EXHIBITION | 30th Oct 1946 to 2nd Jan 1947

A Collection of Contemporary English Painting

National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa

The first exhibition of the Massey Collection of English Painting (MCEP) in Canada. Its inaugural showing was at The Tate in London earlier in 1946.

It then moved on to Montreal, Toronto, Edmonton, Vancouver, Regina, London (Ontario), Winnipeg, Windsor, Mount Allison, Kingston and Port Hope before touring to Australia, New Zealand and the USA until 1952.

More details about the artists in the show and its many venues can  be found in GOING BRITISH AND BEING MODERN IN THE VISUAL ART SYSTEMS OF CANADA, 1906-1976, a PhD thesis by Sarah A. Stanners, University of Toronto, 2009.

2 works exhibited:

Dunkirk Beaches, May 1940

Dunkirk Beaches, May 1940 (1941)

First showing of the Massey Collection of English Painting (MCEP) in Canada before touring many other locations in Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the USA.
Staithes, Yorkshire

Staithes, Yorkshire (1938)

First showing of the Massey Collection of English Painting (MCEP) in Canada before touring many other locations in Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the USA.