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Trouble years
Khorosheva Olga- Technique
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 99 × 174 cm
- Year
- 2012
A weary mother in a pale headscarf carries a toddler and steadies a barefoot girl against a dark, cave-like backdrop.
- Style
- Realism
- Mood
- Somber
- Themes
- Women · Children · Figurative · Genre Scene
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- Shipping
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EMS: 7–10 days
- Packing
Over 100 cm: rolled in a tube
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About this work
A mother in a pale blue-green headscarf and dress stands centered against a dark, rock-like backdrop, holding an infant in a pink gown on one arm while a barefoot girl in a white dress clings to her side. Green rubber boots and bare, callused feet ground the group in hard rural life; a cluster of small houses is glimpsed far off in the lower right.
Muted greys, blue-greens and dusty pink dominate the palette, with the mother's drawn features and the children's watchful eyes rendered in smooth, academic modeling against loosely scumbled dark grounds. Soft light falls on the faces, isolating the trio from the shadowy setting and giving the scene a hushed, anxious gravity that feels weighed down by hardship.
