Piano Pianist Scottish Monkey Playing Card Games Clock Face Painting Postcard

ABIZRA220 This is a beautiful undated but modern published official postcard from Londons Royal Academy Of Arts for this great painting by John Bellamy of The Pianist Entertains with a clock besides him and a funny face within the clock with artist details, dates, dimensions etc & Royal Academy Of Arts logo on reverse being the official souvenir from when exhibited unused and mint. This painting has a card game, clock with a face, a half man half monkey and more.

This haunting expressionist composition employs a raw, intensely symbolic narrative layout and a deeply visceral palette to explore themes of mortality, faith, and the fragility of human existence. Painted in 1987 during a period of severe illness before the artist's life-saving liver transplant, the visual design centers on a gaunt, bearded self-portrait figure at the keys, whose sheet music ironically promises a "Celubrious Soirée" while an adjacent couple plays cards. By loading the canvas with powerful personal allegories—including a card-playing monkey representing inner demons, card suits mirroring his marital reunion, a clock marking passing time, and a Scottish fishing boat resembling the Star of Bethlehem—this unforgettable Royal Academy of Arts Collection diploma piece delivers a profound, autobiographical testament to his Calvinist heritage and psychological resiliences.