Caption

Musical Session, Makowski, Tadeusz 1882–1932 painter, contemporary painting, music, genre scenes, École de Paris style, group portraits, 1930, France, painting, height 81 cm, width 100 cm, A group of stylized figures packed closely together fills the framed image, painted with textured brushstrokes in earthy tones and muted colors. Visible colors include brown, beige, tan, cream, white, gray, black, red, maroon, pink, pale blue, teal, yellow, orange, and hints of green. Several faces are shown with round eyeglasses and simplified facial features, each face rendered with blocks of color and visible brushwork. One figure wears a patterned garment with geometric shapes in red, yellow, black, and cream, and another wears a light-colored coat with a checkered lower edge. A figure toward the right has a pale blue top, and a figure behind wears a hat with a textured pattern. Hands with layered strokes are visible in the foreground, and a dark rectangular object occupies part of the lower right area. The background is mottled with brown and tan strokes, and the whole scene is enclosed in a wooden frame.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A16_396

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Rights managed

Available size

83.5Mb (6.8Mb) / 20.0in x 16.2in / 6000 x 4866 (300dpi)

Keywords

Musical Session Makowski Tadeusz 1882–1932 painter contemporary painting music genre scenes École de Paris style group portraits 1930 France painting height 81 cm width 100 cm group stylized figures packed closely together fills framed image painted textured brushstrokes earthy tones muted colors Visible colors include brown beige tan cream white gray black red maroon pink pale blue teal yellow orange hints green Several faces shown round eyeglasses simplified facial features face rendered blocks color visible brushwork figure wears patterned garment geometric shapes another wears light-colored coat checkered lower edge figure right pale blue top wears hat textured pattern Hands layered strokes visible foreground dark rectangular object occupies part lower right area background mottled tan strokes whole scene enclosed wooden frame.