Where to See

Samuel de Champlain, Habitation at Port Royal, 1613
Engraving on laid paper
10.8 x 15.2 cm

Peter Monamy, The Capture of Louisbourg, c.1745
Oil on canvas
54 x 98.3 cm

Moses Harris, Nova Scotia Plants, 1749–50
Engraving on laid paper
Support: 19.8 x 12.2 cm

Moses Harris, A Plan of the Harbour of Chebucto and Town of Halifax, 1750
Hand-coloured engraving on laid paper
24 x 28.9 cm

Sir Joshua Reynolds P.R.A., Colonel Edward Cornwallis, c.1756
Oil on linen
76 x 63.7 cm

Dominic Serres, Governor’s House and St. Mather’s Meeting House on Hollis Street, also looking up George Street, c.1762
Oil on canvas
38.1 x 55.9 cm

Joseph Frederick Wallet DesBarres, Dartmouth Shore in the Harbour of Halifax, c.1775
Hand-coloured etching on laid paper
15 x 40.9 cm

Lieutenant Colonel Edward Hicks, Entrance to Halifax Harbour and the Town of Halifax, N.S., c.1780
Watercolour, graphite, and ink on wove paper
16.5 x 34.5 cm

Robert Field, Miss Elizabeth Wallace (1791–1874), c.1810
Watercolour on paper
18.9 x 15.1 cm

Robert Field, Lt. Provo William Parry Wallis, c.1813
Oil on canvas
76.2 x 63.5 cm

Robert Field, Mrs. Edward Mortimer (Sarah Patterson) 1765–1833, c.1815
Oil on canvas
76 x 61 cm

Robert Field, Edward Mortimer (1768–1819), c.1815
Oil on canvas
72 x 57.8 cm

John Elliott Woolford, A View of Halifax from Fort George, Nova Scotia, 1817
Oil on paper laid on canvas
43 x 128.5 cm

Attributed to John Poad Drake, Shipping at Low Tide, Halifax, c.1820
Oil on canvas
68.6 x 97.8 cm

William Valentine, Rev. William Black, 1827
Oil on canvas
29.1 x 24.3 cm

Maria Morris Miller, Wild Flowers of Nova Scotia: Lilium canadense, c.1833
Watercolour on Reynold’s London board
Support: 18.8 x 13.2 cm

Attributed to William Valentine, Mrs. Grace Langford Nordbeck, c.1835
Oil on canvas
49.6 x 40.1 cm

Attributed to William Valentine, Portrait of a Lady with a Lace Bonnet [Louisa Haliburton], c.1839
Oil on canvas
93 x 73.7 cm

Maria Morris Miller, Nymphoea Odorata. White Pond Lily, 1840
Hand-coloured lithograph on paper, plate III
32.5 x 25.5 cm

Maria Morris Miller, Indian Hemp – Milk Weed, 1840
Hand-coloured lithograph on wove paper
Support: 31.9 x 25.2 cm

Unknown (after John Cunningham), An Encampment of Mi’kmaq Near Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1808 [Original title: Micmac Indians Near Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1808], 1842
Watercolour on paper
23.7 x 35.1 cm

John O’Brien, Halifax Harbour, Sunset, c.1853
Oil on linen
49 x 76.5 cm

John O’Brien, The ARAB, Brigantine, and the MILO, Brig, off Halifax Harbour, 1856
Oil on canvas
58.5 x 78.9 cm

Maria Morris Miller, Nuphar advena. Yellow Pond Lily. Iris Versicolor. Blue Flag, 1866
Hand-coloured lithograph on paper
Support: 35.3 x 27.8 cm

Unknown, The Royal Canadian Academy – Exhibition in the Province Building, Halifax, 1881
Hand-coloured wood engraving on paper
16 x 24 cm

Unknown, The Royal Academy – Opening of the Exhibition by His Excellency The Governor-General, 1881
Hand-coloured wood engraving on paper
16.5 x 24.2 cm

Maria Morris Miller, Saracena [sic] Purpurea. Indian Cup [Northern Pitcher Plant], c.1883
Watercolour on paper
34.3 x 24.4 cm

John O’Brien, HMS GALATEA, in a Heavy Sea, 1888
Oil on canvas
43.4 x 71.6 cm

Ernest Lawson, Regatta Day, c.1894
Oil on canvas
40.9 x 50.8 cm

Katharine N. Evans, Steele’s Pond, Halifax, 1898
Watercolour on wove paper
29.7 x 53.5 cm

