Worn Out by H.A. Brendekilde is a realist painting depicting one of the most tragic scenes in art history. Support us on Patreon: / thecanvas #arthistory #art
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@TheCanvasArtHistory9 ай бұрын
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@geronimo8159Ай бұрын
Doesn't work anymore at my end 😶
@gailism10 ай бұрын
My dad died of heart failure after working himself too hard for decades to take care of us. This painting and your video mean a lot to me. Thanks man
@burpie325810 ай бұрын
@ellayararwhyaych471110 ай бұрын
You usually die of the accumulative effects of heart failure and not from it (at least right away).
@gailism10 ай бұрын
@@ellayararwhyaych4711 sorry, I am not well-versed in medical terminology and was attempting to refer to the immediate cause of death rather than an underlying condition
@lunar60710 ай бұрын
@@ellayararwhyaych4711 go home nerd
@oliveryt716810 ай бұрын
Was he a smoker? Was he a drinker? Did he eat too many animal products? Do heart problems run in your family? etc. ... There are many factors that might contribute to a heart attack. Sure, hard physical labor or psychological stress are also important factors.
@snorrewinther10 ай бұрын
In Denmark we have an expression: "at stille træskoene" literally that means something like "to take off your wooden shoes". That expression means that that person has died. I never noticed that detail before, but I am sure that the painters intention is to tell us that the man has died (from working too much). Also, the fact that she´s looking to the side instead of up towards the sky could be implying that she does not believe in God. At the time this was very provocative to the bourgeoisi. By the way I´m danish and studied art history. Love your videos
@midnightgod12310 ай бұрын
Or she could be accusing someone off the side
@nunyabiznes3310 ай бұрын
Or you know, she's looking to the side coz she was calling for help.
@lakrids-pibe10 ай бұрын
"at stille træskoene" - kicking the bucket
@chrisoneill399910 ай бұрын
"at stille træskoene" 'to pop your clogs'.
@yancowles10 ай бұрын
@@chrisoneill3999 popping your clogs is a phrase we use in england also and it seems to refer to quite a horrible aspect of human death and decomposition in that the swelling of the body (exacerbated by certain diseases) either caused the clogs to be forced off the feet or even to break due to internal pressure.
@prclematis398510 ай бұрын
this painting feels so unfair so painful that i cant help but see my own reflection on it. I live in Turkey and as days pass its getting so hard to live. The poor people are getting more and more poor and rich ones are getting richer. Nobody cant afford anything anymore even hospitals. They work harder and harder only to die in pain. As being someone from middle class i can see that i am getting poor too. İ just wanna be saved at this point.
@TheCanvasArtHistory10 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for such a personal comment. There's nothing a painting can do better than connecting and reflecting with an audience, even after 200 years after its making. I hope things get better for you
@hulahula618210 ай бұрын
Learn stocks and finance bruh, it's the only way to get rich
@prclematis398510 ай бұрын
@@hulahula6182 its not just about me its about people in country even if i get rich so many person will still be poor.
@melelconquistador10 ай бұрын
@@prclematis3985 join the class truggle and organize with others to resist the plunder by the rich.
@cecileroy55710 ай бұрын
@@prclematis3985 I soo disliked that flippant reply to your deeply felt comment.... That person is beyond ignorant. Even calling you "bruh" was rude and unnecessary.
@anderspedersen748810 ай бұрын
I didn’t think this painting was much known outside of Denmark. I’m happy that it gets international exposure via this channel and KZbin.
@reginafromrio10 ай бұрын
Yes! I'm American and we do study this in art history :)
@inyobill9 ай бұрын
This was my first introduction to this genius. I'm 75.
@thisnickisnotused10 ай бұрын
One of the most powerful scenes I’ve seen, got me captivated at the age of 6. Was painstakingly trying to ask mom if the man was ok in the end
@donovanreimer232410 ай бұрын
I can’t believe how good this analysis is. The narration so smooth, perfectly slow and clear. Such professional work. Sublime.
@topbrew4210 ай бұрын
Totally agree with you
@theophilhist645510 ай бұрын
I had the same thoughts. Pure balanced academics. It's great to know this is acknowledged and appreciated.
@SimpleTrax9 ай бұрын
How is this good? He is stating the obvious just describing the picture. Half the video was about talking what he is not going to talk about. Last part was a word salad about unfairness.
