Madame Bovary

1993 · Painting

A series of works Weidenbaum made just before he started at the Academy in Antwerp. The paintings refer to Gustave Flaubert’s novel Madame Bovary and to its themes of loneliness and death.

Madame Bovary Madame Bovary, 1993 Mixed media on paper · 98 × 65 cm Lying Figure Lying Figure, 1993 Mixed media on paper · 70 × 100 cm Skull with figure Skull with figure, 1993 Mixed media on canvas · 80 × 120 cm Study of bone with figure Study of bone with figure, 1993 Mixed media on canvas · 130 × 96 cm Study of jaw bone with figure Study of jaw bone with figure, 1993 Mixed media on canvas · 130 × 83 cm Skull with two figures Skull with two figures, 1993 Mixed media on canvas · 129 × 83 cm Study of lamb skull with figure Study of lamb skull with figure, 1993 Mixed media on canvas · 136 × 93 cm Study of foot bones Study of foot bones, 1993 Mixed media on canvas · 120 × 80 cm Bone with figure Bone with figure, 1993 Mixed media on canvas · 120 × 80 cm Study of figure with skull Study of figure with skull, 1993 Mixed media on canvas · 120 × 80 cm Study of figure with skull II Study of figure with skull II, 1993 Mixed media on hardboard · 106 × 90 cm Study of a abandoned body Study of a abandoned body, 1993 Mixed media on hardboard · 120 × 93 cm