Plate with the Image of Arabs and a Gilt Crescent
1923
- Porcelain, painting over glaze, gilding, цировка;. Дм. 23
- СФ–564
Пост.в 1957 от автора
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Location in museum
The Benois Wing,
Room 91
Open the panorama of the hall in the virtual tour
- Period Early 20th century
- Genre Painting
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Acquaintance with the art and modern life of the Arab countries played an important role in Schekatikhina creative search. In 1923, the artist married Ivan Bilibin, who had settled in Egypt to that time. The artists’ family lived in Cairo, in a small house, located in a garden with date palms, huge plane trees and fragrant roses.
The East enchanted the artist with bright loud bazaars, richness of colours and ancient traditions. Schekatikhina accurately noticed the eastern colour and the characteristic features of the Egyptians, their elongated faces with huge almond-shaped eyes, trapezoid wigs and bright decorations for women as well as known since ancient times class distinctions in clothing, ornamental ligature of writing. The works created during this period are still characterized by color saturation and gilt sparkling, supplemented with diverging pattern. The graphic drawing became more laconic and subjected to the object’s form, while the whiteness of the porcelain surface that had been concealed in the early works becomes predominant.