Where to See

William Brymner, Self Portrait, 1881
Charcoal on paper
47.8 x 32.4 cm

Unknown Inuit artist, Contest of Strength, 1955
Soapstone
15.0 x 23.6 x 9.5 cm

Kiakshuk, Ancient Meeting, 1960
Sealskin stencil on paper
64.0 x 48.1 cm

Jinny Yu, Don’t They Ever Stop Migrating?, 2015
Ink on fabric and sound
5.7 x 5.4 x 3.9 m; 1:42 loop (sound)

Iglulik artist, Anticock coat, date unknown
Reindeer hide and fur, cloth, and sinew
101 x 98 x 6 cm

Florence H. McGillivray, San Giorgio Venice, before 1931
Oil on linen
41.0 x 51.5 cm

Franklin Brownell, Byward Market, c.1915
Oil on canvas
41.3 x 53.7 cm

David B. Milne, Parliament Hill from Hull, 1923
Watercolour over graphite on wove paper
36.9 x 54.6 cm

David B. Milne, From an Upper Window, Ottawa II, 1924
Oil on canvas
31 x 41 cm

Barry Ace, trinity suite: Bandolier for Niibwa Ndanwendaagan (My Relatives); Bandolier for Manidoo-minising (Manitoulin Island); Bandolier for Charlie (In Memoriam), 2011-2015
Mixed media (motion sensor display monitors, fabric, metal, horsehair, extension cords, mirror, plastic, capacitors and resistors)
Overall installed: 207 x 95 x 53 cm

Yousuf Karsh, Gow Crapper Putting Trim Cord on Rear Window, Trim Line No. 1, Plant No. 4, 1951
Gelatin silver print
20.5 x 25.4 cm

Richard Nigro, Of Intimate Silence, 1978
Cibachrome photograph
20 x 20 cm

Dennis Tourbin, “What Do I Know About the Landscape…”, 1980
Acrylic on canvas
102 x 1498 cm

Evergon, Untitled, 1986
Polaroid
81 x 55.5 cm

Unknown artist from Kitigan Zibi, Armband, before 1913
Silver
8 x 37 cm

W. Langdon Kihn, Drawing of Juliette Gaultier de la Vérendrye, 1927
Pastel and coloured pencil on paper
174 x 124 cm

Unknown creator, Wìgwàs wìgwemad (Algonquin type birchbark container), before 1938
Birchbark and root
10.7 x 11 x 11.3 cm

Lena Nottaway, Tikinagan (baby carrier), 1962
Black spruce root, birchbark, cotton, and moose skin
67 x 34 x 9 cm

Sarah Lavalley, Moccasins, before 1972
Moosehide, beads
9 x 27.5 x 12 cm

A.Y. Jackson, Gas Attack, Liéven, 1918
Oil on canvas
63.6 x 77.0 cm

Goodridge Roberts, Canadian Airmen in a Park, 1944
Watercolour on paper
43.5 x 59.9 cm

Pegi Nicol MacLeod, Salmon in the Galley, 1944
Oil on canvas
76.2 x 91.7 cm

Robert Hyndman, Dive Bombing, V1 Sites, France, 1945
Oil on canvas
76.5 x 102.1 cm

Norman Takeuchi, Hastings Park, 2006
Acrylic, Conté crayon, photo transfer on shaped paper support
148 x 132 cm

Gerald Trottier, The Pilgrimage of Man, 1962
Glass and marble
304.8 x 5119.8 cm

Lionel LeMoine FitzGerald, Daffodil, c.1940
Coloured chalk on paper
63 x 48 cm

Will Ogilvie, Bombed Out (Refugees), c.1943
Coloured chalk on paper
44 x 69 cm

Duncan de Kergommeaux, Yellow, Blue, Red, 1956
Oil on Masonite panels
129.5 x 200.6 cm

John Singer Sargent, Lady Evelyn Cavendish, 1902
Oil on canvas
147.9 x 96.8 cm

Victor Tolgesy, Seed and Flower, 1963
Bronze sculpture (cast) with marble base
35 x 15 x 10.4 cm

Ralph Burton, Salvation Army Depot Lloyd Street, 1963–64
Oil on panel
34.5 x 27 cm

