Hello dear reader!
Last Sunday I took a 2 hour drive with my local visual artists group to the BIG CITY (aka Toronto) to visit the Art Gallery of Ontario.
I don’t feel like I even made a dent in seeing the entire collection, but here are some of my favourite pieces I did see. (Please excuse my poor photography skills…)
The Lady of Shalott! Waterhouse we meet (in person) at last! I adore his literary lady paintings so I was so excited to finally see one in person.
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I love Mary’s clever self-portrait of herself painting her self portrait. I wonder if all the other items in the room (the sculpture, the guitar, the books & papers) were also some of her interests?
Because impressionism. And pink. And flowers.
A shoutout to my Canadian painters. This one is painted entirely with small square brushstrokes… how many cows do you see?
Harris is one of the founding members of the Group of Seven landscape painters and he’s really managed to make Canadian winter look positively charming here. (It’s not).
Tissot, how did I not know about you? My favourite part of this painting is how he rendered those ribbons on the table! I can almost feel the silkiness. Note to self: learn more about Tissot.
I hope you enjoyed this mini tour
If you’re an art lover and find yourself in Toronto one day, I highly recommend going to the A.G.O. I’ll be going back one day too.
Alys
P.S. Hi I’m Alys, welcome to my little piece of the interwebs.
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