Title: Battle of Grunwald Artist: Jan Matejko Year: 1874 Dimensions: 16'7"x9'9" The Battle of Grunwald is a huge painting 10 feet high and almost 17 feet in length. It's full of figures and action and, because of its size, difficult to uniformly illuminate and photograph. Reproductions tend to miniaturize it to the point that only a couple of highlights … [Read more...] about Battle of Grunwald – Jan Matejko
Violent Art
Without Hope – Frida Kahlo
This painting was painted at the year of 1945, when Frida Kahlo was forced to be fed by presciprtion of her doctor. In the back of this painting Frida Kahlo wrote down the following explanation: Not the least hope remains to me...Everything move in time with what the belly contains." At that time Frida Kahlo was suffered from a lack of appetite due to her many surgeries … [Read more...] about Without Hope – Frida Kahlo
Massacre in Korea – Pablo Picasso
Author: Pablo Picasso Dimensions: 110 cm × 210 cm Type: Oil on plywood Year: 1951 Massacre in Korea is a 1951 painting by Pablo Picasso which is seen as a criticism of American intervention in the Korean War. It depicts the 1950 Sinchon Massacre, an act of mass killing carried out by North Koreans, South Koreans, and American forces in the … [Read more...] about Massacre in Korea – Pablo Picasso
The Death of the Stag – Benjamin West
Painter: Benjamin West Date: 1786 Medium: oil on canvas Dimensions: Height 3,660 mm (144.09 in) Width 5,210 mm (205.12 in) Current location: Scottish National Gallery Benjamin West PRA (October 10, 1738 – March 11, 1820) was an Anglo-American painter of historical scenes around and after the time of the American War of Independence. He was the second … [Read more...] about The Death of the Stag – Benjamin West
