Alex Colville exhibit attracts 3rd largest audience to National Gallery in decade
Exhibit running from April to September brought in more than 113,000 people
An exhibit of work from famed Canadian artist Alex Colville attracted more than 110,000 people making it the third-most popular summer show since 2006 for the National Gallery of Canada.
The exhibit ran from April 23 to Sept. 7, a few weeks longer than their typical summer exhibitions, featuring more than 250 paintings, sketches, prints and drawings — the largest every retrospective devoted to one of Canada's most celebrated artists.
The total attendance over reached 113,686, according to the gallery.
The Colville exhibit is the third most popular attraction at the National Gallery since 2006. Only the Vincent Van Gogh exhibit in 2012 and the Renoir Landscapes exhibit in 2007 brought in a larger audience.
The showcase of work from the 1940s war artist also drew record crowds in Toronto last summer.
The exhibit was first presented last year by the Art Gallery of Ontario and became the best-attended Canadian exhibition in the gallery's history.
Colville, who died in 2013 in his home in Wolfville, N.S., gained international recognition for iconic works such as Horse and Train, To Prince Edward Island and Woman in Bathtub.