Horsemen of the apocalypse paintings?

November 8, 2007 10:10 PM

I'm looking for a few pieces of art I saw on the net a couple years ago. They were individual pieces of the four horsemen of the apocalypse, and by a relatively modern artist with a name like Durand, Dorand, or something like that. Ring a bell?

All my googling of things like "apocalypse painting," "pale horse," etc with/without my suspected artist's name in there has been for naught. Maybe someone will have better luck? No, it's not Dore... but I love that etching of his.

posted by BlackLeotardFront to media & arts (7 comments total)

Albrecht Durer
posted by bradbane at 10:36 PM on November 8, 2007

I don't think you could call Albrecht Dürer modern. Other than not ancient?
posted by zamboni at 10:48 PM on November 8, 2007

BlackLeotardFront:

Do searches for "War," "Pestilence," "Famine," or "Death" and "horsemen" or "apocalypse" not yield what you're seeking?

--What do _you_ mean by "relatively modern?" (Specific date range or "in the style of" or "new-to-you so it-must-be-modern")
--Can you, in any way, describe the type of "painting" (digital, oil, acrylic, watercolor, other)?
--Were the images vertical, horizontal, square, or circular?
posted by bonobo at 11:16 PM on November 8, 2007

I thought it was Durer for a moment.... but it's definitely not.

I know it was modern because there were portraits of contemporary figures (ex-Pope JP was one of them, I think) So he was painting in the last 30-40 years.

I'd guess it was Oil or Acrylic, certainly not watercolor. His horsemen. The images that I remember were horizontally orientated, if I remember correctly.

Google searches for various combinations do not find it... There was an entire, large page devoted only to his work.
posted by BlackLeotardFront at 11:59 PM on November 8, 2007

Maybe you are looking for this:
http://www.durand-gallery.com/pages/1986_1995.html
The four horsemen are under Sacred.
posted by turtlegg at 1:42 AM on November 9, 2007

You may find it if you search Google Images for:
first or fourth horseman apocalypse , etc.
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 10:03 AM on November 9, 2007

Yes!! turtleegg got it. Man, that guy had some awful paintings, but the horses are great. I don't understand how that page didn't show up in all my googling of durand, art, apocalyse, etc. Thanks a lot.
posted by BlackLeotardFront at 1:23 PM on November 9, 2007