1894
oil
canvas
From the collection of Tretyakov Gallery
Delt va Sofia Yosifovna Menter klawusik is a 1894 oil by Ilya Repin, a Realism work, held at Tretyakov Gallery.
This painting depicts a woman in a white dress with purple trim, sitting on a red chair beside a black piano. Her dark hair is pulled back, and she wears a pearl necklace and earrings. A vase of colorful flowers sits on the piano. The woman's right arm rests on the back of the chair, while her left hand touches her hair. The background is a muted green wall, with the artist's signature visible in the upper-right corner. The artist's use of chiaroscuro creates a sense of depth and dimensionality in the painting. To learn more about this technique, look up chiaroscuro.
Ilya Yefimovich Repin (5 August 1844 – 29 September 1930) was a Ukrainian-born Russian painter.
See the richer artist page
