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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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Couple on Beach, 1957
Alex Colville
Canadian, 1920
casein tempera on masonite
73.4 x 96.4 cm
Purchased 1959
National Gallery of Canada (no. 7744)
Alex Colville frequently obscures the identity of his subjects or averts their gaze. In "Couple on Beach", the male figure is depicted from the rear and the woman's face is covered by her hat. The artist composed this painting following the Fibonacci principle of a golden rectangle, with the composition revolving around the male figure. The figures depicted in this painting are the artist and his wife, Rhoda.
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