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Salon Hanging

Ongoing

10 May - 21 September

Details

Start:
10 May
End:
21 September

Curated by

Roxamy Ibbitson

Location

Main-floor

Vernissage

28 May @ 5:00 pm
In a gallery with high ceilings, framed paintings and works on paper are hung salon style against deep red walls. A plaster cast of the Venus de Milo is displayed on a wooden plinth in the corner of the room.

Salon Hanging

About this exhibition

A floor-to-ceiling feast for the eyes, the Salon Hanging invites visitors to contemplate over 100 works of art, many from the Owens Art Gallery’s original collection, which was acquired in 1893. First assembled in 1884-1885, this collection is one of the oldest collections of its kind in Canada. It features nineteenth-century European and North-American paintings, many still found in their original gilded frames, and full-scale plaster copies of classical Greek sculptures. Originally the collection was used to teach students at the Mount Allison Ladies’ College (1854-1939), who learned through copying these pieces.

Meet Roxie Ibbitson, Preparator/Registrar

Publication

Two hands hold a rectangular pamphlet. The cover has a photograph of a gallery with many paintings in gold frames on deep red walls. The title on the lower banner reads "The Salon Hanging Owens Art Gallery"
Two hands hold open a long pamphlet. The four pages contain four photographs of a gallery with deep red walls. On each wall dozens of paintings are hung in gold frames. There are two plaster busts on either end, and a plaster Venus de Milo on the second page.

Published by Owens Art Gallery

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Acknowledgements

This exhibition was made possible thanks to funding from Mount Allison University.

Mount Allison University wordmark.

Accessibility

This exhibition is located on the main-floor. The stairs to the Owens from the entrance nearest the University Chapel have a handrail. There is also ramp access at this entrance, however, the ramp is steep. The stairs to the Owens entrance off York Street also have a handrail, but there is no ramp. The main floor of the Owens is wheelchair accessible. Our second-floor gallery is not wheelchair accessible. Two flights of stairs lead to the second floor. Find more information at owensartgallery.com/visit/accessibility/