This notecard features the artwork The Invention of Painting (c. 1816-20) by Vincenzo Camuccini (1771–1844).

Card dimensions: 13.5 x 17.5 cm (5.3 x 6.8 in.)
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In the collection of the National Gallery of Canada.

Related Exhibition: Gathered Leaves: Discoveries from the Drawings Vault.

This set of 12 notecards (two of each of six styles) features reproductions of the following paintings by Benjamin Chee Chee: Swallows, Sunbird, Mother & Child, Autumn Flight, Wait For Me, and Friends.

Made in Canada
Card dimensions: 16 x 10.7 cm (6.3 x 4.2 in.)
Blank inside; bilingual text on box and back of cards
Envelopes are included 

Roger Couillard

This poster features a vintage advertisement (1955) from the Canadian Pacific Railway Company.

Text:

Travel The Canadian
The scenic dome route across Canada
Canadian Pacific

Poster size: 61 x 91.4 cm (24 x 36 in.)

This notecard features the scultpure Untitled (Men Shooting Up through the Ice) (2005) by Inuit artist Nick Sikkuark (1943–2013).

Card dimensions: 13.5 x 17.5 cm (5.3 x 6.8 in.)
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In the collection of the National Gallery of Canada.

This notecard features the scultpure Untitled (Caribou-human transformation?) (1998) by Inuit artist Nick Sikkuark (1943–2013).

Card dimensions: 13.5 x 17.5 cm (5.3 x 6.8 in.)
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In the collection of the National Gallery of Canada.

This notecard features the artwork Untitled (Creature with Fangs) (2004) by Inuit artist Nick Sikkuark (1943–2013).

Card dimensions: 17.5 x 13.5 cm (6.8 x 5.3 in.)
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In the collection of the National Gallery of Canada.

This notecard features the artwork Untitled (Figures on Iceberg) (2004) by Inuit artist Nick Sikkuark (1943–2013).

Card dimensions: 17.5 x 13.5 cm (6.8 x 5.3 in.)
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In the collection of the National Gallery of Canada.

This notecard features the scultpure Bird Shaman with Bola (1988) by Inuit artist Nick Sikkuark (1943–2013).

Card dimensions: 17.5 x 13.5 cm (6.8 x 5.3 in.)
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In the collection of the National Gallery of Canada.

This notecard features the painting Sans titre (1965) by Jean Paul Riopelle (1923-2002).

Card dimensions: 13 x 18 cm (5 x 7 in.)
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In the collection of the National Gallery of Canada.

This notecard features the artwork Sans titre (1953) by Jean Paul Riopelle (1923-2002).

Card dimensions: 13 x 18 cm (5 x 7 in.)
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In the collection of the National Gallery of Canada.

This notecard features the painting Hommage aux Nymphéas – Pavane (1954) by Jean Paul Riopelle (1923-2002).

Card dimensions: 13 x 18 cm (5 x 7 in.)
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In the collection of the National Gallery of Canada.

This notecard features the artwork Jacket for Two Typescripts by Antonin Artaud (1948) by Jean Paul Riopelle (1923-2002).

Card dimensions: 13 x 18 cm (5 x 7 in.)
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In the collection of the National Gallery of Canada.

This notecard features the painting Knight Watch (1953) by Jean Paul Riopelle (1923-2002).

Card dimensions: 13 x 18 cm (5 x 7 in.)
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In the collection of the National Gallery of Canada.

Prudence Heward (1896–1947)
Girl on a Hill, 1928

Heward was one of a group of women artists who were active in Montreal between the First and Second World Wars. She was primarily known for her figure painting and was associated with the artists who formed the Beaver Hall Group.

Card dimensions: 13.5 x 17.5 cm (5.3 x 6.8 in.)
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In the collection of the National Gallery of Canada.

Robert S. Duncanson (1821-1872)
Owl’s Head Mountain, 1864

Duncanson was the first recorded African-American landscape painter. He lived in Montreal from 1863-1865 after fleeing the United States during the American Civil War. His approach to landscape painting would influence many other artists living in Montreal in the 1860s.

Card dimensions: 17.5 x 13.5 cm (6.8 x 5.3 in.)
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In the collection of the National Gallery of Canada.

Karoo Ashevak (1940-1974)
Figure, 1974

Ashevak’s exaggeration of features and imaginative use of whale bone helped define the expressive style of the Kitikmeot region of Nunavut. The dissimilar eyes, which signify exceptional sight, and the mittened hand, a symbol of spiritual ability, together suggest that this figured is a powerful otherworldly being.

Card dimensions: 13.5 x 17.5 cm (5.3 x 6.8 in.)
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In the collection of the National Gallery of Canada.

Sarah Anne Johnson (b. 1976)
Explosions, 2011

Johnson’s work explores ideas of utopia and contemporary communities outside the mainstream that gather for idealistic reasons. Her feelings and memories of experiences with these groups is expressed by augmenting the photograph. She recreates scenes as dioramas or enhances images with paint, glitter, ink, and Photoshop manipulations.

Card dimensions: 17.5 x 13.5 cm (6.8 x 5.3 in.)
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In the collection of the National Gallery of Canada.

Meryl McMaster (b. 1988)
On the Edge of this Immensity, 2019

McMaster combines elements of performance and installation in her photography while exploring the tensions surrounding identity ad heritage, especially her own as a woman of Indigenous (Plains Cree) and European (British/Dutch) descent from Saskatchewan.

Card dimensions: 17.5 x 13.5 cm (6.8 x 5.3 in.)
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In the collection of the National Gallery of Canada.

Lucius R. O’Brien (1832-1899)
Sunrise on the Saguenay, Cape Trinity, 1880

O’Brien was appointed in 1880 as the first president of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, Canada’s first national arts organization. His painting Sunrise on the Saguenay, Cape Trinity was his diploma work, honouring his membership to the Academy, and was one of the earliest works to enter the NGC collection.

Card dimensions: 17.5 x 13.5 cm (6.8 x 5.3 in.)
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In the collection of the National Gallery of Canada.

Brian Jungen (b. 1970)
Vienna, 2003

Jungen is renowned for repurposing objects from contemporary culture to reflect Indigenous concerns. Meant to resemble the skeleton of a whale, an endangered animal considered by many Indigenous peoples to be of great spiritual power, Vienna is constructed out of inexpensive patio chairs made of plastic, an indestructible material.

Card dimensions: 17.5 x 13.5 cm (6.8 x 5.3 in.)
Blank inside. Envelope included.

In the collection of the National Gallery of Canada.