National Gallery of Canada's British Drawings

Monday, 18 July 2005 11:09

OTTAWA, CANADA.-The National Gallery of Canada is shining a spotlight on three centuries of superb draughtsmanship with British Drawings from the National Gallery of Canada, on display in the Prints, Drawings and Photographs Galleries . The exhibition features 114 works by the likes of William Hogarth, Benjamin West, Thomas Gainsborough, J.M.W. Turner, Samuel Palmer and Henry Moore. Covering the period from the early 18th century to the mid 20th century, the National Gallery’s collection of British drawings includes more than 800 works, including a number of outstanding watercolours from the Golden Age (1750-1850), as well as masterpieces of Romanticism, Pre-Raphaelitism and Modernism. British Drawings from the National Gallery of Canada celebrates the best of these. British Drawings from the National Gallery of Canada is supported by Sotheby’s and guest curated by Douglas Schoenherr, former Associate Curator of Prints and Drawings at the National Gallery. This is the latest in a series of exhibitions highlighting the permanent collection that began with Italian Drawings in 2001, followed by Dutch and Flemish Drawings in 2003 and last summer’s French Drawings. The Gallery plans to present German Drawings in 2007.

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