Jean Cocteau 1889-1963Interior view, chapel, altar and mural painting 1960
Notre Dame de France
Leicester Place, London
Jean Cocteau 1889-1963Interior view, chapel, and mural painting 1960
Notre Dame de France
Leicester Place, London
Jean Cocteau 1889-1963Interior view, chapel, and mural painting 1960
Notre Dame de France
Leicester Place, London
I found a description of this mural in a book and found your blog post by searching on line for an image of it. I have not found a photo of this in color, but I am still searching. The description I read says the figure in the corner is green (or wearing green.)
ReplyDeleteThe mural is certainly a unique depiction of the crucifixion. I understand the figure to the left of the alter is a self-portrait, significantly with the artist's back toward the cross. Cocteau was homosexual. I wonder if he was symbolically turning his back on the church that condemns his sexual preference. Just a thought.
http://barnflakes.blogspot.co.uk/2010/12/jean-cocteaus-london-mural.html
DeleteHi and happy to see your interest for Jean Cocteau on this link you can find all the pictures you want in color ! enjoy as much as I do .regards. Stephane
Thank you. An interesting thought.
ReplyDeleteHowever Cocteau is buried in the Chapelle Saint Blaise Des Simples in Milly-la-Forêt. He lived nearby and had fully decorated the small chapel with murals . The theme of the decoration is The Resurrection of Christ
Some years earlier he also completed a commission for stained glass in the church of Saint-Maximin in Metz
He is an enigmatic character. As regards what he believed and did in a spiritual sense is known only to God. Perhaps we should just leave it with Him