The Iron Age
1914
Fernand Cormon, famous for teaching rebels like Van Gogh and Toulouse-Lautrec, here sticks to his academic roots with a dramatic, moody landscape. A massive, shadow-drenched mountain looms over a rugged, reddish canyon where tiny figures trudge along the bottom, looking insignificant against nature's power. While dark storm clouds gather on the left, a fragile rainbow breaks through on the right, offering a sliver of hope in what is titled 'The Iron Age.' Painted in 1914 just as the world plunged into the First World War, the somber atmosphere feels almost prophetic.
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