For the next few weeks my sacredartpilgrim sister site will present images celebrating the donkey in religious art. This humble beast of burden figures in several biblical narratives, one of which is the subject of my posting for the beginning of the summer--the story of Balaam's ass, found in the Hebrew Scriptures in the Book of Numbers, Chapter 22.…
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May is the time of year to pay homage to the Virgin Mary. I have four new images of the Mother of Christ to present this month by Ukrainian Greek Catholic artists from the West Ukrainian cultural center of Lviv. Two icons of the Madonna and Child painted in a traditional way with modern styling are now on view…
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My art selection for the season of Lent this year from the Sacred Art Pilgrim Collection is a complete cycle of prints of the Stations of the Cross by French Graphic Artist Albert Decaris. He is considered to be the most outstanding practitioner in 20th century France of the art of engraving, where images are incised by hand directly…
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My art offerings for the first two months of 2023 illustrate a grim postlude to the Christmas story, coming after the Visit of the Magi, when an angel warns Joseph in a dream to flee with the Virgin Mary and the Christ Child to Egypt and escape the Slaughter of the Innocents planned by King Herod. My selections for…
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I have five etchings to present this Advent season from a series on The Birth of Jesus by Czech Graphic Artist Anna Khunova, now on view on the pages of The Coming of Christ gallery in The Life of Christ section. Published in 1998 in Prague, the suite of images is the 41th set in the Edice Biblos series…
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October is the time to celebrate the life of St. Francis of Assisi, whose feast day falls on the fourth of the month. The whimsical clothier's son from medieval Umbria who turned Christendom upside down has long been a favorite subject of sacred artists. I am delighted to add four new prints to the Francis of Assisi: The Troubadour… more >>
