"House Portraits": Four Krieghoff Oil Paintings at the McCord Collection

Abstract

The McCord Museum of Canadian History acquired in 1990, as the gift of Mr. And Mrs. David M. Campbell, four "house portraits" by Cornelius Krieghoff. "House portraits" while popular and not unusual in Britain and the United States, are much less common in Canada and were commissioned only by the most well established citizens. These four Krieghoff paintings are an important addition to the McCord Museum's collection of historical paintings.