Caption

Woman in Mourning, Jan Rembowski 1879–1923. After 1905. Pastel on paper, 52.5 × 70.0 cm. Female portrait depicting Alina Bondy-Glassowa 1865–1935 in mourning; symbolism; Young Poland style; Polish drawing; portrait., A portrait of a person wearing a dark hooded cloak, resting a hand against their chin in a contemplative pose; the face shows pale skin tones with muted blue and green shading and dark hair partially visible under the hood, with a neutral expression and softly defined features. The cloak and hood display deep blues, dark grays, and touches of brown, with layered shading suggesting heavy fabric. The background contains a muted yellow glow behind a group of leafless tree trunks and branches drawn in grayish brown, and a pale lavender-gray wall or ledge in front of the trees. In the lower area, there are arches suggested in soft bluish-gray and faint green tones. The overall palette includes yellow, blue, gray, brown, green, and pale skin tones, with a simple wooden frame visible around the image.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A32_379

License type

Rights managed

Available size

42.7Mb (4.0Mb) / 14.6in x 11.3in / 4394 x 3399 (300dpi)

Keywords

Woman Mourning Jan Rembowski 1879–1923 1905 Pastel paper Female portrait depicting Alina Bondy-Glassowa 1865–1935 mourning symbolism Young Poland style Polish drawing portrait person wearing dark hooded cloak resting hand chin contemplative pose face pale skin tones muted blue green shading dark hair partially visible under hood neutral expression softly defined features hood display deep blues dark grays touches brown layered shading suggesting heavy fabric background contains muted yellow glow group leafless tree trunks branches drawn grayish brown pale lavender-gray wall ledge front trees lower area arches suggested soft bluish-gray faint green tones palette includes yellow blue gray green simple wooden frame visible image.