Cornelius Krieghoff
Considered by many art historians to be Canada’s most interesting visual chroniclerof the ways of life of First Nations groups and settlers in early British North America, Cornelius Krieghoff’s iconic images of the everyday life of French-Canadian habitants and FirstNations peoples of Quebec helped to shape Canada’s early visualidentity and captured an important moment in the history of the nation.

Born in Amsterdam in 1815, Krieghoff emigrated to New York City in 1837, where he joined the United States Army. While in the United States, he met and married Québecoise Emilie Gauthier and first came to Quebec in 1840. In 1844, he returned briefly to Europe to work and study as a copyist at the Louvre in Paris. He and Emilie settled in Montreal in 1846, where they would stay until 1853. In Montreal, Krieghoff lived among his wife’s community and became fascinated with local First Nations peoples. Along with the landscape itself, these two groups became the major subjects of his life work. Exhibiting as a member of the Montréal Society of Artists introduced Krieghoff to Quebec’s Anglophone society. His work became popular in his own lifetime.
This set is the first issue of the Painters collection.
The first set of the series, released in November 2014, depicts the Artworkby Cornelius Krieghoff.
The second and the last set of the series, released in February 2015, depicts the Artwork by Franklin Carmichael.

PAINTERS - ARTWORK BY CORNELIUS KREIGHOFF - SET OF 3 COINS - 2015 CANADIAN COINS 01 is categorised COINS AND PAPER MONEY / 08- ROYAL CANADIAN MINT / 02- FINE SILVER and sold by l'Imaginaire, a store and specialised website.