Le Pater: "Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread" | Alphonse Mucha | 1899 Select Size:24" x 36" This oil on canvas painting

This oil on canvas painting

making it one of Waterhouse’s most iconic explorations of myth filtered through a modern psychological lens

projecting mythic qualities onto the young cadet

stylized idol reflects Gauguin's fascination with the coexistence of nature and indigenous spirituality

its tiny limbs contorted in agony

Le Pater: "Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread" | Alphonse Mucha | 1899 Select Size:24" x 36" This oil on canvas paintingAbout the artwork: Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread is one plate from Le Pater, Alphonse Muchas deeply personal illustrated edition of the Lords Prayer created at the end of the 19th century. Unlike his better known commercial posters, this work reflects Muchas spiritual and philosophical interests, blending mystical symbolism with Art Nouveau design. He conceived Le Pater as a visual meditation on each verse of the prayer, using floral borders,