Fairy Tale

Description

Author: Lizogub, Maria. 1909-1998
A genre composition depicting a scene within the interior of a yurt. On the right, against a background of carpets and household items stacked on a chest, an elderly woman in a yellow dress and camisole sits on a felt mat, wearing a white kimeshek on her head. Snuggled fondly at grandma’s feet with her back turned to the viewer, a young girl in a pink dress is captivated, listening to the storyteller with rapt attention. Executed in oil with a free painterly style, the figures are softly modelled, while the interior is broadly rendered under subdued lighting. This quiet, heartwarming scene of a grandmother telling a fairy tale to her granddaughter unveils the themes of intergenerational continuity and the gentle preservation of folk traditions. At the lower right - signature and date.