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Anguish (French: Angoisses or Angoisse) is an 1878 oil painting by August Friedrich Schenck. It depicts an anguished mother sheep standing over the dead body of her lamb, surrounded by a murder of crows. Perhaps Schenck's most famous painting, it is held by National Gallery of Victoria, in Melbourne, Australia since 1880. The painting was an ...
Schenck was a pupil of Léon Cogniet in France. He became well known for his landscapes and paintings of animals. [2] His works were first exhibited publicly in 1855. [3] Anguish, [4] perhaps his most famous painting, is an oil-on-canvas work showing a ewe grieving over the dead body of her lamb as they are encircled by ominous black crows. [5]
The work of art itself is in the public domain for the following reason: Public domain Public domain false false The author died in 1901, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer .
Original – Anguish, c. 1878 Reason Another painting that was a second round candidate for POTY 2018. From the National Gallery of Victoria website: In Anguish, Schenck has given the ewe clearly recognisable human characteristics, such as determination and sorrow, so that the viewer immediately identifies with its predicament and emotions. The ...
Jul. 30—Billy Schenck still remembers climbing up the stone rocks at Acoma Pueblo to see the sweeping views when he was 5 years old. "I was with my folks," the pop art-meets-the-West artist said.
Anguish (Schenck) B. The Banquet of Cleopatra (Tiepolo) The Bar (painting) The Block (Brack) The Bridge in Curve; C. Cahill Expressway (Smart) The Car (Brack) Collins ...
Anguish, by August Friedrich Schenck. ... Marie-Suzanne Giroust, painting Henrik Wilhelm Peill, at and by Alexander Roslin. Aiding a Comrade, ...
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