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Artist | Mai Dantsig |
Year | 1985 |
Medium | Oil on canvas |
Dimensions | 3.75 m × 7 m (148 in × 280 in) |
Location | Private collection (Art Russe) |
And the Saved World Remembers is a monumental painting by Belarusian artist Mai Dantsig measuring 3.75 m × 7 m (148 in × 276 in) and based on the Sistine Madonna by Raphael Sanzio. [1] Dantsig was inspired by the salvage of the Sistine Madonna from the bombing of Dresden during World War II. [1] And the Saved World Remembers depicts the moment when the Sistine Madonna was retrieved by the Soviets. [1] The background shows an army, the left side depicts a postman delivering news of victory amid ruined cities and the right side shows German soldiers among concentration camps. The painting also shows women lamenting their dead and a mine detector. Dantsig spent over ten years working on the painting and completed it in 1985, during the 40th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe. [1]
In 2015, And the Saved World Remembers was exhibited in the Saatchi Gallery in London. [2]
And the Saved World Remembers | |
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Artist | Mai Dantsig |
Year | 1985 |
Medium | Oil on canvas |
Dimensions | 3.75 m × 7 m (148 in × 280 in) |
Location | Private collection (Art Russe) |
And the Saved World Remembers is a monumental painting by Belarusian artist Mai Dantsig measuring 3.75 m × 7 m (148 in × 276 in) and based on the Sistine Madonna by Raphael Sanzio. [1] Dantsig was inspired by the salvage of the Sistine Madonna from the bombing of Dresden during World War II. [1] And the Saved World Remembers depicts the moment when the Sistine Madonna was retrieved by the Soviets. [1] The background shows an army, the left side depicts a postman delivering news of victory amid ruined cities and the right side shows German soldiers among concentration camps. The painting also shows women lamenting their dead and a mine detector. Dantsig spent over ten years working on the painting and completed it in 1985, during the 40th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe. [1]
In 2015, And the Saved World Remembers was exhibited in the Saatchi Gallery in London. [2]