Art Gallery of Ontario. Art Gallery of Ontario What is the institution's collection
In the very center is the largest on the North American continent, called the Art Gallery of Ontario (Art Gallery of Ontario). Here you can get acquainted with Canadian art, European paintings and sculptures by Henry Moore.
The museum is located in the Grunge Park area in a 4-story building created from metal and glass by the famous architect Frank Gary (he designed the Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, etc.). The entrance to the Art Gallery of Ontario is indicated by large red AGO letters. The exhibition area of the institution covers an area of 45 thousand square meters. m, on its territory there are 110 halls.
History of the Museum
The art gallery was founded by members of the Ontario Society of Artists in 1900. Initially, the institution was called the Toronto Museum of Art, after 19 years it was renamed into a gallery, and in 1966 it was given its modern name. In 2008, a large-scale reconstruction was carried out here.
What is the institution's collection?
The exposition of the Art Gallery of Ontario covers the period from the 1st century AD. and to the present. The collection is a real treasure, it is conditionally divided into 3 thematic parts and a library:
Features of the visit
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The Art Gallery of Ontario is a superb art gallery in the city of Toronto, Canada. The gallery is located in the heart of Toronto in the Grange Park area. The exhibition area of the gallery is 45,000 square meters and it is one of the largest art museums in North America.
The Art Gallery of Ontario was founded in 1900 by members of the Society of Artists of Ontario as the "Art Museum of Toronto". In 1919, the museum was renamed the Toronto Art Gallery, and in 1966 it received its current name. The gallery's superb collection spans a vast period of time from the 1st century AD. to the present day and has more than 80,000 exhibits - paintings, sculptures, engravings, photographs, books, installations and much more.
The Art Gallery of Ontario owns the world's largest collection of Canadian art, beautifully illustrating the history of art in Canada dating back to pre-Confederate times. You will be able to see here the works of such famous Canadian artists as Tom Thomson, Emily Kahr and Cornelius Krieghoff, as well as the work of Canadian landscape painters from the so-called "Group of Seven". This collection also includes exhibits illustrating the visual arts of the indigenous peoples of North and South America and such a type of folk art as the “Chukchi carved bone”, which has long been common among the Chukchi and Eskimos of the northeastern coast of the Chukchi Peninsula and the Diomede Islands.
An impressive collection of European art is represented in the gallery by the works of such world famous masters as Bernini, Rubens, Rembrandt, Goya, Degas, Hals, Picasso, Monet, Tintoretto, Pissarro, Gainsborough, etc. Modern artistic trends are illustrated by the works of Kline, Rothko, Gorka, Chagall, Hoffmann, Smith, Dali, Mathis and many others.
Special attention deserves a unique collection of sculptures by the famous British sculptor Henry Moore, as well as an extensive collection of models of ancient ships and an impressive photo collection (more than 40 thousand, including works by Brassai, Burtynsky, Cameron, Evans, Flaherty and Fink).
The Library of the Art Gallery of Ontario is considered to be one of the best art history libraries in Canada and contains more than 165,000 volumes of subject literature, a field of 50,000 catalogs (from the late 18th century to the present), historical documents, newspapers and magazines. , microfilms and various multimedia media. The library and the gallery's unique archives are open to the public.
The Art Gallery of Ontario hosts various temporary exhibitions on an ongoing basis.
Art Gallery of Ontario(English) Art Gallery of Ontario) - a gallery in Toronto, with its 45 thousand square meters of exhibition space is one of the largest art museums in North America. It has three main collections: Canadian art, European painting and sculpture by Henry Moore.
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The Art Museum was founded in 1900 under the name "Toronto Art Museum". In 1919, the museum was renamed the Toronto Art Gallery. In 1966 it received its current name.
Collections
The museum has a total of more than 68 thousand exhibits.
European painting is represented by works by Rembrandt, Pieter Brueghel the Younger, Tintoretto, Frans Hals, Van Gogh, Claude Monet, Paul Gauguin, Edgar Degas, Renoir and Picasso.
Selected paintings from the museum's collection
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