Wednesday, June 28, 2017

Dante's Inferno Watercolor Paintings, 1950's

9th Circle Treachery, circa 1950's9th Circle Treachery

Canto 3 Gate To Hell, Lost Souls Outside, circa 1950'sCanto 3 Gate To Hell, Lost Souls Outside

Geryon Leading Dante To The 8th Ring Of Hell, circa 1950'sGeryon Leading Dante To The 8th Ring Of Hell

7th Circle Woods Of Sucides, circa 1950's7th Circle Woods Of Sucides

Virgil At The Entrance Of Hell, circa 1950'sVirgil At The Entrance Of Hell

Dark Woods With 3 Beasts At Opening Of Poem, circa 1950'sDark Woods With 3 Beasts At Opening Of Poem

Thieves And Burning Soul, circa 1950'sThieves And Burning Soul

These watercolor paintings on illustration board are inspired by Dante Alighieri's "Inferno" the first part of his 14th-century poem, "Divine Comedy." The artist is unknown but the artworks were found in the midwestern United States and date circa the 1950's. 

All artworks were provided by Stephen Romano.
Posted by Aeron at 6/28/2017

2 comments:

Stephen Romano said...

Thank you so much for featuring these! I exhibited these at the outsider art fair in Manhattan this past January to great acclaim.They simply radiate special-ness, and I am very honored to have them featured on one of my favorite sites on the internet.

12:31 PM
Bollops said...

Love 'em. Thanks, Aeron.

6:20 PM

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