Fernand Pelez, 1904 - The Bite of bread: an old man with crutches and a young man side by side - fine art print

The Bite of bread: an old man with crutches and a young man side by side is a piece of art painted by Fernand Pelez in 1904. The painting has the following size: Height: 179,2 cm, Width: 70 cm and was crafted with the technique of Oil, Canvas (material). What is more, this artwork is in the the collection of Petit Palais - Musée des Beaux-arts de la Ville de Paris, which is an art museum in the 8th arrondissement. With courtesy of Petit Palais Paris (public domain).The creditline of the artpiece is: . On top of that, alignment is portrait with an image ratio of 2 : 5, which implies that the length is 60% shorter than the width.

Additional description from Petit Palais - Musée des Beaux-arts de la Ville de Paris (© - Petit Palais - Musée des Beaux-arts de la Ville de Paris - Petit Palais - Musée des Beaux-arts de la Ville de Paris)

Two profile characters side by side: an old man wearing a hat and carrying a shoulder bag, relying on crutches and a young man with a cap

The Bite of bread is the only painting by Peel for the state on the occasion of an order from the Department of Fine Arts in 1881 on the theme of "Charity". The implementation of this large composition (National Fund of Contemporary Art) will not begin until 1900 and will end in 1908. Ten preparatory sketches are preserved at the Petit Palais. They are painted in a dark shades in the manner of ink wash. The characters are represented by groups or individually, scale. Urban poverty affects primarily a workforce unskilled, sick and injured workers, that economic crises leave unemployed and destitute. Given the delay of social reform, Catholic organizations still occupy at the end of the nineteenth century a prominent place in charitable activity. Open Rue Cujas, the work of the Bite of bread is named in reference to the Last Supper of Jesus with the apostles.

About society, manners, Old man, Crutch, Boy, Cap

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