symphony of war

Observing the world on the threshold of great political upheavals, accompanied by numerous wars and conflicts, I could not avoid this theme through the prism of my associativism. The events of the Second World War were taken as a basis, with the main emphasis on the Holocaust and the persecution of the Jews.
The painting depicts Hitler in the netherworld, drowning in visualizations of his nightmares. At the center of the plot is a group of Jews being targeted by soldiers and a rat holding in its paws a placard with the call "Wake up" in Hebrew.
This animal was not chosen by chance, as it has a completely ambiguous attitude to itself on the part of different peoples. In the East, the rat symbolized success, intelligence and the ability to survive, while the Europeans associated it with dark forces, disease and other negativity.

Also present in the picture are Mussolini (for obvious reasons) and Winston Churchill, watching the developing tragedy from behind the scenes, who has shown himself in the Jewish question as one of the most duplicitous politicians.

Year completed: 2024

Dimensions: 150*100

Medium / materials: Canvas / acryl

Name: Vlad blastov