Bert Small Art Gallery - Canadian Artist

Bert Small Art Gallery - Canadian Artist James A. "Bert" Small (1924-2018) was born in Toronto. East end residents are familiar with his Thomson Park totem pole. The BSAG features work from 1940-2013.

Older Canadians have seen thousands of his photos in Sears Catalogues.

Bert was also a master wood carver. He made furniture and many dozens of small figurines and decorative items. This ph...
02/08/2026

Bert was also a master wood carver. He made furniture and many dozens of small figurines and decorative items. This photo collection shows some of his totem pole work, including the Thomson Park totem pole which has proudly stood in Scarborough since 1967.

This chess set was hand carved in the 1960s and was on display in Bert's home for decades. It is now proudly displayed ...
12/02/2025

This chess set was hand carved in the 1960s and was on display in Bert's home for decades. It is now proudly displayed in the Bert Small Art Gallery, 16 Dundas St. W., Trenton, Ontario. Anybody want a game?

I was recently pleased to welcome Mr. Bruce Flavelle to the Bert Small Art Gallery. Bruce and his parents, the late Bud...
02/02/2025

I was recently pleased to welcome Mr. Bruce Flavelle to the Bert Small Art Gallery. Bruce and his parents, the late Bud & Adrienne Flavelle, were friends with Bert & Peggy and their kids for some 50 years and Bruce well-remembers playing music with Jamie and Jeffrey back in the day. The Small's were occasionally invited to the Flavelle cottage and Bruce was very kind to share these photos of a Bert Small painting that has hung there for many decades. It is "Fruit Cornucopia", painted in 1962.

01/18/2025

Maybe someone in Scarborough could take a photograph of the totem pole in Thomson's Park so we have an up-to-date view?

Newly discovered original Bert Small watercolour painting 5" x 7" entitled "Campbellford House" painted in 2010. It is ...
12/05/2024

Newly discovered original Bert Small watercolour painting 5" x 7" entitled "Campbellford House" painted in 2010. It is labelled, dated and signed by Bert on the back. Campbellford is a town in Ontario near to Hastings where Bert was living at the time. This painting is on display here at the Bert Small Art Gallery in Trenton, Ontario.

If you have original Bert Small works in your home, please take some pictures and post them to this page!
11/19/2024

If you have original Bert Small works in your home, please take some pictures and post them to this page!

Photos from the gallery...
11/19/2024

Photos from the gallery...

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16 Dundas Street W
Trenton, ON
K8V6V9

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+16133944891

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