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 "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 "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 "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 "Saying our prayers, and believing in them, is due to the Holy Spirit")
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.jpg "The Divine Persons are like three flames in one fire, whose presence and protection enfold us on our earthly journey. by Elizabeth Wang")
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.jpg "It is the Holy Spirit who holds up - as if by the power of His outstretched wings - a person who suffers in union with Christ 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 "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 "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 "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 Blessed Virgin Mary is the")
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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 "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 "In a picture of the Court of Heaven, where God the Father reigns in glory, Our Blessed Lady is placed on the steps which lead to the Father")
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.jpg "I saw that Christ")
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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 "I saw the stairway to joy, and an illuminated cross, now our Holy and Radiant symbol, planted in Heaven by Elizabeth Wang")
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.jpg "The big question we should ask ourselves is:")
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.jpg "My own Holy Guardian Angel repeats the prayer I make, bowing low and saying in the name of Christ:")
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.jpg "Those who help the suffering, whether those who suffer in body, mind or spirit, are")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-894732).jpg "Christ my Lord waited patiently until the pain subsided by Elizabeth Wang")
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.jpg "All Doctrine is One. God")
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.jpg "Christ loves to be with us in Holy Communion, but so few of us greet Him, love Him, or offer to serve Him by Elizabeth Wang")
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.jpg "The Process of Dying: Dying is a sort of labour. Christ is waiting to welcome each of His faithful children who will enter Heaven after a time in the")
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.jpg "At the Consecration, Through Christ")
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.jpg "He showed me the garden, as if on His outstretched hand. He said:")
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.jpg "The Blood of Christ washes away our sins and allows us to approach Heaven")
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.jpg "He invited me to wear His garment and to be")
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.jpg "\"I am Holding You in My Love\". God the Father showed me that wherever I am - even in Hospital - I am in His care 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 "The Father can clothe us in His glory. I am a living flame, He said, before Him, as I pray one prayer with Christ by Elizabeth Wang")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-894330).jpg "\"What is Truth?\" said Pilate to Jesus, 2001 by Elizabeth Wang")
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.jpg "It would be better for a man to have a mill-stone put round his neck, than that he harm one of those little ones by Elizabeth Wang")
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.jpg "Christ is Triumphant at the Working of His Grace Within the Repentant Soul, Which Now Shines Like a Bright Banner 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 "A Statue in the Garden: Here, we can see Our Lady")
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.jpg "Contrition is the")
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.jpg "Each of us should reflect, from time to time: \"Am I ready to enter the Glory of Heaven?\" by Elizabeth Wang")
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.jpg "Christ does not over-awe us in Communion, but quietly accepts our heart")
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.jpg "When someone opens their heart to Him, God the Father touches His joyful child, in a marvellous")
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.jpg "He showed me the Cross, upright, His Mother beneath it, and His Blood in a vast out-pouring, flowing over me. by Elizabeth Wang")
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.jpg "As our priest says: \"Through Him, with Him?\", we pray with thousands of saintly souls, and with the whole Church by Elizabeth Wang")
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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 "Our earthly sufferings, Christ explained, are like")
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.jpg "Just as it is pointless installing sewage pipes if an open sewer is allowed to remain nearby, 2003 by Elizabeth Wang")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-893975).jpg "The Risen Jesus by Elizabeth Wang")
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.jpg "The wall of sin, which separates us from God, is scaled only by Christ, Who stands with His mother. He alone can help us to reach the Glory of Heaven by Elizabeth Wang")
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.jpg "The dark shabby")
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.jpg "On Seeing Us Approach a Shrine, and on Seeing Our Devotion, a Saint Lets Down a")
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.jpg "I saw rays of light streaming from the Sacred Host: reminders of Christ")
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.jpg "The Holy Soul who is ready for Heaven is met not only by Christ, but also by His holy Mother and all the Saints by Elizabeth Wang")
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.jpg "Christ is deeply touched whenever we take care to show reverence by our gestures and thoughts; honouring by Elizabeth Wang")
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.jpg "He showed me how one simple prayer of ours can unite Him to others. He touches them by His grace, and so helps all their loved ones. by Elizabeth Wang")
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.jpg "The Virgin Mary cared for her child Jesus with simplicity and joy by Elizabeth Wang")
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.jpg "Christ comforts and reassures us, like a mother reassuring her children when they are worried or distressed by Elizabeth Wang")
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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 "Christ showed me the world,")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-894992).jpg "It is love for God that")
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.jpg "Jesus our High Priest, through the Holy Spirit, draws us into the Father")
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.jpg "We can picture Heaven as being like a big party, where everyone is related, and, where people live together in mutual delight, love and care, in God")
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.jpg "Pope John Paul II soars on high, after his death, proceeding swiftly into Heaven, so complete was his union with God, and so great his holiness, simplicity and purity by Elizabeth Wang")
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.jpg "Jesus says to the money changers in the Temple: Is it not written,")
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.jpg "The soul which surrenders itself to God, entirely, becomes a channel of God")
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.jpg "At the touch of an artist")
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.jpg "The souls of Purgatory keep themselves at a distance from God, for the moment, because of their shame and sorrow. by Elizabeth Wang")
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.jpg "A Russian Wedding Ring: A triple wedding ring is a symbol of the Godhead, it is simple and beautiful 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 "I was shown a representation of the Godhead: a mountain of fire, the top of which moved towards me, 2003 by Elizabeth Wang")
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.jpg "Christ awaits us at the tabernacle, as if at the")
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.jpg "By disobedience, a soul turns away from God to face another direction; in that turning, it is as though closing a valve by Elizabeth Wang")
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.jpg "Even when Catholics in England are looked upon as being different from")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-893237).jpg "Christ")
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.jpg "We Join the Angels at Mass, Who Echo Our Worship, as if Waving Bright Banners of Gladness, as We Celebrate Christ")
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.jpg "Heaven")
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.jpg "Amidst the high mountain-tops of the spiritual life is a fertile valley: God")
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.jpg "Through the Mass, every generation of God")
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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 "All the good which I see and sense in persons I know is a gift from God; every good act or gesture stems from Him, 2000 by Elizabeth Wang")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-895102).jpg "God is so")
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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 "Christ speaks and acts through His priests, who bless and forgive")
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.jpg "In contemplation we can be held as if in a great")
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.jpg "Some souls are horrified, at death, to realise how many times they have ignored the Lord")
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.jpg "Someone who does not open his heart as he prays with another person is like a man who only glances through His doorway but does not get up to greet other people 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 by Elizabeth Wang")
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.jpg "The Pope, the Bishop of Rome, is the chief Bishop, and the focus of unity in the Church by Elizabeth Wang")
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.jpg "We should stay close to Mary who is our Heavenly Mother and who delights in helping those who believe in her son. 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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_-_(MeisterDrucke-893606).jpg "God is so")
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.jpg "The life of God is so awesome and glorious that even the Saints in Heaven, who gaze towards God in wonder, do not fully understand the Holy Trinity by Elizabeth Wang")
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.jpg "It is by confidence in Christ, with contrition, that our hearts are purified; and the flame of praise then burns before the Father by Elizabeth Wang")
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.jpg "Wherever Christ is, There Are His Virtues, and He Pours Them Out Upon Us, Lavishly by Elizabeth Wang")
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.jpg "By our fervent prayers to Our Blessed Lady, it is as though we hold aside the strands of darkness, to let Heaven")
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