Chris in VA Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 Anyone know of a painting that depicts a biblical scene populated with people in modern 20/21 century dress? Like Veronese's The Wedding Feast at Cana, but done by someone modern. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 Stanley Spencer? 20th Century https://www.google.com/search?gs_ssp=eJzj4tTP1TcwNqzItTRg9OIvLknMy0mtVCguSM1LTi0CAHekCSs&q=stanley+spencer&oq=stanle+soencer&aqs=chrome.1.69i57j46i13i433j0i13l2.9238j0j7&client=ms-android-samsung-ga-rev1&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8#wptab=s:H4sIAAAAAAAAAONgVuLUz9U3MDasyLV8xOjMLfDyxz1hKatJa05eYzTh4grOyC93zSvJLKkUUuNig7JkuHilELo0GKS4uRBcnl1MAo5FJZnFJSH5QLo8vyi7eBGreHBJYl5OaqVCcEFqXnJqkUIiRAoAwrRRMIAAAAA 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egao_gakari Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 (edited) John Collier, a contemporary Catholic artist, has an Annunciation and a Saint Joseph and the Child Jesus depicting the characters as mid-20th century Americans. Here's his page. His Repentance of Saint Peter also has one background character in modern dress. Edit: I thought of another one, a cartoonist named Everett Patterson has a one-panel illustration of Joseph and Mary on the road to Bethlehem that fits the bill, although it is a cartoon not a painting. Edited June 17, 2021 by egao_gakari 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quarter Note Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 Seconding John Collier's Annunciation that @egao_gakari mentioned above! The other one that I thought of is The Prodigal Son with Pigs by Jerry Dienes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pam in CT Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 Chagall did virtually all of the Hebrew Bible stories, between the Hadassah windows of the twelve tribes and the Stories of the Bible lithographs and paintings. It's Chagall, so definitely not realistic in style, but the clothing tends much more 20c Belarus than ancient Holy Land... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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