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- 1,180
- Added
- Mar 31, 2015
Arvo Pärt
Shumkin Anatoly- Technique
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 46 × 38 cm
- Year
- 2015
An elderly man with a full white beard tilts his head down, chin resting on his clasped hand, against a dark, undefined background.
- Style
- Realism
- Mood
- Contemplative
- Themes
- Portrait · Men
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- Shipping
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EMS: 7–10 days
- Packing
Over 100 cm: rolled in a tube
Smaller works: boxed canvas
- Returns
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Refund after inspection, excluding shipping fees
About this work
An elderly man with thick white hair and a full white beard is shown from the chest up, head bowed and eyes lowered in thought. His clasped hand supports his chin, the fingers interlaced, while the rest of his body dissolves into a plain, unlit dark backdrop that isolates the face and hand as the sole focus.
Soft, warm light falls across the forehead and beard, rendered in loose strokes of white, grey and ochre that stand out sharply against the near-black surroundings. The gentle transitions of tone and unforced brushwork give the face a contemplative, meditative calm, the pose suggesting inward concentration rather than posed formality.
