The Children Die: Winter Enters Our Hearts

Description:	For provenance information please contact the IUPUI Ruth Lilly Special Collections and Archives: speccoll@iupui.edu The Children Die: Winter Enters Our Hearts, [priced at] $2,500.00, Syndicated newspapers published a photo on [unknown date] to show an older woman alone in a Bosnian town with caption to explain she had gone mad when her 5 sons had been killed in the war (Bosnia). The 5 graves across the front of painting represent the 5 sons. Her figure-- ghostlike-- centers the painting is the mad wman. Flashing bombs cross the sky. A woman (the mother?) places a rose on one grave. Sorrowful figures move through the graveyard. [Lois Daviss explanation] acrylic on panel 31 x 41 (Hoosier Salon: Mar. 1994, rejected]1-Artist, Amer. States Insurnce: May 23rd - Jul. 22nd, 1994IAC Annual, IMA: Feb. 1995(Indiana State Fair, Professional Division: Aug. 1995, rejected)(SS Art League Regional: Oct. 1995, rejected)Indiana State Fair, Professional Division: Aug. 1996SS Art League Regional XV: Sept.[?] 3rd, 1996CTS 2-Artist Show: Apr. 1997Solo Show, Brown County Art Guild: Jun. 19971-Artist, Unitarian Church: Nov. 19982-Artist: Vincennes University: Sept. 28th - Oct. 15th, 1999Herron School of Art & Design: Teachers and Student 1950-Present: Feb. 26th - Apr. 12th, 2003Domont Gallery, 2-Artist: Apr. 25th - Jun. 6h, 2003Retained for Group Exhibition: June 2003Christian Womens Conference: Spring/June 2006Solo Retro Show, Indianapolis Art Center Library: Feb. 1st - Apr. 1st, 20082-Artist, Honeywell Center, Wabash: Aug. 2008Boerne Gallery, Texas: Mar. 2012
Created By:	Davis, Lois I (1924-2021)
Source:	http://iuidigital.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/HADI/id/2978
Collection:	Harry A. Davis Image Collection
Rights:	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Subjects:	Davis, Lois I., 1924-2021 Art, American--Indiana--20th century

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