A brief introduction to the ways in which F ritz Brandtner was influenced by his 1930 trip to British Columbia and the Northwest Coast art that he encountered there, as demonstrated by his exceptional work, Potlatch, B.C., 1948. As well as insights into the relationship of the Klinkhoff family to...

Alan Klinkhoff pieces together the history of this precious painting.

Mark A. Cheetham, PhD, FRSC, explores Jean-Paul Riopelle's Landing, a dramatic canvas from the mid 1950s, the decade when Riopelle's remarkable abilities reached their peak and were most widely admired.

Alan Klinkhoff Gallery is pleased to make available to collectors First Snow, Baie St. Paul, c. 1920 by Clarence Gagnon. The work, executed circa 1920 during the artist’s longest and last trip to Canada before his definitive return in 1936, is an outstanding testimony to the artist’s much celebrated interpretation...

We are pleased to share with collectors a recently acquired pochade by Clarence Gagnon that is the study for the larger canvas is the collection of the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, entitled Scène d'automne (Autumn Scene), 1907 (Oil on canvas, 46 x 65.4 cm [18 x 25 ¾...

Alan Klinkhoff reveals his highlights from this outstanding and valuable reading compiled by an independent source and the world leader in the field.

Alan Klinkhoff introduces John B. Wilkinson's Montmorency Falls, 1867 and our research and appreciation about this rare 19th century watercolour.

It is with sadness we learn of the passing of M. Francois-Marc Gagnon, a distinguished art scholar and friend of the Canadian art community at large.

As we trudge through the last remaining cold, winter days of March — and dare we say even April — Brownell’s Street Scene, West Indies , with its high afternoon sun and roadways scorched by the island heat, and the blue-violet haze of humidity in his At the Well, West...

For us the year 2019 has brought us two precious, rare and particularly fine paintings by the artist John Young Johnstone . There is not a great deal of reference material about the artist, commonly referred to by us as 'Johnny' Johnstone. With a view in mind to sharing with...

Alan Klinkhoff Gallery is pleased to share with our community exciting results accomplished by our restorer who recently cleaned a fine Emily Coonan sketch that we had purchased. His removal of some 100 years of discoloured varnish and grime from a sketch served to unveil a sensitively painted composition in...

On the heels of a trip to the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, where he viewed the exhibition French Pastels: Treasures from the Vault, Alan Klinkhoff reflects on Maurice Cullen and the brilliant works that the artist created in pastel, a medium which offered the artist the ability to...

Jonathan reflects on 2018 in the art market, discussing collecting habits, both in Canada and abroad, noting that the year's biggest sales were for classic works of art.

As the Klinkhoff family celebrates their 70th year in the art market, Alan, Jonathan, and Craig Klinkhoff reflect on 2018 at Alan Klinkhoff Gallery. Over the course of this past year, Alan Klinkhoff Gallery reaffirmed the Klinkhoff family’s legacy, transacting a number of fine classic works of art by the...

Craig Klinkhoff discusses the exciting new developments in the online presence of Alan Klinkhoff Gallery.

Announcing our complimentary valuation days in Toronto

Announcing our complimentary valuation days in Montreal

A selection of quotations — plucked from an array of sources to include comments from contemporaries and students of Maurice Cullen, art critics, and established scholars — are examples of the consistent praise that Cullen receives for his tenacity of colour, inimitable style of painting, and for his integral role...

Celebrating the centenary of the Armistice, we reflect on Canada’s involvement in the recapture of Hill 70 and the subsidiary attacks on the French city of Lens during World War I. Alan Klinkhoff Gallery is proud to have facilitated the sale of an ink sketch by Augustus John for his...

Alan Klinkhoff reflects on Molly Lamb Bobak's career and her role as a Canadian military artist in the Second World War. Bobak was the first female Canadian war artist. During her career in the Canadian Women's Army Corps, Bobak began a journal in which she depicted her military training as...