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- Nov 8, 2024
The puppeteer
Corinna Moiseeva- Technique
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 70 × 80 cm
- Year
- 2024
A young man in profile concentrates on a wooden marionette control bar, guiding taut strings with both hands against near-total darkness.
- Style
- Realism
- Mood
- Contemplative
- Themes
- Men · Figurative · Genre Scene
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About this work
A fair-haired young man in a dark shirt is shown in profile, head bowed in concentration as he manipulates a wooden marionette cross, one hand steadying the bar and the other guiding a taut string below it. No puppet is visible in the frame, keeping the focus entirely on the careful gesture of his hands and downturned face.
Painted in oil with a low-key, almost monochrome palette, the figure emerges from deep black shadow through warm flesh tones and a few flecks of red and blue in his tie. Loose, confident brushwork models the face and hands while the background dissolves into darkness, giving the scene a quiet, absorbed mood.
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