National Gallery of Canada on Canada Day.

The National Gallery of Canada (French: Musée des beaux arts du Canada), located in the capital city Ottawa, Ontario, is one of Canada's premier art galleries. Download high resolution version (1177x1560, 178 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Download high resolution version (1177x1560, 178 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... This article is about the capital city of Canada. ... An art gallery or art museum is a space for the exhibition of art, usually visual art, and usually primarily paintings and sculpture. ...

The Gallery is housed in a glass and granite building on Sussex Drive with a spectacular view of the Canadian Parliament buildings on Parliament Hill. The acclaimed structure was designed by Moshe Safdie and opened in 1988. The Gallery's former director Jean Sutherland Boggs was chosen especially by Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau to oversee construction of the national gallery and museums. Sussex Drive is a major street in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. ... Parliament Hill is a scenic location on the banks of the Ottawa River in downtown Ottawa, Canada. ... Moshe Safdie, CC , B.Arch , LL.D. , F.R.A.I.C. (born July 14, 1938) is a famous architect and urban designer. ... 1988 is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jean Sutherland Boggs, CC , Ph. ... The Right Honourable Joseph Philippe Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau, PC , CC , CH , QC , MA , LL.L , LL.D , FRSC (October 18, 1919 – September 28, 2000) was the fifteenth Prime Minister of Canada from April 20, 1968 to June 3, 1979, and from March 3, 1980 to June 30, 1984. ...

The Gallery has a large and varied collection of paintings, drawings, sculpture and photographs. Although its focus is on Canadian art, it holds works by many noted European artists. It has a strong contemporary art collection with some of Andy Warhol's most famous works. In 1990 the Gallery bought Barnett Newman's Voice of Fire for $1.8 million, causing a storm of controversy as the painting was no more than three strips of paint. Since that time its value has appreciated sharply, however. In 2005 it acquired a painting by Italian Renaissance painter Francesco Salviati for $4.5 million. The term contemporary art encompasses all art being done now. ... Andy Warhol, circa 1965. ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Barnett Newman (January 29, 1905 – July 4, 1970) was an American artist. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ...

The Canadian collection holds works by Tom Thomson and the Group of Seven as well as Emily Carr and Alex Colville. For the American politician, see Tommy Thompson. ... The Group of Seven was a group of Canadian landscape painters in the 1920s, originally consisting of Franklin Carmichael, Lawren Harris, A. Y. Jackson, Frank Johnston, Arthur Lismer, J. E. H. Macdonald, and Frederick Varley. ... Emily Carr Emily Carr (December 13, 1871 – March 2, 1945) was a Canadian artist and writer. ... Alex Colville The Honourable David Alexander Colville, PC , CC , ONS , BFA , LL.D (born August 24, 1920 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian painter. ...

The Gallery organizes its own exhibits which travel across Canada and beyond, and hosts shows from around the world, often co-sponsored with other national art galleries and museums.

The Gallery's collection has been built up through purchase and donations. Much of the collection was donated, most notable are the British paintings donated by former Governor General Vincent Massey and that of the Southam family. The Right Honourable Charles Vincent Massey, CC PC (February 20, 1887 - December 30, 1967) was the eighteenth Governor General of Canada and the first who was born in Canada. ... Southam Newspapers is a Canadian newspaper chain owned by CanWest. ...