@chrystianaw82566 ай бұрын
@@SimpleTrax shut up
@emptyemptiness837210 ай бұрын
I see a daughter and her father...i am a single father and this picture creates such existential angst....as an old anarchist it is powerful on another level as well....i dont live in a first world country, all that stands between abject poverty and my children is me. This painting captures my unspoken fear.
@belajadevotchka210 ай бұрын
I was raised by a Single Dad. Thank you for all you do. I lost my Dad young. It was so hard, I was such a Daddy's girl. It troubles me to see any harm come to middle aged men.
@jugo194410 ай бұрын
Anarchist history speaks to me. From Makhno, to the Spanish civil war.
@dddaaa696510 ай бұрын
@@belajadevotchka2 daddy issues
@belajadevotchka210 ай бұрын
@@dddaaa6965 No. No issues. Great healthy relationship with my Dad, great relationship with my husband. I wish my Dad was alive to have met my husband. I know he would have liked him. If anything,, you'd probably be correct if you said I had mother issues.
@dddaaa696510 ай бұрын
@@belajadevotchka2 fart isues
@christianjensen642510 ай бұрын
This work was exhibited in Paris at the worlds fair in 1889 next to Munich’s paintings. The screaming woman in this painting, and the Peruvian mummy Munch also saw at the 1889 worlds fair, were the major influences for Munchs Scream 4 year later, early drafts of which, he started just after the 1889 worlds fair. Such a powerful painting, thanks for a good video!
@charlielauenborg508710 ай бұрын
I live right by the museum where this painting hangs and it's really, really huge. My grandma and I often go there and she absolutely loves it and I really get it. It's honestly so powerful. The size of it, the motive, the colours used, the expressions, the strokes. Seeing it in real life is really an experience.
@Flaxxxen10 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing. Adding this to my bucket list.
@fredericbastiat565310 ай бұрын
I could feel the pain and anguish in that woman's face.....among other things as well. If art can accentuate reality, this artist succeeded.
@albertadriftwood361210 ай бұрын
Aside from the political, socioeconomic overtones you've elaborated, the painting itself is skillful and beautiful. Painted entirely in earth tones I see nothing industrial in this scene. I see a man whose life was perhaps as united to the soil as his imminent death will join him forever to it. The despair of the woman seems personal. The drama takes place on an an empty field. Although they are a pair, she is very much alone.
@dawnadriana176410 ай бұрын
Grief is a very lonely place. And this painting expresses it so beautifully and with such truth.
@inyobill9 ай бұрын
The bleak landscape is superb.
@alexsrensen714210 ай бұрын
This painting was also used as an album cover for a Danish black metal band; Afsky All of the song lyrics on the album are old (some very old) Danish poems.
@blckrig181710 ай бұрын
Ofte Jeg Drømmer Mig Død that album was the first time I saw this painting and it was the perfect choice for the cover. The opening scream on Altid Veltifreds is what I imagine the screams of this woman to sound like. Hopeless and angry
@nero997810 ай бұрын
I knew i recognised it somewhere! Thank you!
@kernowoggie10 ай бұрын
This conveys to me the shock and anger of unexpected grief. There was no cosy bedroom scene and goodbyes just an unforeseen & sudden demise.
@signoguns850110 ай бұрын
Id never heard of this before. That painting is absolutely incredible.
@unclenogbad150910 ай бұрын
You're right. This is a painting of working class/peasant life, done on a monumental scale precisely in order to challenge bourgeois complacency. I find it magnificent, either because of or despite its empty, bare-earth setting; but also chilling and truthful. The woman at the centre is panicked, angry, grief-stricken, but also forceful - the kind of force that can change the world for the better.
@catherinesanchez118510 ай бұрын
Having studied some art years ago, I'm surprised I've never seen this painting before. It's extraordinary and as large as it is must have made quite an impression when it was shown. Thank you for presenting it.
@zetectic796810 ай бұрын
Thank you for the video & the subject. Clogs were not just Dutch but practical & cheap footwear for the poor. It is worth noting that the French for clog is Sabot hence Saboteur. Before the 20th Century retirement was a luxury, people had to work until they dropped unless they had family to house & feed them. In the UK there was the spectre of the Workhouse for the indigent poor. These were little more than prisons where the sexes were separated (family life curtailed). Short rations, basic conditions, harsh rules & only those children coming of age had a chance of escape. This is why they called it grinding poverty! Unemployment, accident, illness & a failed harvest could result in starvation or death.
