The Death of General Wolfe

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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Exhibitions

Carl Beam

15 Oct 2011 - 15 Apr 2012

National Museum of the American Indian, NY, USA

Starting in the 1970s, Carl Beam (1943–2005) was at the vanguard of a new and assertive art discourse that challenged the prevailing marginalization of contemporary Aboriginal art. This retrospective illuminates his investigations into the metaphysical aspects of Western and Indigenous cultures, while powerfully illustrating the wide-ranging physicality of his work, evident in everything from his large-scale paintings and assemblages to sculpture, ceramic and video. Organized by the National Gallery of Canada.

http://www.nmai.si.edu/index.cfm

Carl Beam, The North American Iceberg, 1985, NGC, Ottawa. Photo © NGC

Carl Beam, The North American Iceberg, 1985, NGC, Ottawa. Photo © NGC