The Valley of Dry Bones

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Title

The Valley of Dry Bones

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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Collection

Te Papa Collections Online

Description

The figure in The valley of dry bones quotes the prophet Ezekiel, from the Old Testament. His words, and the bones strewn across the New Zealand landscape, are a plea for the revival of spirituality in a country broken by war. Colin McCahon was not directly involved in World War II, but the conflict left him with a keen social conscience and a sense of mission. In response, he created a series of religious paintings in the late 1940s and early 1950s. This work clearly expresses McCahon‘s me...

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Image

Date created

1947

Creator

Colin McCahon

URL

https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/44385

Related subjects

Biblical events / Landscape paintings / Valleys / Bones (Body parts) / Dead persons / People / Men / Inscriptions / Clouds / Christianity / oil paint / canvas / paintings / painting / Religion / Prophecy / Nelson

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