Vrubel traveled a lot – together with the family of Mamontovs went to Italy, France, Greece. On his return he wrote two panels – “Venice” and “Spain”. These are not genre paintings, but a generalized image of Spain and Venice, such as it appears to the artist’s eye.
The beauty of painting “Spain” – one of the most perfect paintings Vrubel. The main colors – reddish-lilac and olive – are given in a great wealth of shades. The contrast of the lilac twilight of the room and the bright sunny day outside the window, the shining woman’s handkerchief, permeated with the sun falling from the window, create light effects.
In the plot of the picture the artist avoids certainty, does not speak out. It is not known what connects these three people, but it feels that there is a certain knot of human relations. The girl, turned and facing the viewer, a stately statue, a beautiful dark complexion framed by a shining headscarf, in her hand a rose, a dark purple mantilla casually thrown to a chair and falls with a sharp fan of folds.
The girl looks straight ahead in a fixed gaze, but the gaze is not deciphered psychologically – what is in it: traces of anger, perseverance, determination, refusal or appeal? The girl is outwardly calm, but through a calm face and a calm pose guessed the confusion of the spirit.
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