Early to Modern International Art
View of one of the early to modern international art galleries in the Michal and Renata Hornstein Pavilion for Peace. Photo MMFA, Denis Farley
Michal and Renata Hornstein Pavilion for Peace
The MMFA’s international art collection is unique in Quebec for its scope and quality, and is among the most important in Canada. It includes works from the Middle Ages to the present day, and reflects major movements in art history. Some 500 artworks from this collection are displayed over four floors.
Level 4
The Middle Ages
The Renaissance
(12th to the 16th century)
Level 3
The Golden Age in Holland and Flanders
Cabinet of Curiosities
(16th and 17th centuries)
Level 2
The Baroque to Rococo
Classicism to the Age of Enlightenment
The Empire Gallery
(17th and 18th centuries)
Level 1
From Academicism to the Modern Avant-gardes
20th Century Art
(19th and 20th centuries)
View of one of the early to modern international art galleries in the Michal and Renata Hornstein Pavilion for Peace. Photo Thibault Carron
View of one of the early to modern international art galleries in the Michal and Renata Hornstein Pavilion for Peace. © Estates of Otto Dix, Kees van Dongen and Marie Laurencin / CARCC Ottawa, 2024. Photo MMFA, Denis Farley
View of one of the early to modern international art galleries in the Michal and Renata Hornstein Pavilion for Peace. © Stephan Balkenhol / CARCC Ottawa, 2024. Photo Michael Patten
View of one of the early to modern international art galleries in the Michal and Renata Hornstein Pavilion for Peace. Photo © Marc Cramer
View of one of the early to modern international art galleries in the Michal and Renata Hornstein Pavilion for Peace. Photo Michael Patten
A Musical Experience:
feu doux at the MMFA
Levels 2, 3 and 4
The galleries housing the Old European Masters are bathed in the dream-like music of “Paix la la” (Part I and Part II), an instrumental soundscape by duo feu doux. Composed especially to accompany visitors as they tour the galleries on the second, third, and fourth floors of the Michal and Renata Hornstein Pavilion for Peace (Part I) and as they take a break in the adjacent Atrium (Part II), “Paix la la” is a fluid work of music featuring asymmetrical sound loopings.