Emily A. Fenerty, Portrait of Henry M. Rosenberg, c.1905
Graphite on paper
14 x 15.8 cm

Henry M. Rosenberg, Halifax Harbour, 1909
Oil on canvas
50.8 x 61.2 cm

Ernest Lawson, Winter – Harlem River, c.1912
Oil on canvas
63.5 x 76.5 cm

Arthur Lismer, Sackville River, 1917
Oil on canvas
77.2 x 92.4 cm

Arthur Lismer, Troopship Leaving Halifax, 1918
Lithograph on paper
30.7 x 40.4 cm

Maud Lewis House, c.1920s
Mixed media
4.4 x 4.1 x 3.8 m

Melda Landry, Elizabeth Nutt Seated (?), 1920
Pencil on paper
29.6 x 20.3 cm

Edith Smith, The Red Cloak, 1923
Oil on canvas
45 x 33.5 cm

Henry M. Rosenberg, In the Forest, c.1925
Oil on wood
31.1 x 13.1 cm

Elizabeth Styring Nutt, Winter, Northwest Arm, Halifax, 1927
Oil on canvas
63.6 x 76.1 cm

Marguerite Porter Zwicker, How Can One Feel …, 1927
Ink on paper
24.7 x 18.7 cm

Donald Cameron Mackay, The Hanging Committee, 1929
Ink on paper
25.1 x 23.5 cm

Elizabeth Styring Nutt, Autumn on the Northwest Arm, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1930
Oil on canvas
50.5 x 60.8 cm

J. Frederic McCulloch, Donald Cameron Mackay, 1930
Oil on canvas
50.9 x 40.4 cm

Henry M. Rosenberg, Reading, 1931
Etching on laid paper
Support: 27.1 x 22 cm

Elizabeth Styring Nutt, The Ice House, Halifax, N.S., 1935
Oil on canvas
40.5 x 50.7 cm

Donald Cameron Mackay, Building a “Bluenose”, 1946
Oil on panel
33 x 43.3 cm

Maud Lewis, Deer in Winter, c.1950
Oil on pulpboard
29.6 x 35.9 cm

Donald Cameron Mackay, Landscape, Herring Cove, c.1950
Oil on canvas
61.1 x 76.1 cm

Ruth Salter Wainwright, Water Street, Halifax, 1953
Oil on canvas board
40.8 x 51 cm

LeRoy Zwicker, Atomic, 1953
Oil on canvas
61 x 35.7 cm

Marion Bond, Halifax Harbour, 1957
Oil on Masonite
77 x 92.2 cm

LeRoy Zwicker, Grafton Street, Halifax, c.1960s
Oil on canvas
50.9 x 61 cm

Ruth Salter Wainwright, Little Lady (Maud Lewis), c.1960s
Oil on canvas
71.3 x 51 cm

Joe Norris, Seagulls on Island, 1974
Enamel on canvas
60.5 x 76.1 cm

Alex Colville, Ocean Limited, 1962
Oil and synthetic resin on Masonite
68.5 x 119.3 cm

Carol Hoorn Fraser, Night Begonia, 1964
Oil on canvas
78.2 x 93.7 cm

Ruth Salter Wainwright, Blue Mosque, 1965
Oil on canvas
91.4 x 121.3 cm

Maud Lewis, Children Skiing, mid-1960s
Oil on pulpboard
31.8 x 35 cm

David Askevold, still from Learning about Cars and Chocolate, 1972
Still image from a black and white video

Gerald Ferguson, Close to the edge, but not going over the edge, 1972
Drypoint on paper, 2/10
Plate: 20 x 20 cm

Sarah Jackson, Mythological Figure I, 1973–74
Patinated bronze
83 x 40 x 41 cm

Michael Fernandes, Series of 5, 1978
Graphite and latex on Masonite, on wooden shelf
64 x 330.5 x 18 cm

John Greer, Lead to Believe, 1978
Two pieces of folded lead
7.5 x 28.5 x 13.7; 4.9 x 23 x 14.5 cm

Tom Forrestall, Dog, Girl and Beach, 1979
Egg tempera on panel
108.8 x 114.8 cm

Gerald Ferguson, Halifax City Hall – A Painting, 1980
Felt pen and oil on canvas; post card
Canvas: 122 x 183 cm; postcard: 10.5 x 15 cm

Michael Fernandes, No Escape, 1983
Wood, photographs, and mixed media
Dimensions variable

