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AGO to Present Major Kahlo/Rivera Exhibition in Fall 2012
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This fall, the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) will present a major survey of masterworks by Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, two renowned and prolific early 20th-century painters whose work continues to resonate with viewers around the world. Frida & Diego: Passion, Politics and Painting features 75 works by the artists, drawn primarily from the collection of Mexico’s Museo Dolores Olmedo.
Chagall and the Russian Avant-Garde Attracts Crowds, New Members to the AGO
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The exhibition that brought the magic, whimsy and wonder of Marc Chagall and other visionaries of Russian modernism to the Art Gallery of Ontario drew 152,637 visitors during its 13-week run, ranking as the eighth best-attended exhibition in the AGO’s history.
From the Collections
made in Great Britain, probably by French sailors, 1795-1815
wood, paint, copper alloy, linen line, metal foil, mica, 45.0 x 18.0 x 55.0 cm
The Thomson Collection © Art Gallery of Ontario Paul Gauguin born Paris, France, 1848; died Atuona, Marquesas Islands, 1903
Hina and Fatu, 1892
wood 32.7 cm
Gift of the Volunteer Committee Fund, 1980 George Engleheart
born Kew, England, 1750; died Blackheath, England, 1829
Portrait of a Young Lady, 1807
watercolour on ivory, gold, 9.4 x 7.6 x 1.0 cm
The Thomson Collection © Art Gallery of Ontario Franklin Carmichael
born Orillia, Ontario, 1890; died Toronto, Ontario, 1945
Cranberry Lake, 1931
oil on canvas, 92.0 x 76.7 cm
The Thomson Collection © Art Gallery of Ontario Walter Trier
born Prague, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic), 1890; died Collingwood, Ontario, 1951
The Meeting of the Big Three: Picasso, 1945
watercolour and gouache over graphite on paper, 29.2 x 23.5 cm
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Fodor (Nicholas and Margaret), 1981 Lucas Cranach the Elder
born Kronach, Germany, 1472; died Weimar, Germany, 1553
Portrait of a Lady, around 1513
oil on panel, 47.0 x 35.0 cm
The Thomson Collection © Art Gallery of Ontario Emily Carr
born and died Victoria, British Columbia, 1871-1945
Stumps and Sky, around 1935
oil on wove paper, 58.4 x 90.2 cm
Gift from the Douglas M. Duncan Collection, 1970 The Dormeuil Diptych: Scenes from The Passion of Christ
around 1350 - 1375, France (Paris)
ivory, 24.7 x 31.4 cm
The Thomson Collection © Art Gallery of Ontario Raymond Duchamp-Villon
born Damville, France, 1876; died Cannes, France, 1918
Head of Baudelaire, 1911
terracotta, 39.1 x 21.3 x 25.3 cm
Gift in memory of Harold Murchison Tovell (1887-1947) and Ruth Massey Tovell (1889-1961) from
their sons, 1962 James Wilson Morrice
born Montreal, Canada East (now Quebec), 1865; died Tunis, Tunisia, 1924
Gondolas, Venice, around 1901 - 1902
oil on wood, 12.4 x 15.1 cm
The Thomson Collection © Art Gallery of Ontario
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