LA LUZ MAS OSCURA

ORIGINAL PAINTING

ACRYLICS ON CANVAS

SIZE: 200 x 100 cm / 80 x 40 inch

YEAR OF ORIGIN: 2022

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FRAMED

SIGNED

STAMPED

incl. CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY & 

HANGING GEAR

 

7.500,00 €

  • 10 kg
  • Available
  • 2 - 3 weeks delivery time

DESCRIPTION

LA LUZ MAS OSCURA means the “The darkest light” and the painting is the trial to depict visually, what an archangel* may look like.

3/4th of the painting is only covered by the wings, and that`s exactly like I had it in mind.

The background is inspired by pictures of the galaxy made by NASA.

 

*While “ordinary angels” are responsible for individuals, archangels are the messengers who bring far-reaching divine decisions that are important for communities or entire peoples.

 

The archangels Michael, Gabriel, Raphael, and Uriel are best known in art and literature.

In the Bible (Jud 9 EU), however, only Michael is referred to as an archangel.

 

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The origin of the depictions of angels can already be traced back to Judaism. Albrecht Dürer had the angels appear in connection with the apocalypse.  The early modern period popularized the illustration of small child angels with chubby cheeks. 

 

There was also controversy surrounding the nature of angels: scholars such as Thomas Aquinas pondered the question of how and why. 

Aquinas even argued that angels do not have to have bodies. But it is a topic, which is missed out in Modern Art.

Artists like Alfred Schwarzenschild (1920) or Herbert James Draper (1898) painted the “Fallen Icarus”, but as we know that`s Greek mythology.  

 

I would love to say, that it was Caravaggio, who inspired me to create a whole series of guys wearing these massive wings, as I have never seen that in paintings like that before. And a wise man once said: “Create your world! Paint what you like to see in paintings.”