Here are a couple of paintings I am interested in right now, one of which (the Auerbach) I can’t seem to find anywhere online, but I have a good book full of reproductions of Auerbach’s work so this is from that book written by William Feaver called Frank Auerbach published by Rizzoli.
Reclining Head of Gerda Boehm, 1978. Oil on Board, 17 1/8 x 17 1/8 inches (45.4cm x 45.4cm) Private collection. Frank Auerbach.
Here is another work I’m also looking at right now which is by Munch.
Death and The child (Das Kind und der Tod), 1899/1900. Oil on Canvas, 100cm x 90cm.
I think these images both stick out to me as I come to terms with my dad dying, it’s been almost two years now since his death but death is lingering, you see it everywhere, it is indeed a loud cry or scream, just what the girl in this picture is guarding her ears from. This child is all of us when we lose our parent, whatever age we are, we return to our youth, our world is changed forever, this is reality, things do affect me! We are not invincible, even now with modern medicine, less deaths especially in more economically developed countries with very good sanitary practices, pretty good health care, we are still all very much mortal beings.
We cannot escape Death’s Grip, weather it is our own lives or that of the people around us, we all are going that way, we must remember this everyday at some point. We must remember our loved ones, learn from them, how to live, how not to, take action accordingly.