https://narrativepainting.net/winifred-knights-the-deluge-1920/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=winifred-knights-the-deluge-1920 The stories of narrative paintings, from Old Masters to contemporary artists Thu, 04 Jul 2024 20:25:20 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://narrativepainting.net/winifred-knights-the-deluge-1920/#comment-373 Wed, 07 Sep 2022 21:14:15 +0000 https://narrativepainting.net/?p=1083#comment-373 […] You can see Noah’s Ark in the distant right while figures in the foreground scramble for higher ground. Steely gray water fills up the scene and dulls the landscape; keep in mind that this was painted shortly after the end of the First World War when Britain was still recovering. Art historian Georgina Coburn writes that “Place this painting anywhere in the world today and it would be understood through the prism of religion, wars, displacement of people or the truth of climate change. It’s a stunningly faithful rendering of a universal human narrative, piercingly relevant in the present.” More on this painting […]

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