Portrait of the Brazilian Artist Emiliano Di Cavalcanti

Description

Author: Nurmukhammedov, Nagimbek. 1924-1986
A portrait in the studio depicts an elderly man set against a stylised panel featuring human figures, seated in three-quarter view to the right before an easel with a canvas, holding a palette and brush. In the foreground, brushes, tubes of paint, and a glass bottle are set on a table. The painterly style is free and impasto; the background is resolved flatly in large geometricized forms that contrast with the volumetric treatment of the figure. The palette is built on closely related ochre-grey and bluish tones, accented by the vivid red notes of the panel.