Obituary

Repin's painting of a tsar cradling his dying son, eyes wide with the horror of what he'd done, became the internet's image of a man barely holding it together. It died when 'holding it together' stopped being a virtue and started being a job description.

Portrait: Pierre André Leclercq · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Born

2019

Died

2021

Cause of death

Held back tears one last time

Last sighting

A 'me in the group chat' edit, 2021

Resting place

Section W, Row 3

Category

art