, 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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Frontal, 1956
Claude Tousignant
Canadian, 1932
Cilco automobile lacquer on canvas
145 x 129 x 2 cm
Purchased 1993
National Gallery of Canada (no. 37062)
© Claude Tousignant
A pivotal painting for Claude Tousignant, "Frontal" was preceded by the artist's Tachist works in which he juxtaposed splotches of pure colour on a white ground. Here, the deep blue area dominates the composition, held in tension by vertical bands on either side, the yellow drawing the viewer's eye to the left. The quick-drying properties of commercial automobile paint permitted Tousignant to work quickly and on a large scale.
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