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Gathered Leaves: Discoveries from the Drawings Vault

Gathered Leaves: Discoveries from the Drawings Vault

National Gallery of Canada
Re, Sonia del

Hardcover

Drawing InstructionGeneral ArtPrintmaking

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ISBN13: 9791254600917
Publisher: Five Continents Editions
Published: May 27 2025
Pages: 256
Weight: 4.05
Height: 1.26 Width: 9.92 Depth: 12.28
Language: English
A collection more than a century in the making. Celebrate the legacy of the Department of the National Gallery of Canada's Department of Prints and Drawings first-hand through this captivating exhibition and richly illustrated catalogue marking its recent 100th anniversary.

Founded in 1921 and the first of its kind in the country, the National Gallery of Canada's Department of Prints and Drawings boasts a world-class collection of historical drawings dating from the 15th to the 20th centuries. These works, rendered in a wide range of mediums - graphite, ink, pastel, watercolor - reflect the diversity of techniques used over the ages.

Incorporating the latest research and a displaying wealth of scholarship, this richly illustrated book celebrates the recent centenary of this outstanding collection. It brings together a spectacular array of drawings, including newly acquired additions and little-known but historically significant works. The wide selection of plates showcases preparatory studies for paintings, depictions of historical and mythological themes, portraits, landscapes, forays into abstraction, and poignant explorations of the human condition. Featured artists include Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, Théodore Géricault, Gustav Klimt, Edvard Munch and Wassily Kandinsky, among many others.

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