Collection of paintings from J.E.H. MacDonald coming to Banff museum [Video]

The Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies in Banff is preparing an exhibit to showcase a never-before-seen collection of landscape paintings of Lake O’Hara and Yoho National Park from a founding member of the esteemed Group of Seven.

The collection will pay homage to the 100th anniversary of James Edward Hervey (J.E.H) MacDonald’s first trip to Lake O’Hara.

It features paint scrapings, artifacts and current site photographs from an Alberta couple who researched and documented the views painted by MacDonald during his trips to the region between 1924 and 1932.

“We’re so excited. We’re the only institution in the country that will be exhibiting this incredible show,” says Anne Ewen, director and chief curator at the Whyte Museum.

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Nearly 100 of MacDonald’s paintings from his trips to the area are on loan from more than …