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Saint-Petersburg. One of the series "Horizons"
Lyapin Roman- Technique
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 140 × 130 cm
- Year
- 2014
Elevated panorama over Saint Petersburg rooftops beneath a towering sunlit cloud, gilded dome and slender spire rising along the hazy horizon.
- Style
- Impressionism
- Mood
- Dreamy
- Themes
- Cityscape · Architecture · Sunset
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About this work
A vast cumulus cloud dominates the upper two-thirds of the canvas, its billowing form catching warm light against pale blue sky. Below, a dense low horizon of rooftops, chimneys and a slender spire stretches across the frame, with a gilded dome visible further along, all rendered as a hazy, sunlit expanse with no figures present.
Thick impasto strokes and palette-knife texture build the cloud's mass in whites, creams and dusty pink, contrasted with the loosely brushed, shadowed rooftops rendered in ochre and grey-brown below. The handling is loose and painterly, closer to impressionism than topographic accuracy, giving the skyline a warm, breathing atmosphere of late-day light.
