Art and Faith

Monday, 3 November 2008

Ivan Kramskoi. Unconsolable Grief. 1884

Filed under: 19th century,domestic,fine art,human study,Russian — 01varvara @ 00.00

Unconsolable Grief (Ivan Kramskoi, 1884)

What is her pain and loss? Is it a husband? A grown child (for she appears to be too old to be mourning an infant)? A sibling or friend? One doesn’t know that, or, even the circumstances under which she is mourning. It is all a mystery…

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