Year 1933 (1933) Artist Lucia Nicolaidou-Vasiliou | Medium oil on canvas Created 1933 | |
Dimensions 188 cm × 140 cm (74 in × 55 in) Location State Gallery of Contemporary Cypriot Art | ||
The Good Fruit of the Earth is a painting created by the Cypriot painter Lucia Nicolaidou-Vasiliou between the years 1933 - 1936.
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Description
The painting is oil on canvas, and has dimensions of 188 cm. X 140 cm.
It is exhibited at the State Gallery of Contemporary Cypriot Art.
Analysis
The painting was made by Lucia Nicolaidou-Vasiliou, the first woman from Cyprus who studied painting abroad (Particularly in France). In this canvas is the obvious influence of Paul Gauguin as shown in the areas of performance forms, the theme and symbolism. The painting stands out for its large color surfaces and for the performance of the female figures mother and daughter, symbolizing the quest for innocence, while exuding a sense of sensuality absent from the corresponding women depicted in the works of other Cypriot artists of that period.