@kkelly942410 ай бұрын
I had never seen this painting. But Andrew Wyeth’s “Christina’s World” seems to have been lifted directly from it. Both powerful.
@TriXJester10 ай бұрын
One thing I always found fascinating with this painting is in how gently she holds the fallen man's head, which makes me believe more that she is the man's daughter or daughter-in-law. The man seems much older than the woman, and with the house in the background it could be that she saw he had fallen from the window and went out to him. Large rocks do need to be removed before a field can be ploughed, so perhaps that is what the man was doing.
@susanpetropoulos103910 ай бұрын
The winter frost heaves the rocks to the surface where they must be removed before spring plowing. The painting simply records life cycles of the earth and the flesh.
@dennydoran652610 ай бұрын
What a masterpiece. Look at their faces. Their whole world is in their faces.
@00egg0010 ай бұрын
I've seen this paintings a few times by now. It really is huge in real life and it's just as striking every time.
@dshe863710 ай бұрын
I have never seen this picture before. Thank you for an excellent analysis
@refugeinthewind10 ай бұрын
Bravo, Shawn. Exactly what I needed to bring me out of my dwelling on the things to do today... moving irrigation water, tending the plants, harvesting a few vegetables for dinner... and in this heat maybe I will "tip over" in my field. But I am not quite so lost as the subjects here, and for that I will be thankful... and I will be aware that for some, we choose this lifestyle, but for others, there is little or no choice. Keep up the amazing work.❤
@TheCanvasArtHistory10 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for sharing your personal experience, I always love to hear those! I'm glad you enjoyed the video!
@TheTunderkill10 ай бұрын
One of the interpretations that I was taught in school about the dynamic between the man and woman, is that they are either husband and wife or father and daughter, a family. Her panic and helpless in this interpretation, partly stems from the fact that her future is now very, very uncertain. The man, although decrepit and poor, earned them some kind of life. Now that he's gone, what's going to happen to her? She cannot employ farmhands, she cannot work the soil herself, she cannot own land and therefore cannot rent it out. Her life as she knows it is suddenly falling through her fingers like sand. Most likely, she will end up in the "fattiggård", a home (in the most vague sense of the word, more like a prison) for the very poor, who could not take care of themselves. They would be stripped of their rights as citizens, and forced to pay off their debt to society by menial labor. Her children, if she has any, taken from her. The family ripped apart, deemed "unworthy" of the luxury of personal preferences and personal relationships. Likely she, and all the others like her, would never return to society again, lost to inescapable poverty. This immense weight has suddenly been thrust upon her, like a relentless natural disaster. This she has to battle with, while also grieving her personal loss. It is such a sad, sad painting. Another fantastic painting, also a danish social realism, is "Summum Jus Summa Injuria" with the secondary title "The child murder".
@noeraldinkabam10 ай бұрын
I know for a fact that that’s not what goes through your mind when someone you love collapses in front of you. (Even someone you do not know, if you are a bit of a mensch btw) You just want to help them. Someone help you help them. If they are dead you feel pain and want to scream or lose your breath. Maybe a sociopath would have the thoughts you consider but I doubt it. If someone has a deathbed, for days or weeks and the one left behind has a chance to think those thoughts… I think he witnessed this moment or a moment like this and maybe others read those things in to it but I think that dehumanizes her and insults her.
@theoroosevelt484910 ай бұрын
@@noeraldinkabam weeeell... she probably would have known that the old man was going to die sooner or later, so all the emotions and thoughts Thunderkill wrote about must have already been in the woman. And he didn't write "in the painting she must think about all of theese outcomes that will come from the mans death, and thats why she looks like she does" But it's the feelings about it all, years of constant struggle and years of thinking about "what will happen when he dies...." just comes crashing down on her instantly and it all just rushes through her in emotions and pain, not calculated thoughts as you thought Thunderkill meant.
@helenamcginty492010 ай бұрын
I thought she was shouting for help. She appears to be looking at someone a way off.