Ruth Salter Wainwright, Blue Pools, 1984
Charcoal and pastel on paper coloured with oil paint
20.8 x 23.2 cm

Nancy Edell, Waiting, 1986
Found wool rags, acrylic and polyester fabrics on linen, and felt
92 x 121 cm

Tom Forrestall, Island in the Ice, 1987
Egg tempera on Masonite
72.5 x 214.5 cm

Alan Syliboy, All My Relations, Family, 1992
Serigraph on paper
41 x 51 cm

John Greer, Origins, 1995
Patinated cast bronze
2.7 x 3.8 x 1 m

Colleen Wolstenholme, Valium, 1997
Carved plaster
67.8 x 67.5 x 18 cm

David Askevold, Harbour Ghosts, HFX, 1999
Dye-based inkjet print on photo paper
Three panels, each panel 122 x 151.8 cm

Alan Syliboy, Tuft’s Cove Survivor, 1999
Acrylic, watercolour pencil, ink, and photo transfer on illustration board
76 x 101.5 cm

Jean-Pierre Gauthier, The Race, 2004
Five measuring tapes, graphite, and motors
Dimensions variable

Garry Neill Kennedy, The Colours of Citizen Arar, 2007
Felt-tip markers and graphite on graph paper
42.5 x 272 cm

Ursula Johnson, Moose Fence, 2017
Ungulate gate, lumber, fencing, lighting, and wallpaper
Dimensions variable

A.Y. Jackson, The Old Gun, Halifax, 1919
Oil on canvas
54.2 x 65.4 cm

Henry M. Rosenberg, Una, 1905
Oil on panel
43.3 x 26.4 cm

Lawren S. Harris, Elevator Court, Halifax, 1921
Oil on canvas
96.5 x 112.1 cm

Jon Seca LaBillois and Alan Syliboy, Four Humpback Whale Drum, date unknown
Cedar, moose hide, and acrylic paint
76.5 x 72.3 x 38.5 cm

Nancy Edell, Art Nuns, 1989
Wool and cotton
86 x 126 cm

Arthur Lismer, Olympic with Returned Soldiers, 1919
Oil on canvas
123 x 163.3 cm

Donald Cameron Mackay, Signal Flag Hoist, 1943
Oil on canvas
76.3 x 61 cm

Donald Cameron Mackay, Halifax Harbour, 1944
Oil on fibreboard
30.5 x 40.6 cm

Robert Harris, Portrait of Anna H. Leonowens, 1905
Oil on canvas
90 x 74.5 cm

John Greer, TV Idol Time, 1981
Granite and steel
188 x 66 x 35.5 cm

Arthur Lismer, Halifax Harbour, Time of War, c.1917
Oil on canvas, conserved onto aluminum
102.5 x 130 cm

Tom Forrestall, The Kitchen, 1967
Egg tempera on Masonite
40.6 x 95 cm

William Valentine, Nancy Prescott Fairbanks, 1848
Daguerreotype

Notman & Sandham Photographic Studio, Marquis of Lorne, Governor General of Canada, Montreal, QC, 1879, January 16, 1879
Wet collodion negative, silver salts on glass, wet collodion process
25.4 x 20.3 cm

William Notman & Son Photographic Studio, Mrs. Anna H. Leonowens, Montreal, QC, 1903, 1903
Gelatin silver glass plate negative, silver salts on glass
17.8 x 12.7 cm

Alex Colville, Cyclist and Crow, 1981
Acrylic on Masonite
70.6 x 100 cm

Robert Field, Sir Alexander Croke, c.1808
Oil on canvas
74 x 61.6 cm

Unknown, Mi’kmaq Indians, c.1850
Oil on canvas
45.7 x 61 cm

Forshaw Day, The Waverley Goldfields, Nova Scotia, c.1865
Oil on canvas
42.5 x 72.5 cm

Harold Gilman, Halifax Harbour, 1918
Oil on canvas
198 x 335.8 cm

Elizabeth Styring Nutt, The Northwest Arm, Halifax, 1926
Oil on canvas
51.2 x 61.3 cm

Joyce Wieland, O Canada, 1970
Lithograph in red on wove paper
57.4 x 76.4 cm

David Askevold, The Poltergeist, 1974–79
Seven azo dye prints (Cibachrome) framed
Overall: 102.8 x 703 cm

Nancy Edell, Bear in Point Pleasant Park, 1989
Charcoal, Conté crayon, coloured pencil, and collage on wove paper with collage of various torn papers
Overall: 76 x 212 cm; sheet: 76 x 106 cm each

