In 2002 , Douglas Hyland , the director of the New Britain Museum of American Art , approached Graydon Parrish to create an allegorical tribute to victims of the September 11 attacks . The completed painting , '' The Cycle of Terror and Tragedy '' , is over 18 feet long and is one of the largest realist paintings ever created in America . Today it hangs in the Chase Wing of the New Britain Museum of American Art
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
The Cycle of Terror and Tragedy