Crucifixion – Medallion – by Andro Meszaros

"Bronze medal 'Crucifixion', designed by Andro Meszaros and minted by Pinches, London, in 1947. 

This is the 11th medal of the Stations of the Cross by renowned medal sculptor Andor Meszaros.

Meszaros, a Hungarian immigrant, arrived in Australia in 1938. 

 
He found that Australia did not have a developed tradition in medallic art and in 1949 travelled to England to undertake sculpture and medallion work at Canterbury. 

Here his Stations of the Cross medal series, which he had been designing for seven years, was endorsed by the Bishop of the Cathedral and became known as the 'Canterbury Series'. 

It took Andor a further 20 years to complete the 14 medals of the series, which was available in both silver and bronze. 

Description (above): 

A bronze uniface medal (64 mm diameter) depicting Christ being nailed to the cross, three other figures in the field."

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The Passion Series – American Artist F. Douglas Blanchard

15. Jesus Dies

In this strange latter day obese America chowing down on hate election season, I ran into a modern version of the stations of the cross so to speak, 24 in total, in the “Passion Series” of New York artist F. Douglas Blanchard.

This modern Jesus is set against what appears to be the current high tech fascist state of the new global culture and says so much to me.

The Crucifixion image above struck me with thoughts of Matthew Shepard and Gay Hate.  This, even if it was not the artist’s original intention.  

More images and thoughts of the artist below.  Drink in the spirituality of the eternal story of Jesus.

The Passion Series

23. The Holy Spirit Arrives

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