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A painted rock behind the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa

#photography #Ottawa #Ottawatourism #nationalgalleryofcanada #artgallery
July 11, 2026 at 11:47 AM
girlrebuilt.bsky.social
Darn! I accidentally fell asleep before posting for this week's #BlueskyArtShow. Oh well, here it is anyway. A very tall, but #narrow corridor in the #NationalGalleryOfCanada, #Ottawa.

#Photography #PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited #Nikon #ArchitecturePhotography #Architecture
A tall, narrow corridor with many windows, constructed mostly of cement. Part of the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa.
June 22, 2025 at 11:56 AM
follow-thelight.bsky.social
Classic Prairie
Mamiya 645 Pro & Velvia ... wha da team eh?
#agriculture #fujifilm #mediumformat #saskatchewan #prairie #rural #farming #e6 #reversalfilm #canola #slategallery #remaimodern #nationalgalleryofcanada
August 8, 2026 at 5:08 AM
szemingwu.bsky.social
Photographed using the 14mm f1.8 Sony GM lens at @natgallerycan
That is some wide angle shots I captured at the gallery.

#ottawa #sonya7iv #sony14mmf18gm #nationalgalleryofcanada #photography #sonyalpha #canada #bluesky
March 21, 2025 at 12:19 AM
girlrebuilt.bsky.social
For #BlueSkyArtShow theme #flowing:

A close-up shot of the #brushstrokes of #VanGogh, strokes of different colours flowing into each other to create a masterpiece. Awe-inspiring.
#NationalGalleryOfCanada, #Ottawa, years ago.

#Photography #art #painting #PhotographersOfBluesky #nikon #EastCoastKin
This close-up shot of Vincent van Gogh's brushstrokes shows how different colours are stroked onto the canvas in a pattern flowing in the same direction to create what the eye interprets as a blend of those colours.
March 8, 2026 at 5:15 AM
mickgibb.bsky.social
A visit to the #NationalGalleryofCanada is incomplete if you don’t take in the giant, super realistic baby head. #Ottawa #Canada #Art
Massive baby head.
November 16, 2025 at 7:21 PM
brownknowser.bsky.social
Random photo of the day. Maman at midnight.

#photography #random #photooftheday #POTD #dailyphoto #OttawaPhotographer #nightphotography #Ottawa #artgalleries #sculptures #spiders #Maman #NationalGalleryofCanada
A giant sculpture of a spider is lit up, at night, outside the National Gallery of Canada, in Ottawa. The gallery stands in the background and seems dwarfed by the sculpture.
July 19, 2025 at 2:57 PM
brownknowser.bsky.social
Random photo of the day. La nuit de Maman.

#photography #random #photooftheday #POTD #dailyphoto #OttawaPhotographer #blackandwhitephotography #blackandwhite #night #nightphotography #NationalGalleryofCanada #statues
The spider statue of Maman towers in front of the National Gallery of Canada, at night, in this black-and-white image. The moon is a tiny speck next to Maman's body.
August 23, 2025 at 1:59 PM
catseyelens.bsky.social
Assimilate - “to take in and utilize as nourishment”.

Sitting among great art nourishes the mind, body and spirit.

#smArtist #Assimilate #NationalGalleryofCanada #Ottawa #Photography #EastCoastKin
For the smArtist prompt Assimilate, a colour photograph taken in the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa, of a young man sitting on a small wood bench in front of a large black, white and red abstract painting with a hanging mobile in the foreground. One definition of Assimilate is “to take in and utilize as nourishment”. Sitting among great art nourishes one’s mind, body and spirit.
June 17, 2025 at 1:17 PM
catseyelens.bsky.social
The blue sky and blue walls grace the Baroque and Rococo Gallery in the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa 🇨🇦

