Women occupy a special role in the art world. Art created by women has a different status until modern times. It is not necessarily male artist colleagues or lack of self-confidence of female artists. It is often life circumstances that force women to follow unusual paths. With her late work, the artist Elizabeth Wang belongs to one of the most important female painters who thematize religious motifs. One of Elizabeth Wang's self-imposed goals was the visualization of the catechism. She often compared her path to faith with climbing a mountain. As to how close the painter came to her goal at the end of her life, Elizabeth is the only one who can accurately assess that.
The life story of the English painter is a tribute to the strength of women. Elizabeth grew up in a home where religious values were of high importance. The family was not wealthy. Elizabeth's parents supported their daughter to the best of their ability and the painter felt her childhood was sheltered and rich in values. Like so many young people, Elizabeth experienced a period when the church and faith no longer had a firm place in her life. However, the consistency with which the young woman excluded the religious component from her life was unusual. One part of her life that had been with her since kindergarten was painting. Looking back, painting was the one constant in every phase of the artist's life. Elizabeth married and settled into what is now a conservative role model. She took care of the house and child while her husband devoted himself to his professional career. When her child slept, Elizabeth used the precious moments for herself and painted. She completely adapted to the rhythm of her family's life. She painted at the dinner table, retreated to empty rooms, and sometimes shared the garage with her husband. Elizabeth arranged and adapted to the circumstances. During this phase she created beautiful flower paintings, still lifes and portraits.
Elizabeth Wang was a self-taught artist. Her father imparted her the ability to look something up and acquire knowledge. The artist never had the opportunity to study. She acquired knowledge from books. Elizabeth visited exhibitions and if she liked a style of painting, then she implemented it in her own personal way. Copying a style was far from the painter's mind. Her models were the Impressionists and Expressionists, whose vivid colors influenced Elizabeth Wang's original realistic style. Van Gogh, Emil Nolde and the school of the "Blaue Reiter" were impulses for the development of the British artist. With great enthusiasm, the painter experimented with the insights gained from Itten's theory of color. The possibility to convey a mood only with the language of color fascinated Elizabeth and every later painting was based on Itten's color wheel.
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.jpg "Saying our prayers, and believing in them, is due to the Holy Spirit")
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.jpg "The journey of faith leads to light and joy, but we must be careful not to fall into the darkness through carelessness or pride by Elizabeth Wang")
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.jpg "In His grace and beauty, God is like a leaping creature of the plains, like a gazelle: exquisite to look upon, graceful in every act and movement, swift to respond to the least cry or disturbance by Elizabeth Wang")
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.jpg "Like Elijah we are called to seek the presence of God, and be awestruck before His power and majesty and beauty by Elizabeth Wang")
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.jpg "It is by living in charity in the present moment that the soul is most perfectly united to God, in its earthly life. by Elizabeth Wang")
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.jpg "Jesus said that it is a narrow gate that leads to life, and a hard road, 2004 by Elizabeth Wang")
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.jpg "Christ is our bridge to heaven - the only Way across the gulf between earthly life and eternal glory, 2000 by Elizabeth Wang")
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.jpg "I was shown a symbol of the Holy Trinity: three triangles, with a fire like molten lava (representing Divine Love) at the heart of each, 2003 by Elizabeth Wang")
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.jpg "Jesus and Mary look on us with tenderness as we follow our own Way of the Cross by Elizabeth Wang")
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.jpg "We need to give practical help to those in need, as well as prayer, when people are in trouble. It is not enough, usually, just to say: \"I")
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.jpg "The Holy Spirit is like fire from Heaven, bringing us His love, purity, wisdom and power by Elizabeth Wang")
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.jpg "The sanctuary in a Catholic church is a holy place, as if encircled by fire, and we should prepare ourselves to be more worthy as we approach the altar by Elizabeth Wang")
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.jpg "Christ is our bridge to heaven - the only Way across the gulf between earthly life and eternal glory by Elizabeth Wang")
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.jpg "Christ and His Holy Mother are creator and creature, yet Christ, the God-man, \"owes\" to Mary His human nature, His flesh and blood, 2002 by Elizabeth Wang")
