Visited the McMichael's Canadian Art Collection today.
Today was beautiful, at 3 degrees celsius and sunny...vastly different from yesterday's grey, minus 12 degree celsius chilly day!
It took less than 40 minutes from midtown (east) Toronto to reach this museum in Kleinberg. We reached a few minutes before ten (the museum is open from 10am to 4pm, in winter, 6 days a week and closed on Monday). Parking was 7$ and the entrance fee was 18$ per adult, which I thought was pretty steep as the number of art works on display was much lesser than during my previous visit, a few years ago.
The art works included the works of the Group of seven and works of a few native Canadian artists.
A native Canadian, who had been abused in the residential school run by Christian Caucasians, at a time when the native Canadians were forced to give up their language and forced into residential schools, after being forcibly torn away from their families...had displayed his art works based on his life and his experience of abuse in the residential school. These works moved me.
Outside the log and stone museum building, was 100 acres of snow covered parkland. There were huge sculptures in one part of the park by a Winnipeg sculptor. There was also the shack in which one of the group of seven artists had painted for a while, in this place. There were the graves of the group of seven in one part of the park. It was nice exploring the quiet, peaceful, snow-covered park, with only a few dog-walkers and dogs around.
Below are a few photos.
Above you can see a part of the sprawling stone and log building which houses the art works.
Below is etching on a large rock, possibly native american, but modern? art.
Below are native Canadian artists works.
Below are art works by the group of seven.
I loved most of these art works. Above and below, I loved the color of the water. The color makes the water look like a liquid jewel!
Below are the sculptures we saw outside, by a Winnipeg artist, Evan Eyre
Above and below are 2 photos of a bronze work called Sun Gown.
Above and below are photos of a sculpture called Yell.
The above one is Lady Love.
Above and below is named North Watch.
The above two are of a sculpture named beach moment
Above and below are two views of artist Tom Thomson's shack where he painted.
above and below are side views of the the building housing the art collection
I fell in love with the coloring of the wood caused by weathering, the black of what I think is fungus and took several photos of this building below. It's by the main building, looks abandoned and it stole my heart!
Below are photos of a quaint building in the village of Kleinburg
And that's all for today folks!
Today was beautiful, at 3 degrees celsius and sunny...vastly different from yesterday's grey, minus 12 degree celsius chilly day!
It took less than 40 minutes from midtown (east) Toronto to reach this museum in Kleinberg. We reached a few minutes before ten (the museum is open from 10am to 4pm, in winter, 6 days a week and closed on Monday). Parking was 7$ and the entrance fee was 18$ per adult, which I thought was pretty steep as the number of art works on display was much lesser than during my previous visit, a few years ago.
The art works included the works of the Group of seven and works of a few native Canadian artists.
A native Canadian, who had been abused in the residential school run by Christian Caucasians, at a time when the native Canadians were forced to give up their language and forced into residential schools, after being forcibly torn away from their families...had displayed his art works based on his life and his experience of abuse in the residential school. These works moved me.
Outside the log and stone museum building, was 100 acres of snow covered parkland. There were huge sculptures in one part of the park by a Winnipeg sculptor. There was also the shack in which one of the group of seven artists had painted for a while, in this place. There were the graves of the group of seven in one part of the park. It was nice exploring the quiet, peaceful, snow-covered park, with only a few dog-walkers and dogs around.
Below are a few photos.
Above you can see a part of the sprawling stone and log building which houses the art works.
Below is etching on a large rock, possibly native american, but modern? art.
Below are native Canadian artists works.
Below are art works by the group of seven.
I loved most of these art works. Above and below, I loved the color of the water. The color makes the water look like a liquid jewel!
Below are the sculptures we saw outside, by a Winnipeg artist, Evan Eyre
Below are photos of a quaint building in the village of Kleinburg
And that's all for today folks!
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