Log in to see this item in other languages
Madonna with Machine Gun
The whole of Riga society used to talk about the singular visual image of artist Kārlis Padegs. This would have long been forgotten were it not for his unique talent. The power of the grotesque seen in the modernist Padegs’ expressive drawings, watercolours and paintings has no parallel in Latvian art. Although he was only a small child at the time of the First World War, the denouncement of destr…
Creator
- Kārlis Padegs
- Kārlis Padegs
Subject
- wars
- the Virgin Mary
Type of item
- oil paintings (visual works)
- allegory (artistic device)
Date
- 1932
- 1932
- 1932
Medium
- oil on canvas
- canvas (textile material)
Creator
- Kārlis Padegs
- Kārlis Padegs
Subject
- wars
- the Virgin Mary
Type of item
- oil paintings (visual works)
- allegory (artistic device)
Date
- 1932
- 1932
- 1932
Medium
- oil on canvas
- canvas (textile material)
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Temporal
- 1932
- 1932
- 1932
Current location
- Latvian National Museum of Art
Provenance
- Latvia
Identifier
- LAT_280_009
Extent
- 134 x 100 cm
Year
- 1932
Providing country
- Latvia
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2023-02-24T13:32:08.733Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2023-02-24T14:30:54.194Z