The painting "Lady in the Hat", or art in all its manifestations

The importance of art in human life is huge, it teaches us to see the beautiful, conveys the essence of the historical era in one moment. “Inexplicable pleasures” - these words of the great Russian poet Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin perfectly convey the aesthetic pleasure that the artist’s creation gives us. He conveys his thoughts and feelings on the canvas. This is the peculiarity of art: the transformation of the most ordinary things or phenomena through the prism of consciousness of the master. And in the end, a new creation is created that can affect the consciousness of other people. The article will focus on the painting "Lady in the Hat."

Portrait of a girl in red

Artists often use in their work the image of a woman in a hat. The Dutch artist Jan Vermeer Delft did not pass over this topic either. This canvas was created by him in 1668. The lady in the red hat pictured was painted on wooden canvas. The artist used the “keyhole” technique, which allows the viewer to appreciate the skill of the author. The figure of a woman in a somewhat extravagant robe and red headdress is close to the viewer. We can see the richness of colors both in the blue cloak and in the bright headdress. The pale elongated face of the girl, resembling, rather, the face of a young man, which is not typical of other Vermeer paintings, is turned to the viewer. She seemed to want to say something, but she was slow. And this moment is beautiful, beautiful with its originality, routine, liveliness.

"Unknown" picture of Ivan Nikolaevich Kramskoy

If we are talking about a lady in a hat in the picture, one cannot help but recall the famous painting by Kramskoy “Unknown”. The painting was painted in 1883 and is part of the collection of the Tretyakov Gallery. Here is a young beautiful woman who rides in an open carriage along Nevsky Prospect in St. Petersburg. The lady in the black hat in the picture is dressed in the latest fashion of that time, the velvet hat is decorated with feathers, the coat is trimmed with fur, small hands warm thin leather gloves. The look is regal, but a little sad. We see a captured moment of someone's life, the artist managed to give his work an aura of mystery and intrigue.

"The girl in the red hat"

The artist Alexander Murashko painted the painting “The Girl in the Red Hat”, in which the girl’s face, which is so concentrated and thoughtful for years, attracts the viewer in the first place. The painting was painted in 1903. What is remarkable about this lady in a hat? The picture attracts the attention of those only to the girl herself, but also to the historical era in which she lived. A bright, we can say sonorous accent here is a red hat that stands out against a gray background and contrasts with a black outfit. The artist with the help of red color favorably emphasizes the beauty and youth of his heroine, who, in turn, looks somewhat confused, sad and lonely, and her black large eyes attract the viewer.

Conclusion

In conclusion, summing up, we note that art has always been of interest in all its manifestations, the process of perception and creation of objects of art itself represents a whole industry of studying the understanding of artistic values ​​and their impact on human life. A series of paintings “A Lady in a Hat” enables an art connoisseur not only to receive aesthetic pleasure, but also to plunge into the historical era, and also to study the problems of the artist’s personality and his work, exploring his creations from the point of view of the manifestation of human characters, intellectual and emotional aspects in them human personality. The canvases depict not only people. They represent the worldview of a bygone era.