Inscriptions
Quotation by Gabriel Chevallier - French Version
Acrylic, sand and bits of wood on canvas
22h x 56w inches
2015
This acrylic painting includes a quotation by French novelist Gabriel Chevallier (1895-1969), from his novel ‘Fear’ (‘La Peur’), which deals with the horrors of the trenches during the First World War.
French Text:
‘. . . partie d’un rêve, qui était allé au-delà de toutes les limites de réalité et déspoir’.
English Translation:
‘. . . part of a dream, that had gone beyond all the limits of reality and hope.’