The collection includes excellent examples ranging from Italian and Dutch Baroque ink drawings to contemporary Inuit stonecuts. An important subset of watercolours and ink drawings by artists such as Peter Rindisabacher, William Hind, and Frances Hopkins constitute vital documentation of life in Manitoba in the 19th century. WAG-Qaumajuq’s later collection includes work by significant Canadian artists such as Ozias Leduc, Carl Schaefer, Ernst Lindner, and David Blackwood. There is also a sizeable collection of contemporary works on paper, including the collages of Paul Butler and Simon Hughes, and watercolours of Marcel Dzama. WAG-Qaumajuq also holds a growing collection of contemporary Inuit drawing, including the work of Shuvani Ashoona, Tim Pitsiulak, Ningiukulu Teevee, and Annie Pootoogook.
Works in the Collection
Tea Drinkers
Annie Pootoogook, 2001–2002 DetailsLandscape
Lionel LeMoine FitzGerald, from the series Small pencil sketches 1953 made on a trip by plane to Toronto and Ottawa, 1953 DetailsFaces
Bertram Brooker, c. 1935 DetailsTod und Frau
Käthe Kollwitz, 1910 DetailsAbstract
Lionel LeMoine FitzGerald, 1953 DetailsHilly Landscape
Lionel LeMoine FitzGerald, from the series Sketches Made in Mexico 1951, 1951 DetailsTrees
Lionel LeMoine FitzGerald, 1940 DetailsUntitled (abstract)
Lionel LeMoine FitzGerald, 1955 DetailsFactory in Berlin
Christiane Pflug, 1956 DetailsBird and Young
Paunichea, 1964 DetailsFigures beneath Building
Robert Fawcett, n.d. DetailsLogs on a Shore - West Coast
Lionel LeMoine FitzGerald, c. 1942–c. 1944 DetailsLeaves
Lionel LeMoine FitzGerald, 1936 DetailsYork Boat on Lake Winnipeg
Walter J. Phillips, 1930 DetailsUntitled
Ivan Eyre, 1964 DetailsWAG-Qaumajuq is open regular hours, see our tips for visiting here.