, 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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Hawaii, 1964
Michael Snow
Canadian, 1929
enamel paint on canvas
149.9 x 309.9 cm assembled; canvas 1: 149.8 x 149.5 cm; canvas 2: 71.6 x 76.1 cm; canvas 3: 45.4 x 27.9 cm
Purchased 1973
National Gallery of Canada (no. 17194.1-3)
This work presents a painting of a woman from three different perspectives. We can imagine someone moving about the space, first standing at the doorway to a room, entering to inspect the painting, and finally retreating, with the viewer turning around for one last glimpse. The narrative is cinematic and almost humorous. "Hawaii" takes its name from Snow’s use of tropical colours, and features the same stylized profile of a woman as depicted in various media in his trademark "Walking Woman" series, produced between 1961 and 1967.
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