Painting of the Week - Frank Owen Salisbury
Onward Christian Soldiers
This striking British Edwardian religious oil painting is by noted artist Francis 'Frank' Owen Salisbury or Frank O'Salisbury as he is largely known. Painted in 1911 it is a figurative landscape of soldiers on the battlefield. The two central characters, the 'Christian Soldiers' from the early crusades have halos and ride through the chaos on white horses. Shafts on light with angels illuminate them and also a crucifix. A very powerful Edwardian religious oil painting and an excellent example of O'Salisbury's work. painted in oil and illuminated in gold leaf.
Signed and dated with monogram lower right 1911.
Provenance From Castle of Park, Aberdeenshire.
A version of this painting was exhibited at the Royal Academy London in 1911 entitled the Passing of War.
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