Edwin Holgate at the Glenbow Museum, Calgary

	The Bathers

This major retrospective devoted to Edwin Holgate (1892-1977), a central figure in Montreal’s art community and in the history of Canadian art, features more than 170 works, a selection of paintings, drawings, watercolours, prints, book illustrations and archival photographs. Best known for his portraits and nude studies, Holgate also created landscapes.

In addition, he was a master of wood engraving. Well-known masterpieces and unpublished works from public and private collections are assembled for the first time since the artist’s death.

The exhibition Edwin Holgate is organized by the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and is presented in the Michal and Renata Horstein Pavilion from May 26 to October 2, 2005.

Ludivine

The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts wishes to thank Sun Life Financial and the Volunteer Association of the Museum for their support.

The exhibition also benefits from the assistance of the Department of Canadian Heritage (Museums Assistance Program). The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts extends its gratitude to Quebec’s Ministère de la Culture et des Communications for its ongoing support, as well as its media partners La Presse and The Gazette.

Glenbow Museum
130 — 9 Avenue S.E.
Calgary, Alberta
Canada, T2G 0P3
Tel: 403-268-4100
Fax: 403-265-9769

 

 

1. Edwin Holgate
Allandale (Ontario), 1892 – Montreal 1977
The Bathers
1937
81.3 x 81.3 cm
Oil on canvas
Purchase, Robert Lindsay Fund
Collection of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts

2. Edwin Holgate
Allandale (Ontario), 1892 – Montreal 1977
Ludivine
1930
Oil on canvas
76.3 x 63.9 cm
Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada, Vincent Massey Bequest, 1968
Inv. 15478