John Greer, Reconciliation, 1989
Marble, bronze, and wood
Dimensions variable

Thierry Delva, Box Works: installation of ten works, including Maglite (3 Cell-D) Flashlight; Clearwater, 6 Boiled Lobsters; 12 Long Stem Roses for Sally; Nike Air Baltoro II, All Conditions Gear, Size 10; Kleenex, Family Size, 300 2-Ply Facial Tissues; Clearwater, 5 Live Lobsters; Samsung FX 1505, Integrated Personal Facsimile; Hagen, 1 Live Canary; Stelwire, 3 1/2 inches Ardox Nails, 50 lbs; and Trekk, Campmaster III Sleeping Bag, 3 lbs, all 1996
Limestone or sandstone
Dimensions variable

Divya Mehra, Afterlife of Colonialism, a reimagining of Power: It’s possible that the Sun has set on your Empire OR Why your voice does not matter: Portrait of an Imbalanced, and yet contemporary diasporic India vis-à-vis Colonial Red, Curry Sauce Yellow, and Paradise Green, placed neatly beneath these revived medieval forms: The Challenges of entering a predominately White space (Can you get this in the gift shop?) where all Women and Magical Elephants may know this work, here in your Winnipeg, among all my Peers, desiring to be both seen and see the loot, through this Jungle Vine camouflage, celebrating an inheritance of loss through our occupation of these outmoded spaces, 2018–22
PVC coated fabric, acrylic paint, and plastic and electric components

Krystle Silverfox, All That Glitters is Not Gold…, 2019
Wool, wood frame (cedar), copper wire, nails, and copper pennies
299 x 254 x 205 cm

Krystle Silverfox, Copper + Concrete, 2022
Wool, concrete, copper wire, and crow feathers
42.5 x 61 x 114.3 cm

John Elliott Woolford, Perspective View of the Province House Building, 1819
Etching with aquatint finished with watercolour

John Elliott Woolford, Government House, Halifax, from the S.W., 1819
Etching

William Eagar, Ruins of H.R.H. the Duke of Kent’s Lodge, Bedford Basin, near Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 1838, date unknown

Photographs of lithographs after daguerreotype photographs of two Acadian French Women (an old woman and her niece) of Chezzetcook, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, June 1856, by Gauvin and Gentzel

Frances Jones Bannerman, Le Jardin d’hiver / In the Conservatory, 1883
Oil on canvas
46.5 x 80.6 cm

Once-Known Mi’kmaw Artist, Quillwork, Lidded Box, c.1780–90

Edith Clayton, Market Basket, 1975
Wood and maple
28 x 29 x 27 cm; depth: 13 cm

Edith Clayton, Doll’s Cradle Basket, date unknown
Wood, metal, and paint
Length: 25 cm

LeRoy Zwicker, Harry Piers, date unknown
Oil on canvas
60.6 x 51 cm

Wiliam J. Weaver, Portrait of Prince Edward (Later Duke of Kent and Strathearn), 1798

Richard Short, Dominic Serres, and James Mason, The Town and Harbour of Halifax in Nova Scotia, as appears from George Island, 1764
Engraving on laid paper
Image: 33.6 x 50.2 cm

Richard Short, Dominic Serres, and François Antoine Aveline, The Governor’s House and St. Mather’s Meeting House in Hollis Street, also looking up George Street, 1764
Engraving on laid paper
Image: 33 x 51.1 cm

Richard Short, Dominic Serres, and Ignace Fougeron, The Church of Saint Paul and the Parade at Halifax in Nova Scotia, 1764
Engraving on laid paper
Image: 35.8 x 50.5 cm

Forshaw Day, Bedford Basin from the Presbyterian Church, c.1870
Oil on canvas
32.7 x 48 cm

Arthur Lismer, Convoy at Night, c.1917
Oil on canvas
50 x 60.3 cm

Edith Smith, Grain Elevator, Halifax / Cathedral of Industry, c.1939
Oil on board
49.9 x 39.8 cm

Garry Neill Kennedy, My Fourth Grade Class, 1972
Colour lithograph on white Arches paper, NSCAD Impression
59.3 x 67.4 cm

Robert Petley, Halifax from the Indian Encampment at Dartmouth, 1834
Watercolour and touches of gouache over pencil on paper
19 x 27.8 cm

Arthur Lismer, Sorrow, 1917
Watercolour and gouache
49.5 x 57.2 cm