Stephen Brathwaite, Strathcona’s Folly, 1995
Concrete, stone, bronze, and wood

Annie Pootoogook, Having Some Tea, 2006
Coloured pencil and ink on paper

Tim DesClouds, Sit for a While, in the Garden, and Watch the Parade, 2014
Powder-coated steel

Simon Brascoupé, Màmawi: Together, c.2019
100 wooden paddles, paint

Amy Thompson, Rise | Levée | Kògahamog, 2020
Painted steel and stainless steel with enamel

Mary Dignam, Dish with Dogwood Flower, 1891
Porcelain with enamels
2 x 23 cm

Florence H. McGillivray, Small Jug with Stylized Flowers, 1909
Porcelain blank, hand-painted in overglaze enamels and gilding
13 x 11.5 x 8.2 cm

Thomas Burrowes, Lower Bytown from Barrack Hill near the Head of the Eighth Lock and the Sapper’s Bridge, 1845
Watercolour, pen and ink

Ron Noganosh, Shield for a Modern Warrior, or Concessions to Beads and Feathers in Indian Art, 1983
Mixed media on leather

Overall: 120 x 65 x 15 cm

Gerald McMaster, Conversation With…, 1988
Graphite, pastel, charcoal, acrylic, pencil, paper
132 x 244 cm

Ron Noganosh, Anon Among Us, 1999
Wood, earth, metal, video
Variable dimensions

Gerald McMaster, Bases Stolen from the Cleveland Indians and a Captured Yankee, 1989
Wood dowels, painted baseball bases, leather, baseball cap
159.5 cm

Annie Pootoogook, Bringing Home Food, 2003–4
Coloured pencil and felt‑tip pen over graphite on paper
50.8 x 57.8 cm

Annie Pootoogook, Annie and Andre, 2009
Coloured pencil and graphite on paper
50.1 x 66.2 cm

Robert Harris, The Countess of Minto, 1903
Oil on canvas
132 x 96.5 cm

Lorraine Gilbert, Once (Upon) a Forest Diptych: Lebreton Flats, Ottawa, Ontario, and Boreal Forest Floor, La Macaza, Quebec, 2010
2 ink-jet prints on polypropylene
152.6 x 492.7 cm each

Evergon, The Maid and the Black Cat Are Dead (Evergon), 2001
Gelatin silver print, fibre-based, selenium toned from Polaroid 665 negatives
140 x 166.5 cm

Henri Masson, Spring Flood, 1937
Oil on canvas
66 x 76.1 cm

Norman McLaren, Neighbours, 1952
Film
8 minutes

Norman McLaren, Blinkity Blank, 1955
Film
5 minutes

Norman McLaren, Narcissus, 1983
Film
21 minutes, 54 seconds

Thomas Davies, Sketchbook [ships], 1776–86
Sketchbook containing 53 drawings in graphite, pen, black and brown ink, and watercolour on 34 leaves of laid paper, unbound
11.4 x 18.6 cm

Thomas Davies, View of the Great Falls on the Ottawa River, Lower Canada, 1791
Watercolour over graphite on wove paper
34.6 x 51.4 cm

Henry Pooley, Entrance to the Rideau Canal, Ottawa River, Canada, 1833
Watercolour over graphite on wove paper, mounted on wove paper
34.9 x 44.7 cm

Robert C. Todd, The Timber and Shipbuilding Yards of Allan Gilmour and Company at Wolfe’s Cove, Quebec, Viewed from the West, 1840
Oil on canvas
74.5 x 120 cm

Robert C. Todd, Corbeau, a Trotting Horse, 1845
Oil on canvas
51.5 x 64.5 cm

Lucius R. O’Brien, Ottawa from the Rideau, 1873
Watercolour over graphite on wove paper
37.5 x 72.5 cm

William J. Topley, Lord Dufferin, c.1873
Albumen silver print
9 x 5.9 cm, image: 7.4 x 5.2 cm oval

John W.H. Watts, Elgin Street, Ottawa, 1880
Etching on wove paper
26.9 x 19.9 cm; plate: 14.9 x 10.2 cm

John W.H. Watts, Caretaker—Victoria Chambers, c.1881
Etching on cream wove paper, mounted on card
15.7 x 10.5 cm; plate: 15.2 x 10.2 cm

