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The Power House, Whitehorse

York Wilson

BIRTH YEAR 1907
BIRTH PLACE Toronto, Ontario
DEATH YEAR 1984
DEATH PLACE Toronto, Ontario
MEDIUM Oil on canvas
DATE 1948
DIMENSIONS 39.4cm x 29.8cm
ACCESSION NUMBER 2014.12.57
CREDIT LINE Collection of the Ottawa Art Gallery: gift of the York Wilson Foundation, 2014
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
A powerhouse scene with dominating grey and blue tones. The scene is set in winter, with a main focus on a station building. The building seems to be half-built, with scaffolding or exposed support beams on the left side. The foreground contains two figures interacting in the centre and one figure walking in the bottom right corner. The background is a swirl of greys and whites.

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