An affair with landscape
Painting and Photography of American and Canadian Landscape 1860-1918
Canadian art at its core has been about landscape since its inception and an exhibition at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts reminds us of our historic love for landscape painting. And on top of that it’s a good way to compare and contrast the depictions of nature of our neighbors to the south.
The exhibition Expanding Horizons: Painting and Photography of American and Canadian Landscape 1860-1918 features grandiose landscapes, including views of Niagara Falls, Montmorency River, the Rockies, Yosemite National Park, Arctic glaciers and great stretches of virgin territory as far as the eye can see. With this exhibition, get ready for vast, grand romantic notions of nature. It is only later that the brushstrokes would become impressionistic, and the canvas wild with color of the famed Canadian Group of Seven.
From both sides of the border this exhibition gives a view of the adventurous people who set out to conquer the West gradually tamed the wilderness: railroads crossed the prairies, bridges spanned rivers and rapids, cities sprang up, and skyscrapers rose up in New York, the city of dreams. A visit to Expanding Horizons is an unforgettable voyage across North America and through time.
The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts offers kids aged 12 and under free admission when accompanied by an adult.
An affair with landscape:
Painting and Photography of American and Canadian Landscape 1860-1918
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
The exhibition is on view until September 27, 2009, at 1379 Sherbrooke Street West.
Tel: [514] 285 1600
Schedule: Tuesdays, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.; and Saturdays and Sundays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Admission fees: $15 for adults ($7.50 on Wednesdays, from 5 to 9 p.m.); $7.50 for students; $10 for people 65 and over; free for children aged 12 and under accompanied by an adult; $30 ($15 Wednesday evenings) for families (one adult and three children aged 16 and under or two adults and two children aged 16 and under).
