, 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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Red Nude, 1910
Marcel Duchamp
French, 1887
- 1968
oil on canvas
92.2 x 73 cm
Purchased 1973
National Gallery of Canada (no. 17241)
© Estate of Marcel Duchamp / ADAGP / SODRAC
As a painter, Marcel Duchamp experimented with contemporary styles, one example of which is this brightly coloured work influenced by Fauvism. Painted early in his career, this is one of a series of nudes that reveal Duchamp as an accomplished artist. The use of modelling to suggest volume gives the figure a powerful and sculptural body that fills the picture plane in an imposing way. Duchamp later became one of the most influential artists of the modern era, and is best known for his invention of the Readymade. Readymades were everyday objects chosen by the artist and designated as works of art, an act that changed our understanding of what constitutes art.
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