Agnes Etherington Art Centre

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Agnes Etherington Art Centre
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Location within Southern Ontario
Established1957 (1957)
Location36 University Avenue, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Coordinates 44°13′31.4″N76°29′46.5″W / 44.225389°N 76.496250°W / 44.225389; -76.496250
Type Art museum
DirectorEmelie Chhangur
Website agnes.queensu.ca

The Agnes Etherington Art Centre is located in Kingston, Ontario, on the campus of Queen's University. The gallery has received a number of awards for its exhibitions from the Canada Council for the Arts, [1] the Ontario Association of Art Galleries [2] and others.

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History

The Agnes Etherington Art Centre has its roots in the Kingston Art and Music Club, founded in 1926, and owes its existence to Agnes McCausland Richardson Etherington (1880–1954), [3] a driving force behind the club. [4] Agnes Etherington's grandfather had founded the grain dealer James Richardson & Sons in 1857 and the family had become very wealthy. Agnes's brother George Richardson, who died fighting in World War I in 1916, left a legacy for her to use as she felt fit to stimulate development of the arts at Queen's University. She used this to found the George Taylor Richardson Memorial Fund, [5] which still provides an important source of arts funding to the university. [6]

Agnes Etherington bequeathed her house, an elegant Neo-Georgian mansion, to Queen's University for use as a university and community art gallery. The Agnes Etherington Art Centre opened to the public in 1957. The building was extended in 1962, 1975, 1978 and 2000, and now has an area of 1,720 square metres. [7]

Facilities

In addition to the historical Etherington House and nine galleries, the Agnes Etherington Art Centre features a studio, atrium, a publications lounge and the David McTavish Art Study Room.

Events and public programs

Through the fall and winter, lectures, discussions, tours, custom seminars and screenings. Each summer, the gallery offers an art-intensive summer day camp for children and an art course of teens.

Collections

Agnes Etherington Art Centre holds over 17,000 works ranging from the 14th century to the present, placing it among the largest galleries in Ontario. It includes paintings, sculptures, and graphics by major Canadian artists, European old master paintings, African art, historical dress, quilts, silver and decorative art. [8]

Canadian historical art

The Canadian Historical collection primarily representing the history of Canadian fine art in the Euro-American tradition, it also reflects the evolving Canadian cultural matrix through Inuit and Indigenous art and artifacts, as well as historic dress and decorative arts. The collection is notable for fine early topographical watercolours and major 20th-century paintings, and encompasses material connected to regional history in the Queen's University Collection of Canadian Dress, the Heritage Quilt Collection, and the Silver Collection. The Canadian historical collection includes works by: Andre Charles Bieler, Tom Thomson, Emily Carr, Lawren Harris, Arthur Lismer, Frederick Varley, Edwin Holgate, LeMoine FitzGerald, Fernand Leduc, Ozias Leduc, David Milne, William Ronald, Carl Beam, William Henry Bartlett, William Brymner, Kananginak Pootoogook, Pitseolak Ashoona

Contemporary art

The Contemporary Art Collection features visual art, with emphasis on the emerging generation of artists and works that reflect contemporary life and Canadian society. It is national in scope. The Contemporary collection includes works by: Charles Stankievech, Rebecca Belmore, Judy Radul, Brendan Fernandes, Luis Jacob, Vera Frenkel, David Rokeby, Norman White, Robert Houle, Shary Boyle, AA Bronson, General Idea, Ian Carr-Harris, Sarindar Dhaliwal, Andre Fauteux, Kim Ondaatje, Derek Sullivan

Historical European art

The European Art Collection holds many paintings, prints, and drawings of exceptional quality and depth. The heart of the European collection is The Bader Collection, with over 200 paintings donated by philanthropist Alfred Bader and Isabel Bader. The European collection includes works by Rembrandt van Rijn, Willem Drost, Jan Lievens, Govert Flinck, Aert de Gelder, Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, Godfrey Kneller, Philips Koninck, Ferdinand Bol, El Greco, Dosso Dossi, Michael Sweerts, Luca Giordano, Georg Pencz, Sebastien Bourdon, Peter Lely, Joseph Wright of Derby, Raphael, Parmigianino, Guido Reni, Gustav Klimt, and Pablo Picasso.

African art

Numbering over 500 objects, the Justin and Elisabeth Lang Collection of African Art ranks among Canada's most comprehensive and significant African Art collections. Comprising primarily works by West and Central African peoples.

Selected works

Selected publications

The Art Centre has issued many publications over the years. [9] A selection follows:

