A treasury of two centuries of Canadian art relating the history of the McMichael Canadian Art Collection and its founders, Robert and Signe McMichael. Illustrated are one hundred masterworks from the gallery's permanent collection of close to 6,000 artworks created by some of Canada's finest artists, including Tom Thomson, the Group of Seven, First Nations, Inuit sculptors and printmakers, and contemporary artists. Joan Murray provides biographical information about the artists as well as an insightful commentary on each of the works reproduced in this publication.