Original artwork description:
Maximilian Kolbe was a Polish Conventual Franciscan Friar, who volunteered to die in place of a stranger in the German death camp of Auschwitz, during World War II. -- When three prisoners disappeared from the German concentration camp, 10 men were selected to be starved to death in an underground bunker to deter further escape attempts. When one of the selected men cried out, "My wife! My children!", Maksymilian Kolbe volunteered to take his place. In 1982, Kolbe was declared a martyr and canonized as a saint by Pope John Paul II. Kolbe is also the patron saint of drug addicts, political prisoners, families, journalists, prisoners, and the pro-life movement.
Materials used:
acrylic on canvas
Tags:
#auschwitz #chris figat art #franciscan #kolbe #maksymilian kolbe #maximilian kolbe #painting #face #saint #german #prisoner #wwii #chris figat #world war 2 #polish #postrait #concentration campMaksymilian Kolbe (2017)
Acrylic painting
by Christopher Figat
£221.7 Sold
- Acrylic painting on Canvas
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 38.1 x 48.26 x 5.08cm (framed) / 30.48 x 40.64cm (actual image size)
- Framed and ready to hang
- Signed on the front
- Style: Impressionistic
- Subject: People and portraits
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Original artwork description
Maximilian Kolbe was a Polish Conventual Franciscan Friar, who volunteered to die in place of a stranger in the German death camp of Auschwitz, during World War II. -- When three prisoners disappeared from the German concentration camp, 10 men were selected to be starved to death in an underground bunker to deter further escape attempts. When one of the selected men cried out, "My wife! My children!", Maksymilian Kolbe volunteered to take his place. In 1982, Kolbe was declared a martyr and canonized as a saint by Pope John Paul II. Kolbe is also the patron saint of drug addicts, political prisoners, families, journalists, prisoners, and the pro-life movement.
Materials used:
acrylic on canvas
Tags:
#auschwitz #chris figat art #franciscan #kolbe #maksymilian kolbe #maximilian kolbe #painting #face #saint #german #prisoner #wwii #chris figat #world war 2 #polish #postrait #concentration campReturns and refunds
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