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- Added
- Nov 13, 2015
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Shumkin Anatoly- Technique
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 57 × 46 cm
- Year
- 2015
A fair-haired woman in dark clothing bends over a book held in her hands, her face lit against a warm, shadowy reddish-brown background.
- Style
- Expressionism
- Mood
- Contemplative
- Themes
- Portrait · Women · Genre Scene
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- Payment
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- Shipping
Economy: ~1 month
EMS: 7–10 days
- Packing
Over 100 cm: rolled in a tube
Smaller works: boxed canvas
- Returns
7-day return
Refund after inspection, excluding shipping fees
About this work
A young woman with light blonde hair leans forward, head bowed, absorbed in a book or pages held low in her hands at the bottom edge of the canvas. She is dressed in dark, loosely painted clothing that merges with the shadowed background, leaving her face and hair as the composition's brightest, most defined area.
Warm rust and umber tones streak across the dark background, contrasting with the cool ivory and gold of the illuminated face and hair. Broad, loaded brushstrokes and visible palette-knife marks build the clothing into rough, abstracted planes, while the face is more smoothly modeled. The strong light-dark contrast and quiet, downward gaze give the portrait a hushed, introspective mood.
