''Madonna with Machine Gun'' (Latvian: ''Madonna ar ložmetēju'') is an oil painting by the Latvian artist

Kārlis Padegs Kārlis Padegs (8 October 1911 – 19 April 1940) was a Latvian artist. He studied under Latvian painter Vilhelms Purvītis at the Latvia Art Academy. His best-known work is '' Madonna with Machine Gun'', which belongs to the Latvian National ...

from 1932. The painting belongs to the Latvian National Museum of Art in

Riga Riga (; lv, Rīga , liv, Rīgõ) is the capital and largest city of Latvia and is home to 605,802 inhabitants which is a third of Latvia's population. The city lies on the Gulf of Riga at the mouth of the Daugava river where it meets the Ba ...

.''Madonna ar ložmetēju''
, Latvijas Nacionālā bibliotēka.

Description

The painting depicts a virgin woman with an innocent face nestled amongst boots and helmets. She is holding a machine gun with a long ammunition belt. The style of the painting reflects both local Baltic influences and the

modern art Modern art includes artistic work produced during the period extending roughly from the 1860s to the 1970s, and denotes the styles and philosophies of the art produced during that era. The term is usually associated with art in which the tradi ...

movements of contemporary Western Europe.

References

{{Reflist 1932 paintings Latvian paintings Paintings of the Virgin Mary Paintings in Latvia