“Joseph Hirsch painted Lynch Family as a response to racial disturbances in the South in 1946. That year the number of lynchings rose from an all-time low in January to a fevered pitch by August. Citizens across the country urged President Truman and Congress to end the horrors. To capture the tragedy of Lynch Family, Hirsch presented a mother with her baby, presumably survivors of a lynching victim, in abstracted surroundings. The painting focuses on the mother’s intense yet restrained hold on her defiant child while she turns to hide her anguish. The blue background floats around the figures. It both highlights their pain and contrasts with the sheer beauty of Hirsch’s painterly technique.” — From the collection of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Maverick Mist 
Happy Sunday 🙂
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Felice Domenica! 🙂
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What a powerful painting with palpable despair. Thanks so much for sharing.
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Thank you for commenting. 🙂
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I agree with D. Wallace Peach – very powerful. On the audio side of art, a very powerful response to lynchings was Billie Holiday’s song “Strange Fruit”.
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Good analogy. The story of the man that wrote the poem – http://www.npr.org/2012/09/05/158933012/the-strange-story-of-the-man-behind-strange-fruit
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Rather appropriate for today, Maverick… Well done to you.
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Thanks Carolyn.
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Powerful
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Thanks Alex.
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