Sunday, February 18, 2007

The National Art Gallery of Canada


The gallery is housed in a glass and granite building with a notable view of the Canadian Parliament buildings on Parliament Hill.

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. Recently, the Gallery acquired a painting by Italian Renaissance painter Francesco Salviati for $4.5 million.
The Canadian collection holds works by Tom Thompson and the Group of Seven as well as Emily Carr and Alex Colville.

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