Art - Success
Andrew Wyeth, Christina’s World (1948)
The conquest of life’s problems through:
- the triumph of the human spirit.
A woman in her 50’s (the American Christina Olson)
- overcomes her physical disability (parlaysis from the waist down).
- slowly crawls towards the farmhouse.
![Art - Success Art - Success](images/art-success-wyeth-christina.jpg)
George Bellows, Dempsey and Firpo
(1924)
The Argentinian boxer, Luis Firpo, knocking down the American, Jack
Dempsey, in their 1923 world heavyweight boxing match
Dempsey went on to win.
![Art - Success Art - Success](images/art-success-bellows-boxing.jpg)
J. Howard Miller, We Can Do It! (1942)
A World War Two poster to boost worker morale.
![Art - Success Art - Success](images/art-success-poster.jpg)
John Singleton Copley, Watson and the Shark (1778)
This shows that life can sometimes be on a knife edge between
The 14-year-old Brook Watson:
- survived the shark attack in Havana harbour in 1749.
- eventually became Lord Mayor of London.
![Art - Success Art - Success](images/art-success-copley-watson-shark.jpg)
Winslow Homer, The Life Line (1884)
This sea rescue shows:
- how easily success can turn into failure.
![Art - Success Art - Success](images/art-success-homer-life-line.jpg)
Piero della Francesca, The Resurrection (c1460)
This shows:
- the resurrected Jesus triumphing over the sleeping
soldiers.
- how you can transform your life with or without religion.
The favourite painting of the management writer, Charles
Handy.
![Art - Success Art - Success](images/art-success-francesca-the-resurrection.jpg)
Edgar Degas, The Dance Class (1875)
These young ballerinas at the Paris Opera show that success requires:
![Art - Success Art - Success](images/art-success-degas-dance.jpg)
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