Two Wenches

Malyavin P.A.

1869, Kazanki (Samara Province) - 1940, Nice

Two Wenches

1910s

oil on canvas. 143 × 106
Ж-4363
Пост. в 1920 из собр. А.А.Коровина

Period Late 19th century – Early 20th century
CategoryPortrait
Keywords The Epoch of Nicolas II | женский портрет | двойной портрет | Peasants | female costume | folk costume | головные уборы

A student of the Imperial Academy of Arts at the end of the nineteenth century, Philipp Malyavin introduced a new type of peasant woman into Russian art ‒ a stately, proud and sometimes intrepidly independent woman. His models were the inhabitants of the villages of Ryazan Province, dressed in bright festive attire. The painting is a sublime and romantic image of Russian womenfolk, with their wholesome characters and inner stature. The faces of the girls are meaningful, the looks in their eyes are intent and enigmatic, the colours of their attire glimmer in a bewitching manner. The expressive images are intensified by the artist’s inspired and temperamental painting.

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