, 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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Chromatic Accelerator, 1967
Claude Tousignant
Canadian, 1932
acrylic on canvas
244.7 cm
Purchased 1967
National Gallery of Canada (no. 15319)
© Claude Tousignant
This painting belongs to Claude Tousignant's third and most recognized series of circular works, "Chromatic Accelerators" (1967-69), in which he deployed various sequences of colour in even, concentric bands. As the viewer engages with these works over time, the rhythmic, chromatic juxtapositions generate a pulsating, optical experience, fulfilling Tousignant's goal to produce an object of pure sensation. Tousignant was intrigued by the circle as a structural form that has uniform peripheral tensions in which he could deploy colour in serial placement.
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