“The Toll Gate” by Cornelius Krieghoff

“The Toll Gate” by Cornelius Krieghoff portrays a Canadia winter landscape of the mid-1850s. Krieghoff was skillful in painting the splendors of the Canadian scenes as well as capturing the hardship of life for the people living at the edge of Canada’s new frontiers.

Krieghoff painted in a number of variants of the scene in this painting, where frontier people would “Running the Toll”. At the back of the sled is a passenger thumbing his nose at the toll collector.

The Toll Gate

Title: The Toll Gate
Français: La barrière de péage
Artist: Cornelius Krieghoff
Year: 1861
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions 33.4 x 46 cm
Museum: National Gallery of Canada

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“The Blizzard” by Cornelius Krieghoff

“The Blizzard” by Cornelius Krieghoff portrays a Canadia Blizzard landscape of the mid-1850s. Krieghoff was skilful in painting the splendours of the Canadian landscapes as well as capturing the hardship of life for the people living at the edge of Canada’s new frontiers.

The Blizzard

Title: The Blizzard
Artist: Cornelius Krieghoff
Year: 1857
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions 33.4 x 46.1 cm
Museum: National Gallery of Canada

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“Winter Landscape” by Cornelius Krieghoff

“Winter Landscape” by Cornelius Krieghoff portrays a Canadia landscape of the mid-1850s. Krieghoff was skillful in painting the splendors of the Canadian landscape as well as capturing the hardship of life for the people living at the edge of Canada’s new frontiers.

Winter Landscape

Title: Winter Landscape
Artist: Cornelius Krieghoff
Year: 1849
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 99 x 132.7 cm
Museum: National Gallery of Canada

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Cornelius Krieghoff

Cornelius Krieghoff was a Dutch-Canadian painter famous for his paintings of Canadian landscapes and Canadian life outdoors, which were popular in his own time as they are today. He is particularly famous for his winter scenes.