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Elizabeth Whalley

Crime and Punishment

2023 - 2024

A privately commissioned mural painting inspired by the Dostoevsky novel, Crime and Punishment. Scenes from the novel play out across a map of St. Petersburg.

Scenes from the novel play out across a map of St. Petersburg.

Alexander Pushkin inspired Dostoevsky and his death in a duel affected him profoundly. An interpretation of a painting by Adrian Markovich Volkov (1827-1873), Duel between Alexander Pushkin and Georges d’Anthes Adrian Markovich Volkov frames the upper left of the mural.

Alexander Pushkin inspired Dostoevsky and his death in a duel affected him profoundly. An interpretation of a painting by Adrian Markovich Volkov (1827-1873), Duel between Alexander Pushkin and Georges d’Anthes, frames the upper left of the mural.

Dostoevsky and other members of the anti-Czarist Petrashevsky Circle in St. Petersburg were imprisoned and then subjected to a mock execution. This horrifying experience echoes in Crime and Punishment. An interpretation of B. Pokrovsky’s drawing of this event anchors the lower right corner of the mural

Dostoevsky and other members of the anti-Czarist Petrashevsky Circle in St. Petersburg were imprisoned and then subjected to a mock execution. This horrifying experience echoes in Crime and Punishment. An interpretation of B. Pokrovsky’s drawing of this event anchors the lower right corner of the mural.

Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov, the main character of Crime and Punishment, is an impoverished student living in 19th century St. Petersburg.