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 DetailsDie Beichte (The Confession)
Walter Gramatté, 1920 DetailsTill Eulenspiegel
Oskar Laske, n.d. DetailsEgon Schiele: Aquarelle Und Zeichnungen (Egon Schiele: Watercolors and Drawings)
Egon Schiele, 1910–1918 DetailsMilk Drop Coronet
Harold Edgerton, 1984–1985 DetailsPeter John (Gughwaut)
W. Langdon Kihn, 1924 DetailsCoffee can
Sèvres, 1787–1788 DetailsEpergne
Unidentified maker, c. 1885–1900 DetailsWoman’s Head
Karl Angerer, n.d. DetailsSpring Shower, Budapest
André Kertész, 1921 DetailsFruit cooler
Jean-Baptiste Locré, c. 1820 DetailsPaysage le soir
Hippolyte-Camille Delpy, c. 1860 DetailsStory of St. January and St. Gordian; Martyrdom Scenes
Unidentified artist, 15th century DetailsArchitectural Study
Giovanni-Battista Piranesi, c. 1750 DetailsTray
Almeric Walter, c. 1925 Details
Qaumajuq Now Open
The new Inuit art centre is now open at the WAG! See hours and admission here.
