This selection features works from the collection by key figures who influenced developments in contemporary artistic expression in Québec during the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s, including: Archambault, Barbeau, Borduas, Dallaire, Daudelin, Dumouchel, Ewen, Ferron, Gagnon, Gaucher, Gauvreau, Hurtubise, Leduc, McEwen, Molinari, Mousseau, Pellan, Riopelle, Roussil, Sullivan, Tousignant, Trudeau and Vaillancourt.