Our Daily Bread194653 x 42 "
Frame: 54 3/8 x 43 1/4 x 1 1/4 "Oil on canvasGift of Heidi Monza1986.18.10Picture: Full length female figure in white sheer gown, brown windswept hair, UR quadrant. Basket of bread in proper L, loaf in R. She stands above a crowd of figures with arms out-stretched to reach for or plead for food. In lower portion unclothed clinging children, supine female in LL, partially covered with piece of cloth. All amidst ravaged and stark landscape with blasted tree trunks. UL mushroom like cloud ascends to unsettled sky of swirling blue, yellow, and pale orange shapes in upper portion of painting. Frame: Simple wood, painted ivory.
152501412Louis MonzaPaintingsCopyright for this work is under review.in orange paint lower right: '4[6?]' in orange paint lower right: 'L Monza'United StatesNew YorkPaintingsPAINTINGIn Our Daily Bread, Monza paints a protest piece about hunger; the somewhat ethereal woman, tall and garbed white , is distributing bread to the masses of white people at her feet. Clearly influenced by mid-twentieth-century Mexican muralists such as Diego Rivera, Jesse Orozco, and Siqueiros, Monza used aggressive paint strokes, a high-pitched palette of vibrant colors, and paisley-like forms to conjure an agitated, emotionally rich sky. The receding background of mountains and cities echoes the bread loaves in the feminine savior’s basket. Much of the canvas has a devastated feeling (a tornado seems to be forming in the background), but the main figure, with wind swept hair, flowing transparent gown, and solemn gaze, transcends this environment much like a classical statue from another world.This painting conforms in style and theme with Monza's portrayals of social injustice. Letter (attached) to Cavin-Morris to confirm exhibition in NYC, no reply.19461946 1986 18 1 PAINTINGIn Our Daily Bread, Monza paints a protest piece about hunger; the somewhat ethereal woman, tall and garbed white , is distributing bread to the masses of white people at her feet. Clearly influenced by mid-twentieth-century Mexican muralists such as Diego Rivera, Jesse Orozco, and Siqueiros, Monza used aggressive paint strokes, a high-pitched palette of vibrant colors, and paisley-like forms to conjure an agitated, emotionally rich sky. The receding background of mountains and cities echoes the bread loaves in the feminine savior’s basket. Much of the canvas has a devastated feeling (a tornado seems to be forming in the background), but the main figure, with wind swept hair, flowing transparent gown, and solemn gaze, transcends this environment much like a classical statue from another world.This painting conforms in style and theme with Monza's portrayals of social injustice. Letter (attached) to Cavin-Morris to confirm exhibition in NYC, no reply.