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- Aug 27, 2017
Navy holiday
Matveeva Anastasia- Technique
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 90 × 100 cm
- Year
- 2017
Gold-domed St. Isaac's Cathedral and a colonnaded embankment overlook a river crowded with dark naval vessels and strolling spectators.
- Style
- Impressionism
- Mood
- Calm
- Themes
- Cityscape · Water · Architecture · Genre Scene
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- Shipping
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- Packing
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About this work
The gold dome and colonnade of St. Isaac's Cathedral rise above a row of classical facades along a river embankment. Dark silhouettes of naval ships and boats crowd the water below, while a loose scattering of tiny figures moves along the quay in the foreground, suggesting a festive gathering by the shore.
Loose, heavily textured brushwork in thick impasto builds the architecture and water from grey, cream, ochre and charcoal tones under a soft overcast sky. Reflections break into broken strokes of white and grey on the river's surface, and the crowd is rendered as quick daubs of color, giving the scene a bustling, atmospheric feel typical of an urban plein-air impression.