@czarkusa201810 ай бұрын
I was about to comment "woah a woman actually caring about a man, it's always been the dream" but as always it's just transactional rip
@peterburry253110 ай бұрын
@@noeraldinkabam I know for a fact that every scenario goes through your mind when someone you love dies, including selfish ones, such as: 'How am I going to cope without this person in my life?': 'My world will be completely different from this moment onwards, and almost certainly not for the better.' That's not being a "sociopath". That's being a normal, flawed human-being, with hopes, fears, expectations, responsibilities etc
@johns310610 ай бұрын
I really appreciated the analysis, but what I think is missing is…the fear we all have of what will happen to our world when the curtain drops on our life. Our inanimate body, the fear and anguish of those who are left behind, things left unsaid and undone, the great unknown of the world going on without us and wondering what will happen to everything we had known. At least for myself, this is what I fear about death, and this painting does a good job of making me think of such things…as good art should.
@john211murphy10 ай бұрын
Thank you for introducing me to a great artist that was unknown to myself
@nbeutler113410 ай бұрын
beautiful video, and beautiful works. the colors of that snowy autumn scene at 0:13 are breathtaking
@fedmcglowie724010 ай бұрын
My introduction to this painting was a black metal album cover. The album was "Ofte Jeg Drømmer Mig Død" by Afsky.
@Brian-lg1ui10 ай бұрын
I'm currently working on a painting of a family of founding stock dutch descendants in south Africa ( Afrikaners ) being killed on a farm . This video really helps me understand the importance of artists capability to project truth through a single painting
@colinwhite535510 ай бұрын
A wonderful, informative, moving presentation. Thank you. At one point in my life, I was that woman. Structural violence describes it so perfectly.
@camilleagathon423310 ай бұрын
As a dane, i love seeing people taking up danish artists. Thank you for the video😁.
@rodmcdaniel86449 ай бұрын
Excellent analysis and presentation. We all have ancestors who toiled in work fields, with little prospects beyond hoping their grandchildren would have an easier life. But they persevered. They are the real heroes.
@MeatyPeach10 ай бұрын
Your knowledge of the art you share and the context around it, the little details about the artists themselves and other bits of humanity you bring to art analysis, you make me remember why art is just so essential to life as an outlet and also as an insight into society and why I need to spend more time looking at, thinking about and creating art. Also your voice and manner of describing things make it so I could watch/listen to your channel all day every day. And…will be spending at least part of today doing so. Thank you! And this painting is chilling on its own and that much more profound with your added research and explanation.
@TheCanvasArtHistory10 ай бұрын
Wow! What a beautiful and touching comment! Thank you so much, it's super wholesome and encouraging!
@johnmcclaneii10 ай бұрын
The Band Afsky is giving the perfect music to that picutre!
@Woedans10 ай бұрын
Came here to say this!
@briannielsson775610 ай бұрын
Yes, real Nordic melancholy.
@rbrendel130210 ай бұрын
I will never not not regret supporting you and your channel. I think we need more of that. In our world and our lives. Art is such a powerful tool for expression and so embedded in our deepest emotional responses. And you give it the space, the reflection and the intensity it deserves. Thank you from the very depth of my soul.
@fjb493210 ай бұрын
* "I will never regret . . ." ☆
@junebrilly530210 ай бұрын
Im a painter, but Ive never seen this work....its a punch to the gut. Its a true Masterpiece and a stunning indictment of poverty. I have no adequate words to describe how powerful this is. Where is it now, can I see it? I would travel just to gaze at it. Thankyou So much
@Carnster0210 ай бұрын
Structural violence can be tricky to pin down, yet the upper classes at the time obviously saw it straight away. Which also begs the question, if they were aware of the consequences of their actions, why didn't their morals dictate their responses? It's a telling point that they complained so much....
@Falconlibrary10 ай бұрын
You've just earned another subscription. You're outstanding in your field--no pun intended.
@PopTartNeko10 ай бұрын
Didn't expect to be brought to tears by an art analysis video but here we are
@dawnadriana176410 ай бұрын
Me too. This channel is a REVELATION.
@maxentaxen687510 ай бұрын
this actually made me quite sad. A great painting for sure.
@jimwilliams351710 ай бұрын
Very well done! Thank you.
