Painting by Joseph Desiree-Court - 1826
What are we seeing:
A person trying to save his father, and completely ignoring his wife and son, who are closest to him. And the lightest weight among them is that he saves you.
Character representation:
- THE MOTHER: represents LIFE;
- The child: represents the FUTURE;
- THE FATHER: represents the PAST.
Interpretation of the Work: man has clung to the past and, therefore, loses his LIFE, and his FUTURE.
As "HAVELOCK" said:
The art of living involves knowing when to hold on and when to let go.
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A good number of analysts have suggested that the painting consists of four subjects which represent a family (the man, his father, his wife and his son). Three members of the family are in distress. It falls upon one person (the man) to save them. Instead of saving the wife and the child as opined by a good number of people, he makes to save his elderly father instead.
The man clings to his past while ignoring what he
has now (wife) and the opportunities that his future could bring (son).
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