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.jpg "We Heard that \"The Lord Raises the Poor to set them in the company of princes\". Then Christ, prince of Heaven, was amongst us by Elizabeth Wang")
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.jpg "The Sorrowful Virgin Mary Holds Her Son Jesus After His Death, Pierced to the Heart with Sorrow, but Full of Faith by Elizabeth Wang")
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.jpg "The Holy Spirit is like fire from Heaven, bringing us His love, purity, wisdom and power. by Elizabeth Wang")
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.jpg "How powerful a prayer is the act of faith made in darkness. The Saints rejoice at such cries of delight to God from our")
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.jpg "By an act of pure, selfless love, every minor fault is wiped out, and the soul is held")
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.jpg "Christ leans from Heaven and draws us, with the power of the Holy Spirit, to the heart of God. by Elizabeth Wang")
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.jpg "In His justice, God is like a huge bird of prey, who sees from afar the tiniest creature on earth and all its movements by Elizabeth Wang")
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.jpg "Through being wholly united in love with the Holy Trinity, through doing God")
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.jpg "Christ our brother and Divine Saviour paid the debt due from our sins. In acknowledging Him, we emerge from our")
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.jpg "I saw that we must revere not only the Holy Angels, but all the bright souls whom they guard by Elizabeth Wang")
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.jpg "Jesus our High Priest, through the Holy Spirit, draws us into the Father")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-893507).jpg "From the heart of God has sprung all that exists by Elizabeth Wang")
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.jpg "Many years before Christ was born, Jerusalem was invaded, and the holy Temple desecrated and destroyed, to the horror of the people by Elizabeth Wang")
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.jpg "Christ welcomes the contrite and willing soul into the heart of the Holy Trinity. \"Those who hide in Him shall not be condemned\" (Ps 33) by Elizabeth Wang")
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.jpg "It was love that drove Christ to come down to us in fragile flesh, born of a woman by Elizabeth Wang")
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.jpg "God the Father showed me, in prayer, that when I am forgiven, joyful, and very close to Him in the bond of charity, it")
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.jpg "Christ came to my soul in glory, with the dear holy ones who live in His Presence by Elizabeth Wang")
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.jpg "One who prays to God whilst in a state of grace is purified by every moment of worship by Elizabeth Wang")
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.jpg "Thanksgiving for food, in Christ")
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.jpg "Jesus crucified waits at the gate of Heaven, with His mother Mary and the holy angels by Elizabeth Wang")
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.jpg "Someone who has been brought")
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.jpg "God the Father loves us as His children with a tender and unfailing love, 2002 by Elizabeth Wang")
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.jpg "Christ is our guide, who both shields us at present from Heaven")
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.jpg "The moral effects of war are horrific. Those who fight can become hard-hearted, and the victims who though perhaps innocent, can become full of bitterness and hatred by Elizabeth Wang")
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.jpg "I saw the torment of Christ, and the narrow way through which humanity was led back to God, the way of the Cross by Elizabeth Wang")
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.jpg "The greatest joy in earthly life would be to live wholly united to Christ, at the summit of union, on the mountain of sanctity by Elizabeth Wang")
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.jpg "Whenever we pray in the name of Jesus, even in darkness or loneliness, we share in the life of the whole company of Heaven by Elizabeth Wang")
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.jpg "The amazing love of God for the soul is described in the Song of Songs: \"His left hand under her head, he embraced her...\" by Elizabeth Wang")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-893812).jpg "Christ loves to welcome His friends in Holy Communion by Elizabeth Wang")
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.jpg "I saw that everyone in my heart is swept into the prayer I make with Christ by Elizabeth Wang")
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.jpg "Some of the beliefs and practices recommended today by Catholic writers and teachers are not in accord with the teaching of the Pope and Bishops by Elizabeth Wang")
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.jpg "God the Father loves each one of us with a passionate love, and holds us in His tender embrace, 2002 by Elizabeth Wang")
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.jpg "Christ in His Incarnation gave true homage to the Father from earth: He continues to pour His light, through His Church by Elizabeth Wang")
