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Still life with earthenware pot and bast shoes
Ovcharenko Ilya- Technique
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 80 × 90 cm
- Year
- 2016
Bast shoes, a washboard, strung onions, ceramic pots, bread, eggs, and a knife arranged on a red-draped table against red cloth.
- Style
- Realism
- Mood
- Calm
- Themes
- Still Life
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About this work
A pair of woven bast shoes hangs above a wooden ratchet-style washboard, beside a long string of onions, against a deep red backdrop. On the red-covered table below stand a dark clay crock, a painted ceramic bowl with a wooden ladle, and a corked earthenware pitcher wrapped in cloth, next to a partly sliced loaf of bread, a paring knife, a loose onion, and two eggs on a striped runner.
Warm reds and ochres dominate the palette, with directional light picking out the bread's crust, the pitcher's curved shoulder, and the onions' papery skins in creamy highlights. Smooth, controlled brushwork and careful tonal modeling render each object's texture distinctly, evoking a rustic, self-sufficient household life.
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