#gustave brion

[dailyclassicart]

Gustave Brion - "Jesus and Peter on the Water" (1863)

[artandthebible]

Jesus and Peter on the Water

Artist: Gustave Brion (French, 1824-1877)

Date: 1863

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: Private Collection, Paris

"In the midst of immensity, the small figure of Christ in white drapery, grazing the waves like a seagull, supports the good saint Peter, who struggles to stay afloat. It is simple, grand and masterful. Here is a biblical painting.”

[illustratus]

Jesus and Peter on the Water by Gustave Brion

[cliozaur]

Jean Valjean with Marius in the sewers

Illustrations by Mead Schaeffer, Petr Pinkisevich, Gustave Brion

[random-brushstrokes]

Gustave Brion - En Alsace. Nouvelles de France (1874)

[mcr-as-artwork]

Frank as Jesus et Pierre sur les eaux (1863) by Gustave Brion (1824-1877)

Oil on canvas, 112.1 x 184

[sesiondemadrugada]

Gustave Brion.

[faroucheflowers]

The barricade in print, featuring some of the illustrations from my recently acquired 19th century edition of Les Mis