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Pilate
Raemaekers, Louis, 1919, Chromolithograph
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Title
Pilate
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"In the whole range of satirical cartoon that the war has called forth, it would be hard to find a series more terrible in both subject and dramatic power than a triptych composed of the Cartoons Nos. 2, 27, and this of 'Pilate.' As the left wing: The gorgeously caparisoned Kaiser resting on the shoulder of the bound and kneeling Christ, whom he parades as 'My avowed and unconditional Ally.' As the right wing: The goaded Christ felling the Kaiser with the sentence, 'No more pronounce My name.' As centre: The Kaiser as Pilate, knowing himself to be outside divine assistance, vainly endeavouring to wash his hands of his blood-guiltiness in the words, 'I find no fault in this man,' but unable to transfer his crimes to a people who have indeed fulfilled their pledge, ' His blood be on us, and on our children."
Artist / maker
Raemaekers, Louis
Date
1919
Size
22.9 x 34.0 cm
Type
Chromolithograph
Location
Art and Design Library
Copyright
Louis Raemaekaers' drawings are reproduced by kind permission of the
Louis Raemaekers Foundation
.
Raemaekers' image of Kaiser Wilhelm as Pontius Pilate is another example of his use of classic Christian imagery to make a clear statement about the morality of German leaders. The Kaiser literally washes his hands of blood, and Christ is held shackled by German soldiers. Raemaekers compares the Allied prisoners of war to Christ and the German government and military to enactors of suffering and injustice.
The
Louis Raemaekers Foundation
have published a book of his works entitled, 'Louis Raemaekers - with pen and pencil as a weapon'.
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Louis Raemaekers and World War One
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