Saturday, April 17, 2021

Inspiration

We start today where we left off yesterday, with another of the sculptures in the reflecting pool courtyard. This is Inspiration, by Louis-Philippe Hebert.


The Smiths is an 1894 oil painting by W. Blair Bruce.


Robert Harris painted A Meeting Of The School Trustees in 1885.


This wider view takes in a display case at the centre of this area with Haida artifacts.


In this particular area, the emphasis is on Canadian artists who spent time abroad and what they were painting. Two paintings are close together. This is Prow Of A Gondola, Venice, by James Wilson Morrice, circa 1897.


And here we have St. Mark's, Venice, a 1901 painting by Henry Sandham.

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22 comments:

  1. italiafinlandiaApril 17, 2021 at 2:02 AM

    Amazing to find a view of Venice...

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  2. Nancy ChanApril 17, 2021 at 5:53 AM

    Nice sculpture in the first picture.

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  3. GemelApril 17, 2021 at 6:16 AM

    A Meeting Of The School is fabulous! A powerful piece.

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  4. Jan K. alias AfanjaApril 17, 2021 at 6:32 AM

    'The Smiths' is a very expressive painting, I like it.

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  5. TomApril 17, 2021 at 7:06 AM

    ...art is created to inspire.

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  6. David M. Gascoigne,April 17, 2021 at 7:19 AM

    You do a fine job in exposing Canadian art and artists to the world, William.

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  7. William KendallApril 17, 2021 at 7:27 AM

    @Italiafinlandia: Venice inspires many.

    @Nancy: I think so.

    @Gemel: that painting is the subject of a short film called a Heritage Minute.

    @Jan: I do too.

    @Tom: definitely.

    @David: thanks!

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  8. Marie SmithApril 17, 2021 at 7:28 AM

    I love that Harris piece. It is one for the ages really.

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  9. JeanieApril 17, 2021 at 8:49 AM

    The meeting of the school trustees -- all men with what I presume is the woman teacher -- fascinates me.

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  10. magiceyeApril 17, 2021 at 9:32 AM

    Lovely displays!

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  11. RedPatApril 17, 2021 at 9:39 AM

    They actually let a woman be at the trustees meeting!

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  12. SharonApril 17, 2021 at 9:53 AM

    That St. Marks painting is very nice.

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  13. RedApril 17, 2021 at 10:10 AM

    I remember seeing a school trustees meeting before.

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  14. Iris FlaviaApril 17, 2021 at 10:24 AM

    School trustees... I had that at work! (Obviously didn´t work out).

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  15. RevrunnerApril 17, 2021 at 11:45 AM

    I wonder how many famous artists "cut their teeth", so to speak, on the square near St. Mark's.

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  16. BillApril 17, 2021 at 12:40 PM

    Beautiful displays!

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  17. eileeninmdApril 17, 2021 at 1:50 PM

    Hello,
    Wonderful exhibits. I like the first sculpture and the St. Marks painting. Have a happy weekend!

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  18. DeniseinVAApril 17, 2021 at 2:04 PM

    Stunning artwork!

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  19. DJanApril 17, 2021 at 6:59 PM

    Love that sculpture!

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  20. Joanne NoragonApril 17, 2021 at 8:57 PM

    "The meeting of the school board" is very expressive.

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  21. William KendallApril 14, 2022 at 2:23 PM

    @Marie: it is.

    @Jeanie: it's evocative.

    @Magiceye: thank you.

    @RedPat: I remember the Heritage Minutes ad that was composed of that painting.

    @Sharon: it certainly is.

    @Red: you would!

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  22. William KendallApril 14, 2022 at 2:24 PM

    @Iris: I've not been to one of those.

    @Revrunner: a great many of them.

    @Bill: definitely.

    @Eileen: thank you.

    @Denise: I agree.

    @DJan: me too.

    @Joanne: I think so.

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