La galería nacional de Сanadá

RESUMEN.

INTRODUCTION:

In this paper we will discuss and explain issues relating to painting and sculpture with existing British influence in Canada, deepen in: his origin, the names of its founders and remodeling processes that have suffered in various dates, the authors of the expositions that are presented here, among other things.

“THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF CANADÁ”

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.

The Gallery is now housed in a glass and granite building on Sussex Drive with a notable view of the Canadian Parliament buildings onParliament Hill. The building 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.

Marc Mayer was named the museum's director, succeeding Pierre Théberge, on 19 January 2009.

History.

The Gallery was first formed in 1880 by Canada's Governor General John Douglas Sutherland Campbell, the first National Gallery Act was passed outlining the Gallery's, the building has since been demolished for a 17 storey office building that is to house the Federal Finance Department. The museum moved into its current building on Sussex Drive in 1988, beside Nepean Point

In 1985, the newly created Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography (CMCP), formerly the Stills Photography Division of the National Film Board of Canada, was affiliated to the National Gallery. In 1998, the CMCP's administration was amalgamated to that of the National Gallery's.

In 2000, the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada chose the National Gallery as one of the top 500 buildings produced in Canada during the last millennium.

Collection

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 American and European artists. It has a strong contemporary art collection with some of Andy Warhol

CONCLUSION

Painting in England the following year came to mingle with Paris, was influenced by the Impressionists characters Impressionism Old World, modernism and even by post-impressionism, attitudes adopted by the authors of their times over time and experiences with new working methods. The Sculpture same happened with European painting ecclesiastical character was influenced mainly by France, prevailed until the early twentieth century when the Canadian capital began to build civilian buildings.

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