Entombent 

Albert Bloch created the painting “Entombment” using an unknown medium to explore themes of death and ritual. The piece is dominated by a palette of fiery reds and somber browns, creating an atmosphere of intense emotion and solemnity. A cluster of figures surrounds a central, pale form, possibly a shrouded body. The composition is structured to draw your eye to the center where light and dark collide. The artist uses bold, expressive brushstrokes to convey the raw, visceral nature of grief and mourning. The figures are rendered with a certain abstraction, their faces obscured, which depersonalizes the scene, turning it into a universal symbol of loss and human suffering. Notice how the use of color, particularly the stark contrast between the pale figure and the fiery background, works to challenge fixed meanings. The painting engages with new ways of thinking about the representation of death, not just as an end but as a moment of transformation. "Entombment" functions aesthetically and as a powerful commentary on cultural and philosophical discourses surrounding mortality.