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.jpg "Only through the Blood of Christ have my sins been washed away by Elizabeth Wang")
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.jpg "Christ and Our Lady are like Heavenly Attendants, helping us while something wonderful is being born from spiritual turmoil and perseverance by Elizabeth Wang")
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.jpg "At the beginning of the spiritual journey, the soul resembles that part of the ocean floor which is made")
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.jpg "From all eternity the Son of God, who was born of Mary, springs forth from the white-hot love of the Father")
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.jpg "When Christ was baptised in the River Jordan, the Holy Spirit appeared as a dove, as the Father spoke lovingly from Heaven by Elizabeth Wang")
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.jpg "When I rely on Christ, in silent prayer, I am like a small child who is carried in His vitality and joy. by Elizabeth Wang")
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.jpg "Some people do not believe in the")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-893837).jpg "The Presentation in the Temple by Elizabeth Wang")
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.jpg "From all eternity the Son of God, who was born of Mary, springs forth from the white-hot love of the Father")
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.jpg "The Blood of Christ washes away our sins and allows us to approach Heaven")
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.jpg "I remember needing courage, and the will to choose what was right by Elizabeth Wang")
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.jpg "When someone rests like a child, in the Father")
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.jpg "The glory of God rested upon the")
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.jpg "The most Holy Spirit sometimes withdraws His gifts and gives them to others if we reject them by Elizabeth Wang")
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.jpg "When we repent of our sins Jesus Christ looks on us with tenderness just as when a mother embraces her child by Elizabeth Wang")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-893798).jpg "Christ is swift to comfort us in our difficulties by Elizabeth Wang")
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.jpg "Christ taught me to open the")
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.jpg "The one who lovingly")
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.jpg "There are people today who wrongly say \"No, there")
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.jpg "In turning to the Risen Christ who is with the Father in Heaven, I find in Christ all the saving events of His life which are the reason for my hope by Elizabeth Wang")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-893222).jpg "Creation is held in existence by God, 2003 by Elizabeth Wang")
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.jpg "Those who are saved, at death, but in need of purification, are like people who travel a long way underground to a vast, bright area, with operating theatres and physiotherapy departments, 2004 by Elizabeth Wang")
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.jpg "By patient endurance - out of love for Christ - we can resemble Him, and also be lifted up and glorified by Elizabeth Wang")
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.jpg "The descent of the Holy Spirit on the apostles and Mary at Pentecost by Elizabeth Wang")
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.jpg "A person who lives in self-love, greed, pride, hard-heartedness or any sinful state, who will not change, builds a")
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.jpg "Where sin has been forgiven, a diamond of grace now shines out, more beautiful than if we had not sinned and repented. by Elizabeth Wang")
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.jpg "Christ in the Blessed Sacrament is the One who can fill the")
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.jpg "Our Blessed Lady shepherds forward each one of us, encouraging us to pray with Christ to God our Father by Elizabeth Wang")
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.jpg "Are we in a")
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.jpg "Christ is bodily Present in Heaven - which is very close to us. We are in touch with Heaven, in our prayer by Elizabeth Wang")
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.jpg "God the Father greets with delight the briefest whisper of prayer and the briefest moment of our time. In the life of union, He can lift us high in contemplation by Elizabeth Wang")
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.jpg "If we pray with faith, with the honesty and trust of a child, God always reaches down to us, even if we do not feel His presence by Elizabeth Wang")
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.jpg "When the child Jesus was found in the Temple, He leaned forward, quietly explaining to His Holy Mother (with infinite kindness) that His work had already begun. by Elizabeth Wang")
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.jpg "We should frequently turn to the saints who long to help us by their prayers, 2000 by Elizabeth Wang")
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