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Our Abiding Solitude: Jean Paul Lemieux

An artist of time, space and solitude, Jean Paul Lemieux merged serene landscape and solitary figures to create emblematic visions of the human condition.

Views of Ottawa: Etching the Capital City between 1867 and 1939

As Ottawa became the capital of Canada, artists visited or moved to the city in search of work and inspiration. Etching proved a popular medium for capturing the rapidly changing face of its cityscape.

Unsettling the Viewer: the Art of Ken Lum

Since the 1980s Ken Lum has been creating work that addresses social divisions and disconnect by weaving wry humour into his poignant critique.

Carl Schaefer: Home for the Holidays

In his drawing “Christmas Motif, Hanover”, the artist links a festive moment to his place of inspiration, his hometown in south-western Ontario.

Manitoba Party by William Kurelek: Impressions of Rural Life in Canada

In 1964 William Kurelek exhibited a series of works based on the life of his father and other Ukrainian immigrants in Canada.

Emily Carr in Brittany: Moment of Artistic Breakthrough

Emily Carr's stay in Brittany in 1910–11 proved a formative period that propelled her art beyond traditionalism into modernist expression.

Life in Saint John: Miller Brittain and a portrait of the people

Miller Brittain's paintings accurately portrayed the daily life of the people and the atmosphere in his native Saint John in the 1930s.

William Kentridge: the world stage of "More Sweetly Play the Dance"

The procession installation by South-African artist William Kentridge at the NGC is an enveloping human journey in film and animation.

Pissarro's prints: light, atmosphere and "plein air"

Around 1880 Camille Pissarro created a series of prints that mirrored his Impressionist vision of light, atmosphere and plein-air painting

Isolation in War: James Wilson Morrice

In 1918 the Canadian modernist artist James Wilson Morrice travelled to the front in war-torn France to document the aftermath of battle for the Canadian War Records Office.