Pleasant in its conciseness and freshness picture. She is imbued with a feeling of morning, awakening, freshness, purity. It's only the beginning. White color is often selected to make the composition of light, freshness, purity. But there is nothing trivial in choosing an artist, on the contrary, the use of white for writing all the details made the canvas stylish, harmonious and elegant. In fact, the palette is represented by a gray color of a neutral background, the body color and blond hair of a girl, and white in a skirt, a ribbon in her hair, and light from a window. Paints are natural, like the image of the heroine. She had just woken up and had not yet had time to work on her image, at this moment she is what she is. And it enhances the feeling of freshness, purity, truth. The feeling of morning air, which is the freshest, dust-free, it is filled only with the aromas and sounds of nature. Similarly, this canvas is like a breath of clean air, water, it must be contemplated in the morning to get a charge of energy for the whole day.
Unexpected, metaphorical composition. The author has depicted the evening - the sun has almost gone, the sky gets a more saturated blue color, the day ends. But the feeling of completion, extinction is supported by vegetation in the foreground. The leaves have a yellow-brown tint, they also complete their life cycle, fade, it's autumn. The figure of the girl, placed in the center of the picture, adds intrigue to the composition. The disproportion between the leaves and the heroine is striking — either the leaves are gigantic or the girl is tiny. Therefore, she seems to be a certain fairy, a fabulous nymph who came here at sunset to watch under the cover of leaves the darkening sky. The sun, which has not yet disappeared beyond the horizon, illuminates its naked body, illuminates it with the last rays, and it seems that it is she who glows. The girl looks at the viewer a little slyly, kindly, but not sad, not at all. And her glowing, almost smiling image deprives the fading picture of sadness, longing, inspires hope and peace. The result is a very deep, almost philosophical composition, allegorical, and the heroine wants to be called the goddess of rebirth.
An interesting picture in which there is a game of contrasts. The author portrayed three girls with different looks, in various roles and different poses. The central figure is a fair-skinned blonde who has a higher social position, since the other two heroines help her by bringing jewelry. She just puts her hair, and, by and large, there is nothing remarkable more. Her dark-skinned maidservants mimic slightly against the background, which is made in the same rich, colorful palette. But, in my opinion, their figures deserve more attention. They are also an example of female beauty, much more rare in European painting than the central girl. They are colorful, original, their outfits are simple, but unusual, and even poses are more expressive. These girls bow their heads down, but this does not look dramatic or humiliating. They are harmonious in their humility, stealth, quiet role of servants.
One of the paintings, where the model is depicted in the workshop of the sculptor and her image stands out sharply against the general background with its naturalness and brightness. In this case, it is also “a ray of light in a dark realm”. At first, it seems that only the girl and the chair with her clothes are real. They are brightly lit and immediately attract attention. All other details of the composition, including the sculptor and the woman next to the model, seem to be just a painted decoration, a dim background for the girl. It is amazing that a woman who is nearby should have the same light, but the artist also gave her the role of only a decoration, a certain non-living interior object. The sculptor’s figure is almost lost in the background, and he also looks painted on the wall. This is probably evidence of some enmity between artists and sculptors. The painters undoubtedly humiliated the sculpture as art, did not recognize it as equal to painting. Therefore, they gladly made fun of the useless attempts to capture the feminine beauty in the statue.
The canvas is filled with tension, a certain anxiety. Perhaps this impression is created by the drawing technique - the sky and the trees are written with a flourish, as if carelessly, hastily. In addition, it seems to be a windy day, so the upper part of the composition is a bit chaotic, filled with movement and does not allow the viewer to relax, it creates some tension. Below the author has placed a naked girl who is going to swim. She carefully peers, apparently fearing prying eyes, and sneaks into the water. The viewer does not see where the heroine of the canvas is looking, and also cannot be sure whether there is anything to fear or everything is calm. This adds anxiety, increases the tension created by the landscape. Therefore, it is better to place such a picture among other thematically similar canvases, which leave a calmer impression, then it will bring a pleasant variety.