John Everett Millais, Portrait of the Marquis of Lorne, 1884
Oil on canvas
101.6 x 73.7 cm

Charles E. Moss, Portrait of John W.H. Watts, 1884
Oil on canvas
54.2 x 43.5 cm

Franklin Brownell, Lamplight, 1892
Oil on canvas
38.6 x 30.6 cm

Franklin Brownell, The Photographer, 1896
Oil on canvas
61.2 x 51.2 cm

Franklin Brownell, The Beach, St. Kitts, 1913
Oil on canvas
74 x 89.6 cm

Franklin Brownell, Percé Rock, c.1913
Oil on canvas
31.2 x 45.5 cm

Ernest Fosbery, Ottawa, May 21, 1914
Etching on laid paper
14.5 x 34.9 cm; plate: 11.2 x 30.7 cm

Florence H. McGillivray, Afterglow, c.1914
Oil on paperboard
42 x 57.5 cm

Tom Thomson, Northern River, 1915
Oil on canvas
115.1 x 102 cm

Franklin Brownell, Golden Age, 1916
Oil on canvas
74.7 x 89.7 cm

Tom Thomson, Petawawa Gorges, Night, 1916
Oil on wood
21.1 x 26.7 cm

Florence H. McGillivray, Midwinter, Dunbarton, Ontario, 1918
Watercolour over graphite on illustration board
40.2 x 50.6 cm

Ernest Fosbery, The Storm, c.1918
Mezzotint and engraving on laid paper
22.9 x 17.1 cm; plate, 17.9 x 12.6 cm

David B. Milne, Across the Lake I, October 4, 1921
Watercolour over graphite on wove paper
39.6 x 56.9 cm

David B. Milne, House of Commons, November 7, 1923
Watercolour over graphite on buff wove paper
39 x 55.7 cm

Frank Hennessey, Wolf Crossing a Lake, 1923
Oil on canvas
71.4 x 89.5 cm

William Nicholson, The Blue Gloves, c.1923
Oil on canvas
51 x 61 cm

David B. Milne, Old R.C.M.P. Barracks II, January 17, 1924
Watercolour over graphite on wove paper
39.1 x 56.4 cm

Pegi Nicol MacLeod, Portrait in the Evening, 1926
Oil on plywood
46 x 46.5 cm

Pegi Nicol MacLeod, Study for “Portrait in the Evening” (Eric Brown), c.1926–27
Graphite on wove paper (National Gallery of Canada letterhead)
25.4 x 20.3 cm

Ashley & Crippen, F. Maud Brown (Mrs. Eric Brown), 1927
Gelatin silver print
21.9 x 18.8 cm

Pegi Nicol MacLeod, Hazelton, 1928
Oil on plywood
46.1 x 40.7 cm

Ernest Fosbery, James Wilson, c.1930
Oil on canvas
86.3 x 66.3 cm

Sarah Robertson, Joseph and Marie-Louise, c.1930
Oil on canvas
61.6 x 66.2 cm

George Pepper, The Pool, c.1931–33
Oil on canvas
74.2 x 63.7 cm

Frances Hodgkins, Spring in the Ravine, c.1933
Oil on canvas
62.6 x 71.6 cm

Kathleen Daly Pepper, René, 1935
Oil on canvas
92 x 79.1 cm

Pegi Nicol MacLeod, A Descent of Lilies, 1935
Oil on canvas
122 x 91.6 cm

Henri Masson, Backyard Hockey, Hull, 1936
Watercolour over graphite on wove paper
27.2 x 36.2 cm

Jean-Philippe Dallaire, The Man from Hull, 1936
Oil on canvas
102.1 x 86.7 cm

Jean-Philippe Dallaire, The Visitation, 1937
Oil on canvas
213 x 136.9 cm

Henri Masson, Street in Ottawa, 1938
Oil on canvas
45.6 x 53.5 cm

Jean-Philippe Dallaire, Composition (Seated Woman), 1955
Oil on canvas
108 x 151.2 cm

Takao Tanabe, Interior Arrangement with Red Hills, 1957
Oil on canvas
68 x 126.5 cm

Duncan de Kergommeaux, Painting from a Pine Forest, No. 1, 1957
Oil on canvas
69.1 x 91.5 cm

