THE ITALIAN CONNECTION: HISTORICAL OIL PAINTING

A selection of historical oil paintings from the collection will be on view including Antonio Joli’s “Westminster Bridge on Lord Mayor’s Day,” Michele Marieschi’s “Venice and the Doge’s Barge,” and Jacopo Amigoni’s “Aeneas and Queen Dido.”

PAINTINGS OF MILTON AVERY

One of the most original and inventive 20th century landscape artists, United States artist Milton Avery (1885-1965) uses simplified shapes and clear heightened colours to evoke the characteristic forms and brilliant light of North America. Avery was much ahead of his time, and always out of the mainstream. He was an influence on may later…

THE SPIRIT OF NOVA SCOTIA

Over 300 pieces of historical folk art are on display in what has been billed as the most comprehensive survey of traditional Nova Scotian folk art ever assembled.
There are utilitarian objects such as quilts and coverlets, penny mats and painted sailcloth mats, last-look and courting mirrors, butterprints, boxes of every shape and variety -…

THE LEGACY OF JAPANESE PRINTMAKING

Wood blocks, etchings, silkscreen and lithographs trace the development of Japanese printmaking from the 17th century to the present form. It shows the influence Japanese printmaking had on such European artists as Degas and Toulouse-Lautrec and the influence of western expressionists, cubists, futurists, etc., on modern Japanese printmaking.

CATALOGUE

EMILY CARR

KENOJUAK

ROY VICKERS

THE ART OF STEPHEN LOWE: A BRIDGE BETWEEN TWO CULTURES

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MAX BATES AND HIS ART

Maxwell Bates is a major figure in Canadian art who stands alone as an expressive figurative painter. His work portrayed the foibles of society around him; the individuals, events and landscapes, with great clarity. It is charcterized by intentionally harsh lines, strong, occasionally garish colours, and an unblinking honesty….