Canadian Painting in the Thirties
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The 1975 exhibition: Media Index

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Exhibit Opens
The Sun Times
01 Feb 1975

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Exhibit Opens

A photograph of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and Margaret Trudeau looking at Goodridge Roberts?s Standing Nude, at the Ottawa opening of the National Gallery of Canada?s Canadian Painting in the Thirties. Some of the guests at the opening wore straw boaters or feather boas, as suggested by the Gallery?s volunteer association.

Photographs

Images of the exhibition's installation, the opening ceremony and official visits.

Media Coverage

Almost 200 newspaper and magazine articles in English, French and other languages: reviews, details of the Canadian tour, lectures, films and special events.

Interview

Audio clip of curator Charles Hill interviewed by CBC's Carol Bishop. Includes Pierre Trudeau's opening speech.

NFB Film

Derek May's 1977 documentary Pictures From the 1930s looks at the exhibition in the context of the Depression, with newsreel footage of the day.