Caption

Vita brevis, ars longa; Makowski, Tadeusz 1882-1932 painter; contemporary painting; École de Paris style; group portraits; goats; allegorical scenes; dolls; wildflowers; 1918; France; painting; height 62.5 cm; width 95 cm, A portrait of three figures against a dark background, showing an older person in the center wearing a white ruffled cap and dark clothing, flanked by two children wearing hats and dresses; the child on the left wears a light-colored dress and a tan hat with pale feather trim and holds a bouquet of mixed flowers including pink and white blossoms, while the child on the right wears a blue dress with a tan yoke and a yellow hat decorated with green leaves and red round adornments and holds a small cloth doll in a red dress; a brown animal head appears near the bottom center, a pale yellow butterfly is visible near the right child, and clusters of green grapes and green leaves frame the scene at the top and sides, with colors including brown, tan, beige, blue, green, red, pink, white, yellow, and dark maroon in the background.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A16_391

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Rights managed

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45.5Mb (2.8Mb) / 16.4in x 10.8in / 4926 x 3229 (300dpi)

Keywords

Vita brevis ars longa Makowski Tadeusz 1882-1932 painter contemporary painting École de Paris style group portraits goats allegorical scenes dolls wildflowers 1918 France painting height 62.5 cm width 95 cm portrait three figures dark background showing older person center wearing white ruffled cap dark clothing flanked two children wearing hats dresses child left wears light-colored dress tan hat pale feather trim holds bouquet mixed flowers pink white blossoms right wears blue dress tan yoke yellow hat decorated green leaves red round adornments small cloth doll red dress brown animal head near bottom center pale yellow butterfly visible near right child clusters green grapes green leaves frame scene top sides colors brown tan beige blue green red white yellow dark maroon background.