Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton
Located at 703 Queen Street
Fredericton
New Brunswick
Canada
E3B 5A6
Walk up the high, wide steps to the front doors of this gallery, then push through into a world of regional, national and international works of art.
One of the first works you will see is Salvador Dalí's immense masterpiece "Santiago el Grande, which is on permanent display.
Also on permanent display is an extensive collection of paintings by Cornelius Krieghoff, and the Lucile Pillow collection of English porcelain.
The gallery enjoys an international reputation for its outstanding collection of British paintings from the Elizabethan to the modern era, including works by Thomas Gainsborough and John Constable.
You can get lost for hours gazing at works from the late Renaissance period, Aubusson and Gobelin tapestries, and European furniture and decorative arts.
This gallery also houses an impressive collection of work by major Atlantic Canadian artists, including Molly Lamb Bobak and Bruno Bobak (who live in Fredericton), Mary Pratt and Alex Colville.
Contemporary Acadian artists such as Nancy Morin and Yvon Gallant, among many others, are also represented.
The Beaverbrook Art Gallery is a world-class gallery in a small-city environment! A Top Attraction!