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The 1944 painting "Cain or Hitler in Hell" depicts a broken Hitler sitting among skeletons as war rages behind him. The biblical Cain murders his brother, Abel, and God condemns him to a life of ...
The Contemporary Sacred Art Biennial 2014, titled “Cain and Abel: Am I My Brother’s Keeper?,” runs through Feb. 8 and features works by 25 artists from throughout the U.S. Twenty percent of ...
Their careful handling of Cain Slaying Abel has thrown up several interesting things, which helps to put the painting in historical context. Using dendochronology they dated it at between 1600-1612.
Some ancient readers have tried to tie up some loose ends, not only painting Cain and Abel as righteous and wicked from the start, but also giving Cain the kind of ignoble death they felt the world’s ...
The 1944 painting “Cain or Hitler in Hell” depicts a broken Hitler sitting among skeletons as war rages behind him. The biblical Cain murders his brother, Abel, and God condemns him to a life ...