The admiration of female beauty played a special role in the life and work of Shmarov. Nicknamed the modern “Russian Renoir”, Shmarov, like the famous Frenchman, saw in women a riddle in their elusive and compelling power over men’s hearts.
A lively, impressionistic brushstroke underlines the ephemeral subject of the painting. Who are these mysterious, blissful bathers? Young girls resting from their labor, or maybe mermaids, those heroines of Russian folklore?
Russian impressionism museum
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