We mark Easter and the end of the Christian Holy Week with Franz von Stuck’s powerful painting

We mark Easter and the end of the Christian Holy Week with Franz von Stuck’s powerful painting of the Crucifixion, which he made during the difficult years of World War I.Stuck departs from traditional representations and places the suffering Christ at eye level. The viewer’s position–immediately to the left of the crucified thief in the foreground and to the right of the Virgin Mary– thus becomes part of an intimate circle. Referencing late nineteenth-century debates about the historical details of this method of execution, as well as its location, Stuck depicts Christ with his feet side by side rather than overlapping, and includes Mediterranean style architecture in the background.Stuck’s oil painting is on view in “Monet to Morisot: The Real and Imagined in European Art.” Entry to this exhibition is included with admission—find out more about the artworks: https://bit.ly/3EVZuKU Franz von Stuck (German, 1863-1928). Golgotha, 1917. Oil on canvas. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Alfred W. Jenkins, 28.420 → Installation view, Monet to Morisot: The Real and Imagined in European Art. On view February 11, 2022 - May 21, 2023, Brooklyn Museum. (Photo: Danny Perez) -- source link

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