Alva, Exodus, 1938

oil on canvas

69.8 x 90 cm

signed (lower left): Alva

1996-8

When Alva painted this work he was experiencing his own exodus. Made in the year before the outbreak of the Second World War, this symbolic painting references both the ancient...

When Alva painted this work he was experiencing his own exodus. Made in the year before the outbreak of the Second World War, this symbolic painting references both the ancient biblical account of the departure of the Israelites from Egypt and the artist’s own ‘forced journey’ from Germany.

Provenance

loan from Mr and Mrs M. Alweiss July 1996

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Year of death

Alva 1901-1973

Provenance