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Description: | In this painting, a young Spanish girl and an older woman, probably the girls' mother, are seen leaving the cathedral after mass. The girl holds a scarlet fan and has a matching flower in her hair. The older woman is richly dressed with an elaborate lace mantilla (headdress). The exotic beauty of the girl is in stark contrast to the wrinkled, yellowed skin of the old woman and the sun burnt faces and work roughened hands of the beggars. Like many 19th century British artists, the London artist Robert Kemm went to Spain for inspiration. He lived in Seville, and travelled around the country observing local traditions, costumes, details of life, manners, and habits. At that time, the works of great Spanish artists such as Bartholome Esteban Murillo (1617-1682) and Diego Velasquez (1599-1660) were much admired in England. Robert Kemm's painting echoes Murillo's images of street urchins, and beggars, and Velasquez' scenes of life of ordinary people.
Oil painting showing an elderly lady accompanied by a younger woman leaving a church. Both are well dressed and appear wealthy. A group of beggars are gathered outside the church. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service | Rights holder: | Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service | Subjects: | Fine arts Men Spain Church buildings Churches Oil painting Women Oil Paintings Buildings Towns Beggars Victorian period Elderly people People and roles Umbrellas Poverty Spanish (cultural identity) Paintings Narrative painting Dresses Church People Poor Art collections | Temporal: | 1874 - 1885
Victorian (1837-1901) | Source: | Black Country History | Creator: | KEMM; Robert (1837 - 1895) | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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