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For Bluesky Art Show, a colour photograph taken inside the The National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa. In the Baroque and Rococco gallery, a patch of blue sky runs down the centre of the tall, ribbed, vaulted, white ceiling complimenting the royal blue walls. Two visitors stand separately, a woman is taking a photo while a man is contemplating a large portrait.
June 23, 2025 at 10:20 AM
mdstamper.bsky.social
“Rollande” by Prudence Heward (Canadian) - Oil on canvas / 1929 - National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa, Ontario) #WomenInArt #PrudenceHeward #Heward #NationalGalleryofCanada #CanadianArt #Modernism #WomensArt #WomanArtist #WomenArtists #art #artText #BlueskyArt #CanadianArtist #WomenPaintingWomen
A young woman, known as Rollande, with light-to-medium warm skin and a short, dark bob leans against a fence, her shoulders squared and her hands planted firmly on her hips. She wears a black long-sleeved dress with a crisp white collar, overlaid by a vivid, glossy pink apron that pools across her lap and catches soft highlights. Her brows angle inward and her mouth is set, giving her face an intense, guarded look. Behind her, thick grey fence rails and posts cut diagonals through a bright green field. A white farmhouse with a dark roof and two chimneys rises in the middle distance, joined by a smaller outbuilding. Beyond them, a band of lavender water and layered blue-green hills flatten into stylized, wave-like forms under a pale sky. The scene feels rural and quiet, but her pose is unmistakably a vibe and attitude. Canadian artist Prudence Heward’s “acid-pink” apron is more than a splash of color as it makes Rollande the undisputed focal point, pushing her forward from the muted farm and hills. The fence works like a threshold as it separates sitter and homestead, hinting at a young French Canadian woman poised between inherited rural expectations and a modern, self-contained identity. We do not know how Heward met Rollande, yet the artist names her here. It’s an act of recognition that contrasts with earlier works where Heward’s sitters went unnamed. Rollande appears again the next year in “Sisters of Rural Quebec” (1930), alongside her younger sister Pierrette, reinforcing Heward’s interest in women who look back without performing sweetness. Exhibited at the National Gallery of Canada in 1930, the painting drew notable praise and later traveled internationally. Montreal-born and trained in Canada and Paris, Heward used modernist simplification and sculptural modeling to depict women as sturdy, psychologically complex presences in order to refuse the era’s passive ideals.
January 4, 2026 at 8:28 AM
alfacevedoa.bsky.social
Feliz domingo.

#Snoopy #Woodstock #AIGeneratedImages #ChatGPT / #DallE3 #Canada #Ottawa #NationalGalleryOfCanada #RangeRover #RangeRoverSVSerenityP530LWB
September 14, 2025 at 9:54 PM
rolobelle.bsky.social
In windows at the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa, our beautiful capital city

#photography #reflectionphotography #artphotography #art #artgallery #nationalgalleryofcanada #Ottawa #Canada #sussexdrive

An art installation in the park behind the gallery is reflected in the windows on the right
A photo of windows into the National Gallery of Canada with reflections of the park behind the Gallery superimposed on people sitting at tables inside the gallery's cafeteria
May 5, 2026 at 1:57 PM
“On the Beach (Saint-Jean-de-Luz).” John Lyman (Canadian; 1886–1967). Oil on paper, mounted on canvas, 1929–30. National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

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February 2, 2025 at 2:23 AM
brownknowser.bsky.social
Random photo of the day: g'morning, Ottawa.

#photography #random #photooftheday #POTD #dailyphoto #OttawaPhotographer #Ottawa #sunrise #silhouette #NationalGalleryofCanada #NotreDameCathedralBasilica
The sky is a brilliant orange and yellow with a few clouds, and casts the glass-and-steel dome of the Great Hall of the National Gallery of Canada, and the twin spires of Notre-Dame Cathedral Basilica, in Ottawa, in a stark, contrasting silhouette. Below, the Ottawa River flows quietly.
March 8, 2026 at 2:09 PM
mdstamper.bsky.social
Josephte Ourné by Joseph Légaré (Canadian) - Oil on canvas / c. 1840 - National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa) #womeninart #art #portrait #JosephLégaré #fineart #oilpainting #portraitofawoman #womensart #NationalGalleryofCanada #canadianart #indigenous #nativecanadian #canadianartist #painting #bskyart
The daughter of an Indian chief, Josephte Ourné is identified by an old inscription on the back of the portrait, though nothing else is known of her. She stands enigmatically in a vivid flame-colored, flower-embroidered dress, wearing feathers in her hair and several silver ornaments of the kind traded by the Europeans to the Indians such as the "Moroccan" earrings which were reportedly from trade with the Caribbean. Her red dress was called pigeon waist or women’s waist at the time in Canada. Standing out against the dark, foliage-filled ground, endows the Josephte with extraordinary presence. Perhaps just returned from the dark woods behind, she holds a fishing rod, with fish attached and a bird (originally a catfish, according to an X-ray). The trout and the bird she holds confirm her youth, as only young Indigenous girls were allowed to devote their time to hunting small game and fishing. This large painting reflects a growing interest during this era about Indigenous peoples and their lives. Proclaimed by the some as a masterful "vision full of hope," Josephte Ourné reflects Legare's interest in the concept of the romantic "noble savage" or "good Indian." Légaré, the first owner of an art gallery in Canada, was the painter of the first landscape picture of Canada, as well as the country's first historical painting. He became a painter around 1819 though, self-taught, he never went to Europe for training and learned by copying others work. "Québec's Société pour l'encouragement des sciences et des arts en Canada" gave him a medal of honor (1828) for his painting "Le Massacre des Hurons par les Iroquois." In all, he created more than 250 oil paintings.
February 4, 2025 at 3:26 PM
kristinajensen.bsky.social
Beyond the SHADOW of a doubt, this atrium is one of my favourite spots to reflect.