@CarolineBearoline10 ай бұрын
Loved the video and the tie-in from last week's featured artist. The level of emotion in the woman's face... panic, desperation, anger... it made me teary
@TheCanvasArtHistory10 ай бұрын
Didn't mean to make you cry!! I'm really glad the video was that engaging! Thank you so much!!
@CarolineBearoline10 ай бұрын
@@TheCanvasArtHistory lol! You're good 👍 I think the finality and raw emotion depicted was what brought the tears... you and your channel bring me joy and education ❤️
@dawnadriana176410 ай бұрын
This is the most beautiful & heartbreaking analysis of a painting ever. As a former artist and daughter of an Italian artist in the classical style and training, my appreciation for your presentation is beyond words.. Thank you so much.
@dtcdragon716410 ай бұрын
Wow, your videos continue to astound me by the deep emotional power they hold with them. Another great art analysis, The Canvas. Keep up the amazing work.
@404errorpagenotfound.610 ай бұрын
Never been to an art show or bought a painting in my life, did not know or care about art. This video came up in my feed, I instantly realised I found something I never knew I was missing....subbed.
@dawnadriana176410 ай бұрын
It's ok. I grew up with art, my father was an Italian artist so it was imbued in every aspect of life. But whether you grew up in it, or grew into it, here you are... in life, in art, in beauty, in everything that matters. xo
@bozboz441410 ай бұрын
Never heard of him but I think hes my new favorite artist...those paintings just POP!!! so much depth & energy...i hope to be able to see one in person some day
@pilijones480110 ай бұрын
Awesome selection of paintings and topics. Really interesting. You have won my subscription. Great job.
@pcbif10 ай бұрын
Thanks for profiling this painting, it is one of my favorites. It hangs on our local art museum (Brandts Klædefabrik in Odense, Denmark), and it is a must see for me when I visit the museum. As you note, the painting is huge, and this adds to it's impact. I agree with your interpretation of the painting. I, think, however, that there is one other aspect to the painting worth pointing out. The soil the farmer is working is barren. Indeed, it appears to completely lack nutrition, thus making it difficult if not impossible to farm. This, I think, adds to the hopelessness of the scene. Love your channel.
@MrAstrojensen10 ай бұрын
The field is barren, with small piles of rocks and pebbles, because the scene is set in early spring, just after sowing. The couple have been picking stones, before the grain begins to grow. This actually puts another angle on the picture: The man survived winter, but died just as spring began. A time, normally associated with hope, was turned into sorrow and despair.
@FissionChips10 ай бұрын
@@MrAstrojensen A very incisive interpretation and to my mind wholly appropriate.
@kittara810 ай бұрын
I like the idea how you were invited to a celebration so you went "I'm gonna create the most criticizing and bold art piece possible"
@hippolyte9010 ай бұрын
Such a heartbreaking painting that is still relevant today. Great video!
@stevegodsell10 ай бұрын
Brilliant video, thank you so much for making this.
@curtisdaniel929410 ай бұрын
Not just anger, but also anguish.
@benjamingage785710 ай бұрын
Paintings have a mysterious way of conveying emotion that can't be transmitted by a photograph. We get to step into the artist's own mind and experience the moment as them.
@rorymax823310 ай бұрын
I loved listening to and watching this, thank you.
@daviddoughty42899 ай бұрын
Such a great juxtaposition of these two paintings...phenomenal artist..especially of people...he really captured the beauty of the moment...and made even the little things beautiful.
@jeffcauhape688010 ай бұрын
I just stumbled across this channel. Wow... this is beautifully done and extremely thought provoking. Thank you.
@carlosvolpintesta699010 ай бұрын
Your analysis of the paintings can not be unnoticed. I remove my hat to your intellect. Bravo thousand times.
@crumbtember10 ай бұрын
another great video, thank you for your work!
@me_malene10 ай бұрын
in denmark we often analysed this picture in school it has it all: shapes, colours, composition, feelings, specific time and trend in arthistory and most importantly *politics* and it's VERY easy to understand, even as a kid. edit: also I am fairly sure she is screaming "hjælp" meaning help in danish. It, unlike the english "help", actually makes your mouth and tung make that shape I might be wrong tho :0
@lakrids-pibe10 ай бұрын
I think it looks like she she says "The struggle of class against class is a political struggle."
