Attributed to Albrecht Dürer. In Christian hagiography St George, c 275-281 – 303 AD, was a soldier of the Roman Empire, who was put to death by Emperor Diocletian for refusing his orders to persecute Christians. According to medieval legend, St…

The title page to Dürer’s Apocalypse series shows the Virgin Mary with Christ, looking on at St. John, who is in the act of writing. The Revelation of John was written at the end of the first century AD, an allegory foretelling the destruction of…

In the Biblical story of the Apocalypse, Satan is represented by a seven-headed dragon. Here, the dragon is shown locked in aerial combat with angels, most prominent of which is St Michael. ‘Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the…

St. John Chrysostom, according to legend, kissed the image of the Holy Virgin as a desperate means to escape poverty. To the amazement of fellow students, he henceforth bore a golden circle around his mouth (Greek ‘chrysostomos’ or…

This drawing was made in 1954, when Grosz visited London, commissioned to produce a series of set designs for the play ‘I am a Camera’. It commemorates the infamous attack on Jewish shops and businesses in German and Austrian cities which took place…

The taut, attenuated forms of this self-portrait and the pulsating lines coming from the sky reflect the oppressiveness and strain of the war years. The composition has been compared to Munch’s lithograph of The Scream of 1895 where the…

The agitated lines and distorted forms give the impression of a rapidly executed sketch of the three female figures momentarily pausing in movement. Kirchner was a brilliant draughtsman who continually sketched from life. Kirchner was the dynamic…