Masterpieces – The History of a Period

The Cry of a Father (73 x 54 cm – 1990)

Following circular lines, this work turns full of movement around a central motif. It is a figurative conception: a father carries the body of a beloved child bathed in its blood. In the foreground are some corpses stretched out or squatting on the ground which has become an altar of sacrifice. There is a mother seated and weeping, flags in the distant background, and a child running close to its father. The whole forms a sphere of human warmth, of love, of emotion and mutual succor. The tones are a range of warm ochres, with a subtle red intervening everywhere. The artist has been able to give expression to his feelings while playing with the docile material in his hands.