Author: Teodor Axentowicz
Title: Old age and youth (Hutsul region)
Technique: pastel, gouache, watercolor, paper glued on cardboard
Dimensions: 65 x 50 cm
Dimensions with frame: 88 x 73.5 cm
Signed medr. d.: "T. Axentowicz"
On the reverse side, stamp of the Cracow warehouse of painting supplies of Rosa Aleksandrowicz.
DESCRIPTION OF THE WORK:
Teodor Axentowicz was fascinated by themes related to village life and Polish folklore - with a particular emphasis on the Carpathian region, he repeatedly created compositions showing a Hutsul old man with a young girl or boy. In this type of representation, the painter contrasted the ages of the figures, thus giving his works a symbolic meaning. The presented painting "Old Age and Youth (Hutsul)" belongs to this type of works.
The depicted characters are shown against the background of a winter landscape, from which they clearly stand out in color. However, it's worth taking your eyes off the pair of Hutsuls for a moment and looking at the elaborate background, which is unique in the context of similar paintings by the painter - snow-covered hills and trees and bushes loom in the distance. The landscape is enlivened by a mysterious silhouette traversing snow-covered fields.
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