Current Exhibitions
The Art of Collecting
Until September 3, 2012
Samuel European Galleries, Level 3
The Art of Collecting highlights over one hundred works selected from the seven thousand artifacts acquired by the Museum’s European Department over the last 15 years.
Displaying significant examples of the finest in European and American decorative arts, the exhibition spans the late Renaissance to the Post-Modern periods. Visitors will learn about social customs and material culture, as well as about the development of decorative arts styles over the centuries.
Perusing furniture by Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, porcelain from the Sèvres factory, silver by Puiforcat, and glassware by René Lalique, visitors will feel like connoisseurs, and come away with a greater understanding of the breadth of knowledge required in collecting antiques.
The Art of Collecting also serves as a thank you to the many generous donors who have made the ROM’s European Decorative Art Collection the most comprehensive in Canada.
Pond Lily lamp. Tiffany Studios (American, active 1902-1932), Corona, New York, USA. Blown iridescent glass, partinated bronze, c. 1902. Purchased by the Royal Ontario Museum with the assistance of a Moveable Cultural Property grant accorded by the Minister of Canadian Heritage. This acquisition was made possible with the generous support of the Department of Museum Volunteers Acquisition and Research Fund. Certified Canadian Cultural Property.
Vase. Designed c. 1925-1930 by Camille Fauré (French, 1874-1956). Made by Emaux d’Art C. Fauré (French, active in Limoges, 1904-1947), Paris, France. Enamel on silver-plated copper. Gift of Bernard and Sylvia Ostry; Certified Canadian Cultural Property.