The National Gallery of Canada with sculpture in foreground

View of Sussex Drive with the National Gallery at left

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History

The Gallery was first formed in 1880 by Canada's Governor General John Douglas Sutherland Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll, and, in 1882, moved into its first home on Parliament Hill in the same building as the Supreme Court. In 1911 the Gallery moved to the Victoria Memorial Museum, now the home of the Canadian Museum of Nature. In 1913 the first National Gallery Act was passed outlining the Gallery's mandate and resources. In 1962 the Gallery moved to a rather nondescript office building on Elgin Street adjacent to the British High Commision. It moved into its current building in 1988. In the 1990s the Gallery's photography collection was moved to the new Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, which remains affiliated with the Gallery, and is located next to the Château Laurier. 1880 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... The Governor General of Canada (French: Gouverneur général or Gouverneure générale) is the representative of the Canadian monarch. ... John George Edward Henry Douglas Sutherland Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll, usually better known by his courtesy title of Marquess of Lorne, by which he was known before 1900 (August 6, 1845 - May 2, 1914) was Governor General of Canada. ... 1882 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Parliament Hill is a scenic location on the banks of the Ottawa River in downtown Ottawa, Canada. ... The Supreme Court Building in Ottawa The Supreme Court of Canada is Canadas highest court and is located in the capital city of Ottawa. ... 1911 was a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... The east face of the Victoria Memorial Museum Building Ottawa, Canadas Canadian Museum of Nature is housed in the Victoria Memorial Museum Building, built in former farm fields in 1905 This massive stone structure is an excellent example of early 20th century architecture in Ottawa, and was built by... Link title1913 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1988 is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... // Events and trends The 1990s are generally classified as having moved slightly away from the more conservative 1980s, but otherwise retaining the same mindset. ... The Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography The Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography is a gallery of Canadas best art and documentary photographers. ... Château Laurier seen from Wellington Street Château Laurier seen from Rideau Street The Château Laurier is a noted hotel in downtown Ottawa, Canada. ...

Noted works

• The Death of General Wolfe by Benjamin West
• Jack Pine by Tom Thomson
• Pope Urban VIII by Gian Lorenzo Bernini
• Entombment of Christ by Peter Paul Rubens
• Salisbury Cathedral from the Bishop's Grounds by John Constable
• Hay Harvest at Éragny by Camille Pissarro
• Forest by Paul Cézanne
• Brillo by Andy Warhol
• Hope I by Gustav Klimt
• The Small Table by Pablo Picasso
• Memories of My Youth by Marc Chagall
• Nude on a Yellow Sofa by Henri Matisse
• Forty-Part Motet by Janet Cardiff

The largest work in the Gallery is the entire interior of the Rideau Street Chapel, the ornate chapel of a demolished girls' school, which also features Cardiff's Forty-Part Motet. The Death of General Wolfe is a well-known 1770 painting by artist Benjamin West depicting the final moments of General James Wolfe on the Plains of Abraham during the 1759 Battle of Quebec. ... Benjamin West Benjamin West (October 10, 1738 – March 11, 1820) was an Anglo-American painter of historical scenes around and after the time of the American Revolution. ... Jack Pine is well-known 1916 painting by Canadian painter Tom Thomson. ... For the American politician, see Tommy Thompson. ... A self portrait: Bernini is said to have used his own features in the David (below, left) Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini) (December 7, 1598 – November 28, 1680), who worked chiefly in Rome, was the pre-eminent baroque artist. ... Pieter Pauwel (Peter Paul) Rubens (June 28, 1577 – May 30, 1640) is considered one of the greatest painters in European art history (together with Dutchman Rembrandt van Rijn), and the most important Flemish (Netherlands, nowadays Belgium) painter of the sixteenth century. ... Categories: Stub | 1776 births | 1837 deaths | British painters | Romantic art | Suffolk | Romanticism ... Hay Harvest at Éragny is a 1901 painting by French Impressionist painter Camille Pissarro depicting the hay harvest in the French commune of Éragny. ... The garden at Pontoise, painted 1877. ... Forest is a painting (c. ... Vase of Flowers (1876) Oil on canvas Paul Cézanne (January 19, 1839 – October 22, 1906) was a French painter who represents the bridge from impressionism to cubism. ... Brillo Pad is a trade name for a scouring pad, used for cleaning dishes, made from wire wool and impregnated with soap. ... Andy Warhol, circa 1965. ... Judith I, 1901. ... Young Pablo Picasso The first cubist painting, Les Demoiselles dAvignon (1907) Pablo Picasso, formally Pablo Ruiz Picasso, (October 25, 1881 – April 8, 1973) was one of the recognized masters of 20th century art, probably most famous as the founder, along with Georges Braque, of Cubism. ... Marc Chagall as photographed in 1941 by Carl Van Vechten Marc Chagall (July 7, 1887 – March 28, 1985) was a Jewish Belarusian painter. ... Self-Portrait in a Striped T-shirt (1906). ... Spem in Alium is a forty-part motet composition by Thomas Tallis. ... Janet Cardiff (born 1957) is a Canadian installation artist. ... The Rideau Chapel was part of a school on Rideau Street in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. ...

External link

• National Gallery web site