Gerald Trottier, The Building, 1957
Oil on canvas
101.5 x 76.5 cm

Kenojuak Ashevak, The Enchanted Owl, 1960
Colour stonecut on laid paper
55.8 x 65.7 cm

Michael Snow, Lac Clair, 1960
Oil and paper adhesive tape on canvas
178 x 178.3 x 3 cm

Joyce Wieland, Balling, 1961
Oil on canvas
193.2 x 233.6 cm

Alma Duncan, Feathers and Grass, 1971
Pen and black ink on wove paper
28.5 x 19.0 cm

Jeff Thomas, 1710–1998 / Tee Yee Neen Ho Ga Row—Mohawk (Christianized Hendrick), Emperor of the Six Nations, 1710/1998 / Self-Portrait—Onondaga, Champlain Monument, Ottawa, Ontario 1998, 1998
Chromogenic prints
65.8 x 87.7 cm; image (left): 49.3 x 33.8 cm; image (right): 49.3 x 33.8 cm

Annie Pootoogook, Cape Dorset Freezer, 2005
Coloured pencil, black metallic ballpoint pen, and graphite on wove paper
111.5 x 233.1 cm

Annie Pootoogook, Untitled (Kenojuak and Annie with Governor General Michaëlle Jean), 2010
Coloured pencil on wove paper
51 x 66 cm

Unknown, Wigwemod (bark container) [Bucket with maple-sugaring scene], c.1925
Birchbark, conifer root
29.7 x 21.0 x 27.5 cm

Franklin Carmichael, In The Nickel Belt, 1928
Oil on canvas
102.2 cm x 122.2 cm

Wilfrid Flood, Approach to Hull, 1937
Oil on canvas
66 x 56.5 x 1.9 cm

Henri Masson, Skaters, Anglesea Square, 1940
Oil on Masonite
30.5 x 40.6 x 0.3 cm

Alma Duncan, Self-Portrait, 1943
Oil on Masonite
61 x 61 cm

Kazuo Nakamura, Evergreen, 1958
Oil on Masonite
48.3 x 61 x 0.6 cm

A.Y. Jackson, Beaver Lake, Combermere, Ontario, 1961
Oil on panel
26.7 x 34 cm

Kenneth Lochhead, Heat Rise, 1962
Acrylic on canvas
227.5 x 149 x 4 cm

Pat Durr, Wave Prints, 1971
Silkscreen on Rives BFK paper
56.5 x 76.2 cm

Juan Geuer, Al Asnaam: the People Participating Seismometer, 1980
Metal and mixed media
399 x 285 x 843 cm

Gerald Trottier, Pilgrimage I, 1980
Acrylic on canvas
152.4 x 122 cm

Dennis Tourbin, October Crisis, Memoir I/II, 1990
Ink on paper
64.8 x 97.8 cm

Ron Noganosh, That’s All it Costs, 1991
Metal, wood, nylon, paper, plastic, coins, feathers, and leather
58.4 x 137.2 x 10.2 cm

Farouk Kaspaules, …and at night we leave our dreams on window sill, memory of a place, 2000
Serigraph and mixed media on BFK Rives paper
640.1 x 365.8 x 5.1 cm

Leslie Reid, Calumet: Five, 2003
Oil on canvas
153 x 152.7 x 4.4 cm

Eliza Griffiths, Incitement (Kirk Douglas Pose), 2003
Oil on canvas
229.2 x 203.5 cm

Barry Ace, Anishinabek in the Hood, 2007
Acrylic on a projection screen
138.4 x 154.9 x 3.8 cm

Juan Geuer, Et Amor Fati (For the Love of Canada), 2007
Aluminium frame, adjustment mechanisms and mylar map
328 x 344 x 470 cm

Farouk Kaspaules, The Return, 2007
Collage on paper
106 x 271.1 cm

Leslie Reid, Flight Line—Erasure, 2017
Photo mosaic printed on aluminum, 74 images
213.4 x 304.8 cm

Frederick Varley, The Nascopie, 1938
Watercolour, coloured pencil, graphite on paper
24 x 31.4 cm

Emily Carr, Totem Poles, Kitseukla, 1912
Oil on canvas
126.8 x 98.4 cm