Glow of The City | Martin Lewis | 1929 Size:24"x18" A masterpiece of Symbolist mysticism

A masterpiece of Symbolist mysticism

Johan Christian Dahl depicts the city resting in quiet stillness beneath a pale

The Cross of France (1914) by Romaine Brooks is a solemn and dignified portrayal of female resilience during the First World War

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and the hidden worlds that coexist in a single moment

Glow of The City | Martin Lewis | 1929 Size:24"x18" A masterpiece of Symbolist mysticismGlow of the City (1929) by Martin Lewis is a masterful drypoint etching capturing the quiet poetry of urban life in 1920s New York. A solitary woman stands on a fire escape, her figure silhouetted against the softly illuminated skyline, where the Chanin Building glows in the evening haze. Lewis contrasts the intimacy of the tenement worldmarked by hanging laundry and telephone wireswith the distant glamour of the modern city, evoking themes of