HOMECOMING
Highlights in the Exhibition
The Soul’s Prison House
When a study for this work was exhibited in 1889, a quotation attributed to St. Augustine of Hippo was attached to it illuminate, oh illuminated my blind soul that sitteth in darkness and the Shadow of Death. The Soul sits in its prison (the body) awaiting its release into the light beyond the p...
In Memoriam
In this painting a solitary female figure is seated in a mournful posture on a stone bench which is reminiscent of a funerary monument. In her hand, she holds a wreath of flowers, presumably meant for the deceased. The painting is undated but thought to have been completed circa 1900 and was a ref...
S.O.S.
Evelyn responded to the horror and futility of World War I with a series of works that attempted to come to terms with the conflict between good and evil. This painting takes its title from the then relatively new Morse code cry for help. The literal translation of the message (save our souls) also...
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