Painting

Having A Post-Election Trauma? This Art Is For You

Magda Michalska 10 November 2016 min Read

Yesterday I felt that the only suitable subject for today’s post could be “Last Judgements in art” or “Depictions of the end of the world”.
However, now I think that it’s better if I share with you paintings which will speak for many people’s feelings of resignation, sadness and  d-e-s-p-a-i-r. No captions needed.

Edvard Munch

Edvard Munch, Despair, 1892, The Munch Museum
Edvard Munch, Despair, 1892, The Munch Museum

James Ensor

James Ensor, The Despair of Pierrot or Pierrot in Despair , 1910
James Ensor, The Despair of Pierrot or Pierrot in Despair, 1910, Collection of Yves Saint Laurent et Pierre Bergé

Marc Chagall

Marc Chagall, Job In Despair, 1960, Musée national Message Biblique Marc Chagall, Nice, France
Marc Chagall, Job In Despair, 1960, Musée national Message Biblique Marc Chagall, Nice, France

Theo van Doesburg

Theo van Doesburg, Despair, 1930,
Theo van Doesburg, Despair, 1915, Utrecht, Centraal Museum.

Vincent van Gogh

Vincent van Gogh, Old Man in Sorrow (On the Threshold of Eternity), 1890, Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands
Vincent van Gogh, Old Man in Sorrow (On the Threshold of Eternity), 1890, Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands

Giotto

Giotto, Desperation, 1306, The Arena Chapel, Padua
Giotto, Desperation, 1306, The Arena Chapel, Padua

Albrecht Dürer

Albrecht Durer, The Desperate Men, 1515
Albrecht Dürer, The Desperate Men, 1515, Metropolitan Museum of Art

Gustave Courbet

Gustave Courbet, The Desperate Man (Self-Portrait), 1843-45, Private collection.
Gustave Courbet, The Desperate Man (Self-Portrait), 1843-45, Private collection.

This self-portrait is so much me.
I’m so sorry America.

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