Hearing The Whisper Of Inspiration

 We begin today with Self Portrait, by Paul Peel, dating to 1892.

Still Life With Onions is a 1902 work by Marc-Aurele De Roy Suzor-Cote.

Here we see Indian Encampment On The Lower St. Lawrence, an 1879 oil painting by William Raphael.

Waterfall is an 1866 canvas by O.R. Jacobi.

Here we have Voyageurs At Dawn, an 1871 painting by Frances Anne Hopkins.

George A. Reid painted Logging in 1888.

Stepping out into the second of the Gallery's courtyards brings us to the reflecting pool.

Details on two Canadian sculptors are here.

Here we have Inspiration, a 1904 sculpture by Louis-Philippe Hebert. I'll return to this series after the theme day.

A Sunrise On The Saguenay

I start today with View Of Hamilton, an 1853 painting by Robert R. Whale.

Fort Simpson dates to around 1900, by Frederick Alexcee.

Lucius O'Brien painted Kakabeka Falls, Kamanistiquia River in 1882.

Winter Landscape, Laval is an 1862 oil painting by Cornelius Krieghoff.

Here we have Landscape With Cascade, an 1872 painting by Allan Edson.

Owl's Head Mountain dates to 1864, and is by Robert S. Duncanson.

Sunrise On The Saguenay, Cape Trinity is a dramatic 1880 painting by Lucius O'Brien.

I leave off today with The Studio, circa 1845, by Cornelius Krieghoff.

Inside The Croscup Room

 The Croscup Room is a delight to step into, with its muraled walls. 

Back out into the main galleries. Here we have The Port of Halifax, circa 1835, attributed to John Poad Drake.

The Frank Off George Island, Halifax is by John O'Brien, dating around 1856.

Two paintings hang side by side, always drawing me to them. Mrs. John Beverley Robinson is an 1845 painting by George Berthon.

Miss Amelia Boddy is from the same year, by the artist John Bell-Smith.

For today, we finish with a painting attributed to Robert Whale. The Canada Southern Railway At Niagara dates around 1870.

Yacht Race At Halifax

 We begin today with White Mud Portage, Winnipeg River, by Paul Kane, painted circa 1851-56.

In this display case are bags sewn by Indigenous artists, a century plus old.

Marine by Robert C. Todd is at the top of this pair, dating to 1855. John O'Brien painted Yacht Race At Halifax in 1850.

Here we have Thomas Chandler Haliburton, by William Valentine, a portrait circa 1835.

This is Stoneblock For Dog Teams, a 1963 work by the Inuit artist Parr; its paper result lies above the display case with the pattern printed out. The block is what caught my eye.

Two portraits by the same artist of a married couple. Lady Croke and Sir Alexander Croke date to 1808, and are by Robert Field.

I leave off today with this sign outside the Croscup Room, a parlour from the 1840s that was painted by an unknown artist. We'll get a look inside tomorrow.