Recent Acquisitions

Quebec and Canadian Art

Each year, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts enriches its encyclopedic collection with new works corresponding to its various fields of interest: Canadian, Amerindian and Inuit art, Old Masters, decorative arts and contemporary art. Did you know that close to 85 percent of the works in the Museum’s collection were donated or purchased with gifts of money?

Some of the most significant works the Museum acquired between April 1, 2005, and March 31, 2006, are presented below for your viewing pleasure.

Jean-Baptiste Roy-Audy Quebec City 1778 - Trois-Rivières before 1848 Laurent-Thomas Brock Boucher	Jean-Paul Riopelle Montreal 1923 - L'Isle-aux-Grues 2002 Gravity
Michael Snow Born in Toronto in 1929 Four Grey Panels and Four Figures from the series“Walking Woman”	Norval Morrisseau Born in Fort William, Thunder Bay, in 1932 Ojibway Shaman Figure
Markusi Nunngaq Kuannanaaq Born in Inirjuaq in 1932 Nursing Mother by a "Qulliq", Inuit Oil Lamp