Biography
The National Gallery of Canada is located in the capital city of Ottawa, Ontario. It is Canada's national art museum (National Gallery Act, 1913) and one of the in North America by exhibition space. The institution was established in 1880 at the Second Supreme Court of Canada building and moved to the Victoria Memorial Museum building in 1911; to the Lorne building, named after its founder John George Edward Henry Douglas Sutherland Campbell, 9th and 2nd Duke of Argyll, Marquess of Lorne (1845-1914), in 1960 and finally to its present home in a glass and granite building, designed by Isreali architect Moshe Safdie, on Sussex Drive, with a notable view of the Canadian Parliament buildings on Parliament Hill, in 1988.
The museum's permanent collection includes over 93,000 works from European, American, and Asian, Canadian, and indigenous artists. In addition to exhibiting works from its permanent collection, the museum also organises and hosts a number of travelling exhibitions.
The Contemporary Art Society, London donated 9 artworks by British artists over a few decades in the 20th century including William Crozier, Frederick McWilliam, Barry Flanagan and David Hockney.
