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The Prophet
Ludwig Meidner
1919
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The expressionist painter and printmaker Ludwig Meidner was born in Silesia and studied art in Breslau (today, Wrocław, Poland) and Paris. He was a radical exponent of expressionism and a champion of pacifism and socialism. From 1912, he produced a series of “apocalyptic landscapes” envisioning the catastrophic collapse of the German city that eerily presaged later events and, after World War I, a series of portraits of prophets. In 1939, he and his artist wife, Else, fled to England, where he was interned for a time on the Isle of Man as an enemy alien. Unrecognized in Britain, he returned to Germany in 1953, while his wife remained in London.
The word of the Lord came to me: O mortal, turn your face toward Gog of the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal. Prophesy against him and say: Thus said the Lord God…
The word that Isaiah son of Amoz prophesied concerning Judah and Jerusalem.
In the days to come,
The Mount of the Lord’s House
Shall stand firm above the mountains
And tower above the hills;
And…