Contents Work Exhibitions Calendar

PosterUT1 Large Public Collections:

Significant collections reside at a few Major Public Galleries, the National Gallery, the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Art Gallery of Peterborough, the Mackenzie Gallery in Regina, the University of Toronto and the Art Bank in Ottawa. Twenty-four galleries, most notably the Mendel in Saskatoon, list information about their works on the Artifacts Canada Database on line. The Ronald Bloore Archives are maintained at the University of Regina.

Smaller public and corporate collections will featured on another page soon. A fairly complete list is on the CV page here.
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The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa

  Here are thumbnails of two early paintings in the National Gallery collection, larger versions of which are on line at their "Cybermuse" web site. The picture to the right, however, is better on this site here. Other NGC works to be found here are below.
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The Norman Mackenzie Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan

  The Mackenzie collection of 29 Bloores is well featured on their web site. However, Wiens' Sugar, 1960, to the left, is shown better here and their marvelous 8-by-8, XV, from 1989, does not do too well shot indoors still in the frame. We must also note that they have the Inkwork below left depicted upside-down and the other two up on end. Still, they have taken the trouble to provide much useful information both on their site and on the Artifacts Canada Database.
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The Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto

  Sadly, the AGO has 13 Bloores ranging from a few nice drawings of 1960 to an eight by eighteen foot five panel piece from 1988; from the fabulous "Blue Green and White" 1961 4-by-4 on the left to the quirky "Dark Chocolate #26" 2004 4-by-4 on the right. None of the works can seen on their web site and there is almost no living memory of any Bloore being seen on their walls nor does that look to be changing any time soon.
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The Art Gallery of Peterborough

  The 4-by-4 to the left was in the September 2005 show Bloore at 80 in Peterborough. It is one of the six works from that show added to their significant permanent collection which includes many paintings including a monumental one, a maquette, a Sploore and the first painting of the Yellow Series. The AGP also has 68 works on paper in their Illi Maria Harff Tamplin Collection which we have featured in four image galleries starting here. Their web site is www.agp.on.ca.
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The University of Toronto Art Centre

  The University of Toronto Art Centre has embarked on the establishment of a study collection intended, ultimately, to house a comprehensive survey of Bloore's entire output. As of 2005 they have 122 works on paper. The donation of paintings on panel and Sploores will follow on the expansion of their storage facilities. Most of these 122 are similar to the works in our four AGP image galleries here except for ten Inkworks from 1994.