Poultry Woman Raya Kletskova

Description

Author: Nurmukhammedov, Nagimbek. 1924-1986
A genre composition centered on the theme of rural labor features a young woman in a white dress and headscarf drawn to full length on the right, set against the backdrop of a light-grey building wall and facing the viewer; to the left, near a cistern, stands a second woman seen from behind. White hens scatter around them and across the yard in the middle ground. The figures are rendered large and static, with synthetic forms, while the painterly style is free and impasto, with broad modeling of volumes and a generalized treatment of the faces. The even daylight and unhurried rhythm impart a note of everyday tranquility to the scene. The palette is built on closely related light grey-white tones, punctuated by cool bluish shadows and the vivid red accents of the headscarf and chicken combs.