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The Death of General Wolfe

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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Fir Tree and Sky, c. 1935-1936

Emily Carr
Canadian, 1871 - 1945
oil on canvas
102 x 69 cm
Bequest of Mrs. J.P. Barwick (From the Douglas M. Duncan Collection) 1985
National Gallery of Canada (no. 28992)

Throughout her life, Emily Carr remained a deeply religious person, her initial Christian faith being transformed over time to find a vital expression through her art. Theosophy, which she discovered through Lawren Harris, with its emphasis on the eternal truths underlying all thought, led her to a comprehension of the artist's role as articulator of universal principles. The themes - "jungle," path through dense woods, young "dancing" trees, field at the edge of woods, sea and sky - became the particulars through which she could express her own definition: "God in all. Always looking for the face of God, always listening for the voice of God in Nature. Nature is God revealing himself, express-ing his wonders and his love. Nature clothed in God's beauty of holiness." It was this joyful and lyrical idea that motivated the works of Emily Carr's maturity.

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