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.
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.
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.
Hobbies & Activities category: Major world-scale museum; Architecture - Modern; Paintings, art collections
Attractions within National Gallery of Canada
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
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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.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,
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National Gallery of Canada
380 Sussex Drive, Box 427, Station A
Ottawa, ON K1N 9N4
Canada
Phone 1 (613) 990-1985
Fax 1 (613) 993-4385
380 Sussex Drive, Box 427, Station A
Ottawa, ON K1N 9N4
Canada
Phone 1 (613) 990-1985
Fax 1 (613) 993-4385
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| Closed | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 20:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | |
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| Open | 10:00 | Closed | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | |
| Closed | 17:00 | 17:00 | 20:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | ||
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| New Year's Day (January 1) Good Friday - Christian Christmas - Christian (December 25) | ||||||||
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