In the first half of the twentieth century, Arthur Lismer was a peer among an esteemed group of artists who were defining a distinctive nationalistic style of painting inspired by the wilderness of Northern Canada. For Lismer, the North presented an irresistible atmosphere that promised happiness and vitality, Georgian Bay...

From the Conquest until the end of the 19th Century, British landscape artists, professionals and military topographers travelled to the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River to take advantage of the magnificent view of Quebec. From the mouth of the Etchemin River at the west, to Pointe-Lévy at the...

In September, 1929, John Lyman attended the famous rowing regatta, which had been held since 1879 in the Bay of La Concha in San Sebastián, on the Basque coast of Spain. In May of that year, Lyman and his wife Corinne had moved into the La Chaumière villa in Saint-Jean-De-Luz,...

As carefree as Jack Bush’s paintings appear to be – in their handling of paint and ‘ad-libbing’ of colour – he was remarkably careful. The artist kept three tidy record books, which stood as an inventory of his fine art. He recorded matters such as titles, dates, dimensions, medium and...

During the War of 1812, the Fort at Chambly served as the headquarters for British and Canadian soldiers defending Montreal from attacks by American armies to the south. But by 1814 there was little activity except briefly in 1837, when some troops were deployed to quell the rebellions in both...

TORONTO - Galerie Alan Klinkhoff is introducing its new office in Toronto. Jonathan Klinkhoff, the third generation of the Klinkhoff family in the Canadian art business manages the office, temporarily located in the TD Canada Trust Tower, where our business hours are Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm by appointment. Alan and Craig Klinkhoff...

Yves Gaucher's “grey on grey” paintings have been described as 'one of the stellar achievements of Canadian painting (or international painting, for that matter).' Reviewing an exhibition of three grey on grey canvases at the 1968 Edinburgh Festival, British curator and art critic Bryan Robertson described them as 'possibly the...

Emily Coonan produced some remarkably compelling figurative works during the 1920s, paintings that stand as important examples of her innovative, singular style. Her representations of the girls and women who peopled her world, a subject that she returned to frequently in her life, are characterized by a disarming simplicity, a...

This magnificent Borduas painting is a fine discovery. Paintings of 1949 are especially rare to come upon. A year after the publication of the manifesto Refus Global, and his suspension from his teaching position at the École du Meuble, 1949 was not an easy year for Borduas. He literally had...

On Saturday, March 29, Galerie Alan Klinkhoff will be celebrating the official opening of our new Montreal gallery in conjunction with an online exhibition of Important Canadian Art. The exhibition and sale will be posted on klinkhoff.com, with select works on view at the gallery. We will also be posting...

Our aluminium window display panels were installed yesterday and this is the result. An unintended but striking consequence, as I found out while leaving last night, is that the panels reflect the surrounding environment, blending in and allowing the paintings to 'pop' out.

Alan Klinkhoff inspecting the progression of work at Galerie Alan Klinkhoff. Even yesterday morning, the gallery space seemed like an empty shell and it looked like there was still much work to be done...no lighting, no hanging equipment, and there were ladders, sheets and workmen everywhere . It hardly felt...

Our Exhibition & Sale of Important Canadian and International Art will go online March 29 at approximately 12pm with select works on view at the gallery.

Week number three at Galerie Alan Klinkhoff begins with an opportunity to purchase from an enticing selection of Claude A. Simard paintings , two of which are only being delivered to the Galerie Alan Klinkhoff at the end of this week!

Continued discussion regarding our discovery of the important canvas by A.Y. Jackson, 'Night on the Skeena River', 1927, has prompted me to write a few additional comments. Prior the re-emergence of 'Night on the Skeena River', 1927, the available evidence led us to believe that Jackson had 'worked up' six...

Earlier maps of the Sulpician property Duncan's watercolour provides a rare glimpse into Montreal's history through the eyes and hands of first rate 19th century Canadian artist. He portrays 'The Major Seminary of Montreal” in a way aptly described in The Sulpicians of Montreal 1657-2007: “With Mount Royal in the...

Featuring works by James Wilson Morrice, A.Y. Jackson, Philip Surrey, Adrien Hebert and others. On Thursday, July 25, [] will be opening an online exhibition of our latest releases of Important Canadian Art. This special exhibition and sale will be posted on klinkhoff.com at approximately 12pm, with select works on...

To see a Morrice canvas of Canadian subject matter on the market is a rare occurrence; when you add the fact that it was exhibited at the Paris Salon de la Société Nationale, it becomes an event. The artist’s Québec works account for less than seven percent of his total...

On Thursday, June 13th, Galerie Walter Klinkhoff will be posting online a selection of new paintings by Laurie Campbell , with works on view at the gallery. Please note that all works are subject to prior sale.

A.Y. Jackson produced some magical paintings in the 1920s. Made with a bold, expressionist touch and rich colour on medium-large canvases, his images of landscape, Quebec villages and the homes and poles of the First Nations have a remarkable staying power. Whatever he painted, Jackson's work always involved a modernist...