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My son, in the early days, when he started painting, became terribly upset when I downgraded religion, refusing to have him baptized in the Catholic Church. Fear of God never left Maurice, beginning when Madeliene took him to Notre-Dame de Clignancourt on the Place de Sante-Euphrasie. He'd never forgotten his impressions of gothic architecture, images of Christ and the Virgin Mary. As his addiction to alcohol worsened, the large statue of Joan of Lorraine he had seen at the entrance of the structure convinced him to make her his favorite symbol of spiritual forces. Madeliene, very devout, encouraged him to return to God saying it would be his salvation. "What a joke," I shouted at her, "What did God ever do for you!" Life and Art, Child of the Montmartre |
 Medium: oil on canvasboard Size: 22" x 28"
Title: Moulin de la Galette |