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National Gallery of Canada

Drawn to Art: French Artists and Art Lovers in 18th Century Rome

National Gallery of Canada

Celebrations and festivities
The French artists in 18th century Rome enjoyed a certain visibility in this particulary cosmopolitan environment. Of note are the extraordinary festivities held by the pensionnaires of the Académie, Turkish or Chinese masquerades, depicted in the drawings and paintings of Jean Barbault or the respective engravings of Joseph Marie Vien and Jean-Baptiste Marie Pierre. In a completely different vein, the eager involvement of the French artists in preparing and depicting the Chinea, celebrated annually since the reign of Pope Clement IV (in 1265) to mark the subordination of the kingdom of Naples to the papacy, should also be mentioned. Prints by Jacques-Louis Le Lorrain or Pierre Parrocel show set pieces from this sumptuous feast illuminated by fireworks.

Exhibition curator
NGC associate curator, European Art, Sonia Couturier has been involved in the care and development of the Gallery's drawing and print collections since 2001. She received her PhD from Concordia University in Montreal and has studied the participation of French art lovers in 18th century intellectual circles. She is responsible for the acquisition of many drawings and prints (pre-1800, from all schools), particularly from the 17th and 18th century French School. In addition to writing articles on the collection's drawings for the National Gallery of Canada Review and contributing to the Drawing Attention catalogue (Art Gallery of Ontario, 2008), she wrote the catalogue for the exhibition French Drawings from Canadian Collections (2004). She is curator of the exhibition Drawn to Art: French Artists and Art Lovers in 18th Century Rome (NGC, Ottawa, 2011; MBA Caen, France, 2012), for which she edited the catalogue.

Catalogue
Drawn to Art: French Artists and Art Lovers in 18th Century Rome features a richly-illustrated 255 page catalogue. Edited and with introduction by exhibition curator and NGC associate curator Sonia Couturier. Foreword by NGC director Marc Mayer and preface by Pierre Rosenberg. Victor Carlson, Alvin L. Clark, Jr., Sonia Del Re, Marie-Anne Dupuy-Vachey, Marc-Henri Jordan, Françoise Joulie, Catherine Loisel, W. McAllister Johnson, Jean-François Méjanès, Olivier Michel, Michael Pantazzi, and Patrick Ramade also contributed to the catalogue's many entries. Produced by SilvanaEditoriale in collaboration with the National Gallery of Canada and the Musée des beaux-arts de Caen. On sale at the NGC Bookstore and online at www.ShopNGC.ca for $49.99.

Admission
Tickets are $15 for adults, $12 for seniors and full-time students, $7 for youths aged 12 to 19 years, and $30 for families (two adults and three children). Admission is free of charge for children under 12 and for Members of the Gallery, and on Thursdays from 5 pm to 8 pm. This includes admission to the NGC Collection.

Opening hours
Open Tuesday to Sunday from 10 am to 5 pm and until 8 pm on Thursday. Closed on Monday. Open on Remembrance Day starting at noon, and on Mondays December 19, December 26, and January 2. Closed on December 25 and on January 1.

About the National Gallery of Canada The National Gallery of Canada is home to the most important collections of historical and contemporary Canadian art, including the extensive collection of the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography. The Gallery also maintains Canada's premier collection of European Art from the 14th to the 21st century, as well as important works of American, Asian and Indigenous Art and renowned international collections of prints, drawings and photographs. Created in 1880, the National Gallery of Canada has played a key role in Canadian culture for well over a century. Among its principal missions is to increase access to excellent works of art for all Canadians.








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