painting description

Painting: Echo of a scream

Painter: David Alfaro Siqueiros

The year of publish: 1937

               The objective of this painting is there are two little boys who have the same expressions on their faces, one boy has an enlarger head, and the other boy comes from his mouth. The little boy wears a red cloth and is sitting on the floor. Both boys have the same expression on their face; they are frowning and their faces are full of pain and anger. Behind them is a mess. All of the buildings are collapsed and all of glasses are broken, even trees are all fallen. The weather is not well. Also, there is no shiny day; the whole city is enveloped in the dust.

               The reason why I chose this picture is the two boys’ expression attracted me. I think there must be a story behind this painting. The painter must have suffered very badly or he felt very lonely. I think to be a child is the happiest age in our life. There is no economic things they need to worry about; there is no education pressure they need to deal with. But there is no happiness on these two babies, all they have is pain and anger. And they don’t have a home behind them and there is no one with them. I think a war is just over. They lost their family and their home. I think the painter wants to use the two crying babies to express what he has suffered. He uses his painting to tell us the sacrifice of war is human. The powerful men want to fight because of their power, but they neglect the innocent people. A lot of kids will become orphans after war, and a lot of adults will lose their family. And their home won’t exist after war.