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- Added
- Jan 23, 2016
Janitor
Denisenko Olga- Technique
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 90 × 200 cm
- Year
- 2016
An elderly street sweeper in a blue cap and white coat leans on a long broom before a pale square with a tower and church.
- Style
- Realism
- Mood
- Contemplative
- Themes
- Portrait · Men · Cityscape · Architecture
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- Packing
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About this work
An elderly, bearded man in a blue peaked cap and long white coat over a red shirt stands gripping a tall broom, a numbered badge pinned to his apron. Behind him a pale city square opens onto a red-roofed watchtower and a domed church, with a small distant figure crossing the cobblestones and faint pastel balloons drifting in the sky above.
Muted blue-grey and cream tones wash over the whole composition, with soft, diffused light giving the scene a quiet, faded atmosphere. Loose, textured brushwork in the sky and pavement contrasts with the more solid, careful modeling of the man's face and hands, and his tired, resigned expression lends the everyday genre scene a wistful, contemplative mood.
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