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The Beauty (Boris Kustodiev painting)

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Year
  
1915

Artist
  
Boris Kustodiev

Medium
  
Oil on canvas

Created
  
1915

The Beauty (Boris Kustodiev painting)

Dimensions
  
141 cm × 185 cm (56 in × 73 in)

Location
  
Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

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The Beauty (Russian: Красавица, Krasavitsa) is an oil on canvas 1915 painting by the Russian artist Boris Kustodiev. The painting measures 141 by 185 centimeters and is now housed at the Tretyakov Gallery. The Moscow Art Theatre actress Faina Shevchenko was the model for the painting.

Description

The painting features a nude, fat woman sitting on a bed in a widely decorated room with flowery wallpaper.

References

The Beauty (Boris Kustodiev painting) Wikipedia