, 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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Nocturne - Orangerie Staircase, Versailles, 1908
Edward Steichen
Luxembourger, American, 1879
- 1973
gum bichromate print
29.5 x 38.3 cm
Purchased 1976
National Gallery of Canada (no. 33361)
Popularized in the 1870s paintings of James McNeill Whistler, the nocturne, or night scene, was a visual trope for artists drawn to metaphysical renditions of reality. It permitted them to orchestrate the extremes of silhouetted areas and sharp glimmers of light, and to maintain an enigmatic quality in their pictures. Placing a single accent of light on the pediment of the orangery at Versailles, Steichen draws attention to the upper portion of the print in this otherwise murky and deeply silhouetted scene. Around the same time he made this work, he created his iconic Balzac, The Silhouette – 4 a.m. outside the studio of French sculptor Auguste Rodin. [108]
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