Atlantica: The View from Away

This exhibition features an unprecedented gathering of paintings by artists who came to the Atlantic region in the first half of the twentieth century to paint, and who were either significantly transformed by the experience or had significant influence on others. Works by well-known artists such as Lawren S. Harris, Marsden Hartley, A. Y. Jackson, Arthur Lismer, Rockwell Kent, J. E. H. MacDonald and Stanley Royle are presented alongside works by those perhaps less familiar, such as George Pepper, Kathleen Daly, Elizabeth Nutt and Henry Rosenberg, who also came “from away” to paint in the Maritimes, and left their mark here. Paintings have been loaned from major collections across North America, including the Sobey Collection and the National Gallery of Canada. The fully-illustrated catalogue includes an essay by Jeffrey Spalding that reconsiders the significance of the work done in this place and period and its contribution to the development of Canadian art. This exhibition has been organized as the final major event in the Dalhousie Art Gallery’s 50th Anniversary program.