The portrait was painted in 1900 by Konstantin Somov. Lady in Blue portrays Ye. Martynova,
an artist, who died at an early age. The young woman stands, deep in thought, with a book in
her hand, against a decorative landscape. Her gentle, deliberately featured face, fragile
shoulders and graceful hands are painted with careful, smooth-brush strokes. Ye. Martynova’s
appearance has the charm of youth and intellect, her captivating womanliness is intermingled
with oversensitivity and inner tiredness. Somov inherited the ability to show the highly
individual, unique characteristics of a man though gesture, pose and expression.
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