To my way of thinking, this is a perfect portrait. Precise, elegant, insightful, both grand and intimate. And quite surprisingly modern in its directness and the austerity of the pictorial plane; it's almost starkly beautiful. And for the artist - it must be said that the little known Tulov was a wildly inconsistent painter - this is certainly his masterpiece.
Marvellous portrait! Yet another one of your miraculous discoveries--splendidly described, I might add.
ReplyDeleteThank you, sir! I had found this while looking for other portraits by the obscure Tulov. I couldn't find a larger image and doubted that it was actually a work of the same painter. Then I - did - find a nice big image and was able to see the signature. Copied it into a folder on the computer, and every time I ran across it I loved it more. Finally, I just had to give it its own post! : )
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