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End of the Century - December 31, 1899, Landscape with a Coffin, Malczewski, Jacek 1854-1929 painter, Poland culture, death, coffins, landscapes with buildings, melancholy, symbolism style, 1899, oil study, height 13.5 cm, width 22.8 cm, A painted scene of a rustic building with a thatched roof rendered in browns and grays, a vertical pale column at its entrance, and a dark open space inside; a standing figure in muted browns and reds near the building and a seated figure working at a greenish trough or bench; a foreground of rough textured ground in pale grays, tans, blues, and touches of yellow; a fence of brown and blue horizontal rails separating the foreground from a patch of dark reddish-brown vegetation with small yellow highlights; a pale blue and yellow strip suggesting distant land or water under a light sky; a tree with a pale trunk and foliage in soft greens, yellows, and ochres rising beside the building; overall brushwork is loose and impressionistic with visible strokes in blues, pinks, browns, greens, and white.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A32_312

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Keywords

Century - December 31 1899 Landscape Coffin Malczewski Jacek 1854-1929 painter Poland culture death coffins landscapes buildings melancholy symbolism style oil study height 13.5 cm width 22.8 cm painted scene rustic building thatched roof rendered browns grays vertical pale column entrance dark open space inside standing figure muted browns reds near building seated figure working greenish trough bench foreground rough textured ground pale grays tans blues touches yellow fence brown blue horizontal rails separating patch dark reddish-brown vegetation small yellow highlights pale blue yellow strip suggesting distant land water under light sky tree pale trunk foliage soft greens yellows ochres rising beside brushwork loose impressionistic visible strokes pinks greens white.