Madonna with Machine Gun
{{Short description|1932 painting by Kārlis Padegs}}
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| other_language_1 = Latvian
| other_title_1 = Madonna ar ložmetēju
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| artist = Kārlis Padegs
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| year = {{start date|1932}}
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| medium = oil on canvas
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| width_metric = 100
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| city = Riga
| museum = Latvian National Museum of Art
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Madonna with Machine Gun (Latvian: Madonna ar ložmetēju) is an oil painting by the Latvian artist Kārlis Padegs from 1932. The painting belongs to the Latvian National Museum of Art in Riga.[http://dom.lndb.lv/data/obj/63728.html Madonna ar ložmetēju] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160504194322/http://dom.lndb.lv/data/obj/63728.html |date=2016-05-04 }}, Latvijas Nacionālā bibliotēka.
Description
The painting depicts a virgin woman with an innocent face nestled amongst boots and helmets. She is holding a machine gun with a long ammunition belt.{{cite web|title=Karlis Padegs (Riga 1914-Riga 1940)|url=http://europedesarts.blogspot.dk/2014_03_01_archive.html|website=Europe des Arts et de la Culture|accessdate=27 July 2017|date=27 March 2014}} The style of the painting reflects both local Baltic influences and the modern art movements of contemporary Western Europe.{{cite book|last1=Frucht|first1=Richard C.|title=Eastern Europe: An Introduction to the People, Lands, and Culture|date=2004|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=9781576078006|page=147|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lVBB1a0rC70C&pg=PA147|language=en}}