Twilight

Description

Author: Duysenbayev, Kenzhebay. 1942
The twilight genre-landscape motif depicts a nude boy seated on the bank alongside two horses-one white, one bay-stooping to drink. The composition is structured around the contrast between the cool moonlight suffusing the background and the warm ochre-brown tones of the foreground figures. An impasto, highly textured painterly style with dynamic brushwork conveys the vibration of the night air and the reflection of moonlight on the water. The motif of a nocturnal watering scene evokes the theme of harmony between humankind and nature, as well as the stillness of the night.