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Art Modern (late 19th Century To 1945)

A Story of Canadian Art

by (author) Christine Boyanowski

Publisher
Art Museum University of Toronto
Initial publish date
Nov 2017
Category
Modern (late 19th Century to 1945)
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780772706652
    Publish Date
    Nov 2017
    List Price
    $20.00

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A Story of Canadian Art: As Told by the Hart House Collection documents an important chapter in the modern history of collecting and reveals how collections contribute to the shaping of both art history and national identity. Hart House was gifted by the Massey family to the University of Toronto in 1919 as a cultural centre where students, faculty, and the broader public could mingle and converse. Since the early 1920s, the Hart House Art Committee - comprised of students, artists, faculty, and staff - has been collecting art, originally focusing on the work of the Group of Seven and their contemporaries, as well as the Beaver Hall Group and Canadian Group of Painters. This unique collection rapidly gained a national and international reputation, with works loaned to exhibitions at the Corcoran Gallery in Washington, DC and the Tate Gallery in London, UK, among others.

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