Portrait of a Boy in a Patterned Shirt
1909
- Period Late 19th century – Early 20th century
- CategoryPortrait
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The nature of Ilya Mashkov’s painterly talent – its elemental creative sweep, energy, temperament and exaggerated sensuality towards life – distinguished the artist’s works from those of his fellow members of the Jack of Diamonds. Such early paintings as Boy in a Painted Shirt reflect the various influences on Mashkov’s oeuvre – his interest in modern French painting, particularly Fauvism; his profound and genuine affinity for folk creativity and adherence to the “tray” style, incarnated in both the background of the painting and the highly-coloured structure in general; and urban artistic folklore – signboards and fairground photography, reflected in the positioning of the model and the subject’s deliberately serious and attentive glance, fastened directly on the viewer.