GALERIE MAZARINE

EVENTS

PHOTO EXHIBITION

June 27 - July 19 2008

May 1st-31st 2008

During this yearly event Galerie Mazarine will be exhibiting its European and Asian prints collections, as a means to contribute to the circulation and development of printed art. The gallery’s vast collections include fascinating woodblock prints from the 16th to the 20th century, by European and American authors, as well as drawings, lithographies and woodblock prints by international and Montreal contemporary artists. The Printed Art Month is an event held simultaneously in all Quebec cities, in art centers such as art galleries, museums, culture centers, etc.

Expo Art International Festival

August 8-12, 2007

Come visit Galerie Mazarine's kiosk at the Art Expo festival, and discover the works of two of the gallery's most interesting contemporary artists: Dorit Dornier and Piet Leutsch.

New Arrivals

March 2007  

 Among the new works added to our collection are splendid engravings by Giovanni Battista Piranesi, an 18th century artist renowned for his roman architectural works. Residential design plates by British architect John Plaw, an important 18th century architect, will also be displayed. The prestigious 17th century botanical prints of Basilius Besler as well as the rare 19th century Japanese woodblock prints by Utagawa Hiroshige, whose technique inspired modern European trends, will be represented.Furthermore, the new additions include contemporary works by the French artist André Brasilier as well as prints by Mario Avati, a leading mezzotint etcher.

Galerie Mazarine is pleased to invite you to a vernissage of its new collection of buddhist sculptures, Tibetan thangkas, tapestries made of obis, kimonos from Meiji and Taisho periods and a splendid series of geisha prints.

 Calligraphy-Words and Images

June-July 2005

Galerie Mazarine is pleased to invite you to the opening reception of an unusual exhibition in which Oriental and Occidental contemporary and ancient calligraphic art meet.

Elegance, style and expression blend harmoniously.
Antique Chinese and Japanese calligraphy from the 18th and 19th century, recent calligraphic works by Dorit Dornier, Piet Leutsch, Ludmila Armata and Claire Sugaï ...

Claire Sugaï will provide a demonstration of Japanese calligraphy on Saturday, June 18th at 2pm.

FAR-EASTERN WINDS

July 2004

Basilius Besler ca. 1613

Among the earliest botanical prints are several engravings by Basilius Besler (Germany 1561-1629) issued in the « Hortus Eystettensis », one of the most magnificient and ambitious works ever published of ornamental flowering plants. These drawings evoke not only the beauty of flowers, their perfume and medicinal qualities, but are also an indicator of the perception of the natural world held by Europeans during the Renaissance.

The 18 th century, known as the Golden Age of Natural History, is primarily represented by 3 series of engravings : « Curtis' Botanical Magazine », which was first published in 1787 by William Curtis (1746-1799), « Medical Botany », illustrated by James Sowerby (1757-1822) the most famous English botanical artist of his time, and thirdly, Johann Weinmann's (1683-1741) « Phytanthoza Iconographia ». These prints, of a great aesthetic value, offer a window on the past, where one perceives not only their essential scientific intent but also an infatuation for horticulture. These works largely contributed to a more thorough reference of plants and their invaluable medicinal use.

FLORA MUNDI

Galerie Mazarine is pleased to present an exhibition entirely dedicated to botanical prints from such varied origins as England, Germany, Japan and Canada, covering the last 400 years and ranging from the end of the 16 th to the late 20 th century.

Jane Loudon (1807-1858), one of the greatest artists of floral depictions has represented in « The Ladies Flower Garden on Ornamental Annuals » the most decorative flowers of 19 th century gardens, whether they be cultivated in greenhouses or not. Her illustrations are well known as wonderful arrangements of multicoloured bouquets.

From Japan, one will find a magnificient selection of woodblock prints dating back to the early 20 th century, part of Robert O. Muller's renowed collection of 4,000 japanese prints.

The late 20 th century is captured by botanical acrylics on paper by Piet Leutsch (born 1932), a resident of Quebec for the last 20 years. His bold works of lively colours and rich contrasts convey a sensitive, yet controlled, spontaneity.

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* Tibetan singing bowls emit sounds when hit by a drumstick or when rubbed on their rim with a stick. They originate in the pre-buddhist animist chamanist Bön of the Himalaya culture from where they get their name, Tibetan bowls. These singing bowls normally consist of a alloy of seven metals representing seven planets of the Solar System : gold (Sun), silver (Moon), mercury (Mercury), copper (Venus), iron (Mars), pewter (Jupiter), lead (Saturn). They constitute an excellet support for meditation or can simply be appreciated for their musical quality.

FAR EASTERN-WINDS III

Galerie Mazarine is pleased to invite you to a celebration of beauty and well-being by way of its new collection of 18th and 19th century Japanese woodcuts, tapestries made of Maru obi, kimonos from the Meiji and Taisho periods, Tibetan buddhist sculptures, thangka and singing bowls. Japanese melodies will be performed on the shakuhachi flute by Michel Dubeau.

* Japanese woodcuts of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, from the Edo and Meiji eras. These engravings are the reflection of a perpetually evolving world, evoked through images of popular subjects such as landscapes, geishas, kabuki actors ; some of them were also inspired by legends or historical events. Keisai Eisen (1790-1848), Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864), Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861), Utagawa Toyokuni (1769-1825) and Yoshitaki (1841-1899), are some of the artists featured in the exhibition.

Discover the splendor of 17th and 18th century european gardens through our newly acquired collection of botanical, ornithological and architectural engravings by Vallet 1608, Weinmann 1740, Curtis 1777, Sowerby 1793, Lewin 1793, Bolton 1794, De Sève 1803, Fürst 1664, de Neufforge 1761…