Exhibition of contemporary Canadian painting: arranged by the National Gallery of Canada.

FOREWORD By H i s EXCELLENCY T H E GOVERNOR - GENERAL O F CANADA AM greatly interested in the scheme, which the C O V E R I L L U S T R A T I O N Carnegie Corporation has made possible, to arrange "Totem Poles o f Gitsegiuklas" for an Exhibition of Canadian painting in the different E D W I N H E A D L E Y H O L G A T E . R.C.A. Dominions, for I am a strong believer in the value of such exchanges on the cultural development of the Empire. I have long followed with interest the move ment among Canadian artists to provide a fresh and A B B R E V I A T I O N S idiomatic interpretation of Canada's wonderful and most R.C.A. —Royal Canadian Academy varied landscape. They have been pioneers in as real A.R.C.A.—Associate Royal Canadian Academy a sense as those who first tamed the wilds for human O.S.A. —Ontario Society of Artists purposes. We have in Canada much good work done in the traditional manner, and we are not forgetful of the inspiration of the classical British and French schools. But our younger artists have, most rightly, insisted on looking a t landscape with their own eyes, and in devising a technique suitable to new conditions. Artists in the other British Dominions have to face the same problem, and I cannot but feel t ha t this proof of what Canada is doing, will stimulate those who are seeking to interpret in painting the very different land- scapes of South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. I t is a contribution to t ha t common stock of intellectual and artistic ideals, which is vital to the spiritual unity of the Empire. NOTE:—Most o f the pictures in this exhibition are for sale and prices may be obtained on application v G O V E R N M E N T HOUSE. OTTAWA. October 8th, 1936.