Fernand Pelez, 1904 - The Bite of bread men up the steps Group - fine art print

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Six men wearing a hat are on the threshold of a door. In the foreground, a back man stands on two canes. At its sides, an older man is shown in profile. Behind them, the other three, seen from behind, fix their gaze on the ground.

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, morals, Man, Rod, Old man, Poverty - Misery

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This 20th century work of art was painted by the artist Fernand Pelez. The version of the artpiece was painted with the following size - Height: 190 cm, Width: 90 cm. Oil, Canvas (material) was used by the artist as the technique for the artpiece. Nowadays, the artwork is in the the Petit Palais - Musée des Beaux-arts de la Ville de Paris's art collection in Paris, France. We are happy to state that the artpiece, which is part of the public domain is being supplied with courtesy of Petit Palais Paris.: . Besides, the alignment of the digital reproduction is in landscape format and has a ratio of 4 : 3, meaning that the length is 33% longer than the width.

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