Emily Carr was one of Canada’s most innovative artists of the first half of the twentieth century. After periods of study in San Francisco, England and France, in 1912 Carr made a major trip to Alert Bay, the Skeena River and Haida Gwaii visiting Kwakwaka’wakw, Gitxsan and Haida villages. The...

If we compare Tribute to Tom Thomson with Thomson’s masterpiece The Jack Pine, we can see there is much that is similar. It is one artist's rendition of what there was about The Jack Pine that he admired. He chose to select the time of day as late afternoon or...

Respecting the mandated health protocols and to protect our community, our physical galleries are closed. This closure implies the cancellation of our Montreal gallery vernissage and exhibition of The Collection of Mitzi & Mel Dobrin.

In spite of his all too brief career (approximately five years), Tom Thomson’s paintings left an indelible mark on Canadian art of the first half of the twentieth century. The remarkable history of his life and early death and the myths that developed around him inspired a whole generation of...

Images of the installation of the Collection of Mitzi and Mel Dobrin at Alan Klinkhoff Gallery in Toronto

My parents, Mitzi and Mel Dobrin, were a remarkable couple. Married 69 years, they were invariably together, be it on the golf course, tennis court or at their Laurentian retreat. While they both worked hard, they enjoyed life to the fullest – entertaining, travelling and involving themselves in community philanthropic...

The lovely pink house and leaning tree in the foreground frame the barns and sheds and the yellow and white houses on the left. The muddy road, still surrounded by the receding snow, is highlighted with pools of blue water. In the distance a wayside cross overlooks the distant white...

Mitzi and Mel Dobrin were important members of the Montreal community, part of the family that established and operated the Steinberg's supermarket chain in Quebec and Ontario, as well as noted philanthropists and art collectors.

His paintings are represented in numerous museums across Canada.

Kathleen Moir Morris (1893-1986) has long been an artist of great interest to the Klinkhoff family.

This fine and rare painting by Collyer is of an early and mature period.

The origins of Fort Senneville date back to 17th century New France.

This is a rare and precious view by Maurice Cullen looking toward Terrebonne, overlooking the Rivière Mille Îles from what would now be known as Saint-François-de-Sales in the borough of Laval.

Fortin was one of the few artists who could “think” as well in watercolour as in oil.

This important painting showcases FitzGerald’s interest in modern painting techniques.

Harry Gibb’s exclusive contribution to the canon of art in Canada is not insignificant.

This Still Life with Fruit lends itself to being demonstrative of the story of the Beaver Hall Group women. The convention for a women to stay close to home to find subject matter leads her no farther than the kitchen and dining room, as opposed to “the boys” heading out...

Our new Toronto gallery at 190 Davenport Road is now open!

Introduction to the Sale of Property from an Important British Columbia Collection.

A message from the seller of a the collection of 31 paintings.