Last of the Spartans
A charcoal study of a statue I did at the Milwaukee Art Museum soon after I began drawing again after an 18 year hiatus. I soon had a small crowd gather around me which included one of the senior curators of the museum. She encouraged me with her words and even suggested that I should consider teaching art. The statue was called the “Last of the Spartans” and carved for the World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893.
The statue is mythic in character depicting a young warrior who has fallen in battle from a wound in his side. You can see in his eyes a look of disbelief that his end is near. He is an apt symbol of Everyone who has known the experience of bitter defeat during a courageous battle.
A charcoal study of a statue I did at the Milwaukee Art Museum soon after I began drawing again after an 18 year hiatus. I soon had a small crowd gather around me which included one of the senior curators of the museum. She encouraged me with her words and even suggested that I should consider teaching art. The statue was called the “Last of the Spartans” and carved for the World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893.
The statue is mythic in character depicting a young warrior who has fallen in battle from a wound in his side. You can see in his eyes a look of disbelief that his end is near. He is an apt symbol of Everyone who has known the experience of bitter defeat during a courageous battle.
A charcoal study of a statue I did at the Milwaukee Art Museum soon after I began drawing again after an 18 year hiatus. I soon had a small crowd gather around me which included one of the senior curators of the museum. She encouraged me with her words and even suggested that I should consider teaching art. The statue was called the “Last of the Spartans” and carved for the World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893.
The statue is mythic in character depicting a young warrior who has fallen in battle from a wound in his side. You can see in his eyes a look of disbelief that his end is near. He is an apt symbol of Everyone who has known the experience of bitter defeat during a courageous battle.