Ottawa - National Gallery of Canada 
The National Gallery of Canada, designed by Moshe Safdie, is an architectural masterpiece, a highly successful, ultra-modern building that, with its prism-like glass towers, echoes the lines of the nearby Parliament Buildings, and while strongly contrasting with their Neo-Gothicism and the mock medieval Château Laurier nevertheless fits very well into Ottawa's cityscape.
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Among the gallery's major works, those by Canadian artists include "Joseph Brant" (1805) by William Berczy, "North Shore, Lake Superior" (1926) by Lawren S. Harris, "Blunden Harbour" (1930) by Emily Carr, "Journey on Foot" (undated) by Pitseolak, and "Reason over Passion" (1968) by Joyce Wieland.
From Europe come Hans Memling's "Virgin and Child with St Antony", Lucas Cranach the Elder's "Venus", and El Greco's "St Francis of Assissi", together with "The Mechanic" (1920) by Fernand Léger; also works by Gustav Klimt, Pablo Picasso, Claes Oldenbourg, George Segal and Andy Warhol.
The rooms of Inuit art are on the lower level under the glassed in Great Hall.
From Europe come Hans Memling's "Virgin and Child with St Antony", Lucas Cranach the Elder's "Venus", and El Greco's "St Francis of Assissi", together with "The Mechanic" (1920) by Fernand Léger; also works by Gustav Klimt, Pablo Picasso, Claes Oldenbourg, George Segal and Andy Warhol.
The rooms of Inuit art are on the lower level under the glassed in Great Hall.
Things to See
First Floor
The first floor traces the development of Canadian art, including early religious art from Québec and Nova Scotia (much of it 19th C), the reconstructed late 19th C convent chapel, works by Tom Thomson and the Group of Seven, by Paul Kane, Emily Carr and Cornelius Krieghoff, and by Jean-Paul Lemieux, the Canadian Group of Painters, and L.L. Fitzgerald, as well as such contemporary artists as Ian Carr-Harris, Yves Gaucher and Guido Molinari.
Main Floor
The gallery shop, auditorium, lecture rooms and cafeteria are on the ground floor, with a colonnade leading to the prism-shaped great hall.
The main floor also features major temporary exhibitions seasonally.
The main floor also features major temporary exhibitions seasonally.
Second Floor
The second floor covers a wider spectrum, ranging from European art of the 17th and 18th C, through Impressionism, and up to American art after 1945, in addition to 20th C British artists, international Modernism, and art from Asia and the Far East.
Print, graphics and photography are shown in temporary exhibitions.
Print, graphics and photography are shown in temporary exhibitions.
National Gallery of Canada
380 Sussex Drive, Box 427, Station A
Ottawa, ON K1N9N4
Canada
380 Sussex Drive, Box 427, Station A
Ottawa, ON K1N9N4
Canada
Phone 1 (613) 990-1985
Fax 1 (613) 993-4385
Hours
May 1 to September 30
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
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| Open | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 |
| Close | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 20:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 |
October 1 to April 30
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | 10:00 | Closed | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 |
| Close | 17:00 | 17:00 | 20:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 |
Always opened on:
Thanksgiving - Canada (2nd Monday, October )
Easter Monday - Christian (Apr 09)
Easter Monday - Christian (Apr 09)
Always closed on:
New Year's Day (January 1)
Christmas - Christian (December 25)
Good Friday - Christian (Apr 06)
Christmas - Christian (December 25)
Good Friday - Christian (Apr 06)
| Family | $ 18.00 |
| Adult | $ 9.00 |
| Students | $ 7.00 |
| Senior | $ 7.00 |
| Child 11 & under | FREE |
| Youth 19 & under | FREE |
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