, 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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The Wittler or the Budding Sculptor, c. 1900
Louis-Philippe Hébert
Canadian, 1850
- 1917
bronze
38.8 x 14 x 14 cm
Purchased 1982
National Gallery of Canada (no. 26973)
From a modest farming background, as evidenced by the hole in the youth's pants and bare feet, Louis Philippe Hébert recalls the birth of his skills as an artist carving toys and figures out of wood for his younger brother. Personal memories evoke the rapid transition of Canada and of its artists from rural isolation to a more cosmopolitan and urban world.
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