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May 12, 2016

Marriage

Kalyn Arthur
Technique
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
108 × 170 cm
Year
2016

Five women in traditional folk dress gather around a seated bride in white, two of them fastening a pale veil over her head.

Style
Academic
Mood
Contemplative
Themes
Genre Scene · Women · Figurative
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About this work

A young bride sits at the center in a white laced bodice, gazing steadily forward as a pale veil is lowered over her head by two women standing behind her. Two more women in folk dress, one wrapped in a floral shawl, turn toward the group in the foreground, framing the seated bride among her attendants.

The palette stays muted grey and white, broken by the deep red of one woman's skirt and the flowered pattern of the shawl. Soft, even light models the faces smoothly while the background dissolves into loose, hazy brushwork, giving the ceremonial gathering a hushed, solemn atmosphere.

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