bride bride oil painting serbian artist shows young bride traditional attire prepared upcoming marriage female members household compositions painted subject considered lost painting trips balkans painted contract received art critics members public alike remained french gallery possession purchased london buyer purchased work bestowed possession remains painting began undergoing restoration description bride serbian latin serbian measures centimetres painting set impoverished 19th century ethnic household shows women family young bride jewelry bride supposed wear wedding taken old wooden chest seen left hand corner temporarily set copper immediately chest little girl holds copper contains items jewelry elderly women attend bride far right young fashion fresh flowers room women gathered sparsely furnished low ceiling worn carpet plain walls bride wears traditional gold necklace neck feet artist signature seen right painting referred bride bride decorated artist assign titles works felt painting composed viewers able title majority paintings referred number different titles history famous serbian late 19th century attended vienna studying early career composed paintings high demand time paintings based experiences balkans middle_east north_africa assured fame art west bride works notable examples include wounded painting remains unknown exactly composed curator dates art historian writes painted known certain painted travels balkans source contends composed artist visiting ottoman town present day albania version painting said created artist long original considered lost journal article describes version depicting women bride left bride mother hands cries joy version said shown girl verge tears standing door far left right woman young girl seen offering gifts bride examinations discovered bride painted similar earlier work artist appears shortened right canvas centimetres altered appearance interior slightly modified left painting save shortened canvas length right painting identical final version reproductive rights painting acquired merchant shortly creation prints published soon painting owned purchased london buyer purchased work gave possession remains classified inventory number museum closed public early 2000s pending renovation kept works including bride displayed venues including open public analysis warm dominate composition painted series long short strokes distribution lighting notes intimate feel painting attributes familiarity balkan life stranger scene states knew cast village characters interactions attitudes consequent expressions body language composition continues depicts preparation celebration gold coins bride wearing observes signal obligation pride contractual expectations villagers modest means goes contrast bride elaborate impoverished surroundings asserts heart appeal lay positive characterization balkan life modern scholars writes criticized artist overlooking hardships rural balkan life believes criticism draws parallels works contemporary popular france works rarely political criticized social issues reception legacy painting received praise critics collectors general public widely considered finest works according art famous describe bride perfect argue played critical role development serbian realism late 19th century works
Decorating of the Bride