19 Masterpieces With Stories Far Sadder Than Their Images
The calm and romantic images of the following paintings are in stark contrast to the terrible suffering that lies beneath the surface. These paintings tell a different story of suffering, including personal and historic tragedy. Van Gogh created it when he was a patient at the Saint-Paul-de-Mausole asylum in France following a mental breakdown. Its turbulent sky is lovely, though the artist was quite ill and had very limited freedom. Picasso’s Guernica portrays the destruction of a Spanish town in the Spanish Civil War. The haunting faces and contorted bodies evoke the agony inflicted when German and Italian planes bombed the residents. The woman in Christina’s World was Christina Olson, who suffered from a disease that disabled her to the point she could barely walk. Christina moved by arm, and Wyeth has painted her with the same unwavering energy, staring toward a farm house.Follow us…
