, 2008. Fibreglass stone and airplane. National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa. Purchased 2011. Photo © Roman März](/images/content/menuSeeGallery.png)
Benjamin West
The Death of General Wolfe (Detail), 1770
oil on canvas
152.6 x 214.5 cm
Transfer from the Canadian War Memorials, 1921 (Gift of the 2nd Duke of Westminster, England, 1918)
National Gallery of Canada (no. 8007)
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"1914", c. 1918
Henri Hébert
Canadian, 1884
- 1950
bronze
35.8 x 24.3 x 40.7 cm
Royal Canadian Academy of Arts diploma work, deposited by the artist, Montreal, 1923
National Gallery of Canada (no. 2043)
The destruction of cultural monuments and the huge toll in human life during the First World War (1914-1918) elicited responses from artists across Europe and Canada. With brandished sword Hébert's figure aggressively strikes with brutal force. It is war itself in all its indiscriminate ferocity.
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