Saturday, December 11, 2010

Bitter Grief

Mourning her Brave (1883) by the American painter George de Forest Brush (1855-1941). A great symbolic painting about grief, the tragic end of a people.

Above all in it's simplicity and it's nearly abstract, two dimensional execution it's a really modern painting. It doesn't pretend to be realistic, it's a powerful impression of a tragedy.

4 comments:

  1. Good evening !!!
    After long time I am happy to see your post again , really is very interesting your comeback with this wonderful painting !!!
    Have a nice new week !!!

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  2. Thanks. But I got a lot of work the last months. And because it's related with the web I'm normally a little tired of my blog.

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  3. Hi,

    Is anyone know the meaning of "mouring her Brave" picture? I have to understand in order to write an essay...Please help....

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  4. Don't know what's so difficult. There is an Indian woman griefing about the loss of all the dead warriors.
    Maybe she's the last of her people.

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