▁Collection ▁in ▁the ▁new ▁space . ▁ ▁Inside ▁the ▁Collection ▁▁ ▁In cluding ▁paint ings , ▁draw ings , ▁prints ▁and ▁sculpt ure ▁from ▁across ▁Canada , ▁the ▁Fir estone ▁Collection ▁of ▁Canadian ▁Art ▁contains ▁a ▁variety ▁of ▁medium s ▁and ▁styles . ▁Of ▁the ▁ 1 6 0 0 ▁art works ▁in ▁the ▁Collection ▁ 1 0 5 9 ▁are ▁works ▁on ▁paper , ▁including ▁char co al ▁and ▁graph ite ▁sketch es , ▁water col our ▁and ▁ac ry lic ▁was hes ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁coll age . ▁Before ▁it ▁was ▁handed ▁over ▁to ▁the ▁City ▁of ▁Ott awa ▁and ▁the ▁Ott awa ▁Art ▁Gallery , ▁O . J . ▁Fir estone ▁organized ▁his ▁collection ▁into ▁historical , ▁regional , ▁and ▁subject ▁matter ▁categories . ▁Within ▁the ▁historical ▁category ▁Fir estone ▁distinguished ▁three ▁time ▁periods , ▁the ▁first ▁being ▁ 1 8 6 7 - 1 9 1 4 ▁representing ▁the ▁period ▁of ▁domestic ▁landscape ▁painting , ▁the ▁second ▁being ▁ 1 9 1 9 - 1 9 3 9 ▁representing ▁the ▁period ▁of ▁national istic ▁art ▁and ▁work ▁by ▁the ▁Group ▁of ▁Seven , ▁and ▁the ▁third ▁being ▁ 1 9 4 5 – present ▁representing ▁non - fig ur ative ▁and ▁" intern ation ally ▁orient ed " ▁art . ▁According ▁to ▁Fir estone , ▁there ▁were ▁two ▁main ▁groups ▁in ▁the ▁Canadian ▁art ▁scene ▁represented ▁in ▁his ▁art ▁collection : ▁the ▁Group ▁of ▁Seven ▁and ▁French ▁Canadian ▁artists . ▁For ▁some ▁artists ▁in ▁the ▁Collection , ▁the ▁Fir