@me_malene10 ай бұрын
@@lakrids-pibe and danish (and we can probably asume she speaks danish) that would then be: "kampen mellem klasser er en politisk kamp" or how would you translate it? xD
@bofoenss839310 ай бұрын
@@lakrids-pibe Very good! You are only one question away from winning this non-materialistic lounge set.
@NoTimeForLies10 ай бұрын
This is my first visit to your channel and I truly enjoyed every minute! Thank you! ❤. I'm subscribed 😊
@liapapailia122721 күн бұрын
Thanks for the video. Grate work.
@dannyboy611610 ай бұрын
Just discovered your channel and subscribed. Thank you for letting me know about this painter.
@Wise-Lady-La-Aura10 ай бұрын
This photo is about the old man. It's his time. He deserves his rest. One generation passes, and it breaks our hearts to see them go. The secondary subject is his working conditions. The tertiary and third subject is the young woman who found him. She has zero wrinkles, the artist painted her as very young, she could be his grand daughter, they had babies very young, so a generation could be 16 years of age. She realizes the pain those who love him are about to suffer from the loss of this wise, loving and helpful old. man. One can see he was a hard working old man who probably did everything around the farm, for the good of everyone else for his whole life. One can see how important he was to his family. There was no trauma to cause his death. His tough physical labor is seen behind him and he died from exhaustion, working himself to the bone. He piled those rock piles, it is implied from the painting. One wooden show is off and that has great meaning reflecting his death. They will miss him tremendously. I hope the family has the time and resources to take the next few days to mourn for his life. I see no violence that you have stated over and over. Metaphorical violence, okay, but many people are poor and have to work very hard. No one knows when our time comes. That old man will be missed and mourned. Then, they will have to sadly carry on without him , back out in the fields, toiling away and wearing themselves out, too. Beautiful painting!!
@s.teamspark385810 ай бұрын
can you not understand how deeply tragic all of this is? that toiling, the poverty in which they live requires it. That requirement- the sacrifice of ones physical strength and body, especially at this man's old age- IS VIOLENCE. violence inflicted by a society requiring that this man work so hard at such an old age. violence, in physical form, in the way that the woman is screaming. That labor wearing him out, the constant work being done by the body, and the damage that results from it, is objectively physical trauma as well, the very definition of it. Just because nobody is being stabbed or shot in this painting doesn't mean that trauma hasn't occurred. I see your view of the painting but I disagree with your premise.
@Wise-Lady-La-Aura10 ай бұрын
@@s.teamspark3858 Obviously I understand how deeply tragic this is. Did you watch the video of that man’s opinion? The man felt the young woman was the main character of the painting, but I disagree, I believe the old man is the main character of the painting. This was the crux of my argument. If you carefully read my comment, I discuss the tragedy. To me, a woman is screaming over a dead man, worn out due to hard labour in the still feudal and poor, rural society. We bought a farm and the struggle is real. It sounds like you don’t labor like this. This is very relatable to many of us who do hard physical work and know the possible consequences. That old man will be sorely missed. If he has died, and it appears that he probably has, he might be relieved to be done with his difficult and laborious life.
@Ben5558310 ай бұрын
I stumbled across this painting by coincidence. It is an extraordinary, gripping work. Thanks for downloading and analysing it so well.
@mirrorblue10010 ай бұрын
A beautiful and moving program - thanks.
@ruperterskin211710 ай бұрын
Right on. Thanks for sharing.
@susansharp9859 ай бұрын
New subscriber here! What a joy to listen to an expert speak on the history behind great paintings, not just history but the heart of the painter and what they convey to those of us looking. I very much enjoyed the video and will be binge watching your videos!!
@MolinaYouTube10 ай бұрын
What a great channel. What a great painting. What a great explanation.
@adamweilergurarye542210 ай бұрын
Thank you for the lecture
@Grumpyoldman03710 ай бұрын
After reading all the most intelligent and analytical comments below, all I can say is "Wow!". I just found your site and I have subscribed and liked.
@IrishAnnie10 ай бұрын
A very powerful scene. Very moving.
@CompleteHearsay10 ай бұрын
Thank you for this explanation!
@ckmv285810 ай бұрын
Also, it's incredibly difficult to do both things at the same time: hold his head up gently from the ground and yell violently with all her might. The body just isn't designed to do two opposite things simultaneously. Actually, I would argue that it's nearly impossible. I think that's worth considering.
