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Title

Art and the Nature of Grief

Artist

Joan Snyder

Artist Life Dates

(active 1940 - )

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1992

Accession Number

1994/2.9

Medium and Support

monoprint on paper

relevance

rank 11.45265

Primary Keywords

abstraction

grief

Title

The Lamentation

Artist

Hans Baldung Grien

Physical Description

Three grief-striken figures lament over the body of a dead man lying on the ground before them. One of these figures, a robed woman who clasps her hands in agony, leans forward to peer into the face of the dead man, who is rendered with dramatic foreshortening. To the left of this woman sits a long-haired man wiping his eyes while another woman with wild unkempt hair seated next to him raises her arms in abject sorrow. Three nails and a pair of vessels sit in the immediate foreground next to the artist's initials "HGB."

Artist Life Dates

1484/85-1545

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

1515-1517

Accession Number

1960/1.168

Medium and Support

woodcut on paper

relevance

rank 11.07902

Primary Keywords

christianity

crucifixions

grief

ladders

woodcuts

Title

From a Day of Grief, Kerch, Crimea, January 1942

Artist

Dmitri Baltermants

Physical Description

A woman grieving while standing over dead bodies of young men in Kerch, Crimea.

Artist Life Dates

Russian, 1912-1990

Object Creation Date

2003

Accession Number

2012/2.68

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print on paper

relevance

rank 10.95983

Primary Keywords

corpses

gelatin silver prints

grief

women

Title

The Downtrodden (Zertretene)

Artist

Käthe Kollwitz

Artist Life Dates

1867 - 1945

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1900

Accession Number

1954/2.9

Medium and Support

aquatint and etching on paper

relevance

rank 10.84318

Primary Keywords

death

expressionism

grief

males

reclining

seated

standing

Title

Mourning Virgin from Crucifixion group

Artist

Artist Unknown, Spain or Belgium

Physical Description

This standing figure of the Virgin turns slightly toward the left with her head bowed and hands clasped before her in a restrained expression of grief. Her robe is gilded, which contributes a regal note to this somber figure.

Century

15th century

Object Creation Date

1450-1500

Accession Number

1975/2.197

Medium and Support

wood, paint and gilding

relevance

rank 10.72899

Primary Keywords

castile (historical region)

christianity

crucifixions

gilding

grief

mourners

Title

The Lord's Prayer, sheet 7 - As We Forgive Them that Sin Against Us (Das Vaterunser - Wie wir vergeben unsern Schuldigern)

Artist

Max Pechstein

Physical Description

A male figure in profile seen at viewer's right rests his head on the shoulder of a woman. The figures grasp hands in the center of the composition; the female figure's proper left hand rests upon the neck of the male figure; both figures are dressed in dark clothes and illuiminated from behind by a bright white light; text runs along the uppermost edge of the composition, at the viewer's right mid-center, and along the bottom proper.

Artist Life Dates

1881 - 1955

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1921

Accession Number

1948/1.429

Medium and Support

woodcut with hand-coloring on paper

relevance

rank 10.40041

Primary Keywords

couples

embraces

expressionism

expressionist

grief

portfolios (groups of works)

prayers

spirituality

woodcuts

Title

The Lord's Prayer, sheet 9 - But Deliver Us from Evil (Das Vaterunser - Sondern erlöse uns von dem Übel)

Artist

Max Pechstein

Physical Description

At viewer's left, two reclining figures lie side-by-side in a bed, covered by a sheet up to their chins. At the foot of the bed at the viewer's right, a man sits with his eyes closed and his hands on his head. To the viewer's left, in the foreground , a woman sits, crying, wiping her eyes with the back of her left hand.

Artist Life Dates

1881 - 1955

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1921

Accession Number

1948/1.431

Medium and Support

woodcut with hand-coloring on paper

relevance

rank 10.19231

Primary Keywords

corpses

deaths

expressionism

expressionist

figures

grief

portfolios (groups of works)

prayers

reclining

spirituality

woodcuts

Title

The Lord's Prayer, sheet 10 - For Thine Is the Kingdom (Das Vaterunser - Denn Dein ist das Reich)

Artist

Max Pechstein

Physical Description

A man, a woman, and a child facing the viewer with their hands folded in prayer. The man and woman sit on a mattress and look to heaven. The child stands in front of them with his head bowed. Next to the child is a diminutive cow. In the background behind the family are images of fish and birds.

Artist Life Dates

1881 - 1955

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1921

Accession Number

1948/1.432

Medium and Support

woodcut with hand-coloring on paper

relevance

rank 9.99238

Primary Keywords

birds

cows

expressionism

expressionist

families

fish

grief

portfolios (groups of works)

prayers

praying

seated

spirituality

woodcuts