Portrait of Gulya

Description

Author: Nurzhumayev, Oralbek. 1938-1996
A three-quarter length portrait set in an interior depicts a seated young woman with shoulder-length dark hair, wearing a brown dress with a v-neck revealing a red sweater beneath. Her gaze is directed away. While her right hand rests on her la, the left one rests on the back of a chair. The background is handled broadly with large planes of warm reddish-brown tones, pierced by a cool, light opening on the right. Executed in a free, impasto manner, the forms are modeled with broad brushstrokes, with the face and hands rendered without intricate detail. The palette is built on closely related brownish-red tones, centered around a resonant red accent.