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- 215
- Added
- Apr 20, 2016
Weariness
Ichitovkin Denis- Technique
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 82 × 66 cm
- Year
- 2016
An elderly woman in a maroon dress sits back in an armchair, eyes closed, hands folded in her lap.
- Style
- Realism
- Mood
- Melancholic
- Themes
- Portrait · Women · Figurative
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- Packing
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About this work
A single elderly woman occupies the right portion of the canvas, seated in an armchair against a bare pale wall and warm wood floor. She leans her head back against the chair's floral-patterned cushion with eyes closed, her forearms resting and fingers loosely interlaced in her lap, legs crossed at the ankle in flat grey slip-on shoes.
A narrow palette of deep maroon dress against neutral grey-white wall and ochre floor is handled with soft, diffused light and smoothly blended brushwork typical of academic realism. The slack pose, tilted head and shut eyes give the figure a heavy, resigned stillness, conveying quiet physical exhaustion.
