1944, Helene Schjerfbeck, My Worldly Madonna -- National Museum (Oslo)

From the museum label: The painting is based on 16th-century depictions of the Virgin Mary by the Greek-Spanish artist El Greco. Schjerfbeck paints several pictures of this kind during World War II. Do they reflect life during that crisis? Are they an attempt to hold on to something one can believe in during dark and threatening times?

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