Girl in a Boat with Geese by Berthe Morisot https://www.nga.gov/artworks/52194-girl-boat-geese
The Western Humanities, California, London, Toronto, 1998, no. 19.13, repro.
The Western Humanities, California, London, Toronto, 1998, no. 19.13, repro.
Painted late in her career when she was experimenting with unconventional viewpoints, Sky with Flat White Cloud is the second in a series of seven paintings in which Georgia O’Keeffe took inspiration from flying in an airplane high above the earth’s surface, observing the surrounding atmosphere and cloud formations. Excited by the experience of air travel, she remarked, “I’ve often thought how wonderful it would be to simply stand out in space and have nothing!� In this painting and two others in the group, she divided the vista into three horizontal bands;
, Tate Modern, London; Bank Austria Kunstforum, Vienna; Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
Arthur Garfield Dove was born in Canandaigua in the Finger Lakes region of New York on August 2, 1880, and was raised in nearby Geneva. His father, a brickyard owner and building contractor, named him after the Republican presidential and vice presidential candidates in the election that year, James Garfield and Chester Arthur.
Arthur Dove: Life and Work, With a Catalogue Raisonné, Newark, London, and Toronto
Executed in 1927, Line and Curve is the last in a group of four highly abstract, predominantly white, narrow vertical compositions whose imagery can be traced in part to Georgia O’Keeffe’s interest in Manhattan’s modern architecture. As its title indicates, Line and Curve consists of a simple juxtaposition of a vertical line running down the center of the canvas intersected by a sweeping curve that extends through the upper right quadrant of the composition.
, Tate Modern, London; Bank Austria Kunstforum, Vienna; Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
of Small Pictures by Members of the Ontario Society of Artists, Art Gallery of Toronto
The Virgin and Child are seated in majesty on a gabled throne, whose shape echoes a tabernacle used to hold the reserved portion of the sacrament, the divine mystery of the bread and wine that is at the very heart of the Eucharist. Yet this Virgin and Child are also in joyous and very human interaction with the angels and saints surrounding them.
Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles; Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, 2012-2013, not in
Artists are keen observers of the natural world. The landscapes they create capture the progression of seasons, the changing climate, and conservation concerns.Â
acrylic on canvas, Patrons‘ Permanent Fund and Gift of Audrey and David Mirvish, Toronto
Minneapolis Institute of Arts; San Francisco Museum of Art; The Art Gallery of Toronto
, 2018-2019. 2021 Picasso: Painting the Blue Period, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
Charles Sheeler was a master of both painting and photography, and his work in one medium influenced and shaped his work in the other.[1] In 1927, he was commissioned to photograph the Ford Motor Company’s new River Rouge Plant near Detroit. Then the world’s largest industrial complex, employing more than 75,000 workers, the plant produced Ford’s Model A, successor to the famed Model T.
Landscape Painting from Tierra del Fuego to the Arctic, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto