La collection comme temps de la Nation : Les premières acquisitions du Musée de la province de Québec en 1920

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La collection comme temps de la Nation : Les premières acquisitions du Musée de la province de Québec en 1920
Abstract
In 1920, the Secretary of the Province of Quebec, Athanase David, set up a panel to acquire works of art in order to establish a collection for a future provincial museum (Musée de la province). The works were chosen from among those presented at the Annual Spring Exhibition of the Art Association of Montreal (AAM) and the Fall Exhibition of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (RCA). The selection committee was formed of representatives of the intellectual and artistic community of Montreal. Édouard Montpetit, J.-Omer Marchand, Edmond Dyonnet, William Hope and Robert Lindsay as a first group were joined by the painter Joseph-Charles Franchère in November 1920. The works of nine artists were selected that offered a range of the Montreal artistic community (French- and English-speaking). Its dominant figures and its younger members were part of it. Thus the works of William Brymner, Maurice Cullen, Suzor-Coté, J. M. Barnsley were found alongside those of Albert H. Robinson, Herbert Raine, Alice des Clayes, John Y. Johnstone and Clarence Gagnon.
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Les Cahiers des dix
Volume
No. 62
Pages
123-151
Date
2008
Language
fr
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Lacroix, Laurier. “La collection comme temps de la Nation : Les premières acquisitions du Musée de la province de Québec en 1920.” Les Cahiers des dix No. 62 (2008): 123–151. https://www.erudit.org/en/journals/cdd/2008-n62-cdd3423/038123ar.pdf.
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