This unique exhibition will feature 40 highlights of Canadian art from the historic collection that begun in the first half of the 20th century by Hart House at the University of Toronto. Works will include: A.Y. Jackson’s , Georgian Bay, November, purchased in 1922; Emily Carr’s Kitwancool Totems, acquired in 1929; David Milne, Waterlilies and the Sunday Paper, Temagami, 1928, donated by Vincent Massey in 1947 and Lawren Harris’s Abstract (War Painting), 1943, presented by the Artist to Hart House in 1949. The exhibition will include key works that tell us about particular critical junctures in the history of how this singular Canadian collection was built, but will also provide glimpses into how art history has been written in Canada.
The exhibition will be curated by Dr. Christine Boyanoski and organized by the Justina M. Barnicke Gallery at Hart House for the Art Gallery of Alberta.