Form and Figure

Pierre Landry, Assistant Curator of Canadian Art, selected over seventy prints and drawings by Canadian artists from the permanent collection of the National Gallery, covering the period from 1880 to the late 1940s, for this attractive and educative exhibition. The works focus specifically on the human figure: the body depicted for its own sake, nude or clothed, passive or active; the body as an object of aesthetic consideration, or of social or spiritual significance; people unknown and unnamed, or named and celebrated in portraiture and full-length poses. This exhibition was made possible with funds generously donated by the Campus Campaign for Dalhousie.