Arthur Davenport Fuller
American, 1889 – 1966
Easter, Church-Goers
1932
lithograph
Image: 225 x 299 mm
Sheet: 290 x 355 mm
Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams
2008.115.1962
Easter- a day when Heaven connects with us and we join in a song of triumphant joy and jubilation with all the heavenly hosts.
“Sing, ye heav’ns, and earth, reply, Alleluia!
Salvador Dalí
Spanish, 1904 – 1989
The Sacrament of the Last Supper
1955
oil on canvas
overall: 166.7 x 267 cm (65 5/8 x 105 1/8 in.)
Chester Dale Collection
1963.10.115
On View: West Building, Ground Floor – Fourth Street Hallway
“Fought the Fight the Battle Won”
“Love’s Redeeming Work is Done”
“Where O Death is Now thy Sting?”
“Soar We know Where Christ has Led”
“Christ has Opened Paradise”
“Hail the Lord of Heaven and Earth”
Robert Austin
British, 1895 – 1973
Easter Sunday
1940
engraving in black on wove paper
plate: 16.7 x 12 cm (6 9/16 x 4 3/4 in.)
sheet: 25.9 x 23.2 cm (10 3/16 x 9 1/8 in.)
Fine Art Society 2001, no. 129
Gift from Clare Calder and her sister Rachel Austin
2012.5.26
The headings before each image are from my favorite Easter hymn “Christ the Lord is Risen Today”. Most of the stanzas were written by Charles Wesley and John Wesley in 1739. The hymn eventually became well known for its repetitive “Alleluia’s” sung after each line, which were added by an unknown author to fit the commonly used hymn tune of “Easter Day”. It remains a traditional processional hymn on Easter Sunday.
Happy Easter!
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