{"id":1014,"date":"2016-11-17T14:52:25","date_gmt":"2016-11-17T21:52:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test-comma-english-ucsb-edu-v01.pantheonsite.io\/?post_type=portfolio&p=1014"},"modified":"2016-11-28T18:02:21","modified_gmt":"2016-11-29T01:02:21","slug":"john-tunnard-last-day","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/comma.english.ucsb.edu\/?portfolio=john-tunnard-last-day","title":{"rendered":"Tunnard — Last Day"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This is a surrealist painting by John Tunnard, who embraced British surrealism and was influenced by Herbert Read\u2019s book, \u201cSurrealism.\u201d Read also wrote poetry. WWII had been underway for nearly five years when this painting was created, and its dark atmosphere is reminiscent of the dissenting response from artists and writers. \u201cWe\u2019ll Meet Again,\u201d sung by Vara Lynn, is one of the most well known songs of WWII and represents the sentiment of those whose loved ones were sent to the battlefield. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>

\u201cBut when they reached the burial place<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

the snow had ceased<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

and the winter sun<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

sinking red<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

disdained the level glittering plain.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

A river of glowing light<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

poured into the open grave<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

all the light in the world<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

sank with his coffin<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

into the Russian earth.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

-Herbert Read, The Death of Kropotkin<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><\/p>\n