Levinstein was a committed street photographer and a master of the candid photograph who spent much of his free time wandering around New York and photographing its people.
The current display in Gallery B204 at the National Gallery of Canada presents a selection of acquisitions of contemporary work by Director Marc Mayer.
Two recently acquired etchings by Rembrandt van Rijn illustrate the artist's skill and mastery as a printmaker and his empathetic interpretation of the human condition.
Artists and authors have often preferred to depict doomed and despairing love, for images of troubled and failed relationships are charged with compelling drama.
Carl Moll's painting "At the Lunch Table" captures a quiet moment of daily life, a snapshot of serenity and calm expressed in his meticulous and illuminated style.
With his incomparable printmaking skills, the graphic artist M.C. Escher created extraordinary visual worlds in his realist style. The latest donation by his son George Escher includes some of the rarest works...