You can find it tucked away in the National Gallery, located in Canada's capital, Ottawa.

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#WeekSForShadows
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#NationalGalleryOfCanada
The skylight overhead casts a matrix of shadows across the atrium. The mezzanine, with its glass railing, invite our gaze skywards, with an unobstructed view. A path with gardens filled with foliage on either side of it, completes the frame.
November 8, 2025 at 1:02 AM
squishybugarts.bsky.social
I enjoyed a trip to the National Gallery of Canada yesterday (I love living close to so many fantastic museums). Here are a couple of pics I took (I need to get back into photography.)

#localtourist #photography #nationalgalleryofcanada
Close up of marble sculpture "Linda" by Elizabeth Wyn Wood. Photo under glass floor covered in water. Close up of sculpture National Gallery of Canada view under Maman sculpture, Ottawa.
March 30, 2025 at 12:40 AM
brownknowser.bsky.social
Random photo of the day: gallery.

#photography #random #photooftheday #POTD #dailyphoto #OttawaPhotographer #blackandwhitephotography #blackandwhite #patterns #lookingup #NationalGalleryofCanada #architecture
Looking straight up, directly in the centre of the Great Hall of the National Gallery of Canada, in Ottawa, the glass, steel, and concrete of the structure gives almost a kaleidoscope impression. The photo was rendered in black and white to create stark contrasts.
February 11, 2026 at 2:58 PM
alouzon.bsky.social
Here's another work by Christi Belcourt from the #NationalGalleryOfCanada @gallery.ca
CHRISTI BELCOURT Metis Scarborough, Ontario, 1966 Water Song 2010-11 acrylic on canvas Foregrounding Métis history and aesthetic practices, this painting includes around 150,000 to 250,000 bead-like dots and blends Belcourt’s knowledge of beadwork traditions with her expertise in medicinal plants. Various plants are represented, as well as insects, raindrops, dew and birds. The patterns have been adapted from nature, with several inspired by traditional Métis floral beadwork. A visual ode to water, the work recognizes the life that water brings to everything and everyone. Purchased 2011 (no. 43469) Same as previous alt text
June 18, 2026 at 5:54 AM
brownknowser.bsky.social
Random photo of the day. Behind the scene.

#photography #random #photooftheday #POTD #dailyphoto #OttawaPhotographer #NationalGalleryofCanada #artgalleries #sculptures #Maman #spiders #sunset #cameras
A D-SLR camera is mounted on a tripod that is set at its lowest height on stone tiles in front of the National Gallery of Canada, in Ottawa. The camera is pointed toward a large sculpture of a spider, called 'Maman.' The Great Hall, a large, glass enclosure, stands in the background. Below the tripod is a grey pouch that converts to a rain jacket. This photo shows my setup as I take position and wait for fireworks to start. The fireworks will fill the sky behind the gallery, and photos that I took will show Maman and the Great Hall.
November 13, 2025 at 3:16 PM
stephenresearch.bsky.social
I would have titled this TGIF #nationalgalleryofcanada
Painting of woman with hand on head
November 29, 2024 at 5:50 PM
growingyourbaby.bsky.social
National Gallery Of Canada #exploreontario #canadahistory #ottawatourism youtube.com/shorts/0YXjP... #nationalgalleryofcanada
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September 20, 2025 at 4:42 PM
robluzecky.bsky.social
On view at the National Gallery of Canada:

Louis Jean Des prez, Procession in a temple. Late eighteenth century~early 19th century.

#Canada #NationalGalleryofCanada
#NGC
#CanadaSky
March 2, 2025 at 8:38 PM
jeff0d901.bsky.social
Plan your visit to the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa’s striking art landmark with iconic architecture, Canadian masterpieces, and must-see exhibitions. #NationalGalleryOfCanada #Ottawa

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July 26, 2026 at 3:40 PM