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- Nov 13, 2015
Yuri Norstein
Shumkin Anatoly- Technique
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 60 × 40 cm
- Year
- 2015
A bald, white-bearded elderly man in a loose pale garment turns his head in three-quarter view against a shadowy brown background.
- Style
- Expressionism
- Mood
- Contemplative
- Themes
- Portrait · Men
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- Packing
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About this work
An elderly man with a bald head and full white beard is shown from the shoulders up, turned in three-quarter profile with his gaze cast downward and to the side. He wears a loose, pale robe-like garment that catches strong light across the chest and shoulder, while the rest of the figure recedes into a dark, undefined backdrop.
The face is built from thick, visible strokes of ochre, rose, and cream laid side by side, leaving the underlying canvas weave exposed in places. Deep umber and green-black shadows surround the head, concentrating attention on the weathered, deeply lined features. The loose, direct brushwork and sparse, sketch-like handling give the portrait an intimate, unfinished immediacy.
