Editing Nova Scotia (section)

===Fine arts===
[[File:Art Gallery of Nova Scotia.JPG|thumb|The [[Art Gallery of Nova Scotia]] is the [[Provincial museums of Canada|provincial art gallery]] of Nova Scotia.]]
Halifax hosts institutions such as [[Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University]], [[Art Gallery of Nova Scotia]], [[Neptune Theatre (Halifax)|Neptune Theatre]], and the [[Dalhousie Arts Centre]]. The province is home to avant-garde visual art and traditional crafting, writing and publishing and a film industry.

Much of the historic public art sculptures in the province were made by New York sculptor [[J. Massey Rhind]] as well as Canadian sculptors [[Hamilton MacCarthy]], [[George William Hill (sculptor)|George Hill]], [[Emanuel Hahn]] and [[Louis-Philippe Hébert]]. Some of this public art was also created by Nova Scotian [[John Wilson (sculptor)|John Wilson]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/CAN-NS-GUYSBOROUGH/2004-07/1091230348 |title=RootsWeb: CAN-NS-Guysborough-L John Wilson, Sculptor, 1877–1954 |publisher=Archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com |access-date=6 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130523231601/http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/CAN-NS-GUYSBOROUGH/2004-07/1091230348 |archive-date=23 May 2013}}</ref> Nova Scotian [[George Lang (builder)|George Lang]] was a [[stone sculpture|stone sculptor]] who also built many landmark buildings in the province, including the [[Welsford-Parker Monument]]. Two valuable sculptures/monuments in the province are in [[St. Paul's Church (Halifax)]]: one by [[John Gibson (sculptor)|John Gibson]] (for [[Richard John Uniacke, Jr.]]) and another monument by Sir [[Francis Leggatt Chantrey]] (for Amelia Ann Smyth). Both Gibson and Chantry were famous British sculptors during the Victorian era and have numerous sculptures in the [[Tate]], [[Museum of Fine Arts, Boston]] and [[Westminster Abbey]].

Some of the province's greatest painters were [[Maud Lewis]], [[William Valentine (painter)|William Valentine]], [[Maria Frances Ann Morris|Maria Morris]], [[Jack L. Gray]], [[Ernest Lawson]], [[Frances Bannerman]], [[Alex Colville]], and ship portrait artist [[John O'Brien (marine artist)|John O'Brien]]. Some of most notable artists whose works have been acquired by Nova Scotia are British artist [[Joshua Reynolds]] (collection of Art Gallery of Nova Scotia); [[William Gush]] and [[William J. Weaver]] (both have works in [[Province House (Nova Scotia)|Province House]]); [[Robert Field (painter)|Robert Field]] ([[Government House (Nova Scotia)|Government House]]), as well as leading American artists [[Benjamin West]] (self portrait in [[The Halifax Club]], portrait of chief justice in [[Nova Scotia Supreme Court]]), [[John Singleton Copley]], [[Robert Feke]], and [[Robert Field (painter)|Robert Field]] (the latter three have works in the [[Richard John Uniacke|Uniacke Estate]]). Two famous Nova Scotian photographers are [[Wallace R. MacAskill]] and [[Sherman Hines]].<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20030826071155/http://www.shermanhinesphotographymuseum.com/collect_mac_.html Sherman Hines Museum of Photography: Macaskill Collection]}}. Shermanhinesphotographymuseum.com. Retrieved 12 July 2013.</ref> Three of the most accomplished illustrators were [[George Wylie Hutchinson]], [[Bob Chambers (cartoonist)]] and [[Donald A. Mackay]].{{citation needed|date=March 2025}}