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distractions of bronze and stained glass to be con-
sidered, the problem of mural decoration becomes
enormously complicated. In the Church of St.
Paul the Apostle, Harris painted a panel of "The
Crucifixion" for the space in the narthex under a
large glass window by La Farge.

It would be impossible to consider all the
artists who are painting religious subjects today,
yet it is interesting to note that many, who are
usually occupied with secular themes, occasionally
turn to religious ones. For instance in the Winter
Exhibition of the National Academy in 1914 a
large canvas by Emil Carlsen, "O, Ye of Little
Faith," represents Christ walking upon the water.

In the New Society's exhibition of 1924,
George Bellows contributed a large painting of
"The Crucifixion." The artist himself considered

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that he had not worked out the composition
happily, but he had seized the emotional and
dramatic character of the scene and rendered
them with a powerful intensity.

Eugene Savage might also be cited, for his
"Stabat Mater" is a remarkable contrast to his
usual allegorical subjects drawing their substance
from classic origins and feeling. In "Stabat
Mater" the rhythmic structure is also quite
opposed to much of his other composition for it
suggests Oriental influences decidedly and has no
touch of the Italian tradition usually found in his
mural work. In this remarkable painting he has
infused a profound emotional content and, by
making this bereaved mother the symbol of all
affliction and loss, linked it to our common
humanity.

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