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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

Shuvinai Ashoona and John Noestheden: Earth and Sky

26 Apr 2013 - 02 Sep 2013

Colonnade

The National Gallery of Canada will be presenting a large-scale banner entitled Earth and Sky by artists Shuvinai Ashoona (Cape Dorset) and John Noestheden (Amsterdam). The collaboration between the two artists has resulted in a poetic rendering of Arctic landscapes and crystalline visions of the cosmos. Visitors will be able to walk under this 50-metre-long banner hung in the colonnade of the Gallery (from the main entrance to the Great Hall). For the occasion, the drawing Earth and Sky, which is the preparatory drawing for the banner and is part of the NGC collection, will also be on display in the Inuit art galleries.

Organized by the National Gallery of Canada.
 
Presented in collaboration with the NAC's Northern Scene
Ashoona, Shuvinai & John Noestheden. <em>Earth and Sky</em>, (detail) February 2008. Pen and black ink, coloured pencil, graphite, collage, and adhered glass crystals on wove paper, 34.3 x 485 cm. National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa. Reproduced with permission of Dorset Fine Arts. Photo © NGC.

Ashoona, Shuvinai & John Noestheden. Earth and Sky, (detail) February 2008. Pen and black ink, coloured pencil, graphite, collage, and adhered glass crystals on wove paper, 34.3 x 485 cm. National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa. Reproduced with permission of Dorset Fine Arts. Photo © NGC.