper half is a distant mountain lit in the last rays of the sun. Above is blue sky with one large grey clo…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Cathedral Mountain, Lake O'Hara
Date
1931 – 1940
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
63.0 x 76.0 cm
Description
Colour: blue, green, black. The lower half is a green lake surrounded by black trees in the foreground, rock cliffs on the left side and mountain slopes in the distance to left and right. The upper half is a distant mountain lit in the last rays of the sun. Above is blue sky with one large grey cloud.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
winter
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.010
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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