Paintings by famous artists reimagined in exhibition showcasing end-of-life care

Paintings by famous artists reimagined in exhibition showcasing end-of-life care

Largs&Millport, by PA News Agency; 3/11/24

Marie Curie [Hospice in the United Kingdom] has commissioned artist Lisa Buchanan ... to create the series of works to be auctioned its Great Daffodil Appeal. [This collection depicts the hospice's] nursing team, providing care and support to the dying and those close to them. [These are described as "reimagined masterpieces" and include the following:]

• A reimagining of a painting by The Scream artist Edvard Munch, called The Dead Mother and Child. In the new painting a Marie Curie healthcare assistant is seen caring for a patient in bed while a nurse comforts a child. ...
• A version of Munch’s By The Death Bed, which now depicts a senior nurse providing emotional support to family and friends. ...
• The Death Of Gericault by Ary Scheffer, which shows the death of French painter Theodore Gericault, has been reimagined as a nurse making a patient comfortable in their dying hours.