Thanks to a major donation from the relatives of the Anglo-Irish peer Standish Vereker, the 7th Viscount Gort, in 1970, the WAG is home to one of the finest collections of art from the Flemish and German Renaissance in Western Canada, including the work of Master of the View of Saint Gudula, Lucas Cranach the Elder, and Bartholomaeus Bruyn the Younger.
The WAG collection also features works by significant British artists, from John Everett Millais to James Innes to Barbara Hepworth. The collection of 19th and 20th century French art includes the work of Anton Mauve, Henri Fantin-Latour, Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, Eugene-Louis Boudin, Marc Chagall, and Yves Klein. The Gallery is also known for having one of the world’s most comprehensive collections of work by German Expressionist Walter Gramatte, as well as work by Karl Schmidt-Rotluff, Egon Schiele, and Erich Heckel. Another important area of the collection is 20th century American with work by artists such as Jules Olitski, Alexander Archepenko, Dennis Oppenheim, Ben Shonzeit, Dan Flavin, and Sol LeWitt.
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Works in the Collection
Adoration of the Magi
Master of Heilige Sippe (Holy Kinship), c. 1525 DetailsDancer (Nancy Crompton)
Harold Edgerton, 1980 DetailsLandscape with a Woman on a Mule or A Woman on a Mule in a Mountainous Landscape
Jan Dirksz Both, 17th century DetailsVase
Buchenau Glassworks, c. 1900 DetailsThe Holy Trinity
Veit Hirschvogel the Elder, c. 1490 DetailsUntitled
Oskar Laske, 1946 DetailsMännerkopf (Man’s Head)
Werner Gothein, c. 1915 DetailsTeapot
Nymphenburg, c. 1755 DetailsVase
Lalique, c. 1921 DetailsSyrup jug
Northwood Glass Co., c. 1889 DetailsEarring ? Clasp ?
Unidentified artist, 1000–1700 DetailsDrop leaf table
Unidentified maker, c. 1650 DetailsDistortion #42, Paris
André Kertész, 1933 DetailsSelbstbildnis Im Profil Nach Rechts
Käthe Kollwitz, 1938 DetailsMarine
Stefano Della Bella, from the series Eight Marine Views, 1634 Details
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