Krieghoff or the Studio of a Popular Artist

This title is an acquisition.

Cornelius Krieghoff captured Canada in paintings for thirty years. Of particular interest to him were the First Nations Peoples and the habitants, rural French Canadians. His body of work is traiblazing. It is also the most sought-after, always breaking sales records for Canadian paintings.

But can we rely on the image he rendered of the men and women who built this country? The ethnological value of his work constitutes the fundamental framework of this film which to date presents the most complete synthesis of the research on the life and work of this painter who is impossible to avoid in the art history of Quebec and of Canada.

The most eminent researchers who had turned their attention to the work of this pioneer of Canadian painting were quite willing to participate in the film. In the same way, the largest museums in Quebec and in the rest of Canada (McCord Museum of Canadian History, Royal Ontario Museum, Canadian Museum of Civilisation, Art Gallery of Ontario, National Museum of Fine Arts of Quebec, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts) lent their support and their works. The most important private collection in the country (Thomson, Beaverbrook and the Power Corporation), also collaborated for this film.