, 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 Self-made Man, 1926
Alfred Laliberté
Canadian, 1878
- 1953
bronze
48 x 35.1 x 27.2 cm
Purchased 1986
National Gallery of Canada (no. 29230)
The creative process was a subject that fascinated Laliberté. Here, the sculptor carves himself out of stone or, as he wrote, "removes that which is too material to reveal an idealized youth." In a more autobiographical vein, "a young man born of a modest family attains, through his talent, labours and perseverance, a place among men."
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