Kunstmuseum in Kanada - Art Gallery of Alberta, Vancouver Art Gallery, Art Gallery of Ontario, National Gallery of Canada (English, German, Paperback)

Kapitel: Art Gallery of Alberta, Vancouver Art Gallery, Art Gallery of Ontario, National Gallery of Canada, Muse Des Beaux-Arts de Montral. Aus Wikipedia. Nicht dargestellt. Auszug: The National Gallery of Canada (French: ), located in the capital city Ottawa, Ontario, is one of Canada's premier art galleries. The Gallery is now housed in a glass and granite building on Sussex Drive with a notable view of the Canadian Parliament buildings on Parliament Hill. The acclaimed structure was designed by Moshe Safdie and opened in 1988. The Gallery's former director Jean Sutherland Boggs was chosen especially by Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau to oversee construction of the national gallery and museums. Marc Mayer was named the museum's director, succeeding Pierre Thberge, on 19 January 2009. View of the National Gallery of Canada from Parliament HillThe Gallery was first formed in 1880 by Canada's Governor General John Douglas Sutherland Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll, and, in 1882, moved into its first home on Parliament Hill in the same building as the Supreme Court. In 1911, the Gallery moved to the Victoria Memorial Museum, now the home of the Canadian Museum of Nature. In 1913, the first National Gallery Act was passed outlining the Gallery's mandate and resources. In 1962, the Gallery moved to a rather nondescript office building on Elgin Street. Adjacent to the British High Commission, the building now serves as office space for various governments departments, especially the Department of National Defence. It moved into its current building on Sussex Drive in 1988, beside Nepean Point. In 1985, the newly created Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography (CMCP), formerly the Stills Photography Division of the National Film Board of Canada, was affiliated to the National Gallery. The CMCP's mandate, collection and staff moved to its new location in 1992, at 1 Rideau Canal, next to the Ch teau Laurier. In 1998, the CMCP's adm...http://booksllc.net/?l=de