@Sorchia5610 ай бұрын
I subbed. You truly appreciate Art and it’s intricacies as well as beauty. No matter the subject. Thank you for bringing Culture to social media.
@piccalillipit921110 ай бұрын
*THE ROAD TO WIGAN PIER* by George Orwell - can you please review it...??? Im just reading it - its astonishing. The most astonishing thing is we are closer today to the 1935 it describes than we are to 1995. With the exception of the coal dust and the outside toilets we have TOTALLY regressed to 1935. There was a housing shortage due to private landlords and NIMBY's preventing building, there were people living in old buses as they do RV's now.
@theaquariancontrarian331610 ай бұрын
Absolutely beautiful painting!
@jeanne-marie819610 ай бұрын
Thanks you. These paintings moved me to tears
@TheCanvasArtHistory10 ай бұрын
Thank you so much Jeanne-Marie! Your support is extremely appreciated!
@stenka2510 ай бұрын
Thanks a lot for your contributions.
@marquis200110 ай бұрын
Outstanding! Art criticism at its best. Thank you for this.
@capuchinosofia477110 ай бұрын
Instantly subscribed. More, please!
@nerd2637310 ай бұрын
We appreciate your insights. Keep up the good work.
@TheCanvasArtHistory10 ай бұрын
Thank you!!!
@claussaunte230310 ай бұрын
And that is why it is a masterpiece, thank you so Much for highligting it. And what about Goya, im totally facinated by his work
@thelostbassist45010 ай бұрын
I knew about that painting from the Danish band Afsky, they suits very well with each other
@luissjimbow10 ай бұрын
Thank's for you great work!
@TheCanvasArtHistory10 ай бұрын
Thank you for your great comment!!
@Estenberg10 ай бұрын
This is a brilliant channel. Unusual, intelligent, and needed.
@-Pol-10 ай бұрын
Weird synchronicity for me that this image appears today when I'm struggling with severe burnout/depression. This morning I put on exactly the same style blue and white striped shirt as the old man... and I too am worn out.
@MsValerie12310 ай бұрын
This was a beautiful informative video. 👏🏼
@paulpaulsen724510 ай бұрын
That was deeply impressing causing me to subscribe your channel! Thank you from Germany!
@cecileroy55710 ай бұрын
This is wonderful! Jus subscribed!!
@Eckendenker10 ай бұрын
Thanks you for showing me this painting.
@marscont-10 ай бұрын
The system this guy is talking about has been with us since the dawn of man.
@TheFleahost10 ай бұрын
The tear on her right shoulder's tunic shows such attention to detail,
@pattyk10110 ай бұрын
The painting of the woman and the old person in the field instantly reminded me of the 1970 photograph called "The Kent State Pieta".
@cg961210 ай бұрын
I thought of this too.
@spanglestein6610 ай бұрын
Thank you 🙏
@mhaipeter429 ай бұрын
just found your channel. great analysis of a great painting made me a new subscriber. thanks for sharing your thoughts.
@janetkizer59569 ай бұрын
My grandfather worked himself to death supporting himself and my grandmother. At one time he had owned a fishing boat and fished on Lake Ontario, but then the steel plants in Hamilton polluted the lake. He had to go to work for one of the steel plants, Dofasco. The work was hard, and not healthy for him. He had a heart attack one day when he was driving myself and my grandmother, and if my grandmother hadn't stopped the car we might well have died too, in an accident. Later, she told us how my grandfather used to come home from work, and throw up before he came inside, trying to hide it from her, but she knew. He was only in his fifties.
@Skohland10 ай бұрын
I love that you're talking about danish artists!
@jolujo584210 ай бұрын
A very succinct appraisal of these masterfull paintings ✌👍💕
@susanandrews22949 ай бұрын
That painting is just as angry and accusatory of the survivors of the great Triangle ShirtWaist Factory fire of 1911. There are many photos of the fire being put out but none of the ground-level suffering that the girls employed by TSW went through. But this painting with the poor old man labouring to pick rocks from a field, a very lowly, tedious and literally backbreaking job, so that the unseen bourgouise can then have a marketable crop planted (maybe with new machinery that would get damaged on the rocks) and literally reap the benefits...that says it all, doesn't it? Excellent content as always, keep up the great work!