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Marie Curie: Masterpieces reimagined for hospice care charity

News imageLisa Buchanan/Ary Scheffer The Death Of GericaultLisa Buchanan/Ary Scheffer
Theodore Gericault is thought to have died from an infection following a horse riding accident

Famous paintings have been reimagined in a London exhibition highlighting a charity's care for the dying.

Charity Marie Curie commissioned artist Lisa Buchanan, also known as Dangerosa, to create the series, which will be auctioned for its Great Daffodil Appeal.

The artworks feature Marie Curie's famous daffodil emblem alongside members of the nursing team.

The collection will be free to visit at a gallery in Mayfair.

News imageLisa Buchanan A rethinking of Edvard Munch's The Dead Mother and The ChildLisa Buchanan
A rethinking of Edvard Munch's The Dead Mother and The Child has added daffodils
News imageEdvard Munch Edvard Munch's The Dead Mother and The ChildEdvard Munch
Edvard Munch's own mother died when he was six, which is thought to have influenced his paintings

The one-day exhibition, on 14 March, will be attended by award-winning actress Alison Steadman, whose mother was supported by the end-of-life charity.

"I'm really looking forward to seeing the new reimagined masterpieces this week, and what a wonderful way to tell the story of what Marie Curie nurses do," she said.

"It's only right that some of the charity's nurses and healthcare assistants have been immortalised in these beautiful paintings," the Gavin & Stacey and Abigail's Party star added.

News imageLisa Buchanan Senior nurse Isaac Otengo has been added to Nil von Dardel's The Dying DandyLisa Buchanan
Senior nurse Isaac Otengo has been added to Nil von Dardel's The Dying Dandy
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The Dying Dandy by Nils von Dardel is owned by a museum in Stockholm

The collection includes a reimagining of a painting by The Scream artist Edvard Munch, called The Dead Mother And Child.

In the new painting a Marie Curie healthcare assistant is seen caring for a patient in bed while a nurse comforts a child.

There is also a version of Munch's By The Death Bed, which now depicts a senior nurse providing emotional support to family and friends.

The Death Of Gericault by Ary Scheffer, which shows the death of French painter Theodore Gericault, has been reimagined as a nurse making a patient comfortable in their dying hours.

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Daffodils and nurse Rebecca Jennings are included in Buchanan's version of By the Death Bed
News imageEdvard Munch By the Death BedEdvard Munch
"Illness, madness and death were the black angels that watched over my cradle," Munch noted

Another painting, inspired by Nils Dardel's The Dying Dandy, shows a senior nurse putting an oxygen mask on a patient.

The paintings can be seen at 56 Conduit Street on 14 March from 10:00 to 18:00 GMT.

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