FILE: 06_Death of General Wolfe_West.jpg

TITLE: PAINTING - Death of General Wolfe - N. AMERICAN COLONIAL

DESCRIPTION: BENJAMIN WEST. LATER WORK. Vastly improved style, worthy enough to earn him title of 2nd head of Royal Academy. This painting very exaggerated. Christ-like figure in recumbent position. Allegorical native = new world.History scenes with smoke in battle reminiscent of Joshua Reynolds work (1st to head Royal Academy. See English Baroque #22).