Christ’s Passion in the Thyssen – Bornemisza Museum of Madrid

Christ’s Passion is the pivotal event for Christians all over the world. This is the reason that it has been

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Renato Guttuso: pictor diabolicus, “devilish painter”?

I was introduced to the work of Renato Guttuso back in 1996, when Whitechapel Gallery in London exhibited some of

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The painter Francis Bacon on Crucifixion

Introduction Crucifixion is the subject that attests to the fragility, the futility, the horror and at the utter impossibility of life. Live is

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Stations of the Cross: Giandomenico Tiepolo, San Polo Church, Venice Italy and Art Institute, Chicago USA

Giandomenico Tiepolo (1727-1804) was the son of Giambattista Tiepolo, a master of painting. He never achieved the status and fame

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Crucifixion II

I continue today with the second part of the Crucifixion paintings, from the 19th  to the 20th century. Paul Gauguin

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Crucifixion I

As Easter approaches, I want to share with you some of my favourite depictions of the drama of Christ. I

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