Art Gallery of Nova Scotia
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The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia is a public provincial art museum based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The art museum's primary building complex is located in downtown Halifax and takes up approximat
Exterior facade of the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia's Dominion building in Halifax
Access point to the museum at the Provincial Building. The museum expanded into the first two floors of the building in 1998.
The restored Maud Lewis Home on display at the museum
Joshua Reynolds, George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax, unknown
Maud Lewis
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Maud Kathleen Lewis was a Canadian folk artist from Nova Scotia. She lived most of her life in poverty in a tiny house in Marshalltown, Nova Scotia. She achieved national recognition in 1964 and 1965
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia
…is a large underground exhibition room which connects the two buildings. During the gallery's expansion, work was done to accommodate the home of Maud Lewis into the museum building. Following that expansion, the museum complex covers 6,200 square metres (67,000 sq ft) of space, although only 19,500 square…
Lewis in front of her home
Maud Lewis Memorial in Marshalltown