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Art Gallery of Ontario invites community to help honour over 5,000 child victims five years after deadly Sichuan earthquake
The Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) will honour the youngest victims of the devastating 2008 earthquake in China’s Sichuan province by holding a live tribute on the opening weekend of its summer exhibition Ai Weiwei: According to What?
AGO presents legendary photographers Irving Penn, Arnaud Maggs and Richard Avedon for Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival
The Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) shines new light on its own treasures this May with two new photography exhibitions co-presented with the Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival.
From the Collections
David Milne
born near Burgoyne, Ontario, 1882; died Bancroft, Ontario, 1953
Pink Billboard, around 1912
oil on canvas, 51.0 x 51.0 cm
The Thomson Collection © Art Gallery of Ontario Francois Boucher
born and died Paris, France, 1703-1770
The Wooden Shoes, 1768
oil on canvas, 62.2 x 52.1 cm
Purchase, Frank P. Wood Endowment, 1978 Cornelius Krieghoff
born Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1815; died Chicago, Illinois, United States, 1872
St. Anne s Falls, 1859
oil on canvas, 50.9 x 63.2 cm
The Thomson Collection © Art Gallery of Ontario Mattia Preti
born Taverna, Italy, 1613; died Valletta, Malta, 1699
St. Paul the Hermit, around 1656-1660
oil on canvas, 233.7 x 181.0 cm
Purchase, Frank P. Wood Endowment, 1968 James Wilson Morrice
born Montreal, Canada East (now Quebec), 1865; died Tunis, Tunisia, 1924
Beast of Burden, around 1912-1913
oil on wood, 12.4 x 15.0 cm
The Thomson Collection © Art Gallery of Ontario Headdress
Bokyi, Nigeria
late 1800s to early 1900s
wood, skin, textiles, hair, plant fibres
39.5 x 32.8 x 17.8 cm
Gift from the Frum Collection, 1999 Miniature Prisoner of War Ship Model
Great Britain, probably made by French sailors
between 1795 and 1815
bone, wood, boxwood, ivory, paper
23.6 x 8.4 x 27.9 cm
The Thomson Collection © Art Gallery of Ontario Jan Albertsz. Rotius
born Medemblik, The Netherlands, 1615 or 1624; died Hoorn, The Netherlands, 1666 or 1674
Portrait of a Young Girl with Carnations, 1663
oil on canvas, 118.1 x 96.5 cm
Gift of Miss L. Aileen Larkin, 1945 J.E.H. MacDonald
born Durham, England, 1873; died Toronto, Ontario, 1932
Fall Evening, Thornhill, 1930
oil on wood-pulp board, 21.5 x 26.4 cm
The Thomson Collection © Art Gallery of Ontario Edouard Baldus
born Westphalia, Germany, 1813; died Paris, France, 1889
Toulon; plate 69 of Chemins de Fer de Paris a Lyon et a la Mediterranee, after 1861
albumen print from a glass plate negative, 27.9 x 43.3 cm
Gift from Jane Corkin in memory of Alkis Klonaridis, 2008
born near Burgoyne, Ontario, 1882; died Bancroft, Ontario, 1953
Pink Billboard, around 1912
oil on canvas, 51.0 x 51.0 cm
The Thomson Collection © Art Gallery of Ontario Francois Boucher
born and died Paris, France, 1703-1770
The Wooden Shoes, 1768
oil on canvas, 62.2 x 52.1 cm
Purchase, Frank P. Wood Endowment, 1978 Cornelius Krieghoff
born Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1815; died Chicago, Illinois, United States, 1872
St. Anne s Falls, 1859
oil on canvas, 50.9 x 63.2 cm
The Thomson Collection © Art Gallery of Ontario Mattia Preti
born Taverna, Italy, 1613; died Valletta, Malta, 1699
St. Paul the Hermit, around 1656-1660
oil on canvas, 233.7 x 181.0 cm
Purchase, Frank P. Wood Endowment, 1968 James Wilson Morrice
born Montreal, Canada East (now Quebec), 1865; died Tunis, Tunisia, 1924
Beast of Burden, around 1912-1913
oil on wood, 12.4 x 15.0 cm
The Thomson Collection © Art Gallery of Ontario Headdress
Bokyi, Nigeria
late 1800s to early 1900s
wood, skin, textiles, hair, plant fibres
39.5 x 32.8 x 17.8 cm
Gift from the Frum Collection, 1999 Miniature Prisoner of War Ship Model
Great Britain, probably made by French sailors
between 1795 and 1815
bone, wood, boxwood, ivory, paper
23.6 x 8.4 x 27.9 cm
The Thomson Collection © Art Gallery of Ontario Jan Albertsz. Rotius
born Medemblik, The Netherlands, 1615 or 1624; died Hoorn, The Netherlands, 1666 or 1674
Portrait of a Young Girl with Carnations, 1663
oil on canvas, 118.1 x 96.5 cm
Gift of Miss L. Aileen Larkin, 1945 J.E.H. MacDonald
born Durham, England, 1873; died Toronto, Ontario, 1932
Fall Evening, Thornhill, 1930
oil on wood-pulp board, 21.5 x 26.4 cm
The Thomson Collection © Art Gallery of Ontario Edouard Baldus
born Westphalia, Germany, 1813; died Paris, France, 1889
Toulon; plate 69 of Chemins de Fer de Paris a Lyon et a la Mediterranee, after 1861
albumen print from a glass plate negative, 27.9 x 43.3 cm
Gift from Jane Corkin in memory of Alkis Klonaridis, 2008
