The Collectors' Cosmos

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The Collectors? Cosmos: The Meakins?McClaran Print Collection provides a glimpse into the making of what is, undoubtedly, the foremost private collection of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Dutch and Flemish prints in Canada. While that is the strength of the collection, there is also a joyful touch of eclecticism reflecting the Renaissance interests of the collectors Dr. Jonathan Meakins and Dr. Jacqueline McClaran.0In this beautiful and fully illustrated catalogue, Dr. Meakins takes us through the collection?s history, which began forty years ago in Paris following an afternoon in a room full of prints by Camille Pissarro at the Grand Palais. He reflects upon how a collection is never static; it ebbs and flows much like life. The other essay by Erika Dolphin, a personal account of her exploration of the collection, examines the flourishing of images of landscape in northern Europe and illustrates how art in the form of a humble print can lead us to reflect upon the myriad wonders of life.00Exhibition: National Gallery of Canada, Ottowa, Canada (16.07-14.11.2021).

Genre: Art / Prints (fancy, right?)