TitleAuthor(s)
Brendan Fernandes: Lost BodiesJan Allen, Delinda Collier, Kevin D. Dumouchelle, Amanda Gilvin, Amanda Jane Graham, Erica P. Jones, & Nat Trotman ISBN   978-1-55339-493-8
I'm Not Myself at All: Deirdre Logue & Allyson Mitchell Sarah E. K. Smith & Heather Love ISBN   978-1-55339-408-2
The Artist Herself: Self-Portraits by Canadian Historical Women ArtistsAlicia Boutilier & Tobi Bruce ISBN   978-1-55339-407-5
Bernard Clark: Tattoo PortraitsJan Allen ISBN   978-1-55339-261-3
Vera Frenkel's String GamesJan Allen & Earl Miller ISBN   978-1-55339-259-0
Annie Pootoogook: Kinngait CompositionsJan Allen ISBN   978-1-55339-260-6
Lost and Found: Wright of Derby's View of GibraltarJohn Bonehill, Janet M. Brooke, Barbara Klempan, David de Witt ISBN   978-1-55339-258-3
Don Maynard: Franken ForestJan Allen & Linda Jansma ISBN   978-1-55339-256-9
William Brymner: Artist, Teacher, ColleagueAlicia Boutilier & Paul Maréchal ISBN   9781553392514
Sorting Daemons: Art, Surveillance Regimes and Social ControlJan Allen, Kirsty Robertson & Sarah E.K. Smith ISBN   978-1-55339-253-8
Karin Davie: UnderworldsJan Allen ISBN   978-1-55339-095-4
The Bader Collection: Dutch and Flemish PaintingsDavid de Witt ISBN   978-1-55339-094-7
Beyond the Silhouette: Fashion and the Women of Historic KingstonM. Elaine MacKay ISBN   978-1-55339-093-0
Etherington House: Building a LegacyPatricia Sullivan ISBN   978-1-55339-091-6
Lyla Rye: HopscotchKenneth Hayes ISBN   978-1-55339-092-3
Telling Stories, Secret LivesJan Allen, Steven Matijcio et al. ISBN   978-1-55339-088-6
Neutrinos They Are Very SmallJan Allen, Corinna Ghaznavi & Allison Morehead ISBN   978-1-55339-089-3
"An Artist After All": Daniel Fowler in CanadaDorothy M. Farr ISBN   1-55339-090-3
Sarindar Dhaliwal: Record KeepingSunil Gupta, Richard Fung, Janice Cheddie et al. ISBN   1-899127-05-4
Erik Edson: FableJan Allen & Catherine Osborne ISBN   1-55339-086-5
Ah, Wilderness! Resort Architecture in the Thousand IslandsPierre de la Ruffinière du Prey & Dorothy Farr ISBN   0-88911-543-5
Machine LifeJan Allen, Ihor Holubizky & Caroline Seck Langill ISBN   0-88911-918-X
Gary Kibbins: Grammar HorsesJan Allen & Gary Kibbins ISBN   0-88911-916-3
Connected: Contemporary Art in KingstonJan Allen (ed) ISBN   0-88911-912-0
MuseopathyJan Allen, Jim Drobnick & Jennifer Fisher ISBN   0-88911-908-2
Better Worlds: Activist and Utopian Projects by ArtistsJan Allen & Laura Marks ISBN   0-88911-912-0
Who Means What: Brent Roe, Paintings 1992-2001John Armstrong ISBN   0-88911-906-6
Laurel Woodcock: Take Me, I'm YoursJan Allen & Paul Kelley ISBN   0-88911-827-2
Gretchen Sankey: Some of the PartsJan Allen ISBN   0-88911-754-3
Jayce Salloum Jim Drobnick & Jennifer Fisher ISBN   0-88911-752-7
Crime and PunishmentJennifer Rudder ISBN   0-88911-750-0
Flaming Creatures: New Tendencies in Canadian Video.Gary Kibbins ISBN   0-88911-748-9
Tapes that Think: Video Works by Steve Reinke, Tran T. Kim-Trang, Rodney WerdenGary Kibbins ISBN   0-88911-702-0
EdificeJan Allen ISBN   0-88911-748-9
Germaine Koh: PersonaJan Allen ISBN   0-88911-744-6
Of Mudlarkers and MeasurersS. Dhaliwal ISBN   0-88911-742-X
Rise and Fall: John Dickson, Laurie Walker.Jan Allen et al. ISBN   0-88911-706-3
Sophie Bellissent: In the FleshJan Allen ISBN   0-88911-740-3
RX: Taking Our MedicineJan Allen & Kim Sawchuck ISBN   0-88911-698-9
Pictorial Incidents The Photography of William Gordon ShieldsMichael Bell ISBN   0-88911-504-4
A. A. Chesterfield Ungava Portraits 1902-04William C. James ISBN   0-88911-373-4
Heritage Quilt CollectionRuth McKendry & Dorothy Farr ISBN   0-88911-539-7

References

  1. ↑ "The Agnes Etherington Art Centre receives the 2005 York Wilson Endowment Award" (PDF). Canada Council for the Arts. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 February 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2009.
  2. ↑ "Awards: 2015 Winners". Oaag.org. Archived from the original on 17 September 2021. Retrieved 4 March 2009.
  3. ↑ "Etherington, Agnes Richardson". www.queensu.ca. Archived from the original on 2020-09-24. Retrieved 2020-09-22.
  4. ↑ "The people behind campus landmarks" Archived May 31, 2009, at the Wayback Machine Queens Journal. Retrieved 4 March 2009.
  5. ↑ "George Taylor Richardson Memorial Fund". www.queensu.ca. Retrieved 2020-09-22.
  6. ↑ Smith, Frances K.; et al. (2006), André Biéler : an artist's life and times, Toronto: Firefly Books, ISBN   1-55407-232-8
  7. ↑ "About the Art Centre". Agnes Etherington Art Centre. Archived from the original on 29 January 2009. Retrieved 4 March 2009.
  8. ↑ "Agnes Etherington Art Centre". Queen's University. Archived from the original on 11 February 2009. Retrieved 4 March 2009.
  9. ↑ "Publications". Agnes Etherington Art Centre. Archived from the original on 15 February 2008. Retrieved 9 July 2012.

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