Milking Mares

Description

Author: Kasteyev, Abylkhan. 1904-1973
A genre composition depicting a scene of milking mares at a summer pasture (jailau) against a mountain landscape. The foreground features a cluster of mares and foals, with a woman milking a mare on the right. Beyond them, two children play alongside a man holding a bucket and a horseman traveling along the road. In the distance, across the green plain, stretches a row of yurts, while the perspective is bounded by a snow-capped mountain range beneath a cloudy sky. The color palette is built on the lush green of the meadow, the warm ochre-brown tones of the horses and yurts, and the cool blues of the mountains and sky, evoking the sense of freedom and abundance of summer nomadic life. The balanced composition, panoramic rendering of space, and meticulous, detailed painting style align the work with the tradition of realistic genre painting, poeticizing the everyday rhythm of folk life. At